"Let's do it again," Fang Yuan said.
Eevee nodded, looking a little as if its life had lost all meaning.
Seeing Eevee still with this expression, Fang Yuan immediately said seriously:
"Don't use this kind of emotion."
"Bring out the energy you had when you were building sandcastles before."
"Just like then, I will be with you until you complete the special training."
This was special training, and Fang Yuan couldn't maintain his usual carefree attitude.
One minute on stage requires ten years of practice off stage.
If Eevee is afraid of hardship now, it will also be resistant to the training organized by the school after the semester starts.
And when it comes to the real battle, unless it actively admits defeat, the opponent will not show mercy out of pity.
The pain it will endure then will be several times, even dozens of times, what it is now.
"Eevee," Eevee called out firmly.
It also wants to become stronger, so it must overcome difficulties this time!
Thinking of Fang Yuan's companionship when it was building sandcastles, and their shared joy after success, Eevee suddenly felt a little ashamed, walked over and rubbed against Fang Yuan's body to show its determination.
"Very good, continue, yesterday your best result was 117 seconds, this morning, you need to complete the round trip sprint in 110 seconds. If you fail, lunch is canceled. You are not allowed to watch dramas for a week."
Eevee was immediately shocked and quickly ran back to the White Line.
These two punishments are almost fatal to it. You must know that since birth, Eevee has not suffered any major setbacks. It has always eaten well and drank well, and can watch its favorite dramas on its phone every day. If it suddenly loses these, Eevee will die.
So it had to stare seriously at the Dense Forest...
"Start!"
This time, because Fang Yuan hardened his heart and said some harsh words, Eevee did reflect a bit. Just like adults teach children that they can't always be spoiled, Pokémon also need appropriate education. However, due to instinct, Eevee's movements were still sometimes timid. This time, Fang Yuan didn't urge it, and let Eevee work hard on its own.
He himself was not idle, and began to exercise his body. Since some Secret Realms merged into the earth, the air elements have changed, and the physical fitness of human beings has slightly increased, but after training with Eevee yesterday, Fang Yuan's body was still a little overwhelmed, which was not the result he wanted.
After half a day, the scars on Eevee's body obviously accumulated a lot. Although Fang Yuan would always treat it, the pain was borne by Eevee. But unfortunately, it still failed to run within 110 seconds, only a little short.
Fang Yuan took the watch and didn't say much, and took the frustrated Eevee back home.
Lunch was gone...
It couldn't watch dramas either...
At this time, Eevee was very hungry due to half a day of training, and its stomach had already growled. Precisely because of this, Eevee was now very desperate. It understood that it had hope of running within 110 seconds, because of the acceleration of Tackle, its starting speed was much faster, but, due to some of its own instinctive reactions, its training efficiency still did not come up.
"This is lunch and Oran Berry."
After returning home, Fang Yuan simply busied himself for a while and handed the food to Eevee.
Seeing the food and Oran Berry, Eevee's eyes widened, a little puzzled.
"Not allowing you to eat lunch is a punishment for myself, not letting you watch dramas is a punishment for you. Eat quickly, and after you're done, take a nap. The special training will continue in the afternoon, and it will be even stricter," Fang Yuan said.
After placing the food in front of Eevee, Fang Yuan sat back on the sofa, closing his eyes to recall the special training from the morning.
He was already very satisfied with Eevee's changes. As for canceling Eevee's lunch, he had never considered it. With such a large amount of training, if he canceled Eevee's food, it wouldn't get enough nutrition, and it would be even harder for it to endure.
However, in order to make Eevee understand some things, there had to be punishment.
"Eevee…" At the same time, looking at the food in front of it and Fang Yuan, who looked just as tired, Eevee quickly pushed the Oran Berry in front of Fang Yuan and cried out after realizing what was happening.
After learning that it wasn't its food that was being canceled, but Fang Yuan's, Eevee found it even more unacceptable.
"Eat quickly."
Seeing Eevee's actions, Fang Yuan opened his eyes and shook his head: "Now that we've made a decision, we have to be stricter with ourselves. It's just one lunch, it's nothing. Eevee, remember, I am your Trainer, and for a long time to come, we will be a whole. Only by working together can we live a better life in the future."
At least… Eevee's current level of food expenses, Fang Yuan's financial resources can't support for too long.
Resources were already scarce, and if Eevee and he wasted them, Fang Yuan would not only feel sorry for Eevee, but also for his parents. This was why he was being strict.
It was also for himself. Fang Yuan had never thought of being mediocre from beginning to end. Trainer and Pokémon, as a whole, both prosper and suffer together. Their futures were already tied together.
Since that noon, after Eevee heard Fang Yuan's stomach growling, it also began to understand this point. It wasn't just a pet that Fang Yuan had to take care of, but a partner. It also needed to do something for its Trainer.
That day, Eevee devoted itself to training even more seriously. The training was extremely boring, but there were too few shortcuts to becoming stronger. At least Fang Yuan and Eevee couldn't find any shortcuts at the moment.
In the afternoon training, Eevee ran within 100 seconds. After letting go, it endured the pain and progressed rapidly, but the cost was that today's injuries could no longer be quickly resolved with wound medicine. Fang Yuan took the initiative to put it back into the Poké Ball for the first time and brought it to the Pokémon Center.
Because it was a rural area, the Pokémon Center here was a simple clinic, just like in the anime. It couldn't compare with those Pokémon Centers in Peaceful City and Modu, which were located in high-rise buildings and looked like regular hospitals.
There were very few Trainers in Nanwu Town, and the Pokémon Center was also very deserted. Most of the time, the doctors and nurses here were idle. After arriving here, Fang Yuan registered with his Trainer ID and handed over the Poké Ball, then began to wait.
About half an hour later, a female nurse who looked like an intern came out of the ward pushing a small cart. At this time, Eevee had recovered as before and was lively trying to jump towards Fang Yuan from the cart.
"How is Eevee?" Fang Yuan took Eevee and held it in his arms.
"It's nothing serious, this is your Poké Ball," the nurse said.
Fang Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Although it was just some skin trauma, and he had used wound medicine in advance, he was really afraid that something unexpected would happen.
Although the Pokémon Center was not large, Fang Yuan was very satisfied with its efficiency.
He would patronize it again.
Eevee: ???
Thank you all for your rewards. There are too many people, so I won't thank you one by one. Holding my head to save my life.
Finally! Asking for recommendation tickets!
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