my elf trainer simulator.

Chapter 1390 Breaking Through Sakaki's Defenses

Chapter 1390 Breaking Through Sakaki's Defenses

Sakaki's reaction was rather slow.

Little Silver has been in Orei for at least several days, but there hasn't been much of a reaction there, as if the kid doesn't exist.

Kashiwagi specifically asked Gin, and the answer he received was that Sakaki was very busy.

I've been busy from childhood to adulthood.

Xiao Yin remembers that when she was even younger, she might only see him a few times a year. Apart from being well-fed and clothed, she was not much different from an orphan.

It wasn't until he was ten years old that he met Giovanni for the first time at Team Rocket's base and discovered that his father was the leader of Team Rocket in the Kanto region.

My feelings at the time were quite complicated.

However, this discovery did not change Silver's later situation. Giovanni still rarely saw him. The difference was that he officially became a trainer and began to hang out with the other members of Team Rocket.

During this time, Gin encounters his nemesis, Kenta, a naive guy who is annoyingly innocent.

He had a few good friends and was pampered by his parents, so they hypocritically asked him why he couldn't appreciate the beauty of the world and why he wanted to join Team Rocket to aid and abet evil.

How despicable!

Even though it had been a long time since she last met Kenta, Gin still felt a tightness in her chest and shortness of breath when she thought about how she had lost to him in that crucial moment.

Later, Kashiwagi and Reign of the Sun came to the Rockets' home base and destroyed many of their branch bases, almost destroying the headquarters. His situation of being separated from Giovanni for long periods of time still did not improve.

It's even been going on for longer!

This confusion made Silver feel incredulous when faced with Kashiwagi's words—"I'll inherit Team Rocket sooner or later."

Can he really inherit the Rockets team?

In Xiaoyin's view, Sakaki didn't care about him at all, so how could he entrust him with the management of an important organization?

Fortunately, whether the Rockets team would hand it over to him or not was another matter, but Kashiwagi did indeed assign him the miscellaneous tasks at Orei Academy first.

As for Team Rainbow, let's put that aside for now.

Xiao Yin needs to be given some experience. Huo Wu wasn't given so many secretarial duties from the beginning; she needs an adjustment period.

"Watch closely! Learn diligently! I believe in you!"

Kashiwagi gently patted Xiaoyin's shoulder with a meaningful tone.

Xiao Yin nodded blankly, then turned her gaze to the document in front of her, and surprisingly, she could understand it.

These are all things he has learned.

Xiao Yin suddenly remembered that, in order to get praise from Sakaki, he had either studied on his own or hired a tutor to learn a lot of knowledge from Sakaki's study, thinking that it might be able to help his father.

Unfortunately, he had no chance to perform.

Sakaki didn't react much to anything he said, only occasionally having a meal with him, after which he would leave, saying "If you need money, ask the butler" before departing.

Xiao Yin wasn't without her resentment, but she gradually grew tired of it.

During the year he "cheering" for Kashiwagi, he discovered that he had nothing to do, didn't want to become a gym leader, and was too lazy to set his sights on the Elite Four and the Champion.

Are you trying to cause trouble for Kenta?

Silver isn't one of the Rockets trio; he's not the type to cling to someone relentlessly.

Who would have thought that a year later, he would be working under Kashiwagi?

—At least I have something to do now, which is better than living aimlessly.

Xiao Yin quickly perked up.

Outside.

Polygonal II remarked, "Don't you feel like you look a lot like Soujiro?"

"Is there?"

Kashiwagi wasn't surprised that Polygon II knew about Soujiro. Not to mention that he had seen him in person last year, this intelligent artificial intelligence had already inquired about his past with Bosscodora and the others.

Polygon II nodded firmly, "You're in the CPU!"

"...I told you to spend less time online!"

Kashiwagi was too lazy to bother with this guy.

The Rockets trio adapted well to life at the Academy, where they were well-fed, well-clothed, and had free materials to invent. The Academy's excessive generosity made them feel quite ashamed.

After all, we were supposed to start classes, but so far we haven't taught a single class.

The cats came to us, saying, "Let us cats do something! We're just sitting around doing nothing all day..."

What do you want to do?

Kashiwagi countered, "Everything here has been done by someone else."

School staff includes not only teachers, but also other support staff, such as equipment maintenance personnel, gardeners, plumbers, and so on.

Meow Meow said awkwardly, "Meows..."

"How about this, you guys become TV reporters? The Champion League of Orei is starting in a couple of days, and the Eight Masters will start soon after. You can come with me."

Kashiwagi gave the three of them a part-time job.

