No one spoke, none of them made a sound as all of them were disappointed by the outcome, none of them wanted to cheer for Julio.

Julio, on the other hand, was ecstatic. He got rid of the annoying rodent and finally advanced to the finals where he will finally get his chance to defeat Julian and claim everything that is his.

Ash just stood there and stared at Pikachu, he had given it all but he still couldn’t do it, he felt frustrated and angry but he knew his time will come, he will one day become the champion, and one day he will reach his goal.

He walked towards his Pikachu and picked him up in his arms and walked out of the battlefield while people cheered for him.

As for Julio, he had a very ugly expression on his face, he looked at these people with disgust, he was the one who won the battle so why was his opponent being cheered out, he sent his Snorlax back to its Pokeball and walked stomping out of the battlefield.

Julian was everything and his eyes were as cold as they could get, now there is a bigger problem Julian has encountered, the Snorlax and who did such an awful thing to it.

Julian will have to find out and save these poor pokemon, if there is one victim there will be others.

Julian “I will deal with him on the battlefield”

Julian said and got off his seat and decided to go home.

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Somewhere else in the world in a massive dark room, the footage of the battle was being played on the big screen and few figures in the dark were watching it.

“That idiot, he used it”

One of them said.

“Well, it doesn’t matter, it would have eventually come out, the league might try to look into it but they will find nothing”.

Another one said.

“And it looks like it is working properly, soon we will have an army of it to take over, the world will then be under our control”

A deep voice sounded across the whole room through the speakers.

“Indeed, the experiment seems to be a success, with a few more of them, and the work’s chances of fighting back against us will be the bare minimum”

A woman said.

“How have the Cipher responded to this?”

One of them asked.

“It doesn’t matter what they think, we fund them, whatever they do will belong to us”.

Another one said.

“But to make sure, keep an eye on the Orre region, we have to keep Cipher under control, the old man running it is too dangerous and cunning”

The voice from the speaker sounded.

Everyone agreed with him and they continued to discuss their future plan.

“So do you think the test subject will be able to defeat him?”

One of them got curious and asked.

“We don’t know but I think the test subject should be able to pull it off, the shadow pokemons do not feel pain and they can continue to function even with severe damage to the body, there is no way he will lose”

Another one answered.

“We will see what happens, Julian is still the X-factor in all this, he might be the biggest hurdle to get over, we will need everything to take him down”.

“What about his island, where we able to infiltrate it?”

One of them asked, they had learned about the island that Julian owns and how he keeps his pokemons there, they thought they will be able to infiltrate the island and capture some of his pokemons for experiments.

“No, we got nothing from the teams that were sent to investigate the island, there is more to the island than it seems, for now, the objective has been put on a hold”

One of them answered.

“How did we fail, we send five batches of our best there, nobody ever contacted back?”

One of them asked.

“No, the only thing we received was a scream from one of the members which were then cut of, we know nothing that happened there”.

One of them answered.

“Well let’s not discuss things that have not progressed, let’s focus on things that are going well and plan for the future”

All of them agreed and continued with their talks

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Back in Kalos, Julian returned to his home and was greeted by his beautiful fiancée Daisy, she cooked him delicious food and massaged his head and shoulders to comfort him.

Julian was thinking about what happened today and how he should approach things, suddenly his phone rang, the call is from Cynthia. He picked up the phone and answered the call.

Cynthia “Darling, the league is asking about Julio, they are saying that they cannot sit idly and watch what happened today”.

Cynthia’s voice came from the other side and she also seem to be very frustrated.

Julian “Don’t worry, I will take care of this Julio, tell the league to focus on how that Snorlax was created and who is behind them, if Julio has some knowledge about it, I will extract it from him”

Julian answered.

Cynthia “Fine, and please be careful, love you”

Julian “Don’t worry, I will be fine and love you too”

Julian ended the call and sighed, he thought he will just have to deal with Lysander and his goons but it looks like there is something more going on in the world that needs his attention.