Although the Isle of Armor had internet access, once Xia Chi immersed himself in training, he barely felt like browsing the web.
At most, he replied to messages from Iono, Leon, Geeta, and other important people.
Opening his phone now felt like returning to the real world.
The top ten trending searches on Psyduck were still packed with Terastallization.
[Prices skyrocket in the secondhand Tera Orb market!]
[Lance's Normal-Tera Dragonite shines at the World Dragon-type Expert Tournament, defeating Drake to claim the title!]
[Iono's third installment of recommended Tera Types is out, featuring Scizor, Gyarados, and Garchomp!]
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Wait, I can understand the others, but how did you sneak into the Dragon-type Expert Tournament, Doduo?
Shouldn't you be entering the Flying-type tournament?
Did you seriously cram three Dragonite into your team?
As baffling as it was, it proved that the outside world was still in the age of Terastallization.
Perhaps future generations would call League Calendar year 225 the "first year of Terastallization"?
Then again, if the Battle Round of Mega Mystery ended this year, it might become the "first year of Mega Evolution" instead.
He kept scrolling.
[The World Multitype Experts Tournament will soon kick off in Wyndon, Galar, with a star-studded lineup of Champions!]
Xia Chi paused. The Multitype Expert Tournament.
Now that carried far more weight than even the Dragon-type tournament, supposedly the most brutally competitive expert tournament.
Cynthia, Diantha, Leon, Geeta-there were four reigning regional League Champions alone!
Notably absent was Alder, Unova's current Champion.
That was because his team included three Bug-type Pokémon: Volcarona, Escavalier, and Accelgor.
The Pokémon World Championships organizers had classified him as a Bug-type expert.
He had spent seven or eight straight years throwing his weight around in the little pond that was the World Bug-type Expert Tournament.
Aaron, Viola, and