"That's great, then."
Ye Qing suddenly remembered the competition Wangchen had mentioned in the forest. Perhaps this was what he had meant.
"Boom!"
Just as Li Zifan and Ye Qing were about to enter the Gym, a figure suddenly flew out and slammed into the ground, throwing up a huge cloud of dust.
Then another figure rushed out, knee bent, launching another finishing move at the man lying on the ground.
"That's normal. Let's go."
Li Zifan had long since grown used to such things. He draped an arm over Ye Qing's shoulders and walked inside.
The moment Ye Qing entered, he caught a strong whiff of testosterone. In a hall, more than a dozen shirtless men were training alongside a group of Pokémon.
"Ha! Ha!"
They punched and swung their legs in unison, letting loose to their hearts' content!
Watching these people and Pokémon pour out their sweat made Ye Qing's blood surge too.
Li Zifan pointed at them. "All right, I've got a class next, so I won't go any farther with you."
"Sure."
Ye Qing nodded. He hadn't expected Li Zifan to have signed up for a training course at the Gym.
Walking all the way to the end of the hall, Ye Qing followed an attendant to an open-air battle ring.
The place was packed, with spectators filling all four stands.
The ring was shaped like a gourd and divided into two sections: one for Pokémon battles and the other for Trainers to fight.
A fight was currently underway in the lower section, where a tall, burly Machamp was battling a small Poliwrath.
Two people stood in the upper section. The Fighting-type Gym Leader, nicknamed Lion, was a hulking man nearly two meters tall and weighing 125 kilograms.
His thick beard and yellow hair hanging down