After Daigo and Piplup made their arrangements, Satoshi and Jigglypuff cooked a large pot of food for all the staff. However, even though it was called a pot of food, the taste was top-notch. It also attracted many wild Pokémon to eat. During this time, Satoshi managed to convince a Piplup to join them, and he made it clear that she would be going to another person. The Piplup agreed, as she wanted to thank Satoshi for helping her family.
However, Satoshi was surprised to find that this Piplup had excellent potential, at least the potential to become a Champion-level Pokémon. But even so, Satoshi still considered this Piplup to be Korrina's, after all, the Ralts Korrina gave Satoshi was a descendant of a Champion.
Kalos League, Korrina had just finished filming a movie when Satoshi's communication device beeped.
"Satoshi, is there anything?" Seeing it was Satoshi calling, Korrina's mood instantly brightened. After all, she had already received her dowry and the ring. The people in her family wouldn't let go of the juicy offer Satoshi had made, so basically everything was settled.
Looking at the ring on Korrina's left hand, Satoshi smiled and said, "I found a Piplup for you. Since I helped them, they are willing to listen to me. Korrina, I hope you can take this child. Her potential is at least Champion level, you should understand what that means, right?"
At least Champion level, what about her upper limit? Korrina understood the value of this Piplup immediately. Moreover, this Piplup was pure Fairy-type...
"I understand. I will take good care of her, thank you Satoshi. You still remember what I said before?" Korrina naturally remembered what she had said to Satoshi before, but she didn't expect him to find such a great Piplup for her so soon.
"We don't need to say thank you to each other. You should get some rest. I'm sending the Piplup over now."
After receiving the Piplup from Satoshi, Korrina smiled and released the Piplup. "Hello Piplup, I think you should already know from Satoshi that I will be your Trainer. Now, want to have a battle?"
Holding the Moon Stone, Piplup looked at Korrina and nodded.
Seeing Piplup's strong fighting spirit, Korrina was even more pleased.
"Go, Gardevoir! Let's show our future new teammate our strength!"
——Divider——
On the other side, after solving all their problems, Satoshi and his friends were finally about to arrive at Cerulean City. However, the closer they got to Cerulean City, the worse Kasumi's mood seemed to become.
Seeing this, Satoshi couldn't help but say, "Kasumi, why don't you go to the Chinese Restaurant first, and we'll leave directly after I get the badge?"
Kasumi looked at Satoshi in surprise. Seeing his concerned gaze, she felt much better. "Thank you, Satoshi, but I don't need to. I need to go back as well. You know, I'm the Trainer of the Cerulean Gym, the fourth sister of the Cerulean City Four Sisters."
"Oh? Then please go easy on me later."
"Humph, even if you say that, I won't go easy on you."
Seeing Kasumi's mood improve, Takeshi couldn't help but chuckle. This kind of journey was pretty good.
After arriving in Cerulean City, Satoshi and his friends rested in the Pokémon Center for a while before finally entering the Cerulean Gym. However, this time it felt different. The Cerulean Gym was eerily quiet.
For some reason, Satoshi had a bad feeling about this. It felt like he was being watched by something terrible, and now he remembered that Nurse Joy and Officer Jenny's eyes were filled with pity when they looked at him earlier...
"Kasumi, is the Cerulean Gym always this quiet?"
Kasumi was also a little strange.
"It's not right, normally they should be performing at this time."
Hearing Kasumi's words, and seeing the pool starting to freeze over, Satoshi felt a sinking feeling in his heart!
"Not good! Meowth, Pikachu, Jigglypuff, let's retreat!"
Realizing something was wrong, Satoshi dashed for the door, but a voice rang out.
"Blastoise, Ice Beam!"
With a blue and white beam of light, the Cerulean Gym's door was frozen shut, followed by a roar of cheers.
"Kona! Kona! Kona!" *n
Hearing the cheers around him, Satoshi's cold sweat broke out. Unlike Satoshi, Kasumi and Takeshi were excited, as Takeshi liked beautiful women and Kasumi was Kona's fan.
Satoshi nervously looked at Kona and said, "Master Kona, is there something you need?"
Kona smiled at Satoshi, a smile that made Satoshi feel apprehensive, and said, "Oh, what do you think? I heard you're going to participate in the Gym Challenge. So, wouldn't it be more fitting for me to be your opponent, considering your strength?"
Satoshi looked at Kona's smiling face, speechless, and patted his hat. "No need. I just started traveling, those kids are not ready to fight someone of your level."
Seeing Satoshi's seriousness, Kona laughed and said, "Then let Meowth and the others fight. How about three Pokémon for this battle?"
‘Satoshi, you shouldn't be so low-key. You need to let everyone know your true strength!’
Hearing that she wanted Meowth and the others to fight, Satoshi understood that Kona was serious, so he handed his hat to the Ralts beside him. "Oh, then don't cry later, Jigglypuff!"
"Lucky!"
Jigglypuff also walked to the battlefield with confidence. Seeing Satoshi finally getting serious, Kona couldn't help but lick her lips.
‘As expected, you are most charming when you are like this. Let's begin then. At least let the people of Cerulean City know your true strength.’
"Pokémon Gym Battle! New Traveler Satoshi versus Kanto Elite Four Kona, begins now!!!"