Caitlin's Attention

"Ha..."

Sabrina clenched her teeth.

She felt like shit.

"What's wrong with me?"

A weak Sabrina looked at her palms, her mind momentarily disorganized.

Was she like this before?

Panicked by her inexplicable ability, "Future Sight", she was always afraid of things that didn't happen.

Because she refused to admit defeat, she abused her authority as a gym master and tricked an innocent challenger into engaging in an undifferentiated wild battle with her, which was shown to be more favorable to her.

Losing the courage to fight because she was at a disadvantage...

"Too ugly... it's too ugly!"

Crystalline beads of sweat flowed across Sabrina's pale cheeks.

As if she was trying to release the suppression she had accumulated within her heart over the past few days, she shouted out without any regard for her image.

"This look, it's so ugly!"

What was her previous self like?

A confident and proud psychic queen.

Maintaining a graceful and self-effacing appearance all the time, even though the marvelous psychic power were just as docile pets in her hands.

Having mastered the power of the arcane herself, whether as a psychic or as a Pokémon trainer, she was also an undoubted genius.

Above this world, except for those champion trainers who stood at the top of the trainer pyramid, no one could completely suppress Sabrina.

However, even those people, Sabrina could not possibly fear them...

No matter who the opponent was, she could also take on them gracefully, never backing down even if she was destined to lose the battle.

These days, however, she had become like this...

Fearful of the illusory "Future Sight", she lives in a state of panic and uncertainty all day long.

Why?

Because Sabrina believes in "fate", and as a psychic with psychic powers, she naturally believes in these illusory things.

But the psychic power should be Sabrina's help, but now it has become her obstacle.

"Minute before the war started, I was thinking that I would definitely be able to cross the 'destiny'."

Sabrina revealed a mocking smile.

She was laughing at her current self who had forgotten to fight back in despair and fear because she couldn't help herself against Aisha.

"After saying so many beautiful words, in the end it's this."

Sabrina felt as if her body had regained some strength.

She braced herself strongly and stood up.

"It doesn't matter if I lose the battle..."

Sabrina's beautiful eyes that were also confused were also completely replaced with clarity.

Previously, she had lost her heart out of fear.

Now it was retrieved.

"It doesn't matter even if there is no hope of winning..."

Sabrina focused her attention, and the color of psychic power fluctuations tinted between her beautiful eyes.

"If I lose to him, I'll try to catch up with his back, and one day I'll be able to get a little closer!"

Losing was nothing to a Pokémon trainer.

No one could guarantee that they would be without a single defeat.

Even that one invincible Leon in the Galer region had suffered just as much at the hands of Red, let alone Sabrina.

"Hoo~"

Exhaling, Sabrina also felt a sense of relief.

It turned out that she had forgotten such a simple thing.

It was clear that she hadn't lost a lot of times to others in the past.

How did it suddenly become like this this time?

Or was it simply because of the subject...

"Hmm."

Sabrina looked towards the teenager in front of her, the same nightmare that had plagued her for a long time.

That beautiful boy with a sword.

Sabrina was originally quite fond of him, and now after she realized it, she looked at Aisha even more favorably.

"Za!"

Alakazam's breathing had gotten heavier.

Sabrina placed her hand on the big yellow fox's shoulder, revealing an expression of sudden realization - Alakazam could not hinder Aisha's advancing steps at all.

After having an epiphany for such a long time, Aisha was still standing at a distance of more than ten meters away from her.

Unreasonable.

"Oh..."

Sabrina stated that she understood.

Aisha and Summer were friends, and she herself had found Summer earlier to confide that one thing.

Not to mention, last night, it was normal that her own attitude of meeting him on the side of the road caused Aisha's suspicion.

So it wasn't hard to say that he knew what she was struggling with before the gym challenge.

"Instructor Ai is so gentle."

Sabrina smiled sweetly.

Sabrina thought that Aisha must have noticed her problem, so she deliberately left enough time without attacking and waited for herself to wake up.

This man was really gentle.

"... mm?"

Aisha, however, was confused.

What is she saying?

Why can't I understand any of it...

Why do all psychics have an 'awesome' look?

Creepy.

"Instructor Ai!"

Sabrina suddenly yelled his title, interrupting Aisha's thoughts.

"Huh?"

"That was my last hit!"

Instructor Ai looked at Sabrina, who inexplicably showed a "lit up" look, with a confused expression.

Sabrina, on the other hand, changed her cowering look and even took the initiative to walk in front of Alakazam, her body was surrounded by a formidable aura, surging and surging psychic power fluctuations even formed a substance on top of her body, and the purple fluctuations raised her long black hair that was tinted with a touch of purple coloring.

"Za!"

Sensing its master's impassioned feelings, Alakazam was also relieved that Sabrina had finally gotten rid of that affected look.

It also lit up.

Alakazam's hot blood boiled along with Sabrina's mental power linking to its psychic fluctuation.

After the link, the psychic fluctuations of one person and one Pokémon truly exploded into a power that one plus one was greater than two, or even more terrifying.