They've done similar things many times; in the original Carlos storyline, they even broke into Team Flare's base with Steven.

Meow's eyes lit up, and it gave a loyal salute, "Yes! Boss!"

Then he ran off happily to tell Kojiro and Musashi the good news.

Kashiwa watched Miaomiao leave and then patted the Washed Soroya on the mat.

"The time is indeed getting closer and closer."

While most of the attention these past few days has been focused on Little Silver and the Rockets trio, Soroya's weight loss journey has also been ongoing.

Now that it has successfully reached a healthy weight, the next step is to maintain it.

Overeating isn't a problem; Mawile can eat tons of desserts every day without any issues because of its high level of physical activity. The most crucial problem with Soraka is that it doesn't move around much.

A while ago, I was trying to get it exposed to glamorous performances. Since Mingyi was also learning, I decided to teach both of them together.

……

A garden in a corner of the college.

The place where Kashiwagi first met Naruto.

The two met here again, mainly because the young girl was shy and embarrassed to perform in front of so many people on the battlefield.

"Hey! You're here so early today too?"

"Ow~!"

Kashiwa and Shizuku Soroya greeted Mingyi, who was kneeling on the soft grass.

Her multi-faceted phone was floating and taking pictures, with Ayakashi and Cyndaquil next to her.

Having become quite familiar with each other, the Cyndaquil no longer flinched at the sight of the human and the fox, but it hadn't evolved even after nearly a month.

It can only be said that it fits Mingyi's protagonist physique very well.

The starter Pokémon are generally considered easy to train; novice trainers can usually evolve them to their second stage in about half a month.

Ash is different; his Pokémon might not evolve for a whole year, causing the starter Pokémon of the heroines who travel with him to evolve very slowly as well.

May's Torchic didn't evolve into Combusken until episode 80+, and Blaziken didn't evolve into Blaziken until the end of Advanced Generation. Dawn's Piplup and Iris's Axew's evolutions were even more...

"Today has been troublesome too!"

Mingyi bowed, her face flushed.

It was really embarrassing for her to have the champion give her private lessons all day long, training her on how to put on a glamorous performance.

Kashiwa waved her hand dismissively, "Since you've learned things from Teacher Adam, you're practically my junior sister, so there's no need to be so polite—did you watch the video I showed you yesterday?"

"I saw it!"

Mingyi nodded hurriedly, "Miss Xiaoguang is really amazing!"

There aren't many top-tier trainers who use Cyndaquil, and coincidentally, Kashiwagi knows one—

Xiao Guang.

Of course, her Cyndaquil is already a Rockruff, and who knows when it will evolve into Typhlosion.

Kashiwagi suggested that Naruto take a look at Hikaru's dazzling performance, believing it would be helpful for her.

"The crystal flames created by Mamoswine and Rockruff together are so beautiful, it's a pity I don't have an Ice-type Pokémon to learn it..."

After a slight disappointment, Mingyi cheered up again, saying, "But I've boldly made some improvements, please take a look!"

When there are few people around, she is still very enthusiastic when she talks.

"Fire! Little Mushroom! Do it the way we practiced before! Flame Wheel! Pollen Ball!"

"Hey!"

"Ta-ma!"

The two Pokémon responded.

Then, the Fireball Rat leaped high into the air, its back enveloping the flames as it spun, forming a fireball that briefly hovered in the air.

Oh dear, the mushroom puffed out its cheeks and suddenly sprayed a golden-pink ball of light at the fireball.

Ouch!

A muffled thud.

The moment the fireball and the ball of light touched, they burst into a scene as dazzling as fireworks, with countless colorful lights scattering in all directions, like ribbons floating in the sky above the arena.

It would be even more beautiful at night.

"Ow..."

Seljuk Soroya's eyes sparkled, clearly also captivated by the fireworks in the sky.

Kashiwa clapped lightly and praised with a smile, "Not bad, not bad. You are indeed talented. You have mastered the skill fusion so quickly."

Mingyi touched her head shyly, "It's because you taught me so well."

Ayam and Cyndaquil looked on with pride.

In fact, this skill combination is a simplified version, since [Pollen Ball] can be both an attack skill and a recovery skill.

The latter's nature dictates that it can better interact with Pokémon without causing abnormal energy conflicts.

A true skill fusion performance is not simple. If two conflicting skills are not handled properly, they will only create a lot of smoke like a battle, and there will be no beauty in them.

However, for a beginner like Mingyi to be able to do this is truly a testament to her outstanding talent.

"Stop watching, the other side's performance is over, what about yours?"

Cypress bowed her head, signaling to Szecui Soroya to come back to her senses.

Seljuk Soloa glanced at him somewhat reluctantly, then jogged over.

