Instructor Ai's Goal is Fish Frying Contest

Aisha took the leaf-shaped Earth Badge from Blue's hand.

This was the last badge he needed to collect on this journey.

It was also the last badge he needed to register for the Indigo Plateau Conference.

"Hmm..."

Looking down, at the beautiful Earth Badge, and rubbing his fingertips over the badge, Aisha felt a cold touch.

At that moment, he felt a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment in his heart.

"Finally, I've got it."

"Uh-huh."

Hearing Aisha's self-talk, Blue's face also put on an emotional smile, saying, "Back then, after Red and I collected eight Gym Badges, we had the same reaction."

"After all, it was the result of traveling to the end."

Aisha smiled and took out his own badge box.

Opening it, he revealed seven badges of different colors and postures.

Pewter Gym's Boulder Badge, Cerulean Gym's Cascade Badge, Vermilion Gym's Thunder Badge, Celadon Gym's Rainbow Badge.

Then there's Marsh Badge from Saffron Gym, Soul Badge from Fuchsia Gym, Volcano Badge from Cinnabar Gym.

Finally, Viridian Gym's Earth Badge was placed in the last notch of the badge box by Aisha.

Eight badges, representing eight Gym Badge Challenges, and eight challenges that Aisha and his Pokémon had experienced in the Kanto region.

"Ah..."

Holding the badge box full of badges, Instructor Ai sighed in his heart.

This journey had fulfilled so many of his dreams.

Once upon a time, when I was facing a pixelated game console, my greatest dream was to travel around the Kanto region just like today.

Now, that dream had come true.

With his own two feet, he traveled through the Kanto region.

He has traveled through every city in the Kanto region, every place he has ever dreamed of.

And not only that, he was accompanied by his most loyal companions.

They would do anything for him at all costs.

As long as he hears the laughter of his companions, he can still be energized, no matter how tired he is, and continue to work hard for the future of all of us.

On the way, there were many happy things.

However, hard work and fatigue were also the main colors.

Preparing for each Gym Challenge, gathering information, speculating on the tactics of Gym Leaders and Pokémon choices.

When you are traveling, you choose the route to take, the place to practice, and the location to work out.

When everyone is hungry, he prepares delicious meals, and when they are tired, he carefully massages them.

This is Instructor Ai's kindness.

He meticulously completes each day's exercise and stance training, and maintains a high level of energy and excellent condition at all times.

This was the response of the Pokémon.

Under Instructor Ai's command, they fought with all their might.

Drop after drop of sweat watered the flowers of their efforts, and in the end, the fruits of their endeavors were incredibly sweet...

Together they defeated Blue.

That's the proof.

With the end of the Gym Badge Challenge at Viridian Gym, the Kanto tour had come to an end.

So, the last stop was the Indigo Plateau Conference.

The end of the trip needed a perfect ending.

The winner of the Indigo Plateau Conference!

"Ha..." Aisha laughed softly, revealing absolute and unquestionable confidence in his eyes.

What kind of ending would be worthy of such a trip filled with sweat, laughter, and emotion?

There was nothing else but a beautiful victory.

The championship of the Indigo Plateau Conference was just within reach for myself and my partners!

"Roar..."

The familiar sound of a dragon's roar rang in his ears.

Instructor Ai closed the badge case and put it back in his pocket.

"Good job, Charizard."

Aisha turned his head towards Charizard and praised its efforts.

Now, it was time to really look up to it.

A three-meter orange dragon, majestic and handsome.

Instructor Ai's eyes were in a trance.

Watching the robust, huge Charizard step by step toward him, his eyes blurred, as if he saw the Charmander of the past, running toward him.

"Roar!"

The mighty, dominating sound of the dragon roared into his ears, overlapping on top of the tender cry.

Then, Aisha felt his feet leave the ground.

Charizard picked up Instructor Ai as he had once picked up Charmander.

The positions of one man and one Pokémon were reversed.

Now, to Instructor, Charizard was an unquestionable behemoth.

He himself was like Charmander, who used to face it, and became the smaller and more delicate one.

"Roar..."

The Charizard growled and hugged Instructor Ai tightly.

It lowered its neck, and its mighty dragon's head was pressed against Aisha's face.

Where only Instructor Ai could see it, the handsome Charizard revealed an innocent, somewhat stupid smile that only he could see.

Vaguely, Aisha saw a glint of crystal between Charizard's eyes.

"Silly child."

Instructor Ai revealed a helpless smile, complaining, but immediately wiping away the tears that were about to spill out of its eyes.

"You shouldn't be crying at a time like this, you should be laughing... We won!"

