He knows Pokémon better than me.

The next day, at the appointed time, the dance arena was filled with people, and an unusually loud and enthusiastic cheer erupted.

Wow, there are quite a lot of people here.

Ash sat in the front row of the family and friends section and looked back. He originally thought that since Dance Town was a remote town, there shouldn't be many spectators.

I didn't expect it to be almost full?

Dudu——!
Dudu——!
In the front row of each section of the stands, people dressed as street hip-hop thugs were blowing cheering horns to promote the game.

"This group of people?"

Xiao Zhi raised an eyebrow. These people all had pink hair and pink horizontal marks on their faces, and almost everyone was holding a pillow with a picture of Mary printed on it.

It was the same shouting squad that had previously caused trouble at his castle.

"Miss Mary, fight on!!"

"Our cheering squad will all be cheering for you!!"

Several members of the cheering team shouted at the top of their lungs.

Marnie had already stopped him from forcibly blocking the road and preventing other trainers from collecting badges.

But it doesn't say you can't forcibly block the road so that other people can watch Mary's match, right?

The cheering squad is now refreshing the Galar League website every day, and as soon as they find Mary's match records, they immediately start diverting traffic everywhere.

So, what was originally expected to be about one-third full is now completely full.

"These people are really fanatical."

Xiao Zhi couldn't help but sigh, but when he turned around, several members of the cheering team were glaring at him from a distance.

This is the guy who's traveling with Mary.

They even slept in the same room at night.

He's still enjoying the family and friends' seat all to himself!

Absolutely unforgivable!!

However, their previous harassment of Ash had already been explicitly stopped by Marie, leaving the cheering squad with nothing but gritted teeth and glaring fiercely at Ash.

Xiaozhi: "."

He shrugged and looked indifferently at the front of the field.

The color scheme of the Dance Arena is similar to that of Galarian Ponyta, mostly blue and pink.

The time had come, and Mary changed into a black and red athletic uniform, seemingly in the style of her hometown Spiketown, and slowly walked to the center of the arena.

On the other side, Popella, wearing a fluffy purple shawl and still sporting her signature elaborate makeup, stepped forward.

Her clothing and accessories were impeccable in every way, except for the giant wristband on her wrist, which looked old and worn, a testament to her seniority.

But Peter was also walking up with her today—

Forced to wear the blue and pink competition outfit of the Fairy Dojo, they followed behind like apprentices.

"So you've really been trained completely~?"

Ash couldn't help but smile. It's said that Popura is a capricious person with a terrible temper. Probably only someone like her can keep that guy who likes to bomb everywhere in check in check.

In the center of the arena, Popella, leaning on her small parasol, spoke elegantly:

"Hello challenger, I'm Popira. Hmm, you've got quite a bit of pink on you too~?"

Mary glanced at the strange Peter behind her before politely bowing to Popella:
"Hello, Miss Popella, my name is Mary. Nice to meet you!"

The pink color probably refers to the hairy troll she subdued.

"Hehe~ I'll bring my disciple to watch the match, you don't mind, do you~?"

Popella smiled, but her witch-like hooked nose and heavy makeup gave her a chilling air. "I don't mind."

Mary quickly shook her head. Many people online said that the old-timer in front of her had a very twisted personality.

Before the Galar League had a unified standard, gyms in various regions generally followed a process of "basic mini-challenges + Pokémon battles".

For example, the Grass Road Gym has a challenge involving pushing a Woolbraid, while the Water Boat Gym has a challenge involving turning a water valve on and off.
The pre-battle challenge for the Dance Dojo is to answer her questions while battling other dojo students.

Questions include, but are not limited to, "What color does Popira like?"

"Popella's favorite TV show?"

Is the Fairy attribute the strongest attribute?

If you answer incorrectly, Popira, who is sitting on the judges' panel below, will apply a weakening effect to you.
Fortunately, with the recent reforms to the dojo, the kind of purely personal and tasteless assessments from before are no longer necessary.

The Rotom drone had hovered above the two, and an electronic voice announced:

"The Dance Arena Challenge features Gym Leader Popura against Challenger Marie, and both players can use three Roto Pokémon!"

The two nodded and retreated to one end of the arena, with Peter mechanically following behind.

"Hehe, so my first cute pink Pokémon is you!"

Popura tossed out a pink heart-shaped ball, and a pink light fell, revealing a Togekiss.

Like a little angel, it flutters its tiny wings and hovers in mid-air, but its body color seems to have nothing to do with pink.

boom!
Mary's starting lineup is still the electric mouse Morubek, and its satiety level has been controlled.

"Moreu!!"

The moment it landed, Morpeko instantly turned evil, its eyes glowing red and its entire body turning purplish-black.

Both sides have an advantage in terms of attributes and can effectively strike the other.

"Togekiss, use Fairy Wind!"

The battle began, and Togekiss flapped its little wings, instantly creating a beautiful pink whirlwind.

"Morbeko, use electric discharge!!"

The hollow-bellied, patterned Morpeko leaped into the air in a frenzy, her petite body bursting with exaggerated lightning—

It's not easy to use the Aura Wheel move now, as the Dark-type Aura Wheel doesn't deal much damage.

Sizzle—!
The electric current spread out, easily dispersing the fairy wind and forcing Togekiss to immediately spread its wings and take flight, increasing its altitude.

"Primal power!"

Several enormous rocks coalesced around him, blocking the lock's electrical discharge before continuing to hurl the rocks at Morpeko.

Rub rub rub rub -!
A dazzling red amplification light shone around Tokigu.

"So lucky, did the first use of Primal Power trigger an overall ability boost, or is it the Divine Grace trait?"

Sitting in the front row of family and friends seats, Ash muttered to himself that he was quite familiar with the Togepi family.

Both "Heavenly Grace," which increases the probability of additional effects appearing in moves, and "Super Luck," which makes it easier to hit vital points, are very useful.

Boom——!
Mary, on the other hand, chose not to dodge or evade, but instead took the primal force head-on, allowing Morbeko to eat the large tree fruit that had been prepared beforehand.

As its stamina was fully restored, its fasting state also ended, and the evil purplish-black patterns all over its body returned to the normal yellow patterns of an electric mouse.

"Now! Aura Wheel!!"

The next moment, Morube charged out, the blue lightning it unleashed forming an energy hamster wheel, greatly increasing both its sprint speed and power.

When you're full, electric-attribute moves become incredibly effective! (End of Chapter)