The next day.
Dian and Lorelei continued toward Fuchsia Gym in Fuchsia City as planned.
Neither of them brought up Team Rocket, as though they had silently agreed to skip the subject.
With a roaring engine, a black SUV wound its way up the mountain.
"Fuchsia Gym's current Gym Leader is Janine. She turned ten this year."
Lorelei spoke casually, then glanced at the figure beside her. "His daughter is already ten!"
With that, she leaned against the window and enjoyed the forest breeze.
Dian wisely kept his mouth shut. Koga's daughter was well beyond running errands—she could run a Gym. And his own children...
The difference was on an entirely different scale.
"Has Janine also reached the level of Poison Is All Things?"
Dian hurriedly changed the subject. It wasn't as though they couldn't have children, but surely they couldn't have one right now.
Even if they wanted one, she would probably have to retire first. An Elite Four member with a heavily pregnant belly... that was a little too domestic.
But could Lorelei retire now?
Of course not!
She was the Sevii Islands' representative Trainer. Until a new pillar of support emerged there, she had to hold her post as a member of the Elite Four.
"Janine's title is..."
Lorelei glanced at the forest beside them. "Poison Is Universal!"
"Poison Is Universal."
Dian murmured the words. Interesting. He wanted to see exactly how the orthodox system differed from his own.
Vroom—
The black SUV shot like a bullet along the mountain roads before finally stopping outside an old Japanese-style building.
Thud.
Dian opened Lorelei's door and helped her out, then parked the SUV beside the road... hopefully, no wild Pokémon would drag it off as a toy.
He surveyed their surroundings. Behind him lay a sheer cliff, and