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Chapter 298 Mewtwo: So this is what it means to be a trainer...

After resting at home for a day, Wednesday arrived quickly.

Today, the news that Sunshine Dojo had reopened spread throughout Orange Academy, and many eager students were itching to go and headed to Sunshine Dojo in groups.

Anyway, Teacher Yu will only personally guide a few "lucky players" now, and the strategies of the other Pokémon stationed at the gym have been basically figured out.

If you want to play it safe, you can directly challenge Sableye, whose moves have been largely figured out, and easily obtain the gym badge.

However, for these students who are "so eager to improve" and still love to challenge Teacher Yu even after failing several times, Teacher Yu's personal guidance is still more valuable!
I'm not the same person I was last week. This time, I'm determined to defeat Teacher Yu head-on!

Many students set off with this mindset, full of confidence.

Meanwhile, Qingyu, who had returned to his Gym Leader form, was already sitting on the sofa in the living room, waiting for the challengers to arrive while chatting with Mewtwo, who was sitting quietly.

"So, if you want to grow together with your companions, I still suggest you try to learn how to become a trainer."

"After all, those cloned Pokémon probably also want to become stronger and have the power to protect you. And if you want to grow together with them, you need to imitate human behavior and learn how to become a trainer."

Seeing that the time was ripe, Qingyu decisively spoke up and began her grand scheme of deception.

Making Mewtwo a trainer wasn't a random decision; it was the result of prior communication with Mew.

Although it seemed he couldn't understand the language of the dream, judging from the dream's repeated nodding, it was clear that it wholeheartedly agreed.

Mewtwo should have explained this to him, so that it would have been easier for him to accept it.

result……

When I woke up, there was no trace of the dream in the Sunshine Dojo.

Dream, you tricked me!
Having just resolved the incident, is this street urchin already continuing his wandering travels without stopping?
Qingyu was also very helpless about this and had no choice but to take matters into his own hands.

"Trainer..."

When Mewtwo lowered its head and murmured for a moment in response to Qingyu's suggestion, its eyes became much more determined when it looked up again.

"I understand. If it's for the sake of those children, I will work hard to learn how to become a qualified trainer."

Although trainers should theoretically be limited to humans, since Qingyu has said so, maybe he really does have the corresponding aptitude?
However, to become a trainer, I'll need to learn a lot of new knowledge from scratch.

Mewtwo couldn't help but think.

I don't have any resistance to learning it; on the contrary, I'm looking forward to it.

From birth, it has been learning from and imitating humans, trying to understand what they want to express, and fantasizing that sooner or later it will be able to communicate with them normally.

But in the end, his own fantasies failed to come true...

However, from the short day they spent together, it was clear that Qingyu was definitely an excellent trainer.

Both his own Pokémon and the rented Pokémon in the gym obey him and completely trust his commands when directing battles. It seems that it has only seen this kind of behavior in a man named Giovanni.

However, there are obvious differences between the two.

In Mewtwo's view, Giovanni's ability to command an entire Earth army is mainly due to his own formidable strength and intimidating presence, which makes other Pokémon submit to him.

But Qingyu was completely different. He didn't have anything particularly special about him, yet his affability was something even Sakaki couldn't achieve.

Even the cloned Pokémon that had been harmed by humans had developed a basic liking for him after a day of contact, and at least they no longer resisted when he approached.

Even though any human being in the Viridian Gym is met with hostility...

This change suggests that they have a very high level of acceptance of Qingyu.

"So... what should I do?"

Mewtwo quickly posed a thought-provoking question.

Although it has a strong learning ability, it still needs a direction first, and it is completely clueless about how trainers should train it.

When asked about Mewtwo, Qingyu narrowed his eyes and said mysteriously:
"You'll find out later."

"Before engaging in actual combat practice, let's cultivate the most basic awareness of being a trainer."

As Qingyu spoke, she took out her phone.

I don't know how to be a good trainer?
No problem, just follow Teacher Yu and you'll become a qualified trainer after completing a full course of training!
Soon, Qingyu opened Pokémon TV with ease and accessed her personal homepage.

Several rows of popular videos with millions or even tens of millions of views appeared on the screen, making Mewtwo blink in confusion.

"For Pokémon training tips, just refer to the notebook I gave you. As for how to command them, in addition to the videos I've released before, I'll also be playing a few tutorial battles with other newcomers this afternoon. You can see how they command them."

