The Sky Forme Pokémon remained silent, its expression grim as it accelerated.
Officer Jenny, unable to understand Pokémon speech, remained oblivious to what had transpired, but Ye Feng knew.
About two days later.
After two days and two nights of travel.
Ye Feng and Officer Jenny finally arrived at Blackthorn City.
Upon arrival in Blackthorn City, Ye Feng immediately headed for the Gym.
Officer Jenny, her eyes bloodshot, stared at Ye Feng, who appeared as energetic as ever after days of travel, and asked, "Aren't you tired?"
Ye Feng replied, "Just a few days without sleep. What's there to be tired about?"
Hearing this, Officer Jenny felt a sense of despair.
It seemed Ye Feng was more like a Police Officer than she was.
However, she truly admired Ye Feng.
Seeing Ye Feng about to leave, she didn't stop him.
After all, what she had said earlier was true.
She did have business in Blackthorn City.
Near Blackthorn City was the Lake of Rage.
She had received word from Lance, the Johto Elite Four Champion, that Team Rocket was conducting secret research there.
The Pokémon in the entire lake had been affected.
Hence, she had rushed over to investigate.
"But I'll rest for a day first."
Officer Jenny was too exhausted. She found an inn and fell asleep immediately.
Ye Feng, on the other hand, was as good as new. He arrived at the Blackthorn Gym in Blackthorn City.
This was an Ice-type Gym, and its leader specialized in Ice-type Pokémon.
His name was Pryce.
Remembering the Kanto Elite Four member, Chuck, the Fire-type specialist?
Chuck for summer, Pryce for winter.
That referred to these two individuals.
And Pryce was even more formidable than Chuck.
His strength was definitely at the Champion level.
Among Champions, he was an exceptional one.
A Delibird against Ho-Oh.
Can you even imagine that????
Sounds preposterous, doesn't it?
But he did it.
Moreover, after Team Rocket disbanded in the future, he would reassemble them.
Of course, that was all in the future.
"However, some Legendary Pokémon truly lack any aura."
At least, in Ye Feng's memory.
Within the same species of Legendary Pokémon, there was a vast spectrum of power.
But even if the Ho-Oh Pryce caught in the future was weak,
It was still Ho-Oh!!!
Ye Feng pushed open the Gym doors.
A blast of cold air hit him.
The temperature inside the Gym was very low.
Ye Feng looked up. Good heavens, the air conditioning was on, and there was an ice-making machine.
Pryce, whom Ye Feng was looking for, was currently meditating on a sheet of ice.
Pryce was bald, with white hair, an old man's appearance, but his back was straight.
He was full of spirit.
Sensing someone entering, Pryce opened his bright, piercing eyes.
These eyes held more fighting spirit than many young people.
He saw Ye Feng.
He directly took out his snowflake-shaped Ice Badge from his pocket.
And threw it to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng caught the badge.
This was the most straightforward time he had ever obtained a badge.
Without a word spoken, he had received it.
Perhaps, other trainers might never have such treatment in their lives.
This was the benefit of having a reputation.
Who didn't know him in the world?
Having received the badge, Ye Feng didn't want to linger.
Mainly because the person opposite him was an old man, not a beauty.
There was nothing much to talk about.
But Pryce seemed interested in talking to him.
"Ye Feng, don't you feel your current life is lost and uninteresting?"
Ye Feng, upon hearing this, asked, "What do you mean?"
Ye Feng felt he was living quite happily.
Setting aside everything else, he had met so many beautiful women on his journey.
"To possess a Legendary Pokémon like Rayquaza, capable of destroying a region, yet you waste time here."
Ye Feng: "Is collecting badges and participating in tournaments considered wasting time?"
Pryce: "You are already the Champion of Kanto. Why are you participating in Johto's?"
Ye Feng: "Do I have a collection habit?"
Indeed.
If it were someone like Ash, who had never won a championship, constantly participating in tournaments across various regions, it would be understandable.
The reason would be to hone his skills.
But you, Ye Feng, the strongest in a region, to prove yourself even stronger, you travel to challenge the Elite Four and Champions of other regions?
You must understand.
Many who have become Champions do not participate in any further tournaments to defeat the local Elite Four and challenge the current Champion to become the new Champion.
Why?
Even the best can falter.
Everything is a matter of face.
If you were the Champion of Kanto and went to participate in Johto's or Hoenn's tournaments,
And then, by chance, you lost. Wouldn't that be embarrassing?
Not to mention the sheer bad luck of encountering a Legendary Pokémon user like Drake and losing in the tournament.
That would be utterly humiliating.
Even losing to an Elite Four member would be a massive loss of face.
Although many Elite Four members are not inferior to Champions in strength.
Finally, let's say you didn't lose in the tournament, you made it all the way to the Elite Four, successfully defeated them.
And then challenged that region's current Champion.
What if you lost?
You must understand.
For a public Champion vs. Champion battle like this,
How many people would be watching? Countless people!!
If you lost, even though everyone knows you are both Champions and evenly matched, a loss is still a loss.
You would have lost face.
And the region you represent would resent you immensely.
There is a spirit of competition between regions.
If the Kanto Champion lost to the Johto Champion,
Would it not imply that Kanto is inferior to Johto?
Then, you would be subjected to endless scolding from the people of Kanto!!!
Therefore, those Champions would usually have private matches.
They wouldn't be like Ye Feng,
Publicly challenging and making a spectacle of themselves.
This is why Lance, the Dragon-type Elite Four member, knew Ye Feng was coming to participate in the Silver Conference.
The agony was written on his face, the feelings in his heart.
"So what? You're not suggesting I use Rayquaza to conquer the world? To unify it?"
Ye Feng chuckled.
Pryce shook his head: "That is for you to decide."
Ye Feng: "My greatest interest is in studying the mysteries of the opposite sex."
"Conquering the world? If I truly had such ambitions, this world would have been named Ye long ago. Besides, ruling the world as some ancient emperor, wouldn't that be tiring, managing the world every day?"
Hearing this, Pryce was so angered he wanted to beat Ye Feng up.
He suddenly regretted giving the badge away for free to this brat.
What?
Having Rayquaza makes you so arrogant?
If you wish, you can rule the world?!
Originally, Pryce intended to borrow Ye Feng's Rayquaza.
It turned out that two things happened when Pryce was young.
The first was that his Mamoswine, after a failure, left him and went away.
The second was that his two Lapras, due to an accident, lost their lives.
Therefore, Pryce planned to control Lugia and Ho-Oh, capture Celebi, and use Celebi's power to travel back in time to that moment and prevent the tragedy.
But seeing Ye Feng like this, he decided not to say anything further.
Too arrogant.
Does he truly believe he can do anything he wants with Rayquaza?
Pryce suddenly recalled something.
The Pokémon League had previously sent him an email.
Asking him to attend a voting session.
The content of the meeting was about Ye Feng.