Pokémon: The Zen Trainer

The crowd in the stands watched Taguchi's departing figure.

"Nine consecutive wins. This guy is unlucky. If he encounters other gym trainers, he'll probably just crush them."

"Yes, of all people, it just so happens that I ran into him."

"It's a pity, he's quite capable, but he's a bit too arrogant."

"There's nothing to regret. That Gravestone is far superior to the two Pokémon sent by the gym leader."

"It's the difference in command skills between trainers!"

"But speaking of which, aren't the Pokémon this trainer using the basic Pokémon from the gym?"

“I don’t think someone of his caliber would have these kinds of spirits.”

"It's estimated to be at least four badges."

"Four? Five, okay!!"

"Five? Who do you think you are? You need at least the command level of six."

"A Flying-type specialist, not yet registered in the Gym Leader Handbook. He's probably a trainer from some powerful family who's out there gaining experience!"

"I wonder which elves he has? I'm quite curious."

"Flying-type specialist? At least 6 badges? A trainer from a clan who has come out to gain experience?"

Sueyoshi looked at him with a strange expression and thought to himself, "He's just a student, and his starter Pokémon is a Ghost-type."

Then Sueyoshi saw the comments that Bian thought of regarding Taguchi. The trainer's comments need to be reviewed twice before being uploaded to the system.

The first time was with the guide. He looked at the screen, thought of a precise and scathing comment, and then clicked upload.

The second time, the trainer will review the footage backstage. If the feedback is too negative, they will retrieve the battle video for a second evaluation.

This guy has a very good eye for people. Suekichi basically doesn't need to revise the comments. He's still a student. Suekichi has never seen a student write such accurate comments before.

...

Waiting lobby.

"I wonder what happened to that arrogant guy who went in earlier?"

"Has it gone too far? It's been fifteen minutes already, he's been holding on for so long."

"Click."

Taguchi pushed open the door and came out.

He looked at everyone with a pale face, then rushed out of the waiting room as if he were running.

The trainer who was preparing to challenge for two badges fell silent upon seeing Taguchi's expression.

It was fun to see him get his comeuppance, but the thought of facing the same opponent myself came to mind.

The long queue fell silent.

"He looks so scared?"

"Who is the gym leader who will be taking on the two badge challenge today?"

"We must complain to the Kikyo Gym. They've made the challenge for the two badges way too difficult."

"Never mind, I'll come back in a few days."

People kept dropping out of the long queue.

.....

The team members gathered for dinner that evening.

"My little Dudu has evolved!"

Mami looked at everyone excitedly and said.

"Today I won 3 battles and lost 1! In the last battle, my little Doge evolved!! It evolved into a Trumpeter."

"That's great! You're the third one to evolve on our school team, and currently the third strongest on our team."

"Hehe, lucky, lucky."

Mami looked at everyone with a smile.

"How are your results?"

"With a record of 3 wins and 1 loss, my young Tengju player was only allowed to play in three matches, otherwise my winning percentage would be even higher."

"Because your Pokémon is a Fire-type Pokémon! You're only allowed to use a second Pokémon when you have two Pokémon."

Matsumura said.

"You guys are lucky; your Pokémon are Flying-type and don't have this restriction. What about you?"

"About the same, 2 wins and 2 losses. What about Horita?"

"One win, two losses," Horita sighed.

"I wonder how the dojo will evaluate this; I've dragged them down."

“It’s alright, I’m thinking of Captain Bian.” Mami said, looking at Horita.

"Captain, what about you?"

"Me?" After thinking it over carefully, I realized that there were more challengers in the morning and I had fought many matches, while there were fewer challengers in the afternoon.

"I played about fifteen games."

"Fifteen matches???"

A group of people stared in shock, lost in thought.

How many games did you lose?

Just as I was thinking about preparing my answer.

Yi Hong, holding a stack of papers, sat down next to Bian Xiang with a grim expression.

"You're doing a great job!"

"you flatter me."

Bian Xiang looked at Yi Hong and said.

Yi Hong looked at Bian Xiang with veins bulging on his face in anger.

"You think I'm praising you?! Fifteen matches!! A full fifteen matches! You didn't let a single one slip by, not even the starred ones. And are you a machine?! Are you here to boost your dojo win rate?! You can fucking play fifteen matches in one whole day???"

"No