Former Team Spirit carry, Ilya "Yatoro" Mulyarchuk, revealed plans that surprised fans. At CS2's Perfect World Masters Major, this professional player expressed his intention to participate in a Pokémon tournament held in China.

This news was shared by EsportsGO on Twitter.

"Xu Jie said in a stream that he received friend requests from members of Team Spirit. Yatoro is flying to Shanghai to attend the Major and participate in the Pokémon tournament (a community event for for players/streamers organized by YYF)".

It is rumored that in the upcoming Pokémon tournament organized by Jiang "YYF" Cen, Yatoro will compete in an exhibition match against the two-time Dota 2 world champion, who has not confirmed this information. Yatoro's teammate, Miroslav "Mira" Kolpakov, said they are also trying to participate in the Perfect World Masters tournament.

Previously, Yatoro had affirmed that he would return to the professional Dota 2 arena, but not in the colors of Team Spirit.