Elf: This owner is so sunny.

Early in the morning, Bai Yu got out of bed.

I went to the backyard to prepare the Pokémon food they usually eat, and then went out to buy some breakfast, and also to bring some back for Sabrina.

It must be said that the weather was great in the morning. The sun was rising and the sunshine was bright and warm. However, there were quite a few people on the street, which aroused Bai Yu's curiosity.

Bai Yu stopped a passerby and asked, "Um... I wanted to ask, is there some kind of event today? Why are there so many people on the street?"

"This isn't just something that's circulating online. A genius trainer has come to Macha City, and he's here specifically to challenge us."

The passerby clearly didn't recognize Bai Yu and pointed at the phone.

"A genius trainer?"

Bai Yu was taken aback. When did a genius trainer appear in Macha City?

How come he didn't know anything about it? Nothing happened yesterday, so how come there's suddenly a genius trainer today?

Could it be that he has amnesia? Did he miss some crucial information?
Wait a minute, yesterday I only ate a small bite of that fish, and Gengar ate the whole thing. Gengar was perfectly fine. It couldn't have gotten poisoned and lost its memory, could it?!

"Yeah, a genius trainer. I heard he's incredibly strong. Even the Macha Gym Leader, Bai Yu, isn't his match. You know, Bai Yu is the champion of this Master Tournament."

? ? ? ?
Bai Yu was completely puzzled.

What does it mean to be no match for him?

Where did this guy come from, spouting such shameless words?

"Alright, I can't explain it to you. Just look it up online yourself. It's on the Pokémon website, in the headlines. You can find it with a simple search." The passerby said impatiently, pointed to his phone, and then turned and left Bai Yu's sight, heading towards the Pokémon Center.

Completely bewildered, Bai Yu took out his phone and quickly opened the Kanto Alliance's official website. The website contained a lot of information, but Bai Yu still noticed the headline news.

Shocking! A second genius trainer has emerged in Martha City, sweeping aside powerful trainers from various towns in a single day. It's even said that Martha City Gym Leader Bai Yu was defeated by him.

For details, please click to view.

Upon seeing this message, Bai Yu's lips twitched, and he quickly clicked on it.

Some of the nonsensical copywriting left Bai Yu completely confused, but she quickly noticed some key information.

The other party arrived in Macha City yesterday and reportedly challenged the Macha Gym.

While recuperating at the Pokémon Center, he took the initiative to challenge other trainers, winning every challenge decisively. He almost swept through the trainers from various towns with just one Typhlosion.

The appearance of the Fire Beast, along with an accompanying image in the text.

Bai Yu seemed to have guessed something.

Because he wasn't there yesterday, does that mean he's assumed he lost the game? There's far more fake news online than Bai Yu had imagined.

A while ago, news broke that Chibana had failed to defeat Dante for the fifteenth time.

Bai Yu also watched that game. It was a close loss for Cibana, since Cibana was a champion-level team and would have been the league champion in any region.

He was willing to stay in the Galar region and become Leon's supporting character, which was already a rare thing. After Mash and Pione resigned, Leon was the strongest person in Galar on the surface.

Losing to the strongest person is not a shameful thing.

Moreover, Raihan only lost to Leon. Apart from Leon, he has never lost a single battle, whether it was a Dynamax battle or a non-Dynamax battle, he performed perfectly.

Most residents of Motogakure love this kind of Kibana, but... even with the popularity of Kibana, there are still a small number of haters.

In their view, Qibana did not beat Dante at all, so why should he be called a champion-level trainer?

A champion-level trainer who's never even won a championship? What's so special about that?!

The uncrowned crown?!

Black spots, white spots, and spam are rampant on the internet, but Qibana didn't take them to heart, and neither did Baiyu.

There are plenty of people who spend all day criticizing, cursing, and slandering their own dojos, so one or two more won't make a difference. Anyway, Bai Yu feels that he is living a pretty comfortable life now.

Moreover, Bai Yu also believed that those who cursed and slandered him would secretly use the lineup that Bai Yu had put together, the nail team, only once or countless times.

Once you get infected, you'll never want to form another team again.

"What should we eat today? There's a pretty good new breakfast place in Macha City that's been opening lately. Let's go try it out, and if it's good, we can bring some back for Naz."

