Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Chapter 93 Instant Kill

When Ye Zang first learned that his class had two instructors, one of whom was Chen, the head instructor of the league, he was very excited, even fanatical. He admired Chen very much, even though he was not well-known, everyone in the league knew how strong he was.

As for the other one, I haven't heard of him. He's probably just an unknown nobody, which is normal; he's just an assistant.

At this time, Cynthia was still traveling around, training, and conducting archaeological research. She hadn't even participated in many major events, so naturally she wasn't famous.

He didn't take it to heart, but was excited about Chen's arrival.

Different trainers have different focuses. For Yezo, he prefers to fight like Instructor Tatsumi rather than learning his grandmother's fighting style.

He aspires to become the Dark-type Elite Four member, not the Ghost-type Elite Four member.

However, it was also because of his own choice that even though his grandmother was Kikuko, she couldn't possibly ask Tatsumi to give him one-on-one combat guidance. This opportunity was very rare.

In the past, Pokémon Research School would only invite Elite Four trainers to tutor students for a week when they were just promoted to senior students or were about to graduate.

This might be considered quite good by most people, but Ye Zang didn't value it that much. This time, however, the head instructor Chen Lai gave him a big surprise.

Little did they know that Instructor Chen would only teach them for one day, and he would be leaving the next day. The woman standing in front of them in his place would be his replacement.

When this was announced before the first day of class, not only him, but many of his other classmates were also dissatisfied.

After all, judging from the introduction just now, this woman named Cynthia is only 20 years old, no more than two years older than them. What makes her qualified to be the teacher of these people who are considered "prodigies" by outsiders?

Even if they knew the teachers the school hired would be quite capable, how much better could they be at that age? Given their pride, they were naturally unwilling.

This pride, which stemmed from displeasure, was further amplified by Cynthia's seemingly casual remark, "You ten can each send your Pokémon to attack together," which was particularly damaging. It transformed into anger at being belittled.

What a joke! You're only 20 years old. Do you think you're some kind of superhero? Do you think you're some kind of dragon tamer? You're just two years older than me.

The ten people led by Yozo are all highly talented trainers with powerful connections. They each have three or four Pokémon, and many of them are elite-level Pokémon.

They naturally didn't believe that the woman opposite them could really take on ten people at once.

Good upbringing prevented them from expressing obvious anger.

The atmosphere suddenly became unusually tense.

Chen spoke first, as he was in a hurry. "Ten of you, release your ace Pokémon now. Let's see how strong you are."

The ten people exchanged glances, nodded, and unleashed their trump cards.

"Go, Charizard."

"Come out, Mighty Crocodile!"

"Monarch Serpent, prepare for battle!"

..........

Various Pokémon of different shapes but all quite large appeared on the field, nine of which were the final forms of the most traditional starter Pokémon.

There was another one that stood out from the crowd. It looked like a child, covered in armor, with two sharp blades on its hands, and similar blade-like weapons on its head and abdomen. This was Komato Kosei, Yozo's current ace.

Cynthia placed one hand on her hip, gently brushing her long golden hair with her right, and took out a Luxury Ball from her waist. "Fly into the sky, Garchomp!"

A creature resembling a shark, with a dark blue body, red from its jaw to the upper half of its abdomen, and yellow on its lower abdomen, appeared in the arena.

The Garchomp's wings are located on its forearms, resembling the pectoral fins of a shark. It has two protrusions on its head, making it look like a hammerhead shark. It has an inverted five-pointed star-shaped yellow spot on the tip of its nose, sharp teeth in its mouth, and three gill slits on both sides of its neck.

Its claws are white with a single toe, its feet have three toes, and it has two white bone spurs on its upper arms and thighs.

Once outside, Garchomp roared, folded its body, and spread its wings, looking exactly like a jet plane.

The ten people had different expressions. Garchomp was indeed a pseudo-legendary Pokémon, and judging from its appearance, it was at least a pseudo-Elite Four member, but that didn't mean it could defeat their ten ace Pokémon.

Take Yozo's ace Pokémon, Komamura, for example. It is currently at level 48, only two levels away from the level 50 required for a near-Elite Four Pokémon in the League.