The notes that Qingyu mentioned were naturally the cultivation notes that she gave to Qinglu and Chihong back then.

The "Blue Breeding Notes" are mostly Kanto Pokémon, which are very compatible with Mewtwo's companions. It also covers all the training content from basic to advanced, making it perfect for it.

A fully developed Mewtwo, empowered by its powerful psychic abilities, possesses an extraordinary learning capacity and can quickly comprehend the contents of its notes.

So Qingyu doesn't really need to worry too much.

As for trainers, there are readily available online courses to watch!
Teacher Yu's detailed teaching is highly praised by everyone who has seen it!

?

Although Mewtwo was a little confused, under Qingyu's very confident gaze, it quickly followed Qingyu's example, stretched out its finger, touched the screen, and immediately swiped down to the bottom to start watching the first episode.

Its eyes brightened instantly.

"What is this? Is it some kind of special ability that can simulate Pokémon battles?"

Mewtwo immediately discovered the basis of the video content—

Pokémon Champion

"do not you know?"

Qingyu was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized what was going on.

Right, Mewtwo probably hasn't been online at all right now, and might not even know how to use a mobile phone, so it's normal that he doesn't know about this game at all.

"This is a computer game that can be used to simulate a trainer's actual battles to some extent. If you're interested, I can show you how it works."

Mewtwo nodded slowly, accepting Qingyu's invitation.

So Qingyu and it quickly got up and went to their bedroom.

Inside the room, Sylveon was fast asleep.

After returning to the Sunshine Gym last night, it went straight into its room and spent the entire night drawing the basic outline of Black Rayquaza.

Qingyu also looked at its drawing, and it had indeed made great progress compared to before, which was enough to show how much effort Sylveon had put in.

Perhaps it was originally intended to primarily train painters?

However, the only drawback is...

The Liekongzu in this painting does not have eyes.

Perhaps with Sylveon's current strength, it's not yet possible to draw Rayquaza's sharp and confident gaze...

Qingyu didn't think much of it.

After all, if Sylveon wants, it might have more opportunities to see it in the future, and then it can slowly try to copy it.

Qingyu and Mewtwo unconsciously became much lighter and quickly arrived in front of the computer.

After activating Pokémon Champion, Qingyu looked at Mewtwo behind him and smiled as he spoke:
"Want to try a game?"

"..."

Chao thought about it for a moment and nodded silently.

If there were a game that directly simulated the way trainers battled, wouldn't it be easy to become a trainer quickly by just learning what tactics to use with the clone Pokémon that follow you?

Qingyu immediately saw through Mewtwo's thoughts, so she decisively gave up her seat so that Mewtwo could sit in front of the computer.

"Well then, let me see your skill level."

Aoba smiled happily and stood behind Mewtwo without saying a word.

Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Ninetales, Vinegar, Alakazam...

As expected, they're focusing on the final evolutions of the cloned Pokémon as their main force, and they haven't even considered building an overall team yet.

Furthermore, they didn't actively choose any special features or items, so it seems they were completely unaware that such things existed.

Come to think of it, it's been a long time since I've been matched with a newbie in ranked matches. Newbies like Mewtwo are a "rare species".

Therefore, for now, let's not remind it that its account is at the advanced level and that it often gets matched with master-level players.

After all, you can only grow faster and remember things more deeply by making mistakes!
Because Qingyu has very high expectations for Mewtwo, his requirements for it are correspondingly higher.

……

About half an hour later.

"..."

Staring at the prominent red word "Failure" on the screen, Mewtwo took a deep breath to calm himself down.

"Lost again..."

Although I am just a newbie, and I am learning from scratch how to become a trainer, these failures and hardships are inevitable, and I have already set my mental expectations.

but--

Being defeated so decisively and repeatedly, without even a chance to fight back, is indeed a bit humiliating!
Seeing this, Qingyu smiled slightly.

"Although the Sunny Team is indeed the best solution for the current lineup, if you only use brute force, it will be easy for the opponent to figure you out."

"The opponent's strategy in this round is a very standard entry hazard team. Stealth Rock is a big threat to attackers like Charizard, so the main goal should be to interrupt the opponent's strategy and prevent their Pokémon from setting up entry hazards."

"For Charizard, which is very vulnerable to Stealth Rock, it is generally recommended to have it carry the Thick-soled Boots to avoid this weakness."

