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Over the past two days, Kael naturally had not been idle.
First, based on his performance in the battle against Swampert, Evan had created a training plan suited to his current level of strength.
The general direction of the plan was simple.
Build on his strengths and avoid his weaknesses.
In areas where Kael already had advantages, such as speed, instant explosive power, stealth, and infiltration, the training focused heavily on further improving those traits, pushing the areas where he already surpassed Pokémon of the same level even further.
As for the areas where he did not have any obvious advantage compared with other Pokémon, such as strength and defense, Evan took a more relaxed attitude.
If they improved, that was good.
If they did not, it did not matter much.
He did not pay too much attention to them.
In Evan's view, the barrel theory did not apply to Pokémon training and development.
He believed that when two Pokémon battled, the one that truly won was definitely the one that could stand out more than its opponent in a certain area, then use that difference to create an advantage over the course of the fight.
Build on strengths and avoid weaknesses.
That was his Pokémon training strategy.
Kael did not refute it.
Although he had lived through two reincarnations as high-level Pokémon and had plenty of experience in how to make himself stronger, that did not mean he would arrogantly reject everything that differed from his own understanding.
Kael knew that only by widely absorbing the knowledge and experience gained in every reincarnation could he make the greatest use of his advantage of infinite rebirth.
Besides, in this life, his species was Sobble.
He was not especially familiar with the specific training methods for Water-type Pokémon.
In this situation, having guidance from someone experienced in Water-type Pokémon development would definitely help him avoid many unnecessary detours.
Because of that, even though some parts of Evan's training requirements made him feel puzzled, he did not show it. He simply obeyed quietly and trained diligently.
The final results were extremely satisfying.
Kael's physical condition had improved by a considerable amount. Compared with two days ago, the change was enormous.
After all, Sobble was still a juvenile Pokémon, and its body had extremely high flexibility and room for growth.
Before this, Kael had basically been training blindly according to his past experience. Now that he had a professional training plan, such a large short-term improvement was not particularly surprising.
As for how that improvement would show in battle, that would naturally need to be proven through actual combat.
On the other hand, aside from his physical improvement, Kael had also unexpectedly gained quite a lot of experience over these two days. His level rose again, reaching level 15.
Do not misunderstand.
He had not officially started accepting Trainer challenges at the Gym yet.
The reason he had gained so much experience was entirely because of his harsh training.
The customized training plan that matched his body had increased his experience-gaining efficiency by at least five or six times compared with when he trained by himself before.
At this point, he was only one step away from reaching level 16 and completing his first evolution.
But Kael was not in a hurry.
After experiencing so many reincarnations, he still had that much patience.
Besides.
He could not forget his traditional craft.
In his previous two lives, to maximize his gains, he had deliberately stayed at the evolution bottleneck for quite a long time.
Naturally, this life could not be an exception.
Of course, emergencies were another matter.
Smack.
Kael casually untied the thick rubber band wrapped around his waist and threw it onto the ground.
The place he was in right now was a wide-open room of roughly a hundred square meters, brightly lit by the white lights overhead.
There were no walls dividing the space, and no obvious furniture. It looked almost like an empty indoor field.
The only unusual thing about it was the various strange training tools scattered around.
This was a training area the Gym had specially cleared out for Kael alone.
The thick black rubber band Kael had just thrown onto the ground was one of the important tools he used to train his explosive power.
One end of the rubber band was fixed to the wall, while the other end was tied around Kael's waist.
During training, he had to resist the pulling force dragging him backward while using every bit of strength in his body to sprint forward.
Only through this kind of repeated, dull physical conditioning could he obtain the fullest possible improvement.
And that was exactly what he pursued.
Although this place did not have the open freedom of the marine park, Kael had gained an incomparable sense of fulfillment inside the Gym.
With steps made slightly unsteady by the harsh training, Kael walked to the side. From a plate placed on the floor, he picked up a few crystal-clear blue energy cubes and tossed them into his mouth.
As he recovered his stamina, he thought quietly.
Over these two days, aside from devoting himself to training, he had also gradually gained a rough understanding of the Water-type Gym.
Compared with the university campus-like Fighting-type Gym in the Machamp world, Azure Bay's Water-type Gym was not especially large. It was probably only the size of several large stadiums.
However, there were quite a lot of people inside.
Aside from the Gym Leader, Evan, there were also many ordinary staff members responsible for handling all kinds of miscellaneous work.
They were not Trainers, and could not even really be called people working in the Pokémon industry.
They were just regular employees who came to work and went home each day.
Kael did not have much contact with them.
In addition to them, there were also many Trainer apprentices in the Gym.
Most of these apprentices were between seven and twelve years old. They studied knowledge related to Water-type Pokémon at the Gym, building a foundation for becoming professional Trainers in the future.
When Kael first entered the Gym, apprentice children often came to his room to watch him train.
Those innocent little ones probably thought that as long as they maintained contact with him, they might earn his recognition and one day take him into their teams.
Although Kael did not particularly want to shatter these human cubs' beautiful fantasies about Pokémon, he still chose to ignore them and pretend he had not seen them.
People had to grow up eventually.
That was what he told himself.
Later, perhaps because Evan was afraid those apprentices would disturb Kael's training, he warned them. After that, Kael's contact with those innocent young apprentices became almost nonexistent.
Kael was happy to enjoy the peace.
Hiss.
The sudden sound of the door opening ahead interrupted Kael's wandering thoughts during his rest.
He raised his eyes and looked over.
The figure appearing at the doorway was clearly the Gym Leader, Evan.
At that moment, Evan was bare-chested, revealing the fierce and terrifying Feraligatr tattoo across his chest.
As for his lower body, he was dressed extremely casually in a pair of red floral beach shorts.
On his feet were a pair of flip-flops.
"How is it? Are you ready?"
Evan smiled at Kael.
Kael did not answer.
He maintained his cold persona as usual.
He simply nodded, then walked in front of Evan.
He was ready.
He could accept the players' challenges at any time.
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