Chapter 12: Chapter 12 — You Shameless Master and Disciple!
What's your opinion of Gym Leader Nessa?
If a reporter were to put a microphone in front of random passersby with this question,
99% of the answers would probably be along the lines of "she's hot," "she's beautiful," "she's my dream girl," and such.
Indeed, they're all praising her looks.
But if you ask about their thoughts on her abilities as a trainer,
Even her fans would probably give an awkward but polite smile.
She's trash, absolutely terrible.
At last year's Galar Star Tournament, Nessa lost to Turrfield's Gym Leader Milo in the first round.
This pretty much cemented her position as the weakest among all Galar League Gym Leaders.
Her strength as a Gym Leader is completely inverse to her fame as a supermodel.
One can imagine how harsh the criticism of Nessa was online.
"Your modeling work seems to be going very well."
A somewhat overweight middle-aged man in an expensive tailored suit walked in.
Behind him followed a tall woman in business attire.
It was Chairman Rose and his secretary Olive.
At that moment, Rose was holding several fashion magazines featuring photos of Nessa in Western dresses, tight jeans, and JK uniforms on the covers.
Who knows how many youngsters wouldn't be able to sleep at night after seeing these photos.
Seeing the League Chairman arrive, Nessa was startled and quickly stood up, saying nervously:
"Th-thank you for the compliment."
"However, isn't it too exhausting to juggle both Gym Leader and modeling work?"
Rose put down the magazines and said with a smile:
"Why not resign as Gym Leader and focus on your modeling career?"
Nessa was shocked at these words.
Last year at the Galar Star Tournament, when she lost to Milo in the first round, Rose had said something similar.
But at that time, Rose had wanted her to quit modeling and focus on improving as a Gym Leader.
Yet now, he was suggesting she resign as Gym Leader to focus on modeling?
The meaning was clear.
You're too weak, better stop being a Gym Leader before you embarrass yourself more.
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"This makes me so angry!"
At a dessert shop in Hulbury.
Changed into casual clothes but still looking stunning, Nessa slammed her hands on the table, fuming:
"He basically wants to fire me!"
Sitting across from Nessa was another striking beauty with skin tone opposite to Nessa's.
Her orange hair was tied in a ponytail, with black-rimmed glasses perched on her bangs, giving her a mature yet playful look.
Her name was Sonia.
She was the Pokémon Professor responsible for giving starter Pokémon to new trainers in the Galar League.
She was also Nessa's best friend and Leon's childhood friend.
"Now, now~ calm down,"
Sonia kept consoling her girlfriend while changing the subject:
"Have you seen that trending news recently?"
Saying this, Sonia held up her phone screen to Nessa's face.
The webpage read—
'Bea of Stow-on-Side Gym Maintains Undefeated Record for 2 Months Straight'
Bea!?
Nessa's eyes widened slightly.
Sonia pulled back her phone and wondered aloud:
"Speaking of which, why does Bea seem to have gotten stronger suddenly? Did she catch some powerful new Pokémon?"
In that instant, Nessa suddenly remembered that man from two months ago who had beaten Leon's ace Charizard like it was nothing, and who Bea had later taken with her.
"I'm going out for a bit!"
Nessa rushed out of the café.
"Eh!?"
Sonia made a stopping gesture.
But by the time she stood up, her friend had already vanished.
"Really now, being so impulsive like this, who knows when she'll ever find a boyfriend~"
Sonia sat back down, muttering while sipping her milk tea.
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Several hours later, at the entrance of Stow-on-Side Fighting Gym.
"Ah... Miss Nessa, hello, are you here to see Gym Leader Bea?"
The gym receptionist was slightly startled when she saw Nessa walk in, and quickly asked.
"Yes, is she here?"
Nessa asked in return.
"The Gym Leader should be training with Mr. Sun in the back training grounds..."
Having gotten her answer, Nessa strode toward the training grounds.
She wanted to see how much Bea had grown under that man's tutelage over these two months.
"Oh... Haah... Haah... Mm, M-Master, it hurts, c-could you not be so intense..."
Just as Nessa put her hand on the training ground entrance door handle, she heard Bea's suggestive-sounding voice from the other side.
"It's been two months already, you're still not used to it?"
Then came Sun Wuming's somewhat disappointed voice.
"Th-that's because the accumulated injuries haven't healed yet... It still hurts... You promised you'd be gentler today..."
"Didn't you say earlier to use more force, that you weren't afraid of pain?"
"Uu... Th-then teacher... please continue..."
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Standing outside the door, Nessa's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.
The next second, Nessa burst through the door, shouting in mortified anger:
"What are you two shameless master and disciple doing?!"
"Hm?"
Sun Wuming and Bea in the center of the training ground both turned to the door with confused looks.
Nessa met their gaze.
She saw that while Bea was wearing a sports top that showed her arms and waist, her pants were properly on.
More importantly, the place was filled with other Pokémon training and dripping with sweat.
It didn't look anything like that kind of situation at all.
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