Chapter 493: The Smell of Mr. Sun
The final battle, of course, was won by Cynthia.
However.
In order to leave some face for the ex.
After finishing fighting Lapras in the second round, Will still pretended to be heavily injured and took the initiative to ask to step down.
When stepping down.
Cynthia's eyes full of doubt made Will couldn't help sweating profusely.
But on second thought.
He hadn't done anything with a guilty conscience.
So he still straightened his spine.
And the subsequent Jynx vs Milotic also proved that Lorelei indeed had strength.
Just about as Will expected.
Lorelei has the level of a quasi-Elite Four.
Both the ace Lapras and the newcomer Jynx have Elite Four-level strength.
Especially Jynx.
The weakest among weak typing configuration of Ice and Psychic, could be played to perfection in Lorelei's hands; this title of Ice Elite Four truly has no water (inaccuracy) at all.
And Cynthia's side also had two Elite Fours.
Great King Lucario and the recently upgraded Prison Shark (Garchomp).
But Jynx, after all, is not a Great King.
Couldn't fight one against two.
Defeated Milotic, but couldn't beat Garchomp behind.
This 3v3 arena match ended with a 3:2 outcome.
Lorelei's strength is very strong.
But Cynthia has Will.
This pre-match training match can already foresee the result of the official tournament.
After the match.
With Cynthia's consent.
Will was surrounded by a group of young ladies.
"Hey hey, shouldn't you get my consent?"
Will felt the claws rubbing indiscriminately all over his body, flicking his tail somewhat irritably.
"Iya~ the tail is so cute."
"Big doggy, big doggy~"
"Hehehehe~"
Nearby.
With Lucario drawing the fire.
Cynthia and Lorelei could be considered to have a certain amount of space to communicate.
"Truly amazing, Cynthia, you're only 16, right."
Lorelei looked at Cynthia, her tone full of emotion.
At the same age.
What step had she reached?
When Cynthia is eighteen, she will probably already be an Elite Four-level trainer.
"Sister Lorelei is only two years older than me, why the tone of an old person, hehe."
Cynthia couldn't help smiling.
Her gaze occasionally glanced at the surrounded Will.
Other young ladies interacting with Lucario, she didn't feel anything in her heart at all.
But Lorelei interacting with Lucario.
She just felt weird.
"By the way, Aura Power is truly a powerful ability."
"Hm?"
"Always feel our every move was predicted in advance by your Lucario."
"Um, Lucario's reaction is very fast."
Cynthia frowned.
Aura Power does not have the effect of predicting others' next moves.
At most, based on the opponent's current mood, making one's own judgment of the opponent's next move.
And in battle.
Facing unfamiliar enemies, Will relies more on his own extremely fast reaction speed to dodge when the opponent initiates an action.
Instead of stepping out before the opponent has even made a move.
But in this battle.
Will took action in advance several times.
Bizarrely as if possessing psychic power, having already seen the future several seconds ahead.
"Let's go? I'll introduce you to Senior Bruno; he's the Elite Four dispatched by the Indigo Plateau to participate this time, with powerful strength."
"Sure, I've long heard of Senior Bruno's great name; I heard his physical strength can rival Onix."
"Ah, that rumor..."
The two women walked towards the hotel arm in arm.
The poor 'heavily injured' dog was left in place.
Fortunately, the young ladies around were enthusiastic enough, thoughtfully treating him with the potions they carried, otherwise if he went crack and his heart went cold, he'd just lie here.
"Yo, isn't this Lucario!"
A somewhat familiar voice sounded from the side.
Will turned his head to look, and a smile couldn't help appearing on his face.
Mabel.
"Almost forgot, you're also a quite famous trainer in the Unova region."
Isn't that right.
Mabel is a contestant with the strength to compete for the Unova Dragon Elite Four, and a trainer who became famous over a decade ago.
Nowadays, among some middle-aged and elderly groups, he is quite famous.
Will stood up, shaking his ears.
The young ladies around politely dispersed automatically.
This star-chasing culture in the Pokémon world is very normal, not like zombies breaking out of a cage.
After three or four years.
The changes in Mabel and Scrafty were huge.
A more intuitive description is changing from living dead to human.
"Hey hey, our reputation in Unova is still very big; why do we look like nobodies in your mouth."
Mabel stepped forward and put his arm around Will's shoulder, taking him towards the hotel,
"Let's go, let's go, my treat today, inviting you to a big meal."
"The hotel restaurant is free, and I've already eaten."
Will rolled his eyes at him.
"Don't mind these details! It's the thought that counts!"
"This sentence is more appropriate for me to say."
"Then you say it."
"I won't say it."
Although the current Mabel is relatively nonsensical.
But honestly speaking.
Seeing his spirit so good.
Will is very happy.
"How is Wendy?"
