Heath looked up curiously. A black convertible was slowly making its way forward, carrying Sinnoh Region's newly appointed Champion, Cynthia, though Heath was still more used to calling her by her other name, Cynthia.
Cynthia was still quite young, and she wore a strained smile as she waved to the surrounding crowd from the convertible. For some reason, the sight reminded Heath of a certain smiling American lad from his previous life, who had also ridden in a convertible-until he encountered an assassin.
However, assassinating a League Champion at the Indigo League's headquarters would be an extremely difficult undertaking. Heath felt that even Giovanni would not do anything so foolish, so after a glance, he lowered his head and continued serving the customers in front of him.
Although Heath had entertained hopes of a scene straight out of a novel, such as Cynthia becoming interested in this man who showed no interest in her, saying something like, "Heh, what an interesting man," then coming over and buying out all the food on his food truck, reality was reality. Cynthia's motorcade soon disappeared into the distance, heading toward Victory Road. Presumably, her exhibition match with Elite Four member Lance would be next.
This was big news that drew plenty of excitement, but Heath was not particularly interested in this sort of thing. Although Lance, the Elite Four member, was very strong, Heath favored Cynthia in their match. After all, Lance's team composition did not give him an overwhelming advantage against Cynthia, not to mention Cynthia's talent and strength.
"Ah, I'm so jealous." Saya stood in front of Heath with her chin propped on her hand, gazing enviously in the direction Cynthia had gone.
"Good morning, Miss Saya. Do you want to become a League Champion?" Heath looked curiously at Saya in