Under the curious gazes of the four onlookers, Noah explained:
“Fire + Flying-type Biyomon—though it’s not very good at flying before evolution.
It has a gentle temperament and is easy to raise.”
“Grass-type Mushroomon—it has a combative and rather nasty personality, likes to bully the weak, but is fiercely loyal to its trainer.”
“Water + Electric-type Betamon—usually well-behaved and docile, but once provoked, it’ll release electric currents to attack enemies.”
Since the starter Pokémon in every region were Fire, Water, and Grass types,
Noah simply followed that same pattern and picked three.
He wondered—once Alola grew bigger in the future,
Should he use these three as Alola’s new starter Pokémon?
Gary rubbed his chin and began sizing them up.
“Hmm…
this Biyomon is so pink—it feels like something a girl would like.
And Mushroomon’s looks don’t really match a cool guy like me…”
Hearing Gary’s evaluation,
Biyomon immediately looked displeased.
And Mushroomon responded by unceremoniously ramming its big head right into Gary’s nose.
“Ow!
Ow!
Ow!”
Gary hopped around, clutching his bleeding nose and yelping.
“Hehe, serves you right.”
Serena snickered quietly.
It indeed serves him right for running his mouth.
“I-I’ve decided!
I want Betamon!”
After taking two tissues from Grace to stuff up his nose, Gary pointed at Betamon.
Not surprising.
In the original series, the starter Gary chose was the Water-type Squirtle.
“Hmm…
alright.”
Noah’s expression was a bit strange, but he didn’t stop him.
The main reason was that he suddenly remembered a very famous Digimon meme from his past life—
[The Loyally Tragic Seadramon Line.]
And Betamon’s evolution was Seadramon.
“Nice to meet you, Betamon!”
Gary scooped Betamon up in his arms.
“Waaah!”
Betamon responded cheerfully.
“It’s so cute—I’ve got to take a selfie and post it on my blog so that idiot Ash can be super jealous.”
Gary said excitedly, pulling out his phone.
“Don’t forget the Digivice.”
Noah tossed Gary a purple Digivice that matched his clothes.
“This is…
the thing Mr.
Noah used to evolve Agumon, right?
How do you use it?”
Gary examined the Digivice curiously.
“Just think of it as something similar to the Mega Stones used for Mega Evolution in the Kalos region.”
Noah gave a vague explanation.
He wasn’t great at explaining things anyway.
Once Gary leveled up Betamon enough, he’d figure it out on his own.
“Oh, by the way, Gary—do you know Red and Blue?”
Noah suddenly remembered something else.
“Huh?
Mr.
Noah, you know my older brother and that idiot Ash’s older brother?”
Gary’s question made Noah smile.
‘So the game versions of those two were brothers with the anime duo.’
‘Things are getting more and more interesting.’
“Raise Betamon well.
If you work hard, maybe you’ll even be able to beat all three of them.”
Noah patted Gary on the shoulder with a smile.
Even though it was painful to admit, in terms of battling ability,
Gary was the weakest of the four.
But if he could raise Betamon well, he might actually be able to hold his own against the other three.
At least dealing with Ash should be no problem.
Noah was already looking forward to the day when Gary’s ‘loyally tragic’ Seadramon would face off against Ash’s Pikachu—the one that could go fifty-fifty against anyone.
After getting his desired Digimon, Gary left with Samson Oak to take care of his residency transfer.
After breakfast, Noah picked up the ‘NTR list’ he’d compiled earlier and prepared to target his next recruitment.
‘Hoenn’s May…
Sinnoh’s Dawn…
Unova’s Iris…
no, that one might not work, since she’s Alder’s designated successor for Champion.’
Noah’s eyes swept across the list and finally settled on one name—
[Galar region—Marnie.]
Yes, she was another promising talent with the potential to reach Elite Four or even Champion level.
And her looks were in no way inferior to Serena’s.
Besides, Alola and Galar were relatively close.
Distant relations, close attacks—he’d start with this pure-looking girl.
‘Oh, right—I can also exchange for a new Digimon now.’
Noah remembered something else.
After all, a typical trainer would raise a team of six Pokémon.
Agumon’s training progress had also hit a bit of a bottleneck, so he could start working on a second one.
Without any hesitation,
Once he entered the system shop, Noah immediately locked onto his target—
[Gatomon]
Yes!
As a guy, who hadn’t had a crush on Angewomon as a kid?
If WarGreymon’s status in the Digimon World was equivalent to Charizard in the Pokémon World,
Then Angewomon was the Digimon counterpart to Gardevoir!
Both were stars of the doujinshi scene.
But even though he’d made up his mind early on to get Gatomon,
When he saw that its Prestige Point cost was nearly three times that of Agumon,
Noah still couldn’t help but twitch at the corner of his eye.
That’s too much!
But considering Agumon was a Rookie and Gatomon was a Champion, and its evolution was Angewomon,
Noah thought…
It was acceptable.
‘System, summon Gatomon.’
Noah said silently in his mind.
[Gatomon]
[Type: Fairy]
[Ability: Keen Eye (Accuracy cannot be lowered)]
[A Fairy-type Digimon with a curious and mischievous nature.
Its signature move is ‘Cat Punch’, where it attacks the opponent with its claws.]
With a flash of white light in the living room,
A white cat wearing gloves appeared on the coffee table,
Sticking out its tongue to lick the back of its paw.
“Even without evolving, you’re pretty cute.
Come here, let me hold you.”
Noah laughed and reached out his hand.
Hearing her trainer’s voice, Gatomon first looked up at him,
Then, with a hint of disdain in her eyes, turned her head away and continued licking her paw.
Sure enough—cats, regardless of whether you’re handsome or ugly, rich or poor, will always look down on you.
But Noah wasn’t about to indulge Gatomon.
He grabbed the scruff of her neck and threatened:
“Little one, you’re on a narrow path here.”
“I need to make sure you know who’s boss!”
With that, Noah raised his other hand, ready to spank her on the rear.
But the next second, Gatomon’s earlier aloofness vanished.
She twisted her neck and rubbed against Noah’s wrist,
Looking every bit like she was saying, “I only care about you, big brother.”
“Holy crap—you’ve got a ‘green tea’ personality too?” (T/N: It’s a popular internet slang archetype, which means someone who acts innocent and sweet on the outside but is actually calculating and manipulative.)