Granny Du said she was going to rest for a while, but all she actually did was get a cup of hot water. Then she slowly walked back out with her cane.
"Quite lively out here." As soon as she came out, she saw everyone gathered around watching a battle. Granny Du tapped Xiong Weidong on the shoulder with her cane. "Which two coaches are giving a practice battle now?"
"Granny Du, I think it's two of your youngsters," Xiong Weidong said.
"Mine?" Granny Du immediately grew interested, but she was too short to see. Rather annoyed, she knocked Xiong Weidong on the head. "If everyone's watching the battle, how is training supposed to continue? Hurry up and send them back to training!"
"Ah, all right." Xiong Weidong did not dare say anything more. Even as head coach, he really could not afford to offend this retired Poison-type member of the Elite Four.
"Stop watching!" Xiong Weidong shouted. "Coaches, keep your own students in line too! Get back to your training. If you want a battle, find someone to battle yourselves. Stop standing around watching!"
"All right, all right, stop watching. Let's get back to training." "All my students, get over here!"
"Come on over, babies," Long Weixi called. "Anyone who challenges any Pokémon on my second team and wins gets a reward!"
The students returned to their respective training areas. Granny Du could finally see the two people battling. One of them was Cheng Tian, who had just battled her.
Starmie was having a difficult battle. Before Starmie took the field, Frogadier had laid down another round of Toxic Spikes, so Starmie had been poisoned after being pricked by them. Now the gem on Starmie's body was flashing constantly, a sign of severe stamina depletion.
"Use Razor Leaf after