Three days later.
"I'm sorry, our club is not currently recruiting sparring partners."
At the entrance of a very ornate club in the downtown area of Saffron City, the receptionist said very politely to Xia Yan.
"Okay, thank you."
Xia Yan nodded and turned to leave with Weedle.
This was not the first time he had been rejected by various Pokémon battle clubs in Saffron City.
After three days of training, both he and Weedle had a completely new look.
Originally, he had hoped to find a job as a sparring partner at a club.
Saffron City is the largest city in the Kanto region, filled with a large number of trainers.
In order to make profits, some powerful people have established clubs in Saffron City that can provide various trainers with a series of services such as battles, leisure, and training.
Unfortunately, Xia Yan, dressed like a beggar and only possessing a Weedle, ran into walls everywhere and was never accepted.
Regarding this.
He gradually got used to it.
After all, if he were a manager, he wouldn't look up to a trainer with only a Weedle.
Anyone could see that he had obtained the Pokémon by chance, and such people often lacked the training and battle experience of Pokémon, and were not suitable sparring partners.
After most of the day, Weedle was about to give up.
But Xia Yan still maintained the state he had before departure, and even remained polite in the face of rejection.
He was used to it.
The social beatings he encountered in his previous life were much more serious than now, at least the people here, although rejecting him, were still relatively polite on the surface.
"Don't give up, today there is one last place, if that doesn't work, we'll change cities tomorrow," Xia Yan comforted Weedle.
Weedle lowered its head a little guiltily.
It could clearly feel that the reason Xia Yan was rejected today was largely due to it.
"It's not your fault, they don't know your efforts, it's just that their subjective assumptions about Pokémon like Weedle make them think you are weak, but you can't lose confidence yourself, we have gone through three days of hellish training, we can't say how excellent we are, but at least we are no longer weak."
Maintaining sufficient confidence in the Pokémon at all times is also a compulsory course for trainers.
Trainers who punish or blame their Pokémon for any reason are destined not to become excellent trainers.
Woo!!"
Xia Yan's certainty gave Weedle confidence, it nodded heavily, and confidence reappeared in its eyes.
Xia Yan was very satisfied with its change.
Crossing the streets and alleys, they came to a club located in the peripheral area of Saffron City.
Silph Pokémon Battle Club, affiliated with the largest company in Saffron City, or rather, the largest company in the entire Kanto region, Silph Co.
The reason for placing the last target here was because the success rate was indeed not high.
Taking a deep breath.
Maintaining his mentality, he walked in.
Anna, who was sitting at the front desk as a receptionist, saw Xia Yan walking in, and glanced at his clothes and the Weedle on his shoulder, and understood his intention.
She was a little speechless in her heart.
How dare someone like a beggar come to their club?
But her professional qualities still made her maintain a professional smile, and she stood up, "Sir, is there anything I can help you with?"
Xia Yan stepped forward and said directly: "I wonder if your club is still recruiting sparring partners?"
Sure enough.
Anna thought to herself.
Just as she was about to refuse, she suddenly caught a glimpse of the Weedle on Xia Yan's shoulder, nodded slightly apologetically, and said: "Please wait a moment, I need to ask our supervisor."
"Okay, thank you."
Xia Yan was a little surprised.
He wasn't directly rejected?
Watching Anna disappear into the employee aisle, Xia Yan looked at the layout of the club's hall.
The dazzling beaded curtains, the smooth ceramic tiles reflecting the orange-yellow lights, the huge stone pillars inlaid with unknown metals and engraved with intricate patterns, and the murals.
The entire layout highlights two words.
Money is no object!
The Silph Pokémon Battle Club has a characteristic that other clubs do not have, or cannot have, that is, it claims to be able to find all the Pokémon in the Kanto region as sparring partners in the club.
From the weakest Weedle and Caterpie, to the powerful pseudo-legendary Dragonite.
It's just that letting Dragonite be a sparring partner, the appearance fee...
Ordinary people don't have this ability and courage.
Anyway, it just highlights one word.
Extravagance.
Of course, there is also something that others don't know, but Loto, as the supervisor, is clear about.
The reason for equipping all kinds of Pokémon is to continuously provide the Silph parent company with various data of various Pokémon for the production of special Poké Balls.
In the hall.
Xia Yan was standing in place and looking at the club's decoration.
Anna who had returned said, "Sir, our supervisor means to let you have a battle, if you win, you can stay."
Xia Yan's eyes lit up.
"Okay, thank you."
Afterwards, under Anna's leadership, they came to a battle room inside the club with fairly good airtightness.
A staff member wearing glasses, holding special equipment and a small computer, stood beside him, seemingly preparing to measure and collect battle data.
Opposite, a Rattata with somewhat dull eyes stayed quietly in place.
Seeing the appearance of the Rattata, Xia Yan couldn't help but frown.
The club didn't make things difficult for them.
Rattata as Weedle's opponent is not considered bullying it.
It's just that...
The dull and quiet Rattata is like a tool, without the cunning and agility that Rattata should have, it is as if it has lost its soul.
The Weedle on Xia Yan's shoulder also showed a sympathetic expression.
Different Pokémon, facing different people, will also have very different fates.
"The battle rule is one-on-one, until one side completely loses the ability to fight, the battle ends, if you win, you can stay, if you lose, I can only apologize." Anna said.
Xia Yan nodded and said to Weedle:
"We can't even take care of ourselves now, don't bring unnecessary sympathy in the battle, fight well, winning is respect for it."
"Woo!" Weedle agreed and jumped off his shoulder.
This will be its first battle, and also Xia Yan's first battle since coming to this world, a battle that concerns whether he can survive in this world.
"Start!"
As Anna, who was working as a referee, shouted.
The battle began.