Mufei?
Qingyu paused on his way to the door. That name really did sound familiar.
So he promptly opened the door.
A smiling middle-aged man with a pencil mustache soon appeared before him.
Also coming into view was Miraidon, lounging on the cat mat outside the Gym doors and quietly enjoying the sunshine, utterly unconcerned with what was happening around him.
"Hello, Gym Leader Qingyu."
The man named Mufei smiled and greeted him first.
"Director Mufei."
Qingyu nodded.
In Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, Clavell had already taken over as director of Naranja/Uva Academy by the time the player enrolled.
But one year before the story began-in other words, right now-the director was still this Mr. Mufei.
"What important business brings you all the way to the Sunshine Gym during the holidays, Director Mufei?"
Qingyu took the initiative to ask.
Logically, if this was League business, Geeta or another member of the Elite Four could simply have notified him directly. There was no need to send the director of Naranja Academy here in person, was there?
It wasn't as though he was a student about to enroll...
Faced with Qingyu's confusion, Mufei simply smiled and lifted the briefcase in his hand.
"I'm just delivering something on Chairwoman Geeta's behalf, and taking the opportunity to meet the 'Teacher Yu' who's become so famous at Naranja Academy lately."
"Delivering something?"
Qingyu paused, then quickly caught on.
He probably meant the Gym Badges, right?
Previously, the Sunshine Gym hadn't been among the Eight Gyms and had no authority to hand out Badges.
But starting this year, things were different.
One of the requirements for completing Victory Road was collecting all eight Badges, each representing a victory over one of the Eight Gyms.
In other words, only after earning the approval of all eight Gym