Cynthia did not doubt Chen Shi's words, though, because he had helped her pick both her Milotic and her Glaceon.
The results proved that he really did have a good eye for this. Both Milotic and Glaceon had first-rate potential.
Pheobe, standing beside them, looked rather out of place.
She had been eliminated in the round of thirty-two, so picking a Pokémon Egg had nothing to do with her.
Noticing her expression, Steven reassured her, "All sixty-four finalists in the Pokémon World Championships get rewards. You made it to the top thirty-two, so you're bound to get one too."
"Really?"
Pheobe's eyes lit up. She did not care what the reward was, as long as she got something.
Surely she had not come all this way only to miss out on both a good placing and a reward?
That would have been far too much of a loss.
"Really. Would I lie to you?" Steven replied.
"That's great!"
Hearing his definite answer, Pheobe beamed like a complete fool and even pumped her fist.
Chen Shi rolled his eyes at her and said irritably, "That's all it takes to satisfy you? One little reward and you're happy."
"You're definitely going to spend your life getting bossed around!"
Pheobe froze for a moment, then grumbled unhappily.
"Aren't you already bossing me around?"
"Every day, you tell me to catch this and catch that."
Chen Shi opened his mouth, intending to argue, but after thinking it over, he realized Pheobe did seem to have a point.
Ever since she had left Mt. Pyre, he seemed to have been ordering her around.
He kept getting her to catch Pokémon, and then he and Steven had tricked her out of the payment he gave her.
The poor girl really did have it rough.
Steven sighed