my elf trainer simulator.

Chapter 1444 Rest Day

Chapter 1444 Take a Day Off

The day after the semi-finals.

According to the competition rules, participants and Pokémon will be given a day of rest.

Kashiwagi's impression of the Pokémon anime ended there; he didn't even get to watch the upcoming showdown between Ash and Leon in the original storyline.

Will it be a reunion of old friends?

He was very curious about Ash's choice.

Gengar and Dragonite are undoubtedly the best Pokémon Ash has trained in recent years. Don't be fooled by their frequent defeats; their opponents are Gym Leaders, Elite Four members, and even Champions!

It's better than losing to a rookie trainer's Snivy!

Of course, at that time, Pikachu was affected by Zekrom and couldn't use moves normally, so it was in a sick state. Constantly bringing up this would inevitably seem like an awkward criticism.

But Ash's Charizard was genuinely knocked unconscious by the new trainer's Chikorita because he got carried away with his success.

Therefore, despite its late debut, in some respects, Ash's current lineup is arguably his strongest, with very few Pokémon capable of replacing it.

"Never mind, it's all the same."

Bai Mu didn't dwell on it too much.

Of all Ash's Pokémon, Pikachu is undoubtedly the only one he should be wary of.

The others won't be much stronger than the Dan Emperor's group, and will most likely be weaker. All we can do is proceed cautiously and steadily.

There will be a match tomorrow, so there will be no training today.

Xiao Zhi understood this principle, so he and his friends disappeared early in the morning, supposedly to go out for a walk and relax.

If Kashiwagi remembers correctly, Ash and his friends should encounter that group of thieving foxes from a long time ago again.

The thieving foxes who used to cause trouble and steal things have now reformed and become guardians of the streets. They not only stopped the Galar snake bear's thefts, but also won the unanimous praise of the neighbors.

Then comes the classic episode where Team Rocket tries to capture Ash and his friends, who come to their rescue, and finally the thieving foxes evolve into the Great Fox Thief.

It's a very ordinary and unoriginal plot.

So, to prevent the Rockets trio from causing trouble for no reason, he had Minoru Yama assign them tasks early on, so they wouldn't be running around doing nothing while receiving their salaries.

As it turns out, the Rockets' trio is quite proactive in their work, grabbing microphones and cameras and heading out for on-the-spot interviews.

During this short day, Gongmen City became increasingly crowded.

More and more people came to the competition venue to watch the final of the eight masters in person.

Cypress did not go out.

He stayed in the courtyard of the Rondorose Hotel, taking care of his Pokémon's appearance as usual.

This includes, but is not limited to, polishing and waxing giant Steelix and Aggron, caring for Milotic and Mawile's skin, and grooming Hydreigon and Cheeseball.

Multiple phones surrounded him, continuously filming, with a dense barrage of comments flying across the screens without stopping for a moment.

no doubt.

Kashiwagi is currently live streaming.

Besides his Pokémon, there were naturally many other people's Pokémon around.

—The champions, the four Heavenly Kings, and the dojo masters who traveled from all over to Galar to watch the finals of the Eight Masters are basically all here.

The Rondo Rose Garden has become a gathering place for the top trainers in the pyramid. Any one or two people who walk out of here are half of the region's elite.

Even a slight turn of the camera on a mobile phone can cause the barrage of comments to increase almost uncontrollably.

"almost."

Kashiwagi put down the soft cloth in his hand. The silver armor on Bosscodora's chest gleamed, causing An Xin'er and Liuqia, who were holding her, to squint their eyes.

"Waaah..."

"what……"

Girls who love beauty are powerless against cute things, and Rukia is no exception.

The way An Xin'er addressed her felt very strange to this young girl who was not yet an adult.

Calling her "older sister" is perfectly appropriate given her age.

But An Xin'er calls Bai Mu "uncle"! Isn't that a generational difference?

Although Rukia is a bit young, she has always considered herself to be of the same generation as Kashiwagi, or even a generation older!

After all, Kashiwagi often called her "Ryu-sensei" in private.

A teacher for a day is a teacher for life... Mother!

Having been deprived of a lifetime's worth of honor, Ryukia couldn't help but ponder how to get An Xin'er to call Kashiwagi "brother."

Unfortunately, it was destined to fail for her. An Xin'er obtained the fatherly love she lacked from Bai Mu. Although she herself did not understand what fatherly love was, it did not prevent her from longing for and identifying with it.

