Chu Xin had never expected the Jindu Gym to have a manual of its own, let alone a Legion Manual. But learning that particular manual would do him no good, so he had no choice but to give up on it.
"It looks like every one of these gyms has its own specialty and manual. Even a run-down gym like the Jindu Gym has a technique as powerful as the Legion Manual."
Chu Xin marveled at the country's gyms. There were more than fifty of them, and if each had its own manual, that meant more than fifty different manuals in total. Just thinking about that number was staggering.
There was no questioning the power of those manuals. Chu Xin had experienced the benefits of the Wudang Gym's mental energy manual and the Mind's Eye Manual firsthand. If he could master all fifty-odd manuals, he would become a Titled Elite Four at the very least.
Chen Huan looked utterly confident in response to Chu Xin's amazement.
"Of course. The country's gyms stand alongside the academies as centers for cultivating talent. Without specialties of their own, how could they enjoy the same reputation?"
Chu Xin nodded. Chen Huan had a point. The country's academies had trained a vast number of talented people in the Pokémon field. Although their graduates generally fell short of those trained by gyms, the sheer number of academies made up for it.
Gyms had considerable experience in developing highly skilled Pokémon Trainers. Combined with each gym's exclusive manual, their training produced excellent Trainers, but that did not mean academies were useless.
The country's academies had developed their own assembly-line approach to training. Although they could not produce talent of the same caliber as gyms, they far surpassed gyms when it came to spreading Pokémon battle knowledge and