"Take your time getting used to double gravity. Once you can move freely, we'll move on to the next step." Back at the Huayi Training Center, Yang Qianqian looked at Xu Mu curiously.
"Where have you been these past few days? You haven't come in to train. That's not like you."
She walked up and asked him.
Seeing the beautiful instructor taking an interest in him, Xu Mu smiled and explained, "Well... I went to a friend's get-together outside the city."
"All right, then."
Seeing that Xu Mu was fine, Yang Qianqian didn't press him. After a moment's thought, she added:
"Come battle me a few times when you're free. I feel like I'm close to a breakthrough."
"Sure. No problem," Xu Mu said with a nod.
On the surface, Yang Qianqian would be the one benefiting from having Xu Mu as a sparring partner. In truth, he stood to gain from it too.
There was a reason people said experience was the best teacher. Only through battles could he find out where his Pokémon needed work. Otherwise, they could train all day without knowing how much stronger they had become.
"I'm going to spend the next three days training here, so come find me whenever you're free."
With that, Xu Mu prepared to return to the Gravity Room and have his Pokémon finish the training they had left incomplete.
"Huh? Aren't you going to school?"
Yang Qianqian paused, puzzled to hear that Xu Mu planned to stay here and train.
Xu Mu spread his hands. "Is school really mandatory for me?"
Yang Qianqian thought of his strength, then his age. Her lips parted, only to close again.
There was nothing to say. Whether Xu Mu went to school really didn't matter...
The kid was a freak of nature. Even