Not only that, other information also spread during the incident, such as photos of the Giant Tentacruel, and so on...
There were photos of the sea frozen over and hundreds of Tentacool encased in ice, photos of the wall of ice that protected the port from the waves, and even photos captured by bystanders' recording devices showing the Trainer who, atop that ice platform, single-handedly held back the Tentacruel and rescued the people of Acapulco in the rear.
"Acapulco's hero?" Terrance heard the Rotom Pokédex's remark and shook his head in boredom.
By now, the citizens of Acapulco all knew that a Gym Leader had protected them, had done everything to stop the disaster in Acapulco, holding off the thousands of Tentacool and their leader, the Giant Tentacruel.
"Here we go again…"
Terrance took out his phone, glanced at it helplessly. Sure enough, it was the police's number. He'd already said there was no need for any commendation; why couldn't they understand?
He gave a few perfunctory replies, and with a headache Terrance politely declined. He really didn't have time to chat with them in detail now.
Compared to a commendation, Rina's parent-teacher meeting was clearly more important.
At the moment, the afternoon was nearly over. Although Rina's parent-teacher meeting was tomorrow, Terrance headed straight for the police academy.
As someone with privileges, he had already contacted Rina's homeroom teacher through Teacher Julian and planned to go early to get a sense of Rina's school life.
To be honest, Terrance was rather worried about her; after all, she had given people plenty to worry about back at Old Green House. Now that she was out attending school, and at a police academy known for strict discipline, Terrance was a little afraid she might not have been able to adapt to life there.
He hadn't checked on her academic situation because he'd been too busy; that was his own dereliction of duty.
Unlike Crown Academy, Cerulean Police Academy, while it also has Trainer-related courses, emphasizes more on highly specialized subjects...
For example reconnaissance, law, computer networks, psychology, and so on and so forth. Of course, these are only the basics learned at the very beginning. Afterwards, according to each student's aptitude, they will be assigned to different fields to study a certain skill more professionally and thoroughly.
"I remember Rina was planning to go into the International Police, wasn't she…" Terrance thought.
International Police, it is also the most dangerous and the most demanding police branch in terms of employment requirements.
As one of the top academies in the Kanto Region, Cerulean Police Academy's scale and strength were beyond doubt. Although it didn't possess the deep heritage of a higher institution like Celadon University, Cerulean Police Academy has everything from an elementary school to a high school, and possesses a complete system for academic advancement.
Rina was a freshman in elementary school.
"Mr. Terrance." Arriving at the gate of Cerulean Police Academy, Terrance saw Teacher Shiraishi waiting for him.
Teacher Shiraishi was Rina's homeroom teacher.
"Sorry to keep you waiting, Teacher Shiraishi." Terrance smiled and shook his hand.
"Not at all, I just heard about what happened in Acapulco. What you did was remarkable." Teacher Shiraishi said with a chuckle; although considerably older than Terrance, he still used an honorific toward this admirable young man.
"It was nothing." Terrance smiled wryly. He hadn't expected the news to spread so quickly.
"Shall we go in?" Teacher Shiraishi held out his hand in a gesture of invitation.
"After you," Terrance said.
They registered at the gate and entered Cerulean Police Academy together. Along the way, Terrance talked with Teacher Shiraishi to learn about Rina's situation.
"This child... there are indeed some issues in certain aspects, or perhaps I, as a teacher, am not competent enough." Teacher Shiraishi said with a worried look.
"You're too polite, I know her personality best, she's just too mischievous." Terrance smiled; that was indeed the case.
This left Terrance feeling quite helpless. She had already arrived at the police academy, did Rina have no intention of toning it down?
"No... I mean this child is very special. I can see that she is different from other children." Shiraishi said.
After saying that, he proceeded to give Terrance some examples.
During their conversation, Shiraishi suggested that Terrance observe a class.
At this time slot it was the Breeder teacher instructing students on how to raise Pokémon and how to train a partner that will be most helpful to them.
"Mid-semester the school distributed Pokémon Eggs to all the students so they could raise their partners from scratch. Now the Pokémon have mostly grown; they'll probably receive stricter training next academic year."
"I see." Terrance nodded.
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"As everyone knows, in certain special operations, our most powerful helpers are our Pokémon."
"A Pokémon's strength is one of the standards that reflect an officer's ability. In the future, if you want to become a full-fledged officer, your Pokémon must also meet certain standards."
"The assessment that reflects this standard is based on actual combat performance and breeding level."
A tall, burly, purple-haired middle-aged man looked down at the twenty-four students and their twenty-four Pokémon and said, "Today we're going to talk about breeding level."
"Class monitor, stand up!"
As he finished speaking, a black-haired boy quickly stood up.
"Take Steela's Magnemite as an example, we'll leave practical combat assessment aside for now. As for breeding level, it mainly refers to the direction of training."
"The so-called training direction refers to how a Pokémon, as an officer's partner, should be raised so that in the future it provides the maximum assistance to you in your work."
"In other words, our methods for raising Pokémon cannot be the same as those of traditional Trainers."
"Pokémon like Magnemite are among the best helpers for officers: they can control metal and interfere with electronics. In some infiltration operations, having a Magnemite use magnetic force to force locks open or using Thunder Wave to disrupt anti-intrusion devices has become a common tactic. Therefore, in training you should mainly work on the Magnemite's magnetic-force control and its Thunder Wave manipulation proficiency."
"Take the officers' most common partner, Growlithe, as another example: Growlithe's traits are a keen sense of smell, high alertness, and extreme loyalty. In confrontations with enemies, the best training method is to use these traits, mainly training Growlithe's flame-control to conduct long-range guerrilla operations against enemies — Rina! Stand up!"
As he spoke his brow furrowed; he looked at Rina, who had dozed off again, and scolded, "That example was meant for you. How on earth did you raise your Growlithe? In the last practical training it actually chased a classmate's Gastly and used Take Down?!"
"Ugh..." Rina woke up in a daze and, prompted by Growlithe beside her, quickly stood up.
"Wha... what?"
After the purple-haired teacher repeated it once, Rina protested, "My training method is absolutely right. Growlithe will definitely be amazing by then."
"You..." The purple-haired teacher clutched his forehead in anguish and said, "What kind of training method is that? Who did you learn it from?"
Many students and Pokémon snickered, finding it amusing to watch the exasperated teacher and the innocent-looking Rina.
Just as Rina hesitated about how to answer, a resigned voice came from outside.
"Well... she learned it from me."
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