Chapter 55: First Meeting with Drew

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"Roselia, use Magical Leaf!"

Just as Gary and Rosa were leaning against each other, lying on the free beach chairs provided by the hotel, basking in the sun and resting, a voice commanding Pokémon broke their peace.

"Who is this?" Rosa, who had originally planned to have a good rest, was annoyed by this voice.

"I don't know," Gary, who was also awakened, shook his head and said, "But we will know when we go over and take a look."

"Okay."

So Gary and Rosa, with a hint of dissatisfaction, got up from the beach chairs and walked in the direction of the voice.

Soon, Gary and Rosa found that there was a boy training a Roselia near the beach chair where they had just rested.

The boy was wearing a black long-sleeved T-shirt with a purple short-sleeved shirt, green trousers, and dark green boots. With his very obvious green hair, Gary immediately recognized the boy's identity.

He was Drew, May's future rival.

According to the timeline, Slateport City would hold a Contest after a period of time, and in the original series, May first met Drew in Slateport City.

So after Gary thought about it, it was not surprising that Drew appeared in Slateport City.

Rosa, who was standing by, saw Gary staring at the green-haired boy opposite him and asked curiously, "Gary, do you know him?"

After Gary came to his senses, he happened to hear Rosa's question, so he denied it directly, "No, I don't know him."

"What are you doing?" Rosa asked.

"I was just watching him train."

After seeing Rosa's questioning, Gary just found an excuse.

"Is there anything wrong with his training?" After hearing Gary's words, Rosa immediately became interested, so she continued to ask Gary.

"From the way he trains Roselia, he should be a Coordinator," Gary immediately gave an explanation.

Gary did not say that Drew's way of training Roselia at this time was to focus on the coordination of various moves, but to focus on power, speed, and accuracy.

This is the training method of a definite Coordinator.

"So that's it!" After listening to Gary's words, Rosa suddenly realized.

"Then let's go and take a look."

After learning some information from Gary, Rosa was ready to find the Coordinator Drew.

"Okay."

After Gary agreed, the two walked towards Drew together.

Because Gary and Rosa were not trying to hide their figures, Drew discovered Gary and Rosa walking towards him just after they took a few steps.

After seeing Gary and Rosa walking over, Drew immediately stopped training Roselia and looked at them.

"Do you have anything to do?" Looking at Gary and Rosa walking towards him, he frowned and asked.

After seeing that it was Gary and Rosa who interrupted his training, Drew was in a bad mood at this time.

Drew was in a bad mood, and Rosa was also in a bad mood. After being questioned by Drew, she started to speak in a weird way.

"We are here for nothing. We were resting well, but we heard some strange noises by accident, so we came to take a look."

Rosa's implication was that they were resting well, but Drew disturbed them by training his Pokémon.

"Sorry to bother you." Drew was a polite person, so after knowing Gary's reason, he apologized quickly.

"It's okay." After seeing Drew apologize so readily, Rosa's anger at being disturbed disappeared.

"By the way, you should be a Coordinator." Although this sentence was in a questioning tone, Rosa's meaning was very certain.

"How did you know?" After hearing Rosa's statement, Drew asked immediately.

"I can see it from the way you train Roselia." Rosa told Gary what he had explained to her before and then told Drew again.

"I see." After listening to Rosa's words, Drew also understood.

"It seems that you should be very strong trainers!" After meeting Gary and Rosa, it could be seen from the way they trained Pokémon that they were strong trainers, and Drew also roughly knew their strength.

"No, we're just ordinary trainers." After hearing Drew's words, Gary waved his hand and said.

After knowing that Gary and Rosa were both strong trainers, Drew's serious expression on his face also faded a little, so he introduced himself to Gary and Rosa, "My name is Drew, and I am a Coordinator."

"Hello, Drew, my name is Gary."

"I am Rosa."

After Drew introduced himself, Gary and Rosa also briefly introduced themselves.

After getting to know each other and talking, the unpleasantness between Gary, Rosa, and Drew also dissipated.

"By the way, Drew, why are you training Pokémon on this beach?" After getting to know each other, Rosa also began to ask Drew why he trained Pokémon here.

"Drew should be here to participate in the upcoming Slateport Contest." Before Drew could reply, Gary gave the answer.

"That's right." After hearing Gary's words, Drew nodded and acknowledged Gary's statement.

"That means that Slateport City will hold a Contest next." After hearing this, Rosa also knew that Slateport City would hold a Contest next.

"In order to win the ribbon at the Slateport Contest next, I trained here. I didn't expect to disturb you." After saying this, Drew also showed a little embarrassed emotion.

"It's okay, the matter has passed, we don't need to mention it again." Rosa didn't continue to pursue this.

"I have an unwelcome request, I don't know if I should say it." After chatting for a while, Drew looked at Gary and Rosa.

"Just say it if you have anything." Rosa waved her hand and said generously.

"I want to see how you trainers battle. Is that okay?" Drew looked at Gary and Rosa with a fighting spirit.

"Of course, I can." Rosa readily agreed to Drew's challenge.

Seeing Rosa readily agree, Drew looked at her with determination.

"Then let's start the battle!"