PS21: To Battle After Facing a Rival!
PS21's Documented "Plot"
After battling at a Battle Cafe, Michael met up with Sonia who spoke with him about her research in Stow-on-Side. Both couldn't believe that another booming sound had occurred, this time from Hammerlocke Stadium. Champion Leon showed up then informed Michael & Sonia about Chairman Rose testing something at his power plant (where Michael became aware of during PS12). As Sonia & Champion Leon decide to check at the plant, Michael was gonna go too but Sonia informs him that he should focus on heading to Circhester & leaving the investigation to her & Galar's Champion + she also commented on looking forward to see Michael compete in the finals, which left the young Gym Challenger a little sheepish since he had been aware of other Gym Challengers giving up except for the remaining ones (which he & his rivals are among of).
As Sonia & Champion Leon departed, Michael noticed Hop calling out to him. Despite Glimwood Tangle & the quiz from Ballonlea Stadium, Hop managed to have caught up with Michael again as Hop then informs his rival to meet him on Route 7 for a little competition & motivation.
Michael had to make a quick stop at another Pokemon Center for doing some rotation then he met with Hop right away. Hop requested a battle (as Michael expected) so he may continue to try different strategies in order to catch up & surpass his brother. As Michael became happy to see his rival in good determination (despite what occurred with him by Bede), the 2 young Gym Challengers had their battle, which ended in Michael's victory (thanks to Partner Inteleon at the very end).
Michael continued to proudly see his rival aiming to get back towards his goal of taking down his brother (Galar Champion Leon). The 2 young Gym Challengers agreed to have another battle after their next Gym Battle in Circhester as Hop sets off ahead.
After battling tough opponents on Routes 7 & 8 (which also includes wild Pokemon), Michael visited a Pokemon Camp by a Lass named Lisa (& her 2 Beauty & Dancer friends) where he got amazed in seeing that Lisa's Pokemon are an Eevee & some of its Eeveelutions while her 2 friends owns 2 other kinds of Eeveelutions (the only Eeveelution that wasn't at that camp is the Fairy-Type Sylveon). Not only Michael enjoyed playing with Eevee & its Eeveelutions (minus 1), he got to enjoy having fun with his partner Inteleon who had been stored away for quite a long while (by understandable reasons).
Afterwards (+ from defeating another opponent), Michael arrived in Circhester & already got a little amazed by some of its sighting. At the Pokemon Center, Michael acknowledged his Partner Inteleon's strength, from their battle with Hop, defeating a wild Crustle, & been defeating some opponents with just a single Snipe Shot. Michael is grateful to his Partner Inteleon for becoming the strongest in his team, which is why he must (once again) store it away in his Pokemon Storage System while being certain other Pokemon friends shall continue to get strong as well.
During some sightseeing, Michael didn't expect getting involved with activities at the buildings of Hotel Ionia like aiding a so-called detective (& innocent suspects) with a mystery or receiving a Catching Charm from a doctor. Stopping by the ancient Hero's bath led to meeting a move tutor who allowed Michael's Dracovish to learn the strongest Dragon-Type move known as Draco Meteor + overhearing people talking about him & 2 of his rivals somehow gave Michael a good feeling inside.
After catching a glimpse of Circhester Stadium, the young Gym Challenger look forward to his upcoming 6th Gym Battle (especially with his fully-evolved Secret Armor joining in).
To Be Continued
(Next: PS22)
Note: Galarian Michael experienced in allowing a Pokemon friend use a single move to defeat an opponent with 1 hit (like 1-Hit KOs).
Lesson Note: Michael Lettman ended up realizing how it was a complete waste to use a phone for recording Gym & Rival Battles when the Nintendo Switch's 30-Second Limited Inner Camera turned out to work out after all, as long as every single move (+ quotes) had been captured (at once), it was too bad those got deleted.
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