Mike finally reunited with the group when he saw them land in the indigo Plateau, Sashia introduced Mike to Chuck and told him Mike would be in the tournament as well and then he was an ex-champion in both Sinnoh and Unova but he had giving up the title to other people because he preferred to travel.
Mike had signed up earlier, and was now just training for the next two weeks so he could get stuff done, Sashia signed up and return to her own training with both Dany and the rest of her team, she had brought back mermaid for Zerina and now she was carrying out her strategies to deal with Liam and Shiranui Pokémon.