Chapter 74 — Caitlin: Bullying Cynthia? You're Dead!

Wyndon City, Galar region.

Home to the Galar League headquarters and the venue for the annual Galar Star Tournament.

A year has passed.

This year's Galar Star Tournament has officially begun here.

If the ancient design of Kanto's Indigo Plateau was meant to showcase its historical charm and rich cultural heritage,

Then Wyndon City is thoroughly modern and futuristic.

Here, you can see the most advanced technology in the Pokémon world.

Plus, Rose himself is extremely skilled at business operations.

So while the Galar Star Tournament may not match the economic scale of Kanto's Indigo Conference,

Its visitor numbers are certainly nothing to scoff at.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Brilliant fireworks burst in the sky.

Though not particularly visible during daylight, they still served to lift the visitors' spirits.

"Wow! This place is so beautiful! Such a lively city!"

A girl with hair so thick you could hide both a Pikachu and a Gible in it without anyone noticing darted through the crowd, exclaiming excitedly:

"So this is Galar! The atmosphere is completely different from Unova!"

The girl was Iris.

Behind her walked Skyla and Roxie, two Unova Gym Leaders, holding bubble tea and a candy apple respectively.

Besides the main tournament that drew everyone's attention,

The streets were lined with various food stalls and toy vendors.

Every visitor's face was beaming with joy.

"Mmm~ I'll need to exercise more when I get back."

Roxie took a sip of her bubble tea, looking satisfied while rubbing her waist, which was barely the size of a bowl.

"Huh? Where are Miss Cynthia and Miss Caitlin?"

Skyla suddenly remembered something and looked around, noticing that two members of their group were missing.

Before they could turn back to search, a familiar voice reached their ears.

"Miss Cynthia, aren't you done yet?"

Caitlin's voice rang out, filled with resignation.

The three turned to look and saw Cynthia at an ice cream stand, leaning forward with her curves subtly highlighted, pointing at various ice creams in the display case.

She was muttering indecisively:

"Hmm... I like vanilla, but lemon and caramel are hard to pass up too. Oh, which one should I choose?"

Beside her, Caitlin wore an expression that seemed to say "Just end me now, I'm tired."

Behind the counter, the shop owner also looked troubled, wondering if this customer was taking too long to decide.

Iris, Roxie, and Skyla could only smile helplessly.

Only Cynthia choosing ice cream could make Caitlin, her number one fan, show such an expression.

The three girls walked up.

They saw various colored Alcremie in the display case, showing adorable smiles at them.

Iris clasped her hands to her chest, her eyes sparkling: "Wow, they're so cute!"

"These are Alcremie, right? Pokémon unique to Galar."

Roxie explained with a gentle smile:

"I heard that the more happy they feel, the richer the aroma of the cream they produce."

"Ma'am, have you made your choice?"

The shop owner couldn't help but ask.

"Umm..."

Cynthia held her chin, wearing a deeply conflicted expression.

"Owner, I'll take all the Alcremie ice cream here!"

Another voice rang out, immediately drawing everyone's attention.

They saw a man in an orange training uniform with the character for "turtle" on his chest, his body covered in muscle as if he could knock out a Tauros with one punch, walking over with a grin.

"W-what did you say, sir?"

The shop owner doubted his ears.

The man maintained his smile and spread his hands, repeating, "All of them!"

"Uh... alright then."

The shop owner thought to himself that he must be seeing things today, meeting two unusual customers at once.

But when the man pulled out a stack of bills, he immediately started preparing the ice cream.

After the cones were filled with special ice cream, the various colored Alcremie in the display case touched them with both hands, turning them into different colors and releasing distinct creamy aromas.

The power of Pokémon truly was amazing.

The owner handed them over one by one, and the man tossed them into his mouth like they were sunflower seeds.

In just a few minutes, he had devoured dozens of them.

"Is he even human?"

Caitlin stood dumbfounded.

Roxie watched with wide eyes, "Could he be a transformed Snorlax?"

Skyla: "Snorlax can't transform, it would have to be a Ditto, right?"

Iris: "Even Ditto can't eat that much, can it?"

"Hey! You're doing this on purpose, aren't you?"

Finally, Cynthia snapped out of her daze and pointed at the man, scolding in a delicate voice:

"You bought all the Alcremie ice cream, now I can't have any!"

It should be known that the thing she had been most looking forward to on this trip to Galar was trying their special Alcremie ice cream.

But then this troublemaker showed up and bought all the little cuties she had been dreaming about.

"Hmm?"

Sun Wuming turned to look, finally getting a clear view of the woman.

Cynthia?!

The Champion who appeared most often in the anime.

How did she end up in Galar?

"Sir, this is the last one."

Just then, the shop owner handed another ice cream to Sun Wuming.

Cynthia's eyes looked at Sun Wuming's Alcremie ice cream like a hungry puppy.

"If you don't mind, you can have this one?"

Sun Wuming held out the last Alcremie ice cream to Cynthia.

"R-really?!"

Cynthia exclaimed with surprise and joy.

"No."

The next second, Sun Wuming changed his tune and shoved the ice cream into his mouth.

Cynthia's emerald eyes beneath her waterfall of golden hair widened like copper bells.

The onlooking Iris, Roxie, and others secretly drew in sharp breaths, silently lamenting his nasty personality.

"First come, first served~ young lady~"

Sun Wuming mumbled through his mouthful of cone.

Cynthia trembled with anger, her ample chest heaving with her heavy breaths.

"Miss Cynthia, calm down, calm down!"

Roxie and Skyla quickly grabbed Cynthia's arms, one on each side, afraid she might get too excited and send out Garchomp to slice this man in half.

While holding Cynthia back, Roxie and the others also gave Sun Wuming curious looks.

They wondered where this country bumpkin came from, not even recognizing Cynthia, the Sinnoh League Champion.

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