Wilderness Trial

That day, Eichi arrived at the research institute. Everyone was as busy as ever.

Eichi greeted people as he made his way through, taking the chance to see what they were researching.

Chatting and looking around as he went, he eventually arrived at Professor Jiang Ben's office.

"Ding-dong!"

Eichi pressed the office doorbell, which chimed twice.

"Come in," Professor Jiang Ben's voice called from inside.

Eichi turned the doorknob and entered.

The office was somewhat messy, with documents piled atop two large desks.

Professor Jiang Ben was reading documents on his computer. When he saw Eichi enter, he looked up and said, "You're here, Eichi. Come take a look. This is an email A Yuan sent over."

"Oh? Really? Senior Brother A Yuan finally sent an email back."

Eichi walked over to Professor Jiang Ben's side and saw an email already open on the computer screen.

Eichi read through it quickly, finishing the entire thing in under three minutes.

The email was mainly about Senior Brother A Yuan's recent circumstances.

It said that after leaving Silver Academy, he had first traveled around the Kanto region.

Then he had taken a ship to the Hoenn Region. It was his first time there, and he had seen the scenery and Pokémon of the Hoenn Region.

It was a place completely different from Kanto and the Chengdu region.

There, he had continuously trained his Bug-type Pokémon and challenged Gyms. He planned to participate in this year's Sinnoh League.

Eichi smiled. "It looks like Senior Brother A Yuan has been quite energetic during his time away."

Teacher Jiang Ben said, "Seeing that kid A Yuan living such a fulfilling life now is very comforting to me."

At this point, Teacher Jiang Ben sighed again. He had originally thought that after A Yuan left, he