Chapter 1180: Serious Consequences

Inside the tunnel.

Caitlin buried her head silently.

Standing directly opposite her was the stern-looking Diantha, whose furrowed brows brought immense pressure to her.

"You've disappointed me too much!"

The Sinnoh Champion, who was always exceptionally gentle, had rarely lost her temper, and the target was a friend she had known for many years, a girl who had formed a bond with her long ago.

Simply because Caitlin had abandoned her Pokémon in an important match, leaving them to fight alone.

This was absolutely unforgivable!

A dignified Unova Elite Four member, an object of admiration and worship for countless Trainers.

She should have set an example, and even if she encountered a desperate scene, she should have naturally shown the excellent quality of being tenacious and unyielding.

That was the duty of an Elite Four member!

With the popularity of the World Coronation Series, and the popularity of All Baimu and her, heaven knows how many newcomers and people longing for the strong were observing this match.

Caitlin, however, was influenced by two rounds of the situation and set a bad example for all Trainers in the world!

Perhaps ordinary Trainers couldn't see what had happened, but every battle related to Champions and Elite Four members in the World Coronation Series would be reviewed, and various commentary videos were very common online.

Her actions would be discovered sooner or later.

Perhaps it couldn't bring any impact in a short time, but in the long run, Trainers would inevitably have the thought—'Even an Elite Four member is slacking off, so it's nothing if I slack off a bit'.

Why are battles exciting?

It lies in perseverance, tenacity, and working together!

One-sided crushing battles are exciting, but what is most admired in this world is always the scene where Trainers and Pokémon work together to defeat impossible enemies and make a comeback!

Diantha had also been confused before; her life seemed smooth, but she had actually encountered many difficulties.

But she had never slacked off once.

She did her best in every battle.

She simply couldn't understand how Caitlin could give up lightly when hearing her Pokémon's call.

Diantha said in a deep voice: "As an Elite Four member, you are completely disqualified!"

Facing her friend's stern reprimand, the girl remained silent, but not long after, tears flowed down like kite strings.

"... Sigh."

Diantha softened inwardly, hugged her, and said softly: "You need to calm down properly, go heal your Pokémon."

Caitlin never spoke, just nodded slightly.

The huge sense of frustration completely swallowed the once arrogant and confident Elite Four member, leaving only an immature little girl.

The two left the player tunnel.

And at the exit of another tunnel, All Baimu was surrounded by many people as the winner.

Countless cameras were aimed at him, and different shouts were heard.

The leader was undoubtedly the Alolan local reporters, led by a man with deep blue explosive hair, dressed like a racing driver.

"Hello Champion! When will you become Master Tier?"

"That depends on the official arrangement for me."

"May I ask for your evaluation of this match?"

"Miss Caitlin is a very excellent Trainer."

"Some people say she gave up resistance at the last moment, which caused Mega Metagross to fail to exert its full strength, is that the case?"

"I have confidence in my Blissey."

A short Q&A ended.

All Baimu walked through the crowd, waved at them with a smile, and didn't relax until he reached the Pokémon Center.

During the conference, the Pokémon Center usually had "heavy troops" guarding it, and the crowd couldn't make noise here.

Anyone who dared to challenge Nurse Joy's authority would be lifted up by the angry Blissey nurses and thrown out.

"The internet is very lively."

The Rotom Phone flew out of his pocket and said: "Everyone is discussing Caitlin's performance in the last match."

Caitlin didn't use psychic power in the last match; anyone with eyes could see it.

But unlike All Baimu, who keenly realized that the other party had actually given up, more people on the internet were actually more concerned about Caitlin's body.

In their view, Caitlin not using psychic power was perhaps because her body had developed a condition.

——It looked very much like that from a third-party perspective.

When Gothitelle was hit by Thunder, she also seemed to be hit, her body trembling frantically, and she became a drowned rat after being splashed by rain.

Even if there were comments like 'Caitlin should just be losing her fighting spirit', they were drowned out by many comments feeling sorry for her.

Of course, unlike his previous life.

Everyone wouldn't blame the winning All Baimu because they felt sorry for Caitlin.

This world still followed the rule that the winner enjoys everything.

The Rotom Phone kept scrolling down the page, learning the posture of a Trainer, and said with a tsk: "Her popularity is really high."

"Because she is the successor to Alder recognized by the public."

All Baimu responded casually.

Before last year, Iris was just an unknown Trainer.

