>>41495129He lives in a nice house and is comfortable now by all means with his Pokemon.
The game corner's manager suspects him of cheating and hires you, the player, to catch him in the act.
When this happens, it leads to a battle.
He's so invigorated by the battle that he realizes he lost sight of himself and his dreams just because he got a little comfortable and that his Pokemon, although they lost, enjoyed battling again.
Even though he was doing it originally to survive, he admits that he got greedy and also neglected his own honor.
He laments that he was acting no better than "them" (his family) by acting like a common thief for the sake of it.
He apologizes to the owner, returns his stolen winnings and offers to give up the house he's renting but the owner is nice and admires that Ghost boy was willing to come clean.
He also has Ghost boy show him exactly how the machines were being manipulated so they can be updated in a way that prevents future exploits.
Your rival thanks you for bringing him back to reality and announces that he is reinvigorating his dream of becoming a gym leader and to prove himself he's going to take on the league.
From this point, he will occasionally challenge you and help you out to take out baddies or on other side missions.
You can call him and chat whenever you want, get to know him better, and sometimes meet up in towns for special events to increase your bond.
Lots of optional dialogue, but none of this is required in the game or to battle him.
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