"How would I know?"
Early the next morning, Lu Ze looked helplessly at Zhuge Ziyu, who had come rushing over in high spirits.
"That's something you need to consider. I'm just an ordinary Pokémon Gym Leader."
Lu Ze spread his hands, but Zhuge Ziyu merely rolled his eyes.
"Give me a solution, then."
"I really don't have one."
Lu Ze could not help laughing. "If I did, wouldn't I have told you already? You know me."
"That's true."
Zhuge Ziyu nodded and slumped helplessly onto Lu Ze's sofa.
"How about making this the second phase? Instead of calling it the Gym Trainer Challenge, we could directly call it the Gym Leader Challenge."
"That works. When are you planning to open Pokémon Gyms elsewhere?" Lu Ze asked after nodding.
"Mm, after a while. Once you've selected your Gym Trainers, we'll launch the Gym Leader Challenge and choose several dozen Gym Leaders first."
After thinking for a moment, Zhuge Ziyu continued, "As for the number, one per province."
"Let's do that for now. Later, we can select experienced Gym Trainers from each province to become Gym Leaders."
"Sure, whatever you think."
Lu Ze smiled and spread his hands. "Anyway, that's your problem. It has nothing to do with me, a mere Gym Leader."
"Fine, fine. I should've just called you. You made me come all this way for nothing."
Zhuge Ziyu waved his hand irritably, then got up and left.
"By the way, is it really okay for you to take leave as a Gym Leader? Why not have Mewtwo or Dark Mewtwo fill in for you?"
"What's the problem with that? Gym Leaders are people too. I'm only taking one day off."
"Mewtwo's been training his Pokémon lately. I asked him, but he said he didn't have time to come clean