James Davy

Pokémon Galar

"Hang on, aren't we missing someone?" Shiranui asked.

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"Thank you," Shiranui added, recalling the newly-evolved Sogekishu. He had noticed on reading the Inteleon's Pokédex entry that Sogekishu stood a few inches shorter than his ace Pokémon.

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Shiranui had also been challenged to a PWCS battle. His opponent had an Arctovish and Shiranui got to see an example of the conversation he had with Liam earlier. He sent out his Drizzile, Sogekishu, and the battle was on. Sogekishu had set up the dual screen combo consisting of Reflect and Light Screen all the while dodging several Freeze-Dry attacks from Arctovish and dealing back some damage through Bounce and Mud Shot. One Freeze-Dry did nail Sogekishu for a hit and the Drizzile was almost knocked out. Sogekishu got up and with fire in his eyes let off a bright glow, signifying an evolution was taking place. The Drizzile grew to twice his old height and gained a sail and membranes on his back. The glow subsided to reveal an Inteleon that Shiranui scanned with his phone. "Inteleon, the Secret Agent Pokémon. A Water type and the evolved form of Drizzile. Its nictitating membranes let it pick out foes' weak points so it can precisely blast them with water that shoots from its fingertips at Mach 3." As Arctovish readied another Freeze-Dry, the newly-evolved Sogekishu showed off a Sucker Punch that knocked Arctovish out. "Arctovish is unable to battle. The winner is Shiranui Tsukiko of Ecruteak City!" the Rotom Drone arbitrated, "Trainer Shiranui Tsukiko, your rank is now high enough to earn you a promotion to the Great Ball Class."

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"Me neither," added Shiranui. He knew a lot of trainers had Pokémon who had been resurrected including himself and his friends and was puzzling over the ethical implications.

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"I believe it," Shiranui agreed.

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"Do those two remind you of a mad scientist in an old movie that reanimated a corpse?" Shiranui asked Liam.

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Shiranui was looking at navigation information about Route 6 over a breakfast of tea and crumpets. He found it was mostly cliffs under an intense sun; but jumping out at him were rumours of a scientist named Cara Liss that combined two fossils together to form one of a quartet of mismatched fossil Pokémon.

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Shiranui also agreed on turning in for the night.

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"Jen, don't be surprised if Ponyta joins your team after all is said and done," Shiranui warned, "The rest of us helped some Pokémon out and some of them ended up on our teams."

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Shiranui watched as Liam informed his distant family of the Galarian Ponyta's situation, hoping the psychic equine was okay, but also not surprised in the least as he remembered Liam doing the same thing to at least one Pokémon in every region he had visited; sometimes to the effect of said Pokémon joining his team.