Xia Huna opened the door to the training room and walked in with Li Qiufeng.
"Old Li, how do we apply for our school's training room?"
Li Qiufeng looked at Xia Huna, "Coach Xia, you haven't used the training room before?"
Xia Huna shook his head, "No, I usually just train wherever I go, I don't really use training rooms."
"Then no wonder. There are two hundred training rooms in the school. Generally, only teachers can use them, and as an assistant coach, you can also use them. As for students, they can only use them after getting approval. This is also to enhance the competitiveness among students."
"I see. Then why doesn't your school team use these training rooms?"
Li Qiufeng explained, "Actually, I can use a training room too, but the school team always has meetings together, so for several generations now, we've been using the large training room converted from the battle arena, which is more convenient."
After a brief discussion with Li Qiufeng about the training room, Xia Huna and Li Qiufeng began their specialized training.
Xia Huna hung a large sandbag in the training room: "Here's what I'm thinking. You first spar with Grovyle and attack this sandbag. Don't use your full strength, just hit it. Gradually increase your power, and try to control your strength without using that technique first."
Li Qiufeng followed Xia Huna's instructions, punching the sandbag with Grovyle. The sandbag was very heavy, and even Grovyle's full strength couldn't budge it.
Seeing Li Qiufeng start his training, Xia Huna sat on the side and took out his Berry Pokémon to make Pokéblocks.
Xia Huna had opened a new discussion forum for Berry Pokémon on their official website. It hadn't been long before they received recipes for Pokéblocks with various effects. One particularly skilled netizen even researched over ten unique recipes single-handedly, earning him the title of Berry Expert among netizens. This was unexpected for Xia Huna, as their initial research suggested Pokéblocks didn't have special effects. However, Xia Huna understood that just like buying a lottery ticket, even though it's all about combinations, some combinations are extraordinary and win the jackpot.
The recipe Xia Huna was using now was researched by this Berry Expert. It could speed up the energy recovery of Pokémon. The recipe contained seven or eight types of berries, but the total amount was only equivalent to four berries, which seemed to exploit a bug in the berry-making energy.
Xia Huna sighed while making Pokéblocks, "I think I should suggest to the school that they should put a few top-of-the-line Berry Pokémon machines in these training rooms. Otherwise, how long will it take with these small ones?"
Li Qiufeng, after hitting the sandbag for a long time, sat down to rest, "Coach Xia, is this kind of practice useful?"
Xia Huna thought for a moment and then placed a device next to the large sandbag: "Look at this. This tester can detect the power of a Pokémon's attack, but I've made some adjustments to the equipment and set a range. If your attack power is outside this range, it will beep. When it stops beeping, we can move on to the next stage of training."
Li Qiufeng looked at the device, "Is this thing reliable?"
Xia Huna pointed at the sandbag, "You'll know after one punch?"
Li Qiufeng looked at the sandbag, "Grovyle, attack!"
Grovyle threw a punch, and the sandbag made a dull thud. Immediately after, the measuring device Xia Huna had made emitted a piercing buzz. Xia Huna covered his ears, "Damn it, what did I set this to? I need to change it, change it."
The buzzing sound ended shortly after. Xia Huna, holding his head, went over to the device and began modifying the parameters. Although he wasn't particularly skilled in mechanics, he could handle some basic settings by association.
Xia Huna directly connected the device's alarm to his headphones and casually kicked the sandbag.
He heard a piercing buzz in his headphones. Xia Huna nodded with satisfaction, then handed the headphones to Li Qiufeng, "What do you think, Old Li? Don't you think this invention is a revolutionary advancement?"
Li Qiufeng looked at Xia Huna's outstretched hand, "Coach Xia, you're being a bit unfair."
"It's better one person suffers than everyone. Put it on quickly. You won't speed up your progress without some pressure."
Under Xia Huna's coercion and enticement, Li Qiufeng put on the headphones and began his miserable training.
Xia Huna lay on the side watching Li Qiufeng train, then stood up, "I've decided, I'm going to give Froakie some special training too."
The afternoon passed quickly. Seeing Li Qiufeng on the verge of a nervous breakdown from the buzzing sound, Xia Huna went over and took off his headphones, "How is it, Old Li? Can you still take it?"
Li Qiufeng nodded, "Don't worry, Coach Xia, I can take it."
Xia Huna put the headphones on and kicked the sandbag, "Hmm? Why is there no sound?"