So much so that in An Xin'er's heart, Bai Mu's status was even higher than that of Karuni, the fake mother from this world.

"Leave these small things to me!"

At this moment, she eagerly went up to him, took the soft cloth from Bai Mu, and offered to help with the treatment.

An Xin'er really wanted to help, but she was worried that if she did it too roughly, it would affect the performance of Bosco Dora and the others in tomorrow's competition, so she chose to help out.

Kashiwagi naturally wouldn't refuse; the feeling of being needed is an indispensable human emotion.

Besides, since An Xin'er is so eager to work, she could easily help him deal with those Pokémon that won't be used in battle—

Examples include the five legendary Pokémon, Alolan Meowth, Roaring Tail, and the three Pokémon.

Including the ever-present, chubby Soroya, who's not much fat anymore. This little guy was entrusted to the stadium staff yesterday, and in just over an hour of competition time, he managed to eat snacks equal to his own weight just by being cute.

As the meal progressed, the stadium staff realized something was wrong and tried to stop it, but it was too late. They could only nervously apologize to the returning Kashiwagi Do.

How could Kashiwagi blame the staff? He would only severely punish the greedy fat fox, making it understand the principle that what is easy to eat is hard to spit out.

His "fox abuse" took up a full half hour of his precious time, only ending when his Shiny Gengar and Mawile were about to start their live stream.

Undoubtedly, these two Pokémon influencers held a live stream specifically to solidify their rapidly growing fanbase over the past two days, and also to earn some extra cash.

As a result, the live stream exploded instantly, becoming the No.1 and No.2 in terms of online viewership that day, setting a record for the Pokémon audio live stream category. Moreover, because the viewers were so generous and almost never refunded to minors, they were so frightened by the amount of donations that they immediately sought help from Kashiwagi.

In response, Bai Mu immediately chose to disable the tipping function, and exclaimed, "I may be the first champion of internet crowdfunding in history."

The champion's appeal was fully demonstrated in the live streams of Shiny Gengar and Mawile.

After turning off the tipping function, the two Pokémon wanted to end the broadcast, but Kashiwagi stopped them.

It was only because Minoru Yama sent word that they were required to continue broadcasting, saying it would help build and solidify their popularity.

So, the two Pokémon simply started connecting with other streamers via live stream.

Don't worry about what they talk about, they've definitely connected.

I went through all the popular live streamers like Qishu and the evening Pokémon knowledge class hosted by Oak.

The Rockets' trio's live stream?

They're too low-class; they don't even deserve to be connected. They wouldn't even get a turn in the queue.

Thanks to the rise of Pokémon sounds, live streaming, which was already booming, has now become an indispensable part of people's online surfing.

Even Professor Oak is streaming, which shows how popular it is.

In short, the Pokémon live stream section was quite lively last night, so much so that when Minoru Yama came to visit this morning, he hesitantly asked if he could stream for another hour during the day.

Kashiwagi had no objections and simply streamed the process of managing his Pokémon's condition. The Champions and Elite Four, who also lived in Rondorose, came upon hearing the news, turning the courtyard into a gathering of trainers.

This is undoubtedly very rare.

Champions from various regions and the Four Heavenly Kings rarely even meet, let alone communicate with each other. No matter how much they admire a particular champion, geographical distance and busy work schedules prevent them from having the opportunity to communicate.

Until the World Championships were held with the eight masters.

D'Antoni was very pleased with this, as he knew that Rose's original intention in creating the World Championship was to solidify his title as the world's number one and the strongest champion.

But the scene before him was exactly what he wanted to see.

Powerful figures from all walks of life gather here to exchange ideas, learn from each other, and make progress together. There is nothing better than this.

Despite working overtime at his desk all night, Dan Di couldn't help but keep smiling as he stood in the crowd.

"so good!"

"What's so great about it, Dante!" Sonia couldn't help but exclaim, "Do you know how many people are crowding outside the hotel right now?"

As the most famous hotel in Palace City, the courtyard of Rondo Rosser is naturally familiar to many people.

Therefore, not long after the broadcast of Kashiwagi started, someone tried to break in from outside the fence.

Thankfully, the hotel's security was quite effective, managing to stop some of the more aggressive fans in time; otherwise, who knows what kind of trouble would have ensued.

"Haha! It's alright! Leave it to me!"

Dan Di laughed heartily and strode outside.

Professional star champions are best at dealing with fans; it's their second most proficient skill, besides competing against opponents.

