At the entrance of Blueberry Academy, a man with fiery red hair, wearing a school uniform, was looking left and right.
At his side, a Blaziken was holding up a sign with several large gilded characters on it, [Welcome Elite Four Flint to Give Guidance]
Behind him was also a group of students accompanied by Fire-type Pokémon.
Almost every single one of them was looking excitedly toward the entrance, and a few were even holding notebooks, having already thought about the questions they wanted to ask after meeting Flint.
"Senior Crispin, will Elite Four Flint really come to our academy?"
"Of course," Crispin's expression was excited, and it was rare for him to put away his usual arrogance.
"I once went to the Sinnoh region to train, and I was lucky enough to get Elite Four Flint's contact number."
"A few days ago, Mr. Flint even specifically told me to make sure to properly receive an exchange student named Axel."
But that exchange student was assigned by Teacher Briar to Lacey, so we just need to focus on welcoming Elite Four Flint."
"Everyone, get your spirits up. This time, Elite Four Flint has also accepted the school's invitation for an exhibition match, so he'll definitely show us a few tricks."
"As long as we can learn even ten percent of it, we'll very likely reach Elite Four level before graduating."
"Alright!", Under Crispin's words, the students behind him were completely fired up.
It was Flint, after all. Someone they normally could only see on TV.
And today, they could finally meet him.
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On a battle stage not far away, Dragonair was flying back and forth in the sky, occasionally letting out a young roar.
In front of her, Duraludon, with a look of utter lifelessness, was battling according to Dragonair's commands, beating the opposing Ivysaur into constant retreat.
This was outrageous.
Ever since Glastrier arrived, Dragonair had become even more arrogant than before.
In the past, at most she would fawn over Sister Garde and cause trouble that Duraludon had to clean up.
But ever since she became part of Glastrier's "aura," she had actually started ordering him around.
Duraludon took a deep breath, battling while glancing toward Glastrier and Gholdengo in the distance.
'Glastrier, huh?'
'So what if you're a Legendary Pokémon.'
'When I get back, I'll butter up Sister Garde and Sister Phero properly and take back everything I've lost.'
Glastrier cheerfully watched the battle on the stage, completely ignoring Duraludon's inner thoughts.
This morning, he had discovered another tool for showing off, Gholdengo.
Now he already had a Blue Dragon background and a Pink Dragon aura.
If he charged into battle with Gholdengo, defeated the opponent, and then tossed a gold coin into the enemy's face.
Casually saying, ["This is your medical fee."]
'Wouldn't that be showing off to the heavens?'
Thinking this way, he decisively followed a few Pokémon heading out to play ranked matches.
Right now, this generous Gholdengo had already been PUA'd by him almost completely, in a few more hours, he'd have him fully in hand.
'Luxury Battle Chariot, that's this great horse!'
———
Clop! Clop! Clop~
The urgent sound of hooves came from afar, and Crispin and the others' eyes lit up as they immediately looked toward the distance.
A tall Rapidash galloped toward them at high speed, its burning flames almost covering its whole body, the exposed fur sleek and glossy.
Just from the visual impression alone, it was clear this Rapidash had been trained extremely well.
"Elite Four Flint is here!"
Hearing this, all the students behind Crispin straightened up, their eyes shining with excitement.
The closer Rapidash came, the more Flint could see the students of Blueberry Academy waiting for him at the entrance, and a grin spread across his face.
On the way here, Flint had already thought about how to get Axel to willingly take him as a disciple.
Using the same method as with Cynthia definitely wouldn't work. After all, Cynthia was his boss and wouldn't be willing to beat him half to death.
But Axel was different.
That guy looked ruthless at first glance, even able to mess around with a Crustle.
He had to use enough sincerity to move him.
Flint's thinking was clear. As long as he led the students of Blueberry Academy and taught them some knowledge first to earn their approval.
Then, after the exhibition match, he'd give a little speech, saying in front of Axel that the person he admired most was Axel.
As long as the students' cheers were strong enough, wouldn't Axel be moved to tears?
By then, he would definitely take him as a disciple.
So now, the next thing to do was very clear.
First, win over these students and lay a small foundation for their cheers.
Thinking this, the corners of Flint's mouth couldn't help but lift slightly.
"Rapidash, our entrance today has to be flashy."
"When we're three hundred meters from Blueberry Academy's gate, use Flare Blitz to fully display our momentum."
"Neighhh!"
Rapidash neighed softly, its eyes instantly becoming resolute.
'For the sake of the "tactics master" master mentioned, I'll take this job!'
At the same time, a trace of surprise flashed in Glastrier's eyes.
He had been working on Gholdengo all this time, but Gholdengo kept saying showing off was meaningless, that just being alive was already showing off.
PUA progress stuck at 99%.
But now… it seemed someone was about to show off right in front of him?
Wasn't this a free assist?
Glastrier licked his teeth and showed Gholdengo a wicked, wild smile, ["Boss Sai, trust me this once!"]
["If you don't get to show off enough this time, I'll pay you back the money, okay?"]
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