Chapter 291:
"Aogiri Town's Hayashi Family Breeding House?" Kazephyr blurted out instinctively.
"Hey, looks like you have quite the impression of that place!" Kaito raised an eyebrow. "And you must know the owner of that Breeding House too, right!"
"Mm..."
"No, wait, Kazephyr. Such a talented breeder, didn't you see the special effects of the items he sells?"
"Such amazing special effects, and you just let him stay in that small town without any protective measures?"
"He's still so young as a trainer, and he's promoting his Breeding House online. What if he encounters someone with ill intentions?"
Kaito spoke with a tone of frustration, feeling Kazephyr was wasting a talent.
"Mm... What you say makes a lot of sense." Kazephyr nodded in agreement. "But I have my reasons too."
"Then why didn't you assign people to protect him!?" Kaito widened his eyes.
"See, getting worked up again." Kazephyr looked at Kaito before him and waved a hand.
A Rotom immediately flew over.
"Rotom~"
"Come on, bring up the footage about the final level of the Sky Challenge at the Hayashi Family Breeding House, the one with that young Hayashi guy."
"Rotom~ Okay!"
Rotom immediately projected a video.
Soon, fierce winds swept across the screen.
Kaito was stunned.
The scene looked familiar; it was the place where he had just challenged the Sky Challenge.
In the video, over a dozen Pidgeots flapped their wings, creating tornadoes resembling waterspouts that swept from the ground up into the sky.
At first glance, the tornado didn't seem very large.
But beside the footage Rotom was projecting, there was a small window.
The scene playing in the small window seemed to show the upper reaches where the tornado reached.
The tornado extended upwards continuously, churning the sky into chaos.
It reached all the way up to over a thousand meters high.
'This is the Sky Challenge?'
'This is the true strength of those Pidgeots?'
Kaito's mind was momentarily stunned.
"Don't rush, watch it first," Kazephyr said.
At this moment, Kaito finally saw the challenger this time.
It was a Gardevoir... a Shiny Gardevoir.
So it had been in the storm all along; it was just that the storm was too dense earlier, and his attention was fully on the storm and the Pidgeots.
That's why he hadn't noticed it.
'The challenger is a Gardevoir?'
Kaito raised an eyebrow.
Then, all the Pidgeots, led by one particularly large Pidgeot, charged towards the Gardevoir at a speed nearly two to three times faster than during his Charizard's challenge today.
"Are you kidding me? They were holding back this much?" Kaito's eyes widened even more, looking at the scene in disbelief.
During his challenge today, judging by the Pidgeots' energy levels, he thought even if they were holding back, it shouldn't have been by much.
But seeing this, he was completely stunned.
The Pidgeots' speed increased again.
Yet the Gardevoir in the center, under such a dense and continuous attack frequency, not only flickered around constantly...
But it never even left the center of the storm?!
And in the end, it single-handedly disrupted the storm and then grabbed each Pidgeot and pulled them back?
"This..." Kaito stared blankly as the footage ended.
"Was that the challenger?"
"What challenger? That's his Pokémon! He was demonstrating how to pass the final level for everyone." Kazephyr said irritably. "With this Gardevoir, do you think your Charizard could win, or your Blaziken?"
"What are you so worked up about? Did you think I was an idiot?"
(っ °Д °;) : "That's his Gardevoir?"
Kaito stood frozen in place.
He carefully thought it over in his mind.
If Charizard really fought that Gardevoir...
He realized the chances weren't great?
Based on the Pidgeots' performance just now, while his Charizard could also defeat those Pidgeots, it definitely couldn't do it so effortlessly.
If that's the case...
Then there really was no need to assign protection?
But soon, he found another reason to argue.
"No... but that's just one Gardevoir. Now that people know this, what if someone sends Pokémon with super-effective types to attack?"
"Sigh...."
Kazephyr looked at him as if he were an idiot.
"Still arguing?"
"Don't think that way. What I showed you just now isn't even his strongest Pokémon. There are also Legendary Pokémon staying by his side, and several Dragon-type Pokémon..."
"Ah?"
Kaito's eyes widened again.
Kazephyr nodded. "Yes. Honestly, you should focus on consolidating your skills. The League really is lacking a mainstream Fire-type Gym..."
...
The Garden.
As noon approached, the sun grew stronger, warming everything with its rays.
This sunlight made even the usually active Pokémon become more tranquil.
They lay obediently on the table.
Dragonite, carrying Blaziken, also flew down from the sky.
It was a rare sunny day, so it had taken Blaziken to practice fighting techniques.
Mewtwo followed from the sky.
Salamence also emerged from its Poké Ball, choosing to sleep by the barn door.
It always seemed somewhat aloof.
"Alright, food's here!"
Following the call.
Hayashi Kaede walked over holding a storage capsule.
Instantly, the eyes of the large group of Pokémon lit up.
Even Salamence, who had been lying with its eyes closed by the barn door, walked over on its large legs.
"Ninetales!" (What are we eating? What!)
Alolan Ninetales couldn't help but stand up on the table.
It was currently in its shrunken form, so it could fit on the table.
"Blaziken!"
Blaziken was equally expectant.
"It is rice balls, I made six hundred rice balls today..." Hayashi Kaede said cheerfully, holding the storage capsule. "And there's a big guy joining us for lunch today."
As he spoke, he took out Charizard's Poké Ball.
With a light tap.
A Charizard, no shorter than Dragonite, materialized.
"Charizard?" (Time to eat?)
Charizard emerged, eyes still not fully open, looking somewhat complainful. "Charizard... (I told you I don't like that female Charizard, I really don't want to go... Huh?)
But halfway through its grumble, Charizard froze.
It finally realized this wasn't its home at all.
It was surrounded by unfamiliar Pokémon.
The human in front wasn't its Trainer either.
"Charizard?"
Charizard looked around, utterly confused.
"Your Trainer left you with me for now, Charizard."
"Probably dropped you off for a free meal," Hayashi Kaede explained.
"Charizard?"
Charizard finally recognized Hayashi Kaede.
This was the human who gave it rice balls last time.
"Dragonite?"
"Goodra?"
Dragonite and Goodra huddled closer.
What female Charizard?
Is there gossip?