Although the remaining nine Pokémon's levels were slightly lower, they were still over level 40. Under these circumstances, even a Garchomp of the near-Elite Four level would not be able to defeat them all at the same time.

Unless it's a Heavenly King level.

As they gradually calmed down, they began to think about what Cynthia on the other side must be relying on.

However, Cynthia wouldn't give them much time to think. "Let's settle this once and for all in one spectacular fashion! Garchomp, Draco Meteor!"

Garchomp crouched on the ground, its entire body emitting a yellow glow. A yellow orb of light could be faintly seen condensing on its abdomen, and it quickly reached its mouth.

"boom!"

A yellow orb of light shot out from its mouth and flew into the air, its powerful force and energy fluctuations even creating two distinct ripples.

The ball of light that flew into the sky exploded instantly, forming streaks of yellow meteor light that headed towards the ten elves.

The powerful aura caused all ten people's expressions to change. "Flame Jet!" "Water Cannon!" "Leaf Storm!"...

A series of skills of different colors were unleashed, heading towards the Dragon Star Cluster.

Without exception, the yellow energy of the Dragon Star Cluster shattered the attacks launched by their spirits with overwhelming force, and then struck their spirits.

As the smoke cleared, the ten elves on the ground were all unable to fight, and the ten people stared blankly, unable to believe it.

Ten against one, and they were instantly killed?

Chen shook his head and threw out a Luxurious Ball. "Gallade, Heal Pulse, Life Drop!"

A strange wave enveloped the ten Pokémon on the ground, and with drops of water sprayed from Gallade, they quickly regained consciousness.

Gallade coldly walked to Chen's side, pressed the Poké Ball button, and went back on its own.

"Crack! Crack!"

Chen clapped his hands forcefully, attracting the attention of ten students.

I am very disappointed.

Chen's first words made them lower their heads in shame.

"I'm not disappointed because you're not good enough. Your strength is indeed outstanding among your peers. Otherwise, you wouldn't have reached the level of advanced students. Students of the Pokémon Research School can't be mediocre."

So do you know where my disappointment lies?

Chapter 94 The Real Battle

The ten people recalled their respective spirits and stood in a row to listen to Chen's teachings.

"Because of arrogance and conceit?"

A weak voice came from the crowd.

Chen shook his head. "This is just a small problem. Everyone has pride. Cynthia has this strength at this age. Even I couldn't do it back then. It's hard to predict. If I were you, I wouldn't believe it either."

You even showed great restraint, not completely losing your composure at this moment.

Looking at the ten people, I said, "Your problem lies in your lack of decisiveness in combat."

"Simply?" Everyone was somewhat puzzled.

"Although you have extensive experience in normal arena battles and a broad knowledge base due to years of study, this has also limited your thinking."

Chen opened the computer in his hand, which was much smaller than he actually was.

"All ten of you have registered as bounty hunters, right?"

Everyone nodded in agreement. Although they didn't need to earn money through this, they had registered out of curiosity.

"I checked, and all of your bounty hunter levels are still at E level, which means you just registered."

Chen opened the backend and glanced at it; as expected, it was exactly what he had anticipated.

That's normal. Students in school certainly don't focus on this aspect before, which is one of the reasons why they need to provide temporary instruction after students advance to advanced levels and before graduation.

Of course, generally speaking, the registration information of bounty hunters is kept confidential and cannot be seen by ordinary people. But Chen is not an ordinary person. To put it more broadly, bounty hunters are actually an organization that he needs to manage.

He also has one of the highest-level permissions in the backend.

Moreover, the school also has relevant records.

"Let me tell you about your graduation task in advance. You will need to complete at least 5 A-level tasks before you can graduate, and the completion rate cannot be lower than 80%."

Looking at the ten clueless people in front of him, Chen had a stern face.

The students had no idea what five A-level tasks with an 80% or higher completion rate meant; they would only realize how troublesome it was when they experienced it for themselves later.

A-level tasks are not as simple as B-level and below tasks, and achieving a completion rate of over 80% is not as easy as it seems.

