Not Being a Trainer This Time

Chapter 559: Chapter 316: Dragonite and the Avatar of the Sea! (Part 3)

The afternoon at the Pokemon Center wasn’t crowded with Trainers, and Miss Joy was leisurely chatting with Naoki.

The TV in the Pokemon Center lobby was looping yesterday’s news.

Naoki sighed again, thanked Miss Joy, and prepared to return to the ranch to continue waiting for Dragonite to come home.

But just as he was about to turn and leave, a news report on the TV suddenly caught his attention.

”Purple Orchid TV Station is reporting, yesterday at 4 PM near the waters of Sootopolis City, an unprecedented giant tsunami occurred.”

”It is reported that it was caused by an unknown Pokemon. Now, let’s interview the eyewitnesses from that time.”

Hearing this, Naoki stopped and turned to look.

The date of the news broadcast was yesterday.

Yesterday... he was too worried about Dragonite to watch much TV.

The female reporter on TV was handing the microphone to a well-built, blonde woman wearing a swimsuit.

”It was terrifying! Yesterday, I was surfing in the ocean with my Goldeen, and that huge wave suddenly appeared! I was so scared. Upon looking closely, I saw a super-sized blue Pokemon fighting with a Dragonite!”

Then, the camera shifted, and the microphone was handed to the second eyewitness.

It was a young man wearing a swimsuit and holding a surfboard.

”It’s true! I saw it too! That gigantic mysterious Pokemon was battling with that Dragonite! I thought a Trainer was capturing Pokemon, but it turns out it was a wild Dragonite! So strange, since Dragonite doesn’t typically reside in the Hoenn Region.”

The third person interviewed was a beach tourist wearing a floral shirt, a hat, and a camera hanging from his neck.

He contributed the rare photographs he risked his life to capture yesterday.

In the photo, an ancient-looking blue Pokemon was riding the huge wave, charging towards a Dragonite.

”Look, this is what it looked like! Unfortunately, I was too far away at the time, so I couldn’t find a better shooting angle!”

”The battle ended quickly, I saw that Dragonite was defeated by the blue Pokemon, fell into the sea, then the giant wave disappeared, the rain stopped, and the blue Pokemon vanished!”

Naoki: ”???”

Staring at the familiar figure in the photograph on the TV screen, Naoki was completely dumbfounded.

Beside him, Miss Joy also widened her eyes in disbelief, pointing at the screen and murmuring:

”Is that... Dragonite?”

Naoki fell silent.

Because he recognized at a glance that the Dragonite fighting Kyogre was his own Dragonite.

So... what exactly happened? How did Dragonite end up confronting Kyogre?

But then, Naoki remembered what the tourist had just said about Dragonite being knocked down and falling into the sea.

Naoki’s heart tightened.

Those interviewed may not recognize Kyogre, but he certainly did!

Kyogre, embodiment of the sea, creator of the primal ocean.

Even with the boost from the Storm Steamed Bun, the current Dragonite wouldn’t stand a chance against Kyogre!

Imagining the scene of Dragonite being severely injured and falling into the sea at the brink of death, Naoki felt awful.

No, he must take Koraidon and Calyrex to the Hoenn Region!

If necessary, he must also ask his good neighbor to come out of retirement!