Chapter 133 — Red Born for Battle, The Girls Get Inspired

In the following days, after Hop, Luna, Marnie, and Serena also lost interest in playing around.

They all joined in the training effort.

They were inspired by Red and Green's performance at the Indigo League.

Like in the original story, in the round of 16 to quarterfinals.

Ash lost regrettably, but not as frustratingly as in the original where Charizard wouldn't listen to him.

What surprised Sun surprisingly was that Ash's Charizard actually obeyed him.

Perhaps it was because Red, as his older brother figure, had given him a lot of advice.

After all, both brothers had Charizards.

And compared to the two underachieving brothers,

Red and Green were truly unstoppable forces, crushing all in their path.

Before meeting each other in the finals, they both defeated all opponents with three-Pokemon sweeps.

Until they faced each other in the finals.

In the end, Red defeated Green by a narrow margin.

After watching this match, Sun honestly felt a bit happy for Green.

Because only the League Champion had the right to challenge the Elite Four.

In the real world, Green finally wouldn't have to be the "shortest reigning Champion."

And in the next day's highly anticipated Elite Four challenge match, this broadcast created the highest viewership ratings for the Indigo League in recent years.

Everyone was discussing which of the Kanto Elite Four this rising star Red would challenge.

Hop also curiously asked Sun whether he thought Red could win.

"He can probably beat Karen who's at the entry Champion level, against Bruno it's about 60-40, but Lance... he's still quite far from that level."

Sun didn't include Agatha in his assessment.

Mainly because even in the original story, that old lady was too mysterious, making it hard to judge her true strength.

When they heard Sun say that Red, who had only debuted two years ago, could reliably beat Karen,

Serena and the others were all shocked.

Sun found it rather amusing.

If he told them that in the games Red defeated Lance within just one year, he wondered what kind of expressions they would make.

"He'll probably challenge Karen since she's the weakest, right?"

Luna speculated.

The other girls thought the same - for such an important match, of course you'd pick the easiest opponent.

However...

On screen, Red raised his hand and pointed his finger straight at Lance.

At that moment, whether in person or watching on TV, Luna, Hop and the others all gasped in shock.

Wow!

Going straight for Lance from the start!

"Admirable courage!"

Though Lance's words were praising, his expression was fierce.

"Good, I'll make you regret challenging me!"

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Subsequently, Red defeated Lance's Aerodactyl, red Gyarados, and a Dragonite, to everyone's amazement.

However, when Lance sent out his fourth Pokemon, his ace Dragonite,

Red couldn't handle it anymore.

Lance's ace was actually easy to recognize.

Normal Dragonites are around 2.2 meters tall, while Lance's ace Dragonite was over 3 meters.

Extremely exaggerated.

Secondly, regular Dragonites, even Lance's non-main Dragonites, all had that kind of dopey, simple expression.

But Lance's ace Dragonite had a fierce look, just like its master, always wearing a face like everyone owed it money.

And Red's ace Charizard also fell to this ace Dragonite.

But even so, neither the live audience nor the keyboard warriors online could find any fault with Red's performance.

Obviously - could you take down three of Lance's main Pokemon just two and a half years after debuting?

Even Lance himself, after winning, didn't trash talk his opponent like he usually did, but instead took the initiative to shake hands.

Though he liked to show off, when Lance saw an excellent trainer, he couldn't help but feel a sense of kinship.

Red silently recalled his Charizard, briefly shook hands with Lance, and left the Indigo Stadium without looking back.

He needed to train!

He was born to become the strongest trainer!

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And it was because of Red and Green's show of strength that got Hop and the others fired up.

So even though they were in Alola, the world-famous vacation destination, they had no interest in playing around, and even wanted to ask Sun to take them to other regions.

After all, Alola was too full of temptations as a blessed land!

And Lillie, who had Pokemon phobia and wasn't a trainer,

Seemed quite out of place at this time.

While Hop and the others were busy training,

Lillie went to the Malie Library on one of Alola's four islands, which was said to contain ancient documents and records from throughout Alola's history.

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"Master, why don't we go back to Galar or to other regions?"

When they returned to the hotel in the evening, Hop couldn't help suggesting to Sun.

It was the same reason - there were just too many temptations while training in Alola.

Not to mention anything else, just the Alolan specialty snack malasada made sweet-tooth Hop unable to resist.

How could they train properly like this!

Sun stroked his chin, having no objections to this.

After all, Alola wasn't very big, and after these few days, they'd visited all the places worth visiting.

There really wasn't much point in staying longer.

The only regret was not encountering regional deities like Galar's Zacian and Zamazenta.

"Isn't Lillie back quite late today?"

Serena suddenly asked.

At these words, everyone's brows furrowed slightly.

Indeed, Lillie was usually very punctual, why was she so late coming back today?

"Wuu~"

At this moment, sobbing sounds reached everyone's ears.

Looking over, it was Lillie.

Right now this delicate, doll-like girl had tears in her eyes as she walked into the room.

"Lillie, what happened?"

Serena and the other girls hurried to comfort her when they saw this.

"Ne-Nebby..."

Lillie said tearfully:

"Nebby was taken away."

Nebby?

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this, then immediately remembered.

Wasn't that the Pokemon that Lillie always carried in her bag, the one that looked like cotton candy?

"Who did it? We'll help you get it back!"

Luna declared with a big sister attitude.

Though she might be the weakest one present besides Lillie...

Although they hadn't known Lillie for long, Luna really liked this delicate, doll-like girl.

Well, mainly because she hadn't shown any interest in Sun.

"It was, it was..."

However, when asked this key question, Lillie became hesitant.

After hesitating for over half a minute, just as Sun was getting impatient, Lillie finally gathered her courage and said:

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