"If you want to know how the nail team works, you can watch this video."

As they were talking, Qingyu had already handed the phone to Mewtwo.

"..." Mewtwo silently took the phone and glanced at the profile picture above the video.

Sure enough, this video was also produced by Qingyu.

In the lineups I just encountered, apart from one rain team that Qingyu didn't have a corresponding video for, were all the other tactics things that Qingyu had already developed?
The opponent I just faced had a tactical style that was somewhat similar to Qingyu's, and he firmly controlled the rhythm of the game.

"I understand."

Mewtwo nodded and stood up from his seat.

"Compared to actual combat, what I lack now is an understanding of various basic tactics. Only by knowing the opponent's thoughts can I make reasonable judgments."

With its super brain, it quickly figured out Qingyu's intention in doing so.

That's right, Pokémon battles aren't just about one trainer. Observing your opponent's intentions allows you to plan ahead and turn the tables on them!
However, if you want to win in this way, it also means that you need to learn all sorts of different tactics.

However, the thing I have plenty of right now is time.

take it easy.

Mewtwo nodded to himself and looked at Qingyu.

"I'd like to see how you play this game, is that alright?"

If you learn by comparing yourself to Qingyu and following the approach he provides, it shouldn't be too difficult to get started.

Qingyu was not surprised that Mewtwo had asked this question.

"Let's wait until the weekend. The students should be arriving soon."

Qingyu shook her head slightly and walked out of the room, continuing to talk to herself as she did so.

"Besides games, real-world battles are also essential."

……

Because I took two days off, there were an unusually large number of students coming to the Sunshine Dojo to challenge me today.

Even more people watched "Teacher Yu Educates Newcomers" in the online live broadcast room.

[Oh my god! Teacher Yu is finally back, and she's even personally accepting challenges! It seems the newcomers have been in for a treat lately!]

[Two "genius teenagers" have already been carried away at lightning speed. Teacher Yu seems to be going all out today...]

[Speaking of which, where did that Pokémon that's been standing next to Teacher Yu all day come from? Did Teacher Yu catch a new Pokémon again?]

[It's called Pokémon, but it doesn't quite feel like one. Who keeps their best Pokémon on the sidelines and just watches from the sidelines?]

[And he was taking notes the whole time, as if he was learning Yu-sensei's fighting style, which is just ridiculous...]

[These days, even Pokémon are starting to imitate Yu-sensei? Yu-sensei, you've done so many bad things!]

"I see. Using special combat techniques can intimidate the opponent at the start of the battle, thus preventing the opponent from using any moves for a short period of time."

Standing not far behind Qingyu, Mewtwo muttered to himself while silently jotting down the details he observed in his notebook.

In the battle just now, the challenger chose Incineroar as his opponent. Although I had never seen Mewtwo before, I could tell from its fierce eyes that it must be very strong.

only……

In actual combat, its fighting style seems to be quite different from what I expected?

It's not as wild as its size suggests; rather, it has a relatively more... sunny tactical approach?

Mewtwo didn't know how to describe it either. Suddenly, it remembered that Qingyu had said the name of this gym was "Sunshine Gym". For some reason, it felt that this word was very appropriate to describe Incineroar's style.

"There are also techniques like skillfully using 'taunt' moves to predict the opponent's actions and interrupt their variations..."

"The fierce roar at the start of the battle seems to have affected the opponent's combat power to some extent, perhaps having the same effect as the 'oppressive feeling' characteristic mentioned by the researcher?"

While taking notes, Mewtwo was thinking to itself:

So being a trainer is such a demanding profession...

Pokémon battles are definitely not as simple as I thought!

To be able to easily master any Pokémon like Qingyu, one can only imagine how much effort it takes behind the scenes.

I still have a long way to go.

but……

Why does it feel like these human trainers are about as strong as me in front of Qingyu?

Could it be that I'm actually not bad at all, but just chose the wrong benchmark?
But if you want to become an excellent trainer, it shouldn't be a problem to benchmark yourself against the strongest trainer around you, right?
Therefore, Qingyu is the best choice.

Mewtwo quickly convinced itself and silently awaited the upcoming battle.

"Next contestant."

After briefly explaining to the challenger how to optimize the approach, Qingyu quickly revealed a "devilish smile" and spoke elegantly again.

The Road to the Championship has been open for more than a month now, and during this time these inexperienced newcomers seem to be maturing and their leadership skills are becoming more reliable.

