>>36528682>the gym leader’s job is to be beaten y people I’ve never really understood why people think of it this way. The point of a gym is to challenge you so you grow. Not everyone is an impossible prodigy like the main characters, and a lot of trainers look up to or straight up can’t beat gym leaders. Volkner was so tired of not being given a challenge that he almost retired from boredom to go take on the league himself.