Chapter 34: The Rules Are Fair
At this moment, Li Wei, walking behind, felt a sense of frustration that he couldn’t express.
It wasn’t that he was unhappy with their praise for Riolu, but rather that their praise was very loud and their actions were a bit too exaggerated.
It was as if… these words were spoken deliberately to annoy him.
No, he should be more confident and remove the word ‘as if’.
Because these people were doing it deliberately!!!
“Eevee, they’re being too much,” Li Wei said to Eevee on his head as he walked behind.
“Bu Yi?”
【 Do they? 】
Eevee seemed a bit dismissive of this.
“Isn’t this enough? My little heart is really hurt,” Li Wei exclaimed.
“Bu Yi.”
【 Who asked you to stand them up? And you were actually a bit much with Auntie Tian Bai. 】
“Ah, that… She plotted against me when I was young, so this is what they call karma!”
“Bu Yi.”
【 Then what they’re doing is called “Heaven won’t forgive you.” 】
……
At this moment, Li Wei deeply regretted teaching Eevee to recognize numbers and words.
Couldn’t this Eevee speak properly anymore!! Why was she starting to argue with him??
Realizing that Eevee had evolved during the “PUA Class,” Li Wei felt a sense of foreboding and decided to increase his efforts later.
Unlike Eevee’s heartlessness and indifference, Riolu was incredibly endearing.
After receiving a round of praise and affection from the ‘older sisters and stay-at-home dads,’ he took his pile of snacks and ran to Li Wei, sharing his spoils with him.
(^)
At this moment, Li Wei felt like screaming.
Why is this Riolu so heartwarming!!!
He taught him well!
“Bu Yi.”
【 Thanks(ω) 】
Eevee, who also received candy from Riolu, wagged her paws in thanks.
“Hmph! Serves you right for bullying me!!”
Li Wei, like a victorious general, shook his newly acquired spoils and showed off his ‘good stuff’ to a group of people.
Simply put, with one simple action, he perfectly embodied the word ‘shameless’.
“Hmph, I don’t know how a bad person like you raised this Riolu!!”
Tian Bai stomped her feet in frustration, expressing her displeasure.
“To be honest, it’s true.
Did you really raise this Riolu? Is it really your first Pokémon? Why does Eevee seem more like you??”
Yu Yixian also joined in the “whip-lashing,” and managed to hit both at once with a single sentence, truly worthy of an old Pantheon player.
“Bu Yi??”
Eevee, who was inexplicably dragged into the crossfire, expressed her displeasure.
“Your Eevee looks so clever, just like you. All flash and no substance, looks good on the outside but rotten on the inside. I bet if you cut it open, it’d be black.”
Hearing this, Li Wei was completely unable to retort.
Eevee, who was lying on Li Wei’s head, opened her mouth to say something, but after thinking it over, she couldn’t find any valid reasons to refute it.
She had indeed done many ‘guilty deeds.’
For instance, she secretly canceled Li Wei’s Alipay payment reminders, she had Mime Jr. help her take Li Wei’s money to buy things, and she even tricked his mother into giving her a bank card without Li Wei knowing…
Li Wei thought Eevee would get angry, but seeing her silence, he gasped.
After pondering Eevee’s behavior, he worriedly took out his phone from his pocket. He was somewhat relieved to find no payment reminders on Alipay.
In this round of the game, Eevee had temporarily won.
“But it’s okay, I have the excellent Riolu.”
Li Wei, thinking he was safe, began his counterattack. With an irritating tone, he uttered an irritating sentence and then shrugged helplessly at everyone.
“But you’re not a good person!” Yu Yixian continued to retort.
“It’s okay, I have the excellent Riolu!”
“Damn it!”
“Be jealous! I have the excellent Riolu~”
……
“I’m gonna beat you to death!!!” Saying this, Yu Yixian lunged at Li Wei with his fist, but Riolu blocked him.
“See, I have Riolu.”
@*（&）！*#——！
The collective sarcastic jabs from everyone ultimately failed against Li Wei.
‘Hmph! You bunch of petty people for bullying me!!’
In reality, Li Wei knew that these people weren’t ganging up on him because they disliked him, but simply because they were angry.
After a suitable counterattack, Li Wei still had to consider how to compensate his bad friends for their hurt feelings.
