Chapter 787: I Want It All

Unlike other simulation subjects.

The kimono-clad girl, having entered the preparation phase for the assembly, did not give up on her fashion shows or street stalls.

【You always head to Lumiose City with your good friends after special training ends.】

That young lady isn't very focused...

If All Baimu hadn't already seen the results from the Double Blue talent, he really would have wanted to rush in and tell the kimono-clad girl that the time between the end of the Gym challenge and the start of the assembly was crucial—no different from a final sprint before the college entrance exam.

Of course.

The kimono-clad girl herself was unaware of how effective she was, even if her two childhood friends had great confidence in her.

The narrator expressed that she was very worried the results of the League Assembly would be unsatisfactory.

After all, the friends she taught Pokémon battling to only achieved Top 8 and Top 4 finishes; with everyone just shouting about aiming for first place, no one was truly certain if they could actually achieve it.

Therefore, the kimono-clad girl held continuous fashion shows to maintain interest in her kimonos, preventing the hard-won popularity from vanishing like the wind.

All Baimu could fully understand.

The kimono-clad girl was only twelve, after all; some people couldn't see their future even at thirty, so it was already quite an achievement for her to have found a goal.

Just as he used this reasoning to convince himself, the kimono-clad girl in the scene began to grow restless.

The reason lay in the stalled progress of Mega Evolution.

【You and your friends understand that Mega Evolution will be the key to the League Assembly; you must master this power.】

This sentence reminded him of the chef once again.

As the only simulation subject he had met in reality, All Baimu often thought of this half-mentor of his in the culinary arts, and how the latter had been only one Mega Evolution away from winning the assembly.

What a pity.

Sometimes, when All Baimu watched others' stories, he would develop a unique sense of immersion, then feel lost and regretful along with them.

Because the kimono-clad girl couldn't master Mega Evolution and the opening of the League Assembly was drawing near, she grew increasingly uneasy. Under the strong suggestion of the two boys, she headed to the Tower of Mastery to seek guidance on Mega Evolution from Gurkinn.

【You made up your mind.】

However...

She went alone.

The two childhood friends took the initiative to stay behind to hold regular fashion shows and manage the street stalls, preventing the "indifferent" citizens of Lumiose City from forgetting the kimonos, thus relieving the kimono-clad girl of her worries.

【You boarded the transport to Shalour City.】

All Baimu widened his eyes.

The kimono-clad girl was on her own!

One had to know that, judging by the pixel art, Gurkinn wasn't much older than the kimono-clad girl, and previously at the Tower of Mastery, no one else had appeared besides him. Wouldn't that mean they were a lone man and woman in seclusion?

Uh.

That might sound a bit harsh.

But who told All Baimu to choose "Peach Blossom Luck"?

Moreover, he never doubted the kimono-clad girl's charm; the previous holder of the 【Flower-like Beauty】 talent had become a "big star"!

A young man meeting a beautiful girl, with "Peach Blossom Luck" secretly assisting, the probability of remaining indifferent was less than zero.

Childhood friend crisis!

【You arrived at the Tower of Mastery in Shalour City and sincerely asked the Shalour Gym Leader for guidance on Mega Evolution.】

Seeing the kimono-clad girl and Mawile engage in a discussion with Gurkinn, successfully getting the latter to agree to help her achieve Mega Evolution, All Baimu's attention instantly sharpened.

He wanted to see if Gurkinn was a "heaven-sent" suitor.

Inside the light screen.

The kimono-clad girl and Mawile, under Gurkinn's guidance, underwent abstract training.

Why call it abstract?

Because the screen kept flickering; one moment it was Mawile battling Lucario, the next it was the kimono-clad girl exercising with Mawile, or exercising with other Pokémon.

Occasionally, there were scenes of the kimono-clad girl talking on the phone with her family or the boys.

The simulator seemed afraid he would learn the tricks from it, refusing to show him any details.

"Even if you showed me, I wouldn't care." All Baimu's mouth twitched; what reference could one get from pixelated training methods?

And there was no narrator to explain it.

Besides, who was paying attention to the training process at a time like this? He was here to watch the romance!

However, until the kimono-clad girl and Mawile completed their first Mega Evolution and the latter began to go berserk as expected, no signs of romance appeared between the two.

Gurkinn remained just a responsible instructor.

At least for now, there were no signs.

The screen continued to speed up.

The kimono-clad girl's success rate with Mega Evolution gradually increased, which shifted All Baimu's attention away from the romance.

How much longer until the League Assembly started?

It felt like the kimono-clad girl had been in Shalour City for several months!

Just as he was wondering, the screen's flow returned to normal, and the long-lost childhood friends visited the Tower of Mastery—the League Assembly was finally about to begin.

The boys were responsible for picking her up.

【After three months of hard work, you barely mastered Mega Evolution.】

Three months!

