Po Town, the battlefield.
"Ash, you can do it!"
"Go, Lycanroc!"
Before facing Ash in the Island Kahuna's trial of the island challenge, Nanu had performed a ritual as well.
Compared to Olivia's, however, Nanu's ritual had seemed rather less devout.
The final trial of Ula'ula Island's island challenge
officially began on the designated battlefield.
Island Kahuna Nanu looked as laid-back as ever.
Acerola served as referee and announced the rules. "For this island challenge, the challenger, Ash, may use only Lycanroc to battle three of Mr. Nanu's Pokémon in succession!"
These were the rules they had agreed on yesterday.
Ash had accepted them, too.
Although Lycanroc had undergone grueling training yesterday and overcome its weakness,
taking on three opponents alone would still be difficult for it. After all, Nanu was no pushover.
Nanu was someone Giovanni himself had acknowledged.
In other words, just like Red and the others back then, he had been recruited by Giovanni.
Though Giovanni's methods had been less than aboveboard...
That was also why Nanu had now returned to Ula'ula Island.
Surprisingly, however, the relationship between Giovanni and Nanu wasn't nearly as bad as they had imagined.
Li Wei had called Matori last night to ask about it,
and the two men had actually spoken on the phone just a couple of days ago.
Giovanni had asked about the Blinding One, and Nanu had told him everything he knew.
Of course, if this had been the old Giovanni,
Nanu wouldn't have said a word,
but times had changed. They couldn't keep looking at things through the lens of the past.
Even the Kanto League was cooperating with Team Rainbow Rocket,
and Li Wei had become the Rainbow Group's second-largest shareholder.
Even if there was a problem, the Kanto League and Li Wei would be in