Chapter 56: Xingye: Hangzi Ge, You’re Famous!
That afternoon, F Class Combat Class.
“Riolu! High Jump Kick!”
The injury from a week ago had long since recovered fully, a precise Spring Leg high kick followed by a sideways Knee Strike.
The opposing Growlithe was first hit in the jaw by the high kick Spring Leg, then struck in the left side of its head by the sideways Knee Strike. Growlithe fell to the ground, the Knee Strike injury spreading to its left eye, which it could no longer open.
Riolu didn’t win this battle easily, with multiple scorch marks on its body, and its right hand trembling slightly from blocking a Tackle.
“I still can’t beat you, Brother Chuan.” Growlithe’s Trainer scratched his head.
He was F Class’s Vice Class Leader, whose strength was a cut below Wang Wenchuan’s; he always lost narrowly in their spars.
It really wasn’t like he was going easy just because he was sparring with the boss or anything. Wang Wenchuan always managed to turn the tables right when he was about to lose. Sun Le felt his own boss hadn’t been using his full strength from the start.
Wang Wenchuan stepped forward and patted his little belly. “Growlithe has gotten much stronger these past couple days. Next time you run into those two sophomores, you should be able to fight back.”
Little Fatty chuckled a few times. “Don’t worry, Brother Chuan, I could take that Golem easily now.”
Talk was cheap, though. If Growlithe really faced that Golem, it had no attribute advantage at all, and the opponent was a sophomore senior. As a newbie who’d been enrolled less than two weeks, he definitely had no chance.
To beat that Golem, he’d at least need to first beat Brother Chuan.
As usual, Little Fatty Sun Le arrived at the Pokémon Center and handed Growlithe’s Poké Ball to the Miss at the front desk.
“Training with your boss again?”
“Yeah, every night we fight, every night I lose.”
Sun Le chatted idly with the front desk Miss, then suddenly noticed the “NEW” label on the overhead Holographic Projection. “TM 505, Full Moon Night’s Fairy what? Why are there ellipses after?”
The Miss took Growlithe’s Poké Ball and said, “It’s said to be a skill newly applied for by a Three-star Special Agent. The name’s too long, so there are ellipses after.”
Three-star Special Agent?
Isn’t that Elite Four level?
“Name too long? An Elite Four certified skill?” Sun Le’s curiosity immediately piqued.
“What’s the full name?”
The Miss said, “I don’t know, I just glanced at it and didn’t remember. To buy a TM, go to the third floor.”
Those three “.” after the skill name were really intriguing.
Full Moon Night’s Fairy what… Fairy monster? Fairy demon? Fairy?
Sun Le scratched his head, unable to suppress his curiosity.
Taking the elevator to the third floor, Sun Le saw a neatly uniformed guy.
“The NEW-labeled skill on the first floor overhead, let me see it.”
The guy said, “TM 505, right away, sir.”
Soon, the guy handed Sun Le a cylindrical TM.
Pressing the button on the end, the Holographic Projection immediately unfolded from the TM.
—A Fletchling nimbly dancing in the air above the Training Ground, belly swelling up, surrounded by faint waves of heat.
“Boom~~~~~” A Flame burst from Fletchling’s belly, igniting the Training Ground’s Alloy Mannequin. In half a breath, the Alloy Mannequin exploded, scattering fragments across the Battle Arena.
Lines of small text slowly rose in the Projection.
【Skill Name: The Moment Full Moon Night’s Fairy Moonblast Fuses with Blue-winged Flying Bird’s Belly Fire—Fairy Fire Resounding at the End Times!】
【Skill Attribute: Fire, Fairy】
【Skill Description:】
【Skill Level: B+】
【Recommended Learning Attribute: Fire, Fairy】
“Holy crap!” Sun Le exclaimed.
“This skill is way too freaking cool!!”
“Bro, how many Contribution Points for this skill??”
