"Having arrived in Circhester, Victor is ready for his next Gym Battle. But all hope seems lost due to Gordie's overwhelming power, then thanks to his Pokémon's skill and determination, they manage to win, earning the sixth Gym Badge. But then…"

"Mysteries and Dangers"

At the Circhester Stadium, Victor and Gloria are exiting, with Victor holding up his Gym Badges, and the sunlight glints off them.

Gloria looks at her friend and smiles.

"Yamp! Yamp!" a Yamper runs up to the two Trainers, happily calling to them.

"A Yamper?" Victor starts to lower his Gym Badges.

"Wait, do you think?" Gloria wonders.

"I thought Yamper got your scent," Sonia says, as she approaches them.

"Sonia, it's great to see you here," Gloria says.

"Likewise," Sonia says, before noticing Victor's Gym Badges. "Oh, Victor, you won your Gym Match at Circhester. Congratulations."

"Thanks," Victor says, blushing slightly.

"Hum, Sonia, why exactly are you here?" Gloria asks.

Sonia smiles.

Sonia leads Victor and Gloria into the Bob's Your Uncle restaurant, passing by a poster showing a picture of a curry dish with the words "Bob's Your Uncle's Eighth Annual Curry Contest".

They reach the end of the restaurant, when Sonia smiles, "And that is why I'm here."

They look at a tapestry that shows two kings, each holding small candles, in front of what appeared to be tombs, one with a sword drawn on it and the other having a shield drawn on it.

"Is this supposed to show…?" Gloria starts.

"The legendary heroes?" Victor finishes.

"After Stow-on-Side, I did some further study and discovered that besides the ones at Hammerlocke, there was another tapestry," Sonia says, before turning to her friends. "What do you think?"

"Those… tombs?" Victor starts. "Could they be… seals of some kind?"

"I believed so," Sonia turns back to the tapestry. "Based on my research, I think the fabled sword and shield of the legendary heroes could have gone into a deep sleep after the Darkness Day."

"A deep sleep?" Gloria crosses her arms. "I wonder if they could've been injured."

Sonia looks back at them and smiles, "Funny you say that."

Victor and Gloria tilt their heads, confused.

Sonia, Victor, and Gloria arrive at the Hero's Bath, a large ancient stone pillar structure, with a huge rectangular hot spring in the middle of it. Unaware of the three, two individuals in the hot spring are blocked by the steam.

"According to legend, the heroes came to the Hero's Bath to soothe their bodies after the Darkness Day," Sonia says. "After seeing the tapestry, I wondered if the Pokémon that represented the sword and shield also rest here before going into their deep sleeps."

Gloria lowers her head, "It seems like whenever we learn more about the legendary heroes and Darkness Day, the more of the mystery there seems to be."

Sonia turns to her friends, "That's what I like about all of this, the entire mystery and revealing it little by little."

"Even revealing your mystery with lies!"

Sonia turns back around, "Who said that?"

At that moment, Sordward and Shielbert come out of the hot spring and land several feet away, before they end up slipping and falling down.

"Th-That would be us," Shielbert says.

"Wait… you're the two from Route 8," Victor realizes.

The two men hurry back onto their feet and clear their throats.

"I am Sordward."

"I am Shielbert."

"We are the descendants of the legendary hero," Sordward and Sheilbert both say.

"Their hair…" Gloria starts. "Wait, it's them?!"

"Well, the day started pretty normal, except for these two strangers with unusual haircuts," Dianelle starts, before she holds up her hands straight up. "One of their hair was really long like this." Then she holds her hands out to the side of her head. "And the other's hair was really wide like this."

"It's just like how Dianelle described them," Gloria says, before holding up her hands straight up. "One of their hair was really long like this."

Victor holds his hands out to the side of his head, "And the other's hair was really wide like this."

"Don't mock us!" Sordward yells. "Our hairs represent our proud hierarchies!"

"And used a large amount of Furfrou branded hair gel!" Shielbert yells.

"Great, more yellers," Gloria holds her hands to her ears, while thinking about Paul and Jean.

"Incredible," Sonia says, as she stands in front of Sordward and Shielbert. "I didn't think there were descendants of the legendary heroes. Perhaps you two could help to add to my research."

"Unlikely, since everything that you had reported has been a lie," Sordward says.

