Flannery walked in the direction of Alex after healing Torkoal with a slightly muddled expression.
It seems she was still a bit confused about what just happened and she didn't know what to say to alex.
This 2v2 match was such a one-sided victory for Alex that Flannery would feel embarrassed if she said words like "that was a good match" to Alex.
Alex, who often makes his opponents feel this emotion, immediately recognized the emotion that Flannery was probably feeling.
He held out his hand as he said, "Even though it was a one-sided win, it's understandable given that I had a definite type advantage and it is not something you need to feel embarrassed about. Aside from that you have not lost to a regular trainer. I've never lost to a trainer that had levels comparable to my Pokemon." (lie)
Alex's words seem like he's complimenting himself more than he's consoling Flannery, but Alex does it with a purpose in mind.
He's trying to indirectly tell Flannery that "You're not weak. The opponent was just too strong."
Except that Alex's words are actually true.
Alex is now comparable to Steven, a future champion, and the potential of his entire Pokemon team is even higher than that of Steven's Pokemon team.
In this world, there are only a few trainers in Alex's generation that have a chance to defeat him. And that's only if Alex hid his mega evolution and doesn't use it in the match.
Flannery, hearing Alex's self-indulgent words, couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
Then she started to smile, "haha, you truthfully aren't a normal trainer. but I can't say that I don't like trainers confidently."
Alex felt that there was a slightly flirtatious undertone to those words, and he was a bit surprised that Flannery was so...right after she'd just lost.
'Is she an M or am I imagining it? No... that can't be, right? Fuck, since when does every slightly weird action by a person seem like this to me? hmm, since I met Lars and Lisa...'
Flannery, seeing Alex's thoughtful expression, thought it was for a completely different reason than it really was.
She said with a little smile, "What's the matter? why so quiet?"
Alex stopped thinking about it and he said, "Nothing I had some interesting thoughts that shocked me a little. Did you say something important?"
Flannery's misunderstanding deepened at these words, and she responded with a slightly happy expression, "You're really bad with women. Though I have to say it's part of your charm."
Without waiting for Alex to answer, she then began to say in a slightly more serious tone, "But seriously, who are you? you're probably not a no-name trainer in Kanto, right?"
Alex, who didn't quite understand why he suddenly seemed so captivating to Flannery, stopped thinking about this worthless information. He has no interest in developing a romantic relationship with Flannery.
He said after thinking for a few seconds, "I'm not an unknown trainer in Kanto, but I'm not really extremely famous either. I'm the winner of the penultimate Kanto Rookie tournament and the only person in the history of the tournament who won the Kanto Rookie tournament with a number higher than 4 and this record truly made me relatively famous in Kanto."
Flannery showed a surprised expression upon hearing this, "Wait, I think I've heard about you. Isn't your alias, Master of Tactics? How can you say that you're only relatively famous? Almost all trainers my age know you."
Alex, hearing this, gave a puzzled expression upon hearing this, "How can you know my nickname but not know where I got it from?"
Flannery replied with a slightly indifferent expression, "I dunno. I just heard that the record holder of the Kanto Rookie Tournament showed a similar performance in his next tournament which is why he got that nickname."
'Fuck, that's unfair. Top 8 was really not a result that would impress ordinary people, but I had a number of 20 in that tournament and that result was comparable to the rookie tournament. ...Normal people genuinely really only care about winners. '
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Several hours later.
Both young trainers continued to talk to each other and had several different training matches, all of which were won by Alex.
Because of this Alex could see the information of all of Flannery's Pokemon(s) and he was really impressed with the level and potential of Flannery's Pokemon(s).
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Flannery:
SS-Rank Torkoal at level 53 (Shallow Diamond) (1%)
S-Rank Camerupt at level 51 (Deep Gold) (4%)
S-Rank Magcargo at level 51 (Deep Gold) (12%)
S-Rank Arcanine at level 49 (Gold) (72%)
S-Rank Houndoom at level 48 (Gold) (81%)
S-Rank Rapidash at level 48 (Shallow Gold) (96%)
S-Rank Blaziken at level 42 (Gold) (11%)
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6 Pokemon with a level above 47 and at the same time a team with extremely good potential was not a normal team.
While this team's Pokemon Potential isn't as good as a top Gym leaders team like the Pokemon teams from Blaine, Clair, or Juan, it's already at least comparable to Mid-High Gym leader teams.
Alex didn't know what born potential these Pokemon had, but if all of these Pokemon have a Shallow Gold-born potential, or as long as another Pokemon besides Torkoal is born with a Gold-born potential, with enough money and training, it's not impossible for Flannery to become a Four member.
When Flannery and Alex started the next match, the ship suddenly started to shake slightly.
Alex reacts immediately. "Stop. let's stop. there's something wrong with this ship."
Gardevoir left her Pokeball with a serious expression right after Alex said those words.
She said telepathically to Alex, 'Father, the ship is surrounded by several elite-level Pokemon, and one elite Pokemon among them is particularly strong
Alex who heard that had only one thought, 'why am I always so unlucky.'
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