Pokémon from Galar

Togekiss used her support skill even faster, further enhancing Brimwyn's power.

A pale pink energy stream, accompanied by enormous tentacles, descended mercilessly from the sky! The massive and chaotic energy burst caused the protective shield outside the arena to flicker violently. Although it was a single-target ultimate move, its enormous attack range alone had already mercilessly included Bai Pengpeng within its attack range.

The protective light barrier shattered, blocking the strongest first burst of power. Peter was clearly unconcerned about this; he could block the first burst, but he couldn't block the second.

The dissipated energy quickly formed a thin, pale pink mist.

Mary looked past the protective shield in front of her at the enormous Brimwyn.

"Mary-chan!"

Yuri's voice reached her ears, and her slightly urging tone made Marie understand. She raised the Luxury Ball to retract Chip, activated the Max Bracer on her wrist, and a large amount of Max Energy flowed into it.

Marnie turned around and threw it forcefully. Chirp's body rapidly enlarged, and dozens of Bladebirds quickly split off, whistling and circling around Chirp. For the first time in the arena, it displayed its proud Gigantamax form.

"Both players have unhesitatingly activated Dynamax for a battle! And not only Gym Leader Peter, but Marnie's Corviknight has also Gigantamaxed! My god! Just how much power did that whistling Bladebird possess?!"

The commentator noticed the Bladebird, which was noticeably more agile than the other Corviknights. He swore he had never seen a Corviknight handle the Bladebird with such skill.

This scene was witnessed by all the masters in the lounge, and Qibana and Nie Zi, who knew the inside story, grinned. But the real surprise was yet to come.

The inability to freely use moves during Dynamax has always been a problem that everyone has been racking their brains to overcome. If you are not familiar enough with Dynamax energy and have superb energy control, you simply cannot do it.

However, Dynamaxing itself consumes a lot of energy, and the burden on Pokémon is not light. In addition, the duration is short and the energy consumed is high, so the training time for Dynamaxing is very limited.

To achieve complete control, one can only rely on accumulating experience over time.

However, Marie's Corviknight, which can maintain its Gigantamax form in its normal state, has not only become familiar with energy, but has also incorporated changes to its body into its daily training.

Both Kibana and Dan, who was secretly watching the battle, were eagerly anticipating how much of their uniqueness would manifest on the battlefield today.

"Hmph, so it really is Corviknight, but that won't stop me! Dynamax Fairy! Watch me!"

"That's hard to say, Steelwing!"

"Gah—!"

Little Chirp flapped its enormous wings, protecting the approaching White Fluffy. The resulting gale even swept pebbles from the ground into the sky. At the same time, the dozens of Blade Birds circling around it suddenly burst forth with a dazzling silver-white light! They all swooped down towards Togekiss on the ground.

Chapter 385 Invitation

"Steel Wing! It's actually Steel Wing! Marnie used Steel Wing on Bladebird while Gigantamaxed! Is there any other trainer in Galar who can do this?!"

The commentator couldn't hide his surprise the moment he saw it, and along with the commentary, both the audience at the scene and those watching on television cheered!

But those on the field had no time to pay attention to what was happening off the field. When Peter saw the more than twenty silver-glowing blade birds, he knew that his chances of winning were over.

No matter how good Togekiss's defense is, it can't avoid so many consecutive attacks after deliberately using "Focus!" In desperation, Togekiss just tries to fly off the field as far as possible to draw away Chirp's attacks and get away from Brimwyn who is attacking.

A series of explosions rang out from the sidelines. After being hit by one, Togekiss had no strength left to struggle. The remaining Blade Birds swarmed in and instantly rendered Togekiss unable to fight.

In the center of the arena, Chirp flapped its wings to lift its massive body into the sky, but due to the distraction of the Splinter Bird, it was unable to dodge in time and was still hit head-on by Brimwyn. A torrent of scorching energy exploded in Chirp's chest, and the violent energy still swept across the entire arena.

However, Bai Pengpeng, who was being protected by Xiao Qiu, couldn't withstand the energy burst. Xiao Qiu failed to avoid the burst of energy head-on, causing Bai Pengpeng to get too close to the center of the burst. At this moment, it finally couldn't hold on and lost the ability to continue fighting.

This attack served as a turning point.

Before the Dynamax timer ended, Chirp single-handedly killed Bird Steel Wing and took away two more Pokémon from Peter, including Brimwyn.

The situation became completely one-sided, but despite this, Peter did not give up even with only three Pokémon left. After defeating Chinchilla and Morpheus in succession, he was defeated by the strong attack of Inteleon and Toxtricity.

"I lost."

Peter, who had raised his head again, seemed to have let go of some heavy burden, and became as frivolous as he was remembered, as if retirement was something easy and pleasant for him.

The three players hadn't left the field yet, and the cheers from the sidelines hadn't ended. As if lingering in the center of the arena, Peter closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

"It looks like that old woman will have to work hard for another two years."

Peter reached out his hands to the two girls opposite him, speaking as if to himself.

After a polite handshake, Mary twitched the corners of her mouth. She was now really curious about what Popella had done to Peter... that made him seem so happy even about retiring.

However, just then, several loud and clear voices came from somewhere in the audience.

"Hey! Peter, you did pretty well!"

"Retiring is fine! I can always come back!"

"..."

Only Mary and Yuri could see clearly that Peter was visibly stunned, his expression becoming complicated. He turned his head and looked around, then raised his hand to rub his forehead.

"How could this happen? I had a good plan... If I could get revenge, I would; if not, retiring would at least get rid of that old woman..."

