Nurse Joy responded to Palmer's complaints with a smile... and declined to answer.
Fortunately, as the owner of the Battle Zone's Battle Tower, a Battle Brain, and the Battle Tower Tycoon, Palmer was only grumbling.
Since a Trainer had booked a challenge, they would not refuse as the hosts!
Palmer frowned slightly as he watched the increasingly fierce blizzard outside and said,
"Looks like I won't be able to get back today..."
Behind him, Nurse Joy smiled.
"You could stay here for the night and head back tomorrow when the snow lets up."
Palmer thought for a moment, then shook his head.
"Never mind! I'll stop by the Snowpoint Gym and see Candice! Thanks for your help!"
Watching Palmer turn and leave the Pokémon Center without the slightest hesitation, Nurse Joy smiled faintly.
"As decisive as ever, Mr. Palmer! In that case, the challenger must be Yong..."
Almost at the same time Palmer arrived in Snowpoint City, in Undella Town in the Unova Region...
Now that she could just barely control her psychic powers, Caitlin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Looking at the message Darach had sent her, she tilted her head in thought, then suddenly smiled for no apparent reason.
"So we meet again!"
With that, Caitlin picked up the phone beside her and dialed...
The screen flickered, and Cynthia's cool, composed face appeared.
"Long time no see, Nana! I'm heading back to Sinnoh! Be ready to pick me up~"
Meanwhile, an airship also took off from Jubilife City, heading toward Snowpoint City.
Aboard the airship, Scott enthusiastically told Kofu about the Battle Frontiers he had established in the Hoenn Region and the Kanto Region. Although they were new battle facilities, their Trainers were just as strong. How about it? Did he want to give them