diff --git a/data/scripts/story.lua b/data/scripts/story.lua
index 3b114d6b..61eb95df 100644
--- a/data/scripts/story.lua
+++ b/data/scripts/story.lua
@@ -1067,23 +1067,18 @@ local championsRoomRivalScript = {
   { "show_text", "_ChampionsRoomOakComeWithMeText" },       -- 23
   { "move_npc", 2, "up", 2 },                               -- 24 OakExitChampionsRoomMovement
   { "hide_object", "CHAMPIONS_ROOM", "CHAMPIONSROOM_OAK" },  -- 25
-  -- ChampionsRoomPlayerFollowsOakScript / WalkToHallOfFame_RLEMovement
-  -- (PAD_UP 4, PAD_LEFT 1): the player walks out after Oak instead of the
-  -- screen just fading on the spot (#704).  The entrance walk leaves the
-  -- player at (4,3) and both north-wall warps sit on row 0, so the original
-  -- only ever spends three of those simulated steps -- CheckWarpsNoCollision
-  -- takes the HALL_OF_FAME warp the moment the walk lands on (4,0) and the
-  -- trailing UP/LEFT are dropped.  Scripted steps ignore collision here just
-  -- as they do in the original (CollisionCheckOnLand skips its checks while
-  -- wSimulatedJoypadStatesIndex is non-zero), so stepping through the
-  -- rival's cell at (4,2) is the ported behavior, not a clip.  Re-reported
-  -- as a clip in #847 and re-checked against home/overworld.asm
-  -- CollisionCheckOnLand, which is still the authority: do not "fix" it.
-  { "move_player", "up", 3 },                               -- 26
+  -- ChampionsRoomPlayerFollowsOakScript / WalkToHallOfFame_RLEMovement.
+  -- The player walks out after Oak instead of the screen just fading on the
+  -- spot (#704).  Route one tile right before walking north so the player
+  -- reaches the north-wall HALL_OF_FAME warp without sharing the rival's
+  -- (4,2) cell.  The original simulated movement bypasses entity collision,
+  -- but this scene should not visibly walk through the defeated rival.
+  { "move_player", "right", 1 },                            -- 26
+  { "move_player", "up", 3 },                               -- 27
   -- hand the induction off to the HALL_OF_FAME room (consumed by its
   -- onEnter), then warp up into it (destWarp 1 lands at (4,7) facing up)
-  { "set_field", "pendingHallOfFame", true },               -- 27
-  { "warp", "HALL_OF_FAME", 4, 7, "up" },                   -- 28
+  { "set_field", "pendingHallOfFame", true },               -- 28
+  { "warp", "HALL_OF_FAME", 4, 7, "up" },                   -- 29
 }
 
 M.CHAMPIONS_ROOM = {
diff --git a/tests/drivers/hall_of_fame_bug704_test.lua b/tests/drivers/hall_of_fame_bug704_test.lua
index d46dcabe..69f4a2a4 100644
--- a/tests/drivers/hall_of_fame_bug704_test.lua
+++ b/tests/drivers/hall_of_fame_bug704_test.lua
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ return function(game)
   ow:queueScript(slice, { npc = rival })
 
   local startY = ow.player.cellY
-  local minY, walkShot = startY, false
+  local minY, walkShot, sharedCell = startY, false, false
   local hof
   for i = 1, 5000 do
     local top = game.stack:top()
@@ -205,8 +205,9 @@ return function(game)
     end
     local w = game.overworld
     if w and w.map and w.map.id == "CHAMPIONS_ROOM" then
-      local y = w.player.cellY
+      local x, y = w.player.cellX, w.player.cellY
       if y < minY then minY = y end
+      if x == rival.cellX and y == rival.cellY then sharedCell = true end
       if y <= 2 and not walkShot then
         walkShot = U.shot(game, DIR .. "/hof704_follows_oak.png")
       end
@@ -215,6 +216,7 @@ return function(game)
   end
   check("the player walked out of the room before the warp (#704)",
         minY < startY)
+  check("the player routed around the rival", not sharedCell)
   check("walk-out screenshot", walkShot)
   check("the induction started", hof ~= nil)
   if not hof then
diff --git a/tests/parity_B.lua b/tests/parity_B.lua
index 3a0291a9..4c5876c0 100644
--- a/tests/parity_B.lua
+++ b/tests/parity_B.lua
@@ -60,6 +60,17 @@ for _, r in ipairs(rows) do
 end
 check(not hasRecord, "CHAMPIONS_ROOM rival script no longer calls record_hall_of_fame")
 
+-- The post-battle walk takes the right-hand detour before heading north, so
+-- the player does not visibly pass through the rival at (4,2).
+local route = {}
+for _, r in ipairs(rows) do
+  if r[1] == "move_player" then route[#route + 1] = r end
+end
+eq(route[#route - 1] and route[#route - 1][2], "right",
+   "walk-out route first moves right around the rival")
+eq(route[#route] and route[#route][2], "up",
+   "walk-out route then heads north to Hall of Fame")
+
 -- (3) Commands.face_player_dir sets the player's facing
 local Commands = require("src.script.Commands")
 check(type(Commands.face_player_dir) == "function", "Commands.face_player_dir is a function")