Everyone thought Diantha was the most likely successor for Champion, but who would have thought a dark horse would emerge halfway and defeat the Unova Elite Four and Champion Alder in one fell swoop.

It was a huge upset!

The Rotom Phone continued: "But her mentality is very fragile, more fragile than most normal Trainers we've met, and she's an Elite Four member!"

"She's young, it's normal; don't forget that Elder Drake also had a messy account when he was young."

All Baimu's expression remained unchanged, "As for things like endurance... you have to look at her past experiences."

The more people are used to winning, the less they can accept their failure.

Conversely, Ash challenged and lost all the way, and tears only flowed after the Indigo Conference ended.

If it weren't for his interference, Ash's first "victory" would have to wait until the Sun & Moon arc.

Whether he could win at the end of the Sword & Shield arc was another matter.

"Psychics are generally very strange, anything can happen." All Baimu instantly thought of Sabrina.

Those few episodes of the Saffron Gym in the original series were childhood nightmares.

Psychics who could control psychic power were all so abnormal; by comparison, Caitlin's situation of giving up the battle was already very normal.

After Blissey and the Shiny Milotic finished treatment, All Baimu stretched.

"Hmm~ ready to return~"

"Aren't you going to say hello to Caitlin?" The Rotom Phone was surprised: "She was beaten into autism by you!"

All Baimu looked at it helplessly, "Do you think I'm very free? Is time particularly abundant?"

"Hehehe... that's not it..."

The Rotom Phone laughed, "I just think Diantha is there, maybe there's a chance to match with her and fiercely eat her points."

All Baimu's mouth twitched.

Do you think he doesn't want to meet Diantha and fiercely eat her points?

This guy! Talking nonsense in broad daylight!

He glared at the Rotom Phone and left the Pokémon Center to ride the dragon back to Melemele Island.

Caitlin's heart knot didn't need him to untie; Diantha would do it.

Not to mention the two sides weren't that familiar.

If it were Lucian or other girls he knew, he would have chased after her directly after the match, letting her fully experience what it means not to abandon and not to give up.

——

Beach villa.

A kilometer away, he looked down and saw people battling on the beach.

"... Gladion? Hau?"

He narrowed his eyes and found that it was two young men he knew, who were enthusiastically issuing orders to Lycanroc (Midnight Form) and Decidueye.

By the time Hydreigon got completely close, Decidueye had just been taken down by Lycanroc's Crunch.

Hau sat paralyzed in frustration, "Ah~ lost again~ All Baimu!"

When the boy saw him after he landed, he immediately became excited, put away the defeated Decidueye, and ran over quickly, "Congratulations All Baimu!"

"Congratulations..."

Gladion reacted a bit slower, mainly because his back was to him.

All Baimu: "Why are you two here?"

"Saw your battle with Caitlin on TV, couldn't be more excited, so we ran over." Hau put his hands behind his head and laughed.

Gladion nodded, obviously his thoughts were the same.

The two young men's eyes were full of longing.

Seeing this, All Baimu's mischievousness suddenly surged, and he said coldly: "You two actually didn't go to the scene to watch my match, too disloyal, let's break up!"

As soon as these words came out, the two young men were suddenly panicked.

Hau gestured and explained: "No! No! My! My parents suddenly came back, that's why I didn't go!"

"Lillie stayed up late editing the video last night and fainted from exhaustion, we sent her to the hospital, but she still wanted to go watch your match—"

Gladion said a very long content in one breath because he was anxious.

All Baimu was indifferent, then laughed loudly and patted their shoulders lightly, "Just kidding! I'm already very happy that you can support me on TV! Look at how scared you are~"

Hau/Gladion: "..."

Why didn't they find All Baimu so unhuman before?

"You scared me to death." Hau said with a crying face; he absolutely didn't want All Baimu to dislike him.

Gladion was the same, the handsome punk boy's face turned red.

Not from anger, but from lack of oxygen after speaking for too long in one breath.

"Sorry sorry." All Baimu said without any guilt: "To compensate you, let's battle?"

The two young men looked at each other and agreed without hesitation.

Who would refuse the opportunity to battle a Champion?

Afterward, a one-sided abuse without suspense began, and All Baimu ended it with a complete victory, almost creating two more autistic children.

In the afternoon, he went to the hospital to see Lillie.

The girl in the hospital bed was so shy that she covered her face with a quilt; fainting into the hospital from editing all night was too shameful.

And in the ward, All Baimu met Lana and Sophocles.

