Upon looking up and seeing Roy's slightly surprised gaze, the girl, with a strong heart, recalled how rash her actions had been and quickly apologized to Roy:
"I'm sorry! I touched your Pokémon without your permission. I just thought it was so cute that I couldn't resist touching it."
Looking at Whitney in front of me, she doesn't seem like the pink demon from the game. Moreover, even when she was apologizing, her eyes were still on Little Absol, showing that she really likes Little Absol.
With the intention of scaring Whitney, Roy said:
"Has no one told you that Absol is Calamity Beast?"
"No way! The teacher said that Absol isn't Pokémon that brings disaster. It issued a warning to alert humans to potential dangers, but it was misunderstood as bringing disaster."
Do Trainer Schools still teach these things?
Seeing that Whitney truly understood Little Absol, Roy lowered his arm so that Whitney could touch Little Absol's head.
"Really? Then I won't stand on ceremony."
After receiving permission, Whitney reached out to touch him, but at first, Little Absol Knob from side to side, unwilling to let Whitney touch him.
Whitney thought of something and took out a bottle of Moomoo Milk in a glass bottle from her Spatial Bracelet and placed it in front of Little Absol.
Little Absol remained unmoved; it was just Moomoo Milk, wasn't it?
He drinks every day, so this is completely Captivate to him.
But when Whitney pulled the cork out of the Moomoo Milk bottle, a rich aroma unlike that of ordinary Moomoo Milk entered Little Absol's nose.
Little Absol clearly felt that this was much more fragrant than the Moomoo Milk he had drunk before, and his eyes widened so much that they were practically glued to the glass bottle.
"Okay, I'm not teasing you anymore."
Whitney handed Moomoo Milk Little Absol, but instead of picking it up and drinking it, the little boy looked at Roy with Covet.
Roy naturally understood what Little Absol meant. He took the Moo Moomoo Milk and poured a stream of Ghostly Purple energy into it.
Little Absol, holding Roy and infusing him with the Moomoo Milk infused with the Ghost Power, also drank it in large gulps.
He didn't even care when Whitney reached out to touch him.
"This isn't your ordinary Moomoo Milk; it's a newly developed product from our ranch, richer in nutrients and with a more intense flavor."
After petting Little Absol, Whitney realized that she hadn't introduced herself to Roy yet.
"Hello, my name is Whitney, and I'm a member of the advanced class at the Goldenrod City Trainer School."
"My name is Roy, Pokémon Trainer from the Hoenn."
"Hoenn?"
Upon hearing that Roy came from another region, Xiaoxi became even more excited and asked Roy what the differences were between the Fengyuan region and their Johto region.
Roy was thinking that Whitney was only a student in the advanced class of the Trainer School.
"So Goldenrod Gym is like this now..."
"Goldenrod Gym? My grandfather is the gym leader of Goldenrod Gym."
It was only after asking Roy that she learned that the current Gym Leader of Goldenrod City was not Whitney, but her grandfather. Whitney was still attending the Pokémon Trainer School in Goldenrod City.
"Whitney, is your grandpa at the Gym right now? I want to challenge the highest difficulty Goldenrod Gym."
Highest difficulty?
Isn't that just challenging her grandfather?
When Akane learned that Roy was going to challenge her family's Goldenrod Gym, Whitney found it unbelievable.
Although Roy was tall, he looked to be about the same age as her. Had his strength already reached the point where he could fight her grandfather?
"Are you sure you want to challenge my grandfather? He's very strong."
To be honest, Roy is least worried about challenging Normal type Gyms.
"Yes, I came to Goldenrod City specifically to challenge the Gym."
Seeing that Roy didn't seem to be lying, Whitney patted her chest and immediately offered to lead Roy to her family's Gym.
"You?"
Roy expressed doubts about Whitney's ability to lead the way.
But thinking that the Goldenrod City Gym belongs to Akane's family, she couldn't possibly get lost here, could she?
It turns out Roy was overthinking things.
Whitney's strange tales of getting lost weren't just for show.
For the next half hour, Whitney led Roy on a wild tour of the streets and alleys, sometimes taking Roy from the food street to Goldenrod Plaza, and sometimes from the pedestrian overpass to Goldenrod City's largest shopping mall.
After taking Roy for a walk around the city center, they looked around at the familiar surroundings and realized they were back at Goldenrod Plaza.
Whitney realized that she was lost again.
However, she wasn't worried. After giving Roy an apologetic look, Whitney took out her Communicator and called the Holographic Communication at the top of the list.
"Cabbage, I'm lost again. I'm at Goldenrod Plaza now."
Roy only heard a "Miru!" from the other end of the Communicator.
After hanging up the Communicator, Whitney stuck out her tongue somewhat awkwardly and said to Roy:
"Don't worry, someone will come to pick us up soon. I'm so sorry..."
About ten minutes later, just as Whitney and Little Absol were having fun, a Miltank holding a Communicator appeared in Roy's line of sight.
System Scan
Pokémon Miltank
Level: 46
Sex: Female
Ability: Thick Fat (Because it is protected by a thick layer of fat, it takes half the damage of Fire type and Ice type moves.)
Skills: Tackle, Growl, Defense Curl, Milk Drink, Bide, Rollout, Body Slam, Zen Headbutt, Captivate, Gyro Ball, Heal Bell
Items to bring: Leftovers
Egg Move: Hammer Arm, Help, Seismic Toss, Double-Edge
Individual Values: 22
Technical Machine /Skill tutorials: Surf, Earthquake, Substitute, Protect, Brick Break, Giga Impact, Bulldoze
Don't be fooled by this harmless Miltank in front of you, even though her total base stats are only 490.
However, her Speed stat has reached 100, surpassing the Legendary Pokémon Rayquaza, the pseudo-legendary Mega Garchomp (I absolutely do not mean to insult Garchomp)... and many other powerful Pokémon.
With 105 physical defense, the extra stamina from Milk Drink, and the ability to learn "Help," it's a pretty good support character overall.
"Miru!"
Upon hearing the sound of the Miltank, Whitney immediately got up and excitedly ran towards her Miltank.
"Cabbage, I knew you'd come looking for me!"
So, Cabbage is actually the name of the Miltank...
The Miltank, named Cabbage, stood with its hands on its hips, looking at its Pokémon Trainer with a helpless expression.
"Miru!"
After learning what Whitney had just done, Miltank quickly pulled Whitney aside and apologized to Roy.
"It's... it's okay."
Looking at it this way, it seems like Miltank is the real Pokémon Trainer.