Instructor Ai is a Nice Person

Even from the other side of the screen, Aisha was able to see through the friend request message of the other side, the cowardice that the owner of this account was displaying as he typed.

Oh, it shouldn't be cowardice.

It should be too shy.

"Ha~"

Aisha let out a light laugh, already being aware of this client's true identity.

The client that Brock had recommended for himself was at least a friend as a Gym level trainer.

This account's gender authentication was female, its avatar was a Magnemite, and its address was localized in the Johto region, which was next door to the Kanto region.

The person who had assembled these elements was known to Aisha as only one.

The Gym Leader of Olivine City in the Johto region - Jasmine.

The classic picture of Magnemite Knight has been remembered by Aisha for countless years...

"The client is here!"

Aisha agreed to Jasmine's friend request after recognizing her identity.

Jasmine, in turn, immediately sent a message.

Magnemite is the cutest: "Hello, Aisha-san, I'm the Olivine City Gym Leader, Jasmin... Gym Leader Brock introduced you to me, and he said that you're an elite breeder who's proficient in the creation of Pokéblocks... so that's why I'm going to entrust Aisha-san to customize some exclusive Pokéblocks for my Pokémon."

Jasmine, being a social phobe, was obviously a bit uncomfortable with business conversations similar to Pokéblock customization commissions.

Even typing a conversation over Line effectively curbed the young girl's shyness.

However, her speech was still a bit awkward, even to the point of repeating what she had sent while applying for a friend.

Still, it was just as well that Aisha was having a similar business conversation for the first time.

The two were sort of a sleeper.

Instructor Ai didn't eat today: "Hello, Gym Leader Jasmine, I've admired you for a long time."

Aisha greeted first.

Instructor Ai didn't eat today: "If you plan to customize the energy cubes, Gym Leader Ami can make a form and fill in the Pokémon you want to customize the energy cubes with their tastes, hobbies, and attribute development preferences. It doesn't require much trouble. I can make the preliminary deployment of energy cube customization based on the content filled in by the Ami Gym Leader."

Aisha spoke the information she needed.

Magnemite is the cutest: "Good."

Jasmine, on the other hand, was brief and concise.

There was no movement after that.

"Well..."

Aisha was a bit apprehensive.

However, Jasmine deserved to be honest.

Almost ten minutes later, Jasmine sent Aisha a file.

Aisha downloaded the file, and once he opened it, he saw the information about the Pokémon that Jasmine had prepared to customize Pokéblock.

"Steelix, Magnezone, Empoleon, Skarmory, Bronzong, Metagross?"

Aisha skimmed through it a little and felt that these Pokémon should be Jasmine's main team.

It seemed that the Pokémon that Jasmine used to fight in the Gym within the version of HeartGold and SoulSilver was such a team that had the Steel type in all of its members.

Magnemite is the cutest: "This is my team."

Instructor Ai didn't eat today: "Understood."

Aisha pondered for a while, judging the Pokéblock preferences and tastes of these Pokémon.

The operation of customizing Pokéblocks was probably a bit difficult for normal breeders.

However, Aisha's Pokéblock Crafting skill had arrived at the height of Lv.4.

Paired with his knowledge of Pokémon, creating exclusive Pokéblocks for Pokémon was not a difficult task.

Especially since these Gym Leader's Pokémon were all of one type.

Even if they took on a team's customization all at once, the difficulty of making them was just as much reduced as the complexity of the operation.

Instructor Ai didn't eat today: "Almost a week later, I'll provide you with a trial sample, and Gym Leader Jasmine can experience it before choosing whether or not to customize these Pokémon's Pokéblocks on my side."

The main reason was that he still needed to rush within Mt. Moon himself.

Taking the time to make Pokéblocks while rushing, a week's time would probably produce samples of Jasmine's six Pokémon.

Magnemite is the cutest: "Good."

Jasmine's answer was as simple as ever - she was also a Coordinator, and knew how difficult it was to make customized Pokéblocks.

Aisha didn't care much.

