"Chiphill! Iron Head! \"

Kirikiyama's head is wrapped in the power of steel, capturing the opponent's electric ox.

Kiriyama uses the additional effect of "Iron Head" to scare him and adds a follow-up attack.

"Kanechi!"

Kiriyama's attack hits the electric ox, knocking it into the air. The electric bull was blown away, fell on the field, and rolled his eyes.

"Electric cows can't fight! So, Daoist Curator Kem won the battle! ”

"Damn! I lost! ”

The boy who lost the battle bowed his head in frustration.

The boy who is fighting now is not for the gym challenge, but because he has all the gym badges, so he came here to test his skills before challenging the path to the championship. His technique was not bad, but he still lacked actual combat experience and was defeated by Kem.

Kem walked up to the boy and thanked Kiriyama.

"That's not a bad arm."

"Thank you for being my comrade-in-arms, I still want to meet you."

"It's okay to reflect, but don't just reflect vaguely. What did you do wrong and why did you do it? I couldn't have gotten stronger. ”

Reflection is necessary to become stronger, but you shouldn't just reflect vaguely. Find out what to reflect on in the battle and develop your own plan for improvement. Kem experienced firsthand that he couldn't be strong unless he repeated it.

"Okay. I'll take a look at the battle record and reflect with Pokémon. Thank you today! \"

"Be careful, go home."

After bowing to the boy to see him off, Kem sighed softly and stroked Lucario's head.

It's been a few days since the New Year, and Kem has become the head of the gym.

I was able to smoothly start as a gym captain, such as fighting some people in gym challenges and skill tests. Not only does he have a good relationship with the gym trainer to which he belongs, but the new Chili Mountain is also familiar with the feel of Kem.

Kem looked up at the ceiling of the gym. Myopraydn has a multi-layered structure, perhaps because it was a hobby of its predecessor puppet. However, due to the restrictions imposed by the Pokemon League on buildings that cannot be built too tall, the puppet has added more rooms below than above. The land was dug deep and two fields were built there. The building has two underground grounds and one above-ground site, for a total of three floors. Gym Challengers start from the second basement level of the arena and climb to the upper level each time they defeat the Gym Trainer.

As the new gym leader, I was given the power to remodel the gym, but I have no plans to renovate the gym at this time. Part of the reason is that I don't need to do anything special, but somehow changing the shape left by the doll stem feels a bit wasteful. Even if I change it in the first place, there's not much I can do about it because I haven't thought about what form it will take.

By the way, Bingta says that its predecessor puppet is currently being trained to become a cutting-edge brain.

"Mr. Keim"

Just as I was lost in thought, the manager called out to me from behind. Each gym has a manager, not a gym trainer. The manager is also responsible for administration, fund management, schedule management, and is irreplaceable for the smooth operation of the gym.

Moreover, the manager of the Tobari Dokan where he used to work is also a brain, and Kaimu is responsible for the specific management.

"Oh, you're tired."

"Thank you for your efforts, and we have two more challengers reserved today."

"Cool sea. There will be some tomorrow too. \"

"Yes. Tomorrow there are four of us. ”

The main responsibilities of the Gym Master are more than one might think, such as competing with Gym Challengers to collect badges, fighting trainers who come to test their skills, maintaining public order, and running the Pokémon Alliance.

I'm still busy, but freedom is more effective than I thought. In addition to serving as the director of the gym, the curator often has other jobs as a side hustle. As long as you do your side hustle and do your job well, there is nothing special about it. So, Kem can go to investigate with Shirona without any problems.

In addition, schedule management and gym funds are managed by the current manager. Of course, there are some things that Kem manages himself, and the manager checks in with Kem every time for money and schedules, but he stays with him to a certain extent. As a result, Kem had fewer things to worry about than he expected.

"The day after tomorrow has been idle so far."

"I won't be here the day after tomorrow, but I just got a call from the person in charge of the Shallow City Gymnasium. \"

"Asagi Keim?"

Kem couldn't help but ask for the name, which was completely unexpected.

"Is Asagi Gym in the Johto area?"

\"yes. It seems that the director of the Asagi Gym is coming to the Sinnoh area now, so I want to come and meet Myokam once\"

Gym leaders and trainers from other regions don't visit often, but it's not uncommon. However, it is a bit unusual for someone to go out of their way to make an appointment.

Kem didn't know who the director of the Asagi City Gym was, but he was secretly curious about how serious he was.

"I see, I'll invite you as a guest that day, maybe there will be challengers, but if you don't come, tell me if you can fight."

"Understood. I'll get back to you. ”

The manager went back after saying that.

Looking at her back, Kem vaguely remembered the days at Tobari Dokan.

What does it mean to be easier after becoming a formal gym leader?

During the Torihari Dokan era, Kem served as a temporary manager. Originally, such meticulous management was appropriate for Kem, but it was not suitable for the manager of Tobari Dokan.

