Breeder's Confidence

"What is it?"

Aisha was a bit puzzled.

He and Iono had linked up twice, however, the two were not really familiar with each other privately.

However, not many people knew about this private email address, and Iono happened to be on the list of people who knew about this email address, so that also eliminated the possibility of someone pretending to be Iono and sending him false messages to play pranks.

"What does Iono want?"

With a curious face, Instructor Ai also opened the email.

It was an invitation letter, an invitation letter for a large-scale performance event.

The organizers were the Nimbasa City's Nimbasa Gym in the Unova region and Levincia's Levincia Gym in the Paldea region, that is, Elesa and Iono, the two gyms specializing in Electric type Pokémon.

One model, one anchor.

One focuses on offline, the other on online.

The pairing of these two people was a bit interesting, with the intention of being able to eat both online and offline.

Then, Iono meant that this event needed a few guests with enough weight.

Aisha fit the bill as a guest - strong enough, famous enough, and good looking.

On top of that, Brycen and Diantha, who were movie stars, also met those conditions - of course, the latter, being a world-class superstar, as well as the champion of the Kalos League, was so busy all day long that she probably didn't have the time to participate in an event organized by the two gym leaders.

The task of the guest of honor was actually quite simple.

Iono's job for Aisha was even simpler and rougher.

All he needed to do was to be on top of the stage with Elesa at the opening of the event and share a show-type sparring match.

A battle similar to the Coordination Contest.

The pay was generous...

Iono said that if Instructor Ai was lucky, there might even be some special rewards.

"Oh?"

Aisha showed a contemplative expression.

What special rewards?

She was going to take herself towards Paldea Region Zero to collect a few Paradox Pokémon?

Never mind... whimsical.

The email was also brief and concise.

The large event was being held in Nimbasa City, which was the Unova region.

It was a good thing that they didn't need to travel to the Paldea region, after all, that place was too far away from the Kanto region, and it would be a waste of time to go back and forth.

It would have been better if it had been Nimbasa City in the Unova region.

The event was held two weeks later... Aisha had plenty of time to think about it.

"Unova region?"

Sitting on top of the chair, Aisha also remembered the information about this region.

When it came to the Unova region, the topic that couldn't be avoided was naturally the black and white dragons that represented the real and ideal respectively within the legend.

Electric Zekrom.

Fire Reshiram.

As well as, hidden behind the story of the two divine dragons, the terrifying third god, the strongest dragon as a shell, the ice dragon, Kyurem, was not known to anyone.

"Or else... take a walk?"

Aisha's expression faltered a little.

Instructor Ai was rather interested in the Unova region.

Not that interested in Elesa's long legs and Iono's shark teeth... well, he was actually still a bit of an interest.

However, Instructor Ai was mainly kind of looking forward to the Unova region's Pokémon that were of unbelievable strength.

In addition to the terrifying Tao Dragon Trio in the legend, there are also some Pokémon in the Unova region that he is very interested in.

This area can be regarded as the region with the most popular Three Royal Families, but the wild Pokémon on the roadside are both extremely powerful.

Not to mention Krookodile, which is a passable weapon, Excadrill, Chandelure, Ferrothorn, Conkeldurr, Darmanitan, and Haxorus are absolute powerhouses.

Amoonguss and Ferrothorn are even more durable tools.

Volcarona with a racial value as high as five hundred and fifty, a Pokémon that resembles the sun within the legend, and Hydreigon, a Pseudo-Legendary Pokémon with one of the longest development cycles, have raised the gold standard of wild Pokémon in the Unova region.

There's nothing more all-around evil than that.

"There's also the Three Forces of Nature and the Three Swords of Justice."

Instructor Ai's fingers tapped the desktop as he thought back to those awesome Second-level Legendary Pokémon of the Unova region.

Oh, and the Three Forces of Nature should become the Four Forces of Nature.

However, I wonder where that one Nostalgic Cloud is sleeping nowadays?

Did Cogita, who was suspected to be immortal, survive until modern times...

If it's possible, after finding Cogita, Instructor Ai wanted to ask about how to make Sticky Glob in reality.

Hmph, who wasn't already a super Hisui human?

"Good."

Strong curiosity drove Instructor Ai to respond to Iono's email.

He expressed his willingness to be Iono's guest against Elesa.

"A matchup for the Coordination Contest?"

While waiting for Iono to reply to his email, Aisha remembered the invitation again.

He wasn't exactly well-versed in the Coordination Contest.

However, this opening matchup wasn't an official Coordination Contest either, it was simply just a warm-up.

"According to Iono and Elesa's idea, it's probably enough to fight beautifully and make a good spectacle."

Instructor Ai thought to himself.

If that's the case, then there's no problem...

His own Pokémon, even if they were only Eevee, their beauty was already high enough to give any opponent a dimensional blow.

Their control over their moves was even more powerful.

Changing some maneuvers to make the matchups just beautiful was sort of a very simple thing.

Elesa and Iono had probably taken this into consideration, which was why they had invited him, who didn't have the background of the Coordination Contest or the coordinators.

