Iron Leaves was about to put away the purple book. It said to Chen Kai, "You can take this book whenever you want to use it, but it's safer to keep it in Area Zero normally."
Also, I recommend you get a physical examination. I feel like the Taijing Energy in your body has become more concentrated."
"Has it?" Chen Kai hadn't noticed anything.
Miraidon was also a bit surprised; it hadn't noticed anything either. It thought, 'Is it because I've been with him all this time?'
Iron Leaves explained in detail, "Yes, it feels like it's more than doubled from before."
"It's increased that much? Then I need to get it checked!" When people hear that there's a problem with their body, they naturally want to get it checked to see if anything is wrong.
Following Iron Leaves, Chen Kai arrived at the room with the shuttle device. Iron Leaves used its Psychic ability to pick up a small, thermometer-like instrument and scanned Chen Kai a few times.
Afterward, Iron Leaves pondered for a long time while looking at a screen, making Chen Kai nervous:
"What… what's wrong?"
Iron Leaves, seeing Chen Kai's expression, uncharacteristically smiled, "Your body is fine, but the energy has indeed increased a lot, and it's a somewhat strange sudden growth. So I was thinking, did you eat anything strange in Kyoto?"
"Strange things?" Chen Kai rubbed his chin, deep in thought.
Iron Leaves advised, "It's okay if you can't think of anything right now. It's not a bad thing for you anyway. I just recommend that you occasionally release the accumulated Taijing Energy in your body. Storing too much might harm your health."
"Huh?" For some reason, Chen Kai felt Iron Leaves' words were odd, as if they had another meaning, but he couldn't find any evidence.
And so, Chen Kai, feeling a bit bewildered, went home to sleep. When he woke up, it was already noon the next day; he had been woken up by noise.
He opened the window and saw Wang Yi and the blonde-haired Wang Tianxiang. They seemed to be talking to his mother about something, looking a bit dejected.
He got dressed and walked out of the room.
Wang Yi saw Chen Kai and happily said, "Chen Kai, you're back from Kyoto!"
The blonde-haired boy, however, was displeased: "What?! It's you? I thought it was Yelena."
For some reason, this blonde-haired boy always acted this way whenever they met. Chen Kai no longer felt like complaining.
"By the way, why are you looking for Yelena?" Chen Kai asked.
Wang Yi said, "We've been training Pokémon with her for the past few days. We haven't seen her for two days, so we came to ask."
Chen Kai looked at the Wooloo next to Wang Yi. It had lost a lot of weight, but it was probably due to its wool being shorn, which made it look more capable.
Most importantly, its eyes had become determined and calm, no longer like those of a domesticated livestock sheep.
The blonde-haired boy's Dwebble also felt stronger. Its claws appeared thicker and more powerful, and the stone shell on its back seemed harder.
Chen Kai was a bit curious: "How do you all train?"
"Pokémon battles! Didn't you say so?!" the blonde-haired boy said.
Chen Kai scratched his head, thinking, 'Huh, did I say that?'
Wang Yi continued, "It's also thanks to you sharing the tips with us. We found Pidgey, Rattata, and similar Pokémon on the edge of the village to battle, but always fighting them made our Pokémon's super-fast speed slow down.
Later, Yelena came, and we were able to go to some less-frequented places to battle Pokémon that weren't found on the village's edge. I feel like after a few more days of training, Wooloo will almost be at the late beginner stage (Level 15)!"
Chen Kai internally complained, 'Is this some cultivation novel? 'Late beginner stage' sounds like 'late Golden Core stage'...'
However, he still spoke seriously, "That's great. Where did she take you to find Pokémon to battle? Did she take you to the mountaintop?"
Chen Kai also wanted to understand from Wang Yi how much Yelena knew about Area Zero.
Wang Yi pointed to another mountain in the distance: "A few days ago, we fought all the way over there. There are many Pinsir and Heracross there; they're very strong, but they also give us a great boost."
