A construction crew worked inside the drained channel, bringing along all kinds of Fighting-type Pokémon to smash apart the concrete blocks within before digging out the soil to widen it.
On the bank, a blue-haired Gardevoir used her Psychic Power to move the concrete blocks onto trucks, while flinging the dirt into open areas.
But that wasn't the important part.
The important part was...
"Gardevoir?"
The first person to arrive rubbed his eyes, thinking he had seen wrong.
When he opened them again, his face was utterly stunned.
Someone said incredulously, "A Shiny Gardevoir? Isn't that the hottest topic lately? Why is she hauling bricks here? No way, is construction this competitive now? They're using a Gardevoir instead of Fighting-type Pokémon?"
"Waaah... I might as well go haul bricks too. At least then I could catch a Shiny Gardevoir..."
As more and more onlookers gathered and the misunderstanding grew worse, with quite a few people even taking out their phones to record, Hu Ba straightened up and explained:
"Everyone, don't get the wrong idea. This Gardevoir doesn't belong to our construction company. She's Little Brother Lin's Pokémon from the Neighbor Breeder House..."
Blue and Red, Ash and Gary
August 1st.
Kanto region.
It had been a long time since his battle with Red. After stepping down from the Champion position, Blue had become rather laid-back.
He wandered around here and there. Whenever he encountered a Pokémon he liked or found interesting, he would stop to train it for a while. Whether it was willing to stay by his side or not, Blue did not really care. It was merely a hobby born from personal interest.
After all, his goal was to complete the entire Pokémon Index.
And today, he had returned to where his dream began—Pallet Town.
At Professor Oak's