Managing in Groups

On his way to Nimbasa City, Bai Shi arrived at a small town.

He planned to replenish his travel supplies there.

After all, Bai Shi now had a total of eleven Pokémon with him.

Only Stantler remained at the Manor, enjoying "retirement."

With so many Pokémon in tow, it was only natural that his food supplies ran out faster.

On top of that, Bai Shi was struggling to look after them all.

To ease the pressure, he decided to put his earlier idea of "group management" into practice.

He would divide his Pokémon into two teams.

One team would stay with him, while the other would be transferred home.

Then, after a certain amount of time, he would swap them around.

"Other than Litleo, the rest of the first team have all hit a bottleneck."

"It'll be hard for them to make any major gains in strength in the short term."

"If they want to break through, they'll have to put in the time and master new moves."

"Traveling all over the place with me might not be as effective as staying home."

"Besides, I spend most of my time on the road."

"If they stay with me, they can only sit in their Poké Balls, without any freedom at all."

"Rather than that, I might as well send them home. At least they can roam freely around the Manor instead of being confined to their Poké Balls."

"It's not like I'm Ash, only using Pokémon from whatever region I'm visiting."

"I can just transfer them all back after a while."

"As for the second team, most of them are newly caught Pokémon."

"It's better to keep them with me so we can keep getting used to each other."

"Only Manectric needs a quiet place to practice multitasking."

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