"Thanks to you guys, she's already traveling out with Scrafty. Knowing you would come to participate in the Star Trainer Tournament this year, she specifically came to challenge the Kalos League. When the tournament starts, you will see her."
"That's good. It looks like the Kalos League will be very hot this time."
"Of course."
The two chatted casually.
Then brought the topic to Cynthia, and learned of Will's current situation.
Mabel couldn't help frowning, rubbing his chin with his fingers:
"Cynthia, is this being jealous?"
"Don't know, probably not; I've never seen her really get jealous."
Will shook his head.
Cynthia when she was little liked to be jealous of her mother Kaoru.
But that was all playing around.
With Blonde-kun's broad-mindedness, situations like getting angry and being jealous rarely happen to her.
"Maybe she hasn't realized it herself either."
Mabel smiled.
The two chatted while heading to the lounge, preparing to have afternoon tea and properly chat about interesting things seen during their travels in recent years.
When it was almost two o'clock in the afternoon.
Will and Mabel separated.
The former returned to the room, preparing to check on Diancie's situation over there.
And the latter also seemed to plan to find a trainer to invite for a battle for a bit.
Trainers are just like this.
Looking for fights when there are none.
Addicted to battling and unable to extricate themselves.
Returning to the room.
Seeing Diancie sitting on the sofa, watching the TV drama as if enchanted, Will nodded gratifyingly.
Too right.
When have underground creatures ever felt the charm of TV dramas?
Will had already started to worry.
When Diancie returns to the Diamond Domain in the future, will she directly burst into tears because there are no TV dramas to watch.
Oh my, truly a sin, a sin.
Will plopped down on the sofa, reaching out and tugging Diancie's ear.
The little princess reacted and glanced at him:
"Will, this is really good, can I take this back?"
Diancie reached out and pointed at the TV.
"Even if you take it back, you can't watch it. Like a mobile phone, you have to come to the surface to use it."
Will shook his head, then placed the dessert he specially brought back on the table,
"You haven't eaten lunch yet, right? Aren't you hungry? Really watched yourself into a trance?"
"Not hungry."
Diancie shook her head, looking at the commercial on the TV, pursing her lips,
"I hate this program."
"This is not a program, this is called a commercial, haha."
Will grinned in amusement.
Every child's youth inevitably involves hating the source of all evil, commercials.
"Will, I want to watch this after I go home too, help me think of a way."
"Um..."
"Oh, you can download the TV dramas you want to watch onto a tablet and take it back to watch. Just have the Carbink come to the surface every once in a while to download new TV dramas."
Will tilted his head back and thought for a moment.
However, he wasn't sure if smartphones and tablets had come out yet.
There should be.
Especially in the Kalos region.
Team Flare's current public identity is still a legal corporation researching convenient technology for the public.
They might have already figured out a way to research things like tablets.
The development of the technology tree in this world is still relatively fast.
Anyway, the handheld device with the highest tech points is the Pokédex, comparable to a travel version smartphone.
It's just that the Pokédex doesn't have the function to watch TV dramas.
"Then we'll go buy a tablet later?"
"You have to ask Cynthia about this, see where they sell them."
Click~
Speak of the devil, and the devil appears.
Will had just mentioned Cynthia, and the room door was opened.
"Done chatting with Lorelei?"
"Mm, Sister Lorelei is on our same floor; do you want to go find her?"
"Why would I find her."
Will turned his head away, his cheek twitching.
Cynthia glanced at him and couldn't help snickering.
She walked over and sat on the sofa, reaching out to hug Diancie and lay down on her side, resting her long legs on Will's thighs.
"So tired, want to take a nap."
Cynthia yawned.
"I'm not napping, I want to watch TV dramas."
Diancie struggled out of Cynthia's arms, not wanting to be a bolster.
Able to use Diancie, this rock-hard diamond princess, as a bolster.
Throughout the ages.
Only Cynthia alone.
"I can let you hug me."
Will looked at the empty-armed Cynthia, shaking his ears.
"I'm not hugging."
Cynthia's pupils moved slightly, showing a moved look looking at Will's big ears, but still turned her head away, reached out to hug the Riolu bolster beside her in her arms, and then deliberately let out a loud sigh,
"Sigh~ Riolu is still better~"
Will glanced at her, sneering and not picking up the conversation.
The afternoon sunlight was very warm, shining on the body through the window; baking him, he felt a nice-smelling and familiar scent on his fur.
'How to describe this scent.'
Throwing the already asleep Cynthia back into the room.
Taking a glance at Diancie, who was still immersed in the TV drama.
Will curled up like a cat on the sofa and fell asleep.
'Oh, it's the smell of Mr. Sun...'
'After Big Cat basks in the sun, her fur will emit this kind of scent; you have to press your nose against it to smell it.'
'So, I also have this scent on my body now? No wonder Lorelei and Cynthia would say that.'
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