"Poliwag, come try this floating ball," Yu Hai called after tying up the ball.
"Yoyo? Yoyo?" Poliwag saw the floating ball hanging from the branch and jumped up to smack it with his tail.
Smack—
The floating ball swayed after being struck by his tail.
Poliwag found it rather interesting and jumped up to hit it again with his tail, but this time, he missed.
Annoyed, Poliwag raised his tail to strike again, but Yu Hai stopped him with an outstretched hand.
"Poliwag, stop. You're supposed to use Water Gun for this, though it can also train Chain Slap..."
But Chain Slap was a contact move. What mattered more was finding opportunities to get close, not practicing accuracy.
If they were face-to-face, was he really going to worry about missing?
"Yoyo, pff pff pff!" Upon hearing that he was supposed to attack with Water Gun, Poliwag immediately opened his mouth and fired at the floating ball.
Of the three consecutive Water Gun shots, Poliwag only hit once. After the floating ball was knocked away, the remaining two shots missed.
"Yoyo!" Poliwag was furious. The more he missed, the more fired up he became.
He had already improved his Water Gun accuracy through previous training until every shot could hit a pebble. Now that he was missing again, he was really upset.
"Getting worked up is good," Yu Hai said with a helpless smile as he watched Poliwag grow more enthusiastic with every shot. This was exactly the effect he wanted.
Instead of wasting time arguing with other Pokémon, Poliwag might as well put that energy into practicing Water Gun. After practicing hundreds or thousands of times, how could his Water Gun still go off target?
"Stop, Poliwag, stop!" Yu Hai hurriedly called out to the somewhat overexcited Poliwag. Even training