"This is... our last Psychic!"

"Za!"

As if she was a brave person who had defiantly challenged the Demon King, Sabrina shouted out domineering, hot-blooded hero's lines with an impassioned face.

So much so that Instructor Ai momentarily wondered if he had actually become some kind of villain.

"It's clearly just a gym challenge..."

Looking at Sabrina and Alakazam, who had hot blooded faces, Aisha spat out.

However, feeling the waves of psychic power that were spreading out, as if they were a real tsunami, smashing into him, he also unconsciously revealed a smile.

"Coincidentally, I want to test a move."

Aisha threw down his arm, and the tip of his sword smashed on top of the ground in front of him, bursting into blinding sparks.

Ka!

Accompanied by an ear-piercing sound, Aisha's left hand was set up in front of her body, while her sword-holding arm was gradually raised to the back, and the sharp tip of the sword pointed to the sky behind her after drawing a trace above the ground.

Zii!

Above the bronze sword, a layer of dark, scarlet black mist was wrapped around it at some point.

[Ruination].

This was the exclusive move of Treasures of Ruin, and the game effect was that it triggered a calamity of a destructive nature, halving the opponent's physical strength in one breath.

However, this one treasure of ruin's power now became the ultimate attack power in Aisha's hands.

"Catastrophe Strike."

Aisha spread a smile and recited a strange move name.

With a kick of his feet, his slender body also seemed like a stringed arrow as he suddenly shot in the direction of Sabrina and Alakazam.

With his sword in hand, he plunged headlong into the overwhelming sea of psychic power.

"Ha..."

Sabrina's beautiful eyes tightened above Aisha's body.

As she watched him rush towards her with his sword, the psychic also went all out to release all of her reserves of mental power fluctuations.

The final blow!

It's all or nothing...

Aisha, on the other hand, swung his sword continuously.

The Sword of Ruin, wrapped in dark mist, floated in mid-air with its owner's body, advancing along with the teenager's sword-swinging movements.

Sharp sword light appeared at this moment.

Aisha's arm was waving at a speed that could not be captured by the naked eye, and the sword light filled with the aura of calamity transformed into a dense sword net, constantly breaking through Sabrina and Alakazam's psychic power, and Psychic that had turned into substance quickly disintegrated like soft tofu under the edge of his sword.

"The final blow!"

Aisha's eyes lit up, and the palm that held the sword also suddenly fired.

The Sword of Ice and Dark was thus slashed vertically at the enemy in front.

"Za!"

Alakazam tried its best to change the release of Psychic.

It condensed all of its surging mental power fluctuations in front of itself and Sabrina, creating a shield that shone with a brilliant light.

"Ha..."

Sabrina also reacted quickly as she reinforced the shield with her own spiritual power.

This was their last resistance.

However, even though the Psychic type Pokémon tried their best to try to defend, the shield still burst under Aisha's final sword, exploding into light particles scattered all over the sky.

"Za..."

Alakazam, on the other hand, collapsed from exhaustion and fainted.

"Alakazam?"

Sabrina froze.

After that, without waiting for her to make any moves, an icy chill invaded the young girl's neck and cheeks.

A pair of shoes came into her eyes.

Sabrina raised her head and saw his face.

Aisha's sword was already above Sabrina's neck.

"Gym Leader Sabrina, this should be considered a win for me... right?"

Aisha stood in front of her and smiled as he moved his sword away.

"Well..."

Sabrina raised her hand and stroked her neck - the place where the sword had been set up just now had been covered with a thin layer of frost at some point.

Aisha's sword had burrowed back into the Poké ball.

However, the image of a beautiful young man with a sword looking down on her, the cold sword on her slender neck, as if he could easily take her life at any time, was deeply imprinted between Sabrina's mind, and that strange feeling made her feel like she was becoming strange.

Kind of like...

If only I could be treated more roughly... well, what am I thinking about?

"Ha."

Sabrina, who was mentally exhausted, also shook her head and sat down on the ground as her legs gave out.

She took out the Poké ball and retrieved Alakazam, who had fainted after losing its ability to fight.

Sabrina's pretty face was slightly red, and her pale face made the blush appear a bit sickly.

She was mortified by her unashamed thoughts.

"Too bad."

Grumbling to herself, Sabrina struggled to stand still.

Though, she was now free of that afflicted, mentally debilitated state.

However, Sabrina seemed to immediately fall into another, even stranger stage.

"Hmm..."

She was stealing glances at Aisha.

When he wasn't fighting, the teenager carried a polite smile above his handsome face since the beginning, simple but comforting like a spring breeze.

When fighting, that confidence was just as mesmerizing.

This contrast, it was too energizing.

"Ahem!"

Realizing that her mind had drifted off somewhere again, Sabrina also coughed in a feigned manner in order to hide her embarrassment.

"Instructor Ai, you won."

"Alakazam has lost its ability to fight, so the winner of this Undifferentiated gym battle is the challenger, Aisha!"

