The group of Fighting type apprentices who had just supported Bado were now silent; they still couldn't believe that their senior brother in the dojo had lost to an outsider.
But no one spoke up for Bado, because Roy defeated Bado purely through strength, and they were convinced of the victory.
Jiang Yang, who had been watching from the sidelines and waiting for Roy to lose, now wore a look of confusion and relief.
He just wanted to thank Agatha for not making him fight Roy; otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to withstand Roy's first punch, and he would have been incredibly embarrassed.
"Ghost!!!"
"Dream!!!!"
Meanwhile, Roy's cheerleaders erupted in a cacophony of howls and screams.
Agatha 'Gengar was turning around to celebrate with Roy's Pokémon when he opened his eyes and realized it was Ancient Gengar. Upon discovering it was Agatha's Gengar, the Ancient Gengar immediately let go of his hand, and the two looked at each other with mutual dislike.
The two large, purple-clad men turned their heads away.
Roy withdrew his fist, cupped his fists towards Bado, then jumped off the ring, took the two training suits handed to him by the Annihilape, and put them on.
Several Pokémon instantly surrounded him. Misdreavus circled around Roy, while Snorunt jumped directly into Roy's arms. They knew Roy was strong, but they didn't expect Roy to be this strong.
Seeing that the apprentices around him were still engrossed in the duel between Roy and Bado, Bruno clapped his hands again, signaling the apprentices to continue their own training.
After all the apprentices, including Bado, had left, Bruno turned around and looked at Roy was surrounded by a group of Pokémon celebrating.
He thought that seeing Annihilape, a Ghost type / Fighting type Pokémon, would be his biggest Harvest for the day.
But Roy's performance in the actual combat and testing just now made him reject his previous thoughts. This sense of power, this body balance, this explosiveness, and the fact that his opponent also knew his own Extreme Fighting Technique...
More importantly, Roy is only 14 years old. He has already reached the level of Advanced Martial Artist at such a young age. Given time, he will definitely become a master-level Fighting type.
He's a promising talent!!!
Bruno looked at Agatha with a serious expression, his slightly narrowed eyes forming a line.
"Sister Agatha! Don't worry, leave him at my dojo. I will definitely teach him well and make him a future Fighting type master, in the future..."
Before Bruno could finish speaking Lando, Joy Lando interrupted Joy, standing in front of Roy and flatly denying it:
"That won't do! Roy doesn't have time to learn Extreme Fighting Technique from someone as muscle-bound as you. He wants to learn how to create Pokéblock from me."
"No! With Roy's talent, he's destined to be a future Fighting type master."
"Do you believe I can have my family cut off your dojo's Pokéblock supply?"
Although Bruno really wanted to break things off decisively, he knew that acting impulsively might lead to consequences, so he muttered that things should be dealt with one thing at a time.
He, Bruno, is at least a regional Elite Four. Although he is unwilling to offend the Joy family, he certainly won't let go of what he deserves.
Bruno grabbed Roy's right hand, Joy Lando grabbed Roy's left hand, and the two began a struggle for Roy.
Joy Lando wrote that Roy definitely wanted to learn breeding science from him, and becoming Master-level Breeder would be far more promising than learning any Fighting type arts.
Bruno stated that Roy is definitely a future Fighting type genius, and will be the successor to his Extreme Fighting Technique, a future Fighting type master.
Bruno's strength is definitely much greater than Joy Lando's, but he dares not really use his full strength, otherwise, if he hurts his opponent, his Gym probably won't dare to make him Pokéblock next month.
The two began discussing Roy's fate, but after a long discussion, they still couldn't reach a conclusion.
Finally, the two of them turned their gaze to Roy.
"Tell me, who do you want to learn from?"*2
"I...
Roy was caught in a dilemma; neither side was someone he could afford to offend. He could only look at Agatha with pleading eyes once again.
It was Agatha who pulled the two apart. She knew they would react this way. Luckily, she hadn't brought Roy here a year ago, otherwise Roy wouldn't have had any time to train his Pokémon.
Agatha made the decision: Roy would spend his mornings learning Fighting type arts from Bruno and his Lando learning Pokéblock making and cultivation from Joy family.
In the evenings, they would go to the Ring Arena in Saffron City to play matches.
Upon hearing Agatha's arrangement, Bruno nodded in agreement. He was unwilling to offend Joy Lando, since the entire dojo's Pokéblock depended on the Joy family.
But Joy Lando immediately objected. "Only an afternoon? What can you do with that?"
However, her objection was easily dismissed by Agatha with a single sentence.
"Besides teaching him some Pokéblock recipes and massage techniques for cultivation, what else do you need to teach him? Can you control the energy within his body?"
Upon reflection, Joy Lando realized that Agatha was indeed right. He didn't possess Roy's special abilities and could only teach her some knowledge of cultivation and the reactions between various materials.
"But..."
"No buts, it's settled then."
Roy's fate was thus decided, and Joy Lando, unable to argue with Agatha, had no choice but to agree.
Roy found his days packed with activities again, though he had indeed been slacking off in training for almost two months.
However, Roy himself had a question: the Joy family was located south of Saffron City, while Bruno's dojo was north of Saffron City. Roy roughly calculated that the straight-line distance between here and the Joy family was about two Saffron City.
This isn't the back mountain of the Rustboro Academy; the journey is so far. What should we do?
Even at Pidgeot's speed, it would take at least 4 hours to travel on the road, and maybe even less.
At that time, we will spend almost half a day in the sky.
Agatha, however, said dismissively:
"Don't you still have a Dragapult?"
Dragapult?
Recalling the scene of Dragapult carrying him through the air this morning, Roy couldn't help but shudder, as if that dizziness was reappearing before his eyes.
It turns out Agatha had already made up her mind.
"Um... what if...?"
"No 'what ifs', isn't your Aunt Lando going to give you a saddle? Consider that part of your training."
Roy's last words were swallowed back, and his days were once again filled with intense work.
Gengar, watching Roy from the shadows, felt a pang of sympathy for Roy and rubbed his chubby hands, wanting to plead for Roy's life.
Agatha completely ignored Gengar's pleas. She knew that Roy might have a tough time during this period, but she also knew that once he got through this, Roy's future would be bright.
She couldn't teach Roy anything more, so she could only rely on her connections to help Roy grow.