Pokémon: Adventures with Sirona

"Yes. And"

Shira Nai hugged Cam who was sleeping soundly with his head bowed beside him, and said while stroking the head of Cam wearing a moon-shaped hat.

"I want to remember what happened today. I was able to make memories with all kinds of people, not just Kym.

I am able to make so many memories today thanks to so many people, not to mention Cam.In order to keep it well in her heart, Bai Nai wanted to recall that memory with her own will instead of in a dream.

"I see. It's a beautiful day."

"Yes. Very much."

Sirona looked at Cam's sleeping face and said.

In a space where only the sound of cars and soft breathing could be heard, Sirona put her hand on the sleeping Cam's.

Sirona turned her gaze out of the window and felt Cam, who was supposed to be unconscious, gently grasp her hand.

Sirona's face reflected outside the window was somewhat damaged.

The sound of the waves woke Cam up.

The sun rising from the horizon illuminated the room where Cam was.When I opened my eyes, Sirona's face appeared in front of me.

After returning from the fashion show yesterday, I took a shower and fell asleep.I remember so far, but I don't remember letting Sirona into the room.Did I sneak in, or am I just half asleep and can't remember?

I wake up and look out with my still-awakened head.The sun has just risen, and the sky is still a little dark.

Sirona and Xiao Hei fell asleep peacefully on the bed, and there was no sign of waking up.

Careful not to make a sound, he slipped out of bed, took off his sweatshirt, put on his tracksuit, and quietly left the room.

"Good morning. You're early."

I went downstairs to find Cochrane preparing breakfast.

"Good morning. You're early too, Mr. Cochrane."

"Because this is my daily life. I've had the habit of getting up early since I was a kid."

"…is that so"

"Is Sirona still asleep?"

"Yeah, I'm still sleeping?"

Chapter 40 Go!lucario

Cam was uncomfortable with Cochrane's words.

"However, my room and Sirona's are separate."

"Oh, I was wondering if you were sharing a room with me? Lord Sirona entered Lord Kem's room without hesitation, and that was it."

Cam lowered his head, depressed, wondering if he was being watched.

"Also, Shikimi-sama and Alice-sama are in the original place of Sirona-sama's room.

Cam, convinced by Cochrane, smiled.

I know what you're talking about.

"Considering the relationship between the two of you, it's not surprising.

Then Cam's memory is awakened.After all, Bai Nai, who was laughed at at the girls' party yesterday, came here to seek comfort.Since he slept in the same bed the day before yesterday, he didn't bother to say anything else and entered the room normally.

"do not worry.

"Domo"

"More importantly, don't you plan to go anywhere else?"

Cochran said, looking at Cam's tracksuit.

Cochran guessed he would be doing most of the training, and in fact Keim was planning on training on the beach.

"Oh. A little sandy beach."

"Be careful, when will you be back?"

"I'll be back in about an hour."

"Understood, training makes no sense."

"Yes"

Keim headed off the front goal, taking Lucario and Baxamo out of goal.

After the two warmed up a bit, they started running to the beach.

Block Bassamo's outstretched fist with your palm and reach out the base of your palm with a counter.Basamo avoided it by moving his body and kicking further.Cam, who was kicked in the upper arm, grabbed Basamo's arm and lowered his posture for a shoulder throw.

But after Basamo finished reading, he moved while turning his body, and came behind Cam.He kicked Kaim who was still in a low posture, but was blocked by Kaim's sword.Then Cam and Basamo raised their fists at the same time and stopped in front of each other.

"That's it"

Cam relaxed and bowed to each other, wiping sweat.

"I can't win anymore. I can't use technique to bridge the gap between simple power and speed."

Basamo was pleased with Cam's words.Basamo was originally a person with a muscle and a brain, and he mastered skills very slowly.Basamo himself felt that there was no need to learn, so he didn't learn it. I have been working hard to learn it.

Since he was always eager to learn, he eventually became as skilled as his teacher Kem.In fact, even in the current matchup, Baxamo has taken some shortcuts.There's a difference in physical abilities between humans and Pokémon, so there's no way this can be done, but even ignoring that, Kaim can no longer compete with Basamo.

