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Chapter 1: College Entrance Examination Must Be Taken, But Pokémon

"Qin Zhen! Qin Zhen!"

The violent shaking and thunder-like roar woke Qin Zhen from his dream.

As soon as he leaned against the desk and looked up, he was immediately met with an old face with long hair and beard.

"Ghost!!!"

The classroom burst into laughter. Teacher Chen, who was standing in front of Qin Zhen, was so angry that he was shaking all over. He slammed the table hard, and his roar made Qin Zhen's head buzz.

"What are you laughing at? Be quiet! Qin Zhen! Stand up!"

Why did my high school homeroom teacher, who had passed away many years ago, reappear before me? Why did I return to my senior year class after graduating so long ago?

Qin Zhen, who was half asleep and frightened, had no time to think about the answers to these questions. Under the fierce stare of his head teacher, his student instincts seemed to return to his body. He hung his head and stood up obediently.

"Qin Zhen, let me ask you, what are the three major categories of Pokémon evolution methods?"

—Pokémon? How does it evolve?
Qin Zhen was stunned. He raised his eyes and glanced at the head teacher's face. Old man Chen was staring at him, and it was obvious that he was not joking.

After a moment of silence, Qin Zhen tentatively replied, "Is it evolution by leveling up, using items, or exchanging?"

"What are the eight additional conditions that will appear during level-up evolution?"

"…intimacy, time, gender, learned moves, used moves, location, carried items, and fellow elves."

"You just mentioned carrying items to level up and evolving, and using items to evolve. Can you give me an example of each?"

"The former is Nura. Give it Sharp Claws and then level it up at night, and it will evolve into Magma. The latter is Growlithe. It only needs the Fire Stone to evolve into Arcanine, no other additional conditions are required."

"..."

After three questions and three answers, the classroom fell into complete silence. Teacher Chen frowned. He looked Qin Zhen up and down for a long time, and after a long breath, he said, "Good answer. Sit down."

He stopped looking at Qin Zhen and walked back to the podium. He picked up his chalk and started writing on the blackboard while speaking loudly, "The evolution of elves has always been a must-test topic in the college entrance examination. The distinction between leveling up and evolving with items and directly evolving with items is an absolutely difficult point. Be sure to read it carefully when answering the questions! Remember?"

Qin Zhen sat back in his chair silently. He finally woke up a little at this time, but what he heard made him shake his head involuntarily, suspecting that he was not awake yet.

——Old Chen just mentioned something that is required in the college entrance examination...what is it?

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"Qin Shi Huang was an outstanding politician, strategist, and trainer in the history of the Donghuang Alliance. He unified the six kingdoms and established a centralized feudal state. He was also the inheritor, user, and perfecter of the 'Rainy Weather Tactics'. He was the first trainer in human history to introduce Electric-type Pokémon into the Rainy Weather Tactics system. His team consisted of Tyranitar, Swampert, Smurf, and Pikachu..."

Qin Zhen finally couldn't read any further. He closed the book, stared at the cover and fell into deep thought with a complicated look in his eyes.

He couldn't help but look complicated, because the book in his hand, which sounded very nonsensical, had a very serious title.

——"History·Compulsory Course 1".

Qin Zhen stared at the cover, his gaze lingering at the feet of the First Emperor, who was seen stroking his beard and wearing a long sword. There, a yellow rat with a lightning-shaped tail, a familiar sight to Qin Zhen, appeared. It was dressed in traditional Chinese imperial robes, its two tiny paws folded together, adorably bowing to Qin Zhen. The rat's name was Pikachu.

Qin Zhen and Pikachu looked at each other for a long time, then finally looked away, put down the book, and turned to the right.

His seat was next to the window, and Qin Zhen looked at his reflection in the glass: a boy in a red and white school uniform was sitting quietly on a chair, with messy hair draped over his forehead, slightly covering his eyes. He looked exactly like himself when he was seventeen years old.

Suddenly, the boy in the reflection bared his teeth and took a breath.

Just now, Qin Zhen pinched the back of his hand hard - damn, it hurts so much.

Now it was confirmed that this was not a dream, nor a prank, he was really reborn, back to being seventeen, embracing the best period of his life again.

But this is far from the most bizarre thing. After hastily flipping through the textbooks on the table, Qin Zhen discovered that compared to himself going from being in his thirties to being in his senior year of high school, the whole world has changed more.

A magical creature called Pokémon, which he was very familiar with, emerged from games and animations and mixed into human life and history.

——Qin Shi Huang now has the title of Trainer;
—The melon thief who was hit by Runtu’s fork was no longer a badger but a snake-striped bear;
——The poor animal that was urged to give birth every month by the perverted mathematician changed from a rabbit to a Magikarp;

"Flamethrower," "Thunderbolt," and "Hyper Beam" are even more prominently featured on the must-know vocabulary list.
——Even the college entrance examination...

Wait! College Entrance Examination!?

Qin Zhen's expression suddenly changed.

After carefully counting the information he had collected, he suddenly felt a chilling worry in his heart: facing such a drastically changing world, could he, who could not remember much of the high school knowledge, still be able to successfully enter university like he did back then?
At this moment, a crisp knocking sound came from the direction of the podium.

"I know you're all excited right now," said our homeroom teacher, Old Chen, with a scowl on his face, tapping the blackboard with his pointer. "Tomorrow is exchange week. If nothing goes wrong, you'll all soon have your own starter Pokémon and become a rookie trainer..."

Exchange Week? Starting Pokémon? Becoming a Trainer?

Qin Zhen was stunned. He didn't understand the first word, but the last two were so attractive that he immediately put aside his worries about the college entrance examination and pricked up his ears.

"But! I must remind you! You absolutely cannot relax at this time! The college entrance examination will be in a month!"

"Although all universities in the league are starting their exchange week at this time, if you can be patient and study a little harder now, you might be able to score a few extra points on the college entrance exam, surpassing a large number of people and getting into a better university in the future."

"So! Pay attention for the time being! Listen carefully! Don't sleep in class! After the college entrance exam is over, you can sleep however you want or play with your elf friends however you want, and no one will care! Okay! get out of class is dismissed now!"

Hello? And then? Is that the end of it?

Qin Zhen sat in his chair, bewildered. What exactly was Exchange Week? How did one contact Pokémons? And what types of Pokémons would be available? Would he end up like in those novels he'd read before his rebirth, where school gave him a Poké Ball and he'd be sent into the primeval forest to become a bug catcher?
At this moment, Qin Zhen suddenly felt a slight chill on his cheeks, and something floated down from above his head, swaying and landing on his forehead.

He raised his hand and removed the thing from his face.

——It was a green four-leaf clover.

(End of this chapter)