Luckily the bathroom also had a razor blade, which the old Noah used to trim the little beard he had, which I used to trim the little beard that was growing on me, trim the base of my toe hair, and with what was left of the blade now with less cutting ability, I used it to run through my hair, leaving it even messier, but much more stylish.
"Wait?" Joey wanted to refute. She felt that they should take this opportunity to leave the island quickly and confront Team Aqua head-on. But she was worried that she would become a burden to Hisoka.
This attracted many passersby to stop their stroll and watch the performance. Unsurprisingly, most of those watching were men, while the ladies just walked past the crowd with unhappy looks on their faces. Even a few men were slapped by their female companions for staring at the female sailor's bare legs and deep cleavages.
As chance would have it, it appeared that somehow the whole border experienced an absolutely calm period for the next two weeks. I actually made it to the final week of my military phase without any incursions happening around our stretch of the border, or any stretch of the border for that matter. We already had Kyoday, and as things stood, it appeared I would be moving on to the hospital phase without experiencing the conflict the higher-ups wanted me to witness.
Instead, she insisted on testing me as well to see if I had made any progress in my personal abilities. We kept going at it pretty hard for about an hour, working up quite a sweat before we stopped. She first teased/ribbed me for being stuck at Tier 2, before praising me for having improved despite being "stuck" at Tier 2.
Had I aroused the interest of a champion somehow? One from another continent at that. Regardless, of whether that was the case or not, with the end of his speech, the global competition had officially begun.
Hope Town was the other candidate that would defiitely get an orphanage as well, but I had yet to decide on any other locations. Anyway, after that, we left the Rota Studios and went to the shopping district to buy Rose's gift.
At least, that was the case as long as that mystery Pokemon did not ruin everything. I felt the world freeze for a moment when I thought that and all I could think was 'please, don't count that as raising a flag'.
Her opponent was a slim man called Drake Bell that had so far revealed a (mid) gold-stage Wigglytuff, an honest to Mew (low) gold-stage Kricketune, and a (mid) gold-stage Exploud.