LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 5: Chapter 5 — Teaching Haki
"Champion Leon, your total comes to 183,500 League credits. Would you like to pay cash or card?"
At the counter, the receptionist asked Leon with a smile.
What?!
Hearing that number, Leon nearly jumped three feet in the air.
He almost shouted "Is this a scam?!"
But when he turned to look at the table where Sun Wuming and Sonia were sitting...
The stacked dishes had accumulated into a small mountain over five meters high.
In the end, Leon could only hold back tears as he handed over his bank card with trembling hands.
Now he'd have to take on more advertising deals.
Oh, my savings...
Sonia patted her round little belly and looked at her own stack of plates that was only half a meter high.
Comparing it to Sun Wuming's stack that was over five meters high, she thought that her master was truly impressive, and she still had a long way to go.
"Master, when will you start training me?"
Sonia asked while wiping a trace of cream from the corner of her mouth.
"Hmm... first I need to see what you're capable of."
After thinking for a moment, Sun Wuming stood up and said:
"Follow me."
"Yes!"
Sonia responded and quickly followed.
The bear apprentice also waddled after them on its short legs.
Leon stroked his chin beard, unable to contain his curiosity, and followed along.
...
...
At the seaside of Hulbury.
Sun Wuming and Sonia stood facing each other, and he beckoned with his right hand:
"Alright, come at me with full force. Let me see what you can do."
"Excuse my impudence, Master!"
Sonia brought her left palm and right fist together in salute to Sun Wuming, then took up a Bruce Lee-style fighting stance.
"Hyah!"
Sonia suddenly shouted, charging forward with a flying kick toward Sun Wuming.
Sun Wuming made no unnecessary movements, simply raising his hand to grab Sonia's ankle mid-air.
With a twist of his hand, he slammed the seventeen-year-old girl hard onto the ground.
Despite all her rigorous training, her feet surprisingly had no calluses and felt quite smooth to the touch.
If there were any foot fetishists around, they'd probably want to... ahem, never mind that.
"Your forward strikes lack power, your reverse strikes lack precision, your footwork is loose, your reactions are slow, not a single move looks proper. And you want to be my disciple like this?"
Sun Wuming frowned as he released Sonia's foot.
"I-I'm ashamed, Master!"
Sonia quickly knelt down and bowed her head:
"Please guide me!"
"Um, Mr. Sun, isn't there something odd about this training?"
At this point, Leon couldn't help but comment:
"Are you training Sonia herself or her Pokémon?"
As a Pokémon trainer, shouldn't you have her bring out her Pokémon for training? Why are you two humans fighting?
Though that flying kick of Sonia's seemed comparable to some lower-level Pokémon moves.
If she had kicked him... Leon secretly gulped.
The atmosphere became awkward for a moment.
Sun Wuming almost couldn't stop himself from facepalming.
How did he forget about that?
But he couldn't lose face in front of his cute disciple.
So Sun Wuming calmly said: "I know, but before training Pokémon, I need to know the trainer's capabilities. Even if the Pokémon is strong, if the trainer can't keep up, they're still useless."
"As expected of Master!"
Sonia had practically turned into Sun Wuming's devoted fan.
Leon: "..."
He felt personally attacked.
Since he was weak at fighting, did that make him useless too?
"Leon, what are you all doing?"
Just then, a female voice called out.
Leon turned to look and saw a breathtaking beauty.
Deep blue, almost black hair falling to her waist, delicate features with an exotic charm, a perfect supermodel figure, and most striking of all, her unusual coffee-colored skin.
She exuded a fatal attraction.
It was none other than the Hulbury Gym Leader, Nessa!
Noticing Sonia and Sun Wuming standing face to face, Nessa paused in surprise and asked:
"Oh? Isn't that Sonia? And who's that man?"
"Uh... I'll explain later, just watch for now."
Leon said while scratching his cheek.
"Come out, Machamp!"
Sonia swung her arm forcefully, calling out her strongest Pokémon, Machamp.
"Come at me with your strongest attack."
Sun Wuming said calmly.
"Mach?"
The female Machamp looked completely bewildered, having never heard such a request before.
Nessa, watching from the side, widened her eyes in shock, thinking this man must be crazy.
"Do as Master says."
Sonia called out.
Hearing this, Machamp nodded and gathered all its energy into its right fist, which burst into deep red light as it swung at Sun Wuming.
It was Dynamic Punch!
Sun Wuming's brows furrowed as he reached out to grab Machamp's wrist from the side, and in the next instant twisted sharply, flipping Machamp onto the ground.
"My goodness!"
Nessa's eyes bulged, wondering if she was dreaming.
The next second, Sun Wuming suddenly extended his leg, striking Machamp's side with a "splash" as he kicked it into the nearby sea.
Half a minute later, Machamp swam back from the seafloor looking quite disheveled.
Sun Wuming crossed his arms over his chest and said disappointedly:
"Whether human or trainer, your fighting style is too straightforward. Anyone with a bit of experience can see through it."
"Please guide us, Master!"
Sonia and Machamp bowed together.
"Now I'll teach you a special technique."
After thinking for a moment, Sun Wuming announced:
"Haki!"
Haki?!
Hearing these words, all three present were startled.
What was that?
They'd never heard of it before.
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