The Kingdom of Loque has arrived, and this sparring partner is so awesome!

Chapter 44 The Battle for the School Team's Substitutes

The two continued their conversation in the office.

After reviewing Lin Chong's complete record of his challenge and confirming that his command abilities were genuine, Li Weize simply said...

"I apologize for questioning the veracity of your statement. You do not need to learn command skills; for the next few months, you only need to focus your energy on training your Pokémon."

"By the way, you said you had a way to get a third Pokémon. Did your family arrange that for you?"

Lin Chong didn't explain, only stating that he had a "pixie egg" that might hatch soon. Li Weize didn't ask any further questions, but instead invited him to train with the team members during the summer vacation.

With free venue and equipment, Lin Chong readily agreed and said that they could start today.

Hearing this, Li Weize smiled with relief. He looked at Lin Chong, his expression much more relaxed than when they first met.

"To be honest, before I met you, I was afraid that you would be the kind of student who would become arrogant and complacent just because you have a little talent."

Lin Chong smiled and asked, "And now?"

"Now I realize you're not only a humble student, but also quite talented." Li Weize's smile lasted a few seconds before turning serious. "Assemble at the West Gate Gymnasium. Training begins immediately!"

"receive!"

Lin Chong stood up, but then stopped.

"Wait, Coach, I don't know the way."

"...Come with me."

-

Mudu College, West Gate Gymnasium

A pretty girl wearing a dark, light shirt is stretching on a yoga mat.

Beside her, a muscular, gluttonous mole was swinging dumbbells, doing warm-up exercises to activate its muscles.

A short while later, Zuo Youyou ran up from the first floor.

She called out excitedly from the stairwell, "Xiaoyun, guess who I just saw in the coach's office?"

Xiao Yun glanced at her sideways and pondered, "Wu Guoliang? He was finally forced to come to the training camp by the coach?"

Youyou shook her head excitedly, "It's Lin Chong! The Meowth trainer who battled Jiang Qianxun in the quarterfinals, he really came here!"

"Lin Chong?"

Xiaoyun paused for a moment, then her expression turned worried. She looked at the cheerful Youyou and tapped her forehead in an annoyed tone.

"What are you so happy about? Don't you have enough rivals already?"

Youyou covered her head, not quite understanding: "What opponent?"

Xiaoyun rolled her eyes: "My goodness, lady, it's a spot on the team! Can't you use your brain for once?"

"The college made a big fuss about recruiting him online a few days ago, clearly intending to groom him as a key player for the college team. Every player has their own role to play, and if he replaces one of the key players, we two young substitutes will have another opponent."

At this moment, Youyou suddenly woke up, but then she hesitated.

"No way, he just arrived at the academy and doesn't even have a third Pokémon yet. How could he get one so quickly?"

Xiaoyun put her arm around Youyou's neck and lowered her voice: "You forgot that Wu Guoliang got a Pokémon less than a week after school started, and then got another one the following month."

"You actually believe him when he says his family bought it for him? With his circumstances... it must have been given to him by the academy because he was the top scorer at the South City exam center!"

Xiao Yun loosened her arms and hugged her chest, her face full of worry.

"I finally managed to evolve the Gluttonous Mole, and I thought I could secure a starting position in the second half of the year. Where did this monster come from...?"

"Ahem, miss, isn't it impolite to call someone a monster or demon behind their back?"

The sudden sound made Xiaoyun's face freeze. The next second, startled, she closed her eyes and screamed, which startled the gluttonous mole, who dropped the dumbbell and immediately came to her aid.

Li Weize stared expressionlessly at the gluttonous mole, his mere gaze enough to make it retreat sheepishly.

Standing behind the former, Lin Chong watched this scene with great interest, and the word "majestic" was added to his assessment of Li Weize.

Li Weize looked at Xiaoyun and Youyou, who had come to their senses, and said calmly.

"Gossiping about classmates behind their backs means you'll be punished by copying the college rules twice. I'll hand them in tonight."

"Is there a problem?"

"No, no problem."

The two girls lowered their heads, not daring to meet the coach's gaze, only seeing the two men walk past them out of the corner of their eyes.

The next second, Xiaoyun quietly turned around and whispered.

"That's the assessment room; the coach is taking him there to evaluate the Pokémon!"

"We can only pray that he doesn't learn 3v3 for now, or that he's a lazy bum like Wu Guoliang!"

"This will greatly increase our chances of promotion!"

Youyou looked at her hesitantly, as if wanting to say something but holding back, and finally said, "Actually, I just saw him playing a video game simulator in the office..."

Xiaoyun's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "How many points? Is it 100?"

She weakly gave a number: "1100..."

"How much?" Xiaoyun's voice suddenly rose, and then Li Weize's calm voice drifted from afar.

"Zou Xiaoyun, copy this three times and hand it in to me tomorrow morning."

Xiaoyun: "...Received."

-

Inside the testing room, various specialized equipment for Pokémon were neatly arranged, and two researchers in white lab coats were discussing something while looking at a report.

After exchanging a few words with Lin Chong, Li Weize asked him to release the two spirits and test each of their six attributes one by one.

Lin Chong did as instructed, and while the researchers were testing the two cats, he leaned closer to Li Weize and asked curiously.

"Were those two girls members of the college team?"

Li Weize replied, "There were originally more than just the two of them as reserve candidates for the college team, but after the third-year students graduated, the second-year candidates naturally took their place."

Lin Chong asked thoughtfully, "Is the competition in the college team very fierce?"

"It's alright." Li Weize glanced at him, thought for a moment, and said, "According to the league rules, there are seven starting positions in total, four for three-on-three and three for six-on-six."

"The quality of students admitted to Mudu in recent years has been quite good; it's not the best, but it's certainly not the worst. Truly hardworking people will always succeed and are hard to be overlooked."

Lin Chong nodded and stopped asking questions. Li Weize also remained silent. The two watched quietly as the little black cat and Miaowu underwent one test after another. The final results were presented in two reports to the researchers.

One of them stared at the report in his hand, stunned, while the other exclaimed in surprise, "Such high quality! This is a newly evolved Pokémon!"

Li Weize stepped forward, took the order, and examined it carefully. Lin Chong followed, peeking at it with his eyes askew.

【Elf: Meow】

【Life:B】

[Physical Attack: D]

[Physical Defense: B]

[Magic Attack: C]

[Magic Defense: B]

[Speed: D]

...

Lin Chong couldn't understand many of the technical terms, but he could still understand the six-dimensional evaluation.

Lin Chong asked, puzzled, "Is a BCD considered high? Are your measurements ranked by cup size?"

Upon hearing this, both the researcher and Li Weize stared at him silently.

After two seconds, the researcher explained, "This evaluation standard is based on the average level of this elf race."

"Your cat has only evolved a few days ago, and its potential has not yet been fully realized, so all its attributes need to be evaluated by one or two levels."

Raise it by one or two levels?

Lin Chong looked at the list again; it was indeed quite high.

He looked at Li Weize and was about to speak when he noticed that the other man's hand, which was gripping the report, was trembling slightly.