"Come over and eat," Yu Hai said, too lazy to look at the two of them. If he had known Fire Goose would poach his woman, he would have kicked her into the volcano long ago.
By the time he found out, it was already too late. If he had forcibly dealt with Fire Goose then, the enforcer he had carefully cultivated would have been ruined. He could only let time slowly wear things down and hope the two of them would come to their senses.
Magma Team was gone. Clinging to their past lives was a kind of torment, both for A Man, who cared about Fire Goose, and for Fire Goose herself.
Of course, he did not really care. His conscience was clear, and he had seven or eight Elites under him. Losing one or two did not matter. Besides, quite a few Trainers he had cultivated over the years had broken through to Elite-class.
Though their Pokémon had only just entered Elite-class, the gap between an Elite and those below that level was not so easily crossed. Ordinary people still made up the majority, and these newly advanced Elite patrol teams were barely enough.
"Gym Leader, I was wrong," A Man said, kneeling on the tatami. His first words were an admission of fault, though no one knew what he thought he had done wrong.
Yu Hai found it amusing. From the corner of his eye, he glanced at Fire Goose, who had lowered her head in silence. Her temper had improved quite a bit. If this had been the old Fire Goose, she would have been pointing at someone's nose and cursing by now.
But he did not pay attention to A Man. Instead, he looked at Fire Goose, intending to give her another chance. "Fire