This look is really dazzling to Xiaoyun and Xiaoyun. It would be so cool to knock Aura Sphere away with one hand.
Cool!
"Hey, Maylene, hasn't she come out yet? It seems that Paul did a bit too much this time."
Just after Maylene left, a young man with purple hair and an apron came towards them.
After seeing the purple-haired young man, the middle-aged uncle said to him, "It's Reggie. I'll trouble you to persuade Maylene in the next few days."
"She's still young, she can't walk around in trouble... Bah."
"We can't just stay depressed like this, it will destroy her."
"Okay, I'll try my best to persuade you."
The purple-haired young man spread his hands and replied helplessly. It could be seen from his expression that he was not sure.
"Hey~"
The middle-aged uncle sighed and left with his hands behind his hands.
Then the purple-haired young man came to Xiaoyun and said with a smile, "Hello, my name is Reggie, and I am the owner of this Pokémon Day Care."
"You must be Xiaoyun and Dawn!"
"Hello, by the way, you know our names."
And Xiaoyun guessed the identity of Reggie when Reggie appeared, because his appearance was really similar to Paul, but his temperament was very different.
He comes across as very gentle and elegant. Although he wears an apron, he always looks like the big brother next door.
Reggie smiled and said the reason, "Haha, there are two reasons for this. One is that I watched your Double Battle game, and you played very well."
"Thank you for the compliment." Xiaoyun replied.
"Also, I am Paul's brother, and Paul has mentioned your name to me many times."
Reggie remembered the process of talking to Paul, because his brother usually just asked him to take care of Pokémon when he usually chatted with him.
But I don't know when Paul would unconsciously say Xiaoyun's name when chatting. This made Reggie very curious. He didn't know it until he saw the competition between Xiaoyun and Paul in the Double Battle competition.
"Ah, does that cold guy have a brother?"
Reggie's words shocked Dawn. She couldn't connect the spring-like Reggie in front of her with the indifferent Paul. The personality differences between these two brothers were too big!
There's no comparison at all.
Is it biological?
"Ahem, that Reggie brother, Dawn actually didn't mean that. She was just a little bit surprised."
Xiaoyun quickly reminded Dawn to pay attention, after all, my brother is still here.
Reggie was not annoyed when he heard Dawn's words. He just sighed and said, "Hey, I understand. In fact, Paul was not like this before, and it is partly my reason that he has become like this now."
"Come back to the house with me first and sit down."
Immediately afterwards, Xiaoyun accepted Reggie's invitation and walked into the house. When they came to the living room, Reggie made tea for them.
After chatting for a few more words, Reggie then slowly said, "To be honest, I was a relatively famous trainer before, until later I met a senior and experienced a battle with him."
"And the ending was... I, who thought I was pretty good at the time, was almost out of breath in this battle, resulting in a disastrous defeat."
After finishing speaking, Reggie subconsciously turned his head and looked at the Badge boxes placed in various areas of the living room. These were all his former glory.
But there is one Badge box with one empty one, which is probably the senior Reggie mentioned.
And Xiaoyun knows that the empty Badge is the last gatekeeper of Battle Frontier.
That is Battle Pyramid Pharaoh, Brandon!
Then Reggie turned around and continued, "Paul, who had just received Starter Pokémon at that time, witnessed the whole process of my disastrous defeat."
"What happened next?" Dawn asked curiously.
"Later, I realized who I was through that battle, so I gave up my identity as a trainer and became a breeder."
After Reggie thought about it for a while, he revealed the root cause of Paul's indifference, and this was the first time he told anyone about it.
"But my decision disappointed Paul. He has always admired me as an older brother since he was a child, and thought that he became a breeder because I lost my confidence after being defeated."
"Actually, it's not like that. I just saw myself clearly and felt that maybe a breeder's breed would be more suitable for me."
"And I didn't expect that this change of mine would indirectly cause Paul to no longer trust my partner. He felt that it was only emotional reasons that led me to give up on being a trainer and giving up on my ideals."
"This incident changed Paul a lot. Since then, he has become rational and no longer enthusiastic about Pokémon. He has even become... cold."
"Ah, I didn't expect that indifference...Paul has such an experience."
After listening to Reggie's words, Dawn didn't know how to judge.
Although she hates Paul's behavior, if she puts herself into the other person's perspective and sees the idol she has admired since childhood being easily defeated, or even changing her ideals halfway, it would be a huge blow indeed.
"Yes, experience creates different personalities."
Xiaoyun is not surprised, and Paul's change is also reasonable. It is estimated that the more Paul admires Reggie's brother, the more disappointed he will be. In his opinion, the reason is all due to Reggie's lack of rationality.
Because he starts to give up as a trainer to escape from himself after a battle, then he should be an extremely rational person so that he will not be influenced by emotions.
After finishing speaking, Reggie paused, and after taking a sip of tea, he seemed to have a headache and said, "Paul, who collected Badge a few days ago, returned to Veilstone City to challenge Maylene."
"Paul first used Honchkrow to defeat Maylene's two Pokémon, and then used Magmar to defeat Maylene's Lucario."
"And he also said to Maylene...,"
"So far, this is the easiest gym competition I have won. It's really boring. Is it necessary to keep this kind of gym?"
When I think of this Reggie, I feel embarrassed. After all, everyone belongs to Veilstone City. Paul, you kid, can't you save some face? Keep your mouth a little tighter. When you're done, pat your butt and leave, but how can he face Maylene?
As a result, he didn't have the confidence to talk to Maylene in the past two days. He was really cheating.
"Ah, why is this man like this? What he said is so outrageous."
Dawn now understands why Maylene is so negative. The good impression that was just caused by Reggie's words is gone again. This guy deserves to have no friends.
"These words really sound like what Paul said." Xiaoyun's mouth twitched, these words were indeed a bit hurtful.
Maylene is a new gym leader who has just taken office. In the 3V3 battle with the trainer, he was completely crushed and was even ridiculed.
So Maylene's self-esteem couldn't stand it at all, he began to doubt himself, and his psychological defense collapsed.
There is no way, after all, not every gym can be as calm about the results of the battle as Cerulean Sisters.
"It is precisely because of these words that Maylene became like this. As Paul's brother, I am really sorry. I have been trying my best to persuade Maylene in the past two days, hoping to restore her confidence, but... with little success."
From the way Reggie sighed, it can be seen that he has been really serious about wiping Paul's butt these past few days. It's not an easy job for this guy.
At this time, Dawn suddenly asked, "Ah, Xiaoyun, then you won't be able to challenge the gym next time."
"..."