"I have already lost…"
After saying this, Travis recalled Snorlax.
"Ditto, change back to your original form as well." Ditto returned to Tetsuya's shoulder.
Travis walked over and handed the TMs Rest and Sleep Talk to Tetsuya, saying, "Sigh~ I did not expect you to be so formidable even when using Snorlax!"
Tetsuya chuckled softly and said, "Tehe~ There is no need to be so hypocritical."
Their eyes met, both with eyes that saw through everything. Travis also said, "However… I truly am not confident that I could defeat this Ditto. If there is an opportunity, we should have a proper battle."
"Hn. There will be plenty of time."
After speaking, Tetsuya left, waving the two TMs toward Travis.
Just after Tetsuya left, the central plaza became lively again.
"Hey! Do you still have TMs? I want to challenge you…"
"Mhmm mhmm, me too!"
"If Ditto can win, my Hitmontop definitely can as well! I want to challenge too!"
For a moment Travis was surrounded by the crowd and could not squeeze his way out. His purpose had indeed been very successful.
"Maa maa~ There are no more TMs today. Anyone who wants to challenge can come tomorrow morning at eight. I will still be here waiting for everyone."
Travis was quite clever. He deliberately aroused people's curiosity so that the news of his defeat would spread from one person to ten and from ten to a hundred, attracting even more challengers!
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After returning to Battle Park, Ditto, having just won a battle, was naturally full of energy.
"Ditto, your efforts have finally been rewarded. Now you know that the training I made you do is very useful. Every drop of sweat you shed determines how you perform every detail in battle.
That is why I would rather leave Haunter at the glacier falls for basic training, while with you I have not relaxed even for a moment. You must continue working hard!"
After Tetsuya finished speaking, Ditto had already voluntarily stepped onto the treadmill.
Tetsuya could roughly grasp Golett's mental state. After all, until now it had not truly participated in a single battle. In the past few days it had only been on this small treadmill and had already felt the gap between itself and Ditto. At its current speed it could barely keep up. If it became any faster, its body would no longer be able to match the rhythm.
What Golett needed now was encouragement. Tetsuya said, "Golett, during these past few days have you felt the energy within your body gradually filling it?"
Golett waved its arms on the treadmill and nodded toward Tetsuya.
"Right now you should not rush to battle or anything like that. Only when you can flexibly control every part of your body will you reach the basic threshold for battle.
Moreover, you have been sealed for hundreds of years, and the energy within your body is even more difficult to mobilize completely. So you must not rush things! Just like Ditto, every step I make you take now is for the sake of becoming stronger in the future…"
Ditto and Golett continued their training. For the rest of today he could only accompany them in training. Piloswine would only recover tomorrow morning. To be safe, tomorrow it still could not participate in battle and could only do some simple recovery training.
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Early the next morning, Tetsuya went to the Pokémon Center and retrieved Piloswine. The one thousand Pokédollars had not been left over at all.
At the Pokémon Center, Tetsuya released Piloswine. After all, having spent so much money, he had to make sure there was nothing that had not fully recovered.
"Do not worry. The reputation of our Pokémon Center stands all over the world. Your Piloswine no longer has any serious problems. Today you only need to do some warm-up exercises." Nurse Joy seemed to have seen through Tetsuya's thoughts as she spoke.
Seeing that Piloswine's condition was fairly normal and that its fur had clearly just been groomed, Tetsuya finally felt relieved.
"Mm, thank you. However, cough… the price really is difficult to accept." Tetsuya recalled Piloswine and shook his head.
Nurse Joy naturally felt somewhat displeased upon hearing this and said, "You…! You have the certificate of an official pupil of Ecruteak Gym, and Leader Matsuba is also my idol. We have already given you a discount!
Not only did Piloswine receive the best treatment here. It was even specially placed in the ice cellar of the Pokémon Center to recover! Otherwise, do you think it could recover so quickly!!?"
"Oh…"
There was no point in saying more. Tetsuya nodded and turned to leave.
"Humph! Humph! What an arrogant guy…" Nurse Joy frowned and puffed out her cheeks as she said this.
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Bringing Piloswine to his dormitory at Battle Park, Tetsuya took out Piloswine's Pokéfood. However, Piloswine had just recovered from a serious injury and its appetite was not very good, eating only half of its usual amount.
After confirming that there was no one around, Tetsuya took out a high quality thermos cup. This was precisely where he stored the Eternal Ice.
Eternal Ice would gradually lose its cold energy if exposed to sunlight for long periods, so Tetsuya had thought of storing it in a thermos cup. Not only could it avoid exposure to sunlight, it could also provide insulation and isolation.
Taking out the Eternal Ice, Tetsuya said, "Piloswine, this is Eternal Ice. You already licked that piece of Everfrozen Ice before. This one is, as I said, Eternal Ice, and its energy is even higher! Here, try it."
Tetsuya placed the Eternal Ice in his palm. After a short moment he already felt his hand begin to tremble.
Piloswine licked it once. Its entire brown fur immediately trembled. Even Piloswine showed such a reaction, which demonstrated how intense the cold energy of the Eternal Ice was.
Piloswine could not help licking it again~
And the same reaction appeared again.
Tetsuya put away the Eternal Ice. Haste made waste. In the valley of Mahogany Town, merely absorbing a portion of the Eternal Ice energy within Pryce's Piloswine had already been too much for Swinub's body to bear, forcibly causing it to evolve into Piloswine and causing it to fall behind in basic training.
It had not yet truly become a qualified Piloswine. That was why in these past few days Tetsuya had not allowed Piloswine to lick the Eternal Ice, intending to let it strengthen its physical condition further.
After licking it twice, Piloswine immediately became full of energy and vitality!
It was quite surprising. He had not expected that the Eternal Ice could also help Piloswine recover.
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All more than ten treadmills were already occupied by Pokémon in training. With no other choice, Tetsuya took Piloswine to the plaza of Battle Park.
"Piloswine, today we will first do some simple recovery training. Jog slowly along the track first and then gradually accelerate."
That entire day he did nothing else and simply accompanied Piloswine running along the track of Battle Park.
After two consecutive days without battle training with Bronzong, when he saw Bronzong again it had completely refreshed itself, with excellent mental condition. Compared to when he first saw it, it was like a completely different Pokémon.
It had already been the seventh day at Battle Park. On this day Bronzong was finally brought out, except the special training target was not Piloswine but Golett.
Having finally obtained the TMs Rest and Sleep Talk, he naturally had to let Piloswine begin learning them first. After all, these two moves were quite difficult and required long periods of practice.