You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 24 The Rich Woman is Mighty
Armstrong fell to the ground, looking at his trainer.

It gasped for breath in pain and tried to move its shoulders and waist, but it couldn't stand up. It could only lie on the stone platform like a caterpillar.

Although her name contains the word "snake", Qin Zhen's Teng Teng Snake does not have much of a snake smell. She has hands and feet that snakes don't have, a desire to protect that snakes don't have, and a warm body temperature that snakes don't have. She even cooks porridge for her trainer!

But only when facing an enemy, this little snake will reveal the sternness and ruthlessness of a cold-blooded animal. At this time, the injury to the wrist force can no longer be described as a simple "end", but should be called an "execution".

A flash of red light passed by, and the arm strength lying on the ground was wrapped in the light and retracted into the Poké Ball. The female gym leader threw the ball to the powerful senior brother who was guarding the stage.

"Bai Song, send Wan Li for treatment."

Brother Mengjiang responded, took the red and white balls, turned around and left quickly.

Then, the female hall master turned around and looked at Qin Zhen, who was half-kneeling on the ground checking the injuries of the vine snake, with an extremely complicated look in her eyes.

"What an amazing tripwire tactic! Qin Zhen, how did you do it?"

"Before coming here, I reported my whereabouts to a female officer at the DMV. She thought I had failed the test and was asking for mercy, so she gave me a good lecture. One of her words stayed with me: speeding is dangerous. When you're going too fast, even a small bump from a pebble can be enough to make you lose control."

"A thorough understanding of worldly affairs is knowledge, and a sophisticated understanding of human nature is writing. Yeah, very good." Chi Songya nodded slightly, then asked, "But compared to the inspiration for this tactic, I'm more curious about another thing. Qin Zhen, how did you get the Vine Snake to set that trap without any instructions?"

"I did give instructions, but you just couldn't hear them, Teacher Chi."

"How is that possible? I've been paying attention to you the entire time, how could I not have heard..."

At this moment, her eyes paused, as if she thought of something, so the female owner took a few steps sideways, looked at Qin Zhen's face, and suddenly her body shook.

At this time, Qin Zhen was squatting in the shadows. The pupil of his left eye was condensed into a thin vertical line, glowing faintly in the darkness, an extremely cold pale blue color.

Those are not human eyes at all!

The female gym owner was silent for two seconds, then immediately lowered her head to look at Teng Teng Snake. The little snake, which had been hit by two heavy punches from the wrist, was now standing in front of Qin Zhen with its hands on its waist, looking energetic.

Her eyes also changed. They were no longer the deep and pure sapphire blue, but were covered with a layer of misty black. This made Vine Snake's eyes appear a heart-pounding dark blue, like the sea before a storm.

"Synesthesia!?" Chi Songya's face turned pale with horror. "Did you just use your super powers to connect with the consciousness of the Vine Snake?"

"Yes."

"Didn't you say you could only hear the inner voice of Vine Snake? What's with this synaesthesia?!"

"Because I heard you say before, Teacher Chi, that people with superpowers can communicate with their own spirits, so I tried it."

"You're able to replicate this ability after just hearing a simple description. Wait a minute!"

"Since you can give orders to the elves directly from a spiritual level, why do you keep giving them orders by speaking..." The confused expression that had just appeared on the aunt's face froze completely. She turned her head to look at Qin Zhen and asked in a low voice in disbelief: "Those instructions...are you saying them to me?"

Qin Zhen fell into an awkward silence. Whether before or after his rebirth, he had never experienced the situation of "being stared at by a beautiful older sister with hurt eyes as if she were a big liar". For a moment, he didn't know how to respond.

After a long silence, Qin Zhen finally said, "The effect is quite good, isn't it? And Teacher Chi, weren't you also very happy when you introduced the Yuelu Dojo's unique skills?"

The young aunt's face turned red, like a steamed shrimp.

"Qin Zhen, are you really only seventeen years old this year?"

Hearing this, Qin Zhen's eyes flickered. He rubbed his fingers but said nothing.

However, the young auntie obviously didn't notice the little shyness of the old cucumber. She let out a long sigh, looked at Qin Zhen with regret for a long time, and finally asked: "Qin Zhen, what are your plans next?"

"Plan?" Qin Zhen was stunned for a moment, then finally replied, "Go back and prepare for the college entrance exam."

"Don't you want to continue challenging the gym?"

