Chen Kai trained at the Grass-type Gym for another five days.
During this period, Chen Kai also heard from Bai Yuchun that Ye Gai's philosophy was strength! He believed that Grass-type Pokemon should be large and powerful.
Therefore, the Botanical Garden was filled with large Grass-type Pokemon.
He would put his students' Pokemon through physical training, and the trainers also had to undergo physical training simultaneously, growing together with their Pokemon.
Bai Yuchun and Sun Qian often complained that they were both close to developing abs.
And Ye Gai said that their senior sisters indeed all had abs.
They became even more despairing.
Chen Kai thought that if Ye Gai met 'Super Pallet Town people,' they would definitely have a lot in common.
For these past three days, Chen Kai felt like he was in military training, military training with his Pokemon.
He suspected that Applin had developed abs, but Applin always hid in its apple, only showing its eyes and tail, unwilling to let Chen Kai see its abdomen.
Even without looking at its abdomen, Chen Kai could see that Applin's tail was clearly more robust.
At Ye Gai's request, Xiao Mei also trained simultaneously. Xiao Mei had already developed muscle definition, and Chen Kai felt that if Xiao Mei trained for another half a month, it would definitely have abs too.
However, after these few days of training, Xiao Mei also reached Normal Class (Level 20).
In addition to daily training, Pokemon battles could not be neglected either.
At this moment, Chen Kai was commanding Applin to battle Sun Qian.
"Quilladin, use the maximum number of Pin Missile!"
"Hali!" Quilladin condensed more than ten needles of green light on its back.
"Applin, Charge forward while dodging!"
Applin kept hitting the ground with its tail, adjusting its direction, and actually dodged over a dozen Pin Missile.
To dodge the last Pin Missile, Applin had already jumped into the air.
Sun Qian seized the opportunity: "Use Take Down!"
Seeing that there was no way to dodge, Chen Kai commanded: "Retract into your shell! Withstand this attack, then counter with Astonish!"
With a "bang," Quilladin crashed into Applin, causing Applin's apple shell to be slightly dented.
Just as Quilladin was stunned by the recoil, Applin's two eyes extended, emitting purple light, hitting Quilladin directly.
"Applin, continue to use Astonish!"
"Quilladin, use Bite!"
But due to the recoil of Take Down, Quilladin was half a beat slow, and the purple light from Applin's eyes hit Quilladin first.
Quilladin was hit and flinched, failing to Bite.
Chen Kai pressed the attack: "Continue to use Astonish!"
Sun Qian calmly commanded: "Withstand this Astonish, then use Pin Missile!"
Quilladin obeyed its trainer's command and withstood this Astonish, and this time it did not flinch.
Quilladin fully condensed 5 Pin Missile on its back and shot them all at Applin.
Applin tried its best to dodge 2, but was still hit by the third, and the fourth and fifth missiles that came one after another could not be dodged.
It fell to the ground, its eyes swirling.
"Applin is unable to battle, Quilladin wins," Bai Yuchun said as the referee.
Chen Kai picked up Applin and said to it, "You worked hard, you did your best."
Bai Yuchun walked over and praised, "Not bad, Xiao Kai, you really mastered that 'Astonish' move, you can even use your 'eyes' to Astonish!"
Chen Kai humbly said, "We still need to practice."
These past few days, Chen Kai's battles against Bai Yuchun and Sun Qian resulted in more losses than wins.
Only Xiao Mei, relying on Charge and Thunderbolt's barrage, managed to win against Sun Qian once, but later they figured out a countermeasure. Sun Qian and Bai Yuchun no longer gave Xiao Mei a chance to use 'Charge' or to Charge up.
Plus, Electric-type attacks against Grass-type attacks would reduce damage, and with the level difference, there was no chance of winning.
As for Applin, it really had too few moves. If Astonish had made Quilladin flinch again today, it would have had a chance to get its first win, what a pity.
And Sun Qian and Quilladin, on the other hand, had just broken out in a cold sweat. She almost lost again just now.
That Flaaffy's Thunderbolt from a few days ago was simply outrageous.
Her Quilladin had reached Elite Level (over Level 30)! It was almost evolving into Chesnaught, yet it was defeated by a Flaaffy that had just reached Normal Class, even with reduced damage from the Electric-type attack.
Bai Yuchun laughed at her all day. If she had lost to Applin, Bai Yuchun would probably have laughed at her for a lifetime.
There was a Pokemon Medical Center at the back gate of the Botanical Garden. Chen Kai took Applin to recover.
After recovering, Chen Kai returned to the Botanical Garden and received a call. It was from Bai Yuchun.
"Xiao Kai, hurry to the Alliance Center! There's a Pokemon battle to watch!"
Chen Kai asked somewhat confused, "Ah!"
But Bai Yuchun had already hung up.
Arriving at the Alliance Center, he saw that the dense trees had been moved, revealing a patch of lawn. Two people stood on the lawn, shaking hands and talking.
One of them was Ye Gai, and the other was unfamiliar.
"What's going on?" Chen Kai asked, sidling up to Bai Yuchun.
