Chapter 49

The most critical point is that both of his spirits have developed perfectly!

The Combusken has symmetrical lines and perfect muscles, full of vitality; it is clear that it has undergone meticulous cultivation and training.

The Luxio also has smooth, delicate fur and is full of spirit.

That a spirit can have such a good mental state is already proof of the care its trainer has invested in it.

Hong Wu has seen too many trainers who, while not exactly abusing their spirits, do not pay much attention to them.

They feed them just like pets.

"Your two spirits look very good; you must not have slacked off on their training."

At this moment, a smile had already appeared on Hong Wu's face.

His tone of voice also became gentle and kind.

If anyone familiar with him were to see this, they would be absolutely shocked.

Because it had been a long time since Hong Wu had shown such an expression.

"That's right. I usually have the Combusken train its speed, and the Luxio trains the power of its moves. They are very diligent themselves and have both done an excellent job."

As he spoke, Su Yu also patted the heads of the Luxio and the Torchic.

Both spirits revealed expressions of enjoyment.

059: Training Spirits!

"Good! Good! Good!"

At this moment, Hong Wu used three "goods" to express his satisfaction with Su Yu.

He could already confirm that the young man before him was the successor he had dreamed of! The person who could realize his dream!

"By the way, child, I forgot to ask you earlier—what is your name?"

"My name is Su Yu," Su Yu replied neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Hong Wu also introduced himself, "My name is Hong Wu, and I am the Gym Leader of the Hongwu Gym."

Su Yu nodded.

Seeing this, Hong Wu asked with some curiosity, "Aren't you surprised?"

"Of course not," Su Yu replied. "The receptionist said she had to ask the Gym Leader for instructions, and then she brought you over; that already explains that you are the Gym Leader."

"Good!" Hearing Su Yu's answer, Hong Wu's smile deepened.

He hadn't expected Su Yu to not only have good talent but to be very clever as well.

This made him even more satisfied.

However, although he wanted to take Su Yu as his disciple immediately, Hong Wu suppressed his excitement.

He decided to get better acquainted with Su Yu first before bringing it up.

"Since you want to train your spirits here, I can help arrange some training plans for them."

"There is no need to train your Shelgon; just letting it slowly wait for evolution is enough."

"The focus should be on the training of the Combusken and the Luxio."

Su Yu nodded; he had originally only intended to train the Combusken and the Luxio.

He had brought out the Shelgon only to attract Hong Wu's attention.

Up to this point, it was clear that Hong Wu was very satisfied with his performance.

Hong Wu asked, "Then how do you plan to train your spirits?"

Su Yu thought for a moment. "I plan to train the Combusken's speed and agility, because the Combusken has high speed talent, so I want it to leverage that advantage."

"As for the Luxio, it can train its stamina; after all, it relies on physical attacks after evolving, so stamina is very important."

Su Yu described the general direction of his training.

Hong Wu then led Su Yu to a machine with long barrels.

"This is a place to train evasion. The machine in the distance can launch rubber balls to attack, and the spirits must constantly dodge the attacks to avoid being hit."

"Through this training, you can not only train the spirits' reaction speed but also their stamina."

"It can be said to be killing multiple birds with one stone."

Hong Wu introduced the machine while pointing at the surrounding equipment.

Su Yu nodded upon seeing this.

This machine was indeed good, more than a grade higher than the crude training equipment downstairs in his apartment building.

As he spoke, Hong Wu demonstrated the machine's operation to Su Yu.

"Look here, you can adjust the ball output. For spirits with novice-level strength, set it to one; for ordinary-level, you can set it to two, and so on."

"Which spirit are you going to train first? You can have it try first."

Hong Wu asked with a smile.

Su Yu pondered for a while and then said, "Hmm, let the Luxio try first. I'll leave it to you, Luxio."

"Meow-woo." The Luxio gave a happy cry upon hearing that Su Yu had chosen it.

Its two star-shaped eyes narrowed.

Subsequently, the Luxio hopped over to the preparation area.

Su Yu walked to the machine's screen, fiddled with it, and quickly set it to level one. He turned his head and asked, "Luxio, are you ready?"

"Meow-woo." The Luxio nodded, its expression becoming serious.

"Then let's begin!" After saying this, Su Yu clicked the start button.

From the cannon-like machine opposite, rubber balls flew out one after another with a "Boom, boom, boom!"

They were like flying discs.

Every rubber ball was aimed directly at the Luxio in the preparation area.

The speed was not much different from the Quick Attack used by ordinary spirits.

In the blink of an eye, the first rubber ball arrived in front of the Luxio.

Seeing the rubber ball, the Luxio remained calm, exerting force with its four limbs to jump from its spot.

It dodged the first rubber ball very quickly.

And while the Luxio was in mid-air, two more rubber balls arrived in succession.

The Luxio stretched its limbs and shifted its posture, looking like a slippery loach.

One by one, the rubber balls were perfectly dodged by the Luxio.

It was clear that the Luxio was still very relaxed.

It hadn't used its full strength at all.

"Not bad." Hong Wu nodded in the distance.

Although the level-one dodge ball is specially designed for novice spirits, if a spirit hasn't undergone training, it might still fail even if it has ordinary strength.

It's like some people entering training mode while playing a game.

If they haven't undergone specialized training, even if they are very powerful in actual combat, they might still fail in training mode.

That the Luxio could dodge all the rubber balls so easily.

Already proved that its talent was very good.

Hong Wu had thought that a trainer from an ordinary family like Su Yu would have spirits with average talent.

But looking at the Luxio alone, its talent was very good.

After passing the level-one training, Su Yu didn't rush to let the Luxio perform level-two training.

It had just exercised and needed to recover its stamina now.

So Su Yu had the Combusken come to the training ground, and the two took turns training.

060: Passing Successively, Hong Wu is Shocked!

Su Yu adjusted the equipment again and turned back to say, "Combusken, I'll trouble you this time."

"Chamo!" The Combusken nodded and raised its arm forcefully, clearly very confident in itself.

"Begin!"

As Su Yu pressed the button, the machine started running again.

And this time, the Combusken's performance surprised Hong Wu even more.