Wooden Pole Town was close to Traceback Town, only about 20 kilometers away.
Running at the front, Saitou and the others, carrying milk crates, arrived first at the most prominent villa in the small town.
"Hello, today's milk delivery is here."
Saitou called out at the entrance.
"You're early as usual, Saitou."
A stylish woman with beautiful orange hair walked out of the villa - it was Luluna's best friend, Sonia.
"Woof woof!"
Sonia's Yamper eagerly rushed out, wagging its little tail at Saitou.
Its eyes were fixed intently on the Moomoo Milk in the crate.
This was the research facility where Sonia and her grandmother, Professor Magnolia, conducted Pokémon research.
"But running all the way here from Traceback Town, your training is quite intense..."
Sonia commented with a light chuckle as she took the Moomoo Milk from Saitou and poured it into her Yamper's milk bowl.
"Hah... hah... hah..."
Suddenly hearing familiar-sounding panting from outside, Sonia raised an eyebrow and walked out.
There, she saw her best friend Luluna, pale-faced and looking like she was about to faint, one hand clutching her chest, the other bracing against the research facility's wall, breathing heavily.
"Lu-Luluna?! Why are you also..."
Startled, Sonia quickly went to support her friend.
Luluna barely managed to look up at her friend, wanting to say something but unable to get a word out.
Right now, she just wanted to breathe to ease the intense pain in her lungs.
Although Luluna usually maintained her supermodel figure through swimming and yoga,
Running twenty kilometers at once, and having to keep up with Kubfu and other Pokémon, not to mention Saitou who was like a human Pokémon herself.
This trip had nearly killed her.
After helping Luluna sit down inside the research facility, Sonia poured her a glass of water.
After a while, Luluna finally caught her breath.
"What's going on? Why are you with Saitou and Sun-san?"
Sonia asked curiously.
"I... I want to become stronger too..."
Luluna's face was still pale.
"But you didn't have to run with them, did you?"
Sonia couldn't help but comment.
Sun Wuming had been delivering Moomoo Milk with Saitou and Kubfu for nearly two months, which was how they got to know Sonia and the others.
Sonia had learned from Saitou that she was training under this man called "Sun Wuming."
But she hadn't expected her best friend to get involved too.
It was one thing to have your Pokémon join in, but why risk your life personally?
Did she want to be like Saitou and train to become a human-like Pokémon, fighting battles herself?
"Master, if we keep going like this, we won't make the delivery time."
Saitou quickly finished a bottle of Moomoo Milk and said to Sun Wuming.
Girls in puberty need to drink lots of milk to grow taller - that's what Sun Wuming had taught her.
Well... and to grow in other ways too.
Sun Wuming checked his timer again and pointed his index finger outward.
The well-trained Kubfu, Machoke, and other Pokémon quickly picked up the milk crates and headed toward the next town, Hulbury.
Seeing this, Luluna's Pokémon didn't dare delay and followed closely behind.
Saitou, not wanting to fall behind, also ran out carrying a milk crate.
Sun Wuming turned to Luluna and said:
"You should rest here, we're heading out."
With that, Sun Wuming also turned and left the research facility.
After all, Luluna was just an ordinary woman, and the strength she sought was merely to become a powerful trainer like Leon.
Unlike Sun Wuming or Saitou, she wasn't pursuing physical strength.
Therefore, Sun Wuming had never intended to force her to exercise with them.
"W-wait for me!"
Seeing everyone's figures getting further away, Luluna hurriedly got up from her seat, but as soon as her feet touched the ground,
The sharp pain surging from her abdomen to her brain made her stumble and nearly fall.
"Where do you think you're going? Just rest!"
Sonia supported her friend again and tapped her forehead with her finger:
"Don't tell me you want to end up with muscles like Saitou?"
Truth be told, Saitou's six-pack abs that were more prominent than 95% of men's, along with her muscles slightly bulging under her tight clothes,
Did emit a different kind of charm from beauties like Luluna and Sonia.
But to become like that... Sonia secretly shuddered - never in a million years!
"Blastoise and the others are all working hard, I... I can't slack off!"
Luluna shook her head and limped along, barely moving faster than walking speed as she tried to follow.
Sonia silently watched her friend's retreating figure, completely puzzled.
When Pokémon train, do trainers have to join in too?
What kind of logic was that?
Sonia suspected her friend had been led astray by Sun Wuming and Saitou, these weird master and disciple whose brains seemed to be made of muscle.
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