Training is a very tedious thing, but there can be small surprises in the tedious process.
After Fang Yuan and Eevee maintained this routine training life for about a week, Eevee suddenly had a special change.
"Eevee... you..."
"Eevee!"
Eevee ran with a delighted expression, and a blurred afterimage formed another Eevee. Looking at the two almost identical Eevee, Fang Yuan roughly knew what had happened to it.
"After speed training, the effect of the Sand Scale Fruit has been initially tapped..."
"Eevee, congratulations, you have learned the Double Team move!"
This was a complete surprise for Fang Yuan and Eevee, just like when it comprehended Sand Attack.
Double Team is a move that creates clones through rapid movement to confuse the opponent. It is said that after practicing to a very proficient level, the Pokémon can also create energy clones, forming a stronger interference effect.
In fact, this is also the case in the anime.
A simple Double Team is just an afterimage. It won't move and is easily seen through, but a more complex Double Team can completely synchronize with the main body to release moves, confusing the enemy as to which is the real body.
The Double Team that Eevee has mastered is still very rough. It is a move that it comprehended with the help of the Sand Scale Fruit's effect during speed training, and can only create one or two afterimages.
But even so, it is a very good harvest.
"I won't give you any more motivational speeches, let's get down to business. To reward you for your efforts these days, I'll take you to a real feast on top of your original diet."
Fang Yuan said grandly. The club's salary may not be able to support the cost of the two of them eating a big meal, but... yesterday his Mental Damage Compensation came through.
The representative of the Trainer Association sent a sum of money to comfort Fang Yuan and Eevee's tragic experience of accidentally entering the Secret Realm. Fang Yuan and Eevee accepted the money with tears in their eyes.
It came just in time, his pocket became bulging, and he had more confidence when walking.
"Eevee."
Hearing about the feast, Eevee nodded in satisfaction, it seemed that Fang Yuan still loved it.
...
Afternoon, Pokémon Center.
Fang Yuan and Eevee, who had completed a day of special training, were ready to go, planning to go to the Dolek Pokémon Theme Buffet Restaurant that they had always wanted to go to, but had no chance to go to, to enjoy a good meal.
However, just as they went out, Fang Yuan's phone suddenly rang.
New friend request...
The avatar on the other side was a Snorlax, why was it so familiar? After agreeing to the friend request, Fang Yuan sent a message.
Fang Yuan: Are you Liu Le? Slightly Fat Person: It's me, Fang Yuan? Fang Yuan: Yes, let me change the note first...
Liu Le: Hehe, OK, by the way, where are you now?
Fang Yuan: Just out of the Pokémon Center, planning to go to dinner, what's the matter?
Liu Le: Dinner? Where to eat?
Fang Yuan: Taking Eevee to Dolek for a buffet...
Liu Le: "That's perfect, I'm nearby. Wait for me, I have something important to discuss with you, don't go anywhere."
Fang Yuan: "???" What's this fatty up to?
Looking at the blazing sun overhead, Fang Yuan wiped away sweat. It's almost evening, why isn't it getting cooler?
Little Eevee was also feeling the heat. At this rate, it might get heatstroke...
"Let's buy some ice cream first, Eevee. Do you want some?"
"Eevee!!" Eevee indicated it was fine.
While waiting for Liu Le, Fang Yuan and Eevee bought two ice cream cones from the supermarket next to the Pokémon Center and began to devour them greedily.
Eevee looked like it was enjoying it immensely, eating even faster than Fang Yuan. Unable to resist, it snatched Fang Yuan's cone and continued eating, much to Fang Yuan's displeasure.
The soul of the ice cream is in the last few bites...
Damn Eevee.
"Finally found you guys."
Before long, Liu Le, fully armed with a sun hat and sunglasses, appeared before Fang Yuan and Eevee.
Liu Le gasped for breath, clutching his stomach, and said, "Dolek Buffet, let's go, my treat."
"Eevee?" Eevee was taken aback.
Fang Yuan was also stunned.
Giving without expecting anything in return, he must be up to no good. Has this fatty not given up?
In the eyes of an upright person like him, bribery doesn't exist. There's absolutely no way he'd throw a match and deliberately lose!
"What's the important thing you wanted to talk about?"
"No rush, no rush, we can talk while we eat." Liu Le smiled and said, "Aren't you guys hungry too?"
"Tell me what it is first," Fang Yuan said.
"It's... it's just asking you to do me a small favor." Liu Le said with a bitter face, "It definitely won't be difficult for you, and it's not about the club, I promise."
Fang Yuan and Eevee exchanged glances. A fool doesn't take advantage when he can. Let's go freeload first and see what Liu Le is up to.
"Let's go."
In just a few minutes, they arrived at the foot of a building.
Dolek Pokémon Theme Buffet Restaurant...
Fang Yuan and Eevee looked at the sign, their expectations rising. The Dolek Pokémon Theme Buffet Restaurant specializes in dining together with humans and Pokémon. Its environment is clean, the food is plentiful, and it's nutritionally balanced. It's considered a star enterprise in Peaceful City, with multiple chain stores that have now expanded to other cities...
So the cost here is not low.
Rumor has it that the average price per person is close to four figures, and some Pokémon food requires separate fees, making a meal easily cost over a thousand.
For Liu Le, a student, to treat them to such a place, he truly is a tycoon.
Fang Yuan silently praised the boss's generosity. They should be able to eat something good with Eevee this time, right?
"Let's go in this way," Liu Le said.
It was Fang Yuan and Eevee's first time here, so they were unfamiliar with the place, but Liu Le seemed to know his way around. He walked up to the front desk and said directly to the receptionist, "Aunt Huang, my classmate and I are here for a meal. Can you find us a quiet spot?"
"..." Fang Yuan.
After a while, Fang Yuan asked, "Do you come here often?"
Liu Le said, "No, my family owns this place."
"Sorry for bothering you."
No wonder you want to raise a Snorlax...
After the two of them sat down in a quiet spot, Liu Le began to talk about his main purpose.
"That, Brother Fang, the thing is, I heard you're going to participate in the Little Phoenix King Cup, right..."
"Yeah," Fang Yuan said.
"With your strength, you can definitely make it into the top sixteen, right?" Liu Le took a gulp of cola, as if trying to get himself drunk. "Here's the thing, I have a favor to ask of you..."
In the past, during battles, Liu Le always acted like he was Fang Yuan's mortal enemy, but today he suddenly started calling him 'brother', which made Fang Yuan very curious.
"Actually, this is a long story..."
"Look at my weight, doesn't it seem like no girl would ever like me?" Liu Le said with a serious face.
Fang Yuan was speechless, and Eevee was speechless as well. The two of them also took a sip of cola, and then said, "So?"
Liu Le said, "So I've come to a philosophical conclusion: a person has to be disciplined and can't just think about being in a relationship, it will affect their appetite."
What he said was so damn reasonable.
We were actually speechless.
"So what exactly do you want to ask me for?" Fang Yuan asked.
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