Not a trainer this time

Nibi City, City Central Square.

Little Tree's outstanding performance has everyone excited for her.

The shouts and cheers almost resounded throughout Nibi City.

As the battle ended, Volcarona slowly flew back to Little Tree's side, its eyes as deep and beautiful as sapphires.

"Great, Larvesta!" Little Tree said happily, "Oh no! We should call you Volcarona now!"

As she said that, Little Tree reached out to Larvesta, but before she could get close, she was burned by the terrifying temperature emanating from its body.

Little Tree quickly retracted her hand, and Volcarona also quickly restrained the flames on its body.

The girl and her Pokémon understood each other perfectly, without needing many words, they already understood each other's meaning.

"Hehe!" Little Tree turned her head and looked at Nemona opposite her: "Mom, were we good?"

"Oh dear, I guess I lost to you guys!" Nemona's Magnemites spun weakly above her head, but she quickly cheered up and handed the Electric Badge to her daughter with a smile.

"At first, your father and I were very worried about whether you could live alone outside, but now it seems that not only are you doing very well, but you have also made such great progress."

Nemona looked at her daughter with bright eyes, and then gave her a thumbs up.

"You are your parents' pride!"

"Yay!" Little Tree was also very excited.

"Go! Besides me, there are five other badges in the Paldea region that you haven't collected yet, Little Tree, like the Magikarp leaping over the Dragon Gate, spread your wings and fly high!" Nemona said.

"Yes!" Little Tree nodded vigorously.

Meanwhile, at the Paldea Pokémon League Headquarters.

Geeta was also watching the live broadcast. When she saw Little Tree's outstanding performance, a smile couldn't help but appear on her face.

"Hassel, did you see that? Little Tree is so outstanding!" Geeta said.

Hassel: "…"

Hassel was already numb to Geeta's performance.

However, the Chairwoman was indeed right in her vision. The child's excellence really exceeded everyone's imagination.

The strength of that Volcarona has probably already broken through the Gym Leader level and is infinitely close to the Elite Four level!

What's even more terrifying is that the child has just turned eight years old this year!

And she has already collected three badges…

Thinking of this, Hassel's first reaction was that this year's League Conference would be worth watching.

If all goes well, Little Tree will probably become the youngest champion in the entire League's history, an eight-year-old champion!

At this moment, Hassel couldn't even imagine the child's future.

Geeta had already begun to plan when to pass on the position of Chairwoman Champion to Little Tree.

But not yet…

Because Little Tree was too young.

Even if she could become a champion this year, she was only eight years old after all, and she probably didn't know how to handle various affairs.

The best way is to gain a few more years of experience.

In the Rotom Phone, Little Tree excitedly showed Naoki the Electric Badge she had just obtained.

Naoki: "…"

Fortunately, he didn't replace his wife, otherwise Little Tree might not have been able to make Larvesta evolve into Volcarona in adversity.

"Yes, Dad knows, you did a great job!" Naoki gave his daughter a thumbs up and asked, "Are you going to challenge other Gyms next?"

Little Tree nodded: "That's right! Principal Clavell said that if I can collect eight badges before the end of the year, I can participate in this year's League Conference and battle with trainers from all over the world!"

"Okay, then Dad, Mom, Yushu, Koraidon, and the others will definitely be there to cheer you on!"

Little Tree nodded excitedly: "Yes!"

In this way, Little Tree and her group continued their journey.

Naoki had been paying attention to the situation of the Gyms in various places, and with Little Tree's reports, he almost knew everything about his daughter's itinerary and what she encountered on the road.

In May of League Year 210, Little Tree arrived at Glaseado Mountain, where she tried to give Hakamo-o special ice and snow training and increased Hakamo-o's resistance to Ice-type moves.

Then, Little Tree began to challenge Grusha's Glaseado Mountain Gym.

Although Hakamo-o was defeated by Grusha's Ice-type Pokémon, Little Tree still obtained the Ice Badge from Grusha with the fire power of Charcadet and Volcarona.

In June, Little Tree arrived in Medali, where Iono is located, and obtained a tool to evolve Charcadet from the owner of a local restaurant, allowing Charcadet to successfully evolve into Ceruledge.

In order to prove his strength to the trainer, Ceruledge faced Iono and successfully traded one-for-one with the opponent's Pokémon.

