With Aiden Flint's victory over Steven Stone, the Hoenn League Championship Challenge finally came to an end!
Aiden had defeated both the former Champion Steven and the current Champion Wallace with overwhelming dominance.
With such strength, his position as Hoenn League Champion was unquestionably deserved!
"Aiden! Aiden! Aiden!"
As the entire stadium chanted his name, Charles Goodshow stepped down from the platform, smiling as he approached Aiden.
"Congratulations, Aiden. Congratulations on becoming the Champion of the Hoenn League. From now on, Hoenn is in your hands."
Receiving the Champion badge from him, Aiden pinned it onto his chest.
After the coronation ceremony, Aiden looked toward Steven and Wallace with a grin.
"Hey, don't think you can go back on what you said earlier."
"Elite Four—or Vice Champion. Neither of you is getting away."
Hearing this, Steven and Wallace exchanged helpless looks.
As for the proposal of a "Vice Champion," Chairman Goodshow planned to bring it back to the Pokémon League headquarters for discussion with the council before making a final decision.
If approved, the Vice Champion position would become a rank above the Elite Four—second only to the regional Champion.
At the end of the match, Aiden kept his promise. He invited his girlfriend, Nurse Joy Sakura, onto the stage and publicly announced their relationship, drawing cheers from the crowd.
However, when Cynthia heard about this, she couldn't help but feel a little displeased—perhaps a hint of jealousy.
But for someone like Aiden, now the Champion of a region, having two girlfriends didn't seem strange to the public. In fact, many even thought it was only natural given his strength.
So, to ease Cynthia's mood, Aiden openly acknowledged his relationship with her in front of the reporters.
Only then did her jealousy fade.
As for Joy Sakura, she had already anticipated Cynthia's presence and didn't make an issue out of it.
Compared to others in the Joy family, Aiden was already an exceptional partner. What more could she ask for?
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After becoming the Champion of the Hoenn League, Aiden's schedule quickly became packed.
The first thing he had to do was familiarize himself with everything related to the Hoenn region.
With the help of Steven and Wallace, this process progressed rapidly.
Within just three days—
Using his powerful psychic abilities, Aiden processed all of Hoenn's affairs like a supercomputer.
Seeing this, both Steven and Wallace were stunned.
"You can use psychic power like that?!"
"No wonder you're the Champion. Things that would normally take us a year—you finished in three days. You're basically cheating!"
Hearing their complaints, Aiden just laughed.
"According to Chairman Goodshow, having a Vice Champion in each region is actually quite reasonable. After all, regions like Kanto also have plenty of strong Trainers."
"Now that Kanto and Johto are merged, Lance can't fully take the Champion role due to Lorelei's presence. A Vice Champion position could balance that."
"So you two can just relax and work under me."
"Oh, and here's my satellite phone. Even in ancient ruins, you'll be able to contact me. If anything major happens, just call."
"As for the Elite Four, no changes for now. They'll remain the same."
"That's it for now. I've got Legendary Pokémon to catch—see you!"
With that, Aiden casually handed off all responsibilities and prepared to leave.
Watching him act like a hands-off boss, Steven and Wallace could only feel like crying.
But there was nothing they could do.
Back when Aiden first proposed this arrangement, they already had a bad feeling about it.
Who could've guessed—
Even without using Legendary Pokémon, he would still crush them so easily?
Now they were completely stuck on Aiden's ship.
…
As for Aiden's departure—
It was because he had received news from his Sky Team.
His subordinates had located two of the Legendary Titans:
Registeel and Regice.
Since their locations were confirmed, there was no way Aiden would miss this opportunity.
He immediately set off.
Using Latios's speed—and after Mega Evolving—it only took a few hours for Aiden to arrive in the Kanto region.
After locating Shelly's position, Aiden used Teleport and instantly appeared inside the Sky Team's temporary base.
Sensing the disturbance, Shelly turned around sharply—only to relax the moment she saw him.
"Boss!"
As their leader arrived, all the elite members of the Sky Team immediately stood up and saluted.
"Greetings, Boss!"
Aiden gave a slight nod.
The members quickly returned to their tasks, while Shelly began explaining the situation.
"Boss, this ruin was built by ancient humans thousands of years ago. Registeel is sealed inside. The surrounding area had many powerful Pokémon, but we've already cleared them out."
"The weaker ones were released elsewhere. The stronger ones have been recruited into the organization."
Aiden scanned the captured Pokémon.
There were two main groups—Fearow and Golem.
The strongest among them had reached near-Elite levels, while dozens of Elite-tier Pokémon had been added as resources for the organization.
"Not bad. Where is Registeel now?"
Having already captured Regirock before, Aiden had no intention of exploring the ruins himself this time.
Let his subordinates handle it.
Shelly smiled.
"It's in the central chamber of the ruins. Our drones detected that it's sealed inside a stone structure resembling a Poké Ball."
"Since you weren't here, we didn't dare to open it."
Hearing this, Aiden's lips curved into a smile.
"Good work."
"Come with me. Let's go take a look at this Steel Titan."
The moment he finished speaking—
His psychic power surged.
In an instant, he and Shelly were transported directly to the deepest part of the ruins.
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