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It is normal for a girl with a strong self-esteem like Lurina to find it difficult to accept.

But Bai Ye had no relatives or friends with her, and he didn't intend to show kindness to any girl he met and release his Yasasi. Naturally, he was too lazy to take the initiative to care about her mood.

In fact, even when fighting with his own apprentice, he would not show any mercy.

The battle is brutal.

Winning is winning, losing is losing, there is no such thing as giving in or friendly games.

Unless it is for the purpose of comprehending a certain realm or gaining certain insights, Bai Ye will increase the difficulty of the battle and impose self-restrictions on his disciple Bear to indirectly prolong the game.

Just like when I fought against Yalu before.

By limiting your own perception, you can stimulate the evolution of your perception.

From this, one can comprehend the realm of the [explosive] energy of nature.

But the breath of water, this natural air.

After realizing the breath of grass in the natural energy during the battle between Disciple Xiong and Ya Luo, he also realized it.

After all, when they were on the Isle of Armor, the Pokémon that fought with it the most, besides Caidou's Pokémon, was the [Sea of ​​Fitness]'s Whale King, which had high health, high defense, and was very resistant to attacks.

To be honest, in Bai Ye's opinion, although it was a wild overlord.

But when it comes to surfing, the King of the Roaring Whales can be said to have mastered it to perfection.

If it is allowed to Gigantamax and then use this move, it will be like Kyogre's Bonga. The tsunami created by its Surfing Technique can even be as high as a twenty-story building.

In terms of momentum, it is no less powerful than the legendary water Pokémon.

Of course, it is far less powerful.

even so.

Even if Lurina's strongest turtle is Gigantamaxed, it may not be able to perform water-type moves of that level.

In view of this, Apprentice Bear actually could not gain anything from the battle with Lurina.

Bai Ye naturally wouldn't waste time fighting her.

"Here, this is the gym badge for the Mizufune Arena."

Lurina handed Bai Ye a small box with wavy patterns on it.

Bai Ye took it and opened it, and saw the [Water Badge] lying inside, and smiled.

This completes 2/7 of the goal.

Next, he and Caidou will go back to Jiqing City to attend the opening ceremony of the alliance.

Although Caidou is on vacation now, she still needs to appear in major events related to the alliance.

Bai Ye didn't mind returning to Jiqing City.

Because this was his destination.

His intention was clear.

After the opening ceremony, you can catch the Mecha City Gym Leader who is running around and get a badge.

As for taking out all the gym leaders at once.

Although he has the ability to do so, doing so goes against the rules of the gym challenge.

Since it is a gym challenge, it naturally counts only if the competition is officially held in each gym, not just if the competition is held by the gym leader.

Otherwise, the gym leader will be annoyed when traveling outside.

To some extent, this is also a rule to protect their freedom of private life.

Of course, even if he can't fight directly, it would be a good thing for Bai Ye to meet all the gym leaders at once.

Because he can get everyone's contact information, he can avoid the situation where the gym leader is not there when he goes to the other party's gym later.

"Then we'll leave."

After receiving the badge, Bai Ye didn't say any boring polite words like "very exciting game", but said goodbye directly.

She glanced at Caidou beside her. She knew Lurina, but they were not very familiar with each other. They just greeted each other when they met just now and didn't talk anymore.

Bai Ye thought that there was nothing interesting to see in Shuizhou Town, so he turned around, called Caidou, and prepared to set off for Jiqing City.

"Let's go, Caidou."

"Uh-huh!"

Caidou nodded obediently.

Although the battle just now was short, it gave her a lot of new insights.

Superman Senior Brother Xiong (Caidou calls Bai Ye Master and Apprentice Xiong Senior Brother, because Apprentice Xiong is her sparring partner most of the time) has made further progress in his control of Qi.

This can be seen from the fact that he can release the [True Qi Fist] smoothly without reducing its power.

She also has to work hard, otherwise she will not be able to keep up with her master!

Lurina looked at the backs of the two people turning and leaving, recalling the scene of the previous battle, and bit her lip.

It is very damaging to your self-esteem to make a request to someone who has easily defeated you.