"Roar!"

Charizard immediately let out an impassioned roar.

It lowered its body, and with a wave of its hand, put Instructor Ai from its chest onto its back.

"Eh?"

"Roar!"

Before Instructor Ai could react, the Charizard flapped its wide wings vigorously.

It flew up, carrying Instructor Ai with it.

Once, when it was still a Charmander, it had made a promise in its heart to Instructor Ai, who was riding another Charizard.

Today, it finally honored this unspoken promise.

"Roar!"

Roaring freely, the Charizard's dragon roar carried a feeling that no one could understand, but could be felt by those who heard it.

"That boy..."

On the ground, Blue shook his head, grumbling, and said, "It really has Instructor Ai and forgets about me, without me, how could it follow Instructor Ai?"

"Pfft."

Green laughed out loud.

She looked at Blue with a bit of a grudge, and said, "You're really good at flattering yourself, it's clearly because Instructor Ai is good to Charizard that Charizard is like this... I have to say, Instructor Ai is really a trainer whose love for Pokémon is unrivaled by anyone I've ever met."

Towards the end, Green's voice was filled with emotion.

Previously, Instructor Ai had stayed in Professor Oak's backyard for a month, and she had also spent a month with this boy.

During that month, Green had seen how Aisha treated his Pokémon, how he poured his heart into them.

At that time, it was as if he only had eyes for his companions, and even the mercenary Green couldn't help but be touched by the Pokémon's relationship.

"I do get it..."

Green, holding his back, said, "I see why you and Red are so attached to him."

"Because, he's worth it."

"Yeah, he's worth it." Blue gave a reminiscent smile.

"From the first moment I saw Ai-kun, I knew that he was a true Pokémon trainer."

"His love for Pokémon is truly unrivaled by anyone else..." Blue looked up at Instructor Ai, who was riding Charizard in the sky, and letting out a few exclamations of surprise from time to time, and said, "I can even see the shadow of the guy who was once in him, but Ai-kun's character is much better than that cold-faced ghost who keeps a cold face all day long and can't even speak properly!"

At the end of the sentence, Blue cued his best friend and rival.

Green smiled back.

Then, with a sigh, she said, "You're killing me."

"What?"

Blue looked puzzled.

As he recalled, he hadn't asked the League to report Green's stall.

Had he been caught trying to get her to work for free?

"Hey."

Green shook her head, saying, "You're not as good as you think you are?"

"Lorelei and I made a bet on who would win this Gym challenge... I bet on you, Lorelei bet on Instructor Ai, we agreed that the loser would give the winner a treasure, and guess what happened?"

"You got popped for gold by Lorelei?"

Blue tilted his head, burst out laughing, and said, "Good thing!"

"Huh?"

"Anyway, Lorelei used Instructor Ai's face to win you, and what she won from your side will definitely be given to Instructor Ai, so I'll take it as you giving Instructor Ai's gift on my behalf." Blue's smile became a lot more rampant, patted Green's shoulder, said: "Thanks a lot, helped me send a gift, save me the trouble and effort to prepare again."

"You asshole!"

Green choked Blue directly.

"Eh, stop, don't... Green, Green, she's committing murder!"

Blue wailed for half a second, before Green let him go.

Blue was half bent over, coughing.

As he coughed, he grumbled, "You... cough, cough, cough, asshole, do you really want to kill me?"

Green ignored his complaints.

After a moment of pain, she gave in with a helpless face and said, "Never mind, if it's true that the bet I gave to Lorelei will end up being something from Instructor Ai, then it's not wrong for me to spend a little bit of money and take something good out of it to fulfill my duties."

"Oh?"

Now Blue was interested.

He came to Green's side, looking curious, and said, "What are you going to give?"

"Don't worry about it."

Green waved her hand and walked straight to the exit of the Viridian Gym.

She left, leaving behind a message that said, "Anyway, definitely won't let Instructor Ai be disappointed."

"Oh..."

Blue stood still, pondering for a while.

He knew that Green had a lot of good things hidden in her hands.

Just in time, Charizard flew down with Aisha.

Blue shook his head helplessly and greeted them.

However, a silhouette was one step ahead of him, carrying a cold aura to meet Aisha.

"Not bad for Ai-chan."

Lorelei skillfully took Aisha's hand, and said, "Killing those assholes with their 'I'm the best' faces, that's great!"

"..."

"Sis Lorelei please don't joke ."

Aisha laughed and shook his head.

"Blue's strength is really strong, giving me a lot of pressure."

Instructor Ai spoke from her heart, saying, "During the battle, I always felt that I would fall into the abyss if I made one wrong move."

