Chapter 226: The Training Never Stops
The moment they heard Arthur's answer, even though they had already suspected it, Luna and Bella were still slightly touched.
Before this, they truly found it hard to imagine that such astonishing self-discipline could be found in a boy of only sixteen.
Bella immediately voiced this sentiment, "Except for this face of yours, no part of you seems like you're sixteen!"
Arthur smiled and changed the subject. "I'll be seventeen in a few days."
Bella rolled her eyes, knowing that this precocious brat was deliberately changing the topic.
"Hey, can you let us listen in too? Where were you in your debrief just now?"
"Of course. We were just talking about... Emmm, it's time for Greninja to learn more skills. If it had known the move 'Spikes' in that last match, it would have been much easier to fight."
"Spikes" is a Ground-type move. Leaving aside the skill's effect, simply by using the Protean ability, Greninja could have temporarily changed its type to Ground, which would have been very advantageous when fighting an Electric-type.
The Ground type can greatly reduce energy damage from Electric-type moves!
It's a very good means of self-preservation.
The opponent's Raichu had targeted Greninja with electricity at the start, which was actually a probing move to test if Arthur's side had a corresponding skill in their reserves.
As it turned out, Arthur opened with "Substitute." Although it dodged the "Thunder," it also, to a certain extent, exposed the fact that Greninja didn't know "Spikes."
This was the game of wits between professional players!
The commentators didn't mention it, and many viewers probably didn't see it, but this layer of strategy definitely existed!
Arthur had caught it in his debrief.
And because of this, he established his training plan for the next period—
Greninja's physical techniques were already very refined; it was time to fill out its skill list.
Unless you were one of the few who could kick out the grand finale like Konoha's Leg Kage, a ninja couldn't just specialize in taijutsu.
After listening to all of Arthur's analysis and explanations, Bella couldn't help but praise him once again.
"Even if you retired on the spot right now, you'd be more than qualified to be an assistant coach or an analyst."
"Eevui, vui!"
Little Eevee, on the sofa, immediately yapped at her twice upon hearing this, looking very unhappy, as if retorting—
"Master will not retire on the spot! I haven't even battled for Master yet!"
Unexpectedly, Bella's hand shot out, and she snatched the little guy into her arms, thoroughly rubbing his nape and body up and down. After a good "rua," Little Eevee had no strength left to yelp.
Bella then let out a triumphant "hmph, hmph."
As if to mock with delight, "Little guy, you're still a long way off from battling!"
Luna, at the side, silently glanced at her partner.
For some reason, she always felt that her best friend's intelligence, when mixed with a newborn Pokémon like Little Eevee, had no sense of disharmony whatsoever…
Ignoring Bella, who was happily petting Eevee, Luna continued to ask Arthur, "So what do you plan to do next? Are you going to find a coach to learn the skill?"
Arthur nodded. "I have that in mind."
Professional players didn't have to pay to attend classes with the base's instructors during daytime training hours. Unlike the youth training camp, this was a basic service that signed players were entitled to.
Of course, outside of normal work hours on weekdays, one still needed to pay for extra lessons with the coaches, and that was a different price.
Arthur certainly didn't need to spend extra money on lessons; he could actually teach it himself. However, there was no reason not to take advantage of the free benefits.
The energy pattern analysis technology derived from modern science still had its unique advantages in teaching Pokémon skills.
The key was that it was free!
There was absolutely no reason to refuse.
Hearing this, Luna felt a sense of relief wash over her.
She finally saw this kid acting like a normal professional player, honestly going to a coach for lessons.
This should have been an incredibly ordinary thing, yet now it almost gave her the illusion of witnessing something she thought she'd never see in her lifetime.
For a moment, she couldn't tell whether there was something wrong with her own thinking or if Arthur himself was just too problematic!
It was simply outrageous!
Incidentally, what also let her breathe a sigh of relief was: Arthur was finally going to attend regular classes, which meant she would finally not be stared at every day to complete that terrifyingly large volume of physical training.
She had been the one to proactively ask Arthur for guidance, but now she was the one having second thoughts first.
It wasn't that she wasn't persistent enough; it was that Arthur's self-discipline was simply too freakish!
In the past, Luna had once prided herself on being a self-disciplined and competitive tomboy, until she had witnessed the full extent of Arthur's daily training methods.
It was truly self-discipline to the point of being like a machine!
Too scary!
At the thought of not having to be supervised to complete that kind of training for a while, even though she knew in her heart she shouldn't slack off, Luna couldn't help but feel a little secret delight.
Until Arthur slowly took a sip of tea, then casually picked up a stack of A4 printed paper from the coffee table and handed it over.
"However, I've already prepared the training schedule for you in advance. The training plan for those four Pokémon of yours should be accelerated. Their foundation isn't bad; they've just been neglected for a bit too long."
Stunned, she took the thick stack of printed paper.
Luna's expression was stiff, her back was ramrod straight, and her eyes were unfocused…
It wasn't until a full three seconds of being wooden that she finally came back to her senses, filled with so much regret that she wanted to slap herself twice.
Why did I jinx myself by thinking about the training! Why did I proactively ask him! Why did I follow Bella over to see him after the gathering!
I'm so stupid, really…
But as a competitive and self-possessed, even slightly obsessive-compulsive, strong woman, if Luna hadn't taken this stack of paper, she could have stolen a break with a clear conscience. But once she had accepted the schedule that someone had earnestly helped her make, she really couldn't bring herself to just toss it aside like a pair of worn-out shoes.
This type of personality is what's known as a "tsundere."
But helplessly, she just couldn't get past her own principles.
Her hands trembling, she flipped through the pages of the jam-packed schedule. Luna gritted her teeth, but in the end, she still stubbornly agreed, "Okay, I'll speed it up."
Arthur then smiled with gratification, and the atmosphere seemed very harmonious.
Only Bella and Little Eevee, who were playing together on the side, suddenly stopped, looked at each other, and then, with exceptional synchronicity, both shivered.
Sometimes, young cubs and natural airheads have a miraculous intuition.
Afterward, Bella and Luna said their goodbyes and left.
Arthur continued to perfect and arrange the subsequent training plan for Greninja.
After finishing, he did his daily three-finger push-ups and sit-ups in the living room.
Until night fell, the night passed without a word.
Early the next morning, the training at the base continued as usual.
During the morning class, the coach led everyone in a debrief of yesterday's matches. However, just as Arthur had guessed before, the coach's debrief covered the entire match series and wasn't very detailed for each specific round.
The homework he did for himself was still very necessary.
Subsequently, after the morning class ended and they had eaten, Arthur took Greninja to find the Ground-type skill coach.
Greninja's path of training had never stopped. This path would not end just because it had evolved to its final form. On the contrary, this was only just the beginning!
The next short-term goal: first, learn a new Ground-type skill—Spikes!
(End of Chapter)
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