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These Pokémon are specially bred for newcomers, with very gentle personalities, making them exceptionally easy to catch.
After Jiang Chen chose Squirtle, he took out special Pokémon food, and with just a few words, Squirtle successfully followed him.
After Squirtle evolves into Blastoise, its defenses are quite good, and it can serve as a tank in multi-Pokémon battles.
Its body is heavy, and while its movement speed isn't fast, it can function as a turret for long-range attacks.
"Jiang Chen, you chose Squirtle? I originally wanted to battle you, but forget it then."
Zhao Qian, perhaps heeding Jiang Chen's advice, ultimately chose Torchic.
Water-type counters Fire-type, so the battle would almost certainly be a loss. He didn't want to get beaten up.
After everyone had chosen their Pokémon, they left, and the teacher then took the rest of the class to another breeding room to choose their Pokémon.
After all the students in the class had chosen their Pokémon, the homeroom teacher, Old Zhang, instructed them.
"These next few days, I hope you all train your new partners well. In a week, the school will hold a campus ranking competition. If any of our elite class students lose to the regular class, you'll be embarrassed, and so will I."
"Furthermore, the top five in the campus ranking competition will qualify for a friendly exchange match with the Imperial Capital Pokémon Academy. This is an honor for the school, and the rewards are very generous."
"Also, I know you're all excited after getting your Pokémon. You can spar and battle among yourselves, but don't hurt anyone."
Humans are fragile in front of Pokémon. Even a newly acquired Pokémon, despite not being very strong, can seriously injure a person, and in severe cases, even kill them.
"Alright, you all can plan your training according to what you've learned."
Homeroom teacher Old Zhang didn't stay long in the classroom, leaving them to train their Pokémon freely.
When Jiang Chen received Squirtle, he already had his training plan. First and foremost was stamina.
For any Pokémon, stamina training is the most important, followed by move training and actual combat training.
Battling is the fastest way for Pokémon to grow.
"Jiang Chen, I want to challenge you."
"Are you sure?"
Sitting in his seat, Jiang Chen, who was finalizing his training plan, looked up.
The classmate who wanted to challenge Jiang Chen was Xu Jie, who had good grades in the class, always ranking third. He came from a relatively ordinary background, but because of his good grades, the school gave him the opportunity to choose a Starter Pokémon.
Jiang Chen remembered that he chose Charmander. Challenging him with a type disadvantage?
Could it be that you also want to be a type-disadvantage battle master?
Unfortunately, not everyone is Ash. It's not that type-disadvantage battles can't be won, but the opponent just got their Pokémon and isn't familiar with it, and there's no coordination at all. How can they win?
"I'm sure. I want to defeat you and show you that a good background doesn't guarantee you'll go further on the Trainer path."
Alright, this guy hasn't been beaten badly yet.
"Tsk tsk, full of sour grapes."
Zhao Qian looked at Xu Jie with disdain.
"Don't forget, Jiang Chen ranks first in grades."
He wasn't looking down on people from ordinary backgrounds; he was simply looking down on sour people. Xu Jie's challenge to Jiang Chen was more out of jealousy, wanting to defeat Jiang Chen to prove himself.
"Xu Jie wants to challenge Jiang Chen? Isn't he just asking for a beating?"
"Xu Jie seems to have always been dissatisfied with Jiang Chen."
"I know what's going on. It all starts with our school belle, Ling Wanqiu."
Xu Jie has a crush on Ling Wanqiu, and Ling Wanqiu seems more interested in Jiang Chen, which is one of the reasons for Xu Jie's hostility towards Jiang Chen.
Listening to the discussions around him, Xu Jie's face was very grim.
"You're not scared, are you?" Xu Jie used a taunt on Jiang Chen.
"Fine, you want to challenge me? Let's go."
If someone wants a beating, just give it to them. The main thing is that battles also earn points, and Jiang Chen wanted to know how many points a battle could get him.
"Oh, right, my sign-in for today."
Thinking of points, Jiang Chen remembered his sign-in for today.
"Ding, congratulations to the host for successfully signing in! Obtained: Energy Cube ×10, Points +100!"
"System, are the rewards for signing in that bad?"
Last time, with the 100x first-time bonus, Jiang Chen didn't feel it, but this time, he felt the sign-in rewards were really bad.
Energy Cubes are expensive for ordinary people, but for Jiang Chen, they're not really a good item. His family deals in this business.
"Everything depends on the host's luck. The more times the host signs in, the higher the probability of obtaining good items."
Arriving at the school's designated battle arena, many people were watching. Almost everyone in the class came to observe.
"Come out, Squirtle."
Squirtle emerged from its Poké Ball and stood in front of Jiang Chen.
"Squirtle?"
Turning its head, Squirtle looked at its Trainer confusedly, appearing utterly naive.
Its round head, round shell, chubby little hands, and big, round, intelligent-looking eyes made Squirtle look somewhat goofy.
It only looks a bit silly as a Squirtle. Once it evolves into Wartortle, its expression and eyes become much fiercer.
After evolving into Blastoise, it even looks quite imposing, clearly indicating it's not to be trifled with.
However, in terms of cuteness, it looks best when it's a bit silly and goofy like this.
Looking at Squirtle, Jiang Chen chuckled and stroked its head.
"Let's have a battle to test your strength. If you perform well and win, these are all yours."
Jiang Chen took out several Energy Cubes. Upon seeing them, Squirtle's eyes sparkled, then it clenched its fists and made a cheering gesture.
"So cute! I should've chosen Squirtle!"
The girls around felt their hearts melting as they watched Squirtle.
"Hmph."
Xu Jie snorted.
"Charmander, teach that water-spitting turtle a lesson!"
"Target Charmander, use Water Gun."
Jiang Chen gave the order directly.
Squirtle aimed at Charmander, and a stream of water shot out from its mouth, hitting Charmander.
"Charmander, quickly dodge and retaliate with Ember!" Xu Jie shouted frantically.
Facing the attack, Charmander was a bit flustered, especially after hearing Xu Jie's command to use Ember. Its mind turned into mush.
It didn't know Ember yet!
These Pokémon had only hatched recently and didn't know many moves. His Charmander only knew Scratch and Growl right now.
The Water Gun hit, and Charmander's face showed pain.
After using Water Gun, Squirtle had already rushed towards Charmander. While Charmander was in pain from the Water Gun, Jiang Chen had Squirtle use Tackle.
Bang!
Charmander lost its ability to battle and fell to the ground. Two moves, and the opponent was defeated.
Xu Jie's expression was blank. It wasn't that he hadn't lost to Jiang Chen before. There were practical battles at school, using the school's Pokémon.
But losing with school Pokémon felt different from losing with his own Pokémon.
Especially losing in front of so many people, including the person he had a crush on. He completely lost face.