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During class, Lu Ye stared bewilderedly at the screen full of system notifications.
[Received amazement from passersby, BP+1, BP+1, BP+1...]
[Brilliant tactical command! BP+10]
[Interrupted Quilava's Blaze ability, BP+20]
[Obtained first victory, Rating: Spectacular! (BP+100)]
[Remaining BP: 575]
Without doing anything, the system inexplicably increased by 300 BP, making Lu Ye somewhat embarrassed.
"Did I trigger a bug?" Lu Ye murmured.
Just then, his phone vibrated. Tian Youwei used a string of question marks to express his inner excitement.
[Chat Interface]
Tian Youwei: Amazing, Brother Lu!
Tian Youwei: Didn't tell me you were competing? Actually beat the Battle Department?!
Lu Ye: I'm honestly sitting in class right now?
Tian Youwei: Holy crap, still playing dumb?!
Tian Youwei: Wait... did you calculate all this?
That day, almost all participants knew Field 7 had a ruthless person who completely crushed the Battle Department purely through Pokémon proxy fighting.
This was enough to show this ruthless person's usual tempering of Gastly's battle awareness.
While other rookies still struggled with move power, this ruthless person had already embarked on the path of autonomous Pokémon battling!
You know, even most Elite trainers struggled to achieve this!
Reportedly, after the battle ended, Gastly wore a "that's it?" expression, and its trainer never even appeared.
This made reporters even more convinced this mysterious trainer was this competition's biggest dark horse!
Thinking this, Tian Youwei shuddered, seeming to instantly understand something.
Tian Youwei: Holy crap, refusing interviews was also part of your plan?
Lu Ye: ???
Tian Youwei: I'm impressed! Brother Lu, if you get rich, don't forget me!
Putting down his phone, Lu Ye looked completely baffled.
What's going on here!
I desperately don't want to be a trainer. Why would I enter a trainer competition?
Just then, his phone vibrated with an unfamiliar message.
[ID: 3534, Mr Lu Ye, you have new competition information]
[Congratulations on advancing to 'Piplup Cup' Rookie Trainer Tournament Group A]
[Please proceed to Field 4 this Saturday for the competition. Best of luck!]
Lu Ye was completely stunned.
Phantom participation?
I didn't even attend preliminaries. How did I advance to the group stage!
Just then, an image flashed through Lu Ye's mind: this morning's sneaky Gastly and its irrepressible, sinister laughter.
Could this guy have secretly entered the competition...
And actually won without a trainer's commands?!
Lu Ye felt inexplicable chest pain.
This wave, this backstab! Et tu, Gastly?!
In the recycle bin, Lu Ye found the registration message Gastly had deleted.
Not only did this guy secretly register, as if wanting to surprise Lu Ye, it even deleted the message!
Lu Ye deliberately maintained a stern face, waiting at home for the late-arriving Gastly.
"Kekeke!" (I'm back!)
A ghostly face poked through the door crack. Gastly 'whoosh' squeezed its entire body inside.
"Ta-da!" (Yours truly makes a grand entrance!)
Lu Ye feigned anger, saying coldly, "Why so late coming back?"
Gastly chuckled, shaking the participant badge on its head, proudly raising its head.
"You competed in preliminaries today?"
"Kekeke!"
"And won?"
"Kekeke~~!"
"I heard you crushed them?"
Gastly: (*≧▽≦)~~!!
That familiar exhausted feeling surged through his chest again.
Lu Ye sighed, tremblingly sitting back on the sofa.
I really didn't want to become a trainer!
But why is my Gastly so proactive?
Not only can it train moves independently, it can even register for competitions independently?!
For others, this was undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to naturally become trainers.
But for Lu Ye, this was absolutely backstabbing!
Not enough time for easy money, and now competing to become a trainer?!
Looking at the smug, cheerful Gastly, Lu Ye couldn't bear to dampen its enthusiasm.
Finally, Lu Ye forced a smile. "You did excellently!"
"Keep working hard next time!"
"Kekeke!" Gastly happily grinned widely.
Lu Ye sat on the sofa, hands crossed before his forehead, deep in thought.
The Piplup Cup had considerable influence throughout Zhejiang Province.
But the preliminaries were of mixed quality. Gastly might have won by luck.
Once entering the group stage, it would face strong experts from various Pokémon Academies.
Rather than wasting effort on this, better to focus on streaming.
Though somewhat unfair to Gastly, if it lost one match, it probably wouldn't be so enthusiastic about competition, right?
Ultimately, Lu Ye decided to skip even group stage attendance.
"In the group stage, work hard!" Lu Ye said seriously. "Also, I won't appear until finals."
Lu Ye declared righteously, "Mere group stage opponents can't handle you."
"This isn't just tempering your battle awareness, it's a test for you!"
Gastly froze, then opened its mouth wide, eyes seeming to burn with flames.
"Kekeke!"
This is Master's trust in me!
Since even he said so, as long as I train hard, I can definitely advance to the finals!
Remembering the three remaining Figy Berry blocks in the cabinet, Gastly's expression became resolute, rarely serious.
This battle-ready appearance instead made Lu Ye worried.
It won't actually advance to finals, right?
Impossible. Gastly only trained for less than a month, even after eating Figy Berry blocks, Speed Enhancer, Fire Gem...
It still couldn't beat those Battle Department students who had trained for at least a year.
Probably.
The next match was Saturday, three days away.
To prevent burning through walls again, Lu Ye also acquiesced to Gastly training moves outside.
That evening, moonlight streamed through the screen window.
Lu Ye opened his eyes. Gastly on the ceiling had long disappeared.
Coming to the window, Lu Ye looked around, gazing toward the construction site beside the complex.
[Spirit Vision Lv1 judgment; 79, success!]
At the construction site, several Will-O-Wisp clusters flickered, reflecting the crimson-purple sky, gradually melting into darkness.
The night breeze blew. Lu Ye leaned on the windowsill, silently watching Gastly.
About two hours later, the firelight gradually ceased.
Rustling sounds came from the door. Lu Ye returned to bed, pretending to sleep.
Gastly quietly snuck into the room, 'slurp' licked Lu Ye's cheek, returning to the ceiling to sleep soundly.
Lu Ye's mouth curved slightly upward, gently sighing.
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