Jiang Chen and Ling Wanqiu did not refuse the principal's request to educate his grandson; they readily agreed. If they had the chance to meet him in the competition, Jiang Chen wouldn't mind helping the principal fulfill this request.
"I won't disturb your Pokémon training anymore." The principal had no other instructions for Jiang Chen and the others, letting them go train their Pokémon.
"I didn't expect so many formidable opponents. This intelligence is really useful." Ling Wanqiu held the intelligence files given by the principal and read them in detail. Among these files, Ling Wanqiu was most interested in Xiao Luoxue's information.
Having lost to Xiao Luoxue once in a battle before, she absolutely had to win this time. Previously, Ling Wanqiu's goal was to defeat Jiang Chen and her father; now, she had one more goal.
Jiang Chen carefully flipped through the intelligence documents. As expected of the principal's personally collected data, it was indeed very detailed.
"Milotic, your Feebas evolved?" Ling Wanqiu looked at the newly added Milotic in Jiang Chen's Pokémon lineup. Milotic's appearance was indeed elegant and charming. Who would have thought that the most beautiful Milotic evolved from the ugliest Feebas?
"Yes, it finally successfully evolved into Milotic yesterday."
"Looking at its appearance, I also want to catch a Feebas and evolve it into Milotic." Milotic's appearance conformed to the aesthetics of most people, and Ling Wanqiu also liked Milotic. However, if Ling Wanqiu were to catch a Feebas and train it now, she probably didn't have that idea yet.
Her energy wasn't enough; she already had seven or eight Pokémon in hand and couldn't train any more for the time being. After a few of them were trained sufficiently, she would then consider catching other Pokémon.
Days passed. During this period, Jiang Chen's training plan for his Pokémon was intense, and their strength improved rapidly. Especially Gardevoir, which, having been by Jiang Chen's side, continuously benefited from the Magical Slate, its strength increased the fastest.
Other Pokémon would enter their Poké Balls, but it always stayed outside with Jiang Chen. Now, Gardevoir's strength was Quasi-Elite Four Tier 7. Its speed of improvement far surpassed that of the Dragonite he trained earlier.
"Thank goodness, you finally evolved." This noon, Jiang Chen was overjoyed. His Slakoth had finally evolved into a Vigoroth.
[Vigoroth]
Gender: Male
Strength: Elite Tier 1
Talent Potential: Champion
Attribute: Normal
Ability: Vital Spirit
Moves: Yawn, Thrash, Scratch, Slash, Reversal...
The current Vigoroth was a completely different Pokémon from the previous Slakoth. The former Slakoth was nothing but lazy. The current Vigoroth was full of drive, like it had ADHD, unable to stay still for a moment.
"Seeing you're so motivated, here's the training plan I prepared for you. Make up for all the laziness you had before." Jiang Chen took out the training plan specially prepared for Vigoroth. He had already prepared Vigoroth's training plan several days ago.
"Charmeleon, you won't have to supervise it anymore." That's right, Charmander had already evolved into Charmeleon. Previously, Charmeleon supervised Slakoth's training; otherwise, Slakoth's evolution might have been delayed for another ten days or so.
Now that it had evolved into Vigoroth, it no longer needed supervision. Its motivation was probably even stronger than Nidoqueen's.
"It feels a little unfamiliar seeing Slakoth evolve into a Vigoroth and become so restless," Ling Wanqiu said, unable to help but laugh as she watched the restless Vigoroth. She missed the scene where Slakoth made Jiang Chen so angry his liver hurt. She should have recorded that moment.
However, when Vigoroth evolved into Slaking, Jiang Chen would probably start worrying again. Ling Wanqiu didn't know that by then, Jiang Chen would actually be relieved. Once it evolved into Slaking, he could use the Ability Capsule on it, and then Slaking would definitely not be lazy anymore.
"Being restless isn't necessarily a good thing. I just hope it can be a little more normal." Jiang Chen rubbed his head. Vigoroth was in a hyperactive state all day, it would be restless even when eating, and even at night.
Jiang Chen had already decided that when he went to sleep at night, he would put Vigoroth into its Poké Ball to avoid being kept awake.
"Jiang Chen, someone wants to challenge you."
"Challenge me? Who is it?" Jiang Chen couldn't help but ask Zhao Qian, who had run over to inform him.
"It's not someone from our school. The other party is from Luojiang City, and he specifically named you, with a very arrogant attitude."
