Green did not want to talk to Grey, that ridiculous walking cheat.
For other Trainers, which one of them did not have to go through years of accumulation before barely reaching Elite Four level?
Grey was simply naturally gifted, an ultimate walking cheat who could sit at the same table as Red and Blue.
At the very least, Green felt that if she really wanted to become an Elite Four-level Trainer, there was no way she could do it without a few years.
"Hey, I'm not expecting you to become that strong either. Silver, tell me how your training has been recently. What Pokémon did you and Giovanni catch today?"
Grey looked toward Silver. There were four Poké Balls hanging at Silver's waist, all of them containing his own Pokémon.
"It was an Ursaring. Gym Leader Giovanni said that this Ursaring has very strong potential. With a little training, it can become a powerful battler."
Silver pondered for a moment, thinking something over.
After a few seconds of silence, he looked at Grey and asked, "Gym Leader Grey, do you think this Ursaring still has a chance to evolve further?"
"Oh? Why ask that all of a sudden?"
Grey raised an eyebrow, clearly interested in Silver's sudden question.
Of course Ursaring could evolve.
Its new form after evolution, Ursaluna, had even been called a terrifying Ground-type bear by the fans in Grey's previous life.
That alone showed just how strong Ursaluna was.
"Gym Leader Giovanni told me this Ursaring is very talented when it comes to the earth. If we can discover some special path later, maybe its strength can reach another level. I was thinking that only evolution could make it stronger, right?"
"Whether it's Mega Evolution or ordinary evolution, either one would be a pretty big opportunity for Ursaring."
Through Grey's connections, Silver had learned a lot of information.
Among that information was Mega Evolution, which he understood in much greater detail than the general public.
"There is indeed a way. It's something I learned from a previous conversation with Champion Cynthia."
This time, Grey pushed the blame onto Cynthia.
"Hm?!"
Silver's eyes suddenly lit up. He really wanted to know what Cynthia had said.
"Champion Cynthia said that there are carvings on the rock walls over in her region depicting a bear Pokémon that walks on all fours. That Pokémon looks a little similar to Ursaring. At first, she thought it was a branch evolution of Teddiursa."
"After all, one stands on two legs, while the other seems to have returned to a more primal form. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't seem like an evolution. But later, Champion Cynthia found a few scattered records in some ancient texts."
"Whenever the full moon shines over the land of Hisui, an Ursaring whose body is covered in Peat Block will connect with the earth and welcome a brand-new form."
"The ancient people called it Ursaluna. Only because it received the blessing of moonlight could it possess such power."
After Grey finished speaking, Silver's emotions did not calm down for a long time.
"Gym Leader Grey, did Champion Cynthia say how to obtain Peat Block?"
Silver immediately caught the key points in his words.
Full moon and Peat Block.
Those two were definitely the key to evolving Ursaring into Ursaluna.
"No. In recent years, Peat Block has practically disappeared. Finding it seems to be very difficult."
Grey fell silent. He thought about information related to Peat Block, but in the end, he still shook his head. "I can confirm this much. The amount of Peat Block has grown smaller and smaller. Perhaps there is still some in deeper mining areas, but in the mines that can currently be excavated around the world, finding Peat Block is extremely difficult."
"Maybe that's why Ursaluna no longer exists in modern times."
The conditions for evolving Ursaring into Ursaluna were quite strict.
Not only did it require a full moon, but they also had to find Peat Block. It was far too time-consuming.
But once Ursaring evolved, it would undergo an earth-shaking transformation.
If it had the Guts ability, then it would become even stronger on top of that.
All in all, Grey quite supported Silver searching for news about Peat Block.
Their dojo still needed people who could hold up its reputation.
If they could not win through numbers, they would win through quality instead.
At the very least, they still needed two Elite Four-level Trainers.
Grey felt there was absolutely no problem with these two becoming Elite Four-level Trainers.
"Do your best. I have high hopes for you."
Grey encouraged Silver.
"Mm. I'll definitely find Peat Block."
Silver set a goal for himself.
Ideally, he would find Peat Block before the end of the year and reach Elite Four-level strength.
He absolutely could not let down Gym Leader Grey and Gym Leader Giovanni's expectations!
Wait…
Speaking of which.
Why did Gym Leader Giovanni have such high expectations for him?
