When talking about Senri, Dan Emperor showed great respect.
Clearly, he greatly acknowledges Senri's abilities.
Alright.
It's Senri after all, so Natsuhiko was not surprised.
"Wishing you can soon achieve the impressive feat of challenging Mr. Senri's full strength." Natsuhiko's expression was slightly peculiar.
"Thank you."
Dan Emperor obviously didn't catch the meaning behind Natsuhiko's words.
After exchanging a few more pleasantries, Dan Emperor followed a middle-aged man dressed in a crimson suit, leaning on a cane, and left.
He still had some other dojo challenges in the Sinnoh Region to continue.
According to Dan Emperor, the man in the crimson suit was his agent, arranged by the Alliance.
He also served as a sort of tour guide to help him better understand the current situation of the Alliance.
Besides challenging dojos and training Pokémon, Dan Emperor spent most of his time filming small commercials, earning endorsement fees, which were one of his main resources for training Pokémon.
However, Natsuhiko felt that this so-called agent also acted as a bridge of communication between Dan Emperor and the Alliance.
Thinking about it now, it seems that future Alliance Champions, more or less, have some side professions.
Sometimes, it's truly hard to say which is the side profession and which is the main profession.
For instance, Lance will not only be the Champion of the Johto Region, an Elite Four of the Kanto Region, but also an Alliance Investigator, completely blurring the lines between main and side professions.
Then there's Flint, whose main profession is collecting stones, side profession is managing a company, and another side profession is being the Hoenn Alliance Champion.
There's Hilona too, whose main profession is being a Champion, and side profession is being a professional scholar in mythology.
The one most similar to Dan Emperor is the future Champion of the Kalos Region, Karin; one films commercials and the other films small movies.
They can even dominate screens across major TV and online platforms at some point in the future.
Watching Karin in movies, and during ads, you can see Dan Emperor.
Opening newspapers and magazines' covers are all them.
It's fair to say they truly understand the filming industry.
"Side professions..."
Natsuhiko rubbed his chin.
Maybe it's necessary to broaden some side profession channels.
After sending Dan Emperor off, Natsuhiko approached Lance and the others.
"Garchomp is very strong."
As he spoke, Natsuhiko returned the Pokeball containing Garchomp to Hilona.
"Garchomp likes you very much."
Hilona said after taking the Pokeball.
She knows her Garchomp very well.
It's definitely among the more prideful Pokémon.
Yet, under Natsuhiko's command, it executed Natsuhiko's tactical plan nearly perfectly.
Especially that one time it caught Charizard's "Dragon Dive," which was the key to determining the victor.
Following that, the "Sandstorm" paired with "Digging," Garchomp followed suit, otherwise victory wouldn't have been easy.
After being triggered into "Fierce Fire," Charizard's Special Attack ability was formidable, and Garchomp's Special Defense wasn't outstanding.
But Natsuhiko and Garchomp cleverly avoided Charizard's explosive power.
Hilona thought Natsuhiko would just let Garchomp act headstrong throughout.
"Likes me?"
Natsuhiko rubbed his temples.
At first, Garchomp wasn't in such a state.
"By the way, this Dan Emperor is really impressive." Lance glanced toward the door and said.
"Yes, he's younger than us by a few years, already one of the top in his peer group." Natsuhiko agreed with a nod.
"Younger by a few years?! Dan Emperor?"
That moustache.
Lance almost thought Dan Emperor was older than them.
"He just matured quickly, but in reality, he's a bit younger than us." Kona glared at him irritably.
Their ages don't differ much, at most two or three years, so they're considered peers.
But Dan Emperor should be five or six years younger than them.
Natsuhiko didn't dare to ask how much exactly.
It is precisely because of this age gap that shows how extraordinary Dan Emperor's talent is.
Lance suddenly shelved the idea of having a match with Dan Emperor.
Perhaps wait until Dan Emperor fully grows, consider it when both are at their peak.
"Are you going to stay for a few days? I've arranged rooms for you."
"I don't mind, I've got ten days until school starts, it's the same wherever I am." Kona was the first to express her opinion.
"My task isn't urgent; I can stay for a day or two." Lance thought for a moment and said.
"It's just right since I'm in charge of some project development in Suiyi Town, I have no issues." Flint also indicated he had no problem.
Everyone looked at Hilona.
Hilona smiled gently, "My home is very close."
Staying here or in Shenhe Town makes no difference for Hilona.
"Alright, you play by yourselves for a while, I'll handle some remaining matters, and tomorrow, I'll show you around Suiyi Town, and see different scenery and culture."
After speaking, Natsuhiko turned back to busy himself with affairs related to the dojo.
First day of opening.
There were always plenty of tasks, very busy indeed.
However, the dojo challenge, as the highlight of the grand opening, concluded, leaving only trivial matters afterward.
Overall.
The opening ceremony of the dojo was quite successful.
Although Dan Emperor's appearance surprised Natsuhiko.
But because of it, the dojo challenge event concluded perfectly.
Believing after today, many people will come to challenge the dojo because of today's high-quality battle.
After all, as Lance said, most Trainers are the kind who know it's difficult, yet still fight desperately to move forward; no one would admit they're inferior to others, right?