Not everyone can achieve a terrifying mission completion rate of over 95% like Tetsuya.

"Going back to your performance just now, why did I say you weren't decisive enough...?"

Suddenly, Cynthia spoke up, "Rosredo, Vine Whip."

A humanoid flower bouquet sprite appeared unexpectedly, whipping out several vines from its blue and red flower arms, swiftly trapping the ten people and lifting them high into the air.

The ten people were still wondering about Cynthia's voice when, before they could even react, their bodies were already out of control.

Some people instinctively tried to struggle and resist, but they were tied up even tighter.

Yozo reacted the fastest; the moment he was tied up, he sensed something was wrong and instinctively took out his Poké Ball.

However, Roserade's Vine Whip snatched the Poké Ball from his hand and wrapped it around him.

Ignoring the somewhat chaotic scene before him, Chen continued speaking to himself: "The reason I say you weren't decisive enough is because when Cynthia started provoking you to fight, you should have immediately released your spirits to control her. Only after you had her under control should you have expressed your anger."

Especially since you released your Pokémon first, why didn't you let the Pokémon stop her from releasing Garchomp?

Furthermore, I told you to release your ace Pokémon, but you only released one. Who told you that there can only be one ace Pokémon? Can't all your Pokémon be your ace Pokémon?

Ever since she said "all ten of you come at me together," the 6v6 arena combat rules no longer apply.

Have you ever thought about how to ensure your safety if you only release one Pokémon and it gets defeated?

After I healed your Pokémon, you recalled them? Did someone announce that the battle was over?

Of course, Chen's words contained a hint of misrepresentation, since as their teacher, Cynthia was not someone they could possibly do as Chen suggested.

There's nothing he can do about it; he doesn't have that much time to lecture these kids on these pointless principles. Their formal teachers will patiently teach them later.

Moreover, they will gain a deeper understanding of this as they complete their graduation tasks, though they may also lose their lives in the process.

However, this is quite normal. Their predecessors went through the same thing every year. If you want to become stronger, you always have to pay a price.

He had long since disregarded life and death, and these children, who would become the backbone of the alliance in the future, would inevitably have to go through such trials.

.......

What followed was something Yozo didn't want to recall. He shuddered, then snapped back to reality and continued training.

Cynthia didn't say anything more, and gradually her mind went blank. "Hmm, what should we eat tonight? How about ice cream with oden, or..."

Meanwhile, Tetsuya was still teaching the children on the other side.

"According to Professor Birch's latest research in the Hoenn region, all Grass-type Pokémon are immune to Powder-type moves, which is why they are unaffected when using Powder-type moves."

Previously, we often thought it was due to the Pokémon's own skills and energy control, but that's not actually the case.

Based on this theory, we can actually focus on the three powder moves commonly mentioned when training Grass-type Pokémon: Poison Powder, Stun Powder, and Sleep Powder.

Our Kanto region's starter Pokémon, the Grass-type Bulbasaur, whose final form is Venusaur, is very suitable as a base for early-game breeding.

So today's homework is: if we want to breed a Bulbasaur, and its development direction is mainly based on three powders, what breeding materials are needed, why, and what are the reactions between the various materials?

Based on this question, students, please write a training plan and submit it to me during class tomorrow afternoon. I will provide feedback on it then.

The children frowned; this was no easy task.

Tetsuya packed up his prepared lesson plan and prepared to leave.

"Teacher!" came a girl's voice from behind.

"Oh, it's Sundae. Is there a problem?"

Zhe was also very kind. After all, Shengdai's performance was quite good when the class started, no wonder she would become the top student later.

With a tense little face and a completely different reaction than before, Sundae asked her question.

Chapter 95 How to Get Stronger Without Spending Money (Bonus Chapter 2/8)

Tetsuya walked along the road with a hint of pleasure on his lips. To be honest, the feeling of being a teacher for the first time was not bad, especially the great sense of accomplishment after solving problems for his students.

After checking the time, he went to the school cafeteria for lunch. The food was quite good, and the chef's skills were no less than his own.

Then he arrived at the logistics department, which was said to be able to reimburse him for the seven days of training.