Xu Mu's match was over, but three more quarterfinal matches remained.
The organizers naturally wanted to stretch the tournament out as long as possible.
That would give the Trainers' Pokémon time to recover and keep the audience hooked. In other words, it was all about making money.
"Auntie, I've got nothing to do for the next three days. I heard you're in Magic City?"
With time on his hands, Xu Mu returned to the villa and didn't assign Greninja and the others much training.
They had just come through a tough battle. What they needed now was to reflect on it.
They needed to work out where they'd fallen short and what they'd gained.
And that job certainly wasn't going to fall to Xu Mu, their glorified errand boy of a Trainer.
That's right. It was Dragonite!
Dragonite hadn't taken part in the battle to aid the Nanhua Secret Realm, but that didn't mean he couldn't keep teaching the others.
When it came to knowledge and experience, Dragonite was the undisputed champion of Xu Mu's team!
Greninja recounted everything that had happened, then Dragonite summed up the lessons for everyone. Together, they turned it into a lively class.
Xu Mu watched, dumbfounded.
They really are my Pokémon. I'm just here to run errands for them, huh?
Fine. You lot can train yourselves. I'm going out to have fun!
"Of course! I came all this way to cheer you on!"
"Are you free today? Want me to pick you up so we can go out?"
Xu Qingqing sounded delighted to get his call. She wanted to take Xu Mu out for a walk and some fun.
Xu Mu agreed at once.
That's exactly what I was calling about!
He had three days to spare. He might as well get out of