Even Sinnoh champions have to work hard.

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P.S. I will always love Milotic.

Chapter 36 This World That Judges by Appearance

"Come back, Charizard." After putting Charizard back into its Poké Ball, Zheng Yi's expression was indeed a bit grim: "That Garchomp, is it that high level? It even learned the Deadly Cross Scissors."

"Who knows? Don't underestimate any of your opponents."

“I understand.” Zheng Yi pressed down the brim of his hat. “Go, win victory for me, Thunder Elf!”

"Looks like you're giving it your all?" Giovanni said with a smile. "Let's continue."

……

After a difficult battle with the six Pokémon sent by Giovanni—Goblin, Nidoran, Weedle, Spearow, Aggron, and Trapinch—Gibbon handed the Viridian Badge to the cute little girl in front of him with a smile.

"Congratulations! You are an excellent trainer!"

"Thank you, Uncle Gym Leader. I didn't think you were a good person before." Linran playfully stuck out her tongue. "I didn't expect you to be such a serious Gym Leader."

"Haha, little girl, you flatter me."

"Yes, the owner is a good person."

He's a good person...

It's a...

What a good person...

To be honest, Giovanni is feeling a bit conflicted right now. You know, he's the leader of Team Rocket, and yet a little girl is calling him a "good guy" or something. It's a bit of a strange feeling.

And inexplicably, after being called a good person by this cute child in front of him, Sakaki felt a strange sense of resentment.

"Goodbye, Uncle Curator."

"Okay, I look forward to seeing you shine at the Quartz Convention!"

"Thank you for your kind words, Gym Leader!" Zheng Yilin smiled happily and ran out of the Viridian Gym.

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"I am here to challenge you!"

A deep male voice resonated throughout the entire Tokiwa Dojo, and the newcomer sounded quite imposing.

Having just seen off the dignified loli and still feeling a little reluctant, Sakaki turned around and then felt as if his eyes had gone blind: "What the hell is this guy?"

The last opponent was a young, cute, and petite little girl. The next opponent turned out to be a muscular man with a full beard, a bare upper body, and a pair of captivating eyes. Sakaki felt like his eyes were about to go blind!

"I am Billy Bulgaria, here to challenge the Viridian Gym."

"Holy crap" is probably the most direct way to describe Giovanni's current mood. A muscular burly man with a bare upper body was making a deep, booming voice echo in the Tokiwa Dojo, and his flirtatious eyes were blinking seductively, making Giovanni want to throw up his breakfast.

"Same rules, four badges, or challenge the apprentice first."

As Sakaki said this, he turned away, slightly protecting his eyes. To be honest, he hoped that his men could handle this situation.

"I have already obtained five badges. Please, Master, challenge me to a duel!"

That bastard!

Honestly, this guy has no self-awareness. He has a huge beard and only got five badges. He seems to be a mediocre trainer. To be honest, Giovanni really can't feel any liking for this kind of trainer. Of course, the main reason is probably that the other person's weird temperament makes Giovanni physically unable to accept it.

"Go, Mewtwo, it's your turn!" Giovanni didn't hesitate to eliminate his strongest trump card. In order to avoid seeing that strange man again, he decided to finish the battle quickly.

“Although I’ve never seen this kind of Pokémon before, it looks like a Psychic-type.” Billy Bulgaria looked at Mewtwo’s figure and the blue eyes hidden under its helmet, which made him make the most intuitive judgment: “Go, Mightyena!”

Hmph, a hint of disdain flashed in Giovanni's eyes. Trainers who only rely on type advantages to fight Pokémon are undoubtedly cowards. With a terrible first impression, Giovanni did not hesitate to sentence this pitiful challenger to death!

"Big Wolfhound, move at high speed!"

Mewtwo, meditate!

"Great Hound, Evil Pulse." While everyone immediately chose the stacking state, given the Possessor attribute, Billy still chose to act first.

"Instant teleportation, Aura Missile!"

Giovanni quickly gave the command to Mewtwo, and in an instant Mewtwo circled behind Mightyena and unleashed a Aura Sphere!

The large wolfhound has lost its ability to fight.

"How is this possible!" Billy Bulgaria's face was filled with disbelief: "He was strong enough to hit my big wolfhound with a single blow?"

"You have the rank, but you lack any spirit in battle. You're unqualified as a trainer." Giovanni's expression was icy, and he reprimanded her mercilessly, a stark contrast to his previous battle with the dignified loli.

"Damn it." Billy's eyes flashed with fear as he tossed out his Poké Ball: "Go, my ace, Drapion!"

Looking at the strong and terrifying figure of Draconis, Giovanni's heart remained as calm as Mewtwo's.

"A fearless struggle."

'A fearless struggle.'

……

He was defeated just like that, mercilessly swept aside six opponents. Billy Bulgaria seemed to have lost all will to live, and left like a walking corpse.

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"Is that the clone of the Dream?" Kazama Shiramo, disguised as a cleaner in a corner, frowned, sensing...

