Liko, Roy, and Dot have arrived in the town of Cortondo, where Liko is due to take on the local Gym Leader in her first-ever Terastal battle. While Roy and Dot admire the town and the many Bug Pokémon that reside there, Liko can’t help but feel nervous about what’s to come. Roy and Fuecoco’s noses lead them to the highly popular Patisserie Soapberry, where they decide to try out some of the local sweets. Both them and their Pokémon find them extremely tasty, with Terapagos even asking for seconds. Once they’re done eating, they are surprised to see none other than Murdock approaching them, revealing that he’s working part-time at Patisserie Soapberry to gain some money for them while Orla focuses on repairing the Brave Olivine. Just as he’s about to mention who he’s working for, he’s interrupted by an angry shout from in front of the pâtisserie. The person responsible for the noise turns out to be Coral, who is outraged for not getting to have any of the town’s famous sweets due to them having run out of stock for the day and demands to have some regardless. Murdock addresses the woman Coral is arguing with as Katy, making Liko and her friends realize they are looking at the town’s Gym Leader and the person whom Liko is supposed to battle. Katy recognizes Liko by name as well, but before they can as much as agree on having their battle, Coral butts in and demands a battle as well. However, since Katy is busy for the rest of the day, she says she can only face one of them. As such, Coral demands to battle Liko first to see which of them gets to face Katy. Liko accepts and asks Katy if she’d be allowed to use Terastallization in this battle, wanting to practice it before the test. Katy states that students taking the Terastal Training course are not allowed to use it against each other and suggests a different type of confrontation instead: a cake-baking contest.
