A white coat, a fitted pink top, and a narrow black skirt-this was Elesa's 2023 New Year look. He hadn't expected to see it here.
The dance track entered its interlude, and Ampharos held a bass guitar for a solo, the waves of low notes making the audience's blood surge!
Only now did Shen Qi understand how formidable Elesa was.
So this was what a top Coordinator looked like...
Elesa had decided to change songs at the last minute, after all, and had arranged it on the fly too.
Even if she had arranged "Not All Alone" before, she most likely hadn't rehearsed it in advance this time.
Sootopolis University's band couldn't accompany her, so Elesa had used part of the original backing track, then had her Pokémon play to blend it together.
During the interlude, Elesa's Pokémon instead disappeared one by one.
Lisia had followed the standard theme of "Not All Alone," depicting how she started alone, met her Pokémon one after another, and finally brought everyone together.
Elesa had started with everyone onstage. Halfway through the song, the lights on her Pokémon went out one by one, portraying their separate departures.
[No matter how long or far the slope stretches, someday we'll climb to its end]
[If we stop in our tracks and don't keep moving forward]
[Our dreams will slowly fade]
Each short musical passage gave one Pokémon a brief moment to perform alone.
Though separated from their Trainer, every Pokémon, as well as Elesa, was working hard.
Someday, their progress would bring them together again.
This made Shen Qi think of his own Pokémon...
After entering a contractual relationship, Pokémon weren't bound inseparably to their Trainers.
They had their own pursuits and ideals.
Lilligant wanted to become a T2 Pokémon Racing Driver, so she and Lopunny