"Waaah..."

Its body trembled slightly, its expression like someone who had been constipated for a long time, and the flame-shaped hair on its head suddenly lit up with a red light.

The next instant, fiery red flowers flew out from it, swirling and drifting, transforming into phantom flames identical to it.

Among these dozen or so "kin," Sororia was dancing the fox dance that Mawile had taught it.

"Woo~woo~"

Accompaniment seemed to come from nowhere, and Zorua danced with even greater abandon. Finally, one after another, phantom fire foxes leaped high into the air, exploding with a bang into lifelike flowers of flame. Zorua twirled among these fiery blossoms, and finally…

With a thud, his chin hit the ground, and he fell face-first into the dirt.

"Waaah..."

Tears welled up in the eyes of Shizuo Luoya.

Upon seeing this, Mingyi immediately clapped her hands, "Very impressive! You performed wonderfully!"

Ayam and Cyndaquil also comforted and praised it.

Shizukuzoroya stood up, turned her head to look at Kashiwagi behind her, who had a helpless expression on his face, and said, "Huh?"

"You... alright, I know you've tried your best."

He crouched down and rubbed Shizzzoraya's head.

Although the fat fox's splendid performance was entirely for its own benefit, Kashiwagi never said a harsh word to it from beginning to end. Even when it made several foolish mistakes, he mostly encouraged and lured it.

So much so that even if Shizukuzoroa fails to perform, it won't worry about Kashiwagi scolding it; in fact, it's perfectly justified to praise it.

He had an attitude of "I performed so well, aren't you going to give me a compliment?"

Kashiwagi naturally didn't hold back his verbal praise, but of course, he also had his opinions: "However, you really should change the expression you made during the performance."

A spectacular performance is not just about the content, but also about the spirit and energy of the Pokémon. The way Zoroar started the game would have cost him at least 0.5 points if he had participated in a Pokémon Contest before.

As for the final landing...

That goes without saying.

Even the most beautiful performance will be reduced to an eight-point level if it makes two mistakes.

Why did Kashiwagi have such high scores before?

It's because his Pokémon are flawless in terms of facial expressions, movements, and postures; every detail is handled perfectly.

The judges would find it difficult to find anything wrong with it, so they had to give it a high score.

"Keep practicing."

Kashiwagi and Naruto resumed their discussions and practice sessions on the spectacular performance, during which they naturally brought out several of their sect's patriarchs, including Mawile, Cheshire Egg, and Shiny Milotic.

The atmosphere in the whole garden was very harmonious.

Two more days passed.

Just as the Champions League was about to begin, Kashiwagi finally received the news he had been waiting for.

—Sakaki called.

The middle-aged man said menacingly, "Kashiwa! What exactly do you want!"

"You actually managed to get my private phone number? That's quite surprising."

Kashiwagi avoided answering his question, saying, "Let me guess who gave it to you?"

Sakaki sneered, "I owed this place a favor! And also! Release my son! You're the regional champion!"

When he said this, you could even hear a hint of gritted teeth in his voice.

"Don't get me wrong, your son isn't my hostage. He volunteered to stay and help me. Since you don't care about him anyway, what's wrong with me disciplining him for you?"

Kashiwagi didn't want to talk to this businessman any longer. "If you have any complaints, come to Orei and tell me and your son in person."

After saying that, he hung up the phone.

Sakaki, on the other end of the line, was so angry that he threw down the microphone, but in the blink of an eye, he actually had his secretary, Manori, prepare the plane tickets.

Although Gin felt that his father ignored him, Giovanni had always been concerned about his only son and regarded him as a source of pride. He just didn't want him to be exposed to certain things too early.

It appears to be free-range, but in reality, it is being protected.

Who would have thought that, without careful attention, the son would run off to the enemy's place!

No wonder I felt like I was having bad luck lately!

Sakagi's face turned as black as charcoal.

Ore region.

Kashiwagi acted as if nothing had happened and participated in the championship league where the year-end tournament would be held.

Unfortunately, the quality of the tournament winners wasn't very high. He was defeated by Manch before he even got to see him, along with many other participating gym leaders.

On the first day, he sat on the champion's throne and watched the whole process like a mascot.

"Are you really not going to take a position at the school?"

Having finally caught a full charge, he couldn't help but ask.

Man Chong shook his head, "I... I'm not really suited to be a teacher, and I can't be responsible for the future of so many people."

A qualified trainer is not necessarily a good teacher, and Manchong is very self-aware.

Kashiwagi sighed in frustration at his failed attempt to force the issue, and then received a call from Sakaki.

I've arrived! Where are you?