Since Xia Chi and Iono were too far from the audience, no one except psychic cheats like Caitlin knew what they had said.
That did nothing to stop the livestream viewers from going wild with memes, though.
[Dr. Xia cured Iono's depression in one second! What a miracle worker!]
[Xia Chi × Iono is so sweet!]
[Did anyone see Chairwoman Geeta's doting smile in the back?]
[So what exactly did Xia Chi say to Iono?]
[I know this one! "I bought a really sexy swimsuit."]
[Wrong! It was obviously, "I thought of a really evil strategy."]
[Lmao, the most in-character episode ever!]
["We still don't know what Xia Chi and Iono whispered to each other that day."]
[Who cares what you said? Just start the presentation already! I want to buy a Tera Orb! I want to catch Paradox Pokémon!]
[Impatient, impatient, impatient! You're so worked up you've turned into Regigigas!]
[...]
They did not keep the livestream viewers or the big names in the audience waiting long after that little interlude.
With machinery roaring, the Battlefield, which had been wrecked beyond recognition by the fierce battle, slowly sank out of sight.
The stage, laid with smooth wooden flooring, flipped back into the center of the Gym's main venue.
This time, the person taking the stage was not Geeta, who had served as both host and referee for the Friendly Match, but the true star of the presentation: Xia Chi.
The handsome young man stood spiritedly at center stage with Flutter Mane beside him, welcoming enthusiastic applause from an audience of big names who could practically represent the entire Pokémon world.
With spotlights and gazes converging on him, Xia Chi was not nervous. He simply felt a strange sense of déjà vu-
It felt a little like watching Lei Jun