Good grief, so much time had passed!

All Baimu was surprised by the kimono-clad girl's perseverance, and just as he felt regret that nothing had happened between the two in those three months.

Gurkinn suddenly expressed his feelings.

【You heard his confession.】

Hmm?

When did he fall in love? Not a single trace was given!

All Baimu was simply stunned.

If you liked her, couldn't you at least have had hearts pop up over your head a few times?

At least in the Team Rocket scumbag simulation, there were scenes of him being intimate with others!

【Just as you were thinking about how to politely reject his confession and offer him a "nice guy" card and a "friend" card, he stopped you from speaking first.】

The narrator indicated that Gurkinn didn't expect a response from the kimono-clad girl; he understood that she didn't have feelings for him beyond friendship, but he couldn't help but speak out of necessity.

【You inexplicably felt a sense of guilt.】

Your childhood friends didn't feel any guilt.

All Baimu muttered to himself; he could almost see the deep vigilance on the pixelated faces of those two young men, and the angry expressions that popped up over their heads immediately after confirmed it.

"So you two also..."

How could he not understand the feelings of these two boys?

This Trainer Simulator really didn't give a single hint, and to think he had even chosen "Peach Blossom Luck."

Never choosing it again!

The kimono-clad girl's pre-competition preparation ended with a failed confession.

——

The Lumiose Assembly opened on time.

Having initially mastered Mega Evolution, the kimono-clad girl was bursting with confidence.

【You specially crafted kimonos with styles and colors matching your Pokémon.】

"So it was all for today."

All Baimu had previously been curious about the suffix in the capture logs mentioning that new kimono styles had been added, but he hadn't seen the simulator mention the kimono-clad girl selling those styles.

It turned out she was preparing to showcase them at the League Assembly.

Must say.

This move reminded him of the Pokémon Contests; it was quite common in the Contest world for Coordinators to design clothes using their Pokémon as elements.

The kimono-clad girl's multi-style kimonos... they probably wouldn't be bad either.

The League Assembly was, after all, one of the most highly-watched Pokémon battle events.

First round of the preliminaries.

The kimono-clad girl, wearing a Slurpuff-style and colored kimono, sent out Slurpuff and defeated her opponent very smoothly.

【You didn't expect the opponent to be even weaker than you anticipated; you couldn't help but wonder how they passed the Gym battles.】

"Just a filler contestant, normal."

All Baimu had seen simulations with ordinary talents and understood that some Trainers either challenged unpopular, small Gyms, or obtained badges through the Gym Leader's recognition rather than by defeating them.

Some took five or six tries to pass; how could they be compared to top-tier talent contestants who passed on the first try?

Don't look at the kimono-clad girl's fixed talent as 【Flower-like Beauty】; she also had 【Skilled Breeder】, even if its presence wasn't very strong.

Second round.

The kimono-clad girl wore a silver kimono, held a giant foam key, and sent out Klefki, which had many tricky moves, to face her opponent.

There were props too?

All Baimu was stunned.

Third round.

The kimono-clad girl changed into a heavy-style kimono adorned with numerous flowers and a white fur collar around the neck.

It was really hard on her to match Florges's flower collar.

But what All Baimu didn't expect was that Florges could actually draw power from the flowers on the kimono-clad girl's kimono—was that allowed by the rules?

The narrator indicated it was allowed.

The League Assembly in this era was still quite rough, and many prohibited regulations had yet to appear.

All Baimu's mouth twitched; he thought of Ash's Rowlet, who also escaped unscathed while wearing a jacket during a battle.

Such an off-field tactic...

In any case, the kimono-clad girl successfully broke through the three rounds of preliminaries.

【You heard your friends tell you that many people were asking about the kimonos, realizing your plan was a great success; you hurriedly sent them to set up street stalls outside the arena.】

Main tournament.

The kimono-clad girl changed into the Aromatisse style according to the order of capture and chose Aromatisse as her starter, not expecting it to almost flip the car.

Her opponent actually possessed a Mega Ampharos, causing Aromatisse to be unable to contend.

But before being defeated, Aromatisse successfully used Attract to put Mega Ampharos into a confused state, which also made the kimono-clad girl suppress the idea of sending out Mega Mawile early.

Mega Mawile was a secret weapon; to prevent other opponents from knowing her bottom line too early, it had to be hidden.

She switched to Klefki, and according to her previous method of dealing with Mega Evolved Pokémon, she constantly weakened Mega Ampharos's abilities, then sacrificed Klefki to send out Florges for the harvest.

【You defeated your opponent and advanced to the Top 16.】

All Baimu mourned for the opponent.

A contestant with Mega Evolution could be considered a championship seed, yet they fell in the Top 32.

Top 16 to Top 8.

The opponent's strength began to increase, but they were still no match for the kimono-clad girl; she changed into the Sylveon style full of ribbons and easily took them down.