The front desk guy kept his practiced smile. “TM 505 is a skill just applied for today. White Dragon rules that new skills must be sold at 80% off for the first week after application. Original price is 35k, discounted to 28k.”
“Hiss~~~28,000…” Sun Le sucked in a cold breath.
These past few days, he’d been hanging with Brother Chuan at the Arena, blindly betting on Chuan to win and earning quite a few Contribution Points, but shelling out 28k at once was still tough.
“Can you make it cheaper?” Sun Le asked.
He could scrape together at most 20k right now, short 8k.
“Pokémon Center doesn’t haggle.” The guy smiled.
Sun Le gritted his teeth, pulled out his Terminal, opened a certain QQ group chat, and typed: “Brothers! Emergency! 8000 Contribution Points! Guaranteed to pay back next month!”
“No prob, brother, lending you 1000 first, sent.”
“I’ll put in 500, Sun bro don’t mind, cash is tight lately.”
“Your 500 is barely one can of milk money, Sun bro, take 2000, no need to talk repay between brothers, hurts feelings.”
“Damn! Your two thousand is just 4 cans of milk money?”
“When did Moo Moo Milk become a unit of measure? Chills! When will Moo Moo Milk rise up?!”
“Hahaha, xswl, then I’ll chip in three cans of milk money!”
Sun Le looked at the payment notifications on his Mobile Phone, eyes suddenly misting up.
F Class were all slackers, rejects, inferior students.
But sometimes the bonds between slackers were just that pure.
One word, no matter where you are, any trouble, brothers help no questions asked.
In just five minutes, they’d scraped together over 30k Contribution Points.
Sun Le gritted his teeth and said to the front desk guy, “I’m buying this skill!”
Growlithe’s injury recovery was around 9 PM.
Just superficial wounds, recovered quickly.
Sun Le booked a training room in Training Ground 5, full of those Mr. A types.
“The skill book says estimated learning time is five minutes, dunno if it’s true. Recommended attributes are Fire and Fairy, gotta work, Growlithe! If you can’t learn it, I’m screwed big time!”
“Woof!” Growlithe barked once, indicating it would try its best.
Eyes fixed on the “Miltank” icon in the Holographic Projection, Growlithe gradually absorbed Fletchling’s insights on the skill subconsciously.
“Woof!” Growlithe spat a Flame, color unchanged.
One hour.
Two hours.
Time ticked by, Growlithe’s Flames faintly showing signs of change.
Early morning, 1:26 AM.
The nearly scrapped Mr. A was ignited by Flames tinged deep pink, then exploded into scraps, ending its sinful life for good.
“Success! Finally!” Sun Le let out a long breath.
Description said five minutes, but Growlithe took nearly five hours—turns out you can’t lump all Pokémon together.
Wang Wenchuan’s Riolu was Fighting Type, and Fairy was super effective against Fighting.
Sun Le clenched his fist inwardly. With this skill, maybe next time he could beat Brother Chuan’s Riolu!
Second morning, F Class Combat Class.
Sun Le proactively stepped up to Brother Chuan. “Wanna fight? Brother Chuan?”
Wang Wenchuan raised a brow. “Sure, but there’s Cooperative Combat this afternoon. If Growlithe gets hurt, midday might not be enough to recover.”
“It won’t! This time I’ll definitely beat you!”
“Haha, that’s what you said last time.”
“No, today’s me is different!”
Wang Wenchuan didn’t take the words to heart.
On the Sports Field, F Class crowded into a circle.
Sun Le sent out Growlithe, Wang Wenchuan sent out Riolu.
Some in the crowd gossiped: “Sun bro’s aura is fierce today, look at that posture, back straight as hell! That belly! Almost Snorlax level!”
“Don’t say, he really seems different. What’s up?”
“Of course, my Sun bro went premium!”
“Premium?”
F Class instantly perked up with interest; the clueless ones all wanted to see Sun Le’s changes today.
