Alex, who heard this, snarked internally, "Hah! Underestimating a future Gym leader? I'm not that crazy."

He gave a sincere smile when he said, "That's great. I'm quite fortunate to meet a strong trainer of my age group." ​​

Jasmine, who saw Alex believing in her statement and did not make fun of her, showed a genuine smile as she said, "Yes, I'm also happy to be able to fight the Kanto Rookie champion."

When Alex wanted to continue talking, Jasmine's turn to register came up and pointed his finger to the front where the man in a fine suit stood, waiting for Jasmine to come forward. He didn't say anything and maintained a friendly and professional smile, and looked at Jasmine patiently.

Jasmine politely thanked Alex and elegantly went to the man for registration.

Alex, who saw this confident but elegant kind of Jasmine, could understand very well why she can become a Gym leader and famous Pokémon coordinator in the future.

After not even a minute, Jasmine was done with the registration process and walked on the ship. After Jasmine reached the deck, she waited for Alex to arrive.

Alex walked in front of the man and politely went along with the registration process. He had to give his ID card and ship ticket before he can get to the ship. They will also check the ID card's information with their database.

After Alex had confirmed his data, he also got on the deck.

The cruise was humongous and had a lot of luxuries to enjoy on the trip. It had a Pokémon arena, casino, bar, bonito pool, shop, library, salon, grooming place for Pokémon, massage parlor, writing room, places to play some outdoor and indoor games, and even a small theater.

Although the ship was very big, there were only around 200 passengers, which ensures that it will never be overcrowded and is only for the upper class. This ship was really made only for the rich and powerful.

Alex, who looked around the ship together with Jasmine, could not do help but admire it. It's really a very comfortable way to travel.

Jasmine and Alex separated to go to their own room after deciding to meet later at the Pokémon arena at the agreed time.

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The room of Alex, where he was going to stay for the trip, was big and had everything he could want. It had a large comfortable bed, furniture set in with the exquisite design, expensive paintings, a nice ocean view, balcony, lots of space, and lots of luxury objects (PC, TV, chair with massage function, etc) which can waste a lot of time. This room will give you satisfaction for the money you have spent (or would have spent if you hadn't gotten it for free).

Alex immediately started letting out all of his Pokémon in this big room and starting light training.

Although you can't really train much in this room, you can still do light training. Compared to the hotel that was built for Pokémon trainers, this one instead has the purpose of entertainment in mind.

Although it bothered Alex a bit, he could not do any real training with his Pokémon for 1 and a half-day.

Fortunately, there is a Pokémon arena where you can fight, or Alex would feel like he's wasting time on the ship.

Scizor, the training addict of Alex's group, felt a bit uncomfortable on the ship. But he took it a bit better than Alex. He just felt bored and not really annoyed like Alex.

By comparison, all the other Pokémon felt good to be able to take a break from training again. Although Alex gives his Pokémon free time of 1 or 2 days every month, it is too little for them. If Alex didn't provide his Pokémon enough time every day to pursue their hobby, all of his Pokémon would start to complain.

Alex knew that too and was already trying to have the optimal balance of training and rest. Although he knew that physically he could train his Pokémon for much longer, it is not optimal for their mind.

He had read in a book that when Pokémon trains unmotivated, the effect of training drops, just like humans. That's why he does not try to overwork his Pokémon. In addition, he always looks for new ways to make his training interesting.

That was also a reason why he sometimes holds the Alex tournament to honor the training result.

After 1 hour, it was time to meet Jasmine, so Alex left his room and leisurely stepped towards the Pokémon arena.

Alex reached the Pokémon arena quickly without getting lost since he had remembered the way to the arena when he first looked around. There was a total of three large fields for fighting, of which two fields were already occupied.

The 4 (two 1 v/s 1) Pokémon that Alex saw fighting were all over LV 40, and 2 Pokémon were even above LV 50. Although neither had that great talent, the 2 LV 50 Pokémon were Shallow Gold Pokémon. The other two Pokémon were only Silver and Deep Silver, so Alex ignored them.

Alex was sure that it would be extremely difficult for these Shallow Gold Pokémon to reach a higher level because their potential will slow them down a lot.

Because the Pokémon are already old and no longer have an evolution left, it is extremely tough to improve the potential with items. Which makes it difficult for these trainers to become more powerful.

After Alex looked at the Pokémon's info, he went to Jasmine, who was already waiting on the edge of the free area.

"Sorry, I'm late. I hope you didn't have to wait for long."

Jasmine gave a polite smile when she said, "You don't need to apologize. You are here 3 minutes before the agreed time."

Alex and Jasmine did a bit of small talk, and they started to talk about how to fight each other.

After both have agreed that it is only a practice fight and not about victory, they found a good way.

Both will tell each other the Pokémon they own with their level, and then they will try to find good match pairs to find high-quality battles.

Both agreed that it makes more sense to hold practice fights than to have Pokémon with different strengths fight each other.

A battle with a large level difference is not useful to any party.

Alex gave his list of Pokémon species and levels to Jasmine, and Jasmine did the same. (Crobat: 40, Scizor: 40, etc)

List of Jasmine's Pokémon:

Magnemite: 30

Magneton: 30

Skarmory: 34

Steelix: 42

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