At six in the morning, Nobunaga woke up always feeling as if something was pressing on his stomach.
Opening his eyes to take a look, it turned out Koffing was mischievously rising and falling on his stomach.
Nobunaga immediately stretched out both hands and hugged Koffing, stroking it as he said, "Are you trying to wake me up? Or are you hungry?"
Koffing flew to the side, took a big breath in and slowly breathed out, then took another big breath in.
"So you're hungry. I'll prepare breakfast for you right now."
Nobunaga opened the "wet garbage" he bought yesterday and poured it into Koffing's food bowl, then poured some canned gas into it as well.
"Koffing, eat breakfast!"
Koffing looked at Nobunaga and said, "Gas!"
Nobunaga understood what Koffing meant: "You don't need to worry about me. In a bit I'll go with Menyan and Stone to the cafeteria to eat breakfast."
After hearing Nobunaga's words, Koffing felt relieved and started eating from the food bowl in big mouthfuls.
Nobunaga also took this time to wash up and get dressed. After he finished tidying up, Koffing had also finished the food in the bowl.
"Alright, Koffing, let's go find Menyan and the others."
In the dormitory corridor: "Dang, Menyan, wake up!"
After Menyan opened the door, Nobunaga realized Stone was also in his room.
"You guys got up pretty early too. How come Stone came over to Menyan's place?" Nobunaga said.
Stone replied, "After waking up in the morning, I came over to find Menyan after feeding Zubat. The two of us were just about to go find you together."
"Alright then. Since everyone's here, let's go eat breakfast together, then get familiar with the base, and in the afternoon go to the training ground to train!" Nobunaga said to the two of them.
The two replied, "Okay, let's go eat breakfast together. I need to make up for yesterday noon's portion." The latter sentence was added by Menyan.
The three of them then got up and went out the door, walking toward the cafeteria. Unexpectedly, they saw a familiar figure again at the cafeteria entrance.
"Brother Yingcai, why are you here? Don't tell me you're waiting for us here again?" Nobunaga asked Yingcai.
Yingcai looked at the three and said, "That's right, I'm waiting for you here. Today I'm going to take you around the base and get familiar with the various areas."
Nobunaga responded, "Then we'll have to trouble Brother Yingcai."
The four of them then walked into the cafeteria and started eating breakfast.
After a meal of sweeping everything away, Yingcai said, "I'll take you to the assembly hall to have a look first." After saying that, he got up and led the way.
The three immediately followed, and after not walking long, they arrived at the assembly hall.
"The assembly hall is usually where cadres give instructions. On Saturdays there are knowledge classroom lectures here, and on Sundays there will be classes here about our Team Rocket."
He took the three around, getting familiar with the assembly hall.
Then Yingcai said, "Next I'll take you to the trade market. You can trade freely there."
After arriving at the market, the three looked at the market filled with crowds. Menyan asked, "It's only eight in the morning—why are there so many people here?"
Yingcai immediately replied, "Do you think everyone is rich? Taking materials you don't need to exchange for necessary resources is an ability every Trainer must have."
Then he added, "After all, if you hand it directly over to the resources department, the materials you can exchange for are too few—three tenths less than what we trade in the market!" Yingcai said with an indignant face.
Seeing this scene, Menyan didn't dare say much more.
Next, Yingcai brought them to the training ground and said, "Pokémon strength is divided into five stages: ordinary, elite, quasi-Elite Four, Elite Four, champion."
"And your Pokémon are all still at the ordinary stage right now."
As Yingcai said this, he reached out and took out a Poké Ball. A red light flashed, and they saw a mighty big snake coiled in the center of the training ground.
"This is my partner Arbok. You should properly feel the pressure on its body—this is a characteristic only the elite level has," Yingcai said.
Looking at the three, he also said, "Originally I would have finished introducing things to you yesterday, and my task would have been completed, but I still haven't formed a squad."
After saying that, Yingcai drew out his words and said, "I want you, if possible, to join my squad a month later. In other words, I've taken a liking to you."
After Yingcai finished speaking, he looked at the three.
Nobunaga immediately replied, "Although I don't know what the assignment will be like a month later, if there's a chance, we will definitely join Brother Yingcai's squad."
After seeing Nobunaga answer like this, Yingcai withdrew Arbok and turned around and left.
"Nobunaga, you just agreed to him like that?" Menyan looked at Nobunaga and asked.
"After all, we just arrived, and Brother Yingcai also took care of us. With things said to this point, we can't just directly refuse him."
"Besides, the assignment matter won't be decided until a month later. Our opinion might not necessarily be useful; it still depends on the assignment from above." Nobunaga explained to the two.
After finishing the topic, the three released their own small Pokémon.
After Koffing came out and saw Nobunaga, it quickly flew to his side and started circling around him.
Looking at Koffing, Nobunaga said to it, "Koffing, you have to work hard today too!"
"Gas gas!"
Looks like today's Koffing is full of energy too!