They stayed in Verdanturf Town for a day, making home visits to Wally and Kimarō while they were there.
Gary calmly tucked the home visit forms into his backpack, ready to use them to ask old man Enzo for leave next time.
Everyone enjoyed a lively meal together at the big villa at Kimarō's house.
Afterward, Kimarō was in brilliant form and swept straight to victory in Verdanturf Town's Pokémon Contest.
Three Ribbons in a row, less than three months after his debut. Kimarō's progress was like a rocket taking off.
The media and industry insiders showered the boy with praise, calling him the next Wallace.
As Kimarō's teacher, Young Master Mao watched from the sidelines, only for the little fellow to tearfully declare that he would never have achieved what he had today without Teacher Oak's guidance.
The media went wild! This was pure clickbait gold!
And so, despite never having competed in a single Pokémon Contest, Young Master Mao was hyped up by the media as a seasoned Master Coordinator, all thanks to his past exhibition match with Wallace.
Wallace caught wind of it and came running, calling Gary out on his personal social media account and inviting him to be a special celebrity contestant in the Wallace Cup on Sootopolis Island at the end of the year.
"If you compete as a celebrity Pokémon Trainer and win the Sootopolis Ribbon awarded to the winner, you can officially become a leading figure among Coordinators.
"How about it? Aren't I good to you?" Wallace even sent Gary a smug message, fishing for praise.
Young Master Mao fired back furiously, "Pay me, you bastard! Don't think you can skimp on a single cent of my appearance fee!"
Wallace sent him a photo of himself and Steven posing closely together in