Chapter 445: League Year 188
At the end of the same year.
When Will and Cynthia returned to Sinnoh from the Alola region.
The Pokémon League officially established a new high-level seat—Elite Four, with a status second only to the League's Chief Trainer, equivalent to heads of various departments.
And unlike the previous life.
The Elite Four this time were not selected through competitions, but privately invited by the local League Presidents.
But this is exactly the way the first generation Elite Four was born matching the original work.
In the previous life, Will unknowingly affected the normal trajectory somewhere.
What is regrettable is.
Mr. Mabe seemed not to have become an Elite Four of the Unova region in the end.
Later Cynthia learned from chatting with Wendy.
Among the first generation Elite Four of the Unova region, the one holding the Dragon Elite Four seat was actually the Elder who had quasi-Champion trainer level!
No wonder Mabe couldn't become an Elite Four.
There was indeed no hope for this.
Will is only curious about what conditions the Unova League offered to make the already retired Elder reappear in the world.
The Elite Four of Sinnoh.
Except for one Bertha matching the future, Will didn't know the other three.
Anyway, all four were aged thirty and above.
According to what Cynthia said.
They are all famous veteran trainers in the Sinnoh region; the average number of regional tournament championships per person is above five.
Stayed at home for the New Year.
League Year 186.
14-year-old Cynthia dragged Will to set off again; the destination was the Johto region.
This time N and Victini didn't come together.
The former had to study psychic power and go to school.
The latter was immersed in the gentle hometown of Kaoru and Wolf Mom, not wanting to leave.
Will and Cynthia didn't force them to leave either.
The two of them set off by themselves.
Will is of course familiar with this place Johto.
The first life in Mt. Silver centrally between Kanto and Johto might not count.
The following four lives all walked across this land.
Can be said on this land, there is no place he doesn't know.
But Will didn't deliberately lead Cynthia running everywhere, but let her explore herself.
Cynthia chased the legends and traces left by Ho-Oh and the Legendary Beasts running all the way, from Bell Tower all the way to Mt. Silver, and ran to Mt. Tensei on the eve of the Johto League opening; although didn't see Ho-Oh in the end, met Entei passing by there.
This made Blonde-kun so excited she couldn't sleep that night, rolling back and forth on Will's body.
After all.
Unlike those Legendary Pokémon encountered in the past because of Will's reasons.
Entei was a Legendary Pokémon Cynthia found entirely by relying on her own efforts, which gave her a strong sense of achievement.
Being excited is also normal.
Some people search for Entei all their lives, resulting in not catching a glimpse of his honorable appearance until death.
Cynthia only investigated for over half a year, and had the fortune to meet once, confirming his existence.
At that time Will couldn't help sighing.
Cynthia, this archaeologist, is really right on track.
She can really rely on the clues left by those Legendary Pokémon in the past to find their current locations.
After taking a look at Entei.
Cynthia was satisfied.
Took Will rushing back to the Indigo League in a hurry to participate in the Johto League tournament.
Will originally thought Cynthia would want to show off a wave of the Z-Move they painstakingly obtained half a year ago; he was actually quite looking forward to it.
After all, this Z-Move thing is not famous worldwide.
Mainly two reasons:
One is the Alola region is too small.
The people in this place are few, and people going out are even fewer.
The people coming can't be called many either; left after a few days of vacation, not even having a chance to understand what Z-Moves are.
And Z-Rings and Z-Crystals are not some common products found everywhere.
At least in this era, the number is even rarer than Shiny Stones and Dusk Stones.
Very few Alolan trainers going out carry this thing.
Another reason.
Is that the Alola region has no Pokémon League.
No League means no League tournaments have ever been held here.
Not even a League tournament.
Through what channels can people far away in other regions learn about the Alola region?
If not for the Alola region being a good place for vacation, I'm afraid its reputation here wouldn't even match unpopular regions like Fiore, Almia, and Oblivia.
So.
If Will and Cynthia use a Z-Move in this Johto League tournament.
That would absolutely be an eye-catching effect!
He and Cynthia already have a certain reputation themselves; the attention they receive is not small.
Once a Z-Move is used.
It is equivalent to bringing the existence of Z-Moves and the Alola region to the world stage.
Result, no.
Cynthia participated in the Johto League tournament.
From beginning to end didn't even plan to wear the Z-Ring.
Will asked.
Good fellow...
Came out too hurriedly, left it at home.
In the end, they narrowly lost in the finals of the Johto region, getting the runner-up result.
The opponent was a Dragon-type specializing trainer.
But whether Cynthia carried Ice-Z or not didn't have much impact on the result.
Because that Dragon-type specializing trainer was a solid Elite Four player.
And Cynthia wasn't even Gym Leader level.
Could only be said to be a quasi-Gym Leader level player.
The three-no (expressionless/silent) girl Gastrodon in the team was only Lv. 58.
The level gap between the two sides was huge; not one Ice-Z could affect the overall situation.
At most it would let Will go from taking down one Elite Four Pokémon to taking down two Elite Four Pokémon of the opponent.
No impact on the result.
Returned home after the battle.
Everyone ran to Wolf Mountain together to see the recent situation of the Mightyena clan.
