You are not allowed to date a trainer.

Chapter 26 Perfect Schedule Planning

The next day, Qin Zhen was woken up by being rubbed.

He opened his eyes slightly and met a pair of excited black eyes.

"Wang!"

When its owner's eyes met, the Cati dog barked excitedly, buried its big furry head, and nudged Qin Zhen's neck. There it smelled the strong and almost lingering scent of osmanthus. That was the smell of the vine snake, and the puppy didn't like it, so it wanted to cover it up.

Qin Zhen raised his hand to hold the dog's head, glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside, and immediately covered his face in pain.

"Five-thirty! Houndoo! It's only five-thirty! I'm taking the day off today! No need to go to morning self-study!"

"Wang!"

Caterpillar raised its head and tilted it to look down at Qin Zhen, its dark eyes filled with doubt as clear as water.

——Do humans get up early just to attend morning self-study?
Of course, the above sentence was Qin Zhen's guess, as he couldn't hear what was in Growlithe's heart.

Ever since receiving the Growlithe from his homeroom teacher, Qin Zhen has been trying to establish a spiritual connection with the Growlithe, but let alone synaesthesia, he stared at the Growlithe's eyes for a long time after returning home last night, making the puppy wag its tail in shame, but his mind was still blank.

Perhaps some special conditions are required, Qin Zhen secretly guessed.

At this time, the Caterpillar came over again, urging him to get up. Qin Zhen couldn't bear it anymore, so he raised and pressed his elbows, turned over, pressed the dog in his arms, and continued to sleep soundly.

Being held in the arms of its owner, the barking of the Cati Dog stopped abruptly. The eyes of this cunning little dog lit up slightly. It rubbed Qin Zhen's chest, closed its eyes obediently, and lay there motionless.

"Cha! Nai!"

"Stupid dog! Get off my trainer's bed!"

A cold and angry roar echoed in Qin Zhen's mind. The bedroom door opened and a rattan whip flew in. It circled around the hind legs of the Growlithe three times, tightened, and then was pulled hard. Qin Zhen's arms were empty in an instant, and the Growlithe flew out like a cannonball and hit a huge, hard and cold body in the corner of the bedroom.

"Gua ...

As soon as Millerton opened his eyes, he found that the puppy that was his enemy not long ago had fallen on him. The waste lizard was frightened and jumped out from the corner and ran around the room.

For a moment, there were jealous hums in his mind, Katie's angry barking, and Millerton's panicked running and screaming... The small bedroom was filled with the sound of gongs and drums, as lively as a theater where a show was about to begin.

This time Qin really couldn't sleep at all. He sat up from the bed in a rage and grabbed Millerton's antenna ears and Caterpie's tail. But when he opened his eyes and met two pairs of innocent big eyes, the anger in his belly seemed to be choked and he couldn't vent it.

"roll roll roll!"

Qin Zhen swatted away the lizard and dog that Baba had approached, took a deep breath, and finally wiped his face in hatred.

——On the third day after becoming a trainer, the young Qin Zhen finally realized the price of realizing his dream: he might have to say goodbye to the three words "sleep in" forever.

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"After all, you're the best, Vine Snake."

"Qin Zhen, you should say this out loud so that the stupid dog and the stupid lizard can hear it."

Qin Zhen sat at the dining table with his face propped up, yawning as he stirred the millet porridge in the bowl. Teng Teng Snake sat on his lap, its big Klein blue eyes just above the table surface. The little snake held its head high and chest puffed out like a lady, subtly sending a smug glance towards both sides of the table.

At the end of Snake's sight, Milton and Growlithe sat on either side of the dining table. Growlithe squatted on a chair with a bowl of steaming porridge before him; Milton, being larger than he was, simply squatted on the ground with a pot before him. It was quite interesting to note that, due to its overpowering possessiveness, Snake would be equally hostile to any Pokémon that plotted against Qin Zhen. However, Qin Zhen was both its downfall and its success. Because of its excessive concern for its trainer's feelings, the snake suppressed its hostility towards Pokémon that had already joined the team, even making a portion for them when it made breakfast for Qin Zhen.

Compared with the Nuannuan pig whose leg was broken and the water otter whose whole family was beaten, this is really extraordinary magnanimity.

"Okay, everyone, let's have breakfast."

Qin Zhen clapped his hands. He looked at Growlithe and Millerton, who buried their heads in the porridge bowls only after he allowed them to do so. He couldn't help feeling a little awkward, as if he had become the head of the family ahead of time.

At this moment, the vine snake on his knees looked up.

"Qin Zhen, have you decided which gym to challenge next?"

Qin Zhen drank a mouthful of porridge, smelled the sweet-scented osmanthus fragrance wafting from the little snake, and nodded slightly.

"I've checked the information. This time we're flying south to challenge the Baiyun Gym in Wuyang City."

"Baiyun Gym?"

"Yes, it's a flying-type gym. I found an annual ranking of the eight major gyms online, and last year, Baiyun Gym was ranked first. The subtext is that the Baiyun Gym Master is the strongest among the eight gym masters."

"The strongest? What about the woman we defeated?"

"You mean Teacher Chi? Yuelu Gym was ranked fourth or fifth? It wasn't even in the top three."

"Even she couldn't make it into the top three?"

Looking at the little snake lowering its head in thought, Qin Zhen smiled and reached out to touch the snake's head.

"Are you getting nervous already? Not to mention the strongest, just talking about the Flying type, that's the natural enemy of the Grass type."

"No, I believe in Qin Zhen. No matter who my opponent is, as long as Qin Zhen is by my side, I will never lose."

"Cough cough!"

Qin Zhen failed to tease his own elf and was hit by a straight ball from the backhand. His old face turned red and he quickly lowered his head to drink his porridge.

Qin Zhen did have his own considerations when choosing Baiyun Dojo.

The reason was Chi Songya, the owner of Yuelu Pavilion.

Although he had never fought against the all-out Yuelu Gym Master, Qin Zhen had still vaguely glimpsed the peak form of Yuelu Gym from his aunt's fragmentary words—a martial god with extraordinary strength, his three unique skills fully unleashed, his four hands transformed into eight arms, his body wrapped in thunder, his fists ringed with blazing fire...

This thing is terrifying just thinking about it. Its style is so ferocious that it doesn't even look like an elf. It is obviously more suitable for a passionate fight with Jotaro Kujo's "Star Platinum" in "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure".

The Baiyun Gym is ranked even higher than the Yuelu Gym, so one can imagine how terrifying the Pokémon in the hands of its owner would be.

If nothing unexpected happens, Snake will definitely be the main force in challenging the gyms along the way. Instead of putting the White Cloud Gym in the last place and challenging the Flying Gym with all the main forces under the attribute restraint, it is better to take advantage of the rule that "the gym must send out Pokémon of corresponding strength according to the number of badges of the challenger" and take down the most difficult gym in advance.

What a perfect race schedule!
Qin Zhen clenched his fists in his heart, turned his head to look at the clear sky outside the window, with great ambition in his heart.

(End of this chapter)