Chapter 11: Social Anxiety, Abs, Chuunibyou, Summoning
After Combat Class ended, Zuo Hang, Zuo Rou, and Hoshino Ryuji followed Teacher Xi Ran to the Information Building.
There was a rectangular machine over three meters tall in the Hall. Several students were queuing in front of the machine. Teacher Xi Ran said, “Put your initial Pokémon’s Poké Ball into the machine’s card slot, and the test will be complete. Then go to the first Classroom on the right for a physical exam. When you come back, fill out a form, and you’ll have your own Trainer ID.”
“Got it?”
“Got it!” Only Hoshino Ryuji answered, but Xi Ran didn’t mind.
“Good, since it’s just a small test like this, I won’t go with you. The teacher hasn’t eaten yet. See you this afternoon. Oh, and after the physical, you can test your Adaptability while you’re at it. I’ll talk about it this afternoon, but you can test it ahead of time.”
“Sure thing, sir! See you this afternoon!” Still only Hoshino answered. Zuo Hang and Zuo Rou had already gone to queue on the other side, seemingly not hearing Xi Ran’s second half of the sentence.
After the two guys in front finished their tests, Zuo Hang put Fletchling’s Poké Ball into the machine’s card slot.
Green fluorescent light from above the machine covered the Poké Ball. Two seconds later, Fletchling’s information appeared on the screen.
Attack: 10
Defense: 4
Special Attack: 4
Special Defense: 3
Speed: 7
Intelligence: 6（Normal human is 10）
Charm: 8
Overall Combat Power: E
Age: 3~5 days
Besides the data the Terminal could measure, there was also an age. Fletchling hatched from the egg on August 30th. Today was the second day after the start of school, September 2nd. This machine was pretty accurate.
Fletchling’s Attack had increased a bit compared to the first test. Just three classes of training had improved the Attack.
Zuo Hang opened the Textbook in his hand and checked the Adamant and Lonely personalities. These two personalities had easier-to-improve Attack stats. The other personalities could basically be eliminated.
He originally thought it would take until the next training session to eliminate the eight options one by one, but unexpectedly, only two were left after just a few minutes. This Battle Power Test System was pretty good.
After the siblings finished their tests, it was Hoshino’s turn.
【Caterpillar】
Attack: 5
Defense: 5
Special Attack: 3
Special Defense: 3
Speed: 1
Intelligence: 4（Normal human is 10）
Charm: 3
Overall Combat Power: E-
Age: 10~12 days
“Tch, Speed 1, real nice one, Caterpillar.” Hoshino Ryuji grumbled at the Poké Ball, “I heard eating mulberry leaves helps with learning String Shot. Ten mulberry leaves every day from now on, no more, no less. If you can’t learn Tackle, fine, but if you can’t learn String Shot, just off yourself.”
Who knows if the Caterpillar inside the Poké Ball could hear these words.
All three Pokémon met the initial Pokémon standards.
After the Pokémon test came the routine physical exam, measuring height, vision, and such.
Becoming a Trainer had no special requirements, as long as you reached the average level of an ordinary high school student.
As for improvements in Physical Fitness, like punching power, endurance, and such, those were things to consider after becoming a Trainer.
Zuo Hang was somewhat worried about Zuo Rou. His sister rarely exercised and spent too much time in front of the Computer. There might be one or two issues even he and Old Man didn’t know about.
When he saw that Zuo Rou’s physical exam was passed, Zuo Hang breathed a sigh of relief as if unburdened.
“Hehehe~~~ Useless little bro, that expression is so cute~ You were worried about me just now, right?” For some reason, Zuo Rou suddenly seemed very smug.
She suddenly grabbed Zuo Hang’s wrist and pressed his hand to her belly. “Feel it? Sister’s six-pack abs. You think I can keep my figure without exercising every day? What do you think? I exercise every day. A little thing like a physical test is no problem at all. Useless little bro! You still don’t know sister well enough!”
The six-pack abs were real. Zuo Hang pinched them; they were pretty hard.
He really didn’t know about this.
A sister with six-pack abs who actually had Social Anxiety—total mismatch.
“What are you two doing? Tested Adaptability yet?” Hoshino Ryuji walked over with a puzzled look after finishing his physical.
“Adaptability? What Adaptability?”
“Adaptability with White Dragon Reshiram, duh.” Hoshino was stunned, then gave a look of disdain. “No way, sir, you really don’t know? All five Secret Realms in the entire Academy City are protected by Reshiram. If you’re in danger in a Secret Realm, Reshiram can teleport you out immediately.”
The reason White Dragon Academy was called White Dragon was largely because this school enjoyed the protection of the legendary White Dragon—Reshiram.
It was said that the First Generation Dean who founded White Dragon Academy was once the Hero chosen by White Dragon. After the Principal died, Reshiram had been guarding the Academy, waiting for the next Hero to appear.
【White Dragon Adaptability】 was to test your Compatibility with Reshiram. It was said that those with 90% or higher Compatibility had a high chance of gaining Reshiram’s recognition and becoming the next Hero riding White Dragon.
The way to test Adaptability was very simple.
In the room next to the physical exam room, there was a golden light orb. Just place your hand on the orb, and you could know your Compatibility with White Dragon.
Hoshino had already placed his hand on the light orb first.
One breath, two breaths
The golden light orb flashed once.
Compatibility: 58%
“Only 58%? Whatever, I wasn’t expecting much anyway.” Hoshino Ryuji was slightly disappointed. “Alright, your turn, you two.”
“White Dragon Compatibility? Great! I have a feeling White Dragon is already calling me!” Saying this, Zuo Rou placed her hand on the golden light orb, muttering incantations,
“I hereby swear.
I wish to accomplish all good deeds in the world
I wish to slay all evil deeds in the world
From the Wheel of Suppression, Guardian of the Scales!”
Zuo Hang covered his face. He hoped his chuunibyou sister’s summoning spell wouldn’t actually summon something.
One breath, two breaths, ten breaths
The light orb suddenly burst with dazzling light!
—Compatibility: 87%
“Whoa, just 3 points short. But 87% is already very high. I heard the Academy hasn’t had a student over 85% in years. Zuo Rou, you’re probably gonna get all sorts of special treatment from the teachers. Tsk, your wonderful high school life is over.” Hoshino said.
“Special attention? I don’t mind. As long as I can be with Zuo Hang.”
After spending the morning together, Zuo Rou didn’t have that “fear” of strangers with Hoshino. She could communicate normally, and Hoshino seemed like a very approachable person, so Zuo Rou wasn’t afraid.
“Brocon traits are exploding. Brother, life is hard.” Hoshino Ryuji elbowed Zuo Hang and said, “Your sister’s Adaptability is so high, yours shouldn’t be bad either, right? Wanna try? Maybe you’re the Hero chosen by White Dragon!”
Whether White Dragon or not didn’t matter. In these nine years, Zuo Hang had encountered quite a few legendary Mythical Beasts and fought them, winning some, losing some. Compared to becoming White Dragon’s Hero, he wanted to spar with Reshiram more.
Status changed, rewards opened（Two updates today, trick some rewards~~）