"Let's go, let's see." Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and followed Zhao Qian. Seeing this, Ling Wanqiu also put away her Pokémon and followed. As for someone challenging him, to be honest, Jiang Chen didn't mind being challenged.
Why would he refuse something that improved his battle experience? On the contrary, it was a good thing.
At school, very few people were willing to battle Jiang Chen, and only Ling Wanqiu would battle Jiang Chen once every few days. Others didn't want to be crushed, so they simply didn't want to battle Jiang Chen.
"You are Jiang Chen." An Yu, who wanted to challenge Jiang Chen, stared at him with some hostility. Jiang Chen found it strange. Why was this guy hostile to him for no reason?
"That's right, I'm Jiang Chen. You're the one who came to challenge me?"
"Hmph, the strongest new trainer, are you worthy? That's right, I'm here to challenge you." An Yu snorted coldly, a hint of disdain in his eyes.
After hearing the other party's words and looking at his expression, Jiang Chen probably knew where An Yu's hostility came from. This guy was probably annoyed by his reputation. Recently, there had been many people online boasting that he was the strongest new trainer, so there should be quite a few people who disliked him because of this.
"Challenge me? Are you worthy?" Jiang Chen asked An Yu with a smile.
"What did you say?" Clenching his fist, An Yu glared at Jiang Chen, full of rage.
"Looking at you, you're not planning to make a move on me, are you? To be honest, with your small build, I could take on ten of you." Jiang Chen's words made An Yu's face darken. He originally wanted to make a move to prove himself, but looking at Jiang Chen's height and physique, and comparing it to his own skinny frame, making a move really wouldn't be a match.
"Would I make a move on a barbarian like you? If you have the guts, have a Pokémon battle with me. If you win, I'll acknowledge your title as the strongest new trainer."
"Who are you? Are you very impressive? Do I need your acknowledgment?" Jiang Chen calmly looked at An Yu. If this guy was simply here to challenge him, Jiang Chen might have readily agreed. But this guy's attitude made Jiang Chen very annoyed.
"You actually don't know who I am?" An Yu's expression grew even angrier. "Listen carefully, I am An Yu, the strongest new trainer in Luojiang City. I will be the champion of the upcoming New Trainer Competition. Remember that." No wonder Zhao Qian said this guy was very arrogant; he really was arrogant.
Jiang Chen recalled that An Yu's name seemed to be in the data the principal had given him earlier. However, this guy's personality was truly inflated beyond bounds. Jiang Chen wasn't even that arrogant.
"The title of strongest new trainer, only I am worthy of it. If you have any courage, accept my challenge and see how I teach you a lesson." An Yu raised his head, his nostrils flaring.
"This guy is too arrogant, I really want to hit him."
"What's he doing, pretending in front of Jiang Chen? Does he want to be abused?"
"Completely ignorant of his own peril. Young Master Jiang will let him know that there's always someone better than you." The students of Tianhai Pokémon Academy were all provoked by An Yu's arrogant attitude.
"You really aren't worthy of battling Jiang Chen. How about I be your opponent?" Ling Wanqiu said lightly.
"Wow, is Wanqiu going to fiercely protect her man?" Wang Xin watched the show with relish.
"You?" An Yu instantly wanted to mock, but seeing Ling Wanqiu's delicate face, his attitude immediately changed. "It's not impossible for this beautiful lady to be my opponent, but if you lose, how about you agree to one of my requests?" An Yu tried his best to show a gentlemanly smile.
"Oh ho, a toad wanting to eat swan meat. Classmates, this ugly guy still wants to eat swan meat. Let's not talk about ethics with him; let's all team up and beat him out." Wang Xin cheered and waved a flag, then threw a water bottle at An Yu.
Immediately after, those who were already dissatisfied with An Yu began to throw water bottles at him. Some of the stronger ones even started to roll up their sleeves, ready to fight. Seeing these people wanting to fight, An Yu, who had just been arrogant, was now scared.
"What are you doing? I'm warning you, don't act rashly, otherwise..."
"Otherwise your mom? Go on, hit him." A short-tempered guy punched An Yu in the face, and then several people went up and started punching and kicking him.
"The law doesn't punish a crowd; it's a free hit, brothers, let's go!"
"Kill this guy, make him regret being so arrogant."
"He even wants our school's beauty queen to agree to a request. Does he think we can't tell that this toad wants to eat swan meat? Brothers, hit him harder." Jiang Chen pulled Ling Wanqiu back. An Yu was already submerged by people.
"He won't be beaten to death, will he?"
