But now it was all over.
"It's fine, I, Ye Feng, have always been one to help others."
Ye Feng smiled gently at Ms. Junsha before him.
Ms. Junsha's face blushed.
Then.
"Since the person has been caught, we're leaving. Goodbye!"
Ms. Junsha left with the Team Aqua man, along with his Sharpedo.
Ye Feng clicked his tongue, a pity, this Sharpedo must be tastier than a lobster.
Although he had never eaten lobster.
However, this was the sea, and there should be no shortage of such marine Pokémon.
"So you're Ye Feng!!!"
After being caught, the Team Aqua man began to curse:
"Ye Feng!! Don't think of yourself as a two-time champion! Two-time champion!!! You will face the worst revenge of our Team Aqua!!!!"
Ye Feng sneered dismissively.
With a leap, he jumped back onto the ship.
He looked at Old Man Norman, motioning for him to come up.
Who would have thought.
"This ship is for you, it's pretty run-down anyway."
"Consider it my thanks for saving Pipsqueak."
With that, without waiting for Ye Feng to say anything, he left with Pipsqueak in his arms.
Ye Feng didn't bother and set sail directly for Slateport City.
Slateport City: A small island floating in the azure ocean.
Golden beaches, tall coconut trees.
Surfers.
All spoke of it as a great place for a vacation.
Especially since Ye Feng also saw many attractive young ladies.
However, he had come to this island to get a gym badge.
And on the way to the gym.
Ye Feng saw a beautiful Nurse Joy pacing anxiously.
Seeing such beauty in distress, Ye Feng, always a warm-hearted person.
Walked over and smiled gently, "Hello, Nurse Joy, is something the matter?"
Hearing the voice of a stranger, Joy initially didn't want to respond.
But seeing how handsome the man was, she did.
And only after responding did she realize the man before her was Ye Feng.
"Ye Feng, that's great! You must help me!"
Nurse Joy grabbed Ye Feng's right hand, saying anxiously.
Ye Feng felt the girl's soft hand.
And said, "Don't worry, leave whatever it is to me. I love helping people the most."
Nurse Joy: "My Torchic ran away. I saw it run into the Rock Tunnel."
Torchic, one of the Hoenn starters.
Torchic, Treecko, Mudkip.
"Rock Tunnel?"
Ye Feng frowned, and then, Joy led Ye Feng to a mountain range.
A dark cave stood there.
Ye Feng glanced at it, pitch black, couldn't see his hand in front of his face.
"So dark?"
"Yes, it's because it's too dark that it's hard to find, that's why I'm so anxious."
"Before you, I met Steven, and he said he'd help me find it, but he's been in there for half an hour and still hasn't come out."
When Nurse Joy mentioned Steven, her face became visibly more anxious.
"Steven?"
Ye Feng did not expect to meet that Steven on such a small island.
Son of the Devon Corporation president.
Former Champion of the Hoenn region's Ever Grande League.
A proper rich and handsome guy.
Ye Feng looked at the Nurse Joy before him.
He suddenly understood something.
At this moment.
A strange noise came from the cave entrance.
Immediately after, a young man with natural blue hair walked out of the cave.
Besides him, he held a small, injured Torchic in his arms.
Upon seeing the Torchic, Nurse Joy's worried expression disappeared. She took the Torchic from Steven and thanked him.
If Ye Feng hadn't been there, she probably would have thrown herself at him.
"Uh, thank you too, Mr. Ye Feng."
A very flippant thank you, but Ye Feng didn't mind.
Then, Nurse Joy glanced between Ye Feng and Steven. When she looked at Steven, her face turned even redder.
She then ran off.
"So she's a fan of Steven, huh?"
Although many women are fickle, changing husbands with every drama.
There are also loyal fans.
Just like this Joy.
Even though she could tell Ye Feng's appearance was superior to Steven's.
But she was a loyal fan of Steven.
Perhaps if Steven did something outrageous, she would still think that her Steven doing it was nothing.
Now, Joy had left.
Ye Feng and Steven faced each other.
If we only consider their looks.
Steven was indeed very handsome.
But compared to Ye Feng, he was still lacking, the difference was clear.
Steven scanned Ye Feng, observing him closely.
He smiled, "I've heard of you."
Ye Feng nodded, "I've also heard of your great name."
The two walked out of the mountain range side by side.
"You're here to challenge the gym, aren't you? Then participate in the Ever Grande Conference? Unfortunately, I'm no longer the League Champion, but my friend Wallace will take my place to battle you."
"It's fine, Pokémon battles can happen anytime. If you want, I can spar with you right now."
Hearing this, Steven's mouth twitched fiercely.
Then he said, "No, I'm not feeling well lately."
It wasn't that he was unwell, but rather that he feared Ye Feng's shiny Gengar.
"By the way, the gym leader here, Flannery, is my friend. Since you're going to challenge him, I'll take you there."
After walking side by side with Ye Feng for a while, Steven, finding himself without conversation topics, brought one up.
"Thank you."
Ye Feng said.
Then the two arrived at a golden beach.
There were many handsome men and beautiful women, all enjoying the warm sun or the thrill of surfing.
At this moment, a rather tall young man, holding a surfboard, approached Ye Feng and Steven.
"Steven, and who is this?"
"This is Ye Feng."
"Oh, Ye Feng, hello, I'm Drake, the Slateport City Gym Leader."
Drake extended his hand to Ye Feng.
Ye Feng shook his hand in greeting.
"Well, since I've led you here, I have other matters, so I'll be going now."
Steven looked at Drake and Ye Feng, said his farewells, and left. After about half an hour, he arrived at a deserted beach.
This beach was clearly different from where Drake had been with Flannery.
It was incredibly lonely and desolate.
As Steven continuously glanced at the "Moonlit Watch" on his wrist, which cost a hefty 3.99 million,
A snow-white speedboat, like a shark in the ocean, sped towards this beach.
Two men in black, wearing sunglasses.
Disembarked from the speedboat.
As soon as they stepped onto the sand, they bowed respectfully to Steven:
"Young Master."
Steven nodded, then asked, "I've received the news. Has the Master Ball been developed?"
"Yes, it's considered successfully developed, but it's still in the testing phase. The President asked me to bring you six Master Balls."
The two men in black each pulled out three Poké Balls from their chests.
The balls were white and purple.
The purple semi-circle on top had red, jewel-like parts on both ends, similar to a Starmie.
Steven looked at the six Master Balls in his hands, a smile playing on his lips.