The next morning
When Reiji opened his eyes, he saw a big, fat, purple face looking at him with a wicked grin.
He recognized it at a glance as the tattooed Gengar that Roy had seen in the treatment room yesterday.
Just as Reiji was about to get up, the Ancient Gengar carried him to the foot of the mountain where they were training, without saying a word.
When Reiji was taken to the bottom of the mountain by the Ancient Gengar, Reiji asked where the Ancient Gengar Roy was.
The fat man with the purple tattoo pointed behind him, Reiji turned around to see Roy carrying a Mummy wrapped in bandages on his back, doing warm-up exercises.
Roy's task today is to hop like a frog along the mountain path, and his goal is to reach the summit of this mountain.
Behind Roy was his Annihilape, Annihilape carried a huge rock as a weight, and it was doing the same preparatory movements as Roy.
This is the grueling training Bruno underwent after Roy took leave.
So that's why the Annihilape trains its strength like this every day; no wonder its Drapion is no match for it.
Wait... why is Roy also carrying a Dusclops on his back?
Upon seeing Reiji, Roy put down the Dusclops on his back, and Reiji immediately felt as if the ground had shaken.
"Woke up?"
Looking at Roy, who shared the same mischievous grin as the Ancient Gengar, Reiji hesitated for a moment before slowly nodding.
Roy, under the guise of experiencing life Fighting type apprentice, found Reiji a 25kg weight training suit and had him train with him.
Reiji pointed to himself, "Should I come too?"
Without saying a word, Roy put the training clothes on Reiji. He had said yesterday that he would let Reiji experience a day of Fighting type apprentice life.
Today we definitely need to make some good arrangements for Reiji, so that Reiji can have an "unforgettable" day.
Looking at Roy's malicious gaze and feeling the weight of the training suit on his body, Reiji already regretted agreeing to come and experience life with Roy yesterday.
He even suspected that Roy was still upset about his Taunt yesterday, and was deliberately tormenting him.
After the grueling training began, Roy's every jump left a shallow footprint on the mountain path. Reiji followed behind Roy, watching Roy hop from the foot of the mountain all the way to the halfway point.
At first, Reiji didn't feel very tired, but as time went on, he felt as if his legs were filled with lead, and he didn't understand why they were so heavy.
On the other side, Arbok was chasing a group of Fighting type apprentices around the mountain, with Arbok's gaping maw as it pursued them.
Maylene, Wuchen, and the other Gym students from Veilstone City were watching the training session of the students in the dojo with Bruno.
Arbok's appearance startled Maylene, who quickly hid behind Wuchen. She was most afraid of snake-type Pokémon, and seeing that learning Extreme Fighting Technique would involve being chased by snakes, she immediately had second thoughts.
Wuchen watched Roy and the other Pokémon Trainer undergoing special training and began to ponder.
Bruno, who was training in Extreme Fighting Technique, didn't hold back his knowledge. He even provided his Fighting type with Pokéblock to eat in the morning.
It was clear that the other party genuinely wanted to promote martial arts, and these two points alone were enough to earn his admiration.
Once Roy finally hopped from the foot of the mountain to the summit, he tossed the Dusclops on his back aside, causing the entire mountain to tremble.
He already regretted raising the Dusclops to be so fat.
Looking at Reiji beside him, he was also drenched in sweat and collapsed on the ground from exhaustion. He was already so tired from just running all the way to the top of the mountain, it was hard to imagine that anyone could actually carry a Dusclops frog up the mountain.
Wuchen, who had been observing, watched as Wuchen approached Roy's side, and looked at the Dusclops who had almost made him think there was Earthquake.
Hearing the even breathing of the Dusclops and its tightly closed single eye, Wuchen looked at Roy in disbelief. Was it asleep?
"Young man, may I try to weigh your Pokémon?"
Roy took the ice water from the Snorunt, waved his hand, and told Wuchen to do as he pleased.
Wuchen wanted to imitate Roy's actions and carry the Dusclops on his back, but he immediately realized something was wrong as soon as he tried.
However, Bruno, Maylene, and his apprentices at the Gym were watching him, and he couldn't afford to lose face at this moment.
Finally, after a great deal of effort, he managed to lift the Dusclops up in his arms.
Feeling the weight on his arms, he struggled to even hold it, while Roy carried the Dusclops and jumped up to the top of the mountain.
This young man is definitely not simple.
Reiji didn't continue training with Roy in the afternoon; instead, he and Wuchen gave a brief tour of the dojo.
His experience with Roy that morning made him realize that he wasn't cut out to be a Fighting type apprentice; the Dusclops alone was far beyond his capabilities.
Wuchen saw Roy Yi training his boxing skills alone in the valley, each punch carrying a gust of wind, causing the sandbags in the dojo to flutter in the breeze.
Having witnessed Roy's power this morning, I can now see that his punches are also very fluid.
Wuchen wanted to test his disciple, who was praised by Bruno, so he specifically tested Roy's heavy punch.
Upon hearing Wuchen's request, Roy threw a Big Swing at Wuchen, Roy caught Wuchen 'Roy fist with one hand.
Wuchen's surprise was palpable, but to maintain his composure, he calmly said:
"Young man, you're very strong, not bad, not bad, you have the style I had back in the day."
Reiji, who was following behind Wuchen, looked down and noticed that Wuchen's hand, which had just taken Roy's punch, was still trembling slightly.
Keep in mind that Wuchen is the head of a fighting family in Fighting type Veilstone City, whose family has run Veilstone City Fighting Dojo for generations. How could he almost not withstand a punch from Roy?
And that was indeed the case. Wuchen felt his entire arm go numb at that moment, and he still couldn't believe how strong Roy could be.
All I could think was, "What kind of monster is this? How can the difference between people be so vast?"
Then look at Bruno, who is wrestling with Machamp.
It's true what they say, like Pokémon; I have no reason to blame for my loss yesterday.
Seeing his father praise Roy, Maylene's eyes also lit up with fighting spirit.
"Roy, how about we have a match?"
"I...
"No!"
Before Roy could speak, Wuchen directly refused on Roy's behalf.
Confused by his father's intervention, Maylene asked:
"Why? Father? Didn't you say we came here for a martial arts exchange?"
Maylene looked at her father, confused. She didn't understand why he was stopping her. Didn't he just say that she was a genius of the Veilstone Gym?
"Maylene, let's call it a day. You still have to learn Fighting type arts from Elite Four Bruno this afternoon, don't waste too much energy. We can talk about the sparring later... later."
Why?
Of course, they're afraid you'll get punched to death by Roy!
Wuchen really wanted to tell Maylene that even he might not be able to beat Roy.
He knew his daughter's strength very well; she was only Beginner Martial Artist at the moment. Even he couldn't withstand a punch from Roy, let alone Maylene, who had thin arms and legs.
Roy punched him, figuring he'd be knocking Maylene off the ground.
No, it's not that complete.
Why can't my Gym produce an apprentice like Roy?
Night
Reiji farewell to Roy and embarked on his journey to the Johto.
When Reiji saw Roy coming to see him off, he quickly told Staraptor to speed up. He didn't want to stay in the dojo for even a second longer, fearing that Roy would be leading him through some kind of endurance training.
Upon hearing Reiji's command, the Staraptor spread its Wing Attack and took off, Reiji's hairstyle was instantly transformed by the wind into the same style as the Staraptor's.
Seeing the two about to disappear into the horizon, Roy shouted to Reiji:
"Reiji, contact me before we fight the Brandon!"
Reiji to Roy, giving him an OK sign.