Saffron City is huge, and the corresponding Saffron Gym is by far the most luxurious gym Rope has ever seen... at least in appearance.
What's even more impressive is that there are no other buildings in the vicinity of Saffron Gym. Only Saffron Gym stands alone. You know, this is not a suburb, this is the business district of Saffron City. And yet, there was such a large empty space nearby...
"Is this a plaza near Saffron Gym? How come there aren't any buildings?" Whitley looked at the situation around Saffron Gym that could be described with the word 'empty' and asked in confusion.
Rope couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh when he heard the childish words.
"You just need to know that most of the people will choose to back away from this Sabrina."
Looking at Rope's obvious unwillingness to say more, as well as a face full of 'you'll get it in a moment'. Whitley, though puzzled, nodded his head without inquiring.
Speaking of Sabrina, the Sabrina in the original anime was gloomy but still had a point of childlike innocence, so a lot of things changed after Koji and Ghost Stone made her laugh.
But as per Rope's understanding. The Sabrina here seems to be the Sabrina from the manga, the cadre of Team Rocket, the reformed Saffron City Gym Gym Leader. famous movie actress...
Yes, movie actress again. It seems like a great side hobby... or maybe it's a main hobby, so both Diantha and Sabrina chose this as their hobby.
And Sabrina was able to help the director save no small amount of money on special effects production and insurance expenses for various dangerous maneuvers. It's the conscience of the industry.
That said, if Caitlin is willing to become a movie star, then Rope must be another rising star of tomorrow.
After all, Caitlin is more beautiful than Sabrina.
With that in mind, a Psyshock sent Rope's head straight into a ball of bright red flames.
Whitley was startled, and bowled over Rope's hand to hold him up, asking anxiously, "Rope, what's wrong with you?"
"Nothing, don't be afraid, it's normal to say something bad about someone and be heard, then get punched in the face." Rope's voice came out of the flames, then soon Rope's head returned to its original state.
Rope tugged at the corner of his mouth, then pulled himself out of Whitley's arms and gritted his teeth, "Cheap bastard! I'm just saying you're not as pretty as Caitlin! We haven't even gotten to the gym yet! And you Sabrina, the big Gym Leader, is starting to show off?"
So his head cracked open again...
Whitley doesn't even know what expression to make right now. You're saying Sabrina's petty, knowing that it wouldn't kill or even hurt Rope to hit him, and there's nothing wrong with giving him a lesson.
But you were saying she wasn't petty, Caitlin compared with her was indeed... not as pretty!!!
Whitley immediately changes her mind when she feels something stroking her brain.
The desire to survive was evident... and at that moment, Rope's hand came over Whitley's head. With flames burning on the back of his hand, he said, "Don't use this kind of mind-reading and telepathy that will leave a psychological shadow on a child!"
"Hmph!" A cold snort resounded in the back of the duo's minds. Whitley then felt the air around them lighten and that feeling of being spied on disappeared."
"Whew~" Whitley patted her chest and breathed a sigh of relief, then turned her head to Rope and smiled, "Thank you."
Rope instantly rewarded her with a headbutt. The force was not small, and the pain caused Whitley to immediately cover her head and her eyes became teary.
"What are you doing!"
Rope held out her index finger to Whitley, whose face was filled with aggression, and then said, "Lesson number one, until you have an ability or something that can protect you, don't speak ill of them in front of such a high level psychic. And the same goes for the Legendary Pokémons who has the trait Telepathy. There will always be those who will use telepathy as mind reading, after all."
Whitley deflated her little mouth, tears in her eyes, then nodded.
She knew Rope was doing this for her own good.
Rope rubbed the spot where she'd just been flicked before heading off in the direction of the Saffron Gym.
Whitley collected the aggravation on her face and then followed Rope, who had
basically met most of the Gym Leaders and various other people.
There was no way, even if Rope had been a nerd for the past five years, the number of guys who had come here to visit Professor Oak, Blue, Red, and Daisy was just countless.
After all, these four people all had considerable prestige in their respective fields.
Professor Oak is not to be mentioned. He is the leader of the research community and the promoter of the trainer trend. There is no researcher who doesn't want to chat with Professor Oak. So whenever there are any researcher activities in Kanto, Pallet Town is their first choice for travel. Professor Oak also welcomes everyone who comes. In most cases, he will chat with people. If Daisy is making snacks, Rope has to serve tea and water on the side, and by the way, he will interject a few words because of his restless mouth.
With Rope's research level, a few words would be enough to leave a deep impression on people, not to mention that there was also Professor Oak helping out at the side. Professor Oak's junior, an insightful researcher, even though there were no results released, there were quite a number of people who remembered Rope, at least to the extent of getting acquainted with him.
There are also trainers who come to find Red and Blue. Although these two people have not continued to hold the position of champion, Blue at least still has the title of Viridian Gym Leader, then Red is really a white body. But the strength of these two people is really not to be underestimated. Although everyone is talking about how strong Steven is, how strong Cynthia is, how strong Leon is... but when these champions mention Red, they usually look like 'I haven't fought him, I don't know, I really want to fight him.'
There are a handful of people who want to fight Red and Blue, and there aren't many who come to fight, but there are quite a few. At least Kanto Johto's Elite Four Champion and most of the Gym Leader basically didn't pull any punches.
And naturally Rope was just watching the show from the sidelines. And with that mouth of Rope's, a lot of people remembered him, and some became good friends or enemies.
Lance has become a bad friend, Lorelei has become a good friend, Karen has become a good friend, and Sabrina has become an enemy...
After all, with Rope's bad mouth and Sabrina's explosive temper, when these two people meet, it's like a lighter jumping onto a powder keg...
Explodes in an instant.
But Rope and Sabrina have formed a good friendship between them. After all, thanks to Red and Blue's faces, and the fact that Rope's detrimental comments were generally well measured, there were no feuds, but of course, there were plenty of people who didn't like Rope. Like Orange and the like.
People, after all, aren't money, and you can't expect everyone to like them.
With that, Rope and Whitley walked up to the front door. The calling of the door began.
"Little bunny Sabrina~, open the door~[1]..."
Rope sang as Whitley panicked...
[1] "小兔子乖乖, 把门开开" - Lyrics from a 1920 Chinese children's song to teach children not to open songs to strangers