Chapter 446: Target Kalos, Star Tournament
"Lucario~ time to get up~ we're going to miss the flight."
The gentle voice of Blonde-kun sounded beside Will's ear.
Clearly, it should be an anxious urging.
But it didn't sound anxious at all.
Three years ago, Blonde-kun would have already jumped on him and pulled his tail.
Thinking of this.
The next moment.
Will felt a smooth little hand gently stroking his cheek.
"Still not getting up~"
Blonde-kun's gentle whisper already had a bit of her mother's charm; just listening to it was a kind of enjoyment.
No.
Should she be called Big Blonde now?
Will opened his eyes groggily, looking at the big girl whose long hair already reached her chest, he couldn't help but purse his lips proudly.
Three years passed; compared to Cynthia at the end of League Year 184, the changes in today's Blonde-kun cannot be said to be small.
First is personality, there have been quite a few changes.
Maybe influenced by Kaoru and Wolf Mom.
Cynthia became much gentler, from words to deeds, in all aspects.
But while gentle, she didn't lose the vitality belonging to a young girl, just that there were two more parts of subtlety outside this vitality.
Second is the change in appearance.
Cynthia's net height is already a full 178 cm; wearing flat shoes she's over 1.8 meters.
If she learns to wear high heels in the future, her height is destined to exceed many people.
Furthermore, it's Cynthia's chest; this is also the reason Will feels proud.
He considered that Cynthia in the anime was somewhat flat; in order not to starve her future children, he hurriedly intervened in Blonde-kun's growth, often preparing special food and drinks for her.
Heaven rewards the diligent.
Today can be considered to have small results.
Although not comparable to Liz, she can already compare with Lorelei.
And Cynthia is only 16 years old now; maybe she can still grow a bit more.
Finally.
The aspect of dressing and makeup.
Will also intervened in this.
The dressing style of Cynthia in the original work is truly regrettable.
Always that black cloak, black suit, and black high heels; hairstyle also casually draped behind, and no makeup seen on her face.
Being simple like this actually doesn't matter.
It's just too wasteful of youth and supreme beauty.
Will couldn't tolerate it.
Therefore.
Under the circumstance that Cynthia couldn't learn it herself and was too lazy to learn.
Will took up the job of matching clothes and doing makeup for her every day.
Matching clothes is actually okay.
After all, he had two female trainers, Liz and Lorelei, before.
Besides, his aesthetics as a human male are also there; as long as the outfit makes him feel pretty, it's a good match.
But makeup is really troublesome.
Will had a hard time when he first started learning.
Even now.
He generally wouldn't put makeup on Cynthia.
Especially during daily travel; only when she needs to dress up for some occasions, he would spend more time doing her makeup.
"Aww~"
Will yawned and sat up, sweeping a glance at Cynthia.
The other party was still wearing pajamas.
But looking spirited.
Should have finished washing up.
He flipped out of bed and went to the wardrobe, casually picking out a white suspender T-shirt and a light blue oversized plain shirt, then threw a pair of denim shorts to Cynthia; afterwards, he pulled out a pair of high-top white canvas shoes from the shoe cabinet.
After choosing the clothes.
Will turned and walked out of the bedroom to wash up.
When he came out of the bathroom, Cynthia had already changed her clothes.
"Let's set off?"
"Mm."
The two hurriedly rode Garchomp rushing to Sunyshore City.
Then barely caught the flight.
Target.
The Kalos region.
At the end of last year, after the Sinnoh League tournament ended.
Cynthia received an invitation from the Pokémon League—the [Star Trainer Tournament] invitation.
Simply put.
It's a battle tournament organized by the Pokémon League.
Trainers cannot actively participate; only invited people have the qualification to decide whether to participate.
The invitees are all wandering trainers with a certain reputation in various regions.
At that time, the Pokémon League of each region will also send one Elite Four member to participate in the competition.
The location of the Star Trainer Tournament is in the Kalos region.
This exactly played into Cynthia's hands.
Before, when she was exploring everywhere in the Sinnoh region, she learned a piece of history in Snowpoint City:
A long, long time ago, many regions in the world were actually connected together, forming a huge continent; only later were they dragged apart by the "Titans' King" Regigigas.
Cynthia wants to verify the authenticity of this matter.
So she originally planned to run to a farther place this year, preferably a place she had never been to.
The Kalos region.
Exactly meets these two conditions.
On the plane.
Will and Cynthia were chatting.
"Heard the Alola region is very lively this year; many trainers went there."
Cynthia looked at the Kalos travel guide in her hand, saying casually.
"That's of course; after all, in the previous Sinnoh League tournament, we let everyone know that Alola also has power like Z-Moves existing."
Will didn't feel surprised.
He is sure.
The premature appearance of Z-Moves.