Bai Yu scratched his head, finding it difficult to choose. Looking at the dazzling array of breakfast options on the street, he finally opted for a newly opened breakfast shop.

"Master Baiyu?"

As soon as Bai Yu entered the breakfast shop, the waiter recognized him. The waiter looked at Bai Yu with surprise and delight, as if he had seen a big star.

"Don't disturb the other guests, I'm just here to eat."

Bai Yu reached out to stop the other person's behavior. He glanced at the breakfast shop. Although it was a newly opened shop, there were quite a lot of people coming and going. When the waiter shouted, everyone's eyes fell on Bai Yu and the waiter.

"well…"

The waiter nodded quickly and led Bai Yu toward an empty dining table.

"Master Baiyu, what would you like to eat?" the waiter asked, holding up the menu.

"Let's get some of everyone's favorite signature dishes." Bai Yu didn't think much of it and randomly ordered some of the breakfast shop's signature dishes. Anyway, it was his first time eating there, so he figured he could do the right thing by ordering some signature dishes.

"Okay, Master Baiyu, please wait a moment." The waiter nodded and then turned to walk towards the kitchen with the menu.

"The appearance of Akin suggests that the Johto region is more dangerous than I imagined."

Bai Yu recalled the plot in his mind. According to the appearance of A Jin and Xiao Yin, Liu Bo should have lost control of Team Rocket in the Johto region, and the two he trained also became the champions of the Johto League.

However, Bai Yu had never even heard of that matter, and Xiao Lan was nowhere to be found. As for the two people trained by Uncle Liu, they had long since become the Four Heavenly Kings of the City Alliance.

A-Ju is also one of the four Elite Four of the Johto League, but doesn't he secretly help Team Rocket?
Since the Rockets' influence hasn't been eradicated, it's highly unlikely that Aju will leave the Rockets, a situation remarkably similar to that of Mt. Surge.

"Once I'm done with this busy period, I'll go to the Sinnoh region to handle that matter, and then I'll go to the Padia region." Bai Yu thought for a moment; his appearance would have a significant impact on the plot.

After all, the fact that Ash and Red appeared at the same time already speaks volumes. There's a deviation in the plot, but it won't be too significant. Giovanni and the others are still connected to the main storyline.

However, some things have been postponed, and Bai Yu doesn't know exactly when they will happen.

After becoming the gym leader, Bai Yu didn't feel any pressure. Except for the few days when he returned from other regions, when the gym would be overcrowded, the rest of the time was within Bai Yu's control.

"Master Shirayu. Your breakfast..."

The waiter brought over a bowl of noodles and placed it on the table.

Eating noodles for breakfast is quite common in Macha City, and Bai Yu is used to it; after all, there's no soy milk or fried dough sticks in this world. All they have is fresh milk and bread…

"Master Baiyu".

Just as Bai Yu finished eating, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice reached his ears.

Bai Yu turned his head and saw a black-haired boy wearing goggles, with a two-tailed monster hand beside him. The monster's expression was the same as the boy's, as if it liked to cause trouble.

"Who are you?" Bai Yu asked, feigning hesitation.

"Hmph! So you're Master Baiyu? You lied to me earlier, saying you were a staff member of the dojo." The boy said angrily. He had been waiting here for a whole day before he finally received news from Baiyu.

After Bai Yu left, he learned that the person who had spoken to him that morning was the gym leader of Macha City. It was clear that he didn't want to open the gym, but he insisted that he had something come up at the last minute.

"Young man, I did have something to do that day," Bai Yu said with a helpless expression.

"Hmph~ My name is Gold, a trainer from Wakaba Town in the Johto region. I've admired you, Gym Leader White Feather, for a long time. I saw you win the Masters Tournament on TV before, so I came all the way from the Johto region to challenge you!" The boy in front of me is none other than Gold, the protagonist of the Gold and Silver series.

Gold and Silver are rivals. Gold is quite different from Silver in his way of doing things. He is always mischievous, but his love for Pokémon is no less than Ash's.

For Gold, Pokémon are his partners, his family, and everything to him.

"A challenge? I'm eating right now."

"Then let's wait until Master Baiyu finishes eating. I'm going to challenge Master Baiyu today no matter what. And I'm sure I'll win. I'm very, very strong."