However, Mio Keim's agent has a vibrant head rock, so there is an agent who is good at this kind of thing. So I think it's easier now because most of the details have already been managed.

\"Shallow city, huh? \"

I've been to the Johto area once, but I haven't been able to visit all the towns. One of the cities I couldn't go to was a shallow city. As a result, he only vaguely knew what kind of city Asaki was, and he didn't know what kind of person the director of the gym was.

"Maybe I'll do some homework later."

Kem muttered as he gently stroked Cherryshan. Although Kiriyama didn't react in particular, I didn't feel particularly reluctant either. Although he was not used to it, Keim felt that the feeling of unresponsiveness was somewhat similar to Lucario's, so he took out his smartphone.

*

"The director of the Shallow City Gym?"

While eating dinner, Sirona repeated Kem's words.

\"Ahh It looks like the day after tomorrow is coming. I don't know about the gym director. I've looked up his name, but I'm wondering if Sirona knows anything. \"

I looked it up, and Kem can look it up too, but at most it's about holding Pokémon and history. Kem asks Sirona because he can't get to know her character.

\"The director of the Asagi Gym is definitely a steel-based mandarin sauce. \"

"yes, it seems that he was originally a trainer who specializes in rock systems."

The trump card, or rather the oldest, seems to be Haganel. Keim speculated that he may have switched to steel after Yuvac evolved.

Sirona gestured as if she remembered something, and then spoke.

"I don't know much about it either, because I'm not directly involved either, but I think I've seen him appear in Pokémon tournaments and Pokémon tournaments."

"Uh, races and magic marathons. The range of things you do is quite wide. ”

"Yes. That's all I know, though. ”

Sure enough, since the two are not directly related, even Shirona doesn't know his character. It also doesn't help that we can only understand what is understandable from publicly available information.

"I'm sorry, I don't have a direct relationship with him, so I don't understand."

"No, that's enough. The information you can find on the internet is limited. ”

"It's unusual that Kem can't gather a lot of information."

Kem's talent for gathering information surpasses that of Sirona. You can gather a lot of information in a short period of time and choose the one you need. Strange to Sirona, Kem, who had collected most of the information, didn't know much about it, except for extremely confidential information.

"It's really scary to collect information about girls younger than you."

\"Ah, yes. This may be true. \"

"Well, you'll understand when we meet, it's enough to know."

Kem put down his chopsticks and said.

Blackie felt that he had finished eating at Kem's feet, so he jumped on Kem's lap and leaned against him. Kem smiled softly at Blakey, who rubbed his head against Kem's head and stroked his chin.

"Oh my God. You're so spoiled. ”

"No matter how long it takes, I want to be pampered."

"He's so cute and makes you smile, doesn't he? Kem's expression is unmoving, and he's a spoiled kid who doesn't look like he's looking like he's looking like he's looking at it. It's a good combination. ”

"I don't care about that. But I just want to say that Xiao Hei is the cutest, not me. ”

Sirona put the last bite of white rice in her mouth and chewed it, then poked Keim's forehead with a mischievous smile.

"In my opinion, you're cute too."

I've said it many times, but that's not what you would say to a grown man. \"

"It's lovely how shy you look. I want you to show me this side often at home, but don't show it too much outside. I want everyone to know how cool Kem is, but only me and Pokémon are those cute people. "You should know

"You are not cute"

Kaim had given up, because Sirona wouldn't give up no matter how many times he tried, but Kem once again swore firmly that if he couldn't get her to give up, at least he wouldn't admit it at all.

Then, with a soft sigh, I put Hei down and put the empty plate into the kitchen. Sirona also saw this scene and went to the kitchen with her plate.

"Thank you as always. It's delicious. ”

When Kem started washing the dishes, Sirona gently hugged him from behind. Although he was used to this increased physical contact, his heart rate still increased slightly when Kem received such physical contact. Shirona was nearby, much to Kem's joy and uneasiness.

The sound I heard in my ears and the slight breathing I felt. Kem was a little surprised at his innocence, but the movement of his hand already made him happy.

"Yes"

He gave me the answer as simple as usual, and I couldn't understand what he was thinking. Sirona didn't care, and pressed her forehead against Kaym's back.

"Can you do it after you've washed the dishes?"

"Do you want me to finish washing the dishes?"

"Do what you love"

"Then I'll put up with it now."

With that, Sirona hugged Heiki at Cam's feet and toyed with his cheeks. The beaten little black didn't mind, no matter what Shirona did to him, he relaxed and entrusted his body to Shirona.

\"Ufufu\"

Shirona happily strokes Blackie, who looks friendly. Xiao Hei made a pleasant-sounding voice and asked Bai Luo to do his thing.

Kem looked at the two of them and chuckled. I was washing the dishes while observing the calm and happy time.

After a few minutes, Kem washed up, dried his hands, tied his apron, and left the kitchen. Sirona is still playing with Blackie and having a lot of fun.

