November 15, Jubilife Breeding Center.
Jubilife City's two-day Water Festival came to a close amid laughter and cheers.
Akin and Mantine took first place in the second day's Water Racing event.
Roland took Runner-up with Milotic.
After finishing as Runner-up twice in a row, Roland could only say that this competition had it in for her.
The two-day Water Festival had left them with so many wonderful moments.
Whether it was the rainbows traced by Wailord's towering jets of water, Wailmer leaping out of the water,
or the joy of reeling in a Water-type Pokémon,
swimming alongside Water-type Pokémon in the sea...
Diancie's dazzling moments in the Pokémon Contest,
and contestant Akin showing off what he considered his handsome form in the Water Racing event...
Blue's stall hadn't done particularly well, but she had still earned a little.
After all, she hadn't had to compete with the true stars of the show, the Team Rocket Trio.
Yellow said she had had a great time.
Lt. Surge, who had originally planned to come...
had actually gotten lost at sea.
Lt. Surge, the self-proclaimed captain of the S.S. Aqua, had been rescued by a fishing boat, and Akin had laughed at him for ages.
Given their love-hate dynamic,
Akin would probably tease Lt. Surge about getting lost at sea for the rest of his life.
But Lt. Surge insisted there had been a reason.
"I don't know why, but the instruments suddenly stopped working."
Although Lt. Surge tended to be stubborn, that was mostly when it came to Pokémon battles.
He was perfectly competent as a captain.
Lance, who was still competing in the Galar Region, said,
"When I get back, let's go take a look together. If the instruments don't work, we'll ride Dragonite over to investigate."
Li Wei could only