The wolf clan led by Big Black lived quite well.
Compared to when Wolf Mom and Will were both there before, the changes were minimal.
Although Big Black has ambitions, he also has self-awareness.
He didn't rashly lead the wolf clan to expand deep into Mt. Silver.
He did this point very well.
To prevent Big Black from thinking too much, and also to prevent other Mightyena from having double minds.
Will and Wolf Mom didn't stay long.
Stayed for one night and went back.
Next year.
League Year 187.
15-year-old Cynthia took Will to set off on an expedition again.
This time there were two more Pokémon on the road: Wolf Mom and Victini.
And the reason they were willing to follow...
No other.
Close distance.
The target Cynthia chose this year was exactly the Sinnoh region under their feet.
But actually challenging the League was just by the way.
The real reason was learning about the legend of the Lake Guardians from Carolina during the New Year, so couldn't sit still a bit.
If this were in other regions.
Cynthia going to investigate the Lake Guardians, Will would definitely have to be a bit more cautious and careful.
But this time there was no need for that.
Not to mention Victini.
Wolf Mom is also a mid-level Elite Four anyway; after boosting, low-level Champion strength is steady.
Plus.
The Sinnoh region is Kaoru's territory.
To put it bluntly.
If Cynthia's side encountered any trouble here.
Kaoru or Carolina casually coming out to shout a sentence.
The entire Sinnoh, any city, could send out a large number of League trainers to come for rescue or support.
Maybe nearby Gym Leaders and Elite Four would personally take action.
Therefore.
In this trip in Sinnoh.
Will behaved very comfortably and relaxed, without the vigilant mind from before.
Even if Blonde-kun sneaked to Fullmoon Island, bumping face-to-face with the "Pitch-Black Pokémon" (Wait, Cresselia is the Lunar Pokémon, Darkrai is the Pitch-Black Pokémon. The text says "Beautiful Dream God" which is Cresselia) Cresselia, he didn't panic at that time.
But this year.
Cynthia only met one Cresselia.
And probably because the latter perceived the existence of Will and Victini, so showed her head to take a curious look.
As for the other Lake Guardians, Darkrai, Space-Time Dual Gods, Gracidea God (Shaymin), Regigigas...
Not one was encountered.
But Cynthia wasn't discouraged.
After all, Sinnoh is right under her feet; can explore anytime she wants.
Finally.
Cynthia and Will participated in the Sinnoh League tournament, almost with no pressure rushing all the way from preliminaries to the finals.
This time Cynthia didn't forget the Z-Ring again.
At the end of the finals.
Will's opponent was a Gliscor with Flying and Ground types.
When seeing it was this Pokémon.
Will really couldn't help laughing.
Cynthia's face also showed a subtle expression, shaking her head and making a decisive command afterwards.
First let Will use Aura eyes to awe Gliscor.
Making him fall into a brief stiffness.
Then used "Aura · Rock Tomb".
Trapping Gliscor making him unable to break free for a while.
While Will was still using Aura Power to wrap Rock Tomb, making the move more solid.
Cynthia had already started doing radio calisthenics under the doubtful gazes of the whole audience, and chanting:
"The tranquil snow falling from the sky."
"Countless shining ice crystals."
"The Ice Z that covers the earth, together with my burning soul, rise to the sky again here!"
"Take this! Subzero Slammer!"
Chanting ended.
Countless ice-blue rays surged out from Cynthia, pouring entirely into Will's body.
Whoosh!
An ice platform tens of meters high instantly rose under Will's feet, pushing him into mid-air.
At the same time, the ice-blue light on his fist gathered continuously.
Finally under the sunshine, Will punched out across the air; the ice-blue energy uncontrollably formed a giant ice pillar like a laser shooting towards the trapped Gliscor.
Swish~
The ice ray instantly froze Gliscor together with the rock pillar.
The effect didn't stop there.
In just three or four seconds.
The entire battlefield had been frozen into a skating rink.
Snap!
With a snap of Will's fingers.
The giant ice block wrapping Gliscor shattered with a boom.
Gliscor fell out from it, dropping to the ground, eyes already showing swirls, unexpectedly instant-killed by Will on the spot.
The silence of the whole audience was indispensable.
The shocked gazes were also indispensable.
After a few seconds of pause.
Everyone gradually reacted, giving warm cheers and shouts.
Turns out that young girl player just now wasn't having chunibyo (eighth-grader syndrome), but was using an ultimate move!
Since then the Sinnoh League tournament ended.
As the winner, Cynthia could challenge the Elite Four.
She indeed challenged a Ghost-type Elite Four holding a curious heart.
And the result was 3:6.
The numbers represent the number of Pokémon defeated by one's own side.
Will defeated two, Garchomp defeated one, the other four little partners were purely working boys.
Cynthia also realized in this challenge that there was still a not small gap between herself and Elite Four-level players, needing to continue training.
After the Sinnoh League tournament ended.
Cynthia didn't go home either, but took Will to continue searching everywhere for those ancient mysterious historical legends on the land of Sinnoh.
Time unconsciously came to League Year 188.
This year Cynthia is 16 years old.
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