"Young people are gaining power. Did he get the kid that Daigo was talking about the other day? ”

"He's here. What do you think? ”

"Until he came to me. It's a natural level considering he's a player in the league final, but he's still stubborn. But he's done a good job, and if you do, you're definitely going to lose. ”

"The Battle Factory is a facility for fighting rented Pokémon."

"Yes. It is a facility where challengers can choose the rental Pokémon prepared here from randomly selected options and fight. This is not a Pokémon that you raise yourself. I will show you the moves that Pokémon knows, but it is impossible to win without the right knowledge of combat".

Since it is not a Pokémon that I raised myself, I did not know in advance about the Pokémon that could be used in battle. Therefore, it is necessary to understand the strengths and weaknesses of this Pokémon race, and not its individual characteristics. And, in some cases, Pokémon's compatibility with opponents can be the worst. On top of that, you need to be proficient in using the skills you have learned to fight, so in a sense, the difficulty can be said to be the highest in the border.

"The timing is not right~ If it's next week, the restoration will be completed."

"There's no way around it. We're out of luck. ”

"Okay, it's useless to regret things that can't be helped, keep watching, and tell me if there's anything you want to try."

I followed Dasula and checked out the facilities.

The Battle Tower is the facility that determines the "talent".

Combat tubes inside the facility that decide the "luck".

The Battle Palace is a facility for assessing the "fetters".

Pyramid of Battles, a facility for assessing "courage".

The Battle Dome is a facility that determines "tactics".

The arena inside the facility can determine your own "fighting spirit".

There are also combat factories, where Dasula acts as the brain for determining "knowledge".

These seven facilities exist at the front of the battle.

"I don't have a personal Pokémon, so I haven't done them, but all of them have strong brains, and some even tame quite rare Pokémon."

"Legendary, or what?"

"Ahh

The legendary Pokémon are already lucky to meet them. However, when it comes to catching and taming it, you'll find that there are quite a few tricks to it besides luck.

"How many levels of brain power can be divided into in this world?"

"Brains don't show up in official competitions around the world.

"The Four Heavenly Kings ≒ About the Brain"

If it's a simple ability, the champion will be higher, but that doesn't mean Brian can't beat the champion. In some cases, you may win, but overall, the champion is just stronger.

"There are a lot of strong trainers in the world."

"Yes. There are a lot of very powerful trainers in the world, but you can't see them on the surface. I think that's the measure of strength. I'm from"

"Really"

Hearing Sirona's words, Kem had a satisfied expression on his face.

"Darosan, why did you become a brain?"

"Yes. I think knowledge is important for anything. I don't think so. Both academics and combat. So, if there is a place where you can test whether this knowledge is really yours by fighting. If there was such a place, I would be a trainer there because I wanted to be your opponent. ”

Dasula had said something like this when she was a student. "You can't gain knowledge just by reading books or getting good grades on exams. It will only become yours when you put it into practice and let your body and mind experience it. It was because of such ideas and excellent fighting skills that he was discovered as a cutting-edge brain, and Dazra himself embraced it.

"There's not much your mind can do. In order to increase the number of things you can do, you must first be able to 'know' your options. Whether it's combat or academic. ”

"It's an important way of thinking.

"When it comes to archaeology, isn't that a bit difficult to think?"

If you study history, you can't put it into practice. History is a product of the past. Therefore, Mandala believes that it is impossible to cultivate.

Shirona Says:

"Isn't it like this, studying history, applying what you have learned, thinking in your own way, and learning lessons, isn't it practice?"

"Oh, I see. Learning how to live from history is, of course, an exercise. I admire you. ”

"Fufu, thank you."

Dasula also studied mechanics for a long time at university. So I know how difficult it is to be a scientist. Moreover, the feat of being able to be compatible with the champion could not help but impress Dazra.

In addition, as a scholar, there is a spirit of learning. It is also very noble. At this moment, in Dazra, the man named Sirona had been promoted to the rank of a respected person. I've always respected him as a champion, but now that respect has become even deeper.

"Kem, are you a disciple of Sirona?"

"Ahh

"Sure enough, you can become the director of the gym, I thought I met a very good teacher, but I didn't expect to become a champion."

"I'm just lucky"

"Well, while thanking for this luck, it goes without saying that you should also do your best."

"Of course."

Kem knew how lucky he was. So I'm going to keep studying hard to be worthy of Sirona, Gadelia, and the many friends who have brought me to this point.

"You've changed, you."

Dazra looked at Kem, who had unimaginably good eyes during his college years, and said so calmly.

"What do you think? Are there any facilities you'd like to try? ”

"I'm willing to do what I can, but"

Unfortunately I don't have time. Today is my last day in the Hoenn area. Since it was the last day, Kem's mom and Taki wanted to have dinner together, so we had to leave here in the evening. So, limit yourself to things that you can't spend that much time on.

"I'm running out of time. In that case, it would be nice to have a facility where I could fight Brian immediately. "

"No, there are no such facilities."

Battle Frontier establishes battle records such as streaks in each facility, and when a certain level is exceeded, it appears in the form of brains and battles. Sirona and the others are completely new to the game, and simply don't have time to accumulate enough combat records to deal with Brian. As a result, Kem decided that he could not fight Brian.

"This is not true, Frontier will exempt some combat records for trainers who have achieved a certain level of success in the league. Na"

"Ugh"

"It's a substitute, but it's the same for you, the director of the gym, right? Miss Sirona seems to be a little hesitant, you decide for yourself, right? "

With that, Dasula handed the border pass to Keim. Upon receiving it, Kem turned his attention to each facility and pondered.