Bai Yuchun explained, "Someone has come to challenge the Gym, the kind that bets on badges!"
Chen Kai continued to ask, "Oh! Then how did this lawn get here? I remember it wasn't here before?"
Bai Yuchun continued to explain, "Teacher's Pokemon can move trees."
At this moment, Ye Gai nodded to Sun Qian, and Sun Qian said, "Now commencing the official Kyoto Grass-type Gym battle, between the challenger and Gym Leader Ye Gai. This battle is 3v3. Whichever side's three Pokemon are first incapacitated, or whichever trainer surrenders, will be the loser.
This match is recognized by the Alliance Center and will be fully recorded."
Upon hearing Sun Qian's words, Bai Yuchun turned on a video recorder.
Sun Qian then said, "Please, both trainers stand at the designated positions. Prepare to begin."
At this point, Bai Yuchun pressed a button, and a circle of white light lit up on the lawn, outlining a battle arena. A transparent protective shield formed in front of Chen Kai.
Bai Yuchun said, "This is a protective shield that Teacher spent a lot of money to install. It can protect the Botanical Garden from damage during Elite Level battles."
Both sides stood in position, and Sun Qian exclaimed: "Battle start!"
The challenger sent out a Charizard.
"Roar!" As soon as it appeared, it let out a powerful roar.
"Go, Ludicolo." Ye Gai simultaneously sent out Ludicolo.
This Ludicolo was somewhat different from ordinary Ludicolo; it wasn't happily swaying and dancing, but rather had a serious expression.
Its hands were clenched into fists, and the outline of muscles could be seen on its green arms.
Bai Yuchun adjusted the camera angle and quietly said to Chen Kai, "I checked the data, the challenger is a top student from Kyoto University! He specializes in Fire-type Pokemon, and this is his first time challenging a Gym in Kyoto.
He definitely thinks that a Fire/Flying Charizard completely counters the Pokemon in a Grass-type Gym, so he came to challenge, but I think his plan will fail."
Chen Kai asked curiously, "How so?"
"Hmph hmph, Teacher is very strong. Even Kyoto's Fire-type Gym Leader might not be able to defeat him, let alone this young man."
The challenger launched the first attack: "Charizard, Aerial Ace!"
Ye Gai commanded casually: "Use Bubble Beam."
The transparent blades swung by Charizard's wings were canceled out by the dense bubbles, and not all the bubbles burst; some continued to rush towards Charizard.
"Quickly dodge, Charizard."
The challenger didn't expect to be at a disadvantage in a long-range attack, so he changed his strategy.
"Charizard, use Flamethrower."
Ye Gai calmly continued, "Keep using Bubble Beam!"
"Ludi!" (Received!)
A dense stream of bubbles was once again expelled from its mouth, countering the flames shooting towards it.
"Boom!"
Flames and water collided, and a large amount of mist filled the air above the lawn.
"Whoosh!" A sound of rushing air cut through the mist. Charizard, with a layer of white energy fluctuations condensed on its surface, had already arrived above Ludicolo.
Ye Gai smiled slightly and unhurriedly said, "Jump up and use Knock Off."
Upon hearing Ye Gai's words, Ludicolo pushed off with its legs, leaping nearly 3 meters high, perfectly dodging Charizard's 'Acrobatics' move.
Ludicolo then performed a 360-degree spin in the air, simultaneously delivering a slap that landed squarely on Charizard's back.
Bai Yuchun explained to Chen Kai from the side, "This challenger definitely didn't research Teacher beforehand.
His idea was good; he wanted to use the 'Acrobatics' move for flexible close-range attacks on Ludicolo.
But our Teacher is best at close-range combat, after all, those muscles aren't just for show."
Charizard was knocked to the ground, and before it could get up, Ludicolo was already in front of it.
"Energy Ball, Energy Ball, Energy Ball, Energy Ball, Energy Ball!"
Ludicolo condensed an Energy Ball in its right hand and slapped it onto Charizard's head, while simultaneously condensing an Energy Ball in its left hand and slapping it onto Charizard's head. At this point, another Energy Ball was condensed in its right hand.
Five Energy Balls were continuously condensed by both hands, repeatedly slapping Charizard's head.
Charizard had just been knocked to the ground, and then took five consecutive Energy Balls to the face. Although the Energy Balls didn't do much damage, they dazed its head.
Ye Gai waved his hand: "Alright, it's time to end this. Hydro Pump!"
Ludicolo began to Charge up a blue sphere of water, while Charizard, at this moment, showed no reaction no matter how its trainer called out.
Then, Charizard was directly hit by a face-to-face Hydro Pump. With a "bang!" it was sent flying into the surrounding protective shield and fainted on the ground.
Bai Yuchun proudly said to Chen Kai, "See that? That's our Teacher's famous technique. By training his body, he enhances his Pokemon's physical strength, allowing them to continuously unleash multiple moves in one go, without any reduction in power."
"So powerful!" Chen Kai exclaimed.
This was probably like an ordinary person climbing stairs, not getting out of breath after climbing three floors, but through years of training, Ye Gai could climb 15 floors without getting out of breath.