At that point, going through the process and using Eevee on the battlefield shouldn't be a problem...

"Ding!"

Aisha's cell phone popped up with a new message.

As expected, it was Iono's reply.

She sent Aisha an electronic contract, and after signing it, Iono and Elesa would be solely responsible for planning Aisha's travel from the Kanto region to the Unova region, as well as all the expenses for Aisha's activities in the Unova region during the time that the large-scale performance event was taking place, which was ridiculously atmospheric.

"A publicly funded trip?"

Aisha scratched his hair and carefully read through the electronic contract, signing his name after finding no problems within the contract.

"Alright..."

After submitting the contract, Aisha smoothly wrapped his arms around Eevee next to him.

"Boo~ee!"

Feeling the warmth of Aisha's palm and nestled on top of its master's knee, Eevee's plush little head was also constantly rubbing against his belly.

"This performance-type sparring match should rely on you, Eevee."

Stroking its head, Aisha also expressed his expectations for Eevee.

Indeed.

Thinking about it, within his own team, there seemed to be only one Pokémon that had both frontal combat strength and a gorgeous, elegant fighting style, Eevee.

The aura and platitude of Rayquaza was quite enough...

"Eevee~"

Hearing Aisha's words, Eevee also revealed a cheerful smile.

It sensed its master's trust in itself.

Since that was the case, Eevee would definitely go all out with its performance as well, responding to his expectations!

"Boo~"

Rubbing against Instructor Ai's palm, Eevee was also glad that it had chosen its path well.

You see, that big old man Marill, although it's also a beautiful child, its strength is also impressive.

However, the fighting style is so rude and still violent, didn't the master not choose it to perform on the battlefield?

As expected, being strong or not is only a momentary thing.

Looking good is the most important thing!

My cute little Eevee is the winner.

Hm~

"Boo~"

Eevee throws Marill a "see, I'm the winner" look in passing.

Marill: "..."

Bad, blood pressure coming up.

Fists harden.

Fighting restraints in general, as well as the Dark type Umbreon, I wonder if Eevee's skull can resist a shot of its own brute force?

Find a chance to try it some other day...

"Ding!"

Aisha's Line above came a message from Iono.

The two of them pulled some small talk.

In the end, Iono said that if Aisha was willing, she could take a plane to Nimbasa City tomorrow - Elesa's BFF was Skyla, and as the eldest lady of Mistralton Airlines, arranging a special flight was just a matter of words.

"Tomorrow?"

Instructor Ai frowned.

There was no problem with the time, and anyway, he had nothing left to do in Saffron City.

However, one had to marvel at Elesa's wealth.

This world-class model was no canary.

She was her own company, her own boss, her own connections, her own activities, and her BFF was also an airline young miss.

It was really the big brother.

"Good."

Aisha stood up with Eevee in his arms and looked at his Pokémon.

"Everyone, we're leaving tomorrow."

Hearing his words, everyone didn't have much of a reaction.

The only one who reacted a bit strangely was Marill.

"Lu?"

The little water bear's hand shook.

Leaving tomorrow?

Then won't my plan to use the martial artists in the Fighting type Gym and their Pokémon to brush up on my experience go out the window?

No way...

A small piece of meat was still meat.

I heard that those guys are waiting for someone to challenge them within the Fighting Gym all day long, so in that case, I'll go and brush up on this copy tonight!

"Lu!"

Clenching its fists, Marill had already made its choice.

"There are quite a few Pokémon clubs in the Unova region, so when we get there, we can experience coaches and equipment that are different from those clubs in the Kanto region."

Aisha opened his mouth again at this time, saying, "By the way, we can battle against those trainers and Pokémon in the Unova region."

Hearing that, everyone cheered in unison instead.

The team, including Chansey, was a group of children who loved sparring.

For them, being able to exercise and battle new opponents more efficiently was the more important thing.

"Hah~"

In response, Aisha just sighed.

It wasn't a tired heart, but a relieved one.

There was no trainer who didn't like a Pokémon that was bent on becoming stronger.

"It's almost time to find Sabrina and say goodbye."

Aisha put down Eevee, stood up straight, and pushed open the door towards Sabrina's room.

"Lu~"

Behind him, Marill ran quietly to where the Saffron Gym's door was.

...

Pallet Town, Oak Research Institute.

"Ha..."

Blue yawned and leaned against the wall.

Professor Oak's Institute belonged to the group of doctors that were good at everything, except for the point of being too busy with work, which was unbearable.

Blue had to come over every time he came home to help with some favor, and then get tired and skeptical...

This was precisely the reason why he had a share of admiration for his own family's old man no matter what.

Halfway from being a trainer, he had embarked on the path of a researcher with almost zero foundation, and after becoming a doctor, he was still able to maintain so many Pokémon day in and day out, manage what could be called a small ecosystem of backyards, and nowadays he was able to continuously release research results of either a large or a small scale.

Scary as hell.

Once upon a time, Professor Oak was the most powerful trainer in the Kanto region.

Today, Professor Oak was the greatest professor in this world.

"That was awesome..."

