Chapter 72: Phantom Principal
The Principal’s Office is right at the White Dragon South Gate, directly opposite the Duel Plaza where Zuo Hang and Jiang Xia had their first solo duel, and the Student Union Meeting Room is one floor above.
“Come in.” Xi Ran hadn’t even knocked when a hoarse male voice came from inside the ancient and simple European-style wooden doorway.
Xi Ran pulled open the door.
An office with no decorations.
The Principal’s seat faced the door directly, with its back to the window, and its face just buried in the shadow of the sunlight.
“Principal.”
“I know everything.”
“You know everything??”
“Of course, they’ve been missing for a long time, and it wasn’t a big deal anyway.”
Xi Ran wanted to say something but hesitated.
The Principal doesn’t stay at White Dragon often; honestly, she was a bit surprised to actually see him.
Previously, the one sitting in that position might have been a Meowth or some other Pokémon.
For others’ questions, the Principal always liked to have his Pokémon help relay the messages.
Xi Ran had been the homeroom teacher at White Dragon for ten years, and the times she’d seen the Principal could be counted on one hand, basically only at the annual graduation ceremonies and when students took graduation photos.
Or occasionally going outside the school to eat, where she could see the Principal at a Japanese-style noodle shop.
No matter the time, the Principal rarely appeared in the office.
This time, she’d come with the mindset of giving it a try, and unexpectedly, she actually ran into him.
That phrase “missing for a long time” stuck with Xi Ran; it seemed like the Principal had known long ago that the Ultra Beast in the Underground Containment Station was gone.
“There are too many all sorts of people in White Dragon.” The Principal casually flipped through the messily placed books on the desk and said: “I’ve always wanted to find time to clean out those Team Plasma, Team Rocket, and the like; they keep targeting my Little White Dragon, especially that Team Plasma.”
“No.” Xi Ran hurriedly said: “What I want to talk about is the Ultra Beast.”
The Principal waved his hand, “Same thing, we’ll clear them all out this time. I found a very reliable middle-aged man; Little Xi Ran, you don’t need to worry about it.”
As he spoke, the Principal stood up from the chair and smiled friendly at Xi Ran, but the corners of his mouth curved up a bit too high, making him look somewhat comical.
“Principal, you”
“Oh, stop calling me Principal all the time. The Principal is very busy; if there’s nothing else, hurry and leave. I still have office work to do.”
“Office work??”
Xi Ran glanced at the messily piled books on the desk and vaguely felt something was off.
Taking a few steps forward, Xi Ran saw a plate of Poffin on the desk, and the open books had strange claw marks left by some unknown Pokémon.
“What’s so interesting about the desk? Little Xi Ran, if there’s nothing, hurry and leave.”
The Principal smiled, the intent to see her out already very obvious.
Xi Ran looked at the Principal.
In her impression, although the Principal wasn’t very serious, his personality absolutely wouldn’t be this erratic; at least he wouldn’t casually chase people away or let the desk get so messy.
Looking at a half-eaten Poffin on the desk, Xi Ran thought of a possibility.
Suddenly, without warning, Xi Ran reached out and patted the Principal on the butt.
“Ow~~” The Principal let out a strange cry not belonging to humanity.
Xi Ran felt a fluffy thing on the Principal’s butt, seeming like a tail.
“As expected!”
Xi Ran yanked the tail hard, and the Principal in front of her turned into a Flowing Light, flipping a somersault in mid-air.
The Flowing Light disappeared, and a Zorua bounced to the ground.
“Found out again, no fun! No fun!” Zorua nimbly jumped onto the desk and continued gnawing on the unfinished Poffin.
The shallow claw marks on the book pages were undoubtedly also Zorua’s doing.
“Little Xi Ran, that’s how it is. I’ve told you everything, don’t rat me out~”
The voice wasn’t spoken by Zorua’s mouth but rang directly in Xi Ran’s mind.
