"Ladies and gentlemen, after half a month, the Indigo Conference is finally drawing to a close. Now, let us give our warmest applause as we welcome the Pokémon Trainers and their Pokémon back onto the field!"
The main torch blazed high!
At six in the evening, as the sun gradually sank in the west, the sky grew ever darker.
To the host's ringing voice, more than two hundred Pokémon Trainers emerged in orderly ranks from the competitors' tunnels on both sides of the field, waving to the people in the stands.
Each had a Pokémon walking beside them. As the Trainers appeared, the spectators all around rose to applaud, calling out the names of their favorite competitors.
Although these Trainers had been eliminated early, they had all hurried back to the Indigo Plateau after receiving another invitation from the Pokémon League Conference to attend the closing ceremony.
Still, not every competitor would return to this place of disappointment after receiving an invitation. At least someone as proud as Gary would surely be too ashamed to show his face again.
But even with a few competitors absent, nothing could stop the people from pouring their last burst of enthusiasm onto this arena that had once brimmed with passion!
Sitting in the stands, Misty and Brock applauded along with the crowd, their eyes searching among the many competitors. After looking for a while, they soon located Ash.
At that moment, Ash was walking alongside Ritchie. With their two Pikachu beside them, the pair stood out like twins. But Ash was so nervous that his movements were stiff, and he walked like a marionette, as though several wooden rods had been stuck into his body!
Misty found it so funny that she could barely straighten up from laughing.
More than ten minutes later,