"Can I go up to the second floor now?"
Heiduo stood at the entrance to the second-floor stairs, with the sulking Typhlosion behind him.
Typhlosion really wanted to take on two at once, but with Nidoking and Nidoqueen's meticulous defense, there was no way it could defeat them quickly while at a type disadvantage.
That Albon was somewhat of an amateur, but Nidoking and Nidoqueen worked very well together. One stood in front, disrupting the opponent's close-range attacks, while the other stayed behind to block long-range attacks. They must have trained together for a long time to achieve that.
In short, the Trainer was the problem.
It really made one wonder whether he had ever trained them himself.
Or perhaps he had simply let Nidoqueen and Nidoking train on their own.
"Please." The waiter who had originally blocked Heiduo bowed respectfully and stepped back two paces.
Heiduo thus went up to the second floor.
But before he had taken more than a few steps, several young men who were clearly either wealthy or noble in both bearing and dress approached him and struck up a conversation.
"That was an absolutely wonderful battle! It truly opened my eyes, Mr. Heiduo!" A long-haired young man with his hair tied into a small braid behind his head smiled lightly and extended a hand to Heiduo.
The others behind him echoed his praise, clearly treating him as their leader.
Heiduo hesitated for two seconds before lightly shaking his hand. "Thank you. May I ask how I should address you?"
"If you do not mind, Mr. Heiduo, you may call me Yani." Yani was exceedingly polite, clearly sincere in wanting to befriend Heiduo.
The people behind him introduced themselves as well. Heiduo graciously shook their hands; they all had rather ordinary French names.
These guys