By the time he woke up, the evening lights were already glowing. Young Master Mao lay in bed and stretched comfortably.
"Mmm... nothing beats your own bed." Lifting Eevee-chan off his stomach, Young Master Mao got up and washed up a little.
The night breeze stirred the sheer curtains, and Gengar sneezed softly as he floated near the ceiling.
"Can ghosts catch colds too?" Young Master Mao chuckled and got up to close the window.
After such a long stretch of running around, everyone seemed especially reluctant to give up their sleep. Even Togetic had fallen asleep on the sofa with a phone in his arms.
Gary simply let Eevee-chan and the others keep resting and slipped quietly out of the bedroom alone.
Seeing Caitlin's door tightly shut, Gary thought of her impressive record of sleeping for three to five days at a time and took it in stride.
Apparently, Caitlin's sleepiness came from her powerful psychic energy requiring enormous amounts of processing power every second to restrain and suppress it.
As a result, the mental drain was immense, and she needed deep sleep from time to time to relax her taut nerves.
Golduck seemed to have a similar problem, but he watched videos instead of sleeping excessively. As long as it helped him relax, anything worked...
"Gary, you're awake! Congratulations on winning the Johto League. You're a big shot with two consecutive championships now." Scott sidled up with a smarmy air and handed Gary a gold watch.
"A small congratulatory gift. Just a token."
"Mm~ 999 pure gold. Quite a rarity~" Young Master Mao slipped it casually into his pocket.
"Gary, my boy, you did well. You didn't embarrass me." Old Monet handed over a letter of appointment with a cheerful smile.
"What's this?" Young Master Mao accepted the