Across the vast blue sky, a passenger plane flew steadily onward. Cheng Tian gazed at the sky outside the window, his thoughts unknown.
"What are you thinking about, A-Tian?" Su Han pinched his cheek and smiled as she offered him a little cookie she had just gotten from a flight attendant.
"Open wide-"
"Ah..." Cheng Tian swallowed it in one bite, then said somewhat indistinctly, "I was just thinking about levels."
Both Cheng Tian's Greninja and Aggron had now reached level 50, while Gengar and Milotic were level 49, Florges was level 44, and Noibat was level 47.
It looked as though everyone was progressing evenly, but Greninja actually hadn't improved in a long time.
Originally, Greninja's level had been higher than Aggron's, but ever since reaching level 50, its strength hadn't increased in the slightest. That was why Aggron had gradually caught up.
"So... the higher the level, the slower the progress after all..."
Su Han didn't seem concerned. She tossed another little cookie into her mouth and chewed happily.
"A-Tian, you're going to get beaten up for talking like that."
"Hm?"
"You're not even twenty-five, and your Pokémon have already passed level 50. Calling you a monster wouldn't be an exaggeration." Su Han reached out and stuffed a cookie into his mouth.
"Sometimes you don't need to push yourself so hard. Relaxing a little is a kind of training too!"
Cheng Tian couldn't help laughing. "You're right."
The journey on the plane was a little boring. Under the relevant regulations, even Rotom had to remain powered off. Leaning against each other, the two fell asleep again, until...
"Mm..." Cheng Tian opened his eyes groggily and looked around in confusion.
"How strange... did I sleep all the way until nightfall?"
Su Han woke up too. "Good evening, A-Tian... huh?