Chapter 33: What Does It Have To Do With You, Li Wei?
Seeing Riolu furiously slam Onix, watching the dust fly, seeing the small Riolu stand calmly in the arena, seeing the fallen Onix, the trainees below were stunned, their mouths agape, not knowing what to say to express their shock.
With the referee’s announcement, they felt it was all a bit too incredible.
After three seconds of silence, a wave of cheers washed over them.
Applause, cheers, and even occasional whistles.
They didn’t know Li Wei, their cheers were simply because they found the battle exceptionally cool.
Whether it was Riolu’s dashing posture during the battle or the violent beauty of overpowering Onix, the massive secretion of dopamine in their brains made them scream with excitement, as if it wasn’t Riolu fighting, but them.
Although they couldn’t understand the battle and had no idea what was happening; although this rich person with terrifying strength might participate in the Magic City Provincial Competition with them, and this Riolu might be the reason they get eliminated from the provincial competition; at this moment, as long as a warrior dared to challenge the instructor during training, he was an idol, a good brother!
In the Pokémon World, strength being king is an eternal truth.
The cheers from below were incessant, and Li Wei, standing on the battlefield, was even a little infected; he wanted to scream too!!
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Strictly speaking, this was his first time commanding a Pokémon in battle.
Such a triumphant victory would surely call for a good celebration!!
But!!
But!!!
He had to restrain himself.
As a trainer with good looks and demeanor, he had to maintain his image, be aloof, be steady, be calm!!
So, Li Wei, after meticulously managing his ‘expressions,’ took a deep breath and suppressed the urge to hug Riolu and spin around.
He silently walked up to the instructor, shook his hand, and bowed slightly.
“Thank you, Instructor, for holding back.”
After speaking, he led Riolu off the arena.
–《 Emotional Intelligence》
Li Wei was willing to write a book about his own behavior.
Alas, it couldn’t be helped; not only was this person handsome, but he was also outstanding.
And as Li Wei’s excellent Pokémon, Riolu’s cultivation must surely be far superior to Li Wei himself.
After bowing similarly to show the most basic respect to his opponent, Riolu hopped off the arena.
Unlike Li Wei’s indifference, Riolu did not suppress his excitement.
At this moment, he finally understood why Li Wei’s father’s Delibird challenged Dragonair every morning for a one-on-one.
This feeling of crushing weaker opponents was simply too satisfying!!!!
What is training?
What is the Provincial Competition?
Are there more Pokémon for him to crush?
This is too great!!
Thinking this, Riolu became even more determined to train diligently every day.
Not for anything else, but to be able to always be like Gallade, Older Brother, one punch defeating little kids, and be a martial arts master who specializes in pinning others to the ground!
It seems I really need to understand all Pokémon’s abilities…
And also have faster speed.
If my strength were a little greater, could I have directly countered Onix’s Tackle at the start?
Aura also needs to be practiced. If it were a bit stronger, I should be able to throw him out.
Wait.
That Onix seems really weak, I can’t use him as a training target.
Then…
Aim for three Onix???
With this, his daily reading material, daily tasks, and training objectives were all set on the way back to the team.
If Li Wei could know what Riolu was thinking at this moment, he would definitely lament his good teaching.
Even though it had nothing to do with him.
Even though he was instilled with strange little ideas, it was Riolu who was diligent; what did it have to do with him, the trainer?
But while some rejoiced, others worried. Li Wei was happy, but the Head Instructor was troubled.
At this moment, the Head Instructor stood blankly, staring at the Onix, knocked down and still unconscious on the ground, deep in thought.
‘This Riolu’s strength is terrifyingly immense…’
Because it was a battle against a trainee, he hadn’t released his main Pokémon. This Onix was a Pokémon he had been nurturing for over three months, its strength roughly equivalent to a Level 1 Pokémon, about to be promoted to Level 2.
The corresponding nurturing progress should be between that of a Trainee Trainer and an Elite Trainer.
Yet, even with this strength, it was still unable to fight back against this young punk who had just registered as a ‘Temporary Trainer,’ and he had even easily won.
This…
It’s too terrifying.
As expected of a competitor from the Magic City’s provincial competition’s man-eating cave, terrifying indeed.
‘This Li Wei should now have the qualification to compete for the Magic City Top Four!’
Seeing the faint blue light that finally emerged, the Head Instructor could roughly guess that Riolu’s terrifying control over Aura meant he was only a step away from learning Aura Sphere.
What kind of terrifying nurturing speed is this?
Should it be said that this Riolu has astonishing talent?
Or should it be said that this young man named Li Wei has terrifying nurturing methods?
After pondering for a long time, the Head Instructor could only shake his head helplessly, took out a Poké Ball from his waist, and recalled the Onix.
He didn’t have more time to think about these things, as there were more important matters to attend to.
He needed to continue his speech.
To be honest, this was very difficult for him.
Upholding the pride of a League soldier, he gritted his teeth and walked forward, picking up the microphone.
“You all must have seen the battle just now.”
“It was a very exciting match.”
At this point, the Head Instructor paused, scanned the trainees below, and continued.
“Utilizing the Pokémon’s advantage to turn danger into safety, breaking through limits through training, overcoming the strong with the weak, the small with the large, and doing what the average person cannot do – this is the charm of Pokémon battles!”
At this moment, everyone in the training ground couldn’t help but recall the previous battle once more.
All their preconceived notions were shattered.
Not a single person thought Riolu would win at the start of the battle.
Such a feat, like challenging a higher level, made their blood surge, and they even wanted to call their own Pokémon to spar with Onix right now, thinking ‘I could do that too!’
