“Greetings to all of you who have already become, or are about to become, Pokémon Trainers.
I am Professor Oak!”
“Today, we are holding this summer camp here with the goal of letting everyone gain a clear understanding of wilderness survival environments, practice wilderness survival skills, and learn how to acquire necessary information and resources from nature.”
“For convenience, and to prevent any accidents, please pair up into groups of two.
Trainers who have already received their Pokémon will lead partners who have not yet received theirs to form temporary tag teams.
Throughout the summer camp, I will grade everyone based on their performance, and the team with the highest final score will receive a mystery prize!”
“Wooo——”
The crowd of youngsters who had never seen much of the world immediately grew excited, each looking for their friends to pair up with.
Hearing the rules, Hakuya felt a surge of interest.
Without another word, he reached out and grabbed Serena’s small hand: “Big Sis Serena, how about the two of us form a team?”
“Eh?
A…
alright, it just so happens I don’t have a starter Pokémon yet.”
Serena smiled slightly and discreetly pulled her hand back.
It wasn’t that she was disgusted by Hakuya’s actions, but she just felt a bit embarrassed doing it in front of such a large crowd.
Soon, under Professor Oak’s organization, 15 teams were formed.
Red and Blue each took a younger kid from town, Gary paired up with one of his many girlfriends, and when it came to Ash, he coincidentally got paired with a small boy.
He had skin that was three shades darker, blue eyes, and an arrogant expression on his face, making him look vastly different from the other kids.
“Huh?
Goh the Dog?!” Hakuya instantly recognized this character.
Goh the Dog, originally named Goh, was a literal piece of rat shit character created by the production team during the Pokémon Journeys anime series with the intention of eventually replacing Ash.
The reason he was called a piece of rat shit was that he himself didn’t have any dreams of becoming a Pokémon Master, and he was an absolute, complete idiot when it came to battling.
Yet somehow, he possessed the ridiculous ‘One-Ball Superman’ skill.
Ordinary red-and-white Poké Balls seemed to have the effect of Master Balls in his hands; he never missed a catch.
But at the same time, his sole purpose for capturing Pokémon was purely to fill out his Pokédex.
Once caught, he basically never interacted with his new partners again, just tossing them into the backyard of the research lab like livestock.
It could be said that he didn’t fulfill a single responsibility of a trainer or even a basic breeder.
What was most absurd was that, despite Ash helping him wholeheartedly and answering his every request throughout their journey, Goh would frequently throw a Poké Ball to steal Pokémon that Ash originally intended to catch.
He even uttered the classic infamous line: “I never once thought about helping Ash achieve his dream…”
Because of this, Goh the Dog left a deep, unhealing scar in the hearts of many Pokémon fans, cementing him as arguably the most disgusting character in Pokémon history…
Of course, as a veteran Pokémon fanatic, Hakuya naturally loathed Goh with a passion.
“But since Goh is here, Chloe should be here too, right?”
Hakuya’s gaze swept through the crowd, eventually finding a little girl with braided hair wearing a floral dress near the side of the main stage.
She had peculiar cherry-colored long hair.
Her short-sleeved dress exposed her milky-white skin, and her slender, soft legs disappeared into blue-and-white striped short socks.
Her rather small, budding chest, coupled with the curve of her hips that was hard to hide beneath the hem of her skirt, made her look exceptionally alluring.
Hakuya moistened his lips: “Hmm…
A loli, huh?
She has a lot of potential for ‘development’~”
Chloe, the female lead of the eighth generation Pokémon Journeys series.
She was Goh’s childhood friend, but because Goh hogged the vast majority of screen time in the anime, and Chloe’s personality belonged to the calm and cautious type, she was also known as the ‘background female lead’.
As a student of Professor Oak and the daughter of Professor Cerise, it wasn’t strange for Chloe to appear here.
In the original anime, Chloe and Goh had participated in a summer camp with Ash when they were kids.
But it seemed that in this space-time where the timelines had converged, everyone had met each other at this exact moment.
Of course, since Goh and Chloe were supposed to start their journeys during the Journeys era, they hadn’t received their starter Pokémon yet.
The two of them belonged to the academic faction, which was evident from the clothes they wore.
“Grandpa, Chloe hasn’t found a partner yet.
There are exactly 31 kids participating in the summer camp here.”
Daisy said while holding Chloe’s hand.
“Hmm?
Well, that is quite a headache…
I recall it isn’t time for Chloe to receive a Pokémon yet either…” Professor Oak tapped his forehead.
“Just leave her to me to take care of.
I already have two Pokémon, so it’ll be safer during the wilderness survival training anyway.”
Hakuya took the initiative to step forward and said.
Seeing his expression, Daisy immediately knew that Hakuya had his eyes set on the little beauty beside her.
Her delicate eyebrows furrowed subconsciously: “How can we do that, if we do that then…”
“I actually think it’s a fine idea.
Hakuya has learned quite a bit of knowledge over these past few years at the lab.
Assigning Chloe to him is quite a safe bet.” Professor Oak nodded, then turned to Daisy and said: “If worse comes to worst, Daisy, you can just tag along and help them out a bit!”
alright.”
Daisy pouted slightly and handed Chloe over to Hakuya.
Looking at him standing between two beautiful girls whose looks rivaled her own, one on his left and one on his right, she just felt an unpleasant, sour feeling in her heart.
“Hello, my name is Chloe Cerise.
Please take care of me for the next few days.”
Chloe politely reached out her hand to Hakuya.
Just like Serena, she was also a girl who paid attention to etiquette.
“Hello, I’m Serena~”
“Hakuya.
You can call me Big Brother Hakuya.”
Hakuya flashed a wide grin.
Looking at Chloe, whose height was about the same as his, he finally managed to snatch an honorific title that put him in a slightly senior position.
Chloe looked at him strangely, hesitating before asking: “Um…
are you really a trainer?
You look like you might even be younger than me.”
“…” Hakuya was speechless.
To be fair, he genuinely did look younger than everyone else.
His short stature, exquisite styling, and chubby little cheeks leaned heavily towards the cute and well-behaved aesthetic…
“Pfft…” Seeing his depressed look, Daisy couldn’t help but laugh out loud, explaining to Chloe: “Hakuya is probably just a late bloomer.
In reality, he’s older than you, but he does look quite adorable this way~”
Saying that, she rubbed Hakuya’s head, earning a resentful glare from him that practically scraped right across her two nipples.
“I see…” Chloe tilted her head and looked at Hakuya, feeling a sweet sensation in her heart.
She had always longed for an older brother since she was young, but she never had the chance.
Even though this was the first time she was meeting the boy in front of her, he gave her a unique sense of closeness.
“Big Brother Hakuya~” She smiled faintly and called out.
“Ah~!
That feels great!” Hakuya narrowed his eyes and smiled.
This little girl knows how to act right.
If I get the chance, I’m definitely going to pump her full of it.