At this time, the butler who was already looking dumbfounded outside of the sparring ground also finally reacted from within the extreme astonishment and announced the result of the sparring match in a hurry.

Sabrina lost.

Aisha won.

The butler was dumbfounded.

He also knew that Sabrina was not an invincible trainer, and there were many people who could defeat her in an undifferentiated wild battle.

The problem was that a young man with a sword hacked over her and Alakazam, an image that could not be described as horrifying.

"Hiss..."

The butler looked at the politely smiling teenager on top of the field and wondered in his heart if he was human.

"This is the Marsh Badge."

Her slender palm probed within her clothes, removing a badge that carried a hint of body heat from somewhere.

The round badge seemed to be a gold coin.

"...Thanks a lot."

Aisha was silent for a moment, and reached out to take Sabrina's badge.

Just now, he had clearly seen the way Sabrina's two soft masses changed shape under her tight clothes when she pulled out the badge.

This bitch is not a serious person...

[Mission-]

After getting the Marsh Badge, the system's beep resounded within Aisha's mind.

[Demonstrate your power and go all out to defeat Sabrina in the Saffron Gym Challenge in Undifferentiated Wild Battle]

Gazing at the system's panel, Aisha didn't even have time to care about the soft touch of Sabrina's palm.

Mission completed, reward issued.

Aisha felt that his body had undergone some changes, but he couldn't say anything if he looked deeper.

It was a change in mental power.

"Psychic talent?"

Aisha secretly pondered and realized that this was the reward for the mission.

"Psychic fluctuation?"

Sabrina, who was close to Aisha, also clearly detected some psychic power fluctuations.

"...Instructor Ai?"

Taking two steps back, Sabrina scrutinized Aisha carefully, and the colors of doubt and surprise flashed between her beautiful eyes.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing..."

Sabrina didn't know what to say.

This was also the first time she had encountered this kind of thing.

However, Sabrina was not willing to let go of such a good opportunity to get closer to Aisha.

"I wonder, does Instructor Ai have any interest in psychic powers?"

"Yes!"

Aisha responded decisively to Sabrina's words.

He was also fretting.

He was only gifted with psychic talent, not possessing them out of thin air, and he still needed orthodox study and exercise before he could manipulate the supernatural fluctuations to perform various operations.

Sabrina was obviously an excellent teacher...

"Good."

Sabrina revealed an elegant smile and said, "Within my Saffron Gym, there is a specialized psychic training course, although Instructor Ai may not be able to look at those who are foolish in their self-control, however, there are many apprentices who have initially grasped the operation of some psychics after being taught by me."

"Well, it's worthy of being Gym Leader Sabrina."

The duo made a wave of commercial boasts to each other.

Aisha didn't belittle Sabrina because those supernatural ability apprentices were very devilish.

This stuff overly ate talent.

Those without talent would probably spend their entire lives unable to master some basic operations, such as bending spoons.

Sabrina herself was unquestionably at the top of the psychic pyramid.

Aisha didn't know if she was stronger or weaker than Caitlin, but felt that they should be in between.

...

"Cynthia?"

The blonde beauty in a pink nightgown softly called out her friend's name on the other side of the screen.

"..."

A distracted Cynthia, on the other hand, ignored it.

"Cynthia."

Looking at her friend with such a look, she also increased her tone.

"Huh?"

Cynthia looked at her on the other side of the screen as if she was waking up from a dream, revealing an embarrassed smile and said, "Sorry, I was lost in thought."

"It's clearly just a video call, you can be lost in thought too."

She too gave a helpless expression.

"Sorry, Caitlin."

Cynthia still apologized.

"You were in some kind of trouble."

"No."

"Don't pretend."

Caitlin splayed her hands and picked Cynthia's mind with a lazy face, saying, "Once upon a time, you weren't like this, you didn't have a wistful look on your face even when you were lost in thought."

She and Cynthia had been bosom friends for many years.

Although it was said that through the screen, Caitlin, who was a psychic, could not perceive Cynthia's emotions.

However, seeing the way Cynthia giggled from time to time when she was distracted, Caitlin, who had been influenced by Shauntal all year round and read a lot of romance novels, also understood that her friend was blooming from the iron tree and had someone he liked.

"Uh..."

Cynthia also blushed.

The cool Valkyrie inevitably felt embarrassed after being singled out by her close friend.

"Who is that person?"

"Dayan trainer..."

"Oh?"

Caitlin showed an interested expression.

"It shouldn't be some weak guy after getting into your eyes."

Caitlin leaned on the head of the bed, her overly long blonde hair fluttering in the air like a peacock under the control of her supernatural power fluctuations, and her light pink gown wrapped around her body, making her seem as ethereal and dreamy as a Pokémon.

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"Why don't you find some time for us to get acquainted, and by the way, I'll learn how powerful the man who cheated away the heart of the Sinnoh Champion is~"

That said, Caitlin's tone was confident.

It was the confidence she had as a psychic.