Sinnion, Saown.

  A resort hotel led he sandy beaches, shaded by lush greenery and caressed by the sea breeze.

  Beside the rooftop swimming pool, a soft-bodied shell creature, Gastrodon, ing at the water with its tongue.

  A graceful Ice-type Eevee y obediently uhe shade of a opy, letting out a small yawn as it dozed off.

  A golden-haired beauty y sprawled on a beach chair, draped in a white towel, her damp hair spyed out carelessly.

  Scooping a spoonful of ice cream, thia held the spooweeeeth, her attention still focused on the handheld sole in her hands.

  [GAME OVER]

  "This is so hard…"

  "’t I just pay to win? Ugh, so annoying…"

  thia sighed, put down her PSP, and stood up from the beach chair, her long, fair legs stretg elegantly.

  She pushed open the gss door and stepped into the cool, air-ditioned room.

  Uhe At, a sinister Spiritomb was trying its best to blend in as a potted pnt.

  Three days had passed since Lu’s challenge, and now thia was enjoying a rare vacation.

  Though, to be fair, even during her regur duties, thia’s daily routine mostly involved sg off.

  Sometimes she’d head to Eterna City to study a inscriptions, occasionally visit the library in ave City, or even go shopping with Diantha when their schedules aligned.

  But challenges from the Elite Four were unavoidable, and they ted as one of the few responsibilities thia actually had to deal with.

  In the Sinnion, after the colpse of Team Gactic Leader Cyrus’s schemes, Cyrus had vanished into the Distortion World, leaving no trace.

  Because of this, pared to the restless Team Rocket in Kanto and the persistent Team Psma in Unova, the Sinnoh Champion’s job was retively stress-free.

  Rumor had it that the Hoenn Region’s Champion had it even easier, spending his time digging for rocks all over the world before eventually handing over the title to someone else.

  pared to Steven, thia felt her sg was at least somewhat justified.

  This vacation was only three days long.

  thia decided to take advantage of this rare opportunity to finish all the games she’d been wanting to py.

  After all, ohe vacation was over, there’d be the Type Expert Tour and the Master Championships to deal with. If she didn’t py now, she might never get the ce!

  thia bed her fluffy golden hair, tying it up with a hairband without a sirand falling out.

  Even Diantha had expressed envy over thia’s hair, often running her fihrough it whehey met.

  thia, however, didn’t think much of it.

  She had simply grown her hair out during her early days as Champion, when she was busy with her researto myths and legends.

  Before she k, her golden hair had reached her waist, making her instantly reizable wherever she went.

  Every time Diantha invited thia out for shopping, she’d carefully put on sungsses, only to realize her disguise oihe moment thia’s dazzling hair came into view.

  "Hmm, what ames are there…"

  thia sat cross-legged on the floor, her long, fair legs looking like por.

  The LCD s in front of her was ected to a sole, its menu filled with games, but thia had already collected most of the trophies.

  She handed a troller to Garp, who politely deed it.

  thia smiled faintly and began searg for a single-pyer game.

  "Pokémon Battle… I haven’t pyed this in a while. Let’s give it a try!"

  thia’s eyes lit up as she ected a voiand devid opehe game Pokémon: Battle.

  To avoid any trouble, thia didn’t use her verified at in Pokémon: Battle.

  This was mainly to prevent Sinnoh’s Bug-type Elite Four member Aaron and Fire-type Elite Four member Flint from finding her…

  Those two were too weak, and pying games with them was just b.

  The matchmaking interface spun, and thia raised an eyebrow.

  "A pyer from the Touran Region? That’s rare."

  "Sitle, one round to decide the winner?"

  thia looked at the rules with a hint of surprise, a small smile f on her lips.

  "Guess I’ll have to use Garp, then."

  In the virtual imaging, thia threoké Ball, and a fierce Garp with sharp scythes roared onto the field.

  The real Garp, who was busy eating Pokébloearby, g the s, its eyes fshing with disdain before it buried its head ba the bowl.

  Oher side, a sinister Gengar levitated onto the field, its red eyes flickering as it let out a creepy ugh.

  "A Ghost-type Trainer, huh? Pretty fident…"

  As soon as the words left her mouth, thia’s eyes sharpened, and she anded, "ch!"

  This Garp was built for maximum speed, and it shot forward like a onball, heading straight fengar.

  Its spindle-shaped tail tore through the air, creating a soni as Garp opes jaws wide, ready to bite down on Gengar.

  "ch—!"

  A sturdy barrier formed in front of Gengar, and uhe prote of "Protect," Garp was forced back several meters.

  At the same time, a haunting melody began to emanate from Gengar’s mouth, causing Garp to visibly shudder!

  thia frowned.

  Iy, Perish Song was a move that used fear-indug sound waves to gradually weaken an oppo’s will.

  After a certain amount of time, Perish Song would pletely drain the oppo’s will to battle.

  Si wasn’t a direct physical attack, it was rarely used in real battles.

  But if a Pokémon lost its will to battle, it would be sidered a loss in official matches.

  thia fell into deep thought.

  Was this Trainer from the Touran Region an expert in psychological strategies?

  Above Garp, a clear tdown timer appeared, showing the remaining time for Perish Song.

  If the battle wasn’t cluded within five mihe system would automatically decre thia the loser based on the effects of Perish Song.

  thia pondered for a moment before anding, "Garp, Dragon Rush!"

  Garp charged fain, this time like a burnieor, streaking across the battlefield.

  thia’s other Pokémon, drawn by the spectacle, gathered around the s, watg ily as thia pyed.

  Meanwhile, Gengar’s "Protect" barrier lit up once more.

  thia smirked, her eyes sharp. "Now, Dig!"

  Gengar’s "Protect" was clearly within thia’s expectations.

  Using the speed fron Rush, Garp plunged into the ground, reappearing almost instantly behind Gengar!

  "Garp—!!"

  Garp burst out from beh the ground, swinging its scythes and tearing through Gengar’s form!

  The Dig attack dealt double damage to Gengar!

  Oher side, Natsume was fidently entating.

  "What kind of trash Pokémon is Garp? it even hit Gengar?"

  "My Gengar has the Levitate ability, you know!"

  "Nani?!"

  "Is my Levitate ability fake or something? How did it get hit by a Ground-type Dig?"

  "Hahaha, Natsume-sensei, you’re cursed!"

  "The oppo’s ands are so sharp. This feels like a Master-level battle!"

  "Look at you, Natsume-sensei, getting outpyed for once!"

  "But it’s fine."

  Natsume smiled faintly. "Because we’ve got a Focus Sash!"

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