Lily of the Valley Island, the Lily of the Valley Conference.
Day one's round of 64 had drawn to a successful close,
without causing much of a stir online.
At most, there had been some discussion of Li Wei and Tobias, with more of the attention actually focused on Tobias.
After all, he had swept three opponents with a single Darkrai,
and had taken almost all of them down in two moves or fewer.
Even the seemingly formidable Machamp.
It was a beautiful display of raw stats.
Every tactic ended in a steamroll.
Ash and his friends had gotten confirmation of that straight from Barry when they ran into him.
Li Wei's lineup, meanwhile, made it look a little as though he was using the Lily of the Valley Conference to train his team.
And he really was training them...
For one thing, he wanted to give Zweilous and Dragonair a chance to battle, but he was also genuinely preparing for the Master League.
Day two brought the second round of matches.
The round of 32 presented no obstacles,
and Li Wei once again fielded Dragonair, Zweilous, and his Shiny Haxorus, successfully defeating his opponent.
"There it is, a Shiny Haxorus!"
"This is the second Shiny Pokémon to appear at this year's conference-a very cool Shiny Haxorus!"
As for the first Shiny Pokémon to appear,
that had belonged to Ash, who had battled before Li Wei,
using his Shiny Noctowl in his match.
Really, it had simply come down to who went first that day.
The opposition Ash faced in the second round
wasn't even as tough as Nando in the first round.
After all, if he hadn't run into Ash,
Nando would at least have had what it took to reach the quarterfinals.
Elsewhere, Shinji, Barry, and Tobias also