The three looked at Ye Qing as though he were taking them for fools.
Ye Qing smiled and offered no further explanation.
Sometimes, when you told the truth, people refused to believe you.
When you lied, they loved to speculate.
It had been a long time since he had chatted so casually with ordinary Trainers.
Ever since becoming a Trainer, not a single thing he had encountered had been minor. Every day had been an ordeal.
The people he dealt with were all big shots, too-either Cynthia or Dragon Tamer, not a normal person among them.
Seeing Ye Qing's aggrieved expression, Mu Guo did not know whether to laugh or cry. "You led the battle? Stop bragging!"
Zhang Siyu rested her chin in her hand and rolled her eyes at Ye Qing. "Exactly! An Infernape did show up in that battle with Kyurem, but that one was way cooler-looking than yours. I heard it even Mega Evolved right there!"
"Ah-cha?"
Infernape had been happily enjoying a sand bath nearby.
That was more than it could stand. What do you mean, way cooler-looking than me? Don't you know that monkey was yours truly?
Little girl, have you ever heard of Fake Out?
"Let's go."
Ye Qing smiled and shook his head without arguing. Sure enough, nobody believed him when he talked about things like this.
It was noon now, when the sun was at its fiercest.
The desert temperature was at least thirty or forty degrees. Staying put would do them no good, either.
"All right..."
Zhang Siyu knew that making progress was more important, too, and reluctantly hopped off Snorlax's soft belly.
In this desert, nobody knew when they might encounter a natural disaster. Only reaching the Gym sooner would mean safety.
She simply had not been traveling for long.