“Hey Eevee, what do you think I should do?” Li Wei asked Eevee on his head again.
“Bu Yi.”
【 I don’t know, maybe apologize since you can’t afford to offend them. 】
……
What kind of answer is this, and where did Eevee learn this strange vocabulary??
After much thought, he blamed Eevee’s magazine reading habits, completely forgetting about the little manga he’d hidden in his desk drawer.
It was a small manga he had drawn on impulse while studying—”Swallowing Mud and Gardevoir on the Tip of the Tongue.”
Coincidentally, Eevee saw this manga.
After opening a new world, Eevee could discover new knowledge from Li Wei’s drawer every so often, becoming irredeemable and, like Riolu, her brain began to rot.
……
Of course, Li Wei was unaware of all this. He just thought Eevee was unreliable.
He silently followed behind the group, deciding to contemplate this matter of ‘compensation’ and ‘apology’ himself.
Putting himself in their shoes, if his good friends had hidden things from him in the past, he wouldn’t be happy either.
“Sigh, I’m just too kind.”
His loudly declared sentiment earned him another round of eye-rolls and some chattering, “Zu’an” greetings from the group.
Standing them up was one thing, but secretly training and not telling them! And not letting them bully him to vent their frustrations! What nerve!
They had all known each other for ten years, and Li Wei’s combination of standing them up and encrypting his activities had truly hurt them a little!
Although everyone knew that a Pokémon’s growth was inseparable from a trainer’s nurturing and effort, they still wanted to use this method to annoy him.
Surely no one would think that a newly hatched Pokémon could grow strong and challenge higher-level opponents without a trainer, right?
The saying ‘Riolu is strong, what does that have to do with you, Li Wei?’ was merely to needle Li Wei, the traitor who trained in secret behind their backs.
In reality, they were only excited watching Li Wei’s performance.
After all, their brother was the one who was amazing!
Of course, they would never tell Li Wei this.
Besides excitement, their thoughts were basically the same: their minds were filled with ‘I need to find a chance to beat this kid up properly.’
When it came to the correct way to be a bad friend, their small group could at least provide four different perfect answers.
The thoughts of a bad friend differed from Mo Jiu’s.
While her emotions weren’t obvious, she silently recorded all of Li Wei’s actions during his previous battles, mentally contemplating ‘countermeasures to defeat Li Wei.’
Morpeko, who was also clinging to her leg like a small pendant, had its own thoughts.
Unlike other petite and cute Electric-type Pokémon, this creature with its truly two-faced nature was not as innocent as it appeared.
At this moment, Morpeko silently ate the nut in its hand, stealthily observing Riolu, who was also eating. It narrowed its eyes, contemplating whether it could actually defeat this dog.
A group of six people, one could say that every person and every Pokémon had their own ulterior motives and little plans.
Five minutes later, the Head Instructor walked to the very edge of the field and stopped.
A group of people quickly ran to the designated spot, acting as if nothing had happened, and stood in perfect formation, awaiting the Head Instructor’s speech.
“I’ve roughly reviewed your profiles. Frankly, you all come from influential backgrounds. Your purpose for participating in this training shouldn’t just be to casually earn extra points, right?”
“Yes, Instructor,” Zhou Fengjue replied with a serious expression.
The instructor asked directly, and Zhou Fengjue answered just as directly.
Zhou Fengjue, hailing from a general’s family, and the Head Instructor, who came from the League military region, likely had a lot in common in a sense.
Upon hearing Zhou Fengjue’s answer, the instructor nodded understandingly.
“Then, since this is special training for the Provincial Competition and you want to achieve a better ranking, there are many things you need to do.”
He then flipped through the documents in his hand again.
“I’ve looked it over, and all six of you are from Magic City. To even make it into the Top 16 there, you need the strength to crush Level 2 Pokémon. The Provincial Competition there is so fierce it could be described as a man-eating cave!
To exaggerate, a moment of carelessness, or wasting a day of training, could easily lead to you being surpassed by others.
Therefore, you must not be satisfied with the daily quota of training; you must train with self-awareness to maximize the significance of this training.”
“Understood, Instructor!”
Zhou Fengjue was still the one listening most attentively and the one actively responding.
After all, among the six people present, only three genuinely had aspirations for the Provincial Competition. Excluding one slacker and one who rarely spoke, Zhou Fengjue was the only one left who could properly answer the instructor’s questions.