Looking at Mary and Yuri again, Peter's relaxed expression had vanished.

"You guys really are my jinx. If I get recognized in this kind of situation, I'll have no choice but to become the Fairy Pavilion Master!"

"Ah, this..."

Mary and Yuri exchanged a glance and both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes. Yuri, in particular, remained silent, which made Mary think that she was suppressing laughter, her eyes almost overflowing with amusement.

"Well... on the bright side, you'll definitely surpass Gym Leader Popira very soon!"

After thinking it over, Mary decided to offer some words of comfort to the boy across from her, who was practically smitten.

"Hmph, you don't need to tell me. With my talent, I can surpass Popella in the blink of an eye."

In the audience, Popella, who was hidden in the crowd, smiled as she leaned on her cane. She had high hopes for Peter, but she had also pushed him too hard. If her body hadn't been unable to support the work of a gym leader, she wouldn't have been so anxious.

Out of guilt, Popira still allowed Peter to carry out his plan. If Peter really chose to give up, Popira would not force him no matter how much she regretted it.

But Peter's choice brought Popira genuine joy. She hadn't misjudged Peter's potential; he definitely had the qualities to entrust the gym to.

……

The unexpected battles came to an end, and the first match between Yuri and Lurina was postponed as a result.

While the staff were busy checking the damage to the protective equipment and repairing the site, Mari changed out of her challenge suit and took Little Nebula back from Sonia. She is now whispering with Yuri in the medical room.

"You revealed a lot of your tricks in the fight just now, so you'd better be careful later."

"I know, but to be honest, after just one match, I'm not that nervous anymore. Maybe I've gotten used to it. It's similar to the atmosphere of previous gym challenges."

"They were about the same anyway, but Hop was really lucky... he got to face another player. You and I both had to face the Gym Leader."

Mary sighed softly, her head throbbing at the thought of fighting her older brother. Even battling a single main dog in the gym challenge had been so troublesome…

"Isn't that great? I'm really looking forward to facing you in the finals!"

"Well, that's true."

Looking up into Yuri's eyes, Mary raised her hand, pinched her cheek, and smiled.

Just as Yuri made a gesture to pull her hand back, Mary's Rotom phone suddenly popped up, displaying Olive's secretary's phone number.

"...Secretary Olive? Does the chairman need to speak with you?"

Yuri leaned over, hugged Mary's waist, and asked curiously.

"I don't know, and the president hasn't shown up at all today. I don't know what's wrong."

"Oh right, why isn't the chairman presiding over such an important event today?"

Amid Yuri's curious voice, Mari pressed the answer button, and then Olive's image appeared on the screen.

“Marie...and Yuri.”

Upon seeing Yuri snuggled up to Mary, Olive didn't seem too surprised. Instead, she nodded slightly in greeting.

"Do you have time to come to Lozta tonight, Marie? The president has something to tell you."

"At night? Sure, but why Loz Tower? How am I supposed to get there? Aren't they closed for the night?"

"I will have someone deliver a special ID card to you later. Please keep your phone accessible."

"I see."

"Okay, see you tonight, Mary."

After speaking, Olive hung up the call, acting as decisively as ever.

"Lozta... that's great~ I want to go see it too, it looks really cool."

"Haha~ There will be opportunities in the future. Judging from Olive's attitude, Lozta should open in the next two years."

"Hum~"

Yuri squinted and hummed a few times before saying:

"Going to meet someone so late at night, it feels like they're plotting something~"

"Does Chairman Loz need to plot anything... What do you think he's doing?"

Chapter 386 Loz's Plan

After having dinner with Yuri and the others to celebrate Yuri passing the first round of eliminations, Mari went to Loz Tower alone.

Stepping out of the monorail, you are greeted by a square. Although the lighting is excellent, the emptiness and lack of human presence late at night still gives one a chill.

Mary looked around as she crossed the square and entered the lobby of Loz Tower, where an employee was waiting at the counter.

"Welcome, Ms. Mary. President Rose is waiting on the top floor. Please take the elevator next to us."

"Oh...oh, there's nothing here, yet there are still employees on duty."

Mary didn't rush upstairs; instead, she went to the counter and asked some questions out of curiosity.

"It's not that there's nothing there, it's just that it hasn't been open to the public before. This tower is more than just a landmark building."

The pretty receptionist at the counter gave her an expectant look, but after waiting for a while, Mary realized that she had no intention of continuing.

"...That's it?"

Mary couldn't help but ask again. Although her memories of this place from her past life suggested it was a battle tower, reality wasn't a game. They couldn't really turn it into an online battle platform, could they? How could they simulate it?

"Phew~ Stay tuned! Maintaining a little mystery is an important part of a woman's charm."

"...Alright, I'll be going now."

Seeing that the young lady wasn't going to say anything, Mary could only shake her head, say something, and walk towards the spacious elevator.

Stepping into the spacious elevator, whose purpose was unclear, Mary glanced at the screen next to her, swiped to the top to check the highest floor, selected the 100th floor icon, and felt the elevator move smoothly and steadily. Mary was surprisingly quite pleased.

Leaning against the wall, Mary lowered her head slightly, pondering what Chairman Rose had planned to say to her today. Surely he couldn't still be planning to cause trouble for Dark Night again, could he? There are already two Wujitai, so it's unlikely that things would get this extreme.

While she was thinking, the elevator had unknowingly reached the top floor. With a crisp announcement, Mary straightened up, turned her head, and looked past the open elevator doors. She immediately saw two men by the floor-to-ceiling window.