Chapter 53: What Kind Of Eevee Is This?
The training days were monotonous but brought a small sense of accomplishment.
Days passed one by one, and his Pokémon made great progress in this short half month.
Today is May 18th, the third-to-last day of training.
Tomorrow is the final test, with the routine written exam in the morning and batch 1v1 and 6v6 in the afternoon.
After unified exam preparation, today is a rest day. Li Wei came to Area 12 as usual to start his daily training.
Today’s training ground was slightly different from usual, looking very lively.
There were many instructors in the field, and Li Wei wasn’t sure if it was his illusion, but he felt these instructors looked at him with great excitement.
Or rather, after he arrived, the field suddenly filled with joyful aura?
What’s going on, was he too handsome, making these instructors feel pleased?
It really wasn’t impossible.
Every morning while washing up, looking at the handsome guy in the mirror, he himself felt some emotion and couldn’t hold back.
No exaggeration, if he were a girl, he would definitely chase after a boy who looks like this~
“Hello, kid. Want to have a battle?”
While Li Wei was fantasizing, an instructor had walked up to him at some point and issued a battle invitation.
At the same time, instructors not far away also began gathering toward them.
Unspokenly, as if they had planned it.
“A battle? Sure.”
Li Wei would never refuse such a randomly triggered chance event. Moreover, he clearly perceived the pure joy in this instructor’s heart after he agreed to battle.
Very pure.
Not like having any bad intentions.
This made Li Wei drop the thought of grabbing Dragonair by the neck and slipping away if the wind didn’t feel right.
There was no mental burden for the battle. For such a random encounter battle, he was happy to oblige.
After all, he wasn’t weak.
Besides, he knew these instructors wouldn’t bring out their main Pokémon to bully him.
“You’re Li Wei, right? I’m Instructor Wu. Just call me Instructor Wu. I’ve recently nurtured a new Pokémon, three months old, with a nurturing degree similar to yours.”
Saying that, the instructor pulled a Poké Ball from his pocket.
“Come out! Timo!”
Then, a Houndour appeared in the field.
A black little dog with a fierce expression, orange belly and mouth, two bone-like objects on its back, and bone-like objects on each ankle.
From appearance to demeanor, this Houndour was very fierce.
As expected of a Pokémon with a villain face. No wonder both in manga and reality, this kind is often used as the ‘villain’.
Just from looks, this Pokémon is naturally classified as ‘evil’.
This pure natural thing was just like how handsome he was—first glance gives a subjective judgment.
At this moment in the battle arena, an Eevee and a Houndour, one small and one large, one cute and one fierce.
If this scene were in the wild, this Eevee would probably be eaten cool.
First time battling a canine Pokémon like Houndour, and Li Wei’s memory still held the scene from two months ago in some basement where he was surrounded by a group of Houndoom.
Not sure what was in Eevee’s head right now, but the originally reluctant Eevee suddenly became extra irritable.
Through this period of study and occasional chats with the head instructor, even without much knowledge of Houndour, Li Wei had some relevant intel.
According to the head instructor, their league army sometimes, due to different assigned teams and unified demands from above, often has a company or even a battalion uniformly training the same kind of Pokémon.
Such Pokémon usually have these traits: ‘high obedience’, ‘strong team cooperation’, ‘excellent sense of smell’, ‘rapid growth’, ‘certain aggressiveness’.
The most common are Houndoom, Growlithe, Pawniard, Poliwag, and Starly.
Widely used as representative Pokémon for police and army—Arcanine, due to rarity, only officers and those with high merits have resources to exchange for it.
In casual chats during the head instructor’s breaks, Li Wei learned a bit about the army’s way and use of training Houndoom.
Mainly using canine sense of smell and team obedience for site investigation, patrols, or handling daily security.
Due to world view differences, the security system roles and duties of the Zhonghua Family on Blue Star differ slightly from Earth.
Originally, police are civil servants, must pass exams to enter.
But in an era with Pokémon, whether trainers or non-trainers, for ‘survival’, their theoretical knowledge and exam prep experience must be rich.
Trainers need corresponding professional certificates, requiring rich professional knowledge; for non-trainers, the league makes them aware of Pokémon ‘dangers’ and popularizes survival guides on how weak humans survive in this dangerous world, so they must master basic Pokémon-related knowledge.
So, no matter what, annual exams and small tests are unavoidable.
Similar to civil service tests in nature.
Testing basic knowledge and if the brain is okay.
Due to duty needs, league army soldiers sometimes nurture corresponding Pokémon as required to handle various situations.
And these ‘uniformly issued’ and ‘required to nurture’ Pokémon are easy to understand.
Definitely with fixed nurturing direction, fixed and uniform skills, based on physical fitness training, with combat and skill power as supplements.
After all, even if a Houndoom’s Flamethrower isn’t strong, but twenty, or a hundred and twenty Houndoom using it together, the power is not to be underestimated.
Guess what, he thought this Houndoom’s skills were probably Spark, Bite, and Howl.
“So you’re using this Eevee to battle me?”
What interrupted Li Wei’s divergent thinking was the instructor’s question.
Because he’d gone a bit crazy with studying lately, Li Wei couldn’t help using many methods to forcibly memorize the 30 textbooks.
After all, the provincial exam was coming soon, and he didn’t have much time left!
But worth mentioning, memory training was effective.
For example, just now upon seeing the Houndour, besides the publicly known intel occasionally mentioned by the head instructor, his brain also recalled many laws and regulations on keeping large canine Pokémon as pets.
Review showing initial results, plus this chance battle event, two good things stacking, Li Wei was in a great mood today.
“Yes, Instructor Wu, I’ll use Eevee to battle you!”
Out of respect, Li Wei didn’t let Magikarp out to battle this Timo the Houndour.
