However, the prank of the Ancient Gengar relaxed the originally tense atmosphere in the treatment room.
Seeing Reiji's evasive gaze, still unable to look him in the eye, Roy broke the silence first.
"I don't think you're Pokémon Trainer from the Kanto Region, are you?"
"No... no, I come from Sinnoh."
"If you want to fight next time, you can just tell me. There was no need for that whole thing; it was pretty pointless."
"Um."
Seeing that Roy had taken the initiative to talk to him and seemed not to mind his earlier Taunt, Reiji finally relaxed.
Roy then asked Reiji a few more questions.
He started by asking the questions, Reiji answered.
But after a while, Reiji seemed to open up, saying that he was not Pokémon Trainer from the Kanto Region, but that his hometown Veilstone City in the Sinnoh Region, and he started talking more.
Roy felt that the child probably hadn't had a proper conversation with anyone in a long time, which explained why he chose to use an old-fashioned plot from hundreds of years ago to Taunt him as soon as he came on stage.
Reiji mentioned that he has a younger brother who, influenced by him, aspires to become a Pokémon Trainer like him.
After saying that, Reiji took out the Pokédex for the Sinnoh Region from his Pokédex.
Unlike the Pokédex in the Kanto Region, the Pokédex in the Sinnoh Region has an additional round, black camera on the side, used to photograph Pokémon.
Professor Oak had asked him if he wanted one before, but Roy's built-in Appraisal Eye was much more useful than the Pokédex, so he declined.
Reiji opened the Pokédex, inside Pokédex was a photo of Reiji and a boy.
Roy glanced at the photo briefly; the boy in the photo was Shinji. However, Shinji at this time did not give off the cold and aloof feeling that he did in the anime.
In the photo, Shinji is pressed against Reiji's thigh, making a peace sign with his hand and a happy smile on his face. In the future, this might still be considered one of Shinji's embarrassing moments.
"Is this your younger brother?"
"Yes, his name is Shinji."
Looking at the photo in his hand, Reiji said that it was taken when he was traveling. At that time, Shinji was clinging tightly to his leg and didn't want him to leave. It was only after his parents carried Shinji back into the house that he was able to get away.
His younger brother, Shinji, also loves Pokémon and dreams of becoming a Pokémon Trainer like him.
Therefore, he needs to be a role model for his younger brother.
Reiji noticed that Roy was listening to him intently; he was a typical traveling Pokémon Trainer.
I enjoy traveling and seeing the beautiful scenery of different regions, battling various Pokémon Trainer and Gym Leader to gain their approval.
However, due to his personality, he did not make any Pokémon Journeys companions along the way and has always been traveling alone.
His goal for this trip is to obtain a total of eight highest-difficulty Gym Badge from Johto and the Kanto Region, and then challenge Elder Brandon in the Battle Frontier.
It is said that the opponent has three powerful Legendary Titans, whose strength surpasses that of the Elite Four, but due to their own reasons, they do not want to become the champion.
After listening to Reiji's words, Roy summarized that, unlike in the anime, Reiji is already 16 years old this year, and his journey began in Sinnoh, not in the Kanto Region.
According to Reiji, Shinji is currently only 7 to 8 years old, about the same age as Ash.
And indeed, the other party was going to challenge the Brandon. However, Reiji himself knew that it was unrealistic for him to challenge the Brandon with his current strength, so he planned to travel and train in the Johto for a while before making the challenge.
Roy said that if Reiji went to challenge the Brandon, he should let him know in advance so he could go watch the battle and maybe even see Shinji in person.
After the machine finished treating them and turned on its green light, Nurse Joy handed the Poké Ball to Reiji and Roy.
Nurse Joy looked on with a puzzled expression as she watched her Chansey chasing after the Ancient Gengar.
Just as I was about to dissuade Chansey from going against the grain and attacking the contestant's Pokémon, Roy spoke up from the side:
"He deserved to be beaten; just ignore him."
Seeing that his Pokémon had all been healed, Reiji decided to leave the Arena and head to the Pokémon Center in Saffron City, where he planned to stay for two nights before taking the Maglev train to the Johto the day after tomorrow.
Watching Reiji leave alone, Roy stood up and put his arm around Reiji's shoulder.
"Would you like to meet Elite Four Bruno? He's right here at our training ground."
Upon hearing that Bruno, the Fighting type Elite Four of the Elite Four, was training at Roy's dojo, Reiji immediately became interested.
Anyway, his train ticket doesn't start until the day after tomorrow to the Johto, so it doesn't matter if he spends a day with Roy and experiences the training of Fighting type arts apprentice.
Moreover, Roy was the first person in a long time to take the initiative to talk to him, and at this moment, Reiji subconsciously regarded Roy as his friend.
"Um."
Roy called out "Ancient Gengar!" Ancient Gengar then burrowed into Roy's shadow. Once inside the shadow's space, it saw Marshadow laughing at it.
The key issue is that he can't defeat Marshadow, so he can only swallow his anger. He'll definitely teach Marshadow a lesson once Giratina returns his power.
After leaving the Arena Roy rode on the back of Dragapult, while Reiji rode on the back of the Staraptor, which had just been healed.
Because the Stone Edge only hit the edge of the Staraptor's wing, after treatment, daily flight is no longer a problem.
Looking at the Staraptor fixing its hair beneath Rai, Roy remembered that Staraptor seemed to have a Mega Evolution form in.
It changed from a Normal/Flying type to Fighting type / Flying type, and is also the second starting bird in Pokémon history to have Mega Evolution.
Seeing that both of them had flying mounts, Roy made a suggestion.
"Want to have a speed contest? The loser will treat everyone to dinner tomorrow."
Reiji looked at Roy, who had extended the racing invitation. This boy, who was half a head taller than him, was the first friend he had made on his journey.
Reiji immediately became interested when the topic of the competition came up and readily agreed.
Staraptor has a base Speed stat of 100, which isn't slow Pokémon, but its opponent is Dragapult.
Upon hearing that someone wanted to race him, Dragapult instantly became interested. His translucent tail swayed, and his streamlined body seemed to be born for racing.
Reiji Staraptor was also prepared. He had already lost the battle earlier, and now that it was a speed contest, he couldn't afford to lose again.
Staraptor tossed his stylish hair.
"Please, Nurse Joy, Chansey."
As the temporary referee, Nurse Joy and Chansey nodded and called out:
"Ready, 3, 2, 1... Go!!!"
As soon as Nurse Joy shouted "1", the Staraptor eagerly flapped its Wing Attack, ready to perform a daring, elusive act.
But the moment Nurse Joy shouted "Start," Staraptor felt a powerful gust of wind on the side of his body that was leaning against Dragapult, which messed up his handsome hairstyle.
Meanwhile, Dragapult flew past him like a cannonball and disappeared in an instant.
Where are they?
Where did they go?
Seeing that Dragapult, who was beside him just a second ago, had vanished in the next, Staraptor, disregarding the need to fix his hair, hurriedly led Reiji in pursuit of Roy.
But he could no longer see Dragapult, so he could only flap his wings and chase after it.