Faced with Aya's questioning, although Natsui could have used various excuses to deceive her and make her feel better, after a moment's hesitation, he ultimately chose to tell the truth.
"Sorry, I was too busy at the time, and I forgot…"
"Forgot… forgot!? Darn it! You guy!"
Hearing this, Aya's blood boiled. Especially seeing Natsui's calm expression, which showed no sincerity despite his apologetic tone, she was so angry that her eyebrows were about to stand on end.
He forgot about me? Damn him! And to think she had waited for so long.
She took a deep breath, forcing herself to calm down, then crossed her arms and snorted. "Do you remember what I said back then? Even if you run to the ends of the earth, I will find you! I never thought you would come to me on your own today. So, now you have no reason to run away. It's time for us to have a showdown, right?"
Natsui shook his head helplessly.
She really doesn't let things go…
But although Aya was being very aggressive with her words, from the few shurikens stuck in the ground in front of his feet, he understood that although these sharp ninja tools looked dangerous, Aya had no intention of harming him.
She was just trying to intimidate him.
Otherwise, if he had really sensed killing intent, the Gengar hiding in his shadow would have definitely stepped in to block these shurikens.
It looked close, but it was perfectly controlled. Aya's strength and skill were very precise, fully demonstrating that she was a highly skilled kunoichi.
And having heard all this, the headmaster first looked at the aggressive Aya, then at the calm Natsui, and couldn't help but ask in surprise, "What? You two know each other?"
Aya turned to look at the headmaster, her tone solemn. "Teacher, I have some grievances with this man that need to be resolved. Please clear a battlefield for us."
The headmaster was taken aback. Although he didn't know what kind of grudge or misunderstanding there was between the two, he still shook his head.
This was a school, not a place to resolve their personal grievances. If word got out, people who didn't know better would think that their school was poorly managed, condoning students to seek revenge at will.
But before the headmaster could speak, Aya seemed to have seen his concerns and added, "You don't know, do you? This man is the champion of this year's Indigo Conference. This is a rare opportunity. I think a battle with such an opponent is very worthy for the students to observe and learn from."
"Oh? The Indigo Conference champion!?"
The headmaster looked at Natsui in surprise, sizing up the young man before him. He never thought that the champion of the prestigious Indigo Conference would come to their ninja school.
So young…
To have won a regional championship at such a young age, his future is destined to be limitless.
If… if they can really observe such a person's battle up close, it will definitely be of great help to the students…
Seeing the headmaster's hesitation, Natsui knew he was tempted and couldn't help but sigh.
He understood that today's battle was unavoidable, and this matter had to be resolved. Otherwise, he would inevitably be pestered by Aya again.
With this thought, he also nodded at the headmaster.
"Mr. Headmaster, don't worry. This isn't a grudge, just an ordinary battle."
Since Natsui had also said so, it dispelled the headmaster's concerns. He looked into the distance again and saw that the students were looking over with curious eyes. After a moment's thought, he finally agreed.
"Alright, follow me."
Seeing Natsui agree, a smile finally appeared on Aya's face.
And it was only at this moment that she was in the mood to look beside Natsui. But when her gaze fell on Erika, she immediately exclaimed, "Huh!? Ms. Erika!? What are you doing here!?"
As one of the Gym Leaders of the Kanto region, many people naturally knew Erika. Not to mention that Aya was Koga's sister, so she naturally knew the other Gym Leaders very well. Therefore, with just one look, she immediately recognized Erika.
"It's a pleasure to meet you again, Ms. Aya," Erika said, placing her hands on her lower abdomen and giving her a graceful bow.
Seeing this, Aya also quickly returned the bow in a proper manner.
As she straightened up, Erika smiled. "I'm currently teaming up with Mr. Natsui to catch Grass-type Pokémon in Johto."
"Teaming up with him?"
Aya was puzzled, not knowing why these two had gotten together. But before she could ask any more questions, the group had already walked to a battlefield.
Seeing the headmaster approach, the students who had been training here all sensibly made way. But they didn't go far, instead sizing up Natsui with great interest.
Although they hadn't heard the conversation between them just now, from the tense atmosphere between Aya and this man, they clearly felt that something was not quite right.
After all, as the most outstanding disciple of the ninja school, Aya was different from ordinary students. She was a key disciple personally trained by the headmaster.
And because she herself was an outstanding ninja, she was in a completely different league from them, who had started halfway.
Plus, Aya was very bewitching, and her strength was great. She had always been a star-level contestant in this school, and her every move received a lot of attention.
Waving his hand, the headmaster had all the students stop their training and gather around.
He cleared his throat and introduced Natsui to the crowd. "Everyone, take a break. Let me introduce to you, the one standing beside me is Mr. Natsui, the champion of this year's Indigo Conference. Next, he and Aya will have a Pokémon battle here."
Hearing that this man was actually the Indigo Conference champion, the students were greatly surprised. And especially hearing that he was going to battle Aya, they couldn't help but whisper among themselves.
Who would have thought that the champion would actually come here?
And from the looks of it just now, Natsui must know Aya, and something unpleasant must have happened between them.
Some of the more imaginative students, looking at Erika beside Natsui, and then at Aya, had even concocted a whole drama of being used and then abandoned.
Could it be that this champion was two-timing and got found out?
At this moment, Natsui and Aya walked to the battlefield and then stood on opposite sides.
And after hearing the news, more students poured out of the school building and dormitories. They surrounded the battlefield so tightly that, looking around, the number of people had definitely exceeded two hundred.
For their calm and tedious studies, this highlight battle undoubtedly added a touch of surprise.
Natsui looked around. Seeing so many people, he knew in his heart that probably all the students of the entire ninja school had appeared here.
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