“Have you all read the Training Manual?” the instructor continued, quite pleased with Zhou Fengjue’s proactive attitude.
“We have,” all six replied in unison.
“I won’t explain to you here what needs to be done during training.
The reason Team Battles were established in training wasn’t just to add a unique feature; the Captain had a more profound idea in mind when making this decision.
Six people cooperating in battles inevitably involves division of labor and teamwork.
Therefore, you need to be clear about your Pokémon’s strengths and weaknesses, and do your best to maximize your advantages in team battles by fulfilling your respective roles.
Then, after the training period, during the weeks leading up to the Provincial Exam, you can refine the issues and weaknesses encountered during training, or devise methods to compensate for your weaknesses, thereby achieving self-transcendence in the Provincial Competition. This is the true purpose of training.”
The instructor’s lengthy speech caused everyone present to fall into contemplation.
‘This is truly unexpected.’
Li Wei had always focused on training Riolu’s strengths; he hadn’t really considered the ‘disadvantages.’
Indeed, relying solely on ‘speed is king’ and ‘slow and steady wins the race’ was too limiting. Riolu also needed the ability for on-the-spot judgment, some improvement in strength, maximized endurance, and most importantly, he hadn’t undergone ‘Type Advantage’ training.
As a transmigrated Trainer, if he didn’t become a Type Advantage Master, Li Wei would feel he was disgracing transmigrators.
At this moment, Li Wei thought a lot and even decided to write out a training plan as soon as he returned to the dormitory.
Although he could be guaranteed a spot, seeing Riolu dominate Onix just now, Li Wei realized his desire for the championship was serious.
For sixteen years, he had been uninvolved with various honors. This time, heaven had practically handed him this opportunity, and he truly didn’t want to miss it!!
In the academic world, he couldn’t compare to the Academic Masters. In this Pokémon world, he really didn’t want to lose!!
Thinking this, the usually lazy and unreliable Li Wei surprisingly erupted with amazing fighting spirit.
Training, training not only cultivates strength but also nurtures people.
In this youthful period, passion, positivity, and striving are not bad qualities.
What’s to fear isn’t lack of effort, but the scumbags who pretend to be indifferent, think they’ve seen through everything, and scoff at and attack the efforts of others.
The Head Instructor, seeing the fighting spirit erupting in the eyes of these sixteen and seventeen-year-old youths, nodded with great satisfaction.
Purity, striving, and passion—these are also the charm of Pokémon battles.
Thus, the instructor secretly glanced at his speech notes again and decided to strike while the iron was hot and strengthen their ideological education.
“Therefore, a Trainer can never stop thinking!
Everything has its purpose!
Observation and practice are the best ways to improve your Pokémon’s strength. Don’t be complacent, don’t be stuck in your ways. Always maintaining a humble attitude to learn is what you should be doing at your age!
Just like that simulation battle earlier, it also benefited me greatly. I’ve gained many new inspirations for Pokémon skill combos and nurturing methods!
So, you must be good at observing, discovering, and summarizing. These are the most basic abilities to become an excellent Trainer!”
The instructor’s speech further benefited everyone present.
Especially when recalling Onix’s Iron Tail usage during the previous battle and its combo during the final counterattack, they found the instructor’s words very reasonable.
In that situation, if Li Wei hadn’t been on the Third Layer, and relying solely on Riolu’s judgment, they might have been tricked by the instructor on the Second Layer.
The combination of ultimate moves, field adjustments, flexible thinking, and so on, all offered considerable room for maneuver.
So… does that also mean that as long as they find the right method, it’s not impossible to beat up Li Wei??
“The training tasks for the next few days are actually very simple. For those rookies who still have a vague understanding of their Pokémon’s abilities, their task is to familiarize themselves with the most basic process of Pokémon battles.
However, seeing that you all come from prestigious backgrounds, you probably don’t need to waste time learning from scratch. We’ll start with battle training today.
The assessment three days from now will be based on your performance over these few days, leading to class divisions. With your battle results, you’ll definitely be in Class A. As for the written exam, it’s a piece of cake; I estimate you’ll have no problem scoring over 80%.”
No, no, Instructor, please don’t. This is a big problem.
As someone who has only memorized up to the 17th volume of textbooks, Li Wei believes the assessment in three days might be a major issue.
