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The third day after returning home.

Eevee had finally overcome all its difficulties and was able to train seriously.

However, whenever Eevee thought about how Fang Yuan had punished it by banning it from watching shows for a week, it felt an inexplicable sadness.

Only after losing something did it realize how wonderful it had been...

Eevee wanted to watch shows!

It especially wanted to wrap itself in its Silk Scarf and lie comfortably ** while holding its phone and binge-watching shows, even if it was only for two hours a day.

Fang Yuan had never expected that... his plan to cultivate Eevee's interest in battling through constant exposure would backfire so quickly.

Although Eevee had indeed been influenced and developed a desire to grow stronger, more than that, it had gained another interest...

Whether it was movies, anime, TV dramas, or recaps of various competitions, it welcomed them all. It had fallen in love with the feeling of watching a story unfold through a screen.

Perhaps because it did not want to haggle with Fang Yuan, on the fourth day, unable to watch shows, Eevee practically turned its grief into motivation and trained even more seriously.

Perhaps more importantly, Eevee did not want Fang Yuan to go hungry again because of its own laziness.

As a result, that day's training was far more effective than yesterday's. Without using Tackle to gain explosive force, Eevee could not only race through the dense forest with greater ease, but its speed had also nearly reached its normal limit.

There was another point. Because it had achieved some results during training, Eevee suddenly no longer feared training quite as much.

Now, when it looked at the dense forest, it was like when it had seen that Sandshrew's work on the beach—there was only competitiveness in its eyes.

Free from the effects that the Anticipation Ability had had on its personality and mentality, Eevee returned to the way Fang Yuan knew it. It was still that competitive Little Eevee.

As usual, they went to the Pokémon Center that day, then left under the puzzled gaze of the Female Nurse intern.

The fifth day.

Fang Yuan said to Eevee, "Next, we'll begin Quick Attack training."

"Eevee!" Eevee was full of confidence, even though it still had no idea what Fang Yuan was talking about.

"You experienced the Tackle move the day before yesterday, right?"

Eevee nodded.

Back then, Eevee had moved timidly, too afraid to sprint through the dense forest at high speed. Fang Yuan had simply made it start with Tackle and forbade it from slowing down. That way, even if Eevee wanted to stop, it would be extremely difficult.

The facts proved that it worked. Eevee had gotten battered badly.

However, after Eevee's mentality changed, they stopped using that method and returned to the original training routine, having Eevee perform ordinary sprints. After all, training had to progress step by step.

"If Tackle only gives you explosive force when you start, increasing your speed for a short time so you can crash into your target, then Quick Attack lets you keep moving at a very high speed as you use Tackle to attack your target," Fang Yuan explained bluntly.

"Quick Attack places higher demands on your stamina, Body Strength, explosive force, and Coordination Ability. But once you master this move, you'll be able to use it to gain even faster movement speed."

Eevee understood a little.

"So next, we'll return to the training from the day before yesterday. You'll continuously use Tackle to sprint through the dense forest without stopping while avoiding obstacles. If you can gradually adapt to it, you won't be far from learning Quick Attack," Fang Yuan said.

Continuously use Tackle in a place this cramped?!

Even though Eevee had prepared itself mentally, it was still startled. Then it looked at Fang Yuan suspiciously.

"Cough... What kind of look is that?!"

Fang Yuan's face reddened. Although he had come up with the Quick Attack training method himself, it was definitely reliable.

"Eevee." Eevee turned away, wearing an expression that said, I guess I'll trust you, before running over to the White Line.

During the fourth day's training—yesterday—Eevee had already been able to weave smoothly through the dense forest at normal speed. Now, it also wanted to see whether it could break through its limits and complete the route at an even faster speed.

At Fang Yuan's command, white light spread across Eevee's body, and it shot forward like a white shadow. A few seconds later, the white light vanished, a sign that its energy had dissipated. From this, it was clear that in battle, Eevee's Tackle could only be used to attack nearby opponents. If an opponent was too far away, Tackle would fail before it even reached its target.

After a while, Fang Yuan stopped the timer.

Eevee had failed.

Once the energy from Tackle dissipated, it gathered energy again and used Tackle once more. This allowed Eevee to continuously unleash explosive force as it sprinted, but it clearly could not control the speed of those bursts. Before long, it crashed into a tree, just like on the third day.

Fortunately, after two days of tempering, Eevee was no longer such a crybaby. After climbing back up, it merely shook the dust from its body and started running again. Its Body Strength had improved considerably from the beginning.

Sure enough, thick skin was built through beatings...

Because it had to use moves repeatedly, Eevee's energy consumption was enormous. This training could not be carried out all day. Learning a new move was a difficult process, and Fang Yuan was not impatient for quick results. After one attempt, he would have Eevee switch to ordinary Physical Fitness Training or rest.

This kind of training continued for another three days or so.

On the seventh day since they had begun training in this dense forest, Eevee finally underwent a noticeable change.

Its control over energy had risen to another level, and the stamina it had built was enough to sustain high-speed movement for longer. The experience accumulated from crashing into tree trunks hundreds of times had also made Eevee more proficient with Tackle, and it no longer found the explosive force brought by Tackle so difficult to control.

The only thing it still lacked somewhat was Coordination Ability.

However, that was no longer enough to stop Eevee from learning Quick Attack.

After enough accumulation, Eevee naturally combined the Special Training Results and completed its Quick Attack training. Watching Eevee, its whole body shrouded in white light, run effortlessly back and forth across the open area, Fang Yuan nearly cried.

It really had not been easy. Learning Quick Attack was far more difficult than learning Sand Attack. Eevee might have understood Sand Attack partly through coincidence, but Quick Attack had been earned step by step through Eevee's own sweat.

After Eevee finished demonstrating it, Fang Yuan scooped it up and said the words that moved Eevee more than anything over the past few days.

"Starting tonight, I'll allow you to use your phone for two hours..."

Eevee: (?ω?), That's exactly what I was waiting for.

Seeing Eevee's expression, Fang Yuan felt that something was off, but he could not say exactly what it was. All he could do was scratch his head in confusion.

"Also, to celebrate, today's training ends here."

Fang Yuan laughed heartily. Everything had gone fairly smoothly. If things continued at this rate, they might have a shot at the Little Phoenix King Cup.