"She, she, she... how could it be possible!!!!" Upon hearing that Nastina was actually his senior sister, Xiaozhi was shocked beyond belief.
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Galar Region.
A certain wilderness area.
Fang Yuan didn't take Xiaozhi and the others to a town. He planned to start their training right in the wild.
Moreover, since teaching one was just like teaching two or three, Fang Yuan planned to also impart some knowledge to Brock and Misty; after all, they hadn't had it easy taking care of Xiaozhi.
As a quite accomplished Breeder, Brock had a lot to discuss with Fang Yuan regarding Energy Blocks knowledge.
As for Misty, Fang Yuan had a whole bunch of Water Series secret moves to share, which would be more than enough to guide a future Water Master like her.
For Xiaozhi's part, he naturally received Fang Yuan's most attention. There wasn't actually that much Fang Yuan had to teach him, as their time was short. He planned to start by teaching Xiaozhi the basics of materializing his Wave-guiding power, while something like Mind Induction could wait for later.
Besides that, Fang Yuan also planned to teach Pikachu the "Secret Technique of Gratitude."
All in preparation for someday turning Pikachu into a partner Pokemon.
He already had Eevee as a partner, and if anyone could raise a partner Pikachu, it had to be Xiaozhi.
A Pikachu that knows Flying moves, Surf moves—they'd be unstoppable. They could even deal with the return of the Beast Man and Ailan with ease.
Although he wasn't teaching much, it would still provide a solid foundation for Xiaozhi and Pikachu. For anything more advanced, Fang Yuan intended to wait until after Xiaozhi had participated in the Silver Conference or even the Hoenn League, when he had matured a bit more, before continuing his guidance.
"Mr. Fang Yuan is really a good teacher," said Brock, who was in charge of the daily meals for the group, with a sense of admiration.
"Aura power, Payback Technique... it really does seem perfect for Xiaozhi and Pikachu," Misty nodded in agreement.
It was as if these techniques were tailor-made for them; Xiaozhi was incredibly lucky. Both could guess that Fang Yuan's other two students must have also been patiently taught in this way.
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Sinnoh Region, Lake Heart Harmony.
A superpowered girl with an expressionless face stood facing the "Emotion God" of the Lake Gods, Emuritto.
"How much longer will this game go on!"
Following the PY task given by Fang Yuan, Nastina used her superpowers, sparing no effort, to finally find Emuritto.
However, Emuritto seemed like nothing more than a childish prankster to Nastina.
Games like hide and seek, she really couldn't muster any enthusiasm for them anymore.
"Hurry up and teach me this Power of the Heart. I'm on a tight schedule," Nastina exclaimed impatiently.
Three days!!
She had spent three days playing hide and seek with this juvenile god.
Does anyone understand what those three days were like for her?
Why did she have to use skills like Future Sight and Teleport to outwit this god?
She knew through her phone that in the meantime, Fang Yuan had even had PK battles with the Temporal and Spatial dragons, becoming one of the powerful Eight Masters, quite impressive in the outside world.
And her? She could only follow Fang Yuan's task, playing hide and seek with this juvenile god, asking it to teach her the Power of the Heart.
Is this really how a teacher behaves!!!
"Eh~" Emuritto shook its head; there was no rush, let's play a billion more times!!
Face-to-face with Nastina who possessed top-level superpowers, Emuritto felt like it had met its match. This human was not simple, and it wanted to properly determine the winner of this battle!!
As for that Power of the Heart thing the human wanted to learn, it didn't quite understand, but it probably involved Mental Power superpower, right??? No big deal, once the game was over, it wouldn't be a problem to bestow this superpower on the girl. She seemed quite detached emotionally, just the type to need a bit of happiness that it could provide!!
Right now, it was giving happiness to Nastina.
But somehow, Nastina seemed very unhappy, right?
Nastina was silent to the extreme.
Was placating Emuritto her special training mission for the Heart Source Style???
She was definitely mixed up in something dodgy!
But Fang Yuan couldn't be blamed for this approach. After all, different students required different teaching methods...
That's called teaching according to a student's ability.
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During Fang Yuan's time coaching Xiaozhi,
his own ranking remained firmly at number seven, never changing.
If it did change, he, being in the Galar Region, could only resort to cheeky tactics against the local Museum Owner.
However, as the decisive championship approached that one week, other Trainers were indeed very busy.
Take Dr. Kukui from the Alola Region, for instance, who had arrived in Galar early to challenge the strongest Galar Museum Owner, Qibana.
Both being close in ranking, at ninth and tenth, aiming to break into the top eight by sacrificing the other seemed like the best and quickest way out.
Though Dr. Kukui was not an easy opponent, President Loz had to make this choice if he wanted to see Qibana breakthrough and reach the top eight.
Dr. Kukui, a scholar who specialized in Pokemon Moves, especially the Z-Moves, was also a powerful Trainer. A few years back, he collected gym badges in Kanto and made his way to the King cup, challenging Du who already had the strength of a Champion at that time.
Although he ultimately lost to Du, Dr. Kukui showcased his strength, proving him to be on par with any of the Four Heavenly Kings, and it was this challenge that sparked the idea of establishing the Arola Alliance in him.