Dawn could barely keep from laughing. In a voice just loud enough for those two to hear as well, she said to Xia You and the others with a smile, "He's that Agile ☆ Warrior from earlier, isn't he?"
The man's face showed embarrassment at having his identity exposed, along with a trace of pride.
But soon, the woman ahead of him led him away.
The woman with long yellow-green hair walking in front finally stopped, heaved a sigh, and turned around, her face saying plainly that she couldn't bear to look.
Still, she said nothing. She simply pulled the man along and hurried away.
Xia You paid them little attention either. He checked the time, tossed his napkin into a trash can, and said to the others, "All right, let's go too. While we still have the afternoon, let's check the Gym again. Hopefully that very busy Gym Leader is back by now."
They left the market, crossed most of the city again, and arrived at the Driftveil Gym on the outskirts.
However, the sight before them disappointed them once more.
The heavy stone doors, patterned with desert-style designs, remained tightly shut, and the entrance was as deserted as ever.
"Still not back..." Dawn leaned over the railing around the Gym, feeling a little deflated. "This Gym Leader is way too elusive, isn't he? Could he have gone on a long trip?"
Xia You felt helpless too.
In a sense, this was probably the hardest Gym to challenge that he had encountered since beginning his travels.
Of course, the difficulty wasn't that the Gym Leader was particularly powerful or that the challenge requirements were especially strict. It was that they couldn't even meet the Gym Leader!
After all, if they couldn't even meet him, how could they challenge him?