This was Zorua’s talent ability—Telepathy. It could communicate with humanity without barriers.
“Sigh~”
As expected, you can’t see the Principal in the office.
“A reliable middle-aged man? Alright, I know; I won’t rat you out.” Xi Ran said helplessly.
At the same time, Secret Realm No. 448.
“The moment when Fairy Moonblast of the full moon night fuses with the Blue-winged Bird’s Belly Fire—Fairy Fire resounding at the final moment!” Zuo Hang shouted with great momentum.
The Fairy Fire with pink highlights at the end engulfed a Beedrill.
Fletchling’s Flame secondary setting was getting more proficient with use; previously, after one move, it needed to follow up with Aerial Ace to take down a Beedrill, but now a single pure Flame could directly make a Beedrill lose combat ability.
Zuo Hang’s group was farming points by finding Beedrill in Unicorn Jungle.
In this place, you’d see a Beedrill every few steps, and these Pokémon usually moved in groups, so finding one basically meant discovering the swarm.
Fletchling and Swablu were having a great time playing in the sky.
Snowy Child and Turtwig were picking up scraps on the ground.
Natu was spacing out on a tree branch.
Every time Zuo Hang shouted that 27-character skill, Xingye felt very embarrassed.
He still hadn’t figured it out.
How the heck did this ghost skill sell.
Halfway through the fight, Zuo Hang suddenly walked up to Xingye and said: “I suddenly remembered something. Haven’t you been bluffing for a long time about livestreaming eating a TM?”
Xingye’s expression changed, “Eat! Definitely eat! After exploration ends, I’ll eat it when we get back! Men from the Xingye family keep their word!”
“Good then.” Zuo Hang smiled, “I’ll wait for you. Super Fire as much as you want, but you have to really eat it oh~, eat the one I gave you.”
Xingye swallowed some saliva, feeling like something suddenly got stuck in his throat, and there was a sensation between his teeth like chewing plastic.
While the two were talking, Fletchling and Swablu were closing in on a Leader Beedrill, with Turtwig and Snowy Child providing support from the ground with Bubble and Ice Shard; even without the trainer’s commands, the four Pokémon could handle it completely.
Except for Heichuan, the points on everyone else’s terminals kept rising.
Zuo Hang had jumped to 10K+, and Xingye and Lin Ping had also risen to over 2000.
They were farming points happily when all five terminals suddenly vibrated at the same time.
Signals from another class appeared within one kilometer.
Xingye immediately got excited.
“Action time, action time! Snowy Child, stop picking up scraps and charge with me!”
“maoji! ━ε=ε=ε=ε=ε=(#`皿)!!”
Before the group could discuss, Snowy Child had already run off with Xingye.
Without ground support, Fletchling and Swablu were caught off guard for a moment.
This Leader Beedrill’s strength was a bit stronger than the ones Fletchling had taken down alone.
Three signals appeared on the terminal at the same time.
Xingye had some strength, but one against three would probably be too much.
At this time, they should first deal with the Leader Beedrill in front of them before worrying about the others, but Xingye clearly had no team awareness.
Zuo Hang sighed.
A team temporarily pulled together really wasn’t up to par.
“Fletchling, Demonic Fire to seal with smoke! Swablu, use Fury Attack! Piplup, wait until those two finish attacking before using Bubble!” The commands came from Zuo Hang, but the other two Pokémon showed no objection.
Demonic Fire exploded in front of the Leader Beedrill, black smoke rising; Flowing Light lit up on Swablu’s beak as it charged into the black smoke, unleashing a flurry of stabs on the Beedrill’s face, then bursting out; Turtwig followed up with Bubble, the Beedrill wobbling in mid-air unsteadily, and Fletchling finished with Aerial Ace.
The Leader Beedrill slowly fell from mid-air, clearly having lost combat ability.
“Let’s go, chase after Xingye.” Zuo Hang said.
Updating so early today; how about a few tickets?