After thinking about it, he looked up.

"I've decided, but is Shirona okay? Even if I decide. "

"Okay, let's go where you want to go, and I'll try it too."

"I see, thank you"

"Have you decided?"

"Oh, I want to go there."

Kem said, pointing to one of the multiple facilities.

"Oh, over there, don't choose a more bitter place."

"But it sounds like Kem."

"Yes. Of course, you might be interested in that place. ”

"Let's hurry up."

The group walked towards the place that Kem was pointing.

ーー

Dasura opens the door to the facility and enters. When Bai Nai and the others followed Dazra into the facility, it looked like a huge dojo, and the trainers fought in many of the venues.

"This is His Excellency Dazro, the director. How is everything? "

A uniformed karate king approached Dasuro and shouted to him.

"It looks like my friend wants to come here to challenge, and I'm here with you."

"Is it Mr. Zuo? These people"

"Oh, it's the challenger."

The karate king at the reception saw Sirona and the others, his eyes widened, and he said to Dazro.

"I—Aren't you the champion of the Sinnoh region!"

"Also, there's a gym curator from the Sinnoh region.

"Understood, I'll talk to the captain, so please finish the reception of all the challengers."

The king of karate said and ran to the faculty room.

The remaining Hakuna, Daigo, and Dazra moved to the audience, while the remaining Kem accepted the status of challenger. At that time, Kem entrusted one of his magic orbs to Sirona.

"Even so, it is necessary to choose the battlefield."

Darrow, who walked to the audience, whispered.

The facility chosen by Kem is the arena. It exists on the front lines of battle and is a place to test your fighting spirit.

"Kem is a martial arts gym master.

"But he's not an expert in martial arts, is he?"

"Yes, I have Bashamo and Lucario in my hands, so I have a little bit more fighting, but overall I'm a well-balanced all-rounder."

"Is it because of you? Miss Sirona. "

Sirona is the one who teaches Kem everything there is to know about combat. Well, of course, the characteristics and fighting style of the person who taught the party members will be reflected.

But Sirona's answer was a little different from what Dazra had expected.

"I don't think so. It's true that I don't have a type, but I can't say it's entirely my own influence. In a sense, I have a lot of genres that I like, or I have a deep understanding of the influence of Daigo. I think there are

"Yes. Now Kem has Blackie, Bashamo, Lucario, Mukhawk, Three-Toothed Dragon, and Medon. Since there are differences between the fighting and steel types, the introduction of the type that is easy to handle at Kem is certainly my influence. But I think it may have been the influence of Miss Sirona, who guided me, that the other members were formed to make up for this. ”

The main types of Daigo are steel and rock. Because Daigo himself has a deep understanding of these two types, he feels that fighting with these two types is the most suitable for him.

And regarding this style, he has been sticking to it since Kem and Daigo traveled together. So it's not surprising to see its Kem affected.

"yes, if you want to think about his results, it should be fine."

"It's surprising that you trust Kem."

The image of Kem in Dasura seems to be "immature". Shirona and Daigo think that Keim's idea may be less reliable, but it doesn't seem to be the case.

"No, I've been a bad thinker since college. I quickly mastered the basics of the machine that I taught, and I was able to derive other things from them. Think about it. Passing through this is the only flaw, but even so, it's a good idea to think of it as a quality of thinking. On the contrary, these days have been pretty good. So I thought, if he learns the right way to fight and then thinks about it, then it's fine. ”

I'm good at thinking, but not good at processing. Sirona knows this too.

That's why Sirona taught her how to deal with it skillfully. This is Kem's weapon. There's no way not to take advantage of it, and most importantly, Kem wants it.

"You've had quite a good couple of years, Kem."

"It looks like so."

"Daigo has something to do with Kem, right?"

"I haven't seen you in a while.

"Is that so? Well, if he looks happy, so good. ”

Dazra said with a happy look down at the field. Mandala doesn't know what has happened in the past few years, at least after Mandala graduated from university. However, compared to the lack of self-confidence and some servility before, Kem now has a very good-looking face. That's enough.

"Coach, Kem! Forward! "

"Oh, let's get started"

The referee's announcement resounded throughout the hall.

Hearing this, Sirona took out a medon from the ball that Kem had entrusted to her.

"Oh, who is this?"

"This is Medon, who joined the hand of Kem yesterday.

"How about having a Pokémon look at you? That's nice. ”

Dasula smiled and stroked Medon. Metang bowed to Dasula, then quickly turned his gaze to Kem.

Good luck, Kem

Standing alone on the field, watching the back of Keim snatching the ball, Sirona cheered for him in her heart.

Standing on the field, Kem stared at the trainer in front of him.

Another coach looked at Kem in response.

"Please take care of me."

"Oh, nice to meet you."

His opponent is an elite trainer, but since he's already scored two straight wins, he's a pretty fierce fighter.

Arena plays against three registered Pokémon with a winning system. Unlike normal battles, though, each battle has a time limit. Each item of "Heart, Technique, and Body" is evaluated within a 3-minute time limit, and if the battle cannot be resolved within the time limit, the winner is determined by that evaluation. Basically, you can't use tools in battle, but the rule is that you can use tools that can be given to Pokémon in advance.

"How many wins are you on a winning streak now?"

"It's my first time"

"I see, it's my sixth game, and if I win here, I'm closer to challenging the right to be at the cutting edge."

"Really"