On the fourteenth day of their publicly funded trip, Sato and Cynthia were still undergoing special training under Shiping's guidance.
A Champion Trainer imparting everything they knew was an opportunity hard to come by. Both of them understood that perfectly well.
So, by unspoken agreement, they did not bring up traveling again.
After all, compared to becoming stronger, traveling was not worth mentioning! Well... at least that was what Sato thought.
Just yesterday, Dowashi, the president of the Sinnoh Alliance, had dispatched a transport plane and professional personnel to install a Pokémon Teleportation Machine in Shiping's wooden house.
Sato and Cynthia had also sent over many of their Pokémon one after another, all so they could receive guidance from Champion Shiping.
And today, Gardevoir reluctantly took off its apron and, under Sato's relieved gaze, seriously threw itself into training for the first time.
It had reached Elite Four level through wild growth alone. Gardevoir's talent was beyond doubt; even without any training, it still firmly held its place in the main lineup.
But with Sharpedo's breakthrough, Sato already had five Elite Four-level Pokémon in hand.
He only needed one more before he could directly apply for the Elite Four Competition.
And with Sato's rocket-like rate of growth, perhaps another Pokémon would break through the Elite Four bottleneck tomorrow.
Gardevoir sensed the crisis (^)! Watching Sato... and its companions eat everything it made was certainly a happy thing, but only as long as its position within the team remained unshaken.
So Gardevoir declared that it wanted to train too!
"The Frequency Resonance Method, as the name suggests, is..."
"I have telepathy."
"Oh, right. Then let's look at your moves..."
"I've learned everything the Gardevoir line can learn."
"I see. Then, for offense, you could try skill compression, stacking, instant casting..."
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