Gym Leader Grey paid attention to him because Green had brought him up, but Gym Leader Giovanni had no relation to him at all. Why was he treating him so well?
Silver told Grey this question.
This time, Grey truly fell silent.
He turned around, not wanting these three students to see his expression.
Mm…
That masked old man really had committed a terrible crime.
Silver could have had a relatively complete childhood.
But because of Pryce, Silver had been taken away.
That also caused Giovanni to go mad and expand Team Rocket on a massive scale. Back then, he had even been willing to clash head-on with the League.
On that point, Grey could not really say anything about Giovanni.
A father desperate to save his son was understandable. Of course, understanding was one thing. That still was not a reason for Giovanni to let Team Rocket attack wild Pokémon and League Trainers however they wanted.
Grey could still separate those two matters clearly.
Giovanni's son had been kidnapped, so Grey could understand him violating the League's laws. But once he was arrested, he would have to be punished. There was no room for leniency.
"Ahem. Next is Lillie. How has Nebby been recently?"
After adjusting his emotions, Grey turned his gaze toward Lillie.
Nebby was Cosmog.
It had brought Lillie through an Ultra Wormhole from the Alola region to the Kanto region.
Now that Lillie had become his third student, he naturally needed to pay more attention to her.
"Nebby eats properly every day, and it gets plenty of sleep every day too."
Lillie rubbed Cosmog, and the comfortable feeling made it cry out contentedly.
"Cosmog, mog!"
Pokémon: Cosmog
Type: Psychic
Level: 35
Ability: Unaware
Moves: Splash, Teleport
Aside from eating every day, Cosmog spent the rest of its time curled up in Lillie's arms sleeping, but its strength was indeed growing by the day.
Grey had no idea what principle this was based on.
He felt that perhaps this was what made Legendary Pokémon impressive.
Compared to when he had first met it at level 5, Cosmog had now reached level 35.
It was only 8 levels away from evolving at level 43. Perhaps after some time, they could start preparing for its first evolution.
The only thing was that after evolving, Cosmog would become Cosmoem, and its weight would increase from 0.1 kg to 999.9 kg. When that happened, Lillie probably would not be able to hold it while sleeping anymore.
"Lillie, have you thought about catching a second Pokémon?"
Grey felt he should give Lillie some battle strength. Ideally, Lillie would catch a Pokémon herself. Later, if he was not around, Lillie would at least have some ability to protect herself.
"Hmm… I can ask the butler at home to send a few Pokémon Eggs over. Grey, didn't you want to catch a Jangmo-o? My family can help you transfer one of its Pokémon Eggs from the Foundation's Nursery."
Lillie was a wealthy young lady from a rich family. Air-transporting a few Pokémon Eggs was no problem.
The reason Lillie had not raised Pokémon before was not that she lacked connections, but because something she had experienced in childhood had left her unable to train them.
Now that Lillie had spent so much time interacting with Grey's Pokémon, she could naturally start raising Pokémon.
"No, no. That would be too much trouble."
For now, Grey still did not want to come into contact with the Aether Foundation.
Although he had Reshiram and Kyurem, those two great Legendary heavy hitters, he still felt he needed enough battle strength before he could confidently clash with the Aether Foundation.
Of course, if he were only clashing with Lusamine, Grey felt Annihilape and the rest of his Pokémon would be enough.
But if the fight reached the halfway point and Lusamine suddenly sent out those Ultra Beasts, Grey felt he would need to bring out Reshiram and Kyurem.
"By the way, Lillie, you should have contacted your family, right? Did your family say anything about when they would come pick you up?"
After all, Lillie was someone else's precious daughter. With the current situation at his dojo, if others found out, they might think it was some shady dojo abducting children.
"I contacted them. My family said I can stay as long as I want… Oh! My brother said he wants to find a chance to come to the Kanto region to see me! He'll also bring you a big gift!"
Lillie recalled the conversation she had with her butler back then.
Ever since her brother Gladion found out that she had disappeared, he had been searching all over the Alola region for her. He had even turned the Aether Foundation upside down, but still had not found her.
Fortunately, Lillie later contacted her family, so her brother finally let out a sigh of relief. He also said he would personally visit the Fighting Dojo when the time came and would definitely give Grey a generous thank-you gift.
"A generous thank-you gift…"
If someone else had said that, Grey would have thought it meant there was something good coming.
