Inside the Goldenrod Gym.
Fang Yuan had never expected that Nastina would become his apprentice so easily.
He even felt like laughing out loud with pride.
From now on, the Heart Source Style would be the number one faction in the PM World, who would dare to object?
At this moment, Fang Yuan felt as if he had won a billion-dollar lottery, leaving Nastina and her father in utter silence.
Is this guy reliable?
"Nastina, I would like to have a private talk with your father, is that okay?"
After his moment of pride, Fang Yuan patted his head and smiled at Nastina.
"I understand."
After Fang Yuan spoke, Nastina nodded calmly.
Although she didn't know what Fang Yuan wanted to discuss with her father, she now felt a bit regretful and needed some time to cool down.
This time, she couldn't have predicted wrong again, could she? Maybe Fang Yuan, like Xiaozhi, was unreliable and couldn't change anything.
A moment later, Nastina disappeared from the room with a Teleport.
And at this moment, only Nastina's father and Fang Yuan were left in the room.
"Mr. Fang Yuan, I entrust Nastina to you. She has some issues with her personality, and if you can help her correct them, that would be great," Nastina's father said.
From previously underestimating Fang Yuan to now seeing his strength and even making Nastina willingly become his apprentice, her father now regarded Fang Yuan as a god.
"The ones who can help her are not me but you."
After Nastina had left, Fang Yuan's previously joyous expression suddenly changed, and he became serious.
The sudden change in expression even startled the Psychic Uncle.
This young man, how could he change his face so quickly?
"Uncle, Nastina just mentioned that she foresaw my arrival, right?"
"Yes, Nastina's psychic abilities are very strong, and Future Sight is no challenge for her," said the Psychic Uncle.
Fang Yuan, with an Eevee on his shoulder, walked up to the Psychic Uncle and said, "Before I came to the Goldenrod Gym, I always heard that the Goldenrod Gym's Nastina was terrifying, because she was obsessed with psychic powers from a young age, losing her humanity and becoming cold and ruthless. Not only was she feared by Dojo Apprentices and challengers, but she even once expelled her relatives from the gym, is that so?"
"That... sigh," sighed the Psychic Uncle, shaking his head.
"Yes, it's our fault for not paying attention to her when she was young, allowing her to become completely lost in the practice of psychic powers and turning her into what she is now. It's all our fault."
The Psychic Uncle seemed to acknowledge this version of events.
"But is that the truth?" Fang Yuan asked back.
At Fang Yuan's words, Nastina's father blinked, looking at Fang Yuan, not understanding what he meant.
"Actually, it's not, right?" Fang Yuan shook his head.
To be honest, when he watched the show as a child, he also found Nastina terrifying, a true childhood nightmare. But as an adult looking back on that storyline, Fang Yuan had noticed many clues.
About Nastina's experience, Fang Yuan had his own theory, which was just a guess at first, but after hearing that she had a premonition of him, Fang Yuan's confidence in the accuracy of his hunch rose to eighty percent.
Now, all he wanted to do was to lay out his theory in one breath and let Nastina's parents judge for themselves.
"Uncle, King Caitlin of the United Region has a strong Superpower Talent. Because the talent is so powerful, her psychic powers sometimes go out of control, causing great destruction, right?"
"Indeed, King Caitlin couldn't control her strong psychic powers at all when she was young. It took a long time of practice to master it," the uncle nodded, which was no secret in the psychic field.
"So, Nastina possesses a superpower talent not inferior to Caitlin's, yet has always been able to perfectly control her superpowers. Don't you find that strange?"
As Fang Yuan finished speaking, Psychic Uncle furrowed his brow.
"May I tell you a story," Fang Yuan said.
Without waiting for Uncle's response, Fang Yuan continued, "Once upon a time, there was a little girl who awakened her superpowers at a very young age. Everyone, both family and strangers, thought she was a super genius in the practice of superpowers. But one day, the little girl realized that as she grew up, her superpowers began to lose control, gradually altering her personality and even potentially causing massive destruction if her powers went out of control."
"She was very worried that this would hurt her loved ones."
"Not wanting to harm those around her or to make others worry about her, this little girl, considered a super genius by everyone, chose to practice her superpowers even harder. Due to her outstanding talent and determination, she soon managed to seal a part of her negative personality and superpowers into a doll. She herself finally got rid of these burdens and successfully took control of her powers."