Watching his departing figure, Sonia smiled helplessly, "This guy, sometimes I really don't understand him. He clearly lost the game yesterday, but he didn't even give himself a break and immediately threw himself into work."

"She's just putting on a brave face, afraid she'll burst into tears when she's free," Qibana scoffed.

Sonia glanced at him sideways, "You're probably talking about yourself... Cibana, you didn't update your social media yesterday."

"Hey! You woman!" Cibana immediately bristled.

As a top-tier blogger on Pokémon blogs and Pokémon sounds, he posts selfies of himself and Pokémon on social media almost every day.

But it inexplicably didn't post yesterday.

Many people believe that Chibana may have gone to celebrate D'Antoni's defeat. The two have been fighting for more than ten years, and he has never won once, nor has he ever seen D'Antoni lose.

This is the first time ever, so it really deserves a celebration.

But in reality, just as Sonia said, Cibana spent a desolate night in his room.

He definitely didn't cry, but the blow he suffered was greater than when he lost to Kashiwagi.

The saying goes, "The deeper the love, the harsher the criticism," and the reverse is also true.

He regarded Dan Di as a formidable rival, and every time he fought him, he couldn't help but provoke him with a few words before suffering a crushing defeat.

Kibana considers defeating Dante his life goal and vows to be the first person to defeat Dante.

Who knew that he would be replaced by Kashiwagi? This was such a blow to Chibana that he suffered from insomnia for a long time before he recovered.

During periods of depression, I naturally don't have time to post on social media.

"Hum~"

Sonia smiled sarcastically and left amidst Chibana's displeased gaze.

Not far away.

Ran is gathering information from Daigo; she wants to know more about Kashiwagi, including his experiences in the Orei region.

Karuni listened along as well.

However, Daigo didn't actually know much about Kashiwagi's deeds. Strictly speaking, he hadn't met Kashiwagi much more often than Kashiwagi had met them.

It's just that it happened earlier.

Daigo's deepest impression of Kashiwagi is still their first meeting.

That young man who bravely fought alongside his Pokémon against the tide of countless dark Pokémon.

At that time, the cypress wood was as dazzling as gold exposed to the sun in the mud.

It's hard to miss Daigo when he first enters.

"Don't you think... he's special?" Zhu Lan offered an ambiguous description.

She couldn't directly express her suspicions, since she herself wasn't sure. After thinking about it last night, she felt like she might be going crazy.

Humans and Pokémon were perhaps indistinguishable only in ancient times; in modern times, humans and Pokémon are clearly distinct.

This is evident from the fact that Poké Balls cannot capture humans.

It's impossible that cypress trees are ancient humans!

Daigo was puzzled by her words and chuckled, "Of course he's special, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to become the champion of Orei, right?"

"..."

Chikuran realized that she was unlikely to get the answer she wanted from Daigo.

She turned her attention to Otsuka and the others who had grown up with Kashiwagi, thinking that she might be able to get more clues from them.

Daigo looked puzzled. "What exactly does she want to ask?"

"Who knows, maybe she's fallen for Kashiwagi," Karuni said casually.

Dawu's pupils were shocked: "Huh?"

Just kidding.

Karuni covered her mouth and laughed, still maintaining an air of elegance and nobility, completely taking advantage of the fact that no one could hear what she was saying.

Maintaining a public image is also a professional skill for female celebrities.

Then, she left under the speechless gaze of the Hoenn Champion, her head set on her hardworking and capable daughter.

"An Xin'er~ Take a rest~ You must be exhausted."

"I'm not tired."

An Xin'er shook her head. She was smart enough not to call Karuni "mother" during the live broadcast on multiple mobile phones.

Even if Karuni in that sample world didn't have children, she would still be caught in a storm.

Many people in the live stream were asking who An Xin'er was. Since Bai Mu had already answered, the chat spontaneously provided explanations.

"I brought my neighbor's daughter to watch the game with me."

Ole and Carlos are separated only by a sea, how can they not be neighbors?

The spectators who got the answer were extremely envious; they also wanted to be taken by the champion to watch the game live and be greeted warmly by the beautiful Carlos champion.

Kashiwagi glanced at the time and said to the camera, "It's almost time, I have to end the broadcast now. Remember to hand in your homework."

Based on his memories from his past life, he launched a short video challenge called "Pokémon Big Maintenance".

Trainers are required to take good care of their Pokémon's health and take photos or videos of them, which will be uploaded to Pokémon Audio. In return, a select group of trainers will receive prizes.

Isn't Minoru Yama trying to get attention?

It's that simple!