In the game: I stole Groudon at the start.

But how severely has the Kanto region been corrupted?

There are a total of eight official gyms in the Kanto region!

However, the Viridian City Gym, the Vermilion City Gym, the Saffron City Gym, and the Fuchsia City Gym are all located in Viridian City.

Half of the gyms are filled with Team Rocket members!

What is a Gym Leader? If the Elite Four are the guardian deities of the entire region, then the Gym Leader is the guardian deity of the local city!

The gym leader is a powerful position under the league, and their power is arguably no less than that of the school chief.

They bear the heavy responsibility of testing, honing, and promoting trainers and challengers.

But for such an important position, out of only eight official gyms in the entire region, four have already been infiltrated…

Bakura had no idea just how muddled the Kanto Alliance had become.

"Let's go, campfire, let's hit the road."

"Oh~ Lord Bakura, where are we going next?"

"There's someone in Tokiwa City that I really want to meet."

"Okay~"

……

The Kanto Quartz Plateau is the location of the Alliance headquarters building and the site of the Quartz Conference.

The offices of the Four Heavenly Kings in the Alliance Building.

An elderly woman in a dark purple dress sat on a sofa, leaning on a cane, teasing a huge, cold Arbok in front of her with a faint smile.

The scene was bizarre and terrifying.

And she is none other than Kikuko, one of the four Heavenly Kings of Kanto, and also the longest-serving Heavenly King in the history of the league!

Are you going out?

Kikuko glanced at the young man in the main seat in front of her and asked curiously.

"Recently, a large number of Team Rocket members have been spotted in Viridian Forest. According to their reports, Team Rocket is searching for Mew."

The red-haired youth replied casually, draped the black champion cape over his shoulders, and put the Poké Ball into the pouch at his waist.

With short red hair, an arrogant and heroic face, and a haughty temperament, he is none other than the current champion dragon envoy of Kanto – Yulongdu!

Known as the world's strongest Dragon-type trainer! And currently considered the world's strongest trainer by fans!

Because of Dragon Crossing, he has never been defeated since his debut! His Dragon Legion has helped him achieve victory after victory, making him invincible at the top of the world!

An invincible belief, an invincible champion's will, and an invincible dragon army constitute the invincible Yulongdu today!

"They won't allow you to go out so casually. Let Kona or Shiba go instead."

Kikuko continued to feed Arbok slowly and leisurely, her tone carefree and relaxed, as if she was not surprised by Lance's answer.

The "they" she was referring to were members of the Kanto Federation.

"The Rockets are a dirty thing that should not exist."

Yulongdu's cold and stern face remained unchanged. With a flick of his cloak, he strode away from the Four Heavenly Kings' office.

He rides the dragon across the river, and he won't care about the obstruction of a bunch of useless idiots!

Hehe~

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Chapter 44 I'll be waiting for you at the peak (Seeking everything)

Along a winding path, Bakura strolled leisurely forward with the campfire, relaxed and content. Although he came to Kanto to do serious business, Bakura also understood the importance of balancing work and rest.

There's no rush right now.

"Lord Bakura, according to the route on the map, we should be able to reach Tokiwa City in about a week."

After studying a map for a while, the campfire looked up and said sweetly with a charming smile.

Upholding the spirit of solving all sorts of trivial matters for Lord Bakura, he is successfully evolving into a perfect little follower.

She's even been studying recipes lately, because according to Bakura, they're supposed to be staying in Kanto for a long time.

In that case, we might often have to travel in the wild, and we can't just eat dry rations all the time, right?

"Thank you for your hard work, campfire." Bakura nodded, then smiled and thanked the campfire.

He genuinely felt that bringing the campfire out was the right thing to do; it was clever and capable, and would bring him a lot of convenience.

It's also pleasing to the eye, hmm~ perfect.

Charizard, your final flamethrower!

Just then, a boy's voice of command came from not far away.

Bakura subconsciously turned his head and saw two boys fighting on the grass.

