On the fourth day of the Grand Festival, the competition officially entered the battle for the championship.
The Grand Festival's Double Battles were gradually reaching fever pitch.
May, Shū, Kimarō, and Robert had become the Grand Festival's final four.
The final matchups were May against Shū, and Robert against Kimarō!
At this stage of the competition, the judges had very little left to do.
It felt rather like the organizing committee had paid to invite Gary and the others to watch the matches from the best seats without spending a penny themselves.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this fierce battle that kept us on the edge of our seats has reached its conclusion!
"May is out of the battle! Shū is the first to advance to the finals!"
"What a shame." In the stands, Ash frowned and sighed.
"There's nothing to be done. May already worked hard enough. They were simply outmatched in level." Brock shook his head helplessly too.
Compared with Shū's combination of Roselia and Flygon, May's Skitty and Combusken lagged far behind in both level and strength.
This was also because May had practically grown alongside Ash, so her approach to raising Pokémon had inherited his method of letting things take their natural course and steadily building up strength before making a breakthrough.
As a Dragon Pokémon, Flygon became a veritable god of war against Combusken and Skitty, completely dominating both of them single-handedly.
"May's future is still worth looking forward to," Lisia said to Gary with a smile.
"She's a late bloomer, I suppose." Gary nodded. "She'll need to experience more competitions before she can fully bring out her potential."
Honestly, Gary was already extremely surprised that May had made it this far with her strength.
The entire audience acknowledged May's efforts as well, giving her a tremendous