"You seem really weak, don't you?" Ho-Oh, still happily residing in its luxurious sphere, replied telepathically.

'Yes, why is the power fluctuation so weak?' Kazama Shiramo witnessed the entire battle of this somewhat strange Pokémon, and it was far less threatening than he had imagined.

"I think your alliance is making a mountain out of a molehill," Ho-Oh asked, somewhat puzzled. "This level of power fluctuation isn't even comparable to Lugia's three traitorous underlings. How can it be considered a threat?"

"I agree. If this Pokémon—well, Giovanni just called it Mewtwo—is only this weak, then it's hardly a threat. The League is being a bit overly cautious."

'Mewtwo?' Ho-Oh scoffed. 'Someone with that level of power dares to claim they surpass Mew? What a pipe dream!'

Kazama Shiramo lowered the brim of his hat, continuing his psychic conversation with Ho-Oh.

'My Gardevoir could easily overwhelm this level of power; it's hardly a threat. However, just to be safe, let's observe further, as there's a possibility it's hiding its true strength.'

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Chapter 37 Lolicon Sakaki?

fighting

fighting

Still fighting

"How long do you think Giovanni and the others are going to fight?" Ho-Oh telepathically conveyed its boredom.

"What can I do? After all, that's the job of a gym leader. In that respect, Giovanni is impeccable. Except for a few days when he's closed, he conducts thorough assessments most of the time, which is very admirable!"

Are you sure he's seriously considering this?

“Gym Leader Giovanni uses Pokémon of different strengths and styles to trainers of different grades, Pokémon levels, and styles.” Kazama Shiramo pondered, stroking his chin. Although he didn’t quite understand Giovanni’s intentions, he could still vaguely see that Giovanni’s selection of trainers was targeted, and he had clearly put a lot of thought into the Gym battles: “It’s clear that he has his own criteria for selecting trainers; he’s a serious and responsible Gym Leader!”

"Is that so?" Ho-Oh's tone was somewhat strange.

'Why do I find his criteria for selecting trainers so strange?'

"How is it strange?"

'I always felt that Sakaki...' Ho-Oh hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

"What's wrong with him?"

"Hey, Little White Ink, haven't you noticed the pattern among today's trainers?"

What pattern?

"I mean, trainers who get the Viridian Badge all have one thing in common."

"You mean they're all relatively young?" Kazama Shiramo stroked his chin. "It's understandable. Although the League treats all trainers equally in a broad sense, all gym leaders tend to favor younger trainers during assessments. After all, if a trainer is too old to have achieved enough, theoretically, their future achievements will be very limited."

"Although the league claims on the surface that talent is not important and that hard work is the key to success, those who know a little about the inside story are very clear that hard work may be 99 percent of a trainer's success, and only 1 percent of it comes from talent. But without that talent, no matter how hard you work, it will be difficult to reach the Elite 1 level."

Kazama Shiro sighed. He didn't really like talking about things that made people uncomfortable: "There's even a saying circulating within the league: if you haven't reached Elite Four level by the age of thirty, you have no hope of becoming a champion in this lifetime. It's a very cruel fact. On the contrary, the more talented the trainer, the younger they are. Most champions showed their talent at a young age. There's even a record in league history of someone who defeated the Elite Four and became a champion after only one year of traveling."

"I remember you were the Sinnoh champion eight years ago, right? Little White Ink was only twelve then, what a genius!"

"I'm very fortunate." Kazama Shiro said with a mix of helplessness and relief, "I'm fortunate to have the talent I possess. Although I certainly put in no less effort than other trainers, even if they put in the same amount of effort as me, I still go further than them."

"So Giovanni's approach is fundamentally correct. The younger the trainer, the more valuable they are to train. Trainers who are only ten years old but have already earned several badges have far greater potential than those trainers who are already in their twenties or thirties and are not yet qualified to participate in the tournament."

"But..." Phoenix King thought for a moment and then said, "Don't you think those children are more than just young?"

"What do you mean?"

"Today we see that, so far, a total of three children have received the Tokiwa Crest. They all share the common characteristics of being very young, all girls, and all incredibly cute, aren't they?"

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Shocking! Kazama Shiramo carefully recalled the battles that Sakaki had fought today and discovered three children who had obtained the Tokiwa Badge. They might have different strengths and attributes, but they were all very cute and young girls!

Shocking! Giovanni, the Gym Leader of Viridian City and the mastermind behind Team Rocket, is actually a lolicon!

Kazama Shiramo felt he had discovered something extremely shocking, and at the same time, he had a vaguely known handle on someone. Although he didn't want to do it, for some reason he now felt a strange sense of identification with Sakaki.

At that moment, the communicator rang.

Kazama Shiramo disappeared silently into a corner of the Viridian Dojo, and connected his communicator.

"What's up, Mr. Sa? You have so much free time to chat with me?"

"Stop joking around, has the issue of the Dream Copy been resolved?"

"There's a small problem?"