"I've already put together a training plan for you. You definitely won't go wrong training with Serperior!"
"Of course, you can't start at Serperior's current level of strength. Hmm... let's start at one-fifth strength!"
"Leafeon!"
Seeing the fighting spirit reignite in Leafeon's eyes, Ye Lan smiled in satisfaction and continued,
"That's about the situation. Training is entirely up to your own initiative! Alright, go play!"
"Leafeon!"
Watching Leafeon's tail sway from side to side as it left, Ye Lan clicked his tongue in wonder.
For some reason, whenever it came to running the restaurant, overseeing the finances, or researching moves to make them easier for other Pokémon to learn, Leafeon's mind became exceptionally sharp.
But whenever words like "protagonist" or "sword immortal" came up, Leafeon seemed to suddenly lose IQ points, its eyes gleaming with the light of "intelligence."
All Ye Lan could say was that he had done a pretty good job of tailoring his teaching to the individual.
"With this, the itinerary for this trip to Paldea seems a little too packed..."
Ye Lan thought it over. He first had to return to Jindu and resolve Oh-no Amoonguss's evolution issue.
In fact, before they had parted ways last time, Oh-no Amoonguss had already been able to evolve. Especially after swallowing fragments of Eternatus's shell, there was so much energy inside it that the little fellow had begun to feel unwell.
After this period of adjustment at the Nishinomori Research Institute, Little Mushroom had surely reached the best time to evolve. If it wanted to keep suppressing it, it could only carry an Everstone. But Oh-no Amoonguss had built a solid enough foundation, and the time had come. Delaying it any longer would only backfire.
According to the original plan, Ye Lan had intended to use the "Absolute Monarch