The moment the computer screen lit up, Eevee rolled over on the bed, its four little paws pattering across the soft mattress as it ran to the desk.
The little one leaped onto the tabletop, found a spot beside the keyboard, and curled into a ball. Its fluffy tail covered its paws as its big brown eyes stared unblinkingly at the screen.
"Eevee?" (What are you looking up, Xinhai?)
"Information on Mossdeep Gym." Xinhai reached out and rubbed its little head, his gaze fixed on the screen. "Starting tomorrow, I need to undergo special training for the Gym battle. I should get a sense of what it's like first."
He typed "Mossdeep Gym" into the search bar.
The page opened, and the first thing that caught his eye was Mossdeep Gym's official homepage.
Against the dark blue background, an Alakazam occupied most of the page. The spoons in its hands crossed into an X, while two clusters of ghostly purple light glowed where its eyes should have been.
Xinhai moved the mouse and quickly skimmed through the page.
"Mossdeep Gym, Gym Leader—Shindou Rachel." He softly read out the name, his gaze lingering on the Gym Leader's photo for a moment.
She was a woman who looked to be in her thirties, dressed in a sharply tailored dark blue Gym uniform. Her long dark brown hair was tied in a low ponytail, and her features were proper yet gentle. However, her eyes were exceptionally bright, carrying the distinctive air of a Psychic type trainer, as though she could see through everything.
An Alakazam stood beside her, its spoons crossed before its chest, its gaze calm and profound.
"Shindou Rachel..." Xinhai repeated the name, fragments of memories about Mossdeep Gym surfacing in his mind.
In the original story, Mossdeep Gym's Leaders had