To be honest, if Noah moved his base from Alola to Galar,
The difficulty drop would be like going from a Souls game to a Warriors game.
Even though Galar ranked second from the bottom overall,
It still had over a dozen Gym Leaders, one Elite Four-level, and two Champion-level trainers.
Add to that Rose’s full support,
And it would be like playing with cheat codes.
Noah was confident he could make Galar crush Kanto within a year.
But he still declined Rose’s offer.
Playing with cheats was boring, but that was secondary.
The main reason was that he’d already built a foundation in Alola and developed some attachment to the place.
He didn’t want to switch sides.
It’s definitely not because Lusamine was there.
Not to mention that Professor Kukui had helped him during his early days after transmigration.
Seeing Noah refuse without hesitation,
Rose’s face showed disappointment.
A certain famous quote from a certain pretentious billionaire in Noah’s past life fit Rose perfectly—
“I’ve never touched money; I’m not interested in money.”
That billionaire was 99% full of it.
But Rose truly didn’t care about money.
As long as it made Galar stronger, he didn’t care how much he spent.
After all, this was the guy who was willing to even go to prison for the sake of Galar’s prosperity.
But while Rose didn’t care about money, Noah desperately needed it.
Right now, he was still spending the tax money Gary had paid after transferring his residency.
Of course, Noah wasn’t going to charge Serena, not to mention her mother had already paid him with her body.
And he wasn’t going to charge Marnie either.
So Noah was already thinking about where to get more funds.
And then—Rose, who didn’t care about money, showed up at his door.
“Chairman Rose, are you interested in Digimon?”
Noah suddenly asked.
“Hm?”
Rose’s disappointment turned to curiosity.
Noah spoke eloquently:
“Leon has been stuck at peak Champion-level for quite a while now.
If he wants to go further, he might need some special methods, wouldn’t you agree?”
As a smart man, Rose immediately caught on, and asked back:
“Professor Noah, are you saying Digimon could help Leon break through his bottleneck?”
“It’s worth a try, isn’t it?
For Chairman Rose, it’s only a matter of a few numbers…”
[Ding!
Your account has been credited with 1,000,000,000 Yen.]
Before Noah could finish, his phone notification cut him off.
“Is that enough?”
Rose showed off his transfer record on his phone.
Noah: …
Wow—not many people could impress a Transmigrator like that.
If Noah’s harem king willpower weren’t so strong,
He might have actually been poached by Rose.
Who could refuse a boss who didn’t just give empty promises but actually paid?
“…Chairman Rose, call Leon over.”
Half an hour later, Leon rushed into the private room.
“Chairman, I heard you found a new Pokémon for me?”
“Yes.”
Rose nodded, gestured for Leon to look at Noah sitting across, and introduced:
“This is Professor Noah from Alola.”
“Oh!
Professor Noah, it’s an honor.
I watched your battle with Champion Diantha—magnificent!
I’d love to have a sparring match sometime.”
Leon stepped forward and shook hands enthusiastically.
Although both were peak Champion-level,
Leon had a much better personality than Lance.
Lance wasn’t nearly as insufferable as Goh, but his sour face was irritating as hell.
“Flattery aside—I’m just getting paid to do a job.”
Noah exchanged a few pleasantries, thought for a moment, and with his remaining Prestige Points dwindling, reluctantly summoned two new Digimon.
Honestly, Noah had planned to just hand over Biyomon, Impmon, or other previously summoned Digimon for Leon to choose from.
But Rose had paid so generously that Noah felt bad fobbing them off with mediocre Digimon.
After all, he’d been paid—he should deliver quality.
Two Poké Balls opened at the same time.
A mechanical Digimon and a beast-type Digimon landed—
Unlike the rowdy Impmon and DemiDevimon earlier, they stood perfectly still.
Noah introduced:
“Hagurumon, pure Steel-type mechanical Digimon.
It’s not very smart, so its battles heavily depend on the trainer’s skill.
Its signature move is [Dark Gear], which carries a Poison-type effect.”
After introducing the first one, Noah turned his gaze to the Digimon clad in blue-and-white fur, with a single horn on its head, looking at him with big round eyes.
With a strange expression, he explained:
“Er…
Gabumon, Ice + Fire-type.
Its signature move is [Blue Blaster]…”
Noticing Noah’s odd tone, Rose asked curiously:
“Professor Noah, is there something wrong with this Digimon called ‘Gabumon’?”
“Nothing wrong with Gabumon—it’s a previous trainer who used Gabumon that had issues.”
Yes, Noah was thinking of one of the original Chosen Children—
The Civil War Champion, Yamato Ishida.
Besides starting internal conflicts, what else could he do?
Tai was truly the most tragic figure—being both a father and mother to the group, and in the end, his woman was taken by Matt.
At least Naruto didn’t go dark and got Hinata.
But Tai got absolutely nothing.