Chapter 402: The Challenge Begins!
Early in the next morning, Fallarbor Town was peaceful. Kotoko, sticking to her usual routine, planned to head to Fallarbor Woods for training. Despite her decision to return to a peaceful life, she couldn’t shake the habits she’d maintained for so long.
After her battle with Terrance and witnessing the opening ceremony of the Fallarbor Gym, where Terrance assumed his role as Gym Leader, Kotoko realized that she and Terrance were not the same, and that the other party was the kind of gifted person that everyone envied.
Both hailed from Fallarbor Town, yet their achievements differ so greatly. This thought made Kotoko sigh softly.
“Are these Trainers really planning to challenge him?”
Even in the early morning, Kotoko noticed many Trainers heading toward the Fallarbor Gym. Remembering the rumors she’d heard over the past two days, she couldn’t help but fall silent.
“Even though I don’t expect them to win, the sheer number of them…”
Kotoko paused in her steps as she was about to leave the town. Turning her gaze toward the direction of the Fallarbor Gym, she took a deep breath and decided to see for herself how Terrance would handle so many challengers.
Meanwhile, someone else was watching the challengers with a disinterested observer’s perspective. A Trainer leaned against a building, watching the other Trainers passing by, and chuckled softly, “Maybe someone can defeat him?”
This was the same Trainer who had been the first to battle Terrance. After his match against Gallade, he’d completely given up on further challenging him. He had realized, deep down, that he was no match for Terrance. Giving up had been the best choice at that time. Otherwise, his entire team would have been wiped out by Gallade, a defeat that would’ve been even harder for the runner-up of the Ever Grande Conference to accept.