Akin has absolute confidence in his strength. Even though he didn't participate in the Silver Tournament or challenge the Four Heavenly Kings of Johto, he still believes that his strength is no less than that of Shiraha.

"Okay, okay... I understand." Bai Yu nodded, took the breakfast that the waiter had packed and brought over, and then turned and walked towards the Macha Dojo.

Honestly, can't you just give yourself a break every day?

I just had a match with Sakaki yesterday, and today I ran into Kin.

Moreover, Bai Yu was almost killed by Sabrina's cooking yesterday. If he had known that A Jin would come to challenge him today, he would have pretended to be sick and stayed at the Pokémon Center for a while.

Anyway, not many people come to challenge the Macha Gym. Most trainers would rather challenge the Viridian Gym than the Macha Gym.

This alone speaks volumes.

"...Gym Leader Shiraha, the Fire-type Pokémon you're using is one of the starter Pokémon from the Alola region, right? It looks incredibly strong, but I don't like its fighting style; it's too sticky..."

Throughout the journey, Ah Jin was like a chatterbox, talking non-stop.

With each sentence he spoke, the two-tailed monster beside him echoed it.

At first, Bai Yu could communicate normally with A Jin, but gradually, Bai Yu became perfunctory, occasionally replying with a sentence. This distance is not far, but Bai Yu felt that he had walked for a long time.

Bai Yu only breathed a sigh of relief when he arrived at the dojo entrance.

"Could you please make some arrangements? Call the referee and tell him there's a match today. I'll go upstairs first." Bai Yu mentioned this to the receptionist while carrying the takeout bag in his hand, and then walked towards the backyard of the dojo.

"Hmm... Gym Leader, you'd better come back soon, I feel a bit..."

The receptionist's pretty face immediately fell; she had recognized the person's identity.

Yesterday, after Bai Yu left the Macha Gym, the receptionist and A Jin chatted for a long time, almost driving the receptionist crazy. The conversation went on and on about when the gym leader would return, followed by boasting about how strong Bai Yu was, and finally adding that he was no match for A Jin.

"I've put breakfast on the table."

Bai Yu knocked on the door and spoke softly to Natsume behind it.

"Hmm~"

A soft hum came from behind the door.

Upon hearing the sound, Bai Yu ignored it and walked towards the backyard.

Akin is quite strong, and we need to be fully prepared to face such an opponent.

Furthermore, there's a gym restriction: you have to finish the battle with only three Pokémon.

With that in mind, Bai Yu selected three main Pokémon and then headed towards the arena.

When A Jin saw Bai Yu approaching, he stopped bothering the receptionist and quickly ran up to her.

"Has the gym battle started yet?!"

Ajin asked excitedly.

"Yes, it's about to begin."

Bai Yu nodded and looked at the referee uncle who was walking over from the side.

"Let's have a dojo match, referee."

Bai Yu shouted to the referee beside him.

The referee nodded and said, "Okay, Master."

"The Gym battle with the Macha Badge as the stakes will now begin. The challenger is Trainer Gold from Wakaba Town in the Johto region."

"The battle rules are 3 vs 3. Gym Leader Bai Yu goes first. As the Gym Leader, he cannot change his Pokémon during the battle. The battle ends when one side's Pokémon is completely unable to battle."

After announcing the rules, the referee left the court.

"3 vs 3? That's too few," A-Jin suggested, somewhat dissatisfied.

He came here specifically not for a 3v3 gym battle; what he wanted to do was a full-team battle against Bai Yu, because only a full-team battle could truly showcase a trainer's skill level.

"If you win, we can expand it into an all-player battle."

Bai Yu smiled slightly, took out a Poké Ball, looked at A Jin and said, "If you can't even beat me in a 3vs3 battle, then don't even mention a full-team battle."

Bai Yu put it simply: if you want to play in the team competition, you must defeat yourself in a 3vs3 match. This requirement is not difficult, after all, there are many uncertainties in a 3vs3 match.

In addition, this is a dojo competition.

White Feather does not have the right to change Pokémon, a rule that is very friendly to challengers.

He has multiple options for countering Bai Yu's lineup system.

"I will definitely win!" Akin's face was full of confidence.

As the protagonist of the Gold and Silver Saga, it's natural for him to have absolute confidence in his own strength. (End of Chapter)