The video call connected, and an enormous purple hat instantly filled the enormous television screen.
"Hello? Is that you, little Xu?"
"Gengar!" Hearing the voice, Gengar immediately came trotting over, happily waving at Granny Du on the television.
"Oh ho ho, it's the little chubby one." Seeing Gengar brimming with energy and Wen Xu looking utterly bewildered, Granny Du couldn't help nodding in satisfaction.
"You two are just the same as ever."
Gengar: That's the one thing I don't want pointed out.
"Hahaha, all right, little Xu, I have something important to ask you." Granny Du smiled. "Training camp starts this afternoon. Have you packed?"
Wen Xu: ???
Huh? Training camp? What the hell?
Wasn't it only March?! Why was there a training camp already?! This year's World Pokémon Championships should still have been a long, long way off!
"Gengar!" Gengar irritably flipped through several pages of the calendar before finally reaching the current date.
May 3.
Wen Xu's lovely eyes widened in shock as she stared at the calendar in disbelief. In a sense, this was also one of her few expressions.
Ah! She remembered!
Ever since spring began after the New Year, she had been completely carefree and undisciplined. She never ventured beyond her doors, dutifully staying home as a shut-in for two whole months. Gengar always bought the groceries himself, and because she had been taking it so easy, she had forgotten it was already May!
What? Why didn't she have a calendar on her phone?
Come on, man, what normal person with a console and a computer still played on their phone? Besides, nobody usually sent Wen Xu messages. Gengar handled all the official business, internal Elite Four notices, and so on through a private account. Wen Xu herself was a completely hands-off boss.
Well, she