Raising his hand to shield himself from the incandescent light, Blue couldn't help but marvel at his awesomeness as well.

"Yeah?"

At this time, the only voice he didn't want to hear right now entered Blue's ears.

Professor Oak poked his head out from behind the door on one side and smiled with a wrinkled face that also gathered together.

"Blue, my wonderful grandson."

"Did you just say you were talking about how great the old man is?" Professor Oak came a few points closer to Blue, revealing a face of delight and emotion, saying, "Sure enough, this old man is still a role model and a source of pride for you young people!"

Blue: "..."

The Three-Minute Champion forced himself to hold back his strained expression and pushed away Professor Oak's face with a poker face.

Iron pride.

"No, I didn't compliment you."

"Hey, what an unflattering child, you and Red are all this way, unlike that little girl Green who is so lively."

Looking at Blue's difficult look, Professor Oak, who occasionally goes off the rails and shows the appearance of an old codger, was secretly amused.

Hands crossed in front of his chest, the bad-hearted old man sighed at Blue and Red's personalities while telling a story from the past, saying, "Back then, when you hadn't yet debuted as a trainer, your personality wasn't like this."

"..."

Blue sighed.

"So, after I became a trainer, I ascended to the throne of League Champion."

He spread his hands once.

Because of Professor Oak, Blue, who was a latecomer, practically lived within the shadow of his old man.

Everyone all liked to hold Professor Oak's feats in front of Blue's face, holding him in constant comparison to the old man.

Unable to bear such problems, and in order to prove himself, Blue had not yet become a trainer when he resolutely embarked on the road to the Johto region to learn from a master.

He was a mentor and disciple of Chuck.

Afterwards, he returned to the Kanto region and became a trainer, writing his own legend and eventually becoming the League Champion.

Nowadays, he had gotten rid of Professor Oak's shadow and lived everything for himself.

"But weren't you ousted by Red after only three minutes as champion?"

Professor Oak mercilessly poked Blue's weakness from the side.

"..."

Blue felt his blood pressure go up.

Red was truly the enemy of his life.

At the mention of Red's glorious three-minute championship with Blue, his cowl broke.

"If you mention this matter again, I won't care about cooking for you in the future, so go ahead and eat cupped noodles!"

"Don't mention it!"

Looking at Blue threatening himself with the matter of cooking, Professor Oak also instantly conceded.

After that, a smile immediately appeared again.

"Right."

Professor Oak rubbed his hands together.

"I heard that you've gotten your hands on some special Pokémon during this time?"

"Hmm."

Blue nodded and said, "In order to prepare for, the Gym Challenge with Ai-kun in a few months, I have prepared a few special Pokémon to form a new team."

"Ai-kun... Oh, that child."

Hearing Aisha's name, Professor Oak also put down the idea of immediately taking those special Pokémon from Blue's hands and studying them.

Aisha's shiny Metang was something he had coveted for a long time.

I heard that kid had gotten his hands on another Larvitar...

Instructor Ai in Professor Oak's eyes was a box completely filled with a treasure.

"How's the status of that kid?"

Professor Oak asked.

This one was really concerned.

After all, Aisha was also considered a 'Pokédex Holder', and his character and ability were to the extent that Professor Oak recognized.

It wasn't too much to be concerned.

"Ai-kun has already gotten five gym badges, and the latest Marsh badge is a trophy after defeating Sabrina through an undifferentiated wild battle." Speaking of Aisha's record, Blue also revealed a proud smile, as if the one who had won a hundred battles was himself, saying, "The only thing left before he comes to challenge my Viridian Gym is Blaine's Cinnabar Gym, as well as that Koga's daughter, who manages the Fuchsia Gym in his stead... In order to prepare for this formidable enemy, I've been going all out to train this team all this time!"

Blue's smile was tinted with a touch of wariness between them.

He was very satisfied with Aisha's performance of winning a hundred battles.

At the same time, Blue's anticipation for the duo's future matchups was growing by the day.

"Some time ago, it seems that Ai-kun took Ash on a training trip." Professor Oak brought up the trip to Cameran Palace.

"Hmm."

Blue also indicated that he knew.

"That kid Ash, he seems to have gotten a lot more serious during this period of time, and is even willing to learn about trainers that he wasn't willing to learn before, so he should have been taught by Ai-kun."

Blue paused for a moment and said, "He even got his hands on a Riolu at some point, not a small opportunity."

"Riolu?"

Professor Oak exclaimed.

A Pokémon as cherished as Riolu, even Professor Oak's backyard only housed a few of them.

"That kid didn't even let me know!"

"The way you look... I have a feeling Ash wasn't too brave to take the Riolu he hatched with his own hands and transfer it back, either." Blue also spat at the old man.

Professor Oak squatted down next to him and drew circles on the ground.

Blue didn't say much either.

He walked straight to the backyard.

Six Pokémon with different groupings but invariably strong strength surrounded him.

"Your opponents are very powerful."

Looking at them, Blue smiled.

"However, I can make you all even more powerful!"

This was his self-confidence as the 'Breeder'.