"Fairy Elite Four?"
As Agatha finished speaking, Terrance looked at her with a peculiar expression.
"Looking across all the regions, there still hasn't been a Top Trainer in the Elite Four who specializes in Fairy-type. Don't you want to be the first person in the Fairy domain?"
"What's more, during the process of challenging for an Elite Four position, you'll get to battle countless powerful opponents. After becoming an Elite Four, you can enjoy the League's special training, with access to several training grounds for honing your strength, and grow much stronger in a very short time. Aren't you the least bit nervous about facing Giovanni? And aren't you interested in climbing higher peaks as a Trainer?
"Although your strength is indeed impressive among the younger generation, compared to Lance, Cynthia, Steven, Wallace…"
Agatha didn't finish her sentence, but simply smiled and stared at Terrance.
Hmph!
Terrance quietly scoffed in his heart; Agatha was trying to lure him in again.
But this idea had long since crossed Terrance's mind as well. After hearing it again from both Bruno and Agatha, he began to seriously reconsider it.
After seeing Lorelei's Pokémon army built from Water- and Ice-types, and Agatha's army composed of Ghost- and Poison-types, Terrance came to deeply understand the depth of strength possessed by these current Elite Four members.
Indeed, at this level, hardly anyone is a pushover. There's a world of difference between the hidden reserves behind them and the power they show on the surface.
Not to mention Giovanni's sandstorm army and ground army composed of dozens of Pokémon, along with several individual top-tier Mega Pokémon.
Witnessing the foundation of these top masters nearly took Terrance's breath away. He really was still a bit too green.
"Oh?" After hearing Agatha's words, Lorelei was surprised that Agatha thought so highly of Terrance. She even revealed the League's secret about those special training grounds available only to Elite Four members.
Terrance was silent for a moment, then said, "I'll seriously consider it. Also, I'll take my leave for now."
"Leaving already? Well, we'll handle the aftermath of this incident for you. You just focus on climbing further in the Trainer world. I look forward to seeing you join the ranks of the Elite Four before I retire," Agatha said with a strange laugh, waving her hand.
"Sounds pretty interesting." Lorelei looked at Terrance. The Champion Leagues of Kanto and Johto had produced quite a few rookies lately, but compared to them, Lorelei felt that this Trainer had more prospects of ascending to the Elite Four.
Moreover, an unprecedented Fairy Elite Four would be enough to pique anyone's interest.
After bidding farewell to the two Elite Four, Terrance quickly extricated himself from this headache-inducing mess and hurried toward the location of Gallade, Master Victor, and the others.
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One day later.
Vermilion City.
Terrance looked at the silent Master Victor and sighed.
"Master, it's all in the past now. Try not to dwell on it anymore."
Facing his elder, Terrance didn't really know what else to say.
But he could also understand how Master Victor felt right now: as a master, he had cooperated with an illegal organization, then had his personal freedom restricted, and was finally rescued by his own student. Was there anything more embarrassing than that?
This was exactly how Master Victor felt at the moment. He didn't know how to face Terrance, or how to explain what had happened.
"Maybe you're right."
After a long time, Master Victor sighed and shook his head, thinking about how he'd hoped Terrance would focus on entering the world of breeders and academia.
If he had enough power to protect himself, he wouldn't have been imprisoned for participating in the creation of Mewtwo.
As one of the three key researchers who created Mewtwo, Master Victor had learned too many secrets at Team Rocket, and he was deeply familiar with the process of creating Mewtwo. This was why Team Rocket was unwilling to simply let Master Victor go.
There was even a period when Master Victor considered accepting Team Rocket's offer and becoming one of their researchers. If Terrance hadn't arrived in time, he might have truly fallen into darkness.
Thinking of this, Master Victor began to sigh again.
"No, Master, I understand how you feel. For researchers like us, the unknown is just too enticing," Terrance said. "When facing the ultimate question in our field, I think any researcher would go crazy over it."
The genes of Mew, known as the origin of all Pokémon, how could that not attract a master of genetics? Even for someone who knows nothing about genetics, Mew's genes would still stir intense curiosity, let alone someone of Master Victor's caliber.
"All right, I can still figure these things out. Terrance, I'd like to rest for a while now." Master Victor rubbed his head. Having completed Mewtwo's creation, he had no regrets left.
Compared to the achievement of creating Mewtwo, Master Victor now considered the inheritance concepts he used to explore to be trash!
All those so-called Inherited Moves, all those awakening gene serums for Inherited Moves, they were all trash.
Because their value paled so much in comparison. After creating Mewtwo and then experiencing imprisonment by Team Rocket, Master Victor actually began to lose interest in research.
"All right." Terrance scratched his head helplessly, looking at Master Victor, who now seemed much older, not knowing what more to say.
"Master, let's go back to Hoenn first," Terrance said, helping Master Victor up.
At the same time, Master Victor was full of emotion. He felt even more strongly that he hadn't misjudged at the very beginning; all his investment had been worth it. Just the fact that Terrance was willing to pay such a huge price to come to Prison Island and rescue him from Giovanni was enough for Master Victor to feel that Terrance was a disciple he could truly entrust everything to.
"Good child…" After being helped up by Terrance, Master Victor silently murmured in his heart.
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Indigo Plateau.
With the conclusion of the finals, the Indigo Plateau Conference officially ended. After the closing ceremony, Troy received a message from Terrance.
Terrance's sudden disappearance for two days had left Troy puzzled. Terrance hadn't even shown up for the most exciting matches—the semifinals and finals—which made Troy puzzled for a long time.
So, upon receiving Terrance's message, Troy immediately reported the results of the matches.
"Ash… he beat Ritchie and made it into the top eight?" When Terrance got this news, he laughed heartily. Although Ash lost afterward and stopped at the top eight, that was already a very good result for someone who'd only been traveling for a year.
Ash making it to the top eight also meant he'd won his bet with Master Bruno.
But at the same time, Terrance felt troubled. He had promised Ash that if he made it to the top eight, he'd give him a mysterious gift.
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