At Indigo Stadium, the second day of the championship tournament drew to a close, and the final eight were officially decided.
In the end, contestant A Tao, of "Have a peachy peach" fame, still failed to take a single win from Gary.
His Wigglytuff fought Gary's Rhydon for four or five rounds before Rhydon seized an opening and smashed Wigglytuff out of bounds with a Heavy Hammer Arm.
Still, Young Master Mao shook hands with A Tao after the match.
"Keep working hard. You're welcome to challenge me for revenge anytime," Young Master Mao said approvingly.
"I will~" With determination in his eyes, A Tao sashayed off the field.
Watching that swaying figure, Gary really wanted to chase after him and give him another kick...
The portraits of the final eight were already displayed on the stadium's giant electronic screen.
Gary, Ritchie, Lily, Mihara, Tyson. These were all star contestants, so their advancement was entirely reasonable.
The remaining three were Passerby A, Cannon Fodder B,
And one special person: Raven Officer Jenny.
That was right. He was a boy from the Jenny Family, and there was something else special about him: he was the Indigo Plateau Conference champion in the original timeline!
Unlike A Tao, Raven went for the hard-boiled tough-guy look.
Dressed in camouflage and a black beret, he was actually about as tall as Young Master Mao, who took calcium supplements every day. Nearly five foot seven at ten years old, with clearly defined muscles all over, he was known as this conference's walking bundle of hormones...
Not only that, but his battle style was all about head-on clashes. His known Pokémon so far were Arcanine, Magneton, and Machamp!
A typical riot police lineup!
He was also one of the contestants Lance admired most.
The names on the