Watching the three figures head down the mountain, Huang Yuntian murmured, "Breloom, Amoonguss, what kind of Trainer do you think my junior will become?"
"Loo loo!"
"Shroom shroom!"
Breloom and Amoonguss gave their answers without hesitation. He would be an outstanding Grass-type Trainer, of course—one whose name would go down in history.
"And what about me?"
"Loo loo!"
"Shroom shroom!"
Again, Breloom and Amoonguss answered almost instantly.
An excellent Gym Leader, of course!
"Why does that feel a little off? It's like you're just humoring me..."
Huang Yuntian took out his phone and opened a group chat called "A Loving Family," ready to get to the bottom of things.
Huang Yuntian was curious how Ye Lan had reached Gym Leader level in the first semester of his freshman year. When he asked, Ye Lan gave him three reasons:
"First, my Pokémon worked hard."
"Second, a balanced diet and a sensible training plan."
"And last—the most important part... Ahem."
"Vee vee~"
Ye Lan and Leafeon went on at length about that last point, making it sound so miraculous that even the well-traveled Huang Yuntian was left dumbfounded.
Ye Lan said it could transform a Pokémon completely, while Leafeon said it could give a Trainer a new lease on life. But everything had its price. Even as fellow disciples, they couldn't make an exception. Whether Huang Yuntian could obtain this secret technique depended on whether he had the right "connection."
Huang Yuntian had been skeptical until he saw the destructive power of Serperior's and Rillaboom's moves. In the end, he gave in and handed over every bit of tuition he had earned from his newly recruited disciples to Ye Lan and Leafeon, those two "bloodsucking Zubat." Only then did he manage to wrest that so-called "connection" from them.
Then Ye Lan added