……
The “easy” three days mentioned by the Head Instructor would likely feel agonizing for Li Wei.
The League’s mandatory textbooks total 30 volumes, and he still had half left to conquer. This… was a major problem.
Before Li Wei could recover from the sorrow of “one person, three nights, one miracle,” another terrifying piece of news emerged.
“So, to help you better understand your strengths and weaknesses, let’s have an intra-team battle first.”
“Hmm… let’s have the five of you fight Li Wei alone.”
“Huh?? Not… Instructor???”
Before Li Wei could finish speaking, the Head Instructor mercilessly interrupted him.
“Yes, that’s how it is. Li Wei, you lost, so you and your two Pokémon will run 10 laps around this arena. If the five of them lose, then all of you will run 10 laps together.”
?????
“The rules are fair. Li Wei’s two Pokémon will battle against your five in a 2v5.”
Then let’s begin! You five have five minutes to prepare. Once the time is up, just stand in position on the battle arena.
I’ll wait for you in the referee’s seat.”
With that, without giving Li Wei any chance to bargain, the Head Instructor directly slipped away.
This…
Is this personal revenge?
Li Wei really wanted to know.
But looking at the villainous faces of his brothers around him, who seemed to be thinking ‘Finally, you’re here~ thankfully I didn’t give up~’, Li Wei felt that it would be admitting defeat if he tried to cancel this battle.
Although 2v5 sounds ridiculous, as long as he wins, he can drag his brothers down with him!
How could he give up on such a happy, drowning-like experience?
It could be said that the battle hadn’t even begun, and he was already imagining the palette-like expressions on his brothers’ faces when they were dragged down in a 2v5 and then countered.
If you’re a good brother, drag them down with you!
Considering the Head Instructor’s previous mention of ‘strengths’ and ‘weaknesses’, Li Wei felt that this 2v5 wasn’t a dead end.
As long as he reasonably utilized Riolu and Eevee’s advantages, winning the match should be quite easy.
Picturing the exasperated expressions of Tian Bai and the others, Li Wei slightly curved his lips and, with Eevee and Riolu, was the first to take his position on the battle arena.
“Eevee, Riolu, stay calm and follow my commands. If we win today, you’ll get a big reward at home!”
“Ruo?”
【 Does big reward mean money? 】
“Bu Yi?”
【 Does big reward have money? 】
“Heh, naive,” Li Wei curved his lips into a dismissive smile.
“After we win, I’ll give each of you a hundred thousand yuan. You can buy whatever you want.”
“Bu Yi!!!!!”
【 I’ll do my best!!!!! I’ll definitely carry this battle!! No, let me evolve and I’ll fight one against five!!!! Even without evolving, I’ll fight with all my might for you!!!! 】
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Still supporting for the college entrance examination!
Yesterday, they requested songs, but I don’t know how to sing them. I’ll sing something similar to compensate and cheer you on!
（ But actually, I think the songs you requested are too strange. Do you think I can belt out ‘Chasing the Dream of a Pure Heart’, or can I perform ‘Praying to Buddha’ for you?
I must say, ‘Praying to Buddha’ is truly amazing. ）
Tu Mi’s ‘Dreaming of Xi Zhou’
Xiao Xiaoguai’s ‘Painting’
And I forgot who requested ‘The Light Chaser’
I wish you all a bright future, keep up the good work!!!!
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Timo’s Flop Diary
July 7th
【 Recommendation votes for July 6th, 1215, three extra chapters, it’s really decreasing~ I’m crying 】
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A rare day of being speechless, I have no idea what to say.
I’m so numb from being backstabbed, I almost want to grab you all and fight you one-on-one.
There was a rather terrifying news story today, I don’t know if you saw it.
The bus falling into the water incident.
Life is unpredictable, and disasters and accidents are common. It’s not easy to live, so cherish the people around you.
Seeing things like this always brings about such emotions.
Besides praying for the safety of those I know and myself throughout my life, I also had a strange thought.
–Humans are truly fragile.
Perhaps I shouldn’t be human anymore?
When will the Spiritual Energy Revival happen?
I’ve been preparing for years? Why hasn’t it happened yet?
Don’t tell me you’ve all gained abilities and I’m the only one left behind?
No way, no way, no way!!!
Wuwuwuwu.
