One year later
Rustboro City Dome Arena
Intermediate Division
"Primeape! Take him down!"
"Primeape, the best!!!"
Countless spectators were cheering loudly for the Primeape in the center of the battlefield.
Some of the new audience members didn't understand; most of them had come because of the young man on stage.
But familiar, long-time viewers had already raised up signs for Litwick and signs with Roy's name on them.
"Primeape, we can't let those who cheered us on down today! Use Close Combat to finish him off!"
On the command platform, a boy about 1.8 meters tall still had an American-style buzz cut and a faint smile on his lips.
"Extremely popular!"
The muscles in Primeape's arms tensed, and in an instant, it rushed in front of the Scizor with its pair of huge red pincers.
The fist, Stockpile size of a sandbag, slammed into the Scizor's arm as it was blocking with a cross.
The immense force blasted the already half-crippled Scizor off the fence outside the arena, and it couldn't be pried off.
"Extremely popular!"
After defeating Scizor, Primeape began showing off the Sturdy muscles in its arms.
Compared to a year ago, Primeape is much more confident now.
"Scizor is unable to battle, the winner is... Primeape!!!"
"What a fantastic battle!"
Let's give an even louder congratulations to Roy on achieving his 99th consecutive win in the Intermediate Arena!
He had already achieved a 100-game winning streak in the Beginner Division in the first half of the year!
Whether he can continue the legend remains to be seen!
On the aircraft, the host's voice was loud, and the image of a boy appeared Synchronize on the large screen behind him.
The young man remained calm and composed, bowing respectfully to the audience like a gentleman before leaving the stage.
"Roy! Roy!"
"Roy! I want to have your babies!!!"
If not told otherwise, newcomers might think Roy is a polite Fighting type Pokémon Trainer.
But many of the longtime audience members already recognized Roy.
Don't be fooled by Roy's behavior when he brings out his Primeape; Pokémon completely differently when his opponent brings out other Ghost type Pokémon.
Especially against Misdreavus that can conjure Shadow Ball about 5 meters in diameter, a single Shadow Ball can be much larger than any of the opponent's Pokémon on the field.
Dreepy is so fast that many Pokémon can't even find it during battles.
The Dusclops, heavier Aggron, was also the beginning of Roy's fame.
And the Lampent, whose every appearance raises the entire battlefield by two degrees.
Roy was also the first person to achieve a 100-win streak in the Beginner Division of the Dome Arena in Rustboro City.
Now, they've achieved a 99-game winning streak in the intermediate-level arena.
In other words...
Tomorrow's match is absolutely not to be missed.
Whether he becomes a god or is slain by the opposing Pokémon Trainer, we'll see in tomorrow's final battle.
After an afternoon of battles, Roy took Primeape back to the preparation room in the backfield.
If we can secure another victory tomorrow, we can complete the task Agatha left us.
He can finally get a good day off.
A year!
Who knows what kind of hardship he has endured this past year?
For the past year, Roy has followed Agatha's routine almost every day: being chased by Arbok in the morning, arriving at the Arena on time in the afternoon, and making Pokéblock in the evening.
Roy could only get some rest in the afternoons at Steven.
A lot has changed in a year. Primeape has now reached level 48 and, with Roy's help, can now unleash 18 Rage Fist, just two away from Rage Fist.
But the difference between these two Rage Fist was like an insurmountable chasm.
No matter how hard Roy and Primeape tried, they both stopped and deflected the force of their Rage Fist just as it was about to be unleashed.
In addition, Dreepy reached level 49, Misdreavus reached level 49, Dusclops reached level 46.
Candlelight... no!
It should now be called Lampent; a Pokémon resembling a street lamp from the last century has appeared on Roy's shoulder.
Litwick's evolved form
Lampent.
My current level is 47.
Logically, Lampent should be able to evolve into Chandelure at level 41 using Dusk Stone, but Roy clearly didn't let Lampent evolve directly.
This was also Agatha's suggestion.
While Lampent's evolution would greatly increase Roy's strength, it would also ruin Lampent's future.
With the talent of the Lampent, reaching the intermediate Elite Four level is the limit; to further improve his talent, he needs to rely on external forces.
For example, the perfect quality Dusk Stone she gave Roy before.
However, given the current level of the Lampent, it is not yet able to fully absorb the energy from a perfect-quality Dusk Stone.
Agatha's suggestion was not to let Roy's Lampent evolve before reaching the early Elite Four level, but rather to let Lampent accumulate its internal energy.
Once the Lampent reaches the beginner-level Elite Four rank, it can fully absorb the energy from the perfect-quality Dusk Stone.
It's the same principle as the Kakuna accumulating energy before evolving into Beedrill.
"Lamp!"
The Lampent used two iron tentacles to straighten the now-invisible Dreepy on Roy's head.
Back in the preparation room, Roy found Erika already waiting for him, wearing a crystal bracelet made of Erika Mystery Crystal.
It was made from Mystery Crystal that Roy had previously collected from the Meteor Cave.
"Roy, tomorrow will be your 100th performance! You have to do your best! Don't let us, your Litwick fan club, down!"
Erika was accompanied by two Misdreavus, one belonging to Roy and the other to Erika.
When Roy returned, both Misdreavus circled around Roy.
Roy casually patted the heads of the two Misdreavus and nodded to Erika.
Under Roy's influence, Erika also captured a Misdreavus, although Erika did not possess the Ghost Power.
However, as Roy's biggest fan, video editor, and financial backer, Roy would provide Erika with Ghost-type Pokéblock he made every month.
Roy skillfully walked into Devon Tower after leaving the Arena.
Shelly and Tabitha are still at the Devon Tower. The two of them have unexpectedly become quite familiar with Roy. Upon seeing Roy, the two immediately surrounded him and tried to sell Roy the Berry they had just received.
Ever since Roy got Agatha's black card, he has been Devon Tower every day to buy large amounts of materials and Berry to make Pokéblock.
Therefore, Roy is now seen as a major financial backer by Shelly and Tabitha.
Shelly is now the manager of the Pokémon Pokéblock area.
Tabitha is slightly worse, mainly because every time Shelly sees Roy, he gives him a warm hug and a face wash.
Tabitha tried to Mimic, but Roy kicked him away.
It seems the two of them won't be leaving Devon Tower anytime soon.