Pokémon: The Zen Trainer

As Du watched the video, although Bianxiang's progress was quite astonishing, he was still far behind the real king.

I still need to continue growing.

Why can trainers who come from the Champion Road challenge the Elite Four?

This is about cultivating the right mindset, the kind of mindset you develop when you emerge victorious from the path to the championship.

Your mindset, your spirit's mindset, has been completely changed.

You defeated powerful opponents with eight or more badges!

You are invincible! You have complete confidence in your spirit!

Your spirit completely trusts you too!!

At this moment, both you and your spirit are at the peak of your power!

But thinking about it isn't enough.

Not enough wins!

We haven't played enough opponents of the same level!

Although their combat awareness is very strong! Their ideas are very advanced! And their battlefield details are incredibly detailed!

However, the battle skills of the few elves were still somewhat immature.

It's clear this is the first time they've encountered such an opponent.

In Du's view, Bian Xiang's thoughts were already quite mature.

However, his spirit is still a bit immature.

Further adjustments are needed.

Once all these adjustments are completed, Bian Xiang should have a place among the Four Heavenly Kings.

This proposal to fully promote Bianxiang was also made by Du.

Du knows the principle of "a tree that stands out in the forest."

But which of the Heavenly Kings here isn't a towering tree? If you can't withstand this pressure, then don't even bother running for Heavenly King.

Bian Xiangke is the man Du has his eye on.

...

Looking at the three Heavenly Kings below, Du said, "Then it's decided. The alliance will be officially disbanded in three days!"

The alliance will be completely split into two alliances: the Kanto Alliance and the Chengdu Alliance.

"Grandma Kikuko and Kona both chose to join the Kanto Alliance."

"I'm with the Chengdu Alliance."

"Shiba, haven't you made up your mind yet?"

Du looked at Shiba and asked.

Every league needs more veteran stars like Shiba.

In addition to being a battle maniac, Shiba is also very serious about completing the tasks assigned by the Alliance.

He's considered one of the most responsible players in the league.

If possible, I hope Shiba will come to the Chengdu Alliance.

This ensures that the power gap between the two alliances doesn't widen too much.

However, the stronger one becomes, the stronger one gets, and Wataru didn't have much hope for Shiba's choice.

Even Du, if it weren't for the fact that his hometown was in Chengdu, he would very likely have chosen Guandong.

A strong person like Shiba would naturally choose a place with many strong people.

Even the top-ranking Elite Four members think this way, so you can imagine what choices the trainers below will make.

The worst-case scenario is that after the split, the Chengdu Alliance could very well become the weakest of all the alliances.

It might be slightly better than the Alola League, which is currently being planned and approved.

Hmm, Shiba watched the battle unfold on the video.

He touched his chin.

"I still haven't made up my mind."

Shiba had originally decided on the Kanto Alliance, but after seeing the boy's battle in the video, he hesitated.

If I go to Kanto, will I never have the chance to fight this boy again?

This boy's fighting style is very much to his liking, especially those elves who are responsible for close combat.

Shiba's hands were itching to fight the boy.

He has fought both crimson and green.

He longs to battle against a trainer he has never faced before.

However, the trainers in Kanto are all very skilled, so if you choose Kanto, you will have many excellent trainers to battle against.

This is a bit difficult for Shiba, like a top-quality dish versus a table full of decent food.

Hmm, it's a tough choice, a tough choice.

Shiba stroked his chin, thinking that if he had chosen Kanto, he would have missed out on this exquisite dish.

If you choose Chengdu and try this exceptional dish, you might not find any other delicious food there.

Hmm... Shiba is in a dilemma.

Wataru looked at Shiba, then at the battle on the video, and immediately understood Shiba's mindset.

Perhaps we could try to bring Shiba to the Chengdu Alliance?

.....

At this moment, it is in the suburbs of Manjin City.

A man stood with his hands in his pockets, listening to a broadcast coming from the entrance of Manjin City.

All Rockets teams have been suppressed by the league. Please feel free to travel.

Apollo... The man turned around abruptly.

To him, subordinates who couldn't even last this long were worthless.

After being defeated by Crimson, his mindset changed. He, who had become tired of fighting, began to enjoy fighting, but he also enjoyed conquering!

Chengdu was a branch he had abandoned, for one simple reason: it was too weak.

It's not a pity; as it turns out, abandoning this place was the right thing to do.

The Rockets need strong players!!

.....

In the conference room of Yuquan High School, Bian Xiang had already completed the debriefing.

The spirits performed exceptionally well in this battle.

So Bian decided to reward himself with three days of rest and to explore Goldenrod City thoroughly.

Of course, this wasn't to be lazy; it was mainly to conduct market research for future beverage sales.

I was a bit careless when I went to the Manjin Supermarket yesterday and missed looking at many places.

I heard there's an underground shopping mall that's comparable to the Manjin Market, but of course, it's not mainly for shopping.

It was mainly for the purpose of investigation.

I heard that the ranches near Manjin City are very unique, so I decided to go and check them out.

It's for market research.

Oh, and you absolutely have to visit the Golden Nurturing House.

Inside, you'll find the legendary Grandpa and Grandma Breeders, two world-class breeders who are definitely worth a visit.

While you're at it, check out the baby sprites over there.

Of course, this is also for market research purposes.

There's also the Manjin Game City.

Market research.

Arcades definitely need to sell drinks, right?

Manjinhua City.

Market research.

Let's go to the Goldenrod Gym together too. Since we're here, let's do everything at once—no, let's do a thorough investigation.

Being the abbot is really not easy for me.

Thinking about this, I couldn't help but sigh.