Hau'oli City, Pokémon School.
Several days had passed since the Pokémon Sled Jumping Competition.
The Master League's Points Tournament was proceeding smoothly.
Li Wei currently stood at the top of the rankings,
with a commanding lead in points.
In second place was the familiar Masked Royal.
Third place in the standings belonged to someone from another region,
Ryuta, who had come to the Alola Region specifically to compete.
As his name suggested,
he was a Dragon-type specialist.
Ash, meanwhile, was currently sitting in fourth place.
In any other region, one could have said Ash's spot was secure.
But the Alola Region had only three slots.
And in this year's Midseason Championship,
no one from the Alola Region had participated.
After all, the Master League had not even begun at the time, and the Alola Region League had not been formally established.
There had been no surprises at this year's Midseason Championship on the Indigo Plateau. Red had won again.
This year's runner-up was not Blue, however.
Red and Blue had unfortunately met in the semifinals, so Blue had been knocked out in the final four.
There had also been quite a few upsets this time.
Without access to the Galar Region's Dynamax, Mustard and Leon were still Champion-caliber, but they had been severely weakened.
Even without Gigantamaxing his Charizard, Leon could still take on Eternatus solo. It was not as though he was weak without Dynamax.
But Gigantamax Urshifu and Gigantamax Charizard were their aces, after all. Ultimately, they were missing their trump cards.
Mustard had fallen in the quarterfinals.
And the person who defeated him was none other than Roland!
But in the next round,
Roland had the misfortune of facing Cynthia.
The Midseason Championship had played host to a showdown between sisters.
Leon had once again fallen to