Mainly because he also knew what kind of character Jasmine was, and knew that the girl wasn't impolite.

Magnemite is the cutest: "What about the deposit?"

Instructor Ai didn't eat today: "No need, this time as it were is the first time I've made my debut in customizing Pokéblocks, and Gym Leader Jasmine is an important customer, so that means that the deposit is waived, and if it means that Gym Leader Jasmine recognizes my craftsmanship, it won't be too late for us to talk about the price."

For this client, Aisha was also very generous.

The beginning of everything was difficult.

After grabbing Jasmine as the first customer, after that, I believe that my path can definitely be a lot smoother.

Magnemite is the cutest: "Good."

A conversation ended with Jasmine's approval.

"This Party A isn't bad..."

Putting down his cell phone, Aisha sighed.

Jasmine was a girl who didn't want to cause trouble for others, and Aisha wasn't much of a talker, the business cooperation the duo carried out was a model for Party A and Party B.

"I hope that all of my future clients are so provincial..."

Stroking Eevee's tail and enjoying the touch of the little guy's soft fur Aisha also began to fantasize.

...

Johto Region, Olivine City, Olivine Lighthouse.

"Hmm..."

A slender girl in a white dress stood at the top of the lighthouse, looking out over the night scene of this coastal city that was a blur of lights after nightfall, revealing a reassuring smile.

She was Jasmine, the Gym Leader of Olivine City.

Because she is good at using steel type Pokémon, she has earned the title "The Steel-Clad Defense Girl".

Uhm...

It's true that she's a "Steel-Clad Defense" in every aspect.

"Baa~"

At this time, a soft sheep's cry reached Ami's ears.

The girl turned her head, her beautiful brown hair blowing in the evening breeze.

"Amphy?"

Jasmine wrapped her arms around the neck of an Ampharos and said, "I've found the high level breeder who customized Pokéblocks, that's a good person, wonderful."

Jasmine spoke of her victory like a child.

"Bleh~"

Ampharos also felt its master's joy and gave a happy bark.

"If Steelix and the others like the Pokéblock made by that man, I can ask him to customize Pokéblock for you as well."

"Baa~"

Jasmine and Ampharos showed a bright smile together.

Jasmine didn't like crowded places.

That's why she said that she liked to be by herself on top of the lighthouse with the sea breeze, looking out at the quiet and unenthusiastic city under the night.

Aisha's Line account homepage was presented on top of Jasmine's cell phone.

Amie was comfortable chatting with him.

"Instructor Ai is really nice."

Looking at Aisha's avatar, Jasmine praised him so much.

Jasmine wasn't the only one who was chanting about Aisha right now either.

Kanto region, Cerulean City, Cerulean Gym.

"Aisha..."

Misty, who was in a blanket and had just finished her performance, also sat down in front of the computer, her slender fingers crackling on top of the keyboard, checking Aisha's information.

At this time, a message was also sent to her cell phone.

"Hmm?"

Misty picked up her phone and found Brock's message.

Rock-Solid Man: "Misty, Aisha-kun has already defeated me, and is now probably on the side of Mt. Moon, and it shouldn't be more than a week before he arrives in Cerulean City... Are you ready to have questions about the Gym Challenge?"

Misty looked at Brock's ID a bit speechless.

It was too earthy.

Cerulean Mermaid: "Already ready, that guy, I'll take it seriously!"

Misty quickly responded to Brock's inquiry.

Well, her ID is similar...

After that, Misty asked Brock about Aisha's Pokémon strength.

Based on Aisha's Pokémon strength level, Misty chose some Water type Pokémon from within her Box that were about the same level of strength, and configured a team to deal with Aisha's Gym Challenge.

She was different from Brock.

Brock's Pewter Gym wasn't very popular, so he didn't really care much if he won or lost against Aisha.

Misty's Cerulean Gym, however, was immensely popular, and Aisha's live broadcast popularity could surely skyrocket by a wave as she challenged the Cerulean Gym, so it was said that as a Gym Leader, she must need to take the win or loss of this Gym Challenge seriously, and even if she lost, she must have lost in a good way.