"Then Lucario, go with Basamo."

When I called Lucario who was meditating on the beach, Lucario opened his eyes and faced Bashamo.

Bashamo also faced Lucario, and with Kaim's shout, kumite began.Lucario focused on acquiring skills before upgrading, so although he joined relatively late, his level has been raised to about the same level as Bashamo.And because he understands that his weakness is low defense, his control, counterattack, passive and other defensive skills have risen to the same level as Sirona's Lucario.

But on the contrary, his offensive skills are still very immature, and Basamo has more skills there.Maybe it has something to do with their personalities, but there is still room for growth in their abilities.

But Cam has been feeling stagnant lately.

Neither humans nor Pokémon continue to grow forever, and there is a limit to growth.There is no such thing as infinite growth.

But the “stagnation” Keim feels now isn’t a lack of room for growth.I think the stagnation is due to more fundamental reasons.

It's only recently that I've started feeling stagnant.I've gotten pretty good at fighting sumo, but I haven't won one until now.It was a tie at best, so I never won.

Sumo ace Lucario is rated 62.There's also type compatibility, but Blackie is level 59, so it's not an opponent you can't beat, depending on how you do it.However, even if Mukhok, who has good type compatibility, played, he failed to win.

Overcoming a serious gym leader isn't easy.However, there is a reason why he keeps losing to Xiang Tao who does not understand his own strength.

"I have no choice but to ask Sirona."

Unable to think and come up with an answer by himself, Kem thought it would be the fastest to ask his master Sirona, so he turned his attention to Asahi, who was still studying Basamo and Lucario.

The rising sun was so bright that Cam instinctively put his hands over his eyes.

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"Longpu Immortal Pagoda?"

After breakfast, Alice listened to Sirona's words while drinking coffee.

"Yes, you said that this is a tower that has a deep connection with the legend of the Hezhong area. As an archaeologist, I definitely want to see it."

Whether you've actually researched it or not, if there's a place that has a deep connection to a legend like this, as an archaeologist, that's definitely where you want to go.I don't know if this tower is really what it's said to be, but it's definitely worth a look.

"I see, you two are both scholars."

"Excellent.

"Okay. Then I'll contact my little brother."

"grandfather…?"

"Alice's master, I am Shaka, the curator of the Soul Flow Gym. I also manage the Tower of Dragon Luoxian"

"Yes. Then with Mr. Shaka's permission"

"I'm going to enter Longpu Line Tower.

"I'm getting more and more curious. So, Alice-chan, can I ask you one thing?"

"Yes! You listened to my selfishness yesterday, and I thank you!"

"Thank you"

This is the guideline for tomorrow.

We talked about what to do today, but I had a lot to do yesterday, like playing all day and going to a show, so I'm going to take a break and recover.

Having said that, Alice can't just stay home because she has so much energy.

"At the moment, I just sent Xiaoji-chan an email. I will let you know when I hear back."

"I can help you."

"So! I still have something to do today!"

As Alice spoke, her eyes lit up and she turned to Cam.

Cam had a bad feeling and looked away, but Alice didn't just stop.

"Mr. Kem, let's fight!"

"Is that right?"

"Yes. I can tell that Mr. Keim's Pokémon trusts Mr. Keim very much. So I think fighting will be fun, so I want to fight!"

"My strength is not enough to satisfy the champion."

Although he couldn't defeat even the Gym Leader, Cam couldn't imagine himself being a match for the champion.

Of course, Cam also understood that Alice wanted to use combat as a form of communication, not a test of skill.However, Cam believes that when facing Alice, who has the same ability as Sirona, the focus of the game is not whether to win, but "how much you can hold back".

"I-Kara-I-Kara! Hey!? Let's do it!"

"Oh yes, I get it, I get it, I'll do it."

"Understood! Then let's go to the wild!"

When Iris stands up, Cam almost spits out his coffee.No matter how much Alice has, I never imagined that I would start fighting so early.I looked at the clock, it was already 9:00 in the morning.Now is a good time to act, but I think it's too early to fight.

"Uh, now?"