After all, anyone would feel bad being beaten up by a Magikarp that’s always ‘karoo karoo’ calling, flopping sideways on the ground.
Before the battle even started, just after glancing at the Houndour after the instructor released it, Li Wei already assumed victory was his.
The nurturing time and this Houndour’s aura intensity let Li Wei judge its strength, and knowing his own Eevee’s power, the winner of this battle was definitely his.
A mere three-month Houndour, what right did it have to battle his Chaos Spiritual Root genius?
But Li Wei knew his Eevee’s strength, the instructor didn’t.
This Houndour looked obviously fierce, could spit fire, bite people, fierce-faced, and you’re sending out an Eevee to battle me?
The instructor’s heart was full of grass.
He thought Li Wei would at least send out that Riolu that beat up little Zhang to battle him.
Just this?
Eevee?
Coming up wagging tail?
At this point, after being deliberately withheld intel by Instructor Zhang the head, seeing Li Wei actually use this Eevee to battle him, he couldn’t help shaking his head at Li Wei’s underestimation.
“Alright, don’t regret it!”
“Instructor, don’t underestimate her just because she’s an Eevee!”
Sharply perceiving the info from the instructor’s aura, Li Wei raised his brow slightly and threw a trash talk line before the match too.
“Then I’ll be the referee?”
At this time, another instructor who came to watch the fun directly stood at the referee’s position, asking affirmatively.
But Li Wei had no opinion on it.
“Thanks.”
“Got it.”
After Li Wei replied, he nodded to that excited instructor who even picked up a small flag to referee.
“Both sides ready!”
“Battle begin!”
The referee’s ‘battle begin’ is always the signal for first attack. In this battle, the instructor’s Houndour attacked first.
“Timo! Use Spark!”
The Houndour called Timo opened its mouth, rapidly firing three small flames at Eevee.
“Timo! Full speed rush, use Fire Fang!”
After the first attack, the instructor immediately gave the second command.
Smooth combo with fierce rhythm, looking to take out Eevee in one set.
During this time, Li Wei gave no commands to Eevee, as if he hadn’t reacted.
‘Sigh, this newbie is nothing special.’
Seeing Li Wei silent, everyone present couldn’t help feeling emotional in their hearts.
Thinking the ‘strongest newbie’ description was just little Zhang’s nonsense, an absurd excuse for his own weakness.
This newbie couldn’t even do basic defense, what strength did he have?
Just as everyone prepared to disperse after the referee’s verdict, Houndour Timo’s wail made them turn back to the arena.
The distracted instructors didn’t know what happened, but the instructor and referee watching the battle saw it clearly.
So, they were stunned.
That kid Li Wei hadn’t said a word from start to finish, and Eevee hadn’t moved her feet at all.
She tanked Houndour’s Spark without a scratch, and at the instant Houndour rushed up to bite her neck with Fire Fang, she extended her front paw for a counterattack.
No one expected that seemingly instinctive pre-death paw block to have terrifying power to send Houndour flying.
And seeing Houndour in the deep pit on the ground, this instructor felt ashamed of his earlier underestimation.
What is this?
What Eevee can smash a Houndour into the ground with her front paw?
Area 12’s ground hardness is already very high; even a 400+ kg Snorlax jumping wouldn’t leave marks, and yet this???
An Eevee??
Smashed his Timo into the ground?
No skills used, directly lost combat ability???
Everyone’s heads were full of question marks, completely unable to understand this Eevee’s damage.
What Eevee is this?
Wasn’t it said Li Wei’s starter was Riolu?
Are his normal Pokémon’s nurturing degrees this high too?
In this instant, all instructors present couldn’t help doubting the education and practical experience they’d received over the years.
Speaking logically, isn’t fluffy Eevee supposed to be raised as ‘glass cannon’ or ‘pet’?? Isn’t it said to gain combat ability only after evolution?
Who can raise Eevee into such a terrifying thing??
At this time, their gazes at Eevee changed, and Instructor Wu, who came as vanguard to test Li Wei’s strength, took a billion cold breaths before recalling his now unable-to-battle Timo with a Poké Ball.
“You’re very strong. I’ll keep an eye on you in this Magic City Province competition!”
Not good with words, not knowing what to say after losing—or rather, Instructor Wu never thought he’d lose—he said these disjointed words and stepped aside.
To be fair, Eevee’s terrifying melee ability really wasn’t something Li Wei intended.
It was all Riolu’s fault.
Yes.
All Riolu’s fault.
For nearly half a month, Li Wei had Riolu and Eevee do solos.
And a mage after being closed in by melee, the consequences are inevitably disastrous.
So to match Riolu evenly, Eevee was forced to learn energy compression. By analogy and asking Riolu for aura techniques, Eevee applied this method to her own energy, compensating for her quadruped combat shortcomings.
But Riolu, who idolizes Gallade big brother and Delibird, the things it taught Eevee were probably not proper good stuff.
Thus naturally, Li Wei’s No.2 Pokémon Eevee, who dreamed of being a proper lady, was led astray······
And continued down the dark path.
Timo’s Flop Diary
July 25th
【July 24th, 800 votes, no extra chapter】
Today ah······
Tired.
Updates back to on time, not intentional.
Really don’t want to recall what happened this afternoon.
Wow.
Let a class rep supplement it themselves.
In the group, probably already know from wife’s explosion what happened.
Too terrifying too terrifying.
Shivering, so this is the taste???
Wow.
Wow.
Wow.
Really, scared hands shaking, brain blank, then headache plus legs trembling.
Too terrifying.
Cried.
Really too terrifying.
That’s it.
Dear ones who don’t know what happened, wait for class rep and super soldier.
Can’t take it anymore aaaaaaaaaah
