"Mahogany Town in ten days…" Natsui made an 'okay' gesture. "Of course, no problem for us."
"Then I'll see you then!"
With that, Looker waved to them, then turned and left, disappearing alone around the street corner.
Now, it was just Natsui and Sabrina again.
Natsui stretched and said lazily, "Sigh, that's finally over. Now we can finally start challenging the gyms."
Glancing at him, Sabrina said flatly, "So which gym do you plan to challenge first?"
Natsui took out his phone and opened the map.
"Looking at the straight-line distance on the map, the closest gyms from here are the Violet Gym in Violet City and the Blackthorn Gym in Blackthorn City. But in terms of the actual route, although the road to Blackthorn City is not easy to travel, it's very close to Mahogany Town. When we meet up with Looker, it will save us some detours."
Sabrina nodded. "So you're going to Blackthorn City?"
"No, I plan to go to Violet City first, to challenge the Violet Gym."
Sabrina: ???
Is there something wrong with this guy's head? If you're going to take the long way around, why did you say all that just now?
Seeing her cute expression, Natsui stroked her face and laughed loudly. "It's precisely because it's so close that I can't go there first. Otherwise, after challenging the gym, there would be nothing to do. So it's better to go to the Violet Gym first. After all, Violet City is in the central part of Johto. It's well-connected and convenient to go anywhere from there. It won't be too late to go to Blackthorn City after that."
Although she was almost thrown off by Natsui's leap in logic, Sabrina naturally had no objections to his plan.
In fact, at this point, even if Natsui said he wanted to retire and live here for the rest of his life, she would stay with him.
It was now close to noon. The two had lunch nearby, then left New Bark Town and headed west, planning to pass through Cherrygrove City again to get to Violet City.
Since they weren't in a hurry, they walked at a leisurely pace, chatting and enjoying the scenery along the way.
And as they passed by a forest divided by a river, Natsui learned from an online note that this forest was home to a large population of Heracross and Pinsir, several thousand of them, making it a good place to catch Bug-type Pokémon.
Unfortunately, Natsui had no interest in either of these two Pokémon, and he already had the Bug-type Scyther, so he didn't venture in.
However, at the edge of the forest, they saw the girl they had met yesterday again.
At that moment, the girl was trying to catch a Pidgey. And what was most strange was that while she was battling, she was also cheering herself on in the style of a commentator.
"Chikorita, this is the decisive inning! You absolutely cannot lose! Go, go, go!"
Amidst her cheers, Chikorita shook the leaf on its head, its eyes fixed on the Pidgey. Then, it gathered a dozen or so razor-sharp leaves on its head and shot them rapidly towards the Pidgey.
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
With a series of whooshing sounds, the glowing green Razor Leaf blades repeatedly struck the Pidgey.
Although the Pidgey had tried to dodge in advance, it was still hit by most of the attacks. This time, it couldn't endure the pain, its body swayed, and then it lost its balance and fell from the sky onto the grass.
"Nice job!" Seeing victory in sight, the girl held the baseball bat to her mouth like a microphone and shouted encouragement. "Let's hope our starting pitcher, Chikorita, can make the batter, wild Pidgey, swing and miss for a strikeout! Alright, Chikorita, now let's press our advantage and settle this with a fastball! Use Tackle!"
Natsui stopped and watched for a while.
To be honest, he didn't know anything about baseball. He didn't know the terminology, didn't know what a strikeout was, and couldn't understand why this girl would combine baseball with Pokémon battles.
Just then, hearing the girl's command, Chikorita used Tackle and had already rushed in front of the Pidgey.
But just as it was about to attack, the Pidgey suddenly recovered, flapped its wings, and flew up lightly, dodging the Tackle.
"Aww!" The girl first sighed, then quickly reignited her fighting spirit. "That's a shame, but it's okay! Even though the first pitch was a ball, we still have the second pitch! Chikorita, use Razor Leaf again!"
Chikorita used Razor Leaf again, and in an instant, a dozen or so leaves struck the Pidgey again.
And this time, the Pidgey directly lost its stamina, fell from the sky, and fainted.
"We did it!!"
The girl cheered and jumped for joy, then quickly took out a Poké Ball. Adopting a standard baseball pitching stance, she threw the Poké Ball at the Pidgey.
Ding!
With a flash of red light, the Pidgey was successfully drawn into the ball. After just a few gentle shakes, the capture was successful.
"Alright! I caught a Pidgey!"
The girl jumped up and down, clearly very energetic.
And perhaps because she was so happy, after successfully catching the Pidgey, she began to swing her arms rhythmically and even started singing.
"To celebrate this moment, let's sing the victory song! Here we go: Riding the winds of Mt. Mortar, coming in with a Quick Attack! Light Screen, Thunder Punch! Glare, Glare, Electabuzz! Go, go, Electabuzz!!!"
The song left Natsui completely baffled.
He knew that Mt. Mortar was one of the high mountains in Johto, but there weren't any Electric-type Pokémon there. Why would she connect them…
And it had to be said, like trainer, like Pokémon. Chikorita was even keeping time beside her, swaying its body along with the song.
Hey, hey, even if you're happy, there's no need for such a cringey song…
Although Natsui also cheered for his own Pokémon, at least he couldn't get as immersed as she did, nor would he talk to himself and get so hyped up all on his own.
But setting that aside, just from this, one could tell that the girl's personality was probably very enthusiastic.
How to put it? His impression of her was that her whole demeanor was full of vitality, a very energetic look.
But then again, that song just now, after listening to it a few times, it seemed to have a certain magic to it and was surprisingly catchy.
And when the song ended, the girl turned her head and only then belatedly saw Natsui.
"Huh? It's you!?"
Her eyes lit up, and she walked briskly towards Natsui.
"What a coincidence! We meet again!" she said, slightly out of breath, looking up at Natsui with a brilliant smile. "I'm sorry about last time. Oh, right, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Casey. I'm a new trainer who just started from New Bark Town!"
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