Little Tree also successfully obtained the Normal Badge with Hakamo-o's Dragon Dance strategy.

In July, Little Tree arrived in Montenevera, where the Ghost Gym is located. There, she met a very powerful person who taught her the secrets of raising Ghost Pokémon, allowing Little Tree to give Ceruledge special training.

The next day, Little Tree went to the Ghost Gym to challenge, and was shocked to find that the Gym Leader Ryme here was the mysterious person who taught her yesterday!

The two sides had a great battle, and Little Tree finally won narrowly, successfully obtaining her sixth badge.

In August, after several months of continuous special training and cultivation, Hakamo-o finally reached the edge of evolution.

On a full moon night, Hakamo-o successfully evolved into Dragonite, greatly increasing its strength.

At the same time, Little Tree also began to challenge the Ogre Clan and successfully proved her strength to them, allowing the three Ogre Clan members to join her team.

In this way, the team of Volcarona, Dragonite, Ceruledge, Ogrepon, Ogrepon, and Ogrepon was officially assembled.

With these six Pokémon, Little Tree began to challenge the last two Gyms.

In September, Little Tree successfully defeated the Gym Leader of the Alfornada Gym, Tulip, obtained the Water Badge from her, and learned how to cook.

In October, Little Tree arrived in Cortondo, where she relied on Ceruledge's ghost power to defeat Gym Leader Katy and successfully obtained her last badge on this trip!

At this time, there were still more than ten days before the League Conference was held.

Little Tree rode on Entei and began to rush to the Pokémon League.

Naoki also received the news. He and Nemona specially brought Yushu, Koraidon, Pawmi, Ogerpon, and other Pokémon to the Paldea League to watch Little Tree's match.

In order to give Little Tree a surprise, Naoki didn't tell her.

Instead, on the day the game started, he secretly went to the front row of the stands.

When Little Tree on the field heard a familiar voice and turned her head, she immediately saw several familiar figures.

"Dad? Mom? Ogerpon is here too? Everyone is here!"

"Go! Little Tree!" Naoki shouted loudly to cheer for his daughter.

"Ah gah sii!"

"Bo ni!"

"Ba mo ~!"

Okidogi and the other Pokémon also shouted in support.

At this moment, Xiaoshu entered an inspired state, her fighting spirit reached its peak, and she turned to look at her opponent, saying confidently:

"Volcarona, we must not fail Dad's and everyone else's expectations!"

Volcarona calmly nodded slightly.

The battle officially began!

Volcarona started with Quiver Dance, while the opponent's Pidgeot used Air Slash to attack.

However, Volcarona's Quiver Dance incorporated scorching flames, and in an instant, its body transformed into a rapidly spinning fireball.

Pidgeot's Air Slash was like a clay ox entering the sea, completely swallowed the moment it touched the fireball.

"It's our turn! Volcarona, use Heat Wave!"

With Xiaoshu's command, the temperature of the entire battle arena suddenly rose, the air seeming to ignite, and as the air currents surged, a scorching storm condensed and swept towards the opposing Pidgeot.

Almost instantly, it engulfed Pidgeot's figure.

A moment later, Pidgeot fell to the ground in a disheveled state, with large patches of scorched feathers on its body, its eyes rolled back, and it directly lost its ability to battle.

One-hit kill!

Countless spectators jumped up in shock.

Naoki heard countless noisy voices around him.

"What's going on? I can even feel the temperature rising here!"

"Heat Wave… what terrifying power!"

"That Volcarona is so strong!"

Xiaoshu grinned after winning the match, then turned to look at the audience.

Naoki nodded to her, indicating that her performance was excellent.

With both main Pokémon fully evolved to their final stages, coupled with the guidance from Akahoshi's notes and the addition of the three Tera Crystal Terapagos, Xiaoshu's performance in the preliminary rounds could be described as unstoppable.

Unsurprisingly, she successfully advanced to the top eight.

In the quarter-finals, Xiaoshu sent Ceruledge into battle, ultimately resulting in a one-for-one exchange with the opponent's Gengar.

In the second match, Xiaoshu sent out Dragonite and successfully defeated the opponent's Lucario.

In the third match, Xiaoshu switched to Volcarona and defeated the opponent's Glalie with overwhelming force.

Fourth match, fifth match…

Xiaoshu advanced to the semi-finals with absolute strength!

