Nimbasa City

Touya approached the old man and the recruits and said.

"Hey, isn't the team plasma supposed to want to free the pokemon instead of teasing elders?" Touya asked nonchalantly.

"And who do you think you are to tell us what to do?, Now we will take your pokemon too" said the other female recruit arrogantly.

"Well, it'll be the hard way" Touya said in a tired tone.

After a fight not worth mentioning, Sawk kicked the team plasma's butt, and they quickly fled.

"Are they getting more and more idiots or is it me?" Touya asked Sawk.

"Sawk" Sawk said in agreement.

"Thanks for helping me young man" said the old man with a smile.

"It's okay old man, just be careful if you meet another one of them" said Touya and then continue on his way.

"Hey young man, I would like to thank your help with a small gift" said the old man stopping Touya.

"No need old man" Touya said quickly denying.

"Actually, I had no way to use this bike, and I don't have grandchildren either so I think it will serve you better" said the old man and then took out a small device that turned into a bicycle.

"I keep saying it's too much" Touya said reluctantly.

"Don't be shy young man, I already told you that I have nothing to do with it" said the old man returning the bicycle to his compact state and handing it to Touya.

"T-thank you old man" Touya said still in shock.

"No wonder young man, if you ever want me to take care of your pokemon I am the owner of the pokemon nursery, my name is Marcos" said the old man and then left.

"Sawk" Sawk said surprised.

"You're right friend, this was too much" Touya said and then put the bike in his bag.

"The best thing is to find the other idiots so they don't do anything weird" Touya said seriously being followed by Sawk.

Just when he took a few steps.

"Touyaaaa!" Bel said happily appearing out of nowhere.

"How are you Bel?" Touya said with a smile.

"I'm great, there are so many places to explore here, like the musical theater!" Bel said, full of expectation and spinning around.

"See you Touya, I'll go there!" Bel said full of energy and then run over there.

Touya only saw her running with a bead of sweat on the back of his neck like Sawk, and then started looking for the team plasma.

After a while Touya searched for various places until he went to the attractions area where he hid Sawk in his pokeball to go unnoticed.

When he arrived, the first thing he noticed was a young man with green hair who quickly noticed his presence.

"You're looking for the team plasma right?" N said calmly.

"That's right, have you seen them pass by here?" Touya asked nonchalantly.

"Follow me" N said and then walked towards the Ferris wheel.

When they arrived, they both looked around without finding anything.

"They are not here, we should go to the Ferris wheel to see if we see them, I love the Ferris wheel, its circular movement, it is a mathematical beauty" said N with calm and emotion.

They both entered the Ferris wheel without saying anything until.

"I imagine you already know that I am the leader of the team plasma" N said with a serious tone.

"Yes, it's not very difficult to look for a difference in my attitude" Touya said nonchalantly.

"Ghechis asked me to help him with his goal of freeing the pokémon" N said calmly.

"You know, for a moment I almost considered helping you with your ideal" Touya said calmly.

"Really?" N said surprised.

"That's right, sometimes pokemon suffer for people or they just don't want to be captured and that's the truth" Touya said in an explanatory tone.

"But that does not justify being an extremist and wanting to free them all, you are doing the same thing that all people do, generalizing an opinion of a pokemon to all them, that is also true" Touya said seriously.

"How do you know what pokemon feel?" N said, frowning a little.

"How do you know what humans feel?" Touya returned the question seriously.

"I don't know if I said it before, but I'm what is known as a empathic person, I can read people just by looking at them for a few seconds, just like you can with pokemon" Touya said calmly.

"So you really represent the truth of the legend" N said not very surprised.

"We both have something in common, we want to help pokemon, so why aren't you on my side?" N asked in confusion.

"It's simple, unlike you I am not an idealist who wants a better world, I am just a person who cares about those who are within his reach and his loved ones" Touya said seriously.

"Besides, the one behind you handling all the cables is the real danger in this story" Touya said with a bit of annoyance.

N quickly understood and frowned a little at this.

After a few more minutes of silence, the Ferris wheel made a complete turn and they both got out.

When they left the first thing they were greeted with were the two recruits from the team plasma from before.

"Lord N, are you injured?" said the female recruit with concern.

"I'm fine, I must protect you as well as everyone we have recruited to achieve our goal of freeing the pokemon" N said looking at Touya with determination.

"In the future I saw, I was not able to defeat you, but now I will stop you so that the recruits can escape, I will become your rival!" N said in an imposing tone.

Touya just stared at him silently for a few seconds and then laughed a little.

"Hehe, you are not a bad person at all, in fact I would say that you are a better person than me, but my goal was never to defeat you but to defeat the negative part of your ideals" Touya said smiling slightly with a bit of sadness.

"But if you're going to keep protecting that part that you think is correct and the bad people who follow you, I have no choice but to be your rival too!" Touya said with an imposing tone as well.

And so an old confrontation begins anew.