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The trip to the capital was over, and Chris returned to Green Valley's ranch.
He began a two-month intensive training retreat.
During the day, his Pokémon practiced moves in Chris's specially constructed training facility. The Aura Secret Realm provided by Mew served as additional support.
Chris personally supervised the training grounds, coaching his Pokémon while practicing alongside them.
On his Pokédex, there were very few trainers who could serve as worthy opponents. Apart from Red from Mt. Silver, only a handful of regional Champions remained undefeated.
Taking advantage of this rare opportunity, Chris decided to battle each regional Champion once, using these matches to level up his second-string team.
While battling, Chris was also developing exclusive moves for his Pokémon.
Zoroark and Gengar had successfully mastered Demon God Shadow, but over these two months, Chris had designed exclusive moves for his main team: Lugia, Greninja, Gardevoir, Zeraora, Garchomp, and Tyranitar.
The strength of these exclusive moves wasn't as dramatically powerful as Demon God Shadow—after all, two months was quite short. For other trainers, developing an exclusive move in two months would be impossible; even two years would be challenging.
The exclusive moves Chris developed for his Pokémon weren't overwhelmingly strong, but they provided a foundation and direction for future move development.
Each exclusive move could be continuously refined and improved.
With time, his Pokémon could follow these established paths.
Through practice, these moves would naturally evolve into powerful and profound techniques like Demon God Shadow.
In this way, Chris and his Pokémon spent two months in busy but fulfilling training and battles.
Time, like sand slipping through one's fingers, flows fastest when you're trying to hold onto it tightest.
When Wanda reminded him that two months had passed, when Roy and Alexis sent messages asking when Chris would initiate his championship challenge, Chris felt as if he was waking from a dream.
"Wait, that's it? It's already been two months?" Chris stretched his back and took out his phone to text Wanda.
"Please schedule a Championship Challenge appointment with the Trainer Association."
Soon, Wanda's surprised voice came back through the phone. "Boss, you were the final winner of the Elite Conference?"
The Elite Conference drama had sparked discussions throughout society. Wanda had followed it closely. Although she was very optimistic about her boss, as an independent woman whose rationality overcame emotion, Wanda had still favored Elite Roy as the likely winner.
She never imagined she'd be proven so wrong.
"Didn't I mention that?"
"NO!!!!"
Chris scratched his head, thinking carefully. When he'd returned to begin his retreat two months ago, Wanda had agreed to remind him when the time came, but he apparently hadn't explained why he was going into seclusion.
"Well, now you know. Go ahead and make that appointment for me."
"Consider it done!"
That evening, Chris returned home after dinner and surfing, only to discover his phone had been bombarded with messages.
Denver: Wow! Chris! Not only did you become an Elite in one shot, but you're challenging for the Championship this year!
Theodore: Get me a VIP box ticket!
Trevor: Bro! (Crying emoji) That's incredible! (Mind-blown emoji) My brother Chris is number one in the world!
Olivia: Junior~ Do you have tickets? Do you have tickets? I want to come support you in person!
Beyond the messaging app explosion, Wanda informed Chris that his official social media account was also being flooded with comments from netizens.
However, aside from the enthusiastic support from his fan group, many comments were apologies.
Thanks for the invitation, just got off the plane... actually, I didn't get on a plane, I just knelt in the hallway. Chris, forgive my ignorance—I was shortsighted and shouldn't have used my mortal vision to judge the world of geniuses.
For this championship match, I'm supporting Chris!
What did I say before? Now I want to ask—is our god even human? (Tactical retreat)!
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Logically speaking, from a universal rational perspective...
Universal rationality? Is this still rational? Is there still justice? Is there still law and order? My rationality is on the verge of collapse.
If our god defeats the Eastern Champion this time and becomes the new Champion...
If you told me the world would end tomorrow, I'd believe it!
Do you know what a real genius is? A real genius breaks all the rules! (Tactical retreat again)!
Congratulations to Chris for breaking through three realms in one year and ascending straight to godhood! (Dog head emoji)
Wanda had called to make the appointment at noon, the Eastern Champion accepted in the afternoon, and the official announcement came that evening—popularity exploded instantly.
Within just ten minutes, trending topics were everywhere:
"Trainer Association Announcement: Elite Chris schedules challenge against Eastern Champion Marvin!"
"Shocking! The strongest Elite turned out to be him!"
"Marvin: I'm looking forward to battling him"
"Roy: My junior is invincible!"
"Victor: I see the king of a new era"
"Countless netizens apologize to Elite Chris's official account for initially doubting him"
All of these occupied the top 20 trending topics.
Chris was somewhat speechless. These media people were truly dedicated—they'd even tracked down Champion Marvin, Roy, and Victor for interviews.
Champion Marvin's response was fairly standard and measured. But Roy and Victor had really gone all out with their praise, taking the hype to another level. This actually made some people suspect that Roy and Victor's relationship with Chris might not be genuine.
After all, their interview responses seemed almost like flattery.
But Roy, who understood Chris's true combat power, felt that what he'd said was actually quite modest.
"What a fuss," Chris chuckled and shook his head, not feeling any pressure from everyone's expectations. He might have been nervous during his first Elite match or first championship challenge, but after so many championship battles...
Chris thought: Champion? That's nothing special! You might not believe it, but I've defeated more Champions than you've ever seen!
After dinner, it was time for a shower and some gaming.
Speaking of which, he still had a championship battle tonight.
The timing was perfect.
Chris took out his Pokédex and selected Lugia to fly to the Ferrum Region.
For two months, he'd been scheduling battles in the Ferrum Region, rapidly improving his ranking. Finally, it was time to challenge the Ferrum Region Champion.
Come to think of it, this should be the last undefeated Champion trainer from all the regions he knew of so far.