But she finally overcame herself, mustered up the courage, clenched her fists and shouted.

"Mr. Bai Ye! Please wait a moment!"

Because it was a request, she used honorifics at this moment.

Bai Ye and Cai Dou paused and turned to look at Lulina.

"What's wrong? Is there anything else?"

"Can I ask a question?"

ask questions?

Bai Ye looked into Lulina's aqua-blue eyes, and he felt familiar with something hidden in them.

"Then ask."

It's just a waste of a few minutes.

He could probably guess what Lurina was thinking.

Although he is not the type to show kindness, since the girl has asked him for help, he is not that cold-hearted.

Harm, it was another feat of saving a lost girl.

Should I give myself the title of "Life Coach"?

Bai Ye was lost in thought.

"First of all, thank you very much, Bai Ye!"

Bai Ye was caught off guard when Lurina opened her mouth.

Why are you thanking me for this?

I ravaged you and you thank me?

Shake M?

"Thank you for waking me up. Otherwise, I might not be able to see my own weakness and would not be willing to admit it."

Lulina didn't know what Bai Ye was complaining about in his heart, but he spoke seriously with his eyes.

Think back to just now.

Before the battle started, Lurina wondered why Bai Ye didn't wear the [Gigantamax Watch], so he wouldn't be able to use Gigantamax.

Bai Ye said that his bear apprentice was challenging himself, and challenging in a non-gigantic form would make the trial more effective.

Lurina asked if the other Pokémon were also there for the trial.

Bai Ye shook his head and said that only his disciple Xiong would be enough.

When Lurina heard that the opponent planned to use only one Pokémon without using Gigantamax to challenge her entire team, she was extremely angry.

She has always been concerned about being underestimated in terms of her abilities.

As a result, the battle officially began.

Lurina was outnumbered four at once.

Including the time for changing Pokémon in a normal challenge, she couldn't even last ten minutes, and the bear apprentice acted very easily.

The strongest turtle didn't even have time to grow to its maximum size before being knocked down by the bear apprentice who opened his eyes last with a [Qi Fist].

At that moment, Lurina opened her eyes wide and was emotionally broken.

"The question I want to ask is."

In her mind, the scene of the disastrous defeat played like a slide show. She took a deep breath and asked.

"Is it really correct for me to be both a model and a gym leader?"

Recalling the time when they lost in the first round of the league competition, President Roz and Oliver warned and sarcastically said to them in the backcourt.

Lurina felt like she couldn't breathe.

She meant it like a drowning fish that has forgotten its ability to breathe in water.

Lost the instinct to swim freely in the water.

Looking at the lost Lurina, Bai Ye reached out his hand.

"Clap--"

The loud clapping woke up Lurina, whose eyes were gradually becoming dim.

"What's with that expression on your face?"

"What's with that dejected look?"

"Ugh?"

Lurina was stunned.

Bai Ye ignored her reaction and continued speaking.

“Failure is not terrible, but doubting your life and dreams is a terrible thing.”

"Is it correct to be both a model and a gym leader?"

"Answers given by others are always wrong. Only your own inner choice is the true answer."

"I don't know your answer, Lurina."

Bai Ye paused.

"But if you lose your fighting spirit just because of a small setback like this, you will only fail again and again in every aspect."

He reached out and handed Lurina a fashion magazine from the magazine shelf in the backroom.

"Aren't you confident and beautiful in the fashion magazines?"

"If you don't want to continue losing, then bring this confidence and beauty into the battle."

Lurina looked at the cover of the magazine in her hand, which showed her playing with Pokémon in the water, confident, generous and beautiful, and seemed to understand something.

"But, if I'm a model and a gym leader at the same time, won't that distract from my limited talents?"

"I don't have the confidence to do two jobs at the same time and do both well."

Bai Ye smiled and asked.

"So, do you like modeling?"

"like."

"Where's the gym leader?"

"I like it too."

"That's enough."

"You didn't do these two jobs just to become the strongest, did you? Do you remember why you became a model and gym leader in the first place?"

"Just because I'm happy."