"A lie?" Sonia says, confused, before backing up. "Everything that I have undercovered is based on facts."

"Our ancestors were the legendary kings, with their own sword and shield," Sordward says.

"It wasn't a pair of Pokémon no one had heard of," Shielbert says.

"We will prove the truth of our ancestors," Sordward says.

"And our right place in the Galar hierarchies," Shielbert adds.

"Sonia doesn't lie," Gloria says, taking a step forward. "And we saw the Pokémon in Slumbering Weald."

"What?!" Sordward suddenly shouts, before pointing at Victor and Gloria. "Waitaminute, you two are the Trainers from the news broadcast!"

"Then you are as much to blame for her pack of lies," Shielbert says.

"Go, Bisharp!" Sordward throws a Poké Ball.

"Bis! Shar!" Bisharp calls out.

"Go, Klinklang!" Shielbert throws a Poké Ball.

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang calls out.

"We will defend our ancestry!" Sordward and Shielbert call out.

"A Pokémon Battle… here?" Sonia asks.

"Guess we have no choice," Gloria holds back a Poké Ball.

"Guess so," Victor holds back a Poké Ball.

"Go, Sirfetch'd!" Gloria throws a Poké Ball.

"Sir, Fetch!"

"Go, Raboot!" Victor throws a Poké Ball.

"Ra-boot!"

"You're out of your league," Sordward says. "Bisharp, Night Slash!"

"Sirfetch'd, Fury Cutter," Gloria instructs.

"Sir, Fetch! Sir, Fetch!" Sirfetch'd swings its leek back and forth.

"Bis! Shar!" Bisharp's hand becomes covered in dark energy, before it strikes forward, collides with Sirfetch'd's leek and knocks it back.

"Sir, Fetch!"

"We will win, in this battle and in our goal," Shielbert says. "Klinklang, Gear Grind!"

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang calls out, as it fires two energy gears from its body.

"Raboot, dodge with Flame Charge!" Victor calls out.

"Ra-boot!" Raboot starts running, while becoming covered in flames, managing to dodge one energy gear, before barely getting sideswiped by the other energy gear. "Ra-boot!"

"You can run, but you can't hide from our justice," Shielbert says. "Klinklang, Shift Gear!"

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang's gears start to spin rapidly, as it glows slightly.

"Klinklang just increased its Attack and Speed," Victor realizes, while his Rotom Phone floats in front of him.

"Now, Klinklang, use Wild Charge!" Shielbert calls out.

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang's gears stop spinning, before it surrounds itself with electricity and flies ahead, slamming into Raboot.

"Ra-boot!" Raboot is knocked back and falls into the hot spring.

"Sir, Fetch?" Sirfetch'd looks to the side.

"Bisharp, Sword Dance!" Sordward instructs.

"Bis! Shar!" Bisharp crosses its arms, before spreading them, with it glowing slightly. "Bis! Shar!"

"Sirfetch'd, watch out, Bisharp just increased its Attack," Gloria says, with her Rotom Phone floating next to her.

"Now, Iron Head!" Sordward calls out.

"Bis! Shar!" Bisharp's head glows silver, before it jumps ahead.

"Sirfetch'd, block it!" Gloria instructs.

"Sir, Fetch!" Sirfetch'd holds up its leaf shield.

"Bis! Shar!" Bisharp headbutts Sirfetch'd's shield.

"Sir, Fetch!" Sirfetch'd is knocked far back.

"Listen, everyone, this isn't necessary," Sonia says.

"Yamp, Yamp!" Yamper yells, next to her.

"You're wrong," Sordward says.

"This is very much necessary," Shielbert says.

"Ra-boot," Raboot pulls itself out of the hot spring. "Ra-boot…"

"Klinklang, Wild Charge!" Shielbert calls out.

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang, surrounded by electricity, flies ahead.

"Raboot, counter with Double Kick!" Victor instructs.

"Ra-boot!" Raboot spins around on one hand, kicks Klinklang. "Ra-boot!" Raboot spins around again and kicks Klinklang, knocking it back, before landing on its feet and breathing heavily. "Ra-boot… Ra-boot…"

"Sirfetch'd, we need to help Raboot," Gloria says.

"Sir, Fetch!" Sirfetch'd runs to the side, before jumping back to dodge Bisharp's dark energy covered arm strike.

