Another five days passed, and Chen Shi stayed at Professor Oak's Laboratory the whole time.
Every morning, he helped Professor Oak feed the Pokémon in the backyard, and sometimes took Gary and Ash out to play.
Yes, Ash. He was still just a little kid now, spending his days running wild with Gary.
Chen Shi had met him shortly after first arriving at Professor Oak's Laboratory.
By now, they knew each other quite well.
In the afternoons, he trained alongside his Pokémon, challenging the various Pokémon in the backyard and building their teamwork.
Professor Oak really hadn't been pulling Chen Shi's leg. Over this period, Florges and the others had improved at an incredible pace, practically changing by the day.
The main reason was that Mystery Realm core.
Ever since Florges and the others had absorbed energy from that Mystery Realm Core Shard, their levels had been shooting up.
Togetic had even broken straight through to Gym-level, and Chen Shi planned to evolve her in a couple of days.
He could write up his paper on Togetic's evolution when he went back today, too.
Just as Chen Shi finished handing out today's food, two little kids came running over from a distance, shouting.
"Junior Martial Uncle! Junior Martial Uncle!"
Since Chen Shi had taken Professor Oak as his teacher, Gary called him Junior Martial Uncle. That was fair enough.
Chen Shi smiled and ruffled both kids' hair. "What's wrong? What happened to get you two so worked up?"
Ash shouted excitedly, "Brother Chen Shi, your Metang is evolving! Hurry up and take a look!"
Gary cut in beside him, disgruntled. "You can't call my Junior Martial Uncle your brother! Doesn't that put me a generation below you?"
Ash scratched his head blankly, not quite understanding what Gary meant.
Chen Shi