Three days later, the semi-finals began, and Xiaoshu relied on the unpredictable attributes of her Tera Crystal Terapagos, as well as the element of surprise, directly defeating the opponent's army and successfully advancing to the finals.

Two days later, the League Grand Tournament of League Calendar Year 210 officially kicked off.

Xiaoshu's opponent was a powerful trainer from the Sinnoh region.

He held formidable Pokémon such as Garchomp, Bronzong, Drapion, Togekiss, Gallade, and Honchkrow, making him a very strong opponent.

Initially, Naoki was a little worried.

After all, the opponent far surpassed Xiaoshu in terms of both hard power and battle experience.

However, after the battle began, he was shocked to discover that Xiaoshu had completely transformed in terms of Pokémon tactics and commanding!

She not only predicted the opponent's first Pokémon, Bronzong, based on their previous habits, but also used Ceruledge's agility and high attack to manipulate Bronzong at will.

In just a few rounds, Ceruledge slashed Bronzong down.

In the second battle, Xiaoshu sent out Dragonite to face the opponent's Togekiss.

During the battle, Xiaoshu used a special move she learned from her father: Rain Dance, Hurricane, and Thunder combo!

Under the enormous lightning strikes, Togekiss had no power to fight back.

In the third battle, Xiaoshu used Volcarona's unparalleled strength to crush the opponent's ace Garchomp!

Fourth battle, fifth battle, sixth battle…

With the help of the Terapagos, Xiaoshu didn't lose a single battle!

Her outstanding command and tactical application made Naoki, as her father, feel inferior.

With Gallade's fall.

This year's League Tournament officially came to an end.

At this moment, the youngest League champion in the world was born! An eight-year-old champion!

Itsuki was extremely excited, she grabbed Naoki's arm and said loudly: "Look! Our precious daughter won the championship!"

Naoki was still a little dazed, he looked at the scene, with an indescribable feeling in his heart.

The flower he had painstakingly planted for eight years finally bloomed here!

Their daughter was so outstanding, so excellent.

The crowd in the audience went into a frenzy, everyone cheering and celebrating for Xiaoshu.

Amidst the clamorous voices, the chief champion of the Paldea League also walked onto the stage with a kind smile, handing the trophy to Xiaoshu.

"Auntie Hespera!" Xiaoshu called out.

Hespera nodded gently: "Yes, Xiaoshu, you did an excellent job, congratulations on becoming the champion of this year's League Tournament!"

Xiaoshu took the trophy, but almost dropped it because it was a bit heavy, fortunately, at a critical moment, the Dragonite behind her stretched out its large claws to support Xiaoshu's hand.

The trainer and her six Pokémon together held the golden trophy high.

Not far behind, Entei, Raikou, and Suicune watched this scene with gratification.

Click.

The picture froze.

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Naoki Ranch.

Xiaoshu and her Pokémon together placed the golden trophy on the bookshelf in her bedroom.

Naoki and Itsuki stood behind, smiling as they watched this scene.

"How does it feel to be a champion?" Naoki asked.

"I'm very happy!" Xiaoshu's eyes brightened, "It's so great to be with everyone!"

"Then… do you have any plans for the future?" Naoki asked with a smile.

Xiaoshu thought carefully, after the League Tournament ended, Auntie Hespera told her that she was now ready to challenge the Elite Four and the real champion of the Paldea League at any time.

If she passed all of them, then she could become a pillar of a region.

However, Auntie Hespera's strength was very strong.

With their current strength, it would probably be difficult to defeat her.

Under this circumstance, the best way was to continue training…

"We want to continue training!" Xiaoshu replied.

Naoki raised an eyebrow: "Then have you thought about where you want to go to train?"

Go to the World Tree and train with Mewtwo and the others? Or stay at the ranch and let Calyrex help with training? Or go to other regions for further study?

In fact, Naoki had already paved the way for Xiaoshu for these three options.

If she chose the World Tree, then he would contact Mewtwo, Groudon, Giratina, and the others.

If she chose the ranch, then he would act as a sparring partner together with Calyrex and Koraidon.

And if she chose the third option, then Naoki would give Xiaoshu Professor Oak's letter of introduction, allowing her to visit Professor Oak in the Kanto region and start her journey from Pallet Town.

And the Paldea region was at the end of this journey.

When she finished traveling through all the regions and returned to Paldea again, Xiaoshu would probably already have the qualifications to become a true champion.