The Theme of the Gym

"Recently, I happened to be performing a mission in the Hoenn area, so I received a task directly from the superior. Let me come to Hoenn's Verdanturf Town to see if the public security and environment in this town are suitable for building a gym."

Lance continued, "Walking around the town this morning, I found that this place is indeed a bit backward, but the residents are fairly simple. However, I heard that there is an underground force of the Black Snake Gang, which often exploits the fruits of labor of the residents. After I wandered around, I didn't find the Black Snake Gang they mentioned. Do you know, Aoki?"

Lance didn't mean to question, but he was a little curious; after all, this was his profession.

Aoki smiled slightly and said, "The Black Snake Gang has already been expelled by me, but I heard that there are people inside the town who colluded with the Black Snake Gang. Otherwise, such a long time would not have passed, and the League would not have known about it at all."

"Oh? I don't know who it is?" Lance's expression became serious. What he dislikes the most is such a person who has one thing on the outside and another on the back.

"The son of the mayor. If you check carefully, you should be able to find some clues, but I don't know if the mayor and the others are involved," Aoki said.

"Okay! I see. It seems that Verdanturf Town is also a bit decayed like many places. If it weren't for Aoki this time, you would build a gym here. I don't know when the residents here will be able to get rid of this environment."

"Then I will trouble you," Aoki thanked.

"Responsibility!" Lance waved his hand.

As a senior investigator of the League, Lance has been used to seeing many corrupt places in the League, but now he is weak and unable to make any effective changes.

If he can become one of the four elites or even the champion, he will be able to pass on his ideas.

To rectify the environment of the entire League, in fact, this is to reduce the threat of underground forces to the League invisibly.

The above is the main purpose of this trip: to help Aoki clean up the environment in Verdanturf Town, so that he can go more smoothly in the construction and opening of the gym.

Then there is Wallace, who represents all local gymnasiums and coordinator associations in the Hoenn area.

Coordinators are still considered local organizations now, but in the future, the Coordinator Association will also be incorporated into the League and become a relatively important part of it.

Wallace became the champion at that time, which can be said to be the result of negotiations between multiple parties.

Steven took advantage of the trend.

After waiting for Lance to finish his story, Wallace said with a smile, "It's relatively simple for me. People in the Hoenn League let me come and help Aoki to see if there is anything that needs help, and then let me explain to you some things about the establishment of gyms. You must know that we will all be water gyms in the future, and there are still many references."

Hearing this, Aoki's eyes lit up. The Sootopolis Gym is an old-fashioned Gym in the Hoenn area. As the same water-type Gym, Wallace can actually provide much more help than Lance.

Even though Wallace is still the disciple of Adam, the owner of the Sootopolis Gym, not even the owner of the Gym, in fact, Wallace is already in charge of the current Sootopolis Gym, and Adam is just a name now, not very involved in the management and battle of gymnasiums.

I believe that after a while, the leader of the Sootopolis Gym should be replaced.

It's just that Wallace is now participating in gorgeous competitions everywhere, and sometimes he needs to go out to participate in competitions. That's when Adam really becomes the owner of the Gym.

It can be seen from this that Wallace is definitely a person with rich experience in gym construction and daily life.

"I don't know what Wallace you can teach me. It's my first time opening a gym, so I really don't know much about these things," Aoki asked humbly.

This is the first time Aoki is about to serve as a gym.

Wallace nodded and said, "First of all, Aoki, you need to know that as a gym, the most important thing is not Pokémon, nor the attributes of the gym, let alone the owner of the gym; these are secondary. The most important thing is the meaning of the existence of this gym! Or what is the test of this gym, or what can be learned by the challengers."

"The meaning of the gym's existence?"

Aoki's first thought was to give the badge! After winning the challenge, you will get the badges owned by this gym, and you can participate in the competition held by the League after collecting eight badges.

But obviously, it won't be such a superficial thing.

"Yes, the meaning of the existence of the Gym. For example, in our Sootopolis Gym, we can get the raindrop badge after winning, but there are also cases where the owner of the Gym does not award the medal after winning. Of course, this is a minority, and there are more cases where even if the challenger fails, the owner of the gym thinks that he is eligible to have the Raindrop badge and still gives it to the challenger. The criterion for this judgment is the meaning of the gym."

Wallace continued, "It may be more general to say this, but the purpose of our Sootopolis Gym is elegance! To teach the elegance between Pokémon and trainers, maintain a noble and elegant heart, and ensure the trainer's elegance in battle. If a trainer has a calm heart, then he will be able to command his Pokémon effectively."

Aoki understood what Wallace meant, that is to say, Sootopolis Gym judges trainers to get badge mainly based on their strength, but in fact, it is more important to see whether the trainers or Pokémon have a heart of elegance, that is, a heart of calmness.

Then the gym opened by oneself also needs a meaning that can become the core of the gym.

Aoki fell into deep thought.

Wallace didn't bother him either. The setting of the concept of the gym still depends on the thoughts of the gym trainer himself, and it is best not to be influenced by others.

"Rhythm!" After thinking for a moment, Aoki spat out a word.

"Rhythm?" Lance and Wallace murmured.

"That's right, rhythm! The rhythm of fighting! The rhythm of life! The rhythm of getting along with Pokémon!" Aoki said.

"When a trainer directs Pokémon to fight, they all need a sense of rhythm. Whether the Pokémon cater to the trainer's fighting rhythm or the trainer caters to the original fighting rhythm of the Pokémon, it also allows the trainer and the Pokémon to play a stronger role. It is a necessary path for combat power, and the purpose of opening this gym is to teach them the rhythm of fighting!"

Aoki directly determined the construction idea of the gym.

Although a bit sloppy, Wallace and Lance had to admit that the theme of the gym chosen by Aoki was not bad.

And so far, there are no gyms in the Hoenn area that use this concept.

"Since you have made your decision, there is no problem. Then, Aoki, you chose to open a water-type gym. It can be seen that you are also a person who is good at using water-type Pokémon. Do you want to have an elegant battle?" Wallace said.