"Slowpoke, keep it up! Training's almost over."
Chu Xin cheered Slowpoke on in the Training Room. Nearby, Nidorino, who had finished the training assignment long ago, lay sprawled on the floor in exhaustion and watched Slowpoke train. All that remained was to wait for Slowpoke to finish.
After finally completing the last training task, Slowpoke trudged over to Chu Xin's feet, exhausted, and collapsed on the floor to rest.
"Luo Luo, record Nidorino's and Slowpoke's physical condition."
Hearing Chu Xin's request, Luo Luo nodded while flying overhead, then landed in front of Nidorino and Slowpoke to examine them.
"Both Pokémon are in very good physical condition. They've improved considerably compared to half a month ago."
Luo Luo nodded and floated over to Chu Xin to deliver the report.
Chu Xin looked over the chart Luo Luo had prepared and nodded. It contained the growth records for Nidorino, Slowpoke, and Carbink. More than a year had passed since Chu Xin first began training them, and all three had made considerable progress during that time. Nidoran had also evolved into Nidorino, overcoming the old leg injury to become the strongest of the three Pokémon.
Nidoran was not a particularly powerful Pokémon, but had an advantage: an extremely broad movepool. Nidoran could learn most powerful moves. The reason Nidoran had always placed last in their earlier team competitions was not just a matter of innate capabilities, but also knowing too few moves.
Compared to Nidoran, Carbink and Slowpoke each had exceptional qualities of their own, as well as far more moves at their disposal. Naturally, they had found facing Nidoran easy, which was why Nidoran had always been the weakest member of Chu Xin's team before this.
Nidoran could be considered the least talented member of Chu Xin's team, but a lack of