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"But even if this Aerodactyl has tremendous potential, it can't form an effective fighting force right now. Time is running short. What are you planning to do with this Pokémon?"
Blaine understood that Eddie already had numerous main team Pokémon, and his battle roster had already been established. It seemed there was no extra time available to train new Pokémon properly.
Furthermore, the day of battle against Team Rocket was drawing closer and closer. Rather than training new Pokémon, it would be better to refine his current main team.
"I don't have time to train it properly right now, and even if I don't use it myself, I can give it to someone else later. Let's just revive it here first."
Originally, if Eddie had obtained this Aerodactyl from Brock at the very beginning, he might have trained it as part of his main team, but now that opportunity had passed.
He could use it as a reserve team member, or as a fourth or fifth string option in the future. He could also give it away depending on circumstances. Regardless, Eddie wasn't particularly concerned about this Aerodactyl, so he'd just set it aside for now.
"Alright, I'll begin the revival process now, but it won't be that quick—maybe two or three days."
Blaine placed the mysterious amber into a large cultivation chamber, then began operating the adjacent computer, and the machine started running.
It was impossible to revive a fossil Pokémon by simply going to a certain location like in the games, performing a few operations, and having the Pokémon instantly resurrected. That kind of situation only occurred in games.
Although it seemed to work similarly in the manga, that had been an emergency situation at the time. Perhaps that was why the author had arranged for the resurrection to happen instantaneously.
"The machine has been activated, and now we just need to wait for it to run autonomously. No further operations are required."
Blaine was filled with pride at this moment—after all, he had invented this machine himself.
"By the way, Eddie, you mentioned there were two things earlier. One was about this mysterious amber. What about the other matter?"
After Blaine finished basking in his accomplishment, he remembered that Eddie had mentioned two things just moments ago, and they'd only addressed one so far. What about the second issue?
"The second thing is that I want you to exercise more."
"Exercise more? Do you mean to..."
"Yes! I, Eddie, a trainer from Pallet Town, now challenge you, Blaine, the Gym Leader of Olivine Island Gym, to a Gym battle!"
Seeing Blaine's weary expression that said "I knew it," Eddie declared this with a battle-hungry smile.
"Ring ring ring!!"
Kanto Region, west of Asakusa City, somewhere along Route 18.
A pale-faced girl, currently slumped on a floating Jigglypuff, pulled out her ringing Pokédex with considerable difficulty.
"...I only got this Pokédex a few days ago, and right now only one person knows that I have it and its number."
"Hello, is this Eddie? Your timing is perfect. How's the situation on your end?"
This girl was naturally Green, who had departed from the Seafoam Islands earlier. After Jigglypuff had carried her away from the Seafoam Islands and brought her to this location, Green had finally regained consciousness. However, she'd only just woken up a short while ago when the Pokédex began ringing.
Green made a quick analysis and knew that only Eddie would be calling her at this time, so she responded accordingly.
But she hadn't fully recovered yet, so she spoke with a slightly trembling voice and didn't even use Eddie's nickname.
And this was indeed the case. The person calling Green at this moment was naturally Eddie.
When he had proposed a Gym battle to Blaine, Blaine had immediately said, "Please let me rest for a while. These old bones of mine really can't handle any more strain today."
Blaine had fought with Sabrina for an extended period today, then been seriously injured by Sabrina while covering Eddie's attempt to reach Mewtwo. Later, when he'd been observing the battle between Mewtwo and Moltres from a distance, he'd been blown away to the beach by the aftershocks.
He had nearly ended up as a permanent fixture guarding that beach.
He'd only just recovered when Eddie had actually proposed having a Gym battle with him. He'd almost knelt before Eddie and begged him not to inflict such torture.
Of course, Eddie wasn't cruel. He'd mentioned this to Blaine not because he wanted to begin the Gym battle today.
After all, Eddie had used his overwhelming strength to defeat Team Rocket at Seafoam Islands this afternoon, then rushed to Cinnabar Island to fight Sabrina. Not to mention it was already nighttime—he himself was exhausted.
The reason he'd told Blaine about this now was simply to give him advance notice, saying that he would have a Gym battle with Blaine either tomorrow or the day after.
As for why Eddie, having now become a Gym Leader trainer, was still explaining his reasons for a Gym battle with Blaine—
Eddie stated that fighting with Blaine was like defeating a boss to gain experience. Wasn't that an excellent opportunity to grow stronger?
So Eddie had agreed with Blaine to battle either tomorrow or the day after, and then he'd gone to the guest room Blaine had arranged for him to rest.
But at this moment, he suddenly remembered Green, so he called her right then.
Of course, Green's trembling voice at this moment made Eddie understand that something must have happened after he'd left Seafoam Islands. Otherwise, Green wouldn't sound like this.
However, Eddie had more or less guessed what had transpired. It was probably nothing more than Team Rocket reinforcements arriving and then engaging in battle with Articuno. Then, when Green had seen Articuno or heard its cry, she'd suddenly developed an avian phobia and ended up in this state.
So Eddie didn't plan to ask Green what had happened at this time. Instead, he wanted to talk to her about other things first.
"...Green? Did you have a nightmare? Why did you go to sleep so early? I didn't expect you to be such a lazy pig."
"Are you the legendary lazy sow?"
"Sow? Hey! Even you can't call me that! How dare you call a girl a sow?"
Green exploded when she heard this, immediately forgetting about everything else. She only focused on how Eddie had actually said such a thing to her, especially when she still had feelings for him and had done so much.
However, as soon as Green exploded, she immediately realized something was amiss.
After all, although Eddie could be somewhat mischievous when they were together, he'd never been harsh with her before. So this sudden harshness must have some other meaning behind it.
"Haha, you sound quite energetic, so nothing serious must have happened. Where are you right now?"
At this moment, Eddie's slightly concerned tone came through, and Green immediately understood his intention.
It turned out he'd simply wanted to use this method to shift her mood.
Being as perceptive as she was, she now completely understood Eddie's thoughts and couldn't help but feel warmth spreading inside her.
She had been able to feel the sensation of being cared for and protected ever since she'd met Eddie.
Although this wasn't the first time, Green still found herself feeling genuinely happy about it.
This feeling was wonderful.