This is such a lousy draw; the only somewhat calm Champion is Danti.
"Everyone, let's put the drawing to rest for now."
"How about we all have lunch together next?"
President Loz flashed a slight smile, inviting the eight of them to join in a luncheon.
However, it was clear that everyone was busy studying their opponents and had no appetite for food, declining the invitation one after another.
"That's fine."
President Loz's smile didn't fade as he arranged for the individuals to leave. After a short while, only Danti was left by his side, and for some reason, Miss Olive also appeared out of nowhere.
"Danti, are you confident?"
President Loz's smile became more reserved, and the Olive by his side also turned her gaze to Danti.
"Rest assured, President Loz."
Danti nodded his head.
Miss Kaluna's strength wasn't particularly strong among the Champions. He remembered that her Gardevoir's normal state was just at the ordinary Champion Level.
Even if she was good at developing Mega Evolution, she could only display top Champion Level strength for a few minutes at most—perhaps even less. He was certain of victory.
Danti's goal was very clear; he looked at the battle screen's groupings, his gaze falling on Fang Yuan's portrait.
He felt that Mr. Fang Yuan would be his greatest rival.
As to why, it was just a Trainer's intuition.
...
After officially becoming one of the Eight Masters and completing the groupings, Fang Yuan's communicator hadn't stopped buzzing.
Other Champions had assistants to handle things, but Fang Yuan had to dump all the trivial matters onto Rotom to solve so he could have some peace of mind.
Unless it was someone or a message of particular importance, he did not want to pay attention to it for the next two days.
This was an old habit of Fang Yuan's; whenever there was a competition or duel, especially if it was on a somewhat larger scale, he liked to be alone and quiet. It was the same during the World Championships.
Come to think of it, this habit seemed to have followed him from his previous life.
Whenever there was an exam of even minor significance, he was very reluctant to listen to people murmuring in his ears or asking this and that.
Dammit, exams led me astray.
Right, besides having to bring Victini over, there shouldn't be anything else to do. Meditation until tomorrow it is.
That was what he had intended...
However.
In the afternoon, during a certain time period.
Fang Yuan's communicator blew up again.
The problem was big; something very serious had happened this time.
The smartphone Rotom and Eevee, after judging the situation, had no choice but to let Fang Yuan take a look himself.
In the meantime, Xiaozhi and his friends had left several messages for Fang Yuan.
All were prompted by a declaration video released by a Mr. Shinto, one of Fang Yuan's opponents tomorrow.
"What's the matter now?"
Without looking at the messages, Fang Yuan first watched the video found by Rotom.
Picking up the phone, he opened the video, and then, Fang Yuan's expression became startled.
Opening with Regirock!!!
"Regigigas???!!!" Fang Yuan exclaimed aloud.
In the video, Sir Shinto, dressed in a green adventure suit, stood before his battle pyramid facility, and beside him, there was a giant creature.
This creature was four meters tall with a large white torso, lacking an obvious head, and had seven round holes in the center of its body, arranged in the shape of the Big Dipper.
This creature... this creature... was unmistakably Regigigas, the King of Holy Pillar that had moved the landmass tablets to form the Five God Pillars.
"That's the video, Rotom."
The smartphone Rotom quickly explained, urging him to keep watching.
Eevee also quickly came closer to watch.
The video continued.
"I am Pyramid Pharaoh Kamon, standing beside me right now, as you can see, is the King of Holy Pillar, Regigigas."
"Next, I need to explain something and make a public apology."
"Where should I start?"
"Probably centuries ago, the movement of the earth's crust and tectonic plates caused major disasters like volcanic eruptions and earthquakes in the Sinnoh Region. At that time, to protect the land, Regigigas exhausted itself to the point of falling into a deep slumber."
"However, about six months ago, some Spirit Hunters damaged its Guardian Pillar in an attempt to capture it, which caused the slumbering Regigigas to start rampaging. At that time, I happened to be investigating a ruin nearby."
"I struggled to stop Regigigas's rampage and the actions of the Hunter Organization. Although, in the end, I was fortunate enough to calm Regigigas down and fend off the Hunters, my own Rotom suffered irreparable damage in the process."
"Currently, thanks to the recognition and trust of Regigigas, my Pokémon and I have become its Guardians. Regigigas has also agreed to help me find a way to heal Rotom."
"After my investigations, the Rock Tablet, the reward for the championship, combined with the power of Regigigas, will be able to heal my Rotom. Therefore, this championship is very important to me. Although Regigigas is not my Pokémon, in order to win the championship, I will have to fight alongside it."
Fang Yuan was taken aback halfway through watching.
Wait, hold on.
That storyline sounds so familiar; wasn't it that during Xiaozhi's travels to the Sinnoh Region that the King of Holy Pillar awoke, and then Kamon became its Guardian?
Why did it happen so much earlier???
And moreover, Kamon's Rock God Column had suffered serious damage, requiring the power of the Rock Tablet to heal?
It's chaos again...
But... considering the Galaxy Team had been taken down so early by him, Fang Yuan had no choice but to accept reality.