Pokémon: My Online Friend Is Cynthia

Chapter 35: Chapter 35: Registration

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After coming back to himself, Julian suddenly realised something was off.

Wall-pinning was the ultimate flirting technique his online friend had taught him.

So why had Cassia suddenly used it on him?

Could Cassia be his online friend?

Julian narrowed his eyes.

It seemed that next time he met Cassia, he would need to find a way to test her.

All he had to do was send his online friend a message while meeting Cassia.

If Cassia’s phone reacted, then she really was his friend.

Thinking carefully, when he met Cassia last time, she had said quite a few things that his online friend had once said to him.

In his heart, Julian was already seventy to eighty percent convinced that Cassia was his online friend.

He only needed to verify it next time they met.

Cassia, oh Cassia.

My friend, oh my friend.

You’ve deceived me so well.

Julian looked forward to their next meeting even more.

When he returned to Veilstone Gym alone, Maylene rushed excitedly in front of him.

"I worked so hard to invite Sister Cassia to Veilstone City as a guest, and you chased her away this quickly?"

"Well... things aren’t what you think. But it’s complicated to explain. Anyway, Maylene, help me ask Cassia out again. There’s something I want to ask her."

Maylene’s eyes shifted.

Looking at Julian’s conflicted expression, she understood that something ambiguous must have happened between him and Cassia.

Cassia had probably been embarrassed and left early.

"Fine. I’ll help you ask her."

But after Maylene sent the message, there was also no reply.

"Julian, what exactly happened when you two went out?"

"It’s hard to say..."

"Come on, tell me."

Maylene grabbed Julian’s hand and shook it wildly.

Julian frowned.

"Have you finished today’s training? Hurry up and take Riolu to train!"

Maylene curled her lip.

"Fine, don’t tell me! Riolu, let’s go!"

After running a few steps, Maylene came back and said, "The registration for Veilstone Department Store’s forty-fifth anniversary Pokémon battle tournament closes tomorrow. Are you still planning to enter?"

Julian nodded.

"I’ll go register in a bit."

Veilstone Department Store had invited Cynthia as the tournament guest.

If he could win the championship, he would be able to battle Cynthia.

By gaining Cynthia’s recognition through this battle, he would then have a natural reason to adventure with her in Paldea.

Of course, the premise was that he had to win.

With Hakamo-o and Primeape, Julian felt that his chances of winning the championship were not low.

And before the Celebration Cup began, he could still carry out his third simulation.

His chances would be even higher.

Julian went to Veilstone Department Store and found the clerk in charge of registration.

"Hello. I’d like to register for the Celebration Cup."

"No problem, Mr Veyne. I’ll handle the registration for you now."

Julian asked, "I wanted to ask, are there many people registered for the tournament?"

The clerk nodded.

"Quite a lot. Perhaps because the publicity was broad, Trainers from major cities across Sinnoh have come to register. There are already more than two hundred participants."

"Because of that, our chairman rented Veilstone City Stadium as the tournament venue, so participating Trainers can battle to their hearts’ content."

"All right. The procedures are complete."

Julian smiled.

"Thank you."

The clerk who handled his registration blushed slightly and cheered him on.

"Mr Veyne, please do your best in the tournament. Veilstone City is counting on you!"

Julian nodded.

"I’ll work hard."

Although the tournament had no entry threshold, having more than two hundred participants already made it a large-scale competition.

And as long as someone had a receipt from Veilstone Department Store from the day before, regardless of the amount spent, they could enter and watch the matches.

For the forty-fifth anniversary celebration, Veilstone Department Store really had gone all out.

After returning to Veilstone Gym, Julian released Hakamo-o, Croagunk, Primeape, and Torchic in the training field.

"Torchic, from now on, this is your new home. I’ve registered for a tournament, so let’s all train hard together!"

"With all of you here, I believe the championship is definitely ours."

Jangmo-o’s evolution into Hakamo-o had changed it from a pure Dragon type to a Dragon and Fighting type.

Hakamo-o’s evolution had also caused Julian’s Dragon and Fighting affinities to rise.

They had reached [Dragon: 0.95] and [Fighting: 0.8].

Of course, the increase in Fighting-type Affinity was also thanks to Croagunk and Primeape.

With three Fighting-type Pokémon now, Julian’s Fighting-type Affinity was steadily increasing.

Perhaps it might even break past 1 before Dragon type did.

Spending more time with Pokémon of a certain type could improve a Trainer’s ability to train Pokémon of that type.

Even the most ordinary Trainer, as long as they persisted in training, could sharpen a sword over ten years and achieve certain results, then pass those results down to their descendants.

Generation after generation, an outstanding Trainer would always appear.

Take Ash, for example.

Ash’s grandfather and father were both unknown Trainers.

But when it reached Ash’s generation, did he not break through and become Monarch of the World Coronation Series?

As Darius’s second child, Maylene had not only inherited his Fighting constitution, but also his talent for raising Fighting-type Pokémon.

As for Julian, he had inherited his mother’s gold eyes.

The siblings’ mother had been in poor health and was a famous sickly beauty in Veilstone City.

Although Julian’s Trainer talent was not good, he was tall and handsome.

Strength could be improved through training.

But if your character model was bad, that was a lifelong problem you could not fix.

The current Julian was also a famous handsome young man across the neighbouring streets.

His model had not been dragged down at all by his burly, rough father.

Hakamo-o continued to familiarise himself with the coordination between his twin claws and tail.

After evolution, he had changed to standing upright on two legs, so Hakamo-o needed to reconstruct the small basic-attack techniques he used in battle.

Primeape was strengthening its physical foundation.

The stronger its foundation, the higher its anger could boost it.

The risk of violent rage bursting its blood vessels could also be brought under control.

Basic training was hard, and Julian had not expected Primeape to behave so calmly during it.

To become stronger, Primeape was actually able to suppress its nature of being angry at every moment.

Terrifying.

Croagunk, aside from Fighting-type training such as Bulk Up and Brick Break, had also added training in Toxic to strengthen his poison and prepare for evolution.

For Croagunk to evolve, increasing his toxicity was key.

As for Torchic, it trained the power of its flames through Ember.

Through Scratch, it trained the strength of its lower limbs, preparing for the stunning Blaze Kick it would use after evolving into Blaziken.

This training continued for five days.

On this day, the League official sent to review Julian’s qualifications to become a Gym Leader arrived at Veilstone Gym.

As expected, the official was Nurse Joy.

Many of the League’s review tasks were handled by Nurse Joy.

"Mr Veyne, I will register your Pokémon. After the registration is complete, you may use these Pokémon to accept challenges from Trainers."

"Additionally, during the formal Gym Leader assessment in half a year, you may only use registered Pokémon. If you catch other Pokémon later, you may register them at Veilstone City’s Pokémon Centre."

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