Both of them came back specifically from their travel destinations and the outer sea after learning that Lillie was hospitalized.

He took the opportunity to extend an olive branch outside, and the responses were as expected, all saying they would consider it.

After all, they were only in their teens.

If it weren't for Lillie's behavior of fighting for her career becoming their role model, Mallow and Kiawe would have started interfering with their family business much earlier.

Perhaps they wouldn't even consider it.

The next day.

All Baimu bid farewell to all his acquaintances and familiar Pokémon, and embarked on the return journey.

"Aren't you going to say hello to Diantha?"

"No need, we'll meet again sooner or later."

He rejected the Rotom Phone's suggestion; he no longer had those thoughts from his childhood, only expectations for the future.

Compared to getting close to Diantha, he was more willing to defeat this strong person!

And after All Baimu got off the plane in Beryllium City.

He was surprised to find Ryuki leaning against the car door by the side of the road.

"Who are you here to pick up?"

"Picking up our respected Champion." Ryuki opened the passenger door and made a gesture of invitation, "Get in!"

All Baimu couldn't figure out his routine, but sat in obediently.

Unlike the past, Ryuki didn't bring a driver this time and drove to the League Headquarters himself.

This made him ask boldly, "You... were you bypassed?"

You have to know that Ryuki was very busy, and if he was willing, he could completely stay on his feet all day.

"Did something, waiting for the follow-up."

Ryuki didn't mean to hide it either, and told the content he discussed with Rose and the decisions he made recently one by one.

All Baimu was shocked, "You want to engage in dictatorship!?"

The Save Organization was a force formed by many people working together, and Ryuki actually wanted to engage in dictatorship in such an organization.

Ryuki said calmly: "It won't work if I don't; too many ideas and too many mouths are not conducive to high-speed development. It's already been delayed for a season, can't delay another season."

He was talking about the Champion League.

Logically speaking, there were four Champion Leagues a year, and the year-end Champion League was placed after the League Conference, so that the new League winner could participate.

But it was currently mid-year, and Orre hadn't held a single Champion League.

For a region with no competitiveness, this was very fatal.

Orre's development currently relied entirely on heat, and the heat attracted countless people to visit; if it dragged on, more and more people would know that Orre was actually very boring.

There were neither attractive Pokémon nor gym battles or special systems that made people's blood boil.

"... Fine."

All Baimu nodded.

Ryuki turned his head, looking a bit surprised, "You... just... this reaction?"

"Then what reaction do you want?"

He understood why Ryuki came to pick him up, "You think I won't agree, will oppose you, so you came to vent in private in advance to see my reaction?"

Ryuki nodded with a complex expression, "You guessed it."

All Baimu said: "Sure enough, it's your style. But to be honest, I'm a result-oriented person; as long as you don't do anything that violates ethics and morality during the period, I will always stand on your side."

"... Thank you."

Ryuki rubbed the corners of his eyes after hearing his friend's firm tone.

He was actually also very shaken; when he discussed it with his father before, he was scolded, and he said this was a rebellious act.

But did Ryuki want to do that?

Therefore, he started to hesitate and found All Baimu to ask him; if he was scolded too, he might consider interrupting.

As a result, he didn't expect his friend's reaction to be so flat.

"So when does the Champion League start?" All Baimu was scrolling through his phone.

The fact that Caitlin slacked off was finally discovered by more and more Trainers, and now the internet had given him a few unfriendly titles—

'Heart-Trainer', 'Elite Four Killer'.

Meaning that even Elite Four members had to pass an inner hurdle when they were with him.

Simply because everyone was still very sympathetic to Caitlin, thinking that it was normal to be autistic for a while when battling a powerful person like All Baimu.

Public opinion was still positive.

But many people could glimpse how much subsequent impact Caitlin's giving up would bring.

This kind of impact was subtle and wouldn't be placed on any bright side.

The current reaction of leagues in various regions was—

Let the Elite Four members who had battled All Baimu come forward to describe their feelings when battling.

Starting from Sinnoh Elite Four member Aaron, to Johto Elite Four member Koga, Kalos Elite Four member Malva, and even Drake and Drayden expressed their opinions.

Including Unova's Grimsley, Shauntal, etc.

Was this a carnival of the Elite Four?

No.

Someone was doing this!

Ryuki and All Baimu both knew very well what was hidden behind this public opinion marketing.

At the same time, Diantha made the last phone call and sighed: "I can only do these..." ===== CHAPTER 1181 =====