Pokémon from Galar

"She won!!! Look, Sonia! Mary really won!! She's the champion!!!"

Yuri was so excited she was incoherent. She hugged Sonia tightly and jumped up and down to express her excitement.

"...Yes, Mary really won."

Sonia's gaze swept across the field, landing on the tall, imposing man, then shifting to the young girl beside him. A strange emotion stirred within her.

"Yuri".

Sonia opened her mouth and called softly, but received no response from the girl who was lost in excitement. Sonia smiled, raised her hand and patted Yuri's head, murmuring:

"I hope you can... stay by her side and do what I was unable to do..."

Letting Yuri hug her and vent her emotions, Sonia, who was being pulled and swayed, once again turned her gaze to Dante, her thoughts inexplicable, but she did not move.

Meanwhile, Dante, who was talking on the field, seemed to notice something. He turned his head and immediately saw Sonia on the sidelines. He then grinned, revealing a smile full of resentment.

As for Hop, he excitedly ran towards the corridor, intending to rush to the lounge to see Mary and his older brother and express his emotions.

After exchanging a few words, Dante and Mary left the venue first. Although there were other things to do later, such as the awards ceremony and closing ceremony, they would have to wait until they had rested before proceeding.

“…Marie, Champion Marie? Stop daydreaming, there’s still a lot to do.”

Dan patted Mary, who was still a little dazed, and laughed.

"Ah, um... I know, sorry."

Mary raised her hand and rubbed her face, finally coming to her senses. She shook her head to calm herself down, then asked:

"A lot to do? Isn't it just the awards ceremony and the closing ceremony left?"

"That's today. In a couple of days, there will be a ceremony to hand over the championship title. This is a position in the league that is almost on par with the president. After that, you will need to learn about things like the benefits and responsibilities of the champion, as well as the various powers and rules and regulations in the league. In addition, you will need to greet many people in the league, etc. You'll be very busy for a while after that."

"No way, I'm only eleven years old. I'll be twelve by the New Year. Do I still have a job?"

"It won't be a job, but many people will ask you to be a spokesperson or do favors, it depends on you."

Mary's eyebrows twitched, and she turned to look at Dan Di's cape, which was covered in endorsement posters, and asked with a strange expression:

"Like this?"

“I took on a lot of endorsements because I needed money before, but you don’t need to. Don’t worry, your brother and I will help you.”

"Oh, okay. So, Dante, are you going to take over as Chairman Rose's position?"

"Yes... Lorz has already made all the arrangements, it will be on the day of the championship handover. So don't worry, I won't run away after I step down."

"...I wasn't worried about that."

Mary scratched her head. Someone as responsible as Dandi was really hard to imagine him running away.

The two walked and talked, quickly arriving at the medical department. After handing over their Pokémon, Marie was about to ask more questions about the Champion when Yuri burst through the door.

"Mari-chan—!!!"

It jumped up and wrapped its limbs around Mary, hanging itself directly on her body, even causing Mary to stumble a couple of steps and almost fall.

Hep entered first, but after seeing Yuri's reaction, he wisely refrained from interrupting them and instead walked intently toward his older brother.

Sonia, who was lagging behind, came in and saw the two girls huddled together. She picked up Nebula and placed it on Mary's head, then turned around and found Dante resting to the side.

"it's a pity."

"No, my Charizard used its full power. Marie is qualified to defeat me. There's nothing to regret."

"You're still the same as ever. Want to grab a drink later? My treat."

With one hand resting on the back of Dante's chair, Sonia blushed slightly and turned to the side, speaking in a casual tone.

"Go to a bar? It might be inconvenient for me to go now."

"Then come to my place. The drinks at the Shy Bud Inn are so plentiful, isn't that enough for you?"

The words slipped out unconsciously, and only after she finished speaking did Sonia realize what inappropriate things she had said. But the words were already out, and if she tried to explain now, it would only make things worse. So she could only suppress her emotions and wait for Dan's response.

Dandi glanced at Sonia, who was suppressing her shyness, and nodded with amusement, saying:

"Okay."

Hop, who had been having a pleasant conversation with his older brother, scratched his head and then silently hugged the tail of the quiet little Zoro standing to the side. Like Hop, Zoro had found himself awkwardly unable to join the conversation since coming in.

Of course, Xiao Zuo was only anxiously waiting for Balu with Xiao You and didn't sense the atmosphere at the scene. However, seeing that Hep was clinging to his tail, as an acquaintance with whom he had a reasonably good relationship, he just went along with him.

Chapter 430 The Busy After the Celebration

Apart from a few people directly involved, no one in Galar expected that the change of champion would happen when D'Antoni was not even thirty years old. Back then, D'Antoni was already getting old and tired of all the infighting, so he found a talented successor.

However, given Dant's responsible attitude, no one would have expected him to choose to step down at this age. Everyone could see that he didn't go all out against Marie, and those who couldn't understand after reading the analysis posts could.

Therefore, most people viewed Mary's victory as a result of Dan's choice.

Of course, this doubt, which had been circulating online for a few days, was resolved at the champion's handover ceremony.

After presiding over the handover, Mr. Loz, the president of the Galar Alliance, publicly announced his resignation and the decision for Dante to succeed him.

Just as Galer was still reeling from this news, it was announced that Chairman Loz had transferred a majority stake in his Marocomon Group to Dante, making Dante the largest shareholder of Marocomon.