"Teacher Chen... is my homeroom teacher. He hopes I can get into a good university, and..." At this point, Qin Zhen showed an embarrassed expression, and his voice unconsciously dropped an octave. "I don't have money to travel far."

"Is that so?" The female curator thought for a moment, then turned and walked off the stage towards the main lecture hall.

A moment later, the female owner came back with a large envelope.

"Open it and take a look." She handed the envelope to Qin Zhen. "Inside is your reward for successfully challenging the gym." Qin Zhen reached out to take the envelope and pulled out a badge and a silver-white card. The badge had a clenched fist and the gate of Yuelu Academy on it.

"The badge is a souvenir. I've entered your challenge record into the system. You'll be able to check your digital badge status on the alliance's official website in about two minutes."

"Oh." Qin Zhen nodded and waved the card in his hand towards the aunt. "Teacher Chi, what is this?"

"There's a talent development program within the league that supports talented trainers who are ready to challenge gyms but lack the funds," the aunt shrugged. "Every time you win a gym, you receive a bonus. This money should be enough for you to challenge the next one."

"But I..."

"Don't worry, this matter was given by the alliance. I am just passing it on. You don't need to feel that you owe Yuelu Gym a favor."

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"Headmaster! Headmaster! My wrist strength has been healed."

Senior Brother Mengjiang ran back with the Poké Ball in his hand, but he only saw the female gym leader standing alone on the stone platform.

"Headmaster, where is my junior brother?"

"Just take the badge and go back." The gym leader bent down, took the Poké Ball, and tossed it gently. The unharmed but dejected Wanli appeared on the stone platform. "It's getting late now. If we don't hurry, the bus back to the city will be gone."

"Hey, Shanzhang, why don't you keep your junior brother here? If such a talented trainer could stay in our Yuelu Gym..."

"How can I keep him?" The young aunt who was standing on the platform squatted down and touched Wanli's head, her tone rather helpless. "I wouldn't be so bold as to accept someone as my disciple even though I'm your defeated opponent."

"You can accept a disciple on my behalf, Headmaster. I wouldn't mind having a capable junior uncle over my head," said the fierce general. "And there's another advantage to this. It's a much better thing for you. It's a lot more pleasant to hear a senior sister licking a junior brother than a master licking a disciple."

"What are you talking about!?" the female owner gently scolded. "What old cow and young grass?! You have no respect for your parents!"

"Well, I was just talking nonsense." Senior Brother Mengjiang snorted, "When the three of us were walking in the yard just now, those dozen glances I gave Junior Brother were all from my dishonest eyes."

"White Pine!"

The young aunt's eyebrows were raised, but the eye-catching bright red color was spreading down along the female host's cheek - she was not so embarrassed when Qin Zhen pointed out her mistake before.

"If you're really bored, go copy this year's Elf Competition Rules for me fifty times!"

Senior Brother Mengjiang was startled and quickly raised his hand to make a zipper-pulling motion near his mouth.

"By the way, Bai Song, tomorrow you have to run an errand for me. Bring your ID to the Alliance Bank at the foot of the mountain. When you get there, tell me your name and meet with my exclusive consultant."

"I understand." Brother Mengjiang responded, then asked, "What are you going to do?"

"Tell her to check my other card and tell her not to freeze it if there are any recent out-of-town purchases on that card."

"That's it?"

"No, the next step is the key point." The female gym leader said, "Tell her that starting tomorrow, she needs to regularly check the official league website and keep an eye on a young trainer named Qin Zhen. His distinguishing feature is that he has a blue-eyed Snake on his team."

Hearing this, Brother Mengjiang's expression became a little subtle.

"Headmaster, your card is not in..."

"You guessed right. I gave that card to Qin Zhen." The female gym owner straightened up and slowly stretched. "Tell the bank to keep an eye on Qin Zhen's gym challenges. Every time he defeats a gym, they must deposit a certain amount of money onto that card. The amount cannot be too much or too little; it must be just enough to support Qin Zhen's progress to the next gym."

The powerful senior brother silently lifted his chin back from where it had hit his foot.

"Would your advisor be happy with this? This sounds like a lot of trouble."

"If she's not happy about it, just get her out and ask the bank to find someone who is. I've deposited so much money in their bank and never asked for any extra services. It's time they took some action."

"Oh! The headmaster is so majestic!"

(End of this chapter)