Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

Joanna did not object.

Today's battle made her fully realize Xia Yan's strength.

They also acknowledged his ability to secure a seat.

Helping him is helping herself; this thought always echoed in Joanna's mind.

maybe......

Joanna narrowed her eyes.

Once the Alola region opens, it's uncertain who will have the final say in the Hunter's Guild's influence there.

"By the way, we've got news from the Skull Team and the Aether Foundation that you asked us to contact last time," Joanna said as a final note.

"Go and contact the Skull team, spend some money, and have them help you gather information on the other seat contenders."

Xia Yan adjusted the hat on his head.

“I’m going to meet with people from the Ether Foundation.”

...

...

The next day.

Xia Yan led the Pokémon to Mount Lanakira, the highest peak in the Alola region, which is also completely covered by ice and snow.

This place will become the headquarters of the Alola League after the League has fully moved in.

He came here hoping to find an Alola Ninetales, or rather, an Alola Sandslash.

These two Pokémon are quite useful.

The Alolan Ninetales' Ice and Fairy types make it a nightmare for Dragon types.

The most important thing, of course, is that they are good-looking.

Just imagine, once Xia Yan's Eevee has all evolved, he can get a bunch of Milotic and an Alolan Ninetales, along with Togekiss. How impressive would that be?

How about directly announcing the champion of the Grand Contest?

That's obviously a joke.

When Xia Yan captures a Pokémon, the first thing he considers is how well the Pokémon suits him and his team, and only then does he consider the Pokémon's appearance.

Besides Alolan Ninetales, Alolan Sandslash is also a good choice.

Although the combination of Ice and Steel types is naturally countered by Fighting and Fire types, it has enough resistances to make up for this weakness.

With its "Snowflake" ability and the "Swords Dance" skill it can learn, it can also become a physical attacker in a snow team.

I believe Lorelei and Steven will be very interested after learning about this kind of Pokémon.

But a pity.

He circled around, but couldn't find a trace of them.

We did encounter a few Snow Children.

However, Xia Yan didn't have much desire for these Pokémon, and they weren't very strong, so there was no need to capture them.

Once they came up, the little ones had a great time playing.

After searching around without finding Xia Yan, he knew he couldn't force it. Seeing that they were having fun, he decided to take a short break and let them play for a while.

"Os!"

Latios scooped up a handful of snow and threw it at Eevee.

"Bu-i~~"

Eevee's little nose was bright red, as it had been given a bath by the snow that Latios had lifted up.

"Bu-i-bu-i!!"

It shook its body vigorously, but couldn't shake off all the snow mixed in with its thick fur.

He was instantly speechless with anger.

He turned his backside towards Latios and pretended to be angry.

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"Os?"

Seeing this, Latios cautiously stepped forward, wanting to check on Eevee's condition.

result.

A sly glint appeared in Eevee's eyes as it turned its back to it.

Facing Latios's head, it kicked the ground hard with its hind legs, treating the snow like sand and "splashing" it with sand.

Latios, soaked to the bone, blinked.

"Bu-i-bu-i~~"

Seeing Latios's disheveled state, Eevee laughed until tears streamed down its face, rolling around in the snow.

"Os!!"

Latios realized he had been tricked and immediately became "enraged".

I don't know where the inspiration came from, but I took a deep breath and blew it towards Eevee.

An extremely cold aura, carrying a few ice shards, was exhaled from its mouth.

"Frozen winds?"

Xia Yan was stunned when he saw this.

Who would have thought that Latios could learn moves just by playing games?

In fact, Latios himself didn't expect this.

I did it subconsciously.

Then it was used.

Ibrahimovic rolled around on the ground several times.

When he stood up again, his expression was blank, and his body was covered in ice shards.

"Osooos~~"

This time, it was Latios's turn to happily spin around in mid-air.

Not far away.

Pokkiss brushed the ice crystals off his face expressionlessly.

It was caught in the crossfire.

Suddenly.

Latios and Eevee both froze.

Pokkiss's gaze fell upon them.

￢o(￣-￣?)

"Osooos~~"

"Bu-i-bu-i~~"

The two elves waved their hands repeatedly and retreated.

"Cha-ke-yi!!"

Togekiss flapped its wings, stirring up a massive blizzard that swept over Latios and Eevee.

The two elves saw this scene.

I was immediately startled.

They hurriedly ran away.

finally.

They found a powerful backer.

Snorlax!

Using Snorlax's massive body as a wall, it withstood Togekiss's blizzard "baptism".

However, Snorlax was covered in a lot of snow.

Then the three Pokémon started a snowball fight around Snorlax.

As the "battle" escalated, several more spirits were "forced" to join their "fight".

But when a spirit intervenes.

Things are different then.

That's when Kapu Bear makes his appearance.

Latios swallowed hard, staring at the enormous snowball that Tapu Bear was holding aloft, twice the size of Snorlax.

He leaned his body behind Snorlax.

Next up are Togekiss and Infernape.

"Bu-i~~"

Wow~~

Ibu's eyes were full of stars, and he was a little slow to react.

Fortunately, Latios quickly pulled it back.

Kapu Bear's face rarely showed any expression.

In the end...

Snorlax, buried in the snow and almost turning into a giant snowman: ...