The series of news truly caught the entire Galar off guard, and many people were worried about whether Leon, as the actual person in charge of the company, knew how to run it effectively.

After all, the Marocomón Group touches every aspect of Galar, and if something goes wrong, the entire Galar will fall into economic turmoil, which is what many people are worried about.

However, Mary was just watching the show for the time being. She was busy with a beautiful assistant arranged by Dan, who took her around the league every day to greet people. She really didn't have time to care about what was going on with Dan.

After the champion's handover ceremony, Sonia, Yuri, and Hep returned to Hualang Town. With the celebration over, it was time to return to their respective affairs.

Sonia needs to organize and submit all the research on Zacian, Zamazenta, and Mugentsuna, and also take Hep, who is planning to get involved in the research, along with her.

Yuri, on the other hand, focused on challenging Zacian and trying to gain Zacian's recognition as soon as possible.

Before everyone parted, Mary told her about the first thing she planned to do after taking office, which was about the ancient king who was sleeping in the snowfield.

She hadn't known before, but now that she had heard the reason from Zacian, she didn't want the Raichu King to sleep alone in the snow, so she had to do something for him.

I was busy like this for half a month.

Having finished her business, Mary decided to visit Dante one last time before leaving, so she went alone to the now bustling Loz Tower.

It seems that Dante intends to develop Loz Tower into a huge battle frontier similar to Hoenn, and he's been spending all his time there lately, rarely leaving.

"Ah, it's the champion."

"Hello, champion!"

"Is there something you need, Champion?"

As soon as she entered, she was recognized by several staff members. Mary had no choice but to respond to them one by one. After explaining her purpose to the receptionist, she swiped her ID card as if she were escaping and entered the huge elevator.

The entire Loz Tower is still under construction and planning. Many people come here to work, which has attracted a lot of attention for Mary.

Enduring the gazes she'd probably gotten used to lately, Mary went to the floor where Dante's office was located and found his seat.

"Marie, you're here! Want to have a match with me? I haven't had time to find someone to fight lately."

Dante smiled, put down the documents in his hand, then stood up and poured Mary a glass of juice, handing it to her.

"I have something to do, let's talk after your place is finished. I just stopped by to say hello. By the way, your suit looks much better than that big cape."

"Hahaha~ I actually prefer my cloak. When you say 'something' is something, are you referring to that Crowned King in the Snowfield?"

"Yes, we still need to investigate the specifics. We can't just bring the troops in; it would be bad if we alerted the other side."

Mary sat down on the sofa next to her, took a couple of sips of the perfectly sweetened juice, and then asked:

"By the way, where's Olive? Did she run off with President Rose?"

"No... but almost. It's clear that she's not as dedicated to her work as she used to be. Sigh~ If she hadn't yet found a suitable successor, Olive would probably have already stepped down."

Dante sighed deeply. It's not easy to find someone as capable and in a high position as Olive. Unfortunately, she seems to be firmly loyal to Chairman Rose, and Marocmon will not be able to keep her in the future.

"Hahaha~ Do you regret taking on this business now?"

"No, this tower carries my new dream. Although it's tiring, I'm super excited about it. I'll have to ask the current champion to advertise for me."

"Don't make fun of me. Everyone knows I can't beat you right now. It just makes me feel awkward to hear you talking about being the current champion."

"Hey, I went through the same thing back then, you can't miss out if you don't try it."

"Tsk..."

Mary clicked her tongue in annoyance, downed her juice in one gulp, tossed the paper cup into the nearby trash can, and then stood up and said:

"I'll be going now if there's nothing else. See you next time."

"Wait a minute, there's something else. My master said if you have time, you can visit him on Armor Island. There's a surprise waiting for you. Your friends can come along too."

"I understand. I'll head over there once things are settled in the snowfield."

Mary didn't ask any further questions and ignored Dan's 'come ask me' expression. She chuckled mischievously and pushed open the door to leave Dan's office.

Upon arriving at the foot of the Tower of Loz, Marie called out to Little Bird and flew towards the direction of Little Tae's laboratory.

The laboratory here is also located below the arena, but we never thought we would be responsible for researching Eternatus, so we temporarily increased the budget significantly. The person in charge of this laboratory is ecstatic.

Marie easily entered the lab by scanning her face. Recently, Chirp has also been occasionally pulled over to collect some data. It seems that Dr. Mulan has set up a project to shrink and stabilize the Gigantamax form with the support of Leon.

Having found the little Tate observing the giant Mugentsuna, Mari quietly approached and then hugged the petite body draped in a white coat.

"I'm going home today, are you coming?"

Xiao Tai, who was being hugged, calmly put down the panel in her hand, looked up and said:

"I have something else to do, I'll call a Flying Taxi myself at noon."

"Hey, that's rare. You're actually willing to put things here aside."

“No matter what, you are my family now. According to your common human customs, I am trying to understand the feeling of caring for family.”

"Then I'll wait for you here, and I can even get lunch for you."

Letting go, Marie took two steps to the French windows and looked out at the enormous Eternatus sleeping in another chamber. The chamber was filled with stable Dynamax energy.

"Although, he looks pretty handsome."

"Do as you please, I'm going to get busy. I'll call you when I'm done."

Xiao Tai didn't reply, but pulled up a chair for Mary and went to his post.

Chapter 431 Go to Investigate