Lorelei.
A woman who had left an indelible mark on Heiduo's five-year career as a trainer after he crossed into this world.
It had nothing to do with romance. At first, Lorelei's significance to Heiduo was more like a reason to keep moving forward.
When Heiduo had first crossed over, he had been used to slacking off at work and living lazily. Even after arriving in another world, he had not possessed much fighting spirit. All he wanted was to stay as far away from the dangerous organization known as Team Rocket as possible, then find a place to slowly train Pokémon.
And muddle through life until he died.
Unfortunately, ideals were plump while reality was skinny.
For no apparent reason, the Team Rocket Base had been discovered.
For no apparent reason, he had nearly become cannon fodder.
For no apparent reason, several pretty girls around him had turned against him.
For no apparent reason, he had ended up with one foot in prison, about to pick up soap with someone else.
And the person who had dragged him out of the mire, pointed at his forehead, and chewed him out so fiercely she had nearly started swearing at him, had been Lorelei.
After that, winning the tournament championship within three years and going to the Champion League to challenge Lorelei had become Heiduo's only chance of escaping a twenty-year prison sentence.
Honestly, when Heiduo had heard that, he had been stunned. For a moment, he had wanted to spit in Lorelei's face and play the unyielding tough guy. Prison was prison—seven years later, he would still be a fine man!
But after thinking it over, Heiduo had given up. Only an idiot would sacrifice freedom and a clean record just for the satisfaction of mouthing off.
Besides, Lorelei's attitude