Pushing open the door, Xinhai's partners, who were doing weighted training in the room, all looked over at once.
The sight inside made Xinhai smile—Gardevoir maintained a Gravity field while Blaziken, Zigzagoon, Mightyena, Krokorok, and the others wore weighted vests and performed basic physical training under the invisible pressure.
Charmander and Axew, the two little ones, carried the lightest weights and were doing push-ups side by side. Their movements were still immature, but they were extremely serious.
Weedle lay at the edge of its little nest, also strapped into a specially made miniature weight belt as it diligently crawled back and forth.
"Everyone, we're back!" Eevee leaped down from Xinhai's shoulder, its fluffy tail held high. "Eevee, Eevee!" (There's good news!)
Gardevoir's red eyes flickered slightly, and the invisible Gravity field slowly dissipated.
It withdrew the Confusion it had laid across the floor for protection and came over with the other partners.
"Puff! Puff!"
Hearing Xinhai's voice, Feebas abruptly poked half its body out of the water basin, its tail thrashing rapidly and splashing water everywhere!
Its usually somewhat vacant eyes now blazed with astonishing light as it stared fixedly at Xinhai!
Its anxious look seemed to ask, "How was it? Did you trade for it?"
Xinhai held out his hands to calm the other partners, then quickly walked to the desk and looked at Feebas in the basin.
"I got it. It'll arrive tomorrow, and the day after that, we'll go to the training room so you can evolve."
Seeing the longing in Feebas's eyes, a gentle smile appeared on his lips.
"I got it." His voice was soft but certain. "It'll arrive tomorrow. The day after that, we'll go to the training room so you can evolve."
Feebas froze for a moment, still sticking out of the water.