Chapter 66 My name is Azure, you can call me Little Blue!
Some time passed.
Many challengers filled the Macha Gym.
Even from outside, the sounds could be heard coming from inside.
"My Geodude, my embodiment of strength..."
A Pokémon in its Crystal Form, resembling a small fox, appeared on the field.
After clearing the Hoenn region, Bai Yu turned to the Alola region.
His former Hail Team had transformed into a Snow Team.
And this Pokémon before him was an indispensable member of the Snow Team.
Alola Vulpix~ "How could I possibly lose to such a strange Pokémon?"
A muscular boy named Sanji frowned.
His Geodude was clearly so strong, how could he possibly lose to this opponent?
Everyone online said this gym was weak, so what was with this Pokémon?
"Wow, so strong!"
"Is this the Gym Leader who likes to use Grass-type?"
"Grass-type? Didn't I hear he likes to use Poison-type?"
"What Grass-type or Poison-type? I clearly heard he likes to use Ghost-type." The surrounding audience was buzzing with discussion. They had all come all this way to see the strength of the Gym Leader
because of the description of the Macha Gym in the Pokédex. Who would have thought that the type the Gym Leader used was not what was provided online at all? They saw all sorts of types, and the battle even gave them a strange feeling, it was just too sunny. "Shh~" Vulpix let out a small, cute sound and returned to Bai Yu's side contentedly. It jumped onto Bai Yu's shoulder and kept rubbing against Bai Yu's cheek. The Alola Vulpix itself has the Ice type, and when you get close, it brings a cool feeling, even its breath is cold~ Indeed, compared to those big and strong Pokémon, cute Pokémon are the best off. They had been searching for Ralts for a long time but couldn't find it.
" I can't just have one Vulpix by my side."
"I refuse to accept this! How could I possibly lose!"
The muscular Sanji gritted his teeth, his face filled with resentment.
Bai Yu heard this clearly. He reached out and stroked the Vulpix beside him; it wasn't injured at all, not even a single hair had fallen out.
The entire match didn't take much time from start to finish.
Besides, the Vulpix wasn't very strong; it had just been captured and hadn't evolved into Ninetales yet.
If the opponent couldn't defeat it, let alone the other gyms.
"Unfortunately, your Geodude is already quite excellent."
"You're only one step away from obtaining the gym badge, but I regret to inform you that you cannot obtain the Macha Badge in my possession."
"I hope you can continue to improve your strength, and one day you will become an excellent trainer."
Bai Yu didn't want the other to linger, so he kindly advised him.
However, these words sounded awkward no matter how you looked at them.
The muscular Sanji was also confused, and finally put away his Geodude and left the gym.
He wanted to continue the challenge, but… he only had two Pokémon.
He'd already lost both, so where would he get more?
He couldn't very well battle himself.
"Anyone else want to challenge?" Bai Yu looked towards the audience.
There had been quite a few challengers lately, but only a handful were truly capable.
Bai Yu changed his Pokémon every day; he'd just caught an Ice Vulpix yesterday, and today he was letting it get used to the match, with better results than expected.
"This…"
The challengers in the audience exchanged glances before leaving the gym.
They were just there for the spectacle; after all, there were these kinds of matches every day.
This was much more interesting than the regular Pokémon battles.
Once most of the people had left, only one woman remained, sitting quietly in a chair in the audience. Wearing a hat, she looked somewhat different from others, with a good figure and a young age.
She seemed to be a trainer who had just set off on a journey.
"That's... Azure?"
He had seen Qinglv before, and he had also seen Red, but he had just witnessed Red's Charizard battle.
He hadn't directly fought Red, but he hadn't expected to meet Azure here.
The three giants from Pallet Town, she possessed the innate ability to evolve any Pokémon.
It was a bug-level ability; even the Squirtle in her hand was something she had secretly taken from Oak's research group.
"Why did everyone leave? I wanted to watch that Pokémon battle a little longer."
Azure touched her hat, pretending not to know anything.
Her gaze kept falling on the Ice Vulpix.
She had just checked the Ice Vulpix's information with her Pokédex.
She only got the Vulpix's data, but its moves and abilities weren't displayed.
This was also the first time Azure had encountered an unfamiliar Pokémon.
"You're staying, want to battle?" Bai Yu couldn't help but find her clumsy acting amusing.
If she hadn't known the other person's ways, she might have actually been fooled.
"I just want to see that Pokémon~" Azure walked down from the audience.
Her azure eyes kept glancing at Vulpix; it was the first time she'd seen such a beautiful Pokémon.
She'd find a chance to steal it.
Azure would use any means to get anything she liked. She'd never seen a Vulpix
like this before.
"Shh~"
Vulpix exhaled a small puff of icy mist.
Through the mist, Azure became even more determined to take this Pokémon.
"Let me introduce myself first. I'm Azure from Pallet Town. You can call me Xiaolan."
Azure blinked, looking completely harmless.
"Bai Yu, the Gym Leader of Macha City." Perhaps there was no need for an introduction, but Bai Yu still politely introduced himself.
"Your Vulpix is so pretty~ Can I touch it?"
Azure blinked, looking pitiful.
Vulpix ignored Azure, let out a howl, and curled up on Bai Yu's shoulder, showing no intention of leaving.
"It doesn't really like outsiders, so you'll probably just have to watch."
Bai Yu knew the other party was going to pull some tricks, but since the other party was in front of her, it wouldn't do anything
unnecessary. Even if it tried to use its usual tricks, they wouldn't work very well in front of her.
Azure understood this too, and could only watch the Ice Vulpix and feast her eyes.
"Hmm? There's still a challenger who hasn't left?"
Sabrina came out from backstage, looking at Bai Yu and Azure with a puzzled expression.
The two weren't competing; they just walked to the center of the arena and chatted without moving.
At first, Sabrina didn't pay much attention, but after a while, she couldn't sit still anymore and came up.
She wanted to see who the other party was...
"Not a challenger." Bai Yu shook his head and said.
Azure wasn't interested in competing; she pursued what she liked, simply put, rare items.
As long as it was rare and precious, Azure liked it.
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