Will absolutely make the Alola region famous overnight.
Now the year has just started.
These past trainers are just the small part.
The League members, scholars, and professors from various regions going there to study later, those are the big part.
Whether the Alola region can grasp this opportunity will relate to whether the Pokémon League over there can be established quickly.
As long as grasped well.
Then before Ash goes to Alola, the Alola League can be established.
The first Champion of the Alola League might also have no fate with Ash.
"Wonder if the Kalos region will have similar power."
Hearing Cynthia's words, Will tilted his head looking at the leisurely white clouds outside the window.
The Kalos region of course has such power.
Mega Evolution.
Both powerful and cool; the lifelong pursuit of countless players.
If ranking the popularity of Mega, Z, Dynamax, and Terastal, Mega is undisputed number one.
But in this era now.
Wanting to find the Mega Stone and Key Stone accurately corresponding to Lucario is probably not easy.
Will feels.
They probably won't be able to find the corresponding Mega Stone and Key Stone before participating in the Star Tournament.
In their casual chat.
The plane gradually landed.
"Lucario, look, the Kalos region looks like a five-pointed star."
Cynthia leaned by the window, gently shaking Will's arm.
"Mm."
Will nodded gently.
"Looks so beautiful from the sky, and the terrain of the Kalos region is really rich and colorful; looks like our journey this time will be very colorful."
"Yes, this is a very beautiful region."
Will sighed with emotion.
Scyther is sleeping in the Kalos region of another world.
Speaking of which, this Kalos region is really disaster-ridden.
Getting stuck with a crazy guy like AZ is one thing.
AZ's descendant Lysandre is also a worry-causing one.
Anyway, the successive two great tribulations of this Kalos region were both caused by these two ancestors and descendants.
The landing city of the plane is the center of the Kalos region—Lumiose City.
There really is no choice for this landing location.
After all, the Kalos region only has an airport in Lumiose City.
And Lumiose City is not only special in the Kalos region, in the entire Pokémon world it is the number one big city in population.
Let's put it this way.
The second most populated city in the Kalos region is Cyllage City.
But.
The population of Lumiose City is ten times that of Cyllage City!
The gap is just so big.
The population gap is like this, let alone the gap in development.
So generally speaking, even if people from other regions come to Kalos, they basically all land in Lumiose City.
Getting off the plane, Cynthia held Will's arm walking on the street.
Her gaze looked at the compact city layout of Lumiose City and the coming and going stream of people, couldn't help sighing:
"There are so many people in Lumiose City."
Occasionally a few people on the road would cast their eyes on Cynthia, then whisper to their friends beside them.
This wouldn't have happened a few years ago.
A few years ago passersby would only put their eyes on him, this relatively large rare Pokémon.
But now the situation is different after all.
Cynthia is no longer that unknown rookie trainer.
She participated in four regional tournaments.
Two championships, one runner-up.
There was another time in the year she just came out to travel at 10 years old; the League format hadn't been reformed yet, hidden dragons and crouching tigers among the regional adults,
Cynthia didn't even make it into the knockout stage.
Tournaments like regional tournaments are broadcast live globally.
Even in the Kalos region, far from Sinnoh, there must be many people who have seen the regional tournaments Cynthia participated in.
So recognizing Cynthia is also a normal thing.
Of course.
There are also some people looking at Blonde-kun with the eyes of looking at a beauty.
Cynthia is no longer the little girl still carrying childishness back then, but a youthful and beautiful young girl; indeed easy to attract the favor of some young boys.
"What's the plan? Going to challenge the Kalos League tournament by the way? Or..."
"No, if challenging the tournament then have to plan the action route; I want to explore freely here. Let's go to Camberi Town (Camphrier Town) in the southwest first."
Cynthia shook her head, holding Will heading towards the outskirts of the city.
It's currently spring; the weather is refreshing and suitable.
The people coming to travel to Lumiose City are numerous, simply can be called a sea of people, making Cynthia lose the fun of exploring here.
She decided to come back to Lumiose City later; go to other places first now.
Lumiose City has trains leading to Cyllage City.
But Cynthia, who just arrived, decided to go on foot, properly appreciating the charm of wild Pokémon in the Kalos region.
"Camphrier Town..."
Will muttered, a look of nostalgia appearing in his eyes.
During the third life.
He and Meowscarada came once.
Met the ghost boy Nia from Nimbasa City here, and the Cofagrigus who escorted him to the Spirit World to reincarnate all the way.
Later in Will's fourth life, Cofagrigus even recognized him and protected him all the time.
'Don't know how Cofagrigus and Yui are in the Spirit World; probably no one will cause them trouble.'
Will considered in his heart.
Suddenly he frowned.
'The Nia and Cofagrigus of this world wouldn't still be here, right?'
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