After a little refresher practice at the shooting range, Tang Zi seemed to have recovered some of her so-called feel for it.
She just felt that the guns here weren't all that satisfying to use.
After that, though, they went their separate ways. They weren't a tour group, and outside their fieldwork hours, they were free to do as they pleased.
Since he was already here, Xin Mu decided to challenge a nearby Gym, saving himself both the travel expenses and another trip.
The Gym Leader had been away before they entered the Gobi. Their trip into the Gobi had taken over a week altogether, so the Gym Leader ought to have returned by now.
Following the map's directions, Xin Mu arrived outside an aquarium.
Well, it was a Water-type Gym Leader, so running an aquarium on the side made perfect sense. The Gym's doors, however, were firmly shut. It wasn't open at all.
"Still not back? How many days has it been? Besides, your system says the Gym is open."
"The Gym Leader did come back earlier, but something urgent came up with the League, and they called the Gym Leader away to help. Apparently, there are Pokémon hunters in the Gobi.
As for the system... the Gym Leader left so suddenly that we didn't have time to update it. Sorry."
Finding someone nearby was naturally far more convenient than dispatching personnel from League headquarters.
As the backbone of their respective Leagues, Gym Leaders were naturally the most useful people to call on.
In theory, the Gym Leader definitely wouldn't be coming back until the Gobi had been confirmed safe.
But once the Gobi was confirmed safe... Xin Mu and the others would have to return to the Stone Cave with Lü Ming. Thanks to those Pokémon hunters, their