"Thank you for waiting, everyone! Today, we're here at the semifinals of the Pokémon League's Quartz Conference!"
"The two contestants appearing today are Kaguya and Lin-Guang!"
As the announcer finished speaking, Lin Guang and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki walked into the Battle Arena and took their places at the Pokémon Trainer positions on opposite sides.
The Pokémon Trainer platforms slowly rose, and the announcer continued introducing Lin Guang and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki.
"Contestant Lin Guang comes from Pallet Town, known as Champion Land! The recent discoveries and confirmations regarding Eevee's Moon and Sun Evolution and Mega Evolution were all his work! He's also the biggest favorite to win this tournament!"
"Our other contestant, Kaguya, is equally outstanding! She's also one of this tournament's seeded contestants, not only powerful but also exceptionally beautiful."
"How will Lin Guang battle such a beautiful opponent? Let's wait and see!"
When the announcer finished, both Lin Guang and Kaguya Ōtsutsuki looked helpless.
The arena selection light flashed between the four icons for ice, rock, water, and grass before finally stopping on an ice crystal symbol.
A Battle Arena made entirely of ice slowly rose. The arena for the first half of the match would be the Ice Field.
Lin Guang knew that most of Kaguya Ōtsutsuki's Pokémon were Grass types, so this field wasn't particularly favorable for her.
But it wasn't particularly favorable for Lin Guang either, since he also had somewhat more Dragon-type Pokémon.
Both Ice types and Fairy types had an advantage over Dragon-type Pokémon, so the Ice Field wasn't particularly favorable for Lin Guang either.
At that moment, the referee announced, "Each side may use six Pokémon and switch them freely during the match. The side whose Pokémon all become unable to battle loses. The official match begins now!"
As the referee finished speaking, the