"Aisha's Pokémon..."

Having gathered some information on Aisha, Misty also roughly judged the Pokémon he chose to put on the field.

Mainly because Aisha's Box was so shallow, the battle configuration was very easy to guess.

"What's up with this Caterpie?"

Misty's attention was focused on the Caterpie.

It was reasonable to say that even if Caterpie's class of Pokémon had been subjected to elite-type cultivation, the traits of a bug-type Pokémon should have driven it to complete its evolutionary shedding.

Aisha's Caterpie, however, remained in its initial state for a long time.

What's going on?

Misty was a bit puzzled.

Then remembered her own battle record of being slept through a team by Aisha with a Butterfree...

"Hey, it doesn't matter, it's fine if it's not a Butterfree."

Misty didn't want to recall her crippling defeat that time.

However, she also knew that Aisha and himself didn't really have any beef.

Getting dirty in a network sparring match belonged to her own lack of skill.

Aisha didn't dirty herself on purpose.

It was because Iono had also been tortured by Aisha.

After watching the live broadcast of Aisha's brutal abuse of Iono with a Gengar, and realizing that she wasn't the only one who had been dirtied by Aisha, Misty's resentment was relieved a lot...

The right choice was to resign oneself to the fact that one's skills were not as good as the other.

There was no need to have a headache over such a thing until now.

The Gym Challenge was also an event that existed to test a trainer's strength, and it wasn't acceptable to intentionally make things difficult for people - although Misty strongly suspected that Aisha's strength actually didn't need to be tested by herself at all.

"It's good to form a simple rainy day team..."

Misty picked the category of the team.

"And Caterpie isn't just easy to bully?"

Well, she didn't know what she was up against yet...

...

In the morning, Aisha opened his eyes within the single room on the second floor of the Pokémon Center.

"Hmm... Hmm?"

Sleepy-eyed Aisha felt a little chesty.

Uncovering the quilt, he discovered Eevee, who was originally sleeping on his back next to him, actually lying on top of his chest at an unknown time, sleeping in a naive manner.

"Boo- ee..."

The little guy's sleeping face was very calm, even the corner of its mouth pulled out a smile, obviously sleeping comfortably.

Probably even dreamed of something nice.

"Ha~"

Aisha also smiled helplessly.

Although Eevee's weight was a bit overwhelming, however, Instructor Ai, as someone who had been oppressed by a meter-long Caterpie all day long, naturally wasn't so overwhelmed by Eevee's pressure.

"..."

"Boo~eee..."

Aisha stroked Eevee's head, and after that, reclined on top of the bed and quietly closed its eyes.

Properly relaxing, not thinking about anything, and resting quietly was indeed a very enjoyable thing.

"Boo... ee?"

After unknown amount of time, and Aisha didn't calculate it, Eevee finally opened its eyes.

"Awake?"

The little guy opened its eyes and heard Aisha's voice that was filled with a teasing tone.

"Boo~ee~"

The little guy wasn't shy, its character wasn't arrogant or shy after meeting Aisha's eyes, it took the initiative to raise its little head and arched it on top of its master's chest.

"Okay, don't be petulant."

Aisha also smiled as he brought up this little guy.

Looking at the way Eevee's little paws were fluttering as it lifted the back of its fateful neck, his fingers rubbed the little guy's neck.

"Boo~"

Eevee instantly showed a comfortable expression.

Aisha let go of it and

Rolling off the bed and drying off, Aisha, who had gotten his things, greeted the thrashing Eevee as well.

"Come on, it's time for us to get going again!"

"Boo~eee~"

Eevee followed Aisha's lead, ready to jump on its master's shoulders.

"Lu!"

Marill came out from within the Poké ball and stopped it at once.

"Lu!"

Marilu had a straight face.

"Boo?"

Eevee showed a very disdainful expression.

"...Lu?"

Marill's eyes twitched for a moment.

