Shigeru would be lying if he said that he wasn't even remotely suspicious of Clemont and Bonnie when he saw them by Ash's side.
But it is Shigeru's default to doubt people from the get go so its a possibility he could be overreacting.
Still, there was something that made some alarms go off in Shigeru's head the moment he saw them.
Mostly Clemont. If Bonnie was in whatever plans the siblings might have, at most Bonnie would be an accomplice.
Hah! Wasn't that a blast in the past, huh Satoshi?
Still, Shigeru is stupidly relieved that it was something…somewhat normal.
Shigeru DID suspect the gym leader thing since somehow someway Shigeru finds Satoshi traveling with at least ONE gym leader per region. Takeshi, Kasumi, Takeshi again, Cilan. How would Clemont and Bonnie be any different?
And Clemont does have the same vibe as the young gym leaders Shigeru knows. Granted it's only one but still.
A robot taking over his gym? That's new. It’s better than what happened in Viridian at least.
But the way Clembot was set up though…it seems that Clemont accidentally gave it the wrong password and Clembot acted out accordingly and kicked them out. This is why Shigeru rarely uses audio for passwords and types it out manually.
(And memorizes all his passwords than saving it to the web.)
Gramps cannot afford to get a password wrong. Or else Shigeru might experience what Clemont and Bonnie experienced to getting kicked out of the gym. Bill was no amateur teaching Shigeru cybersecurity at least.
Oddly enough, it does sound like one of those things that Gramps needs helping with. Something that Shige Tech Support can't fix!
But could Clemont figure it out on his own? He seems like a smart guy…if he isn't panicking.
Actually…could they abuse the 4 badges rule and bypass Clembot without a hitch?
Clemont didn't really specify Kalos Gym Badges…right?
It would be funny to see a robot short circuit when a trainer exceeds the 8 badge limit.
Shigeru does have 18 badges from Kanto and Johto.
And Satoshi has like…5 sets of gym badges.
Now THAT is something he wants to see.
(I just realized I got the gym badges wrong since Ash would've only had like 41 badges because he only has 1 Kalos Gym Badge oops—)
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