Chapter 401: Going Separate Ways

Early morning, June 7th, Rongcheng Railway Station.

Su Hao tapped his fingers as he repeated what he had just heard.

"You're going to the Dragon's Den for a trial, and you're going to your family's secret realm to train and improve your strength for the University Cup qualifiers?"

He was slightly disappointed; he had thought that since all three of them were free this holiday, he could give the two of them some extra coaching.

Li Hua took his ticket from the platform, his tone dejected. "I'm also very sorry. It was so hard to have you, Brother Su, stay in Yangcheng for a while before going abroad, and now both of us have to leave."

"Are you really not coming with me to the Dragon's Den near the Imperial Capital for the trial? Your qualification hasn't been used yet, has it?"

Su Hao shook his head, looking awkward. "I'm afraid that will have to wait a while. After all, I'm going abroad to capture my sixth Pokémon, so my team is temporarily full."

"But, can't you just capture it and not train it for now, and then capture it once the qualification is unlocked? Besides not being able to use it in official matches, the only other thing is that you'd get fined if you get caught..." A spirited female voice rang out from the other side.

Su Hao looked over. Jiang Chengcheng was also finished packing, though she was heading to a nearby airport to catch a flight.

Su Hao scratched his head, helpless. "There's no time limit for the Dragon's Den; I can go anytime. But the place I'm going to is said to only be open during this period."

Su Hao changed his tone, his eyes scanning Jiang Chengcheng up and down. "By the way, Brother Cheng, when did your family have a secret realm?"

He knew Jiang Chengcheng's family were invisible billionaires, but they were obsessed with some nonsense about "raising children in poverty" and training.

But he had never heard of this matter.

Speaking of this, Jiang Chengcheng was also very embarrassed. "... I only found out not long ago. My grandfather used to nag me that I wasn't qualified enough to participate in the trial to obtain the Secret Armor."

"But the night I defeated Ling Wei, he finally told me that the Secret Armor was in a secret realm managed by our dojo."

Li Hua leaned on Su Hao's shoulder as if he had no bones, puzzled. "Secret Armor? What's that? Armor or a secret manual?"

Jiang Chengcheng glanced at Li Hua, then took a peek at Su Hao, who had inexplicably fallen into deep thought. She said uncertainly, "I'm not quite sure what the real thing is, but it probably isn't armor. That wouldn't be of much help for improving strength."

She remembered her grandfather saying that after passing the trial, she would have the potential to aim for the Heavenly King rank...

Su Hao squinted his eyes, recalling frantically: "Secret Armor..."

He remembered hearing this term somewhere, but where...?

As his brainstorming worked, a flash of inspiration hit Su Hao—he remembered the name of Jiang Chengcheng's family dojo!

He remembered hearing Jiang Chengcheng say when they were kids that people he only ever saw on TV often visited her home!

【Flowing Water Dojo】

That was the name of her family's dojo. It wasn't large, and it relied entirely on patent fees for non-core techniques to make a profit.

It specialized in continuous attacks like ocean waves, where each strike was stronger than the last, until the limit was reached.

What kind of "Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique" was that?

Speaking of flowing water, Fighting-type, continuous attacks, and the Secret Armor!

Deep in Su Hao's memory, there was one possibility: the Legendary Pokémon that least resembled a Legendary—Kubfu and Urshifu!

In the *Sword/Shield* DLC *The Isle of Armor* storyline, the player—the protagonist—accidentally ends up training at the Master Dojo of Mustard, the mentor of Galar's undefeated champion, Leon.

If you finish the game first and then play the DLC, you get a strange, satisfying feeling of being a new Champion acting like a pig to eat the tiger, going to the Master Dojo to train, and then showing off in front of others, cutting through the Isle of Armor characters (who had an average level of 60) with a team of six level-100s.

In this Master Dojo, there was something called the "Secret Armor."

The protagonist needs to complete several tasks to receive the "Secret Armor" gifted by Mustard.

The true form of the Secret Armor is the Legendary Pokémon Urshifu's juvenile form, Kubfu.

Kubfu has two evolutionary forms: the Single Strike Style Urshifu, which kills in one blow, and the Rapid Strike Style Urshifu, which strikes the enemy continuously like flowing water. ===== CHAPTER 402 =====