Chapter 106: Don’t Want To Learn
The students who introduced themselves afterward were all without exception Top 16 competitors from provincial competitions everywhere, and this phenomenon also caught Li Wei’s attention.
“Is class division this year based on strength?”
He turned his head and asked Zhou Fengjue.
“Seems like it.”
“Won’t this cause problems? Like public opinion saying something like ‘strengthism above all, hurting the kids’ fragile hearts’ or whatever.”
Li Wei turned his head and whispered.
“No, I heard Magic University is aiming for first place at Imperial Capital University.”
“Oh ho? So ambitious?”
“Yeah, and they say although the classes won’t change, starting from last year, they’ve had this yearly ranking list thing.
Those on the list can enjoy more academy benefits, plus extra scholarships, and two more credits a year.”
“Holy crap, that’s nice.”
Li Wei said with emotion.
Two credits—what does that mean? Even the level 1 foundation courses for first-year university are 2 credits.
As long as you rank high, you get two credits for free—how great is that?
Not long after, it was Li Wei’s turn right after Zhou Fengjue finished his self-introduction.
“Hi everyone, I’m Li Wei, local from Magic City, Provincial Competition Champion, no specialization, that’s it.”
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For some reason, the self-introductions started feeling a bit weird once they got to Li Wei.
“Classmate Li Wei, currently Magic City’s brightest new star, dubbed this year’s strongest Rookie King by netizens, and our school’s mentors all recognize this title too. Everyone here has great scores, but if any of you aren’t convinced and think his title is watered down, I strongly suggest you challenge him to a solo through the academy’s official channels.
In the provincial competition, relying on an extremely strong Riolu, he crushed from start to finish;
Then on a whim he joined the Beginner Main Tournament of the Grand Festival, using his second Pokémon Glaceon to take first place and win a Contest Ribbon. The final match was played beautifully, forcing the veteran competitor to follow his lead, and his score was far ahead from the start.
I heard there was a little episode during registration? Apparently his third Pokémon is also very capable.
That ‘no specialization’ in his self-introduction is nice—after all, he’s proficient in everything.”
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Well.
After this introduction, Li Wei felt like it was more like a disguised execution.
Now it was great—all his classmates’ gazes toward him had changed a billionfold.
Mo Jiu’s introduction afterward was also eye-catching.
“Mo Jiu, local from Magic City, Dark Attribute Specialization, provincial second place.”
A self-introduction shortened to the extreme, or more like a phrase, a fill-in-the-blank answer?
Cute appearance, cold tone, and the friendly Morpeko perched on her shoulder waving at everyone.
“This competitor Mo Jiu is also extremely strong; she’d easily take the championship in any province. Without classmate Li Wei, she’d definitely be sitting firmly on Magic City’s champion throne this year.
I don’t know much about her other Pokémon’s strength, but this Morpeko is very powerful—energy conversion at will, and both Electric-type skills and Dark-type skills are ridiculously strong.
If you can’t get in line to solo Li Wei, challenging her is also a great choice.”
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After some more time, this torturous self-introduction finally ended.
Just in this classroom, there were already five Provincial Competition Champions and two runners-up, with the rest all Top 16—overall, the class’s strength was very formidable; if Magikarp saw them, it’d definitely keep shouting ‘diligent.’
Looking at these classmates, Li Wei didn’t feel much pressure—after all, he was already studying his opponents for the school team matches; these class classmates were no longer in his sights.
After handing out the textbooks, student handbooks, and this semester’s schedule, the instructor let them go back to the dormitory or home.
Most students chose to live in the dormitory; those with means like Li Wei and Mo Jiu would rent a house near the school.
After contacting the other three via WeChat, they decided to tour the school a bit before heading home.
Magic City truly lived up to being one of Zhonghua Family’s three major universities—the campus facilities were truly comprehensive and high-end.
There was a dedicated Magic University branch Pokémon Center including registration, Pokémon Egg sales, breeding, rescue center, and more.
Dedicated attribute fields, gravity fields, all-terrain arena, and Grand Festival stage.
Everything one could need was there—in Li Wei’s view, it was more like a small community than a school.
“Wow, suddenly I feel like living on campus is actually pretty nice.”
Li Wei said to everyone.
Or rather, maybe agreeing to his mother buying a place on campus·······with mountains and water, everything you need, battle fields nearby—true lazy person life.
Of course, Li Wei just thought about it that way; actually doing something so flashy, he really couldn’t pull it off.
He was a low-key person, couldn’t do that kind of thing.
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After ‘handing over’ Magikarp to Yu Yixian’s home, Li Wei instructed Magikarp before leaving to treat this place like its own home and come anytime like usual, then he went home to study course selection.
The first week of school was mainly about ‘experience’: enrollment registration, getting to know the campus, familiarizing with facilities, audition classes and course selection, choosing clubs, etc.
Overall, though there were no classes this week, it was much more tiring than regular classes, with way more things to do.
“Basic theory courses······don’t wanna learn.”
But since they were required, Li Wei had no choice. Recalling the fear of being dominated by the Trainee Trainer exam, he couldn’t help feeling a bit suffocated.
“Whatever, it’s just borrowing notes from Mo Jiu and Zhou Fengjue! If worst comes to worst! Let Riolu charge!”
Finally making up his mind, Li Wei settled down to look at the other first-year courses.
Besides the required theory and knowledge courses, there were mandatory battle courses.
Basically based on theory teaching, supplemented by practical matches, mainly teaching battle techniques and imparting battle experience.
The other six courses were up to him to choose, and there were many options for Li Wei; the battle major category had no specific requirements for course selection—no situation like ‘only one elective available, and students must choose one.’
“I still need to learn the battle teaching part, especially tactics arrangement.”
The tricky routines from Earth games in his mind, combined with conclusions and routines researched by these big shots in the real world for nearly a century, integrated, improved, and breakthrough to go further in the Pokémon World.
Thinking this way, Li Wei didn’t get arrogant, focusing on selecting courses in battle and Grand Festival experience teaching.