"Bis! Shar!"

"Now, Bisharp, use Iron Head!" Sordward calls out.

"Bis!" The dark energy on Bisharp's arm dissipates, before its head glows silver and then jumps ahead. "Shar!"

"Sir, Fetch!" Sirfetch'd is knocked back by Bisharp's headbutt.

"Ra-boot," Raboot tries to stand up, but falls onto a knee. "Ra-boot!"

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang starts to fly toward Raboot.

"This is it," Shielbert starts. "We're gonna win this battle, and then we will disprove all of Sonia's lies and the two supposed legendary Pokémon."

Victor looks ahead.

Victor, Gloria, and their Pokémon look ahead, as two large figures start to approach them through the mist. Then two large creatures emerge from the mist, one is mostly red and the other is mostly blue.

Victor clenches a fist, "They all real. What Sonia discovered and the Pokémon we saw."

"Klin-Klan!" Klinklang flies toward Raboot.

"Raboot, Ember!" Victor instructs, holding out a hand. "Fire into the hot spring!"

"Ra-boot!" Raboot fires a series of small fireballs into the hot spring, causing a large blast of steam.

The steam spreads out, covering everything in the area.

"You are just delaying the inevitable," Sordward says. "Besides, now none of you can attack."

"You're wrong," Gloria says. "Sirfetch'd trains constantly, even before I caught it. It can handle not being able to see."

"You're just buffering," Sordward says.

Gloria smiles, "Sirfetch'd, Rock Smash!"

"Sir, Fetch!" Sirfetch'd runs through the steam, before jumping up and swinging its leek. "Sir, Fetch!"

Sirfetch'd slams its leek against Bisharp, knocking it back, "Bis!"

Bisharp slams against Klinklang, "Klin-Klan!"

The steam then starts to dissipate, revealing Bisharp holding onto Klinklang, who seemed very exhausted.

"What? What's wrong with my Pokémon?" Shielbert says.

Victor holds up his Rotom Phone, "It's exhausted because Wild Charge also damages its user." He holds his Rotom Phone down. "Raboot, Flame Charge!"

"Ra-boot!" Raboot runs ahead, covered in flames, before jumping up and slams into Bisharp and Klinklang.

Bisharp and Klinklang slam against a stone pillar, before falling down, with their eyes whirling.

"Your Pokémon is unable to battle!" Gloria holds out a hand, before seeing Victor, Sonia, Yamper, Raboot, and Sirfetch'd looking at her, confused. She then rubs the back of her head, with a sweatdrop. "Sorry."

Bisharp and Klinklang turn into red energy and fly into Sordward and Shielbert's Poké Balls.

"We aren't done yet," Sordward says.

"We will disprove all of your lies," Shielbert says.

"And restore our family's legacy!" Sordward and Shielbert yell together, before starting to run away.

"Well… that just happened…" Gloria says, as she and her friends watch them go.

Later, Victor, Gloria, Sonia, Raboot, Sirfetch'd, and Yamper are lying next to the hot spring.

"It's nice to be able to relax for once a while," Victor says.

"Ra-boot," Raboot smiles.

Gloria smiles, before noticing Sirfetch'd is lying with its leek and leaf shield next to it, as it had fallen asleep.

Gloria sweat drops, before looking over to Sonia, "So what are you gonna do next?"

"I'm not gonna allow what Sordward and Shielbert said affect me, I will continue to move onward," Sonia says with a huge smile, before relaxing a bit. "Although I'm not too sure where to go next." She seats up. "Maybe I should go into Slumbering Weald myself."

"Slumbering Weald…" Victor looks over to the hot spring. "I wonder if we will see those two Pokémon ever again…"

Sordward and Shielbert are at the edge of the city.

"So what are we gonna do next, Sordward?" Shielbert asks, with his arms crossed.

"That lying Trainer said they saw the supposed legendary Pokémon in Slumbering Weald," Sordward holds a hand to his chin. "Perhaps the best way to disprove all the lies is at the source."

"In Slumbering Weald," Sordward and Shielbert say, together, with them smiling, before sneezing.

"What could be the truth about the legendary kings and the terrible Darkness Day? As our heroes ponder these mysteries, they also must look forward to the future. What could be next for our heroes?"

"Find out, as the journey continues…"