He took off the headphones to check them, then looked at Li Qiufeng, "Good job, kid. I thought you didn't have many tricks up your sleeve, but you pulled this one on me."
Xia Huna dismantled the headphones directly and reverted to the original settings, "I'm going all out."
...
Under Xia Huna's high-pressure tactics, it only took two or three days for Grovyle to be able to control its strength, although this was due to the very wide range Xia Huna had set.
Xia Huna looked at Li Qiufeng, "Next, we can proceed to the second stage of training. Do you still remember that feeling?"
Li Qiufeng shook his head. He and Grovyle occasionally landed a punch or two, and the feeling hadn't faded from their minds.
Xia Huna pointed at the large sandbag, "Come on, try punching this sandbag."
Li Qiufeng took a deep breath and shouted, "Grovyle, attack!"
Grovyle punched, and this time the sandbag made an even louder sound and visibly shook. Xia Huna and Li Qiufeng stared at Grovyle's condition. After the punch, Grovyle was a bit tired but didn't collapse.
Seeing Grovyle's condition, Xia Huna asked the system, "System, how should Grovyle's state be classified?"
The system scanned for a moment, "It should be considered fatigue. It hasn't lost the ability to fight, it just can't throw that punch again in a short time."
"What about other skills? For example, can Bite be used?"
"Unclear, you'll have to try."
Xia Huna looked at Li Qiufeng, "Li Qiufeng, strike while the iron is hot and use a skill!"
Li Qiufeng heard him and commanded Grovyle, "Grovyle, use Bite."
Although Grovyle was a bit listless, it opened its mouth and bit. However, the Bite attack was slow and not very powerful.
Despite the lingering flaws, Xia Huna and Li Qiufeng were already satisfied.
"Okay, what we need to do next is figure out how to help Grovyle recover its combat ability quickly. Otherwise, after this punch, it'll just have to take hits."
"Then how do we do that?"
"What? Don't you have any ideas of your own? Do you rely on me for everything?"
"Who told you to be the coach?"
Li Qiufeng spread his hands, sat on the ground, adopting a rogue-like stance. Xia Huna looked at the unusually styled Li Qiufeng and took out his phone to call Yan Chunyu, "Hello, Sister Chunyu, can you come here? Yes, training room number three."
Xia Huna called Yan Chunyu over and pointed at Li Qiufeng, saying to her, "Sister Chunyu, I have a task for you. Create a training plan for the captain to improve his stamina and energy. You have much more experience in this area than I do. I can only think of ways to improve him in battles."
Yan Chunyu took out a stack of papers, "I've already prepared it. As soon as you two came here to train, Teacher Tong asked me to start preparing for this."
Xia Huna took Yan Chunyu's plan and read it carefully, "Hmm, I think it's quite good, but this part needs to be changed."
Yan Chunyu looked over, and Xia Huna pointed out issues with the dietary recommendations, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong with this meal plan?"
"Of course, it's wrong. This is for our captain. The captain works hard for the school team, so we need to strengthen the effects."
Xia Huna then listed a string of ingredients, "All these ingredients should be arranged for our captain. And occasionally, some Chinese medicine, right?"
Before Yan Chunyu could speak, Li Qiufeng voiced his dissent, "No, I'm your brother-in-law, you can't ruin me like this."
Li Qiufeng's words made Xia Huna slap his forehead, "You reminded me, I forgot. What if you go to my sister for extra meals? I need to tell my sister in advance so you can't take advantage of any loopholes."
Seeing Xia Huna reach for his phone, Li Qiufeng panicked, "No, you absolutely cannot do that!"
...
In the end, Xia Huna's authority prevailed, and Li Qiufeng had to sign an unequal treaty. The treaty stipulated that he would not have freedom of diet until he completed all the special training for this skill.
However, Xia Huna did leave him a loophole, which was that he didn't restrict Li Qiufeng's consumption of Pokéblocks.
Two more days passed, and it was almost the middle of the month. On this day, Tong Ruo brought the school team students to the training room.
As they entered the training room, Tong Ruo immediately asked, "How is it? Has your special training yielded any results?"
Li Qiufeng looked at Xia Huna, hoping he would give a definitive answer.
"It's basically successful, though in my opinion, some issues with its usage haven't been resolved yet. However, it's ready for battle. Shall we have one of the students try it out?"
Xia Huna's gaze fell upon the students, and they simply looked back at Xia Huna.
"See? Everyone's opinion is that you and Li Qiufeng should give a demonstration."