"Gym Challenge pleted."

  After snapping a photo of his newly acquired Gym Badge, Juliaed the caption and hit send.

  He politely deed the group's invitation for dinner auro Gardevoir Hotel. Once ba his room, he released Luelmetal, and Are from their Poké Balls.

  "Don't even think about howling, or I'll send you for ering."

  Julian spoke immediately, just as Are was about to throw its head bad howl at the ceiling.

  Are looked at Juliafully. Even though it suspected its trainer was just bluffing, it didn't dare to take the risk. It could already feel a chill between its legs.

  Turning to Lucario, it seemed to be asking—

  "We're both dog Pokémon, so why don't you ever feel the urge to howl?"

  Lucario: "I just happen to have a dog-shaped head."

  Juliaook out the Rare dies he had received as a Hidde reward.

  - One for Lucario

  - Two for Melmetal

  - Two for Are

  That made exactly five dies, distributed perfectly.

  The three Pokémon's eyes lit up. They had eaten Rare dies before and kly how valuable they were. One dy immediately raised their level—without any drawbacks.

  After ing them, all three Pokémon reached Level 70, the peak of pseudo-Elite.

  They had already been one or two levels short, so these Rare dies came at the perfect time.

  Now, together with his Metagross and Steelix, Julian had five Pokémon at Level 70, all at the cusp of breaking into the Elite tier.

  One of them broke through, the rest wouldn't be far behind.

  At that point, Julian's strength would skyrocket, and he would officially bee a Trainer with six Elite-level Pokémon.

  As for the rest of his team:

  - Aggron – Level 66

  - Gengar – Level 65

  - Slowking – Level 60

  - Gabite – Level 46

  Among them, Aggron and Gengar would likely reach Level 70 within the wo to three months.

  "Alright, from now on, all three of you will start accumuting energy. No breakthroughs unless I say so," Julian said solemnly.

  The lohey accumuted energy for their breakthrough, the higher their power spike would be when they finally advanced.

  This would also enhaheir potential, making them even stronger in the long run.

  "Patienow would lead to greater brillian the future."

  Are tilted its head, fused, not quite uanding what its trainer meant.

  'Damn'

  This Are definitely had some dumb Husky traits—but it was so damn cute. That head tilt was an absolute lethal strike to Julian's weakness for cute things.

  Julian patted Are's big head before warning—

  "Especially you. If you dare to breakthrough on your own… I'll make you Slowking's little sister."

  Among all of Julian's Pokémon, Slowking was the only female. So the meaning behind "being sisters" was self-expnatory.

  "Grow!"

  Are: "I want to be the big sister."

  Julian: 'This dumb dog clearly doesn't get it'

  —

  After having di the hotel, Julian checked the time—it was around 9 PM. It was the perfect time to head for the au.

  The annual mysterious au in Rockwell City was definitely worth a visit. Now that his Gym Challenge was over, he might as well go spend a few millions for fun.

  Just as he stepped into the hotel lobby, he immediately spotted Dawn, the elder sister of Kelly. Her airheaded little sister, however, was o be seen.

  Dawn had been waiting in the lobby for Julian.

  The moment she saw him, she quickly walked over and asked, "Young Master Julian, are you heading to the au?"

  Julian hen asked instinctively, "How did you know?"

  As far as he knew, only the hotel manager was aware of his pns. Did that guy tell her?

  "Just a guess," Dawn said mischievously.

  "I figured that since you came all the way to Rockwell City, you wouldn't just leave so soon. And with the au happening tonight, I thought you'd probably want to check it out."

  She then looked at him expetly and asked, "Would you like to go together?"

  Whether it was a lucky guess or inside information, Julian didn't really care. Besides, he didn't knoeople in Rockwell City.

  His teacher, Frank, had already gone back to the uy. So after a brief thought, he nodded. "Sure, let's go together."

  Dawn's smile widened slightly, and for a moment, the surrounding men who had been stealing g her were pletely mesmerized. But none of them dared to approach her.

  The guests staying at Gardevoir Hotel were mostly wealthy elites—people who weren't easily fooled by a pretty face. They uood that a beautiful stranger could also be a deadly viper.

  And one look at Dawn was enough to tell that she was no ordinary woman. The kind of aura she carried couldn't be cultivated by a normal family.

  Women like her? Best not to mess with them.

  And as for the man beside her—

  The moment they reized who he was, they were even more afraid about approag her.

  Julian got into Dawn's car, then asked with mild curiosity, "A rich dy like you doesn't even have a driver?"

  "I like driving," Dawn replied casually.

  Of course, she had a driver. She just chose to drive herself this time so she could spend aloime with Julian.

  Though in her excitement, she seemed to have fotten something very important—

  Her driving skills.

  —

  "...How about I drive instead?" Julian suggested.

  He watched as she fumbled awkwardly at the trols—

  She wao turn on the left signal, but instead, the windshield wipers suddenly started moving.

  She stepped on the brake so hard that Julian almost lost his dinner from the sudden jolts.

  She said she liked driving? More like she liked bumper cars.

  'This is so humiliating'

  Dawn's face turned bright red in embarrassment. If she could, she would've buried her head in her owo hide from the shame.

  Julian had her pull the car over to the side of the road, and he and Dawn switched seats.

  Even though Julian didn't drive often, his skills were still miles ahead of Dawn's. Following the navigation system, they made their way to Soul Au House—the venue for tonight's event.

  Due to heavy traffic, it took them nearly an hour to arrive. By the time they got there, the au was about to start.

  The parking lot was almost full, and it took Julian a few minutes of cirg around before he finally found ay spot. Unsurprisingly, the e acked with luxury cars.

  After their invitations were verified, a staff member led them to their seats.

  Julian's seat was in one of the te private suites in the au house. Dawn's seat was also in a great location, though not a suite—instead, it was closer to the front.

  "You e with me."

  The suite acious, with room for three people.

  Dawn nodded immediately and followed him inside.

  Just as they were heading to the suite with the attendant, a voice suddenly called out to Dawn.

  "Niece Dawn."

  At the sound of this voice, Dawn turned around. Her expression briefly darkened with distaste, but she quickly masked it with a polite smile.

  "Uncle Albert."

  "Dawn, who is this man?"

  Beside Albert stood a young man, likely his son. The moment he saw a straandio Dawn, his expression instantly soured.

  Because of the dim lighting in the au hall, her Albert nor his son had gotten a clear look at Julian's face.

  Julian: 'As expected, womehing but trouble'

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