Chen Kai was somewhat incredulous: "Huh? You fought Pinsir? And Heracross? Were there many Superior Level (Level 30+) ones inside?"
The blonde-haired boy thought for a moment and said, "It seems there were indeed a few Superior Pinsir."
"Then how did you manage to defeat them?" Chen Kai asked.
Wang Yi explained, "Yelena has a Doublade, and its strength is formidable! If we encountered Superior ones, Doublade would be responsible for driving them away."
"Good heavens, so it was you guys!" Chen Kai finally understood why the Pinsir had run onto the road.
He just didn't know if Yelena did it unintentionally or on purpose.
If it was intentional, then this person was somewhat frightening.
Chen Kai thought for a moment and still told Wang Yi and the blonde-haired boy that the Pinsir had run onto the road because of them, causing an accident.
The blonde-haired boy wanted to say something, but Chen Kai took out his phone and showed him yesterday's Qu County news.
The blonde-haired boy and Wang Yi's faces instantly turned pale.
They thought for a long time. The blonde-haired boy walked over, a tearful expression on his face, and grabbed Chen Kai's hand.
"Kai Ge!"
Chen Kai tried to pull his hand away: "Alright, alright. I won't actively tell anyone. Of course, if the police ask me, I won't hide it either.
But luckily, no passengers were injured, so the problem shouldn't be too big."
The blonde-haired boy still held onto Chen Kai's hand, not letting go: "It's not just about not actively telling; you can't tell anyone who asks you!"
"What? Are you telling me how to do things?" Chen Kai said impatiently.
The blonde-haired boy arrogantly said, "You should know, we'll definitely be in the same class in the future! If you promise not to tell now, I'll look out for you later!"
Chen Kai sneered, "Hmph! You loser, how are you going to look out for me?"
The blonde-haired boy let go of his hand, tilted his neck, and said, "I'm not the same as I used to be! If you really want to suffer a bit, I can help you."
"Alright, then let's try it."
"Bring it on, who's afraid of whom?"
Wang Yi stood by with a wry smile. Although she knew her brother and Chen Kai were just being verbally aggressive, how did it escalate to this again?
Chen Kai took Xiao Mei to an open space a short distance from their home.
"Xiao Mei, the old loser is looking for trouble again. Teach him a good lesson."
Xiao Mei, chewing on a blade of grass, disdainfully said:
"Meeh, meeh." (Two moves, it'll be over in two moves!)
The blonde-haired boy tossed a Poké Ball in his hand, then threw it out:
"Go! Geodude!"
A rock with two arms appeared in the open space.
"So you caught a new Pokémon? Does it make you this brave?" Chen Kai said with a smile.
The blonde-haired boy burst out laughing: "Hahahaha! I've figured it out clearly! Geodude is Rock and Ground type! This time, it completely counters your Flaaffy!
Even if you charge, you'll only end up with a bloody head!"
"But who told you that Electric-type Pokémon can only learn Electric-type moves?"
"Hmm?" The blonde-haired boy suddenly stopped laughing; he realized something was wrong.
Chen Kai smiled and said, "Xiao Mei! Dazzling Gleam!"
Before the blonde-haired boy could react, a pink light shone, and Geodude smoked and yelped as the light zapped it.
However, Geodude didn't fall.
Chen Kai took out his Pokédex and scanned it from a distance:
Name: Geodude
Type: Rock + Ground
Level: Beginner Stage (Level 5-19)
Ability: Sturdy
This Geodude probably wasn't even Level 10, yet it could withstand one Dazzling Gleam. It turned out its Sturdy ability helped it endure the hit.
Chen Kai didn't continue the attack. After all, if the blonde-haired boy's Geodude was knocked out, he'd have to help send it to the Pokémon Center, which would be troublesome.
"How about it, do you surrender, or can you send out Dwebble?"
The blonde-haired boy was dumbfounded. If he sent out Dwebble in this situation, how many Dazzling Gleams could it withstand? He quickly surrendered: "Kai Ge, Big Brother Kai! I surrender!"
Chen Kai nodded. That was more like it.