Chapter 57: Nemona: Teacher Qingyu's connections are too terrifying

The next day, Sunshine Gym.

"Pawmi!"

"That's it, very imposing!"

Nemona, who officially became a Gym apprentice, appeared at the training ground early, and was currently commanding Pawmi to punch repeatedly, hitting the heavy sandbag continuously.

According to Qingyu's suggestion, she and Pawmi focused their cultivation on leveraging the advantages of the Iron Fist ability.

Qingyu sat on the bench, observing the training on Nemona's side, and occasionally glanced at Eevee, who was repeatedly watching move recordings on the other side.

As a good Pokémon with high awareness, Qingyu was not worried about Eevee's self-discipline at all.

Even if it hadn't learned Baby-Doll Eyes yet, if it continued to work hard according to this trend, it might just be missing a moment of enlightenment.

Speaking of which, after being pointed out by Iono, his live broadcast effect yesterday was indeed much better, and he obtained more than 200 growth points in one breath through the Gym's popularity.

Eevee slept very early last night, and it was not good to use the travel function now that Nemona was here.

Otherwise, he really wanted to let Eevee travel to other regions again; maybe it could encounter an opportunity to learn other moves?

Anyway, there's no rush; let's talk about it at night.

After withdrawing his gaze, Qingyu subconsciously glanced at the phone on his lap.

【Qingyu: About what time, do you want me to pick you up?】

【Zhulan: Don't know, just send me a location, I'll come over by Garchomp.】

【Qingyu: Okay.】

The last message was sent two hours ago.

The fact that Garchomp can fly is already magical enough, and Qingyu didn't know how fast its speed could be specifically.

However, according to the speed of Dragonite circling the earth in 16 hours in the Pokedex, it should take at least half a day from Sinnoh to Paldea, right?

It should be afternoon.

As a result, only two hours have passed so far...

Qingyu put down the phone; for some reason, he always felt that time passed a bit slowly today.

Eevee is studying, and Nemona and Pawmi's training doesn't need his guidance.

Why does it feel like he has become redundant instead?

Qingyu scratched his head helplessly and silently picked up the notebook at the corner of the bench.

The cultivation notes produced by the system naturally couldn't contain Pokémon exclusive to Paldea like Pawmi.

However, the basic common sense of cultivating Pokémon is interoperable.

Pokémon that are good at close combat, especially Fighting-types, need to carry out physical training in advance during the growth period to gradually adapt to their own offensive rhythm.

Therefore, Pawmi's current training method is an improved version modified by Qingyu based on the notes.

It is more suitable for the physique of Paldea babies.

After a flurry of punches, Qingyu didn't know if Pawmi had received sufficient training, but Nemona, who was responsible for commanding on the side, was a bit out of breath.

It could be seen that her physical strength was really poor.

"Pawmi..."

After barely finishing a set of boxing exercises, Pawmi was exhausted, but its mood seemed exceptionally good.

Feeling the sore muscles all over its body, perhaps this is the only way to become stronger?

Attack effort value +1+1+1+1...

Qingyu even felt that he had hallucinated numbers jumping wildly above its head.

It seems that the effect of this training method is indeed not bad.

"Alright, let's stop here for today."

Qingyu smiled and waved his hand.

"If you work too hard, it will instead affect the training quality of the next few days."

"Okay!"

Nemona nodded, and at the same time noticed for the umpteenth time Qingyu glancing at the phone beside him.

Always feel that Teacher Qingyu has something on his mind today?

It must be her illusion!

Paldea offshore.

A purple meteor was flying at high speed at low altitude, dragging a silver-white trail across the sky.

"Should be arriving soon?"

The black trench coat was blown by the strong wind, making a hunting sound.

Zhulan, sitting on Garchomp's back, subconsciously reached out to prevent her hair, which had just been styled before leaving, from scattering in the wind.

"Leaving the Sinnoh region, this seems to be the first time?"

Although the tone carried a bit of uncertainty, Zhulan could give a definite result without thinking.

Before becoming Champion, she, who served as a mythology scholar in Professor Carolina's team, had been rushing around Sinnoh and had no time to travel to other regions.

"Mesagoza is not far from the seaside; it should be found soon, right?"

After approaching the coastline, Zhulan patted Garchomp on the shoulder, signaling it to slow down its flight speed.

After seeing Qingyu later, his expression should be very interesting, right?

Afternoon.

"Teacher Qingyu, please give me more guidance today!"

On the Gym's battlefield, Nemona and Pawmi stood on the other side full of fighting spirit.

Although the Gym had initially established a certain popularity, perhaps because the location was too remote, there were still no challengers today.

Nemona had a personality that couldn't stay idle; since there were no challengers, she simply came to challenge Qingyu again directly.

"..."

How did I become a free sparring partner?

Qingyu waved his hand helplessly and signaled Eevee with his eyes.

You, go take Pawmi down!

Although Eevee didn't have any offensive means now, its speed was truly fast.

When prepared, even if Pawmi used Quick Attack, it was almost impossible to hit Eevee directly.

Qingyu even suspected that this was not reaction speed at all, but pure prediction.

Hmm, Pokémon are like their owners; it's quite reasonable!

After fighting with Eevee for a few minutes, Pawmi, who was out of breath from being led around, collapsed to the ground.

It was just a baby born not long ago, and its physical strength couldn't keep up with the consumption of high-intensity battles; perhaps it would have to evolve a stage before it could be considered a qualified main force.

"Teacher Qingyu, your Eevee is too amazing!"

Pawmi lost very cleanly, but Nemona didn't have any uncomfortable emotions at all, and instead took the initiative to praise Eevee.

"Eevee!"

Eevee raised its head high, looking very proud.

By slowly cultivating Eevee's confidence through battles, it will become very strong sooner or later, right?

Qingyu looked at it dotingly and was about to reach out to touch it.

Just then, the Gym door was suddenly knocked.

"Knock-knock-knock—"

His heart instantly tightened.

He couldn't even tell whether the knocking sound he just heard was the door or his own heartbeat.

"Coming!"

While Qingyu was stunned, Nemona had already run over enthusiastically.

Click—

The door was opened, and Nemona, who thought she had finally welcomed a challenger, stared at the blonde girl in front of her, her brain crashing for a moment.

And then, she instantly let out a sharp screech.

The iconic black trench coat and that waterfall-like smooth long golden hair;

The aggressive gaze hidden under the gentle smiling face;

The purple big shark Pokémon behind her that was awe-inspiring and had a powerful aura.

Without a doubt, it was the only protagonist of the countless posters covering her bedroom, the newly promoted Sinnoh Champion Ms. Zhulan!!!

Caught off guard and facing her idol, Nemona suddenly felt a bit at a loss for a moment.

?

Seeing that the visitor was a sporty girl, Zhulan subconsciously tilted her head, her gaze penetrating through the half-open door into the Gym.

She met eyes with Qingyu, who was silently watching her and also showing astonishment.

"Long time no see, Qingyu."

Zhulan smiled and waved in his direction.

Afterwards, she walked into the Gym generously.

Eh?

What's the situation?

The stunned Nemona immediately used her few remaining normally functioning brain cells and quickly reached an astonishing conclusion—

So Teacher Qingyu and Champion Zhulan actually know each other??? ===== CHAPTER 59 =====