Top 8 to Top 4.

【You began to feel nervous, and so did your friends.】

The two childhood friend brothers fell in the Top 8 and Top 4; although they had the trump card of Mega Mawile, they were also afraid of encountering a strong opponent like the Mega Ampharos Trainer and flipping the car halfway.

Fortunately, that didn't happen.

The three months the kimono-clad girl spent diligently seeking guidance from Gurkinn were not wasted; she had already thoroughly implemented the blue talent 【Skilled Breeder】, raising her Pokémon's strength to her limit.

She managed to defeat her opponent without exposing Mega Evolution.

【You defeated your opponent and advanced to the semifinals.】

Reaching the Top 4.

【You know that the real hard battle is next.】

Mega Mawile couldn't be hidden anymore; the Top 4 opponent's Mega Heracross forced her to expose this trump card.

Interestingly, she modified the Mawile-style kimono, giving it a mechanism that could "Mega Evolve," requiring only the removal of the tie to complete the change.

Transforming the Mawile style into the Mega Mawile style.

Successfully drawing admiration from the audience.

All Baimu, behind the screen, couldn't help but give a thumbs up to the kimono-clad girl's idea; in a Contest, just for this point alone, she could get a high impression score from the three judges.

The opponent wasn't stunned.

But his understanding of Mega Evolution was even shallower than the kimono-clad girl's, and the combat power displayed by Mega Heracross made All Baimu cover his forehead.

This level brought to the League Assembly?

Fine.

Dealing with the League Assembly was indeed enough.

Unfortunately, Mega Mawile's Fairy type countered Mega Heracross; countering didn't mean everything, but at least it tilted the scales of victory toward the kimono-clad girl.

【You defeated your opponent and advanced to the finals.】

This battle.

Mega Mawile, combined with the kimono-clad girl's transformation kimono, successfully made them the most popular topic in Lumiose City's fashion world.

The boys took the opportunity to increase publicity, putting in all their effort just so the kimono-clad girl would have no worries in the finals.

And so.

The finals were staged.

This time, the Mega Evolution the kimono-clad girl's opponent mastered was Mega Blastoise.

【You know this battle will determine your future.】

The kimono-clad girl was exceptionally cautious; at the same time, for this appearance, she wore a kimono that fused elements of all her Pokémon, a kimono gorgeous to the extreme.

Symbolizing her importance to the finals.

The Pokémon also went all out, exerting all their strength.

Slurpuff's amazing sense of smell, Klefki's Fairy Lock that forcibly kept the opponent, Florges's powerful attack released after gaining power from flowers, Aromatisse's pungent fragrance, Sylveon's ribbon tentacles.

And Mega Mawile's unrivaled offensive power.

Mega Blastoise's Mega Launcher was indeed very fierce, but the opponent seemed to have put too much energy into Mega Blastoise, causing the strength of the other few Pokémon to be far inferior to the kimono-clad girl's Pokémon.

By the time he only had Mega Blastoise left, the kimono-clad girl still had four Pokémon, including Mega Mawile, able to battle.

This also became the opportunity for the kimono-clad girl to win.

Finally.

Mega Mawile declared the successful conclusion of this assembly with an Iron Head that knocked Mega Blastoise into the sky.

The boys ignored the staff's obstruction, rushed into the arena, and hugged the kimono-clad girl.

Their wish was realized.

Washing away the shame!

【You defeated your opponent and won the championship.】

All Baimu saw this line and let out a long breath of relief.

"Phew..."

The simulation screen continued, showing the kimono-clad girl challenging the Champion League, but the result was the same as imagined—she didn't even defeat the first Elite Four member.

【You were defeated by the first Elite Four member; your League challenge path ended.】

【You let the entire Kalos region know of the existence of kimonos, the shop at home no longer worried about business, but you were not satisfied with this; you created your own kimono brand and ascended to the Lumiose Fashion Show.】

【You were confessed to by your childhood friends one after another, but you didn't know which one to reject or accept; you felt you had good feelings for both.】

【You decided to shelve it for now and help them realize their dreams first.】

The screen froze on the kimono-clad girl being confessed to by the two in turn; the two boys knelt on one knee and reached out their hands to her.

Then both hands were held.

【Simulation ended.】

Holy crap?

I want it all!?

All Baimu was stunned; he had thought "Peach Blossom Luck" wouldn't take effect, after all, according to its suffix, romance was only a possibility and not necessarily guaranteed to happen.

He didn't expect it to suddenly give him a big one at the end.

The kimono-clad girl wouldn't want it all, right? Monogamy?

No, this is a husband-husband situation!

He couldn't wait to take out his phone to search for the kimono-clad girl, only to realize he didn't have his phone when he saw the Shiny Milotic on his lap! ===== CHAPTER 788 =====