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"I've finally waited for this moment."
Looking at Slaking charging with Giga Impact, Gary smiled slightly.
Then Gary waved his hand and gave an order to his Shiny Metagross.
"Metagross, use Grass Knot!"
"What?"
As soon as Gary gave the order, Norman on the opposite side was shocked.
"No, Slaking, stop quickly!"
Although Norman tried his best to shout, it was a pity that it was too late.
On Slaking's path, a small grass knot suddenly appeared, and it tripped Slaking to the ground.
Accompanied by a loud "bang," Slaking fell straight to the ground.
"Slaking!"
After seeing this scene, Norman immediately shouted at Slaking.
You should know that Grass Knot is a fatal move for large Pokémon. Especially since Slaking had consumed a lot of physical strength before, it never stood up again after this Grass Knot.
In this way, Slaking ended its combat ability dramatically and was defeated by Gary's Shiny Metagross.
At the same time, Shiny Metagross also improved its strength thanks to the battle with Slaking, officially reaching level 71, becoming the third Champion-level Pokémon in Gary's team.
"Your progress is really amazing. Compared to you in the Johto region, you have improved very quickly!"
Looking at Gary's great progress, recalling Gary's performance at the Silver Conference, even Norman had to admire Gary's talent and strength.
"No, Mr. Norman, you are too kind."
Gary was still very humble about the compliments of his predecessors.
"You're welcome, your strength is worth what I said."
Norman also shook his head at Gary's modesty.
Since Norman had said so, Gary accepted it calmly.
"You are so amazing, Gary!"
Rosa, who was watching from the side, was very happy and threw herself into Gary's arms after seeing him win.
Gary, who won and had two Pokémon advance, also hugged Rosa with a smile on his face.
After the challenge, Gary, Rosa, and Hilda stayed for lunch at the invitation of Norman and Caroline.
In the afternoon, because they were not in a hurry to continue their journey, Gary and the others slowly strolled around Petalburg City.
Rosa looked at the bustling scenes of Petalburg City's streets and recalled the past. She was full of emotion for a while.
"I remember that Gary and I fell in love in Petalburg City."
After saying that, Rosa looked at Gary with a smile and a happy look on her face.
"Yeah, it's been so long without me noticing, that time period is really nostalgic!"
After listening to Rosa's words, Gary also began to recall it.
"Can you tell me about it?"
Hearing Gary and Rosa's rather emotional words, Hilda's eyes lit up, so she asked curiously.
"Well, that's unspeakable."
After Gary and Rosa looked at each other, they laughed in unison, and after they finished speaking, they ran ahead.
"What?"
Hilda expressed dissatisfaction with Gary and Rosa's behavior of keeping it a secret, but she still caught up with them in the end.
Gary and the others were walking on the streets of Petalburg City, and they accidentally came to the ice cream shop that Gary and Rosa had visited before.
Rosa looked at the ice cream shop in front of her, which was still full of customers, so she asked Gary: "Gary, do you still remember this ice cream shop?"
"Of course."
Gary also looked at the ice cream shop in front of him with a look full of memories. This is a "precious" shop that promoted the relationship between Gary and Rosa.
"Then I want to eat ice cream now."
After saying that, Rosa narrowed her eyes and begged Gary.
"Of course, no problem,"
Of course, Gary would not refuse this simple request: "Then let's go!"
Unexpectedly, Rosa's next words made Gary feel very surprised.
Rosa shook her head and said: "I won't go over, Gary, you and Hilda go together."
"Hey!"
For Rosa's answer, Gary knew what Rosa was thinking at this time, so he showed an unimaginable expression.
"Rosa, you..."
"You and Hilda can go there."
Rosa's intention was obvious.
"Okay."
In fact, everyone loves beauty, and Gary also likes the beautiful girl Hilda.
Originally, he was still considering whether Rosa could accept it, but since Rosa could accept it, Gary went straight to it, and a harem would not be a dream.
"Is there anything wrong with that ice cream shop?"
Hilda also noticed the changes between Gary and Rosa, so she reminded him.
"Nothing, you and Gary can go there together, remember to bring me one."
Rosa just brushed off Hilda's question.
"Okay."
Although she didn't know what happened to Rosa, Hilda nodded.
"Hilda, let's go there."
Encouraged by Rosa, Gary brought Hilda to the door of the ice cream shop and lined up.
Looking at the backs of Gary and Hilda leaving, Rosa smiled slightly and thought silently in her heart: "Gary, Hilda, you have to work hard!"
In fact, Rosa had long discovered that both Gary and Hilda had a good impression of each other, but she just didn't say it out loud.
Rosa didn't want the two to miss their fate, so she took the opportunity to completely close the relationship between Gary and Hilda.
Although Rosa was reluctant to share her boyfriend, she also knew that Gary's excellence would always attract many girls, so she had already prepared in her heart. As long as Gary didn't give up on her, she would share Gary with other girls.
The book said that this is the style of a big wife, yes, I want to have the style of a big wife.
This is what Rosa thinks in her heart.
When it was Hilda's turn to buy ice cream with Gary, she understood the truth of the matter, so she looked at Gary with a complicated look.
"Gary, you..."
Gary had already witnessed Hilda's complicated look, but he had made up his mind, so he went straight up with the clerk's blessing and kissed Hilda's lips to express his feelings.
Hilda recalled Rosa's previous performance and knew Rosa's thoughts. In addition, she also liked Gary, so she did not resist, but enjoyed it.
After a while of kissing, Gary immediately held Hilda's hand tightly, bought the ice cream they needed together, and returned to Rosa.
"Gary, Hilda, you are back, where is my ice cream?"
Rosa looked at Gary and Hilda holding hands, and then greeted them with a smile.
For Rosa's enthusiastic performance, Hilda looked at Rosa with a complicated face.
"Rosa, you..."