A Day with Hop

Scottie was training with Hop, and they kept going until they were completely exhausted.

Phew, I sure worked up a sweat! It really got me fired up!

You and your Pokémon all fought hard. Good effort out there!

Made me almost want to let out Charizard and join in on all the fun!

What's wrong? Not satisfied yet?

Yeah! It's so full of energy, even I struggle to keep up!

It may be just a warm-up for this one.

Ever since we met, I don't think I've seen it get tired.

How did you two meet?

Well, let me tell you how our legend began!

I met Zapdos when I was exploring the Wild Area in Galar.

Zapdos loves to battle.

When it saw my Zamazenta, instead of backing down...

it charged straight at us without any fear!

But when I tried to catch it, it ran away at an incredible speed, and it was so hard to catch up to.

Hahaha! That sounds like a lot of work!

It's been a lot of work ever since we teamed up.

Zapdos's combativeness hasn't changed! It'll challenge anyone to a battle!

The reason I asked Scottie to train with me is...

I wanted to sharpen my skills, so I'd be ready to battle anyone at any time.

It's actually really nice being with Zapdos, because it's so decisive!

You must be battling a lot more since you partnered up with Zapdos, right?

I feel like your skills have improved. That's probably why!

Really?! If that's so, meeting Zapdos has brought me so many good things!

Speaking of which! Here on Pasio, I had an opportunity to learn about Zapdos from a different region.

It uses Electric-type moves and is good at flying. It's completely different from Galarian Zapdos!

Wow, I didn't know that!

Interesting, right?!

My goal is to be a Pokémon Professor, but I still wanna battle together with different Pokémon!

Of course! There's still loads I want you to teach me, Scottie!

That's right! Since I've made it to Pasio, I wanna do so many things!

Hey, Lee.

When me and Zapdos get even stronger than we are now...

Of course! I'll take you on!

Thanks, Lee! I'll consider that a promise!