Kaim looked into the garden, at Sirona and her buddies who were playing. Pokémon spend their time in the garden as much as they want.

The two Lucarios meditated on top of Metagros' head to calm themselves, while Metagros, who was carrying them on his back, was meditating with him with his eyes closed. Mukuhawk dozes off with Togikis, while the sea dragon plays with Milocarlos and Sirona's sea dragons, keeping them floating in the water. Midanan plays with water-type Pokémon and manipulates them into various shapes while shouting "Yin and Yang".

The most striking is Bashamo, who is being captured. Mashamo usually fights Sirona's Pokémon, but his opponent is not his usual opponent Gavrias, but the new Celik Mountain. Gabriel sat there, watching the two of them work hand in hand on image training.

Mt. Kiki is a new Pokémon that was added to Kem's inventory when he became the Gym Curator. As a result, although he has the foundation, his training is not enough, and his body and movements are not yet mature. So, in order to gain practical experience, I dealt with Bashamo, who was relatively experienced. Basha Mo did not fight back at all, but responded to or blocked all of Kiriyama's attacks.

Sure enough, I didn't have enough experience, I didn't have many ways to attack, and I didn't have enough sharpness, so I could only stick to the basic movements for a while.

While he is quite good statistically, he is still inexperienced when it comes to movement. Both offense and defense need to be trained, but conversely, it can be said that only these two areas need to be trained. Keim thinks that he will definitely be able to make good moves in the future, because there is still room for improvement in his level.

Masamo was also inspired by Kiriyama and actively competed against his Kumite rivals. On top of that, he must have been very frustrated that he was unable to attack Tugan's Empelt and show his strength gap in the previous gym director recognition exam. Knowing that his offensive and defensive abilities could still be improved, Bashamo trained even harder.

"Mashamo, Chipwood Mountain. It's time to stop. I went to the gym again today, so I'm going to be overworked. \"

I'm already tired from the whole day of racing and training in the gym. Kaimu didn't think it was a good idea to force the yet-formed Kiriyama to the growing Basha Mo, so he stopped the fight. The two looked at each other and made sure that Kem's instructions were accurate, then nodded, saluted each other, and lay down on the ground.

"What about Kiriyama? \"

Sirona, who was playing with Blackie, asked Kem.

Kem replied calmly without looking back.

"His muscles are not bad, he has a foundation, and with the accumulation of experience, he will be able to move normally. His personality is as serious as Lucario's, and I think he'll be able to move well soon. \"”。

"A good serious boy is coming. Blackie is happy to have made such good friends. ”

Blake chirped as if he were affirming Sirona's words, and became obsessed with Sirona.

As I looked at the two of them, I suddenly felt that there was a person right next to me. When I looked in the direction I felt, I saw Milocarlos and two three-toothed dragons playing in the water.

"What's wrong?"

When Kem heard this, the three-toothed dragon moved to Kem's feet and shook its head, and Milocarus brought his face closer to Kem. Kem knew that when they came like this, it was time to pet them, so he sat on the wooden deck and started petting the Pokémon. I stroked the chin of the three-toothed dragon with my right hand and the face of Milocarlos with my left hand. The three-toothed dragon's expression didn't change, but they pressed their faces against Kem's hand as if they felt good, and Milocarlos rubbed his face against Kem's face.

"What's wrong, tickle me?"

As he said this, Kem gave a rare smile. Kem's facial expression doesn't move, but he is always able to smile honestly when facing Pokémon. In the past year, I have started to smile at Sirona, but it is still rare.

And Sirona and Heiki stared at Kem who was smiling like this. While he was happy to see Kem's smile, he gave Kem a sullen look because he had a habit of saying "I'll worry later" and focused on the other Pokémon instead of caring about them.

Kem noticed their expressions and asked Sirona and the others with a question mark on his face.

"Ah, what?"

"It looks like it's fun"

"Oh-oh? Are you sure? ”

"Don't bother us, it looks like it's going to be fun."

Not only Sirona, but even Xiao Hei looked at Kem with a gloomy face, which made Kem even more confused.

I don't know what she's talking about, but I remember Sirona's words when I was washing the dishes just now, and I have a bitter expression on my face.

"No, I thought you were having a good time, so I let you do it."

“。 But you look like you're having a lot of fun with Milo Carlos and Tritoron. ”

"It's true, but it's not that bad, right?"

"Yes, but I hope you care about us too."

Perhaps feeling a little embarrassed, Sirona looked away while hugging Xiao Hei. His face flushed slightly.

"Blackie aside, Sirona, don't be jealous of your Pokémon opponent."

"Because Kem doesn't care."

"Hehe, that's not good"

Kem patted Milo Carlos and Tritodon on the head vigorously, stood up, and sat down on the couch where Shirona and Blackie were. Then she patted Sirona and Blackie on the head and hugged them gently.