"Probably not." Jiang Chen didn't know if An Yu would be beaten to death. If he was, it would be his bad luck. What else could he have done that was better? He just had to run to another school to provoke people.
"This guy deserved to be beaten to death," Wang Xin said, gloating. Wang Xin then explained why everyone's emotions were so easily ignited. It turned out that some people had already felt that An Yu was not worthy of challenging Jiang Chen. Jiang Chen was the benchmark of their Tianhai Pokémon Academy.
He was not someone just anyone could challenge. If it was someone from their school, that was one thing, but for someone from another school to come here and challenge Jiang Chen, it was like intentionally provoking their Tianhai Pokémon Academy.
They still remembered Zhao Xiao, who came to test their school last time. Now another one had come, naturally igniting their anger. Previously, some people had stood up and said that only by defeating them would one be qualified to challenge Jiang Chen.
Then those people were scorned by An Yu, who stated that besides Jiang Chen, no one in Tianhai Pokémon Academy was worthy of him making a move. This had already stirred up enough hatred, so getting beaten now was perfectly normal.
Fortunately, they were relatively restrained. When they made their moves, they knew how to control their strength. Although they beat An Yu quite badly, they didn't actually kill him.
"You bastard, it's cheap that you weren't beaten to death."
"Keep pretending now. Go on, pretend."
"He just needs a good lesson. He won't feel comfortable until he's beaten. Does he really think we all have good tempers?" An Yu, hugging his head, continuously wailed. Even though they held back their strength, one punch from each of these people made his entire body ache, and he couldn't even stand up.
"Jiang... Jiang Chen, you don't... dare to accept my challenge, so you use this... method, to have people beat me. I'll remember this." If An Yu's feelings towards Jiang Chen were mostly annoyance before, now that annoyance had turned into hatred.
"Am I getting blamed just for standing here and watching the show?" He never expected that An Yu would put the blame on him. Didn't he get beaten because he mocked and angered the crowd earlier? "You're right, he should at least be carried out of here unable to speak." Jiang Chen nodded, then clenched his fists and walked over.
"You... Alakazam, take me away." An Yu's hand finally found his Poké Ball. He released Alakazam and immediately had Alakazam use Teleport to escape with him.
"Gardevoir?" Gardevoir walked over, asking Jiang Chen if he wanted to pursue. If he did, even if Alakazam used Teleport to escape, Gardevoir could still catch up.
"No need to chase. I was just scaring him." "I originally thought there would be a battle today. Never mind, let's go train Pokémon."
"How about I battle you? I want to challenge your mascot." Ling Wanqiu said to Jiang Chen.
"Mascot?" "Your Wobbuffet, isn't that your mascot?" Because Wobbuffet always stayed by Jiang Chen's side, never battled, and wasn't active in training, it was understandable why it was called a mascot.
"You really want to challenge my Wobbuffet?" Jiang Chen asked Ling Wanqiu with a strange expression. Although Jiang Chen hadn't used Wobbuffet in battle, that didn't mean Wobbuffet was weak.
On the contrary, Wobbuffet was quite strong. Aside from Beedrill and Dragonite, Wobbuffet was the strongest of Jiang Chen's Pokémon. Wobbuffet had been with Jiang Chen for so long.
Its talent potential, under the influence of the Magical Slate, had not only increased to Elite Four level, but its strength had also reached Quasi-Elite Four Tier 9.
"That's right, I just want to challenge your Wobbuffet and see." Ling Wanqiu released her evolved Flygon.
"Alright then, but if you're going to challenge, I suggest you use Garchomp."
"Are you sure?" Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp had recently reached Quasi-Elite Four Tier 7, and she had benefited somewhat from Jiang Chen. Ling Wanqiu trained her Pokémon very close to Jiang Chen, so she could also absorb some of the energy emitted by the Dragon Slate.
"My Wobbuffet is Quasi-Elite Four Tier 9. You say you're going to use Flygon. Can you even fight Wobbuffet?" Jiang Chen said frankly.
"That guy is that strong?" No matter how she looked, Ling Wanqiu couldn't tell that Wobbuffet was strong. Wobbuffet always looked constipated every day, and the training it received was all about enduring attacks, so it was truly impossible to tell Wobbuffet's strength.
"Yes, when I first caught it, it had already evolved from Wynaut into Wobbuffet. Its strength wasn't bad then, not to mention I've had it for quite a while now." Jiang Chen had caught Wobbuffet over a month ago. The Magical Slate had already boosted its strength significantly.
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