"In the end, Nidoking was also terrifyingly strong, and if it wasn't for Charizard's evolution, the winner of this match would have been debatable."

Indeed.

The first half of the Gym Badge Challenge was a mind-numbing game.

Everything happened in the blink of an eye, and if either Aisha or Blue couldn't keep up, the other could build up a huge advantage in a single breath.

Aisha's Umbreon's reinforcement was like this.

Blue's Beedrill's play was the same...

And finally, Nidoking, which was even stronger.

Instructor Ai's numerical advantage accumulated in the previous sessions was weak in front of Nidoking.

'Secret of the Earth' really deserves to be 'Secret of the Earth'.

If Charmeleon hadn't evolved, the outcome would have been hard to tell...

"Hey, let's not talk about that."

Blue waved his hand.

He was proud, but he wasn't a sore loser.

He was proud to lose to Aisha, but he was not a sore loser.

"Now I've seen how strong Ai-kun is... you're worthy of it."

"What are you going to do next?" Blue was a bit curious.

"Indeed."

Lorelei nodded.

"There's still some time before the Indigo Plateau Conference starts, so it's a good time for you to prepare, Ai-chan, though... I don't think there's any need for you to worry about a tournament like the Indigo Plateau Conference, but you shouldn't relax just because your opponents are weak."

"Uh-huh."

Blue agreed.

He knew that Aisha was not an arrogant person.

When a lion fights a rabbit, it uses its full strength.

Instructor Ai was a fishpond frying professional who would use his naturally strong Lulily to fight in the 'Rookie Tournament'.

For the Indigo Plateau Conference, maybe he would really use his full strength...

"Indeed, this time..."

Hearing Lorelei and Blue's words, Aisha also thought seriously.

The eight badges had all been collected.

There was no need for him to continue traveling in the Kanto region.

The rest of his time would be spent preparing for the Indigo Plateau Conference.

So... should I go back to Dayan?

While Aisha was thinking about it, a call came in.

At first glance, it was Summer.

"I have to take this call."

Facing Blue's thoughtful eyes, Aisha answered Summer's call at the corner.

As soon as the phone was connected, Summer's voice with suppressed laughter came over, saying: "You're really good at this... This is a win for Blue, you don't know, those guys who were against me recommending you to the League to become the successor of the Elite Four, after watching this live broadcast, what kind of expression they had."

"Hahahahahaha~"

The head of Dayan's Elite Four let out an unrestrained laugh.

Aisha smiled warmly at her words.

Summer's words really warmed his heart.

Aisha knew very well that Summer didn't like trouble.

Now, Miss No.1 was really concerned about his future.

It goes without saying that the League's Elite Four has a huge impact on a region...

For the Elite Four and the selection of the Champion, the League is strict to the extreme.

There are a lot of things that need to be scrutinized, and a lot of things that need to be considered.

Even if Summer is the head of Dayan's Elite Four, she doesn't have much control over this matter.

She must have been under tremendous pressure and encountered a lot of trouble for recommending herself as one of the new Elite Four...

"Thank you, Summer."

"Don't talk like a family!"

Summer's words were full of confidence, saying: "To put it in perspective, at first, when I recommended you to the League, I was indeed obstructed by some old men."

"But, facts speak louder than words!"

"You're really competitive." Summer's words were filled with genuine joy, saying: "Last time I also told you, becoming an Elite Four requires more than just strength, merit is also a very important part of the process, after you defeated Blue this time, Dayan's side of the strength of your people who are still skeptical of you have shut up, so the next thing that you need is to be a great merit, you fight a few more criminal organizations, and then your merit will be enough."

"When the time comes... hey."

"If you get a good ranking in the 'Elite Tournament', the arrangement for you to become the new Elite Four is basically guaranteed!" Summer was very proud.

"In that case, I should work hard too."

Aisha's voice was filled with determination, saying, "Besides, how can Elite Four be enough... didn't I say, my goal is to become the Dayan Champion."

"Then I'll have to go ahead and order a wedding dress."

"It seems like we can ask Wallace to do it."

"Indeed."

Mr. Wallace's taste, Aisha and Summer recognized it.

They still had the couple's dresses that Mr. Wallace had picked out for them in their closets.

"Uh-huh."

Summer's voice was a bit playful, saying, "Although it's not necessary to say that your strength is gold after defeating Blue, since we chose to collect badges and participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference, you're going to have to win a real victory at the Indigo Plateau Conference for me. You'll have to win the Indigo Plateau Conference for me in a serious way."

"Of course!"

Instructor Ai smiled brightly.

This kind of fish fry, it was his favorite.