Besides themselves, they must have challenged other gym leaders in the vicinity quite a bit, or sparred with each other at school, right?

but……

As their strength improved, I was finally able to take things a little more seriously and dynamically adjust the difficulty.

Today's challengers are all quite strong, and they have already developed basic tactics. They should soon be able to identify the right path for themselves.

Such a player can serve as excellent material for Mewtwo, allowing him to develop tactical skills through extensive battle memories.

After a few more days, once we've checked Mewtwo's progress, we'll let it command the cloned Pokémon as gym apprentices to share some of its work.

perfect!

……

In the blink of an eye, four days have passed.

After several days of actual combat and game simulations, Mewtwo's progress was indeed as Qingyu had predicted.

From initially not knowing any tactics and not even understanding what the most basic items were, he quickly grew into a "rookie" with a basic understanding of Pokémon battles.

This single leap was enough to allow it to quickly reach the Super Ball level from scratch.

That's right. In order to help Mewtwo grow up quickly, Qingyu thoughtfully created a new account for it so that it could be matched with "evenly matched opponents".

Mewtwo, with its exceptional learning ability, gradually began to learn how to use various convenient services in human society.

For example, mobile phones, computers, and the Pokédex.

Mewtwo is like a newborn baby, greedily learning all kinds of knowledge from the internet.

For humans, a long video or movie is just knowledge that brushes against their scalp and leaves little memory, but after watching it once, it already has a general understanding, and can even have a lively conversation with Qingyu, frequently expressing its own opinions.

Qingyu was very pleased with this and even provided it with a computer and a mobile phone to help it adapt to human society as soon as possible.

Although Mewtwo occasionally raises abstract questions such as "Why would humans be interested in Gardevoir?" or "Did Parasect evolve through fungi possessing Paras?"

Overall, however, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks for Mewtwo.

After all, Qingyu could easily give him a convincing answer to these strange questions.

"Why do I like Gardevoir? Everyone loves beauty, is it wrong to simply like pretty and cute Pokémon?"

"As for Paraster... Paraster is actually dead. What controls its body now is indeed that big mushroom on its head..."

"Just kidding, it's just a Pokémon legend, don't take it seriously!"

These ambiguous answers were just right to appease Chaomeng, whose mind was still pure and had not been corrupted by the online world.

As for how to prevent it from being contaminated, isn't the answer quite simple?

Anti-addiction measures!

Mewtwo is only three months old, which is still a baby even by the standards of the Pokémon world.

There are some things that children shouldn't see, so we must strictly prevent them from becoming addicted!
Given all these restrictions, the information Mewtwo can receive is naturally all positive, uplifting, and healthy!
And so, the "Mewtwo Raising Project," which gave Qingyu a strange sense of accomplishment, began to operate normally, and Qingyu was able to spend a relatively fulfilling weekend.

Sunday evening arrived quickly.

After finishing dinner for the whole family at Sunshine Dojo, it was almost time for Qingyu's usual broadcast.

After missing a week last week, Qingyu will still maintain her "diligent streamer" persona this week.

Sitting in the room, Qingyu skillfully turned on the computer, with a Mewtwo standing behind her whose face was full of curiosity.

Mewtwo was quite interested in Qingyu's interesting tactics every weekend, so Qingyu let it watch his livestream.

Anyway, my online audience is already stable at seven figures, so one more offline viewer won't make a difference.

Based on the questions I raised during my previous live stream, I should talk about the Rainy Day team's singles tactics this week.

Originally, Qingyu wanted to postpone introducing the Rainy Day team a little and introduce the Snowy Day team first, but an announcement in the game quickly made him give up on this idea.

On Friday, the long-awaited new version of Pokémon Champions was finally released.

Along with the long update period comes the confirmation of some new Pokémon forms.

That's right, it's the Mega Evolution that most Kalos and Hoenn are familiar with!

It is said that a new batch of mega stones has recently been discovered, and Dr. Bratano from the Carlos region is conducting expedited research on them.

However, the game company's already established plan will obviously not be changed, and Mega Evolution will be launched on schedule as planned.

If further research progresses, these Pokémon might be included in the game.

This gave Qingyu the confidence to talk about the Rainy Day Team.

after all……

"If a one-punch man isn't around for a rainy day one-on-one fight, who else would dare to sit down at the table for dinner!"

(End of this chapter)