After a brief understanding, Yu Huijun and Fu Ningna temporarily put aside the absurd height issue of Yu Feng, after all, maybe Psychic-type Pokémon have special ways of taking care of people?
Perhaps they can even make people grow taller? Ten years old and 1.7 meters tall isn't that absurd... probably? After all, many middle school students in the China Alliance are already 1.8 meters tall.
"But I'm still curious, why are you traveling here instead of studying with us, especially since you speak Mandarin so standardly?"
Although she had dropped her inquiry into his height, Fu Ningna was still curious why he wasn't studying in his hometown but was traveling here in Kanto.
At this age, he should be in elementary school. For example, she herself is entering university this year for further studies, although university studies are no longer useful for her.
"moga!"
The very steady Oshawott held his shell in his hand and slammed it on the ground, interrupting Fu Ningna's chattering. This kind of thing is clearly someone else's privacy; why does she care why he isn't studying?
"It's fine, it's fine, don't blame her. It's actually not a big deal. It's just that all my knowledge was taught at home. What they teach at school now is completely different. By the way, aren't you named Oshawott?"
Yu Feng waved his hand, signaling Oshawott not to criticize his Trainer. This kind of thing wasn't strange. Pokémon without money or status couldn't register their children for school. Those like him, who hadn't completely disconnected from humans, were already a minority.
Most children raised by cat and dog Pokémon already lived no different from savages. He himself had seen children raised by Primeape when he went out. If his mother hadn't said they were human infants, he would have thought they were some undiscovered species.
"moga."
Oshawott nodded and then shook his head, indicating that most of the name was correct, but there was still a slight error.
"Mmm! Oshawott, are you really speaking ill of me like that? Eh~~ Wait, can you understand what he's saying?"
Watching the interaction between Oshawott and Yu Feng, even if Fu Ningna was slow, she knew Oshawott must have been speaking ill of her, otherwise Yu Feng wouldn't have said something like "don't blame her." She herself could only roughly guess what Oshawott wanted to say from his expressions and actions after spending a long time with him.
But Yu Feng, who was meeting him for the first time, shouldn't know, unless... "Unless you can understand Pokémon language."
Yu Huijun clapped his hands excitedly. He himself had to rely on his Pokémon to translate for him.
Yu Feng, however, could directly converse with Pokémon without guessing their meaning. This was the natural makings of a researcher and a Trainer!
"No, I only understand a little bit."
Yu Feng humbly accepted Yu Huijun's praise, making a small gesture with his hand to show his humility.
Yu Huijun rolled his eyes at Yu Feng, his words full of a sour tone: "'Only understand a little bit,' what a good one. Being overly humble isn't a good thing. I also rely on my partners to translate the general meaning to me."
"Gallade!"
Gallade suddenly poked his head over, muttering something to Yu Huijun, while his eyes occasionally glanced at the love ball hanging on Yu Feng's chest, with an indescribable apprehension in his gaze.
"Mhm, mhm, mhm, I understand."
Listening to Gallade's words, Yu Huijun nodded repeatedly, seemingly affirming what he said.
"Uncle Yu, has work been arranged over there?"
Fu Ningna curiously watched Gallade whispering over there. As someone who knew why Yu Huijun had caught this Gallade, she was quite curious about what was so mysterious.
The Oshawott at her side couldn't even hold Fu Ningna back. His mission was originally a secret; if you ask it out, the problem would be big, let alone with an outsider... a foreign Pokémon present.
"Oh, no. Gallade, you know I don't understand what you're saying. Please just pack it directly into my mind next time."
After explaining to Fu Ningna that it wasn't that issue, Yu Huijun earnestly told Gallade that he couldn't understand his words and that next time he should just pack what he wanted to say and tell him directly with Psychic, like Metagross and the others.
Otherwise, he wouldn't understand anything he said, wouldn't that mess things up?
"Gallade..."
Hearing Yu Huijun's words, Gallade instantly had dot eyes. Then how did he understand what he was saying before?
Wait a moment, according to what he said, it seemed that Metagross and the others always had a Pokémon present before. But now, Indeedee, perhaps because she rarely saw her own kind, had warned him not to come over and then went to chat with that person's Indeedee.
It seemed there really was no one to translate for him anymore. Given this, Gallade could only convey his meaning to his Trainer through Psychic.
Really, he always acts like this, making him think he could understand.
Yu Huijun, who had re-received Gallade's meaning, looked thoughtful, nodded, and couldn't help but look at the love ball on Yu Feng's chest.
"By the way, um, I'll call you Little Yu, okay? Little Yu, do you want to have a battle with Fu Ningna? Don't let her unreliability fool you, she's our Water-type Gym Leader over there. It'll be a good way to get familiar with her team and prepare for challenging the Gym later."
Yu Huijun thought for a while and didn't know how to address Yu Feng, so he simply called him Little Yu. After all, he was younger than him, so calling him Little Yu was fine.
He began to egg on Yu Feng to battle Fu Ningna, just to gather information on the Gym Leader's team. They were already challenging the Indigo League, so they would definitely have to challenge their Gym later.
"Huh? Who are you calling unreliable? If Oshawott wasn't holding me back, I would have taught you a good lesson today!"
Fu Ningna heard Yu Huijun's words and made a gesture of rolling up her sleeves. Oshawott symbolically tugged at her ankle, after all, he knew his own Trainer well. She only dared to act so jumpy when he was by her side.
If he let go, she would immediately turn into a quail, he guaranteed. She really wasn't thinking about her position compared to his.
Thinking this, Oshawott let go of her hand, wanting to see what his Trainer would do.
Who knew that as soon as he let go, Fu Ningna felt it. She looked down at the indifferent Oshawott, then squatted down, took his small hand, and put it back on her ankle. Then she bared her little fangs at Yu Huijun again.
It seemed like she wouldn't be done until he gave her an explanation.
Yu Feng watched the Oshawott beside him, who looked utterly resigned, and almost couldn't hold back his laughter. How did that saying go?
'A person relying on Oshawott's influence.'
"A person relying on Oshawott's influence."
