Kuniko took Roy's handwritten letter. As a Kanto of Kanto, she naturally knew the name of the Elite Four Bruno, but she did not expect that Roy was actually the Elite Four Bruno's disciple.
No wonder the opponent could catch Beedrill's Twineedle with his bare hands and defeat the gang leader with one punch.
Thinking about it that way, it suddenly makes perfect sense.
"Thank you... Roy."
Kuniko's timid voice reminded Roy of when he Mt. Pyre elderly couple at Mt. Pyre and when he first met Phoebe.
At that time, Phoebe spoke to him timidly, and every time she called his name, she would add "brother" after it.
Unlike now, people always call each other by their first names, or simply "Roy the Big Dumb."
However, Roy still preferred that Phoebe be more lively, rather than being melancholic and neurotic like in the games and anime.
You're welcome. I hope to see you at the Indigo Plateau Conference in a few years.
"Yes! Bellsprout and I will definitely participate!"
Kuniko looked excitedly at Bellsprout beside her.
Bellsprout was still unaware of what had happened. Kuniko squatted down, looked at Bellsprout's blank expression, and said:
"Bellsprout, we can go to the Fighting Dojo and train with Elite Four Bruno now."
"Bana?"
"Yes! It's that guy you often see on TV who can defeat Pokémon. You can train with those Fighting type Pokémon, and then we'll go to the Indigo Plateau Conference."
"Bana!!"
But...
After the initial excitement, Bellsprout felt a pang of anxiety. Could she, in her current state, truly bring Kuniko victory if Kuniko were to participate in the Indigo Plateau Conference?
But if I were to evolve, wouldn't I have to give up my Fighting type dream again?
"Abandoned!"
The Annihilape looked down at the Bellsprout and sensed its initial excitement, which quickly turned into disappointment.
"Bana..."
Hearing Bellsprout's troubles, the Annihilape didn't know how to comfort Bellsprout, but he knew Roy was best at it, so he told Roy about Bellsprout's worries.
The psychological counselor "Roy" has officially launched.
"Bellsprout, you have a great Pokémon Trainer."
Roy gently poked the Bellsprout's branch, indicating that her current worries and anxieties were meaningless.
Because Bellsprout has met a good Pokémon Trainer, she respects the Pokémon's own choices and won't force her Pokémon to do things it doesn't want to do.
Therefore, as long as Bellsprout is trained properly, it will be a way of repaying Kuniko.
"Bana!"
Roy's psychological counseling made Bellsprout nod heavily, stretching out the green leaves on both sides of her body, indicating that she would definitely train hard every day as required by the Annihilape, and would also go to Bruno's dojo to train with Bruno and the others.
The two said goodbye at the entrance of the Pokémon Center.
As Kuniko headed towards the outskirts of Violet City, Roy followed the navigation to the Violet City Gym.
On his way to the Violet Gym, Roy searched for Violet Gym Challenge forums on IQ.
Although there was no specific video, Roy learned that the current Gym Leader of Violet City was Falkner's father, Su Tian.
Su Tian only appeared in Pokémon Adventures of the anime. His personality is similar to that of Brock's father, Flint.
He loved to travel and never stayed in one place for long. In order to travel, he passed on his position as the Gym Leader to his son Falkner.
It's practically a carbon copy of Flint.
The opponent has several Trump Card Pokémon, such as Skarmory Pidgeot, which are Flying type Pokémon and are mostly at the Intermediate King level.
However, unlike the rules of a regular Gym Challenge, the highest difficulty level of the Violet City Gym challenge is Speed Challenge, where the winner is determined by the speed of the Pokémon.
Racing?
Roy was still thinking about how the racing competition worked, but his legs followed the navigation on his communicator to the entrance of the Violet City Gym.
When Roy realized he had arrived, he saw a cool-looking boy with blue hair and a blade of grass in his mouth standing at the Gym entrance.
Roy recognized him as Falkner, the future Gym Leader of Violet City.
The other person's father is Hayate, the current Gym Leader of Kikyo City.
Roy, pretending not to recognize him, arrived at the Gym entrance, found Falkner, and said:
"Hello, I'd like to challenge the Gym."
After saying that, Roy handed his ID to the other person and waited for Falkner to check his ID Card.
Falkner and Clair share the same identity; both are acting Gym Leaders.
Falkner spat out the grass root in his mouth, glanced at Roy, and then took Roy's ID Card.
The black and Golden ID Card looked very high-end, but Falkner knew what ID Card meant.
Falkner looked up at Roy, thinking to himself that he had finally met a formidable opponent today.
Similar to the challenge rules of the Blackrock City Gym, if you want to challenge the Gym Leader, you need to defeat the Acting Gym Leader first.
Falkner wasn't looking at Roy; he turned around and said:
"Come in with me."
Roy followed Asahi into the gym. The Kikyo City Gym was very tall. Normal gyms are only about 5-6 meters high, but the Kikyo City Gym was about 10 meters high.
Just like the Gym's type, the Gym apprentices here also use Flying type Pokémon, and they are currently training in the Gym.
Upon arriving at the innermost Arena of the Gym, Falkner stopped and gestured to Roy that he could freely choose the command seat.
Seeing that Falkner was about to battle Roy, the Gym's referee also rode a Staraptor into the air above the Arena.
Falkner took out a Poké Ball and threw Poké Ball forcefully into the air.
A flash of red light appeared, and a Skarmory appeared in the Arena. Its body was covered in silver-gray armor that looked like wrought iron, the metal shell had a cold, matte sheen, layers of armor plates were neatly arranged along its neck and torso, its head had sharp edges, and its helmet-like armor extended forward.