This little bastard really wasn't a virtuous person!

It definitely has some thoughts about its master...

No, I haven't succeeded yet, how can this newcomer rush ahead of me?

"Lu!"

"Boo~ee~"

The two little guys confronted each other all the way to the entrance of the Pokémon Center.

"Okay, you two stop it."

Aisha shouted.

"Mt. Moon is ahead, we're ready to hike!"

Aisha looked out at Mt. Moon in the distance.

Mt. Moon was a place with shooting stars falling within the legend.

Falling meteors have turned into moon rocks, and wild Clefairy frequent Mt. Moon, making the mountain famous.

In addition, there are fossils within the mountain.

Mt. Moon and Grampa Canyon seem to be the only two places in the Kanto region that have clearly produced fossilized Pokémon.

Brock said that he was likewise trying to dig up fossils in Mt. Moon in his spare time.

"Kind of interesting..."

After checking his clothes and protection, Aisha put on some necessary equipment and walked towards the direction of Mt. Moon in front of him.

He was ready to see the scenery of Mt. Moon Square.

In the meantime, he was looking for the fossils.

Although Aisha himself had little interest in fossilized Pokémon, if he did find a fossil, he could give it to Steven as a gift.

That guy was a stone fiend.

He could be overjoyed even if he dug up a random Fire Stone, so if it was a fossil, he must be high as hell.

"Let's go."

Aisha greeted Eevee and Marill.

"Boo~ee~"

"Lu!"

The two little ones also immediately followed Aisha's footsteps.

The difficulty of going over Mt. Moon was very high, so said travelers and traveling trainers chose the way to cross the cave under normal circumstances.

Aisha wasn't going to engage in any mavericks either.

After politely declining a mountain man's offer of companionship, Aisha, Marill, and Eevee gradually walked through the woods surrounding the mountain range and into the boundaries of Mt. Moon.

"Huh?"

While looking up at the mountain range, Aisha suddenly noticed some black smoke rising from a place close to the top of Mt. Moon.

"Someone is sparring?"

Aisha was puzzled, but didn't pay much attention to it.

It was too common for this kind of thing to happen in the wild.

Especially since there were quite a few wild Pokémon inhabiting Mt. Moon.

That's why Aisha was also prepared to start a new workout within the cave.

"This time, you can also participate in the workout."

Aisha looked towards Eevee.

"Boo?"

Eevee instantly revealed a surprised expression.

"Go for it!"

Aisha stroked its head.

Eevee could now serve as a long-distance fighting force that collected blood, supplementing Marill with shiny Beldum.

"However, you're not allowed to leave my side while we're within the cave." Considering Eevee's mood, Aisha changed his tone again and spilled the beans, saying, "I need you to protect me."

"Ee!"

Eevee showed an excited expression all of a sudden.

"Boo~ee~"

The little quadrupedal walker even stood up, patting his chest with his little paws, showing a proud look like "Leave it to me."

"..."

Marill gave a disgusted look from the side.

Heh, licking dog!

"?"

Rotom phone looked at Marill with a puzzled face again.

You're not a licking dog?

"Instructor Ai, the entrance to the cave on Mt. Moon is up ahead."

"Good."

Already approaching the cave, Aisha simply released Charmeleon along with Caterpie and shiny Beldum.

One person and six Pokémon entered within the cave together.

"Whew..."

Within the cave, the deep darkness dispersed the warmth of the sun.

Within the narrow tunnel, only the faint lights strung above the rock walls illuminated the way forward.

"Buzz-!!!"

After traveling for some distance, the sound of flapping wings reached their ears.

Aisha judged it to be a Golbat.

"Eevee, use Shadow Ball towards that side!"

"Boo~ee~"

Eevee leapt up and the pitch-black sphere struck into the depths of darkness.

"Boom-!!!"

The Shadow Ball explosion injured the Golbat.

After that, an even denser, ear-piercing sound of wing vibrations and shrill whistles swarmed in their direction.

"Everyone, prepare for battle!"