But since Gladion had said it…
He wondered whether this Gladion was an extremely overprotective brother.
If he was…
Maybe he would find an opportunity to beat Grey up.
Ahem, just kidding.
"Then I'll look forward to your brother's arrival. Let me know ahead of time when he sets out, so I can prepare."
Whenever he met someone, he had to dress up properly. He could not lose face.
"Mm-hm! When my brother is about to arrive, I'll tell you first, Grey!"
Lillie nodded repeatedly, and Cosmog in her arms also swayed a few times.
"Sigh. Sure enough, Lillie is the well-behaved one. Compared to her, someone really doesn't let me relax at all."
Grey was obviously implying someone. He was practically one step away from reciting Green's ID number.
"Hey, hey, hey! Now that's obvious favoritism! Grey, I've been your student for so long, and you haven't taught me anything. How can you still say I don't let you relax?"
Green pouted and complained to Grey.
"That's true. Then today, I'll give you two sets of Master-level Pokémon training notes."
Grey felt Green had a point. He picked up his phone on the spot and forwarded to Green the messages Blue had sent him.
Dojo Annihilape: Master-level Blastoise Training Notes.pdf
Dojo Annihilape: Master-level Venusaur Training Notes.pdf
"Whoa! Master-level training notes? And for Blastoise and Venusaur? Gym Leader Grey, you're amazing!"
Green felt that Grey was hiding his true depth. He actually had training notes for Master-level Pokémon.
Then she directly used her mobile data to download the notes.
When she opened them, the author was listed as Blue.
Green fell silent.
"What's wrong? Just tell me, are they Master-level Pokémon training notes or not? These are notes Blue personally wrote. Ordinary people wouldn't even get them from me if they asked!"
These were indeed two sets of materials Grey had specifically asked Blue for.
He had simply forgotten to forward them to Green.
They had almost expired, even.
"Fine. I know you meant well, so I'll accept them."
"Heh, look at you acting stubborn."
Grey pinched Green's cheeks, making her face turn bright red and her breathing grow uneven.
"Silver, I'll also pay more attention to news about Peat Block from now on. Consider that a small contribution from me."
For now, it was true that he had not really trained Silver much. Rather than being a student, Silver was more like a tenant.
"It's fine. Gym Leader Grey, you already did more than enough by taking me in."
Silver felt that Grey was usually so busy, and just having him ask someone to help search for Peat Block was already good enough. If Silver asked for anything more, it would be somewhat excessive.
Green patted Silver on the shoulder and lowered her voice. "Silver, why are you being so polite with him? Just ask for whatever you want. It's not like you're asking him to buy you a house. This is called tactical investment."
"Heh. Your cheeks are itching again right after I finished pinching them, huh?"
Grey could not hold back. He was standing right beside them, and she still pulled this?
As he spoke, he reached forward.
"Ugh, I was wrong!"
Lillie, who was watching from the side, blinked. "Grey and Green really have such a good relationship!"
Green wailed, "Who has a good relationship with him?!"
In the Alola region…
"Madam, Miss Lillie has recently been studying under a Gym Leader from the Kanto region, and Cosmog is with her as well…"
Lillie's butler reported the recent situation to a graceful, mature woman.
"The Kanto region, a Gym Leader. That would be Grey, the one who has been in the spotlight recently, correct? He caught Reshiram and possesses battle-legend tier strength…"
The woman was Lusamine. She was currently at the Aether Foundation, attempting to use an Ultra Wormhole to save her husband.
And the key to opening an Ultra Wormhole was Cosmog.
Now that Cosmog had gone to the Kanto region with Lillie, while they were in Alola, which had not yet established a League, there was no way for them to communicate effectively with Kanto.
"Where is Gladion? He's so worried about Lillie, so he should be thinking of going to the Kanto region, shouldn't he?"
Lusamine thought of her eldest son.
"Madam, he does indeed have that idea. However, he has recently been taking part in the island challenge, so he cannot go to the Kanto region for the time being."
The butler answered truthfully.
"Mm… In that case, I can only go to the Kanto region in the name of the Aether Foundation."
Lusamine considered many things. In the end, going to the Kanto region under that identity was the most reasonable option.
But she could not go in person.
She had to send one of her subordinates.
Mm…
Which subordinate would be the best choice?
Lusamine fell into thought.
She could not think of anyone suitable to send out.
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