Chapter 12: White Dragon Academy’s Misfit
There are over ten of these golden test balls in the academy, and the one in the Information Building is specifically provided for first-year high school freshmen to test.
It is said that each light ball contains a fragment of Reshiram’s scattered consciousness. As long as you place your hand on the light ball, Reshiram can sense your intentions.
Zuo Hang placed his hand on the light ball.
One breath, two breaths, ten breaths.
Unlike the dazzling bright light emitted during Xingye and Zuo Rou’s tests, the golden light ball slowly dimmed.
Compatibility: 0%
Zuo Hang was stunned. “Is this light ball broken?”
Xingye was also stunned for a few seconds. “I don’t know, it shouldn’t be broken.”
Zuo Hang removed his hand and tried again.
The light ball returned to gold, but when Zuo Hang approached his hand again, the light ball turned dull gray-white once more.
0% compatibility can only mean that the White Dragon has absolutely no connection with you and rejected you right upon meeting. It will not provide you with any assistance in the Secret Realm.
Hoshino Ryuji said, “Even people in Classes E or F, who have some personality defects to varying degrees, get at least around 20% evaluation. After all, Reshiram is the academy’s protector. Even if your character is not upright, it will fulfill its duty as a guardian. As long as there is even a bit of adaptability, Reshiram will pull you out when you’re in danger and keep you from dying in the Secret Realm.”
Zuo Hang pondered for a moment, then asked, “Besides using adaptability to stay alive in the Secret Realm, are there any other uses?”
“Yes, over 90% gives you a chance to become a Hero.”
“Besides these two?”
Xingye said, “High adaptability might get you some attention from teachers in various aspects. Otherwise, that’s it. If Reshiram acknowledges you, it means at least your character is fine, and your talent as a Trainer should be high too.”
“That’s it? Nothing else?”
“Yeah, that’s it. Nothing else.”
Xingye suddenly stepped back, distancing himself from Zuo Hang. “0% adaptability… By the way, kid, you’re not some hidden abnormal, are you? I heard people with personality defects have very low adaptability!”
Zuo Hang sighed. “Personality defect? Maybe. Who knows what this White Dragon is thinking.”
“Hah, it’s probably because you sigh every day that your adaptability is so low. People who match well with the White Dragon seem to be boys and girls under 18. You sigh like an uncle, no wonder the White Dragon looks down on you.”
Zuo Hang looked at the clouds overhead.
That one that glared at him across the clouds right after enrollment was probably Reshiram.
Zuo Hang flexed his wrist, and faint electric arcs flickered on the Electric Mouse.
Since capturing the Nightmare God, it had been nearly a week without a fight, and his hands were itching. The Electric Mouse usually acted cute in all sorts of ways, but deep down it was warlike too. It felt like they should find an opportunity for a good “communication” with that White Dragon hiding in the dark.
At noon, Zuo Hang received an email from Teacher Xi Ran, detailing the bonus to personal comprehensive evaluations from various positions.
Class Monitor: Extra 10,000 points per month
Vice Class Monitor: Extra 8,000 points per month
Study Committee Member: Extra 5,000 points per month
Arts Committee Member/Sanitation Committee Member/Sports Committee Member: Extra 2,000 points per month
Besides class positions, there was also a list of bonuses for school positions.
Student Council President: Extra 20,000 points per month
Student Council Vice President: Extra 18,000 points per month
Student Council Secretary/Student Council Accountant: Extra 15,000 points per month
Other Student Council Officers: Extra 10,000 points per month
（ps: Teacher Xi Ran kindly reminds: Please correctly recognize your own abilities. If you lack certain capabilities, do not aim for class or school positions. If the class drops in the monthly evaluation, all class committee members will have 80% of their extra reward points deducted as Contribution Points. Please consider carefully during elections.）
（ps2: The Student Council will hold a turnover two months after the start of school. This time, the Vice President remains unchanged, but the Student Council President, Student Council Secretary, Student Council Accountant, and other officer positions will have varying vacancies. Classmates who want to join the Student Council can start preparing.）
The Student Council has a bit more perks than class positions, especially the Student Council President position—20k points, looks tempting.
Class A personal settlement has 50k Contribution Points, and class settlement has an extra 10k, totaling 60k.
Money for 100 Great Balls, or fewer than sixty Ultra Balls.
Every Pokémon has a hidden capture rate value from 1 to 255; the higher the value, the harder the capture.
Poké Ball ×1, Great Ball ×1.5, Ultra Ball ×2. Rich families use Ultra Balls, poor ones use Poké Balls. Zuo Hang usually uses Great Balls and also prepares other Poké Balls in his belt, like the Dusk Ball used to capture the Nightmare God, which has a higher capture probability in the wild than Ultra Balls.
If nothing unexpected happens, Zuo Hang shouldn’t need to use Poké Balls too much. Preparing ten Great Balls and Ultra Balls per month should be enough, and his luggage already has quite a few Poké Balls, so he’s not short on them for now.
Besides Poké Balls, Potions are also essential. For Fletchling right now, beginner Potions are sufficient.
300 per bottle, roughly enough for a week.
In addition, there might be expenses for skill manuals. Common skills are no worry—the Electric Mouse and Gardevoir learned plenty back then. Exclusive Fire-type skills might require some cost. Zuo Hang saw the price of Flare Blitz in the shop yesterday, which seemed to be 50,000 points.
Without a Fire-type Pokémon around, and no one to coach Fletchling, he’ll probably still need to buy the manual to learn exclusive skills.
Zuo Hang also saw a few nice fan-made skills while browsing the shop yesterday.
—When a Pokémon’s skill proficiency reaches a certain level, it may develop other derivative skills from the current one.
The most famous fan-made skills are Focus Blasts of various attributes—fusing skills of different attributes with Focus Blast. For example, Fire Punch + Focus Blast combined into Fire Focus Blast.
Of course, Lucario isn’t that easy to catch, and even if caught, it may not learn skills of other attributes. The reason various attribute Focus Blasts are famous is mainly because of that 600-episode anime called 《Aura Hero Hayate》.
Besides fusing two skills, there are also fan-made skills created through form changes of a single skill.
Zuo Hang’s Pikachu can proficiently master two kinds of Electric-type power, and Thunderbolt’s form changes are varied. The Electric Mouse can casually shape Thunderbolt into a model for a brand-new skill, like the electric net woven from dual-color thunder used when capturing the Nightmare God.
Because the Electric Mouse can use too many fan-made skills, Zuo Hang is too lazy to name them. Besides, he’s not a Pokémon Master, so even if he named them, he couldn’t apply for skill patents.
Fan-made skills in the school shop are 50k~100k, much cheaper than outside—practically free.
Zuo Hang once saw a fan-made skill called Tired Tide priced at 800k. The name sounds impressive, but it’s just Stun Spore + Hypnosis Powder + Scald. By comparison, the White Dragon’s skills are dirt cheap.
Although fan-made skills seem low-level to Zuo Hang, before Fletchling truly grows up, learning a few high-power ones is still very necessary. Once it grows, even a casual Spark is fan-made level.
For Contribution Points, Zuo Hang plans to compete for a position. Class ones are out—deductions for downgrading are too risky. He plans to go straight for the Student Council.
.I’ve been hitting Reshiram. People who find Reshiram or Liexi Reshiram easier to say can settle for that; they’re all about the same anyway.
