"A special Steelix? I think it was in the Orange Islands in the Kanto Region? The Gym Leader said he encountered it while resting on Tangelo Island, on his way to challenge a few gyms in the Orange Islands when he was young."
"Ye Lan, don't tell me you're interested in that Pokémon? According to the Gym Leader, that Steelix was already at the Elite Four level back then. Going there now would be extremely dangerous."
"Lea... leaf?!" Leafeon froze, then gave a heartfelt thumbs-up.
At first, Leafeon had thought the Jingwu Gym Leader was some tragic protagonist from a novel—a gifted young man whose strength as a Trainer had plummeted, never to improve again. Who would have guessed he was actually such a badass? His Blaziken, which had only been at the advanced level back then, had actually survived being hunted by an Elite Four-level Steelix?
Suddenly, it felt as though the Green Sprout Gym really was about to gain a rival. With all the experience Blaziken had accumulated over the years, once those shackles were broken, it would probably catch up quickly and might even break through to the Junior Elite Four level. Who knew whether Breloom could really keep defending their Official Gym Leader Title?
In other words, its Trainer had rescued a "god"? This was just ridiculous!
"Don't worry. I'm not about to put myself in danger. I'm just curious and marking down a location, that's all." Once the medicinal broth had faded to its palest shade, and after chatting with Wang Hu for a while, Ye Lan received a signal from the old practitioner nearby. He recalled Rillaboom into its Poké Ball, then turned, waved, and headed out of the gym.
Please. The one facing that Steelix wouldn't be him, a delicate Grass-type Trainer, but