Since leaving Nimbasa City, Anna has been training abroad.
The moment the various Gyms officially opened for business, she began her journey of collecting Gym Badges.
Along the way, Anna met many people and experienced many things.
Besides her initial partner, Zoroark, she also captured many other Pokémon.
Braviary, Electivire, Magmar, Lilligant, Krookodile.
Moreover, she has been specially training her partner Pokémon using Draconis's methods, and every Pokémon's strength has grown to an extremely powerful level.
"Zoroark." Anna looked at her partner beside her, a look of expectant excitement on her face: "Next, let's work together to give Teacher a surprise!"
Opelucid City, pokémon flying taxi station.
The young man's tall figure moved through the crowd, his eyes resolute, clutching a Gym Badge tightly in his hand.
The final Gym Badge had been collected!
Next, it was time to head to Nimbasa City and await the start of the Final Grand Ceremony!
"Mother, I will definitely win and become an amazing Trainer, so I can give you a good life!"
Derick gripped the Gym Badge in his hand, his eyes filled with unwavering determination.
However, before setting off for Nimbasa City, he still had one thing to do.
Derick arrived at the Pokémon Center in Opelucid City.
He handed the six red-and-white Poké Balls in his hand to Joy here.
"Please wait a moment!"
Joy took the Trainer's Poké Balls, placed them on a small cart, and a Chansey pushed the cart toward the back room.
In the back room, Chansey released a gentle wave of energy from its body.
That was the Psychic-type move, Heal Pulse.
This pink energy wave completely enveloped the six Poké Balls, continuously healing the injuries of the Pokémon inside.
A moment later.
Chansey pushed the small cart back into the lobby.
"Lucky~"
It happily handed the small cart over to Joy.
"Thank you for your hard work, Chansey!"
Joy smiled gently, then handed the Poké Balls back to Derick.
"Thank you for waiting, Trainer! All your Pokémon have fully recovered!"
"Thank you." Derick thanked Joy, then turned his attention to the assistant beside Joy, the Pokémon named Chansey.
He heard that this kind of Pokémon possessed very powerful healing abilities.
Carrying a large amount of Potion while traveling in the wilderness was very inconvenient. If he had such a Pokémon in his team, perhaps it could save a lot of Potion and time, Derick thought.
It was a bit regrettable, though, that such Pokémon often couldn't play a major role in battles, falling far short of combat-oriented Pokémon like Lucario.
After the healing was complete, Derick did not immediately leave the Pokémon Center.
He went to the backyard and threw all six Poké Balls in his hand into the air.
"Everyone, come out!"
"Clack!"
Accompanied by flashes of white light, various Pokémon appeared before Derick.
These Pokémon were the partners he had captured throughout his journey.
Riolu, who had already evolved into Lucario,
Throh, who was strong and muscular and wore a white karate gi,
Haxorus, armored and possessing a pair of huge axe-shaped tusks,
Beartic, capable of freezing the air and spitting out terrifying Ice Beams,
The massive, powerful Dragon Pokémon, Druddigon.
And Hydreigon, which possessed three heads and a ferocious temperament.
At this moment, these six Pokémon were all looking intently at their Trainer.
Compared to the day he first received his starter Pokémon and set out on his journey, Derick's physique was now much stronger and straighter, and he had many scars on his face and body.
These injuries were the medals he earned while battling Pokémon during his travels.
The scar on his face, however, was gifted to him by the most ferocious Hydreigon.
That was an extremely dangerous battle, but fortunately, in the end, they defeated this Hydreigon, conquered it with their immense strength, and made it his Pokémon.
"Everyone, next, we are heading to Nimbasa City, the capital of the Kingdom, to engage in the final battles against other Trainers."
Derick's gaze swept over the Pokémon before him, and he said solemnly: "The ultimate winner will become the strongest Pokémon and Trainer within the Kingdom! Therefore, I ask all of you to give it your absolute best and prove our great strength to everyone!"
"Awoo!"
"Roar!"
"..."
The Pokémon before him responded one after another.
Derick smiled. He stretched out his hand, and the six Pokémon also extended their paws and placed them on top.
Trainer and Pokémon, united in effort.
"Then, let's go!"
*
Lacunosa Village.
Koharu and her group of Pokémon were staying at the home of a local villager.
Since the establishment of the Kingdom, many Trainers specifically travel to Lacunosa Village to train or capture Ice-type Pokémon.
This has led to the rapid development of the village.
In just over a year, many inns, restaurants, and various shops have appeared in the village, which was originally empty.
At this moment, Koharu was listening to a local villager recount the story of how a great pokémon master came to the village last year and rescued the villagers who had been captured and trapped by a Man-eating Giant Beast.
Koharu's eyes sparkled as she listened.
"Wow, that must be a really amazing Trainer!"
Beside Koharu, Patrat, who had already evolved into Watchog, also showed a look of admiration on its face.
On the other side, Heracross was happily sucking on a can of sweet honey, completely disregarding what they were saying.
"Watchog, Swoobat, Heracross, Audino, Lilligant, Chansey, we must learn from that pokémon master! We must become as powerful as him and help everyone!" Koharu said, her face full of fighting spirit.
Watchog, Swoobat, Audino, and the other Pokémon all responded to their Trainer.
Only Heracross remained there, enjoying the delicious sweet honey.
"Hey, Heracross!" Seeing Heracross's behavior, Koharu immediately got a headache: "Stop eating! You've already eaten almost eight cans of sweet honey today!"
"Ahhhhhh!" Koharu rummaged through her coin purse and sadly realized something: "The allowance Mom sent me has been eaten by you, and the subsidy the Trainer Association gave me has also been eaten by you! If this keeps up, we won't even have enough money left to take a pokémon flying taxi to Nimbasa City!"
"Hera?"
Heracross blinked, then somehow pulled out a Big Nugget and handed it to its Trainer.
"Hera!" Take it!
"This is..." Koharu recognized immediately that this was a Big Nugget that could be sold for money. She widened her eyes: "Where did you get this from?!"
"Hera~" Heracross looked mysterious.
Don't ask, Heracross has its own channels!
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