"All things have a price, though, and because of this, both the doll and the girl herself, due to the loss of part of their personality, lost some emotion."
"But to others, all this became the little girl's obsession with practicing superpowers, which made her appear cold and heartless. Even her parents began to misunderstand her, telling her not to be so engrossed in practicing superpowers."
"The little girl very much wanted to say that she was only practicing so hard because she didn't want to hurt others, didn't want others to worry about her, but due to the loss of emotion, she was no longer able to express this. Even because of her family's misunderstanding, in a fit of anger, she turned her mother into a doll with her superpowers, and drove her father away."
"This only deepened the misunderstanding."
"Although the little girl had become like this, it was undeniable that her parents still loved her, and she herself still harbored love for her parents. These were just childish actions taken in a tantrum, the wrongdoings of a fit of pique. However, because of the gap between adults and children, this misunderstanding was never resolved."
"As the little girl grew up, even though she didn't fully regain her emotions, looking at photos of her joyful family from when she was younger always stirred some ripples deep inside her. Deep down in her heart, this told the girl that she actually still longed for a family, for the happy life they used to have together when she was a child."
"Subconsciously, due to this deep-seated desire, the little girl foresaw an opportunity for her family to reunite because of her powerful superpowers. Then a boy named Xiaozhi came along. She began to take an interest in him and used the boy as a medium to recover part of her emotions and turned her mother back. The family was reunited once more."
"But after that, she found that her superpowers were still devoid of emotion, and while her parents still loved her, they had never truly understood her. This made Nastina feel as if she still hadn't returned to the past."
"So, subconsciously, she still wanted to try to change, and hence she foresaw my arrival. Even if I, perhaps, can teach her how to give her powers emotion, I can't untangle her emotional knot. If my guess is correct, Uncle, shouldn't you all reflect a little? Have you truly understood Nastina, grasped what's in her heart?"
Fang Yuan tried to guess Nastina's experiences based on what he had learned and felt.
Given all the signs in the animation, Fang Yuan didn't believe that Nastina was a psychic devoid of humanity. On the contrary, Nastina might be the one who longed for emotion the most. Today, after feeling Nastina's icy superpowers, Fang Yuan couldn't help but share his speculations with Nastina's father.
In the original story, could a Gengar brought by Xiaozhi really make the cold Nastina laugh? Could it really unravel Nastina's emotional knot?
Or is it that Nastina just wanted to take this opportunity to change herself, to go with the flow?
Why does Nastina want to be an actress, and why would she actually choose acting as her career later on? Throughout her growth, hasn't she always been disguising her innermost feelings?
Just now, Fang Yuan figured it all out. If he could, he hoped that the second disciple of Heart Source Style would be a Nastina whose heart could genuinely laugh.
"Bwoo..." On Fang Yuan's shoulder, Eevee flicked its tail after listening to all he had said, never expecting the psychic girl to have such experiences.
At this moment, Nastina's father stood there completely stunned. Although he couldn't confirm the veracity of Fang Yuan's guess, what if, as Fang Yuan suggested, Nastina hadn't lost her emotions because of her superpowers but had lost them because she cared too much about emotion?
At that time, what he and the child's mother provided was not understanding, but an "affection" from an adult's perspective that Nastina did not need.
If it were true...
Psychic Uncle looked up blankly.
"Uncle, whether it's true or not, go on, give Nastina more understanding. Even now that she's grown up, even if she still seems cold, don't be afraid. Try to treat Nastina the way you did when she was young. Wouldn't it be nice to rub your scruffy beard against her face?" Fang Yuan smiled.
Didn't you ask me before who taught me superpowers?
It was Emuritto, the grace of emotion.
"Bwoo!" Eevee also encouraged, give it a try.
......
Inside Goldenrod Gym, in a certain room, Nastina lay on the bed, staring at the ceiling. Although Fang Yuan had sent her away, her superpowers had long since merged with the Gym, and nothing inside the Gym, not a single sound, could be hidden from her.
As Fang Yuan and Psychic Uncle finished talking, Nastina's gaze flickered slightly, then she rolled over and buried her head into the pillow...