“This battle is an excellent example, it fully proves to everyone that a Pokémon’s size, attribute, and innate species do not determine everything!
Through proper nurturing by the trainer, successfully building a bond with their Pokémon, and making calm and collected judgments on the battlefield, these are the necessary conditions for victory! These are the qualities an excellent trainer should possess!”
After an impassioned speech, everyone’s emotions were stirred up.
“Now, according to the instructions of each instructor, two teams will be formed into groups to conduct battle training in the open space next to us.”
After saying this, the Head Instructor hurriedly stepped off the stage.
He joined the ranks of the instructors who had been acting as background props, picked up a large document bag from the stone steps beside him, and began team training by taking out the roster of trainees.
Compared to the lengthy opening remarks, this post-simulation ideological education was much shorter.
Although the trainees were secretly delighted that they didn’t have to stand in the field listening to the Head Instructor’s meaningless words, the sudden absence of these draggy mobilization speeches made them feel a strange sense of something missing.
However, they were all good at imagining things, believing it was just the characteristic of soldiers – concise and efficient.
But…
They were all wrong.
It wasn’t that the Head Instructor didn’t want to say anything.
It was that he genuinely didn’t know what he should say!!!
He had no idea he would be defeated, so he hadn’t prepared a speech for after the battle.
His Chinese was not good! He was suffering!
The speech he just made up on the spot, with its eloquent and even somewhat passionate words and sentences, was borrowed from the mobilization meeting of the new recruits a while ago. What could he do? He was truly despairing! He didn’t know what else to say!
Why did he have to encounter a student like this, one who appears once in a decade! This was completely different from the “newbie” the team leader had mentioned!!
Thinking this, he felt a bit wronged. He had finally become a squad leader, and before he could even establish his authority within the team, he was beaten severely by a brat who had only been a trainer for a month.
Clenching the small cheat sheet for his speech that he had prepared in his pocket with some indignation, the Head Instructor, with a somber face, walked towards Li Wei’s team.
“Your team, follow me.”
After saying this, he walked towards the open space ahead without looking back.
Li Wei, having just rejoined the team, looked at the instructor’s vengeful attitude and his dark, black face and silently swallowed.
He had a feeling that this wave of satisfaction would lead to fifteen days of hardship.
This is really not good.
But even if things were bad, he had someone to share it with. Beside him were four good brothers and a cute new friend.
Thinking this, he suddenly felt that life was full of hope.
No matter when, as long as you weren’t getting beaten alone, life was still full of hope!
With Eevee on his head and pulling on Riolu’s small black ears, who was still excited, Li Wei followed the instructor towards the furthest area.
“Your battle just now was so cool!!”
During the walk, several good brothers came over, showering him with praise as if they had exhausted all their learned vocabulary.
But their vocabulary wasn’t particularly sophisticated.
It was nothing more than simple and unadorned expressions like ‘awesome,’ ‘amazing,’ and ‘sick.’
However, he was a common person and enjoyed hearing such things.
“Of course!” Li Wei replied.
“Huh? What was that of yours?” Tian Bai asked Li Wei with a puzzled look.
???
“It was Riolu who fought, what does it have to do with you, Li Wei?”
???
“Yeah, did you defeat Onix?”
Saying this, several people pushed Li Wei away from Riolu, acting like a group of mothers showering Riolu with all sorts of encouragement.
This included, but was not limited to, head pats (, ), verbal praise, and feeding candy and snacks.
Li Wei looked at Riolu, who was being crowded by everyone not far away, with envy, jealousy, and hatred.
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The college entrance examination is tomorrow. There’s nothing I can do to express myself. Winning is purely a dream, and it’s impossible for me to be there.
So, I’ll offer my verbal blessings to everyone here.
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Voiced by Timo himself. （ Babies who read first might need to wait a moment ）
Wishing Dang Wu, Chu He, Qiu Dao Zhan Xian Yu, Mo Zi, Ti Xiao Xian, Sheng Sheng Ran Meng, Xing Han Ying Hua Meng, Er Er De Si, Mashed Potatoes smashed into mashed potatoes, Feng, good luck on the college entrance examination! Wishing Yi Zhi Bai Yi, good luck on the middle school entrance examination! Also, Boss Pin, good luck with the mortgage! May hard study lead to a better life, and may your good name spread throughout the capital, wishing you soaring success and flying colors in the examinations!
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In addition, today’s shout-out: 《 I can break through the dimensional barrier 》, this is a story about someone with a system who can travel to two-dimensional worlds and return.
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Timo’s Flop Diary
July 6th, Cloudy
【 July 5th, 1310 votes, 4 extra chapters added, keep up the good work!!! 】
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I encountered something terrifying today.
In the morning, I went to my grandma’s house. Usually, the nanny made breakfast, and I just needed to serve myself.
Sometimes I needed to fry a few eggs.
However, as I walked into the separate kitchen shed, something extremely long with many legs entered my sight.
I wasn’t fully awake at the time, and in that instant, I knew what it meant to gasp in shock; the terrifying feeling hit me right at the top of my head, and my brain trembled.
Even though I tried my best to control myself, I still let out an extremely pitiful scream.
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Then, under my grandma’s laughter, that large centipede was mercilessly swatted to death by her with a broom.
……
I was utterly speechless.
I was instantly wide awake, my eyes couldn’t even stay open.
Wah wah wah wah, the first floor is too scary, the lawn and all that is too scary.
Wtf
Then, there was also something happy today.
Hehe.
When I went to my grandma’s house in the afternoon to get dinner, I saw a calico cat!! It was very cute and of excellent breed.
Hehehe.
