Lorelei was a little surprised to hear this.
She looked at Sabrina's figure, then at Bai Yu.
Even Lorelei herself couldn't understand how these two could know each other, and they seemed quite familiar with each other.
"You two know each other?"
Lorelei couldn't resist her gossipy nature and asked.
"Bai Yu, he's a trainer from Saffron City."
"He's also my childhood friend, how come I don't know him?"
Sabrina said casually.
Lorelei was slightly taken aback.
There was a difference in strength between the two, not to mention that a trainer from Saffron City would become a gym leader in Martha City—that alone was quite surprising.
Not to mention Sabrina mentioned that Bai Yu was her childhood friend.
The two seemed to have met for the first time, with no connection whatsoever.
"You didn't even tell me you were coming, so I could have picked you up,"
Bai Yu said with a hint of helplessness.
However, Bai Yu harbored some suspicion about Sabrina's appearance, but remembering that Sabrina had informed him of her upcoming trip to Martha City beforehand, he didn't dwell on it.
"Oh~ really?"
Sabrina deliberately dragged out her words, her tone tinged with surprise.
She had assumed Bai Yu wouldn't want to see her, given the trauma that match had caused him so much pain.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have left Goldenrod City in a fit of anger to become a gym apprentice in Martha City, and later, the Martha Gym Leader.
"Since you know each other, I won't bother you any longer."
"I have some matters to attend to at the League."
"I'll also report Team Rocket's situation to the League."
Lorelei stretched; since becoming an Elite Four member, her freedom had diminished considerably.
Almost all her time was spent dealing with the tasks assigned by the League.
She had much less time for beauty treatments; now, she desperately hoped for a powerful trainer to defeat her and become the next Kanto Elite Four member.
In Lorelei's mind, the best candidate was naturally Sabrina.
She had witnessed Sabrina's strength once, and with Sabrina's talent, she would inevitably become a true Elite Four member within a few years. At that time, it would only depend on Sabrina's own will.
The League wouldn't force a Gym Leader to voluntarily become an Elite Four member!
"Take care, Elite Four member."
Bai Yu still wanted to get an Ice-type Pokémon from Lorelei.
Defeating Team Rocket, such a thankless task, should theoretically have earned some rewards from the League.
Indeed, in this respect, the League was not as practical as Team Rocket.
No wonder they hadn't been able to eradicate Team Rocket for so many years.
Their subordinates could be so easily turned against them.
You can't expect a horse to run without feeding it; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
That makes sense. In the Kanto region, aside from Sneasel, it's difficult to acquire any other main Ice-type Pokémon from Team Hail. There aren't even any Pokémon with the Snow ability in Kanto.
The only possible candidate is Articuno, which has a built-in Snow buff.
Given the current strength of the Kanto region, finding a wild Articuno and bringing it over is incredibly difficult, considering even the Ice-type Elite Four member, Lorelei, hasn't managed to catch one.
"Why are you reluctant to let her go?"
"Having looked at her for so long, haven't you had enough?"
Sabrina's voice drifted over, a hint of coldness in her tone.
He'd only talked for a short while, and this guy's soul was already captivated by that woman?
Pretty fast, huh?
"I was just thinking about something."
Bai Yu shook his head helplessly; he wasn't particularly interested in Lorelei.
Instead, they were quite interested in the Pokémon Lorelei had. If Lorelei's team could be paired with an Abomasnow, it would be a complete Hail team.
It was only complete, not perfect; Lorelei's team was too limited and couldn't fully utilize the buffs from Hail.
"Hmph~ I knew you wouldn't dare."
Sabrina raised a flippant brow, not taking the previous incident to heart.
She glanced at the scale of the Macha Gym not far away and walked forward on her own.
Bai Yu sighed softly and followed behind Sabrina.
Through his predecessor's memories, Bai Yu knew some details.
He just hadn't expected his predecessor to lose that match so decisively. Three Pokémon in total, easily defeated by Sabrina in less than a minute, and Sabrina was using Abra, who only knew Psychic.
The result was predictable…
The gym's layout was even worse than Sabrina had anticipated.
No wonder it was so unpopular; only trainers with slightly weaker skills would consider challenging such a gym, especially given the recent "weakest" title.
This further reduced the number of trainers visiting the gym to almost nothing. Only trainers who hadn't yet earned a badge would come to try their luck and get a glimpse of the gym leader's strength.
"There's no point in keeping your gym open anymore."
"Why don't you come back to Saffron City with me? I'll give you that Fighting Dojo?"
Sabrina said casually, as if giving away a useless little dojo.
Bai Yu, however, knew very well that the so-called dojo was a League-recognized gym.
Among all the gyms in the Kanto region, its reputation was second only to the eight major gyms, and it was a popular gym frequented by many trainers. After all, defeating the gym leader would earn a free TM, and that alone was enough to attract many trainers to challenge it.
"Marsh City is fine, I have no intention of going back."
Bai Yu decisively shook his head. It was more comfortable staying in Marsh City than returning to Saffron City.
Besides, according to the storyline, it wouldn't be long before
the Silver Corporation headquarters in Saffron City was attacked by Team Rocket.
The scale of that attack was far more severe than what we experienced today.
After all, even Team Rocket's leader, Giovanni, personally participated in that battle.
His target was undoubtedly the newly developed Poké Ball from the Silver Corporation.
A Master Ball!
A Poké Ball said to be able to capture any Pokémon and withstand the pressure of a level one divine power.
How could Team Rocket not be tempted by such a precious Poké Ball?
"A gym that's almost bankrupt—there's not much point in continuing to operate it,"
Sabrina said, offering her opinion.
Given its location and environment, attracting trainers to challenge it
was incredibly difficult .
Even with the title of the weakest gym,
it only attracted a small number of trainers.
After losing that title, even fewer trainers came to challenge it.
"Could it be that that match back then really shattered your pride, Shiro?"
Sabrina looked at Shiro's figure, her tone tinged with apology.
She was, of course, the instigator of that match.
She hadn't expected that the Magnemite Bai Yu had trained for so long couldn't even withstand a single move.
Towards the end, she even considered holding back, but Bai Yu silently ended the match.
After that match, Sabrina heard the news that Bai Yu had left Saffron City to become a Gym Apprentice in Martha City.
Soon after, she herself gradually took over her father's position as Gym Leader, becoming the Gym Leader of Saffron City.
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