Shalour City, at the battle festival venue.
Ribbons fluttered through the sky, and a festive atmosphere filled the air.
Originally, the main attraction in Shalour City today
had been the Pokémon World Championships battle festival,
and the visit from Steel-type Elite Four member Wikstrom to watch the battles.
But once Li Wei and Steven arrived...
that was no longer the case.
"Ah!!! It's Champion Steven!"
"The other one's Coach Li!"
"Coach Li? What's with that strange nickname?"
Although Li Wei was quite famous now, there was still a gap between him and Steven.
Didn't coaches and instructors usually need plenty of experience? Yet Li Wei looked so young.
"The Trainer career guidance teacher!"
One girl pulled up Li Wei's account.
"Coach for short!"
The girls who had spotted their arrival were discussing it excitedly. "The rumors were actually true! They're traveling around the Kalos Region together!"
Someone had photographed Li Wei and Steven in Seaflair City and uploaded it online.
But perhaps because they had been so far away, and the photographer had been far too excited...
the photo looked as though it had been taken with a door lock. It was impossible to tell whether the two people were Li Wei and Steven.
"What's that Pokémon?"
To most Trainers, Diancie was still an unknown mystery.
Although Professor Sycamore had already recorded data on Diancie's typing, Ability, moves, and so on...
Pokédexes needed to be updated,
and not everyone had one.
Professors provided starter Pokémon and Pokédexes,
and Trainers who received a Pokédex also took on the task of collecting Pokédex data for the professor.
Simply put, receiving a starter Pokémon in return for collecting Pokédex data was an equal exchange.
Pokédex data had to be collected every year.
The locations where Pokémon were found each year and the numbers