Some people could be reasoned with, but others simply wouldn't listen, especially those who used their age as an excuse to throw their weight around.
If he let them think he'd backed down, there would probably be no end to it.
Xin Mu was happy to talk things out if the other party was reasonable, but if they wanted to play dirty... who was afraid of whom?
Calling Officer Jenny over something as trivial as littering wouldn't accomplish much. Even a stern talking-to wouldn't stop the old man from doing it again.
In that case, it was time for some unconventional measures.
As a member and assistant coach of the School Team, surely there was nothing wrong with helping train Pokémon in his own backyard in hopes of getting good results in the competition.
[Brendan's Exploud? What are you planning?]
Li Han could have understood if Xin Mu had simply mentioned special training, but asking specifically for Exploud clearly meant he had something else in mind. After all, as its name suggested, noise was what that Pokémon did best.
[Nothing. Just felt like helping out a teammate.]
[Got it. Who's the sparring partner? I recently caught a Gloom. Want to give it some special training too?]
[Sounds good. Bring it along.]
Thanks to their post-match team outing, the School Team members were all near campus and easy to contact. But Li Han was the only one on the team who knew his new address, so he had contacted her first.
"Squirtle~ (I have a better idea. Why don't you two head inside first?)"
Squirtle saw the old man-or, from his perspective, that brat-still watching them from nearby, and a new idea immediately came to him.
As a Squirtle considering whether to become the Xin Family's future heirloom turtle, he knew