I looked at Naruto after he called the Typhlosion's name. Tony? Hmm… Oh, yeah! The Typhlosion which had blue flames and was the second proctor of the exams! So, this was him. He wore a silver necklace and a black leather jacket as his arms were folded.
"Well, answer me," Tony said as he looked at us, "Do you really want me to disqualify you as a result of your impatience and your actions!?"
Gengar smirked evilly, more than usual, and said, "Sorry. We don't know what came over us. We just get into it when conflict comes up, you know?"
Tony scoffed at him and said with an amazingly creepy yet amazing look, "You better get a grip then. And so the both of you teams hear me out, listen to this: Rescue Teams are not allowed to get into battles with each other unless instructed by one of the proctors. Got it?"
Medicham giggled to herself as Ekans smirked and said, "Aww, no fighting? That doesn't sound fun."
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a flash of blue flames surrounded Team Meanies, scaring the holy hell out of not only them, but me and our team. We watched Tony stand on the edge of the blue flames and walk towards them with one of the most downright no-nonsense faces ever.
"Let me set you straight right here, smart alecks," he said, "Fighting in battles may be fun, and the ability to be a Rescue Team is exciting, but every mission, someone's life can be on the line. Your client; heck, your own lives can be risked at any time to save somebody's life. When people count on us, there is no fun; there is life and death, and your attitude towards it can affect it. UNDERSTAND ME?"
Team Meanies all shivered and nodded as Gengar said with a nervous smile, "Y-Y-Yes, sir. We understand. We won't do it ever again."
"Good. Now get away from this team and don't start anything with them at all unless instructed," Tony said.
With that, Team Meanies nearly disappeared out of sight after that threat in a cloud of dust. I could hear a chuckle from Naruto as King muttered something like 'cowards' under his breath. As Tony turned to us, he had a different face on. He was smiling and cheerful, beaming with a positive air as he turned towards us.
"Sorry about that, kids," he said as he chuckled, "I knew they were the ones getting on your case, so I decided to show them a bit of my interrogation attitude."
"Huh? Interrogation attitude?" I asked out loud.
"Tony not only is the second proctor of the exams, but is one of the chiefs of the interrogation tactics group. They handle criminals and interrogate them," Sasuke explained to me.
"Oh, Sasuke. This must be your team. So, then you must be the new yet most watched Team Believers," he said and then looking at me closely, "And that would mean that you're Thomas."
"I'm starting to get the vibe that people knowing my name is a bad thing now," I said as I slowly closed my eyes.
"Well, what do you think, when you go off challenging the Elder like that?" King said, rolling his eyes, "That gets people's attention, kid."
I rubbed my head as Tony laughed and said, "Well, it's not bad or anything, Thomas. We're just interested in your team this year a bit. Oh, by the way, Sasuke, I wanted to let you know who your team supervisor is."
I blinked as Sasuke saw me and told me, "When a team competes for official Rescue Team Status, they get a supervisor, who is someone who has been in or is in a Rescue Team to basically overlook and train the team. It's sort of like a teacher. If you pass the exams, then the supervisor with your team stays."
"Mhm, that's right," Tony said, handing over a piece of paper to my brother, "Your supervisor is going to be a Blaziken named Elek. You can find him in the Champion's Arena over there to the right. All right, I gotta go prepare. See you all later."
As Tony waved goodbye and left our sight, Naruto got excited and said, "Sasuke! Thomas and I met Elek earlier today!"
"Oh really?" Sasuke said, "So, now you know what he looks like?"
"Huh? Does that mean all of you know who he is?" Naruto asked as I blinked.
"Yes," Batsu said, "He was the leader of an uprising team named Team Kristof. However, according to my father, his team abandoned him in a fight, which led Elek to be blind. Now, he lives as a professional wrestler in the town."
"So, we have a wrestler as a leader of our team?" King said, rolling his eyes, "Great…"
"Hmmm… I'm interested in learning more about this Elek person," Zev said.
"What? Oh, come on," King said, shaking his head, "He's a wrestler. What's he going to teach us that can help us save people? Wrestling moves? Plus, he's blind. How is that going to help?"
"Since when does having a disadvantage as being blind prevent someone from being a great fighter?" I asked him.
"Thomas is right," Zev said, nodding, "Some of the greatest legends in our history had limbs gone, they lost their hearing, etc."
"King, he was the leader of a Rescue Team. He knows a lot more than we do in this area," Batsu said folding his arms, "Just because he's no longer in an active team doesn't mean that we can't learn things from him."
"I kinda want to see what he can do," I said, much to King's annoyance.
"Me too," Sasuke said, "So, according to Tony, he's in the Champion's Arena near the right. Why don't we go meet him?"
"That sounds like a good idea," Zev said, heading over already, "I wanna meet the guy who we're going to be taken lessons and advice from."
"So, what exactly is the Champion's arena?" I asked.
Naruto wagged his tail and explained, "It's basically for sport events like wrestling, boxing, you get the idea. It's a gold building that looks like a trophy."
As we approached the huge gold building, we went inside and went through a few hallways until we saw a huge arena with lots of cheering and noise coming from it. We slowly opened the door to see tons of Pokémon cheering towards a wrestling ring. Inside the ring was a Machamp and a certain chubby Blaziken wrestling. It already showed that they had been wrestling for a while and both were tired. We were astounded that Elek being blinded took nothing away from him and his fighting ability.
"W-Whoa…" King said, obviously impressed by Elek's in-ring ability.
"What was that, King? Actually impressed by a blind ex-rescue member?" Naruto teased with a smirk.
A sudden whap hit him on the top of his head as my bro yelped in surprise. As I looked back in the match, the Machamp had gotten Elek into a huge Powerbomb and slammed him into the mat. The supervisor of our team slowly groaned as he laid on the mat to regain himself for a little bit. Slowly, his opponent got closer to him and then helped him up. He slowly wrapped all four arms around him and then did a powerful bearhug. Elek grunted as his eyes clamped shut and struggled as he started to pant harder for an escape.
The ref, who was an older Conkeldurr, walked over and asked, "Elek, do you wanna submit?"
"Urrgh… no…" Elek said as he grunted and winced in pain.
"Oh, man… he's stuck in a bearhug by a Machamp. Those Pokémon have some of the strongest physical abilities of most fighting types," Naruto said.
"See? What did I tell you? He's gonna lose," King said with a know-it-all attitude.
"King, you underestimate people way too quickly," Zev groaned by rolling his eyes at him, "Just wait for the match to be over, would ya?"
"What'd you say?" King said, again causing the two of them to get close to each other and have that intense emotion about them.
Once again, a flash came and Batsu stood in between them, with King and Zev grabbing their heads and grunting in pain. Naruto and I giggled as the Riolu explained what Zev meant.
"I believe the reason that Zev was going for was that just because a Pokémon has a disadvantage doesn't mean that he's going to lose. A little Togepi can defeat a giant Onix with enough training. So, just because Elek right now is in a tight spot right now, does not mean he can't pull out of this and come back," he explained.
"Come on, Elek," I said under my breath, "You can do it."
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