"Uh, thank you all for coming. I, the Island King of Poni Island, have been feeling unwell for some time. I hereby announce my official retirement."
In front of the hundred-inch television,
Baimu raised the remote, gave the old man on-screen one last look, and switched back to Mawile's favorite morning drama.
"I'm done watching. Come on over!"
"Chi-do!"
Mawile hurried over with a fruit milkshake in hand and took possession of the television she had recently fallen in love with.
Several months had passed.
The large villa on Platinum Silver Mountain had taken shape. All that remained were the exterior and interior finishes.
For efficiency's sake, Baimu had only painted the outside and finished the bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchen, and a small part of the living room.
The first few were necessities for daily life. The living room was a necessity for Mawile's daily life.
Otherwise, the enormous television she had ordered online last week and the big sofa she had bought at the mall would have had to go in a bedroom!
Even though the bedrooms were spacious, each over seventy square meters, she didn't want that.
"Good timing."
Baimu sat at the counter outside the kitchen. He had just finished a Double-Blue Simulation.
His subject had been a Pokémon collector from the games. Starting in Sinnoh with a single Togepi, the collector had caught Pokémon left and right, then picked the best of the bunch to raise.
It was practically a Paul Simulator!
Unlike Paul, though, the collector never released his Pokémon. Like Gary and Ash, he kept them all at home.
Baimu had always chosen the Elite System talent before. Picking One-Person Army for once felt just like playing the games as a kid.
Catch a bunch, pick a decent one for the team, and forget about