The blond man smiled faintly and casually brushed back his golden hair, which seemed to sparkle. His lips curled upward, dazzlingly handsome.
Charizard obligingly spread its wings and raised its head to gaze at the sky at a forty-five-degree angle, its four orange-red claws planted in an imposing stance. The flames on its long tail leaped high, illuminating its Trainer's face and lending him a steadiness that stripped away his puppyish charm.
There was no denying it: once the women recovered the reason that his cuteness had overwhelmed, they realized that good looks plus strength were what really mattered.
And the scene was being shared like mad online.
At that very moment, Officer Jenny Chinami, who was sitting in a car working through paperwork late into the night and had finally squeezed out a little time to relax, rapidly darkened in expression.
"I'm eating instant noodles, and you actually have time to fool around with random strangers?!!"
If you didn't die, who would?!
With a loud gulp, Chinami downed the noodles and broth in one go, then immediately shared the video to her social feed without hesitation—
"Ghost Gym Leader flirts with strangers.mp4"
Dian, meanwhile, sized Charizard up. Blaze, huh.
In other words, it had the protagonist-dragon setup, powering up in a crisis.
But generally, only protagonists won through those sudden power-ups. Everyone else was just there to be harvested.
Abilities that triggered a power surge in a crisis were a dime a dozen.
"Ah, I've already moved past the stage of judging things by their Abilities."
"It doesn't have Solar Power, which boosts Special Attack. That means this Charizard's natural capabilities are pretty decent... maybe it's been to Charizard Valley and gone up against Ash's?"
"And with the dense Ice-type aura in the air weakening it... its strength isn't