So
Under everyone’s gaze, Sun Le pointed to the sky with his right hand and declared:
“Growlithe! Full Moon Night…”
Midway, he stopped abruptly, Sun Le awkwardly scratched his head—the skill name was too long, he’d forgotten. While the crowd hadn’t noticed, Sun Le unlocked his Terminal, glanced at his pre-prepared Memo, and started over:
“The Moment Full Moon Night’s Fairy Moonblast Fuses with Blue-winged Flying Bird’s Belly Fire—Fairy Fire Resounding at the End Times!!”
Wang Wenchuan: “???”
What the heck?
You chanting here?
Too many words, he didn’t react at first that it was a skill, thought it was Sun Le hyping himself up.
When he saw a bizarre Flame spew from Growlithe’s mouth, Wang Wenchuan realized he was wrong.
This was actually a skill!
Name that long!
Definitely a big move!
“Riolu, Protect!”
A transparent Aura unfolded before the blue dog, easily blocking the incoming Flame.
Wang Wenchuan was stunned.
That’s it?
“Quick Attack!”
His enthusiasm suddenly waned; Riolu’s Aura vanished, Quick Attack’s Skill Light flashing on its body.
At that moment, a sudden change!
The instant the Aura disappeared, an unnamed fire exploded at Riolu’s chest, non-Fire-type Energy invading its body from the chest.
Sun Le was thrilled and quickly commanded: “Howl then Tackle!!”
“—Woof!!!!” Growlithe let out a prolonged howl, Attack raised, Tackle’s white light glowing on its forehead.
Riolu’s Quick Attack was interrupted by the two-stage explosion injury, missing the chance to strike first. When it tried to attack again, Growlithe was already charging, dog head slamming its injured chest.
“Grab the dog head! High Jump Kick!”
Riolu endured the chest pain, grabbed Growlithe’s head, trying to High Jump Kick its jaw, but Growlithe beat it to it, opening its mouth with sharp fangs glowing Skill Light.
—Bite!
Chomped Riolu’s shoulder, Fairy Fire surging from its belly.
“—Boom~~~~~” Thick smoke rose in the Venue.
Growlithe ran out of the smoke, while Riolu lay still.
When the smoke cleared, Riolu was down on the Grass Lawn, obvious blast wound on its shoulder, unable to battle further.
Similar scenes played out in corners of White Dragon.
Many first-year high school Trainers checked out the skill out of curiosity, found it good, scraped money together from everywhere, and bought one.
These newbies just stepping into Training didn’t care about practicality?
As long as it was cool!
15- and 16-year-olds were a bit chuunibyou, totally unaware how embarrassing it’d be to chant the skill name aloud.
Even some Contribution Point-rich sophomores bought it out of curiosity.
Student Union Discipline Committee Member Han Dao suddenly recalled his old dream upon seeing the skill, took a rare day off, bought it from the Pokémon Center, and booked a secluded training room with his Jigglypuff.
Han Dao’s original dream wasn’t to be a Discipline Committee Member or join the Student Union, but to become a rapper!!
“Ready, Jigglypuff?”
“Jiggly~~” Jigglypuff nodded, expression grave.
Han Dao took a deep breath.
“Yo~ Yo~ Full Moon Night~ Fairy Moonblast~ with Blue-winged Flying Bird’s Belly Fire, fusion moment, yo~ yo~~ at the end times~ resounding Fairy Fire~~ yo!!”
Jigglypuff spat Fairy Fire, chiming in: “Jiggly~~ Jiggly!! Jig~ Jig~”
At this time
Some pretty boy was sitting in class.
Playing Pokémon Punk fine, but Terminal kept popping messages.
【Your account received 11.2k Contribution Points】
【Your account received 11.2k Contribution Points.】
“What you doing? Enemies coming! Chop ’em quick!” Xingye controlled the dual rollers, muttering under his breath.
Zuo Hang grinned, fished the TM from his desk pocket.
“Hold off on chopping, come on, show off swallowing the TM for the big guy. Can’t refuse, Class Monitor’s orders~”
Begging for votes, brothers