This world is full of trainers, and in the wild, you can often encounter people sparring and fighting.

In Bakura's and the campfire's view, Charmeleon breathed out a pillar of fire, which perfectly hit Rattata on the other side, and Rattata was completely unable to fight.

Charmeleon wins the battle.

He glanced at the campfire twice and lost interest; after all, countless ordinary battles like this occur every day throughout the world.

As Campfire turned to continue on his way, he noticed that Bakura's gaze was fixed on the Charmeleon's trainer.

"Lord Tapirang?"

The campfire blinked and carefully examined the trainer again, but there was nothing special about him.

She's just pretty.

"It's nothing, I just didn't expect to run into him here."

Bakura snapped out of his daze upon hearing the sound, smiled at the campfire, and then fixed his gaze on the Charmeleon trainer.

He had black hair, a handsome face, and a calm and composed demeanor, but his eyes had very beautiful crimson pupils.

He was wearing a red and white baseball cap, navy blue jeans, a black short-sleeved shirt, and a red and white jacket.

This familiar image caused Bakura's eyes to flicker slightly.

"You're really amazing! Charmeleon is so strong!"

After the black-haired boy's opponent retrieved Radamanthys, which had lost its ability to fight, he couldn't help but admire the black-haired boy.

The black-haired boy carefully took out a bottle of wound spray and sprayed it on the wounds on the Charizard.

"Thank you." Hearing his opponent's praise, the black-haired boy gave a polite reply with a faint smile.

He didn't seem to be good at socializing; although he had a smile on his face, his red pupils looked lifeless.

"The Charmeleon's injuries are quite severe. Treating it with this kind of medicine could easily leave it with chronic problems."

Bakura slowly walked over with a campfire, looked at the black-haired boy, and chuckled softly.

Charmeleon's body was covered with many tiny wounds, some of which even seemed to have just healed.

But this wasn't a wound from the battle with that Rattata; it was clearly a scar from the black-haired boy's training and combat.

"..." The black-haired boy fell silent upon hearing this, then slowly stood up and stared at Bakura.

Bakura, with a faint smile on his face, met the gaze of the black-haired boy.

"You're strong, fight me."

After a long while, the black-haired boy slightly lowered the brim of his hat, and his lifeless red eyes, which were hidden by the shadow of the hat brim, shone slightly as he looked at Bakura and said in a deep voice.

He is a trainer who is extremely passionate about Pokémon battles!

That was the purest kind of love! He loved elves, and he loved fighting elves!

The campfire gazed silently at the black-haired boy. She had met quite a few people, but this was the first time she had encountered someone like the black-haired boy.

We just met, and you didn't say a word, but all you said was that you wanted to fight me?

Cow batch!

That's all I can think about the campfire.

"Your Charmeleon is very tired. Although it is still excited and even full of fighting spirit, its body needs rest."

"As a qualified trainer, taking care of your Pokémon is the most basic obligation. Recklessly overdrawing your Pokémon's power is an extremely irresponsible thing to do."

Bakura shook his head, smiled and slowly said to the black-haired boy, his refusal quite obvious.

"..."

The black-haired boy fell silent upon hearing this, his once-bright red eyes dimming again.

He knew Bakura was right; Charmeleon had already been through too many battles on its way from Cerulean City.

Wild Pokémon and trainers along the way have accumulated too many hidden injuries on Charmeleon's body.

It needs proper treatment and rest.

"Take this. Charizard can't use your low-level healing potions right now."

Seeing that the black-haired boy remained silent, Bakura smiled and threw a spray can at him.

"...Thank you. Will you be attending the Quartz Conference?"

The black-haired boy took the spray. He recognized it; it was the highest-grade spray on the market, worth a fortune.

The black-haired boy pursed his lips, raised his head slightly, seemingly hesitating about something, but finally couldn't help but ask.

"No, what's your name?"

Bakura shook his head, then stared intently at the black-haired boy and asked, "This is what I most want to know."

"Red! My name is Crimson!"

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