Crystal Lake

The sixteenth day of the trip to the Johto Region, cloudy.

After getting up in his room at Olivine Gym, Yu Hai found that Yanbo was already awake and doing morning exercises with Piloswine. He did not disturb them; after all, they had not seen each other for forty years. He released Poliwrath onto another patch of grass and jogged nearby.

After only half an hour of running, Xima arrived carrying steaming-hot breakfast. "Stop running, you two. Come have some porridge before you continue exercising..."

Hearing that, both Yu Hai and Yanbo stopped and sat in the gazebo to eat breakfast.

"Xiao Hai, have you thought it through?" Yanbo was naturally referring to what they had discussed last night—whether to leave the Pokémon behind.

"I've thought it through. Poliwrath, Gyarados, and Kingler will all stay here," Yu Hai said. He had considered it carefully. It was not often that he got a chance to mooch off someone, so of course he would leave them here and take advantage of Yanbo, an Ice-type Elite Four member.

That still left Pelipper, Starmie, Slowpoke, Swampert, and the other Water-type Pokémon...

Pelipper was for escaping, Starmie was for Gravity Training, Slowpoke was with Dunmei's Father, and as for Swampert...

Unfortunately, this place had no place for Swampert. Even if Swampert learned Yanbo's moves, it could not use them. The moment it did, Yu Hai's identity would definitely be exposed. It was simply too obvious.

Rock Armor and Ice Armor were both signature techniques of famous Elite Four members. Once used, they could identify him immediately. He did not dare use those moves while posing as Spider, so Swampert would have to suffer the loss.

After breakfast, Yu Hai followed Xima to the transfer room and transferred Kingler over from MikanGym. When they arrived at