Terrance accepted Sabrina's invitation, as he also wanted to take the opportunity to thank Sabrina's father, Mr. Sam, for the help he had given him before.
Following behind this little girl who wasn't really alive felt a bit strange, but Terrance still managed to arrive smoothly at the entrance of Saffron Gym under her guidance.
The gatekeeper of Saffron Gym was a Gym apprentice dressed in Psychics' attire. Upon seeing Sabrina's doll, he immediately became extremely reverent.
"Miss Sabrina, is this a guest…? Please, allow me to show you the way."
The change in the apprentice's expression looked familiar to Terrance. It seemed all the psychic apprentices in Saffron Gym were deeply in awe of Sabrina, almost as if they were all cast from the same mold.
This level of awe even surpassed the respect the psychic apprentices at Anistar Gym had for Olympia when Terrance had visited there.
"It seems Sabrina has left quite a shadow on these psychic apprentices…" Terrance thought to himself.
Under the apprentice's guidance, Terrance smoothly entered a room, and the doll created by Sabrina's psychic powers also entered. When the doll used psychic powers to place the Float Stones in a cabinet, she suddenly disappeared right in front of Terrance.
"Guest, please wait here for a moment. Miss Sabrina and Mr. Sam will be here soon." After Sabrina's avatar disappeared, the apprentice respectfully said to Terrance.
"All right, thank you," Terrance nodded.
After preparing tea for Terrance, the apprentice also left. However, after finishing a cup of tea, Terrance still hadn't seen a living person, which made him a bit restless.
"They invited me here, and yet no one is actually receiving me…" Terrance coughed to himself. Anywhere else, it might not have mattered, but being alone in Saffron Gym gave him the creeps. He felt completely ill at ease, especially now, sitting alone in such a large room, the atmosphere felt even colder.
Fortunately, the function of the Fairy Mark had fully recovered, so Terrance could communicate normally with the Pokémon inside his Poké Balls; otherwise, he would have been bored to death.
After a while, the door finally opened and Sabrina came in first.
At this moment, Sabrina was wearing white trousers and a light purple short-caped jacket that showed off her exceptional figure. Her side-swept bangs fell just above her eyelids, perfectly framing her cold expression. Her shoulders were exposed just enough, her skin was soft and radiant, and she wore strange wrist and waist accessories like bracelets and belts, with sparkling jewels that flashed from time to time, adding even more charm to this psychic girl...
"No, compared to four years ago, calling her the Psychic Queen is more appropriate now," Terrance sighed inwardly. Sabrina had really changed a lot. Following her into the room was her father, Mr. Sam. As soon as they entered, Terrance stood up.
"Mr. Sam, Miss Sabrina, it's been a long time."
"It has been a while."
Mr. Sam smiled and said, "I didn't expect such an honored guest today. When Sabrina told me, I was wondering who it could be."
"Sorry for the trouble," Terrance replied with a smile.
"Not at all, please have a seat," said Mr. Sam. After Terrance sat down, the two of them also took their seats.
Once they were seated, Mr. Sam looked at Terrance in surprise and said with a smile, "I suppose I should call you Gym Leader Terrance now? I never imagined that the little kid who came to visit back then would now be a Top Trainer, haha."
"I was just lucky," Terrance replied in embarrassment.
"But by the way, how did the two of you even run into each other?" Mr. Sam looked over at Sabrina, who hadn't said much, and asked with a curious tone. Although, with the help of a Trainer named Ash, the Saffron Gym family had returned to their normal lives, Sabrina's cold personality had remained. Even though she would occasionally show a smile now, being aloof was still her defining trait.
You have to know, Sabrina usually doesn't go out at all, always relying on psychic powers for everything. Under those circumstances, running into Sabrina wasn't easy.
"At the department store," Sabrina suddenly spoke, using psychic powers to move the Float Stone's box over.
"Yes, I was at the department store and happened to take a liking to this thing, but I didn't expect that Miss Sabrina had already reserved it in advance," Terrance said awkwardly. At the same time, he couldn't help but ask, "Miss Sabrina, if you don't mind me asking, what do you need the Float Stones for…"
Float Stone?
Hearing Terrance's question, Mr. Sam also looked curiously at the box on the table. It was clear he didn't know Sabrina's intentions either and was quite curious.
"This thing is supposed to be some kind of strange stone to help Pokémon with astonishing body weight, right?" Mr. Sam said.
Sabrina nodded, glanced at Terrance, then looked at the packaged box on the table. In the next moment, the box was automatically opened, and two Float Stones shot out; one landing in Mr. Sam's hand, the other in Terrance's.
"Use your psychic power to sense it," Sabrina said.
This was addressed to both Terrance and Mr. Sam. Though unsure of Sabrina's intent, they did as instructed.
Holding the Float Stone, Terrance closed his eyes to concentrate and feel it, but sensed nothing at all…
However, things were different for Mr. Sam. As time went by, he frowned slightly. "I see!"
"???" Terrance.
"Mr. Sam…"
In the next moment, Mr. Sam snapped out of it and explained, "There's a mysterious energy within the Float Stone, possibly an application of psychic power. You've heard of the move 'Gravity,' right? In a physical sense, gravity is the force an object experiences due to planetary attraction, while the move 'Gravity' functions by infinitely amplifying the effects of gravity."
"Float Stone, on the other hand, is a substance with an effect completely opposite to the move Gravity. It reduces the effect of gravity."
Sabrina nodded. "I discovered the unique energy within Float Stone and plan to use it to develop new psychic power techniques."
"Float Stone is indeed also known as 'levitation stone' among the public… Does that mean the essence of the Float Stone is an application of psychic power?!" Terrance was shocked. He had never heard this theory before.
"I didn't expect this type of stone to contain a method of applying psychic power either." Mr. Sam frowned. If Sabrina hadn't pointed it out and asked him to focus his psychic power to observe it, even a psychic expert like him, who could Teleport at will, wouldn't have noticed the true nature of this Float Stone.
"If the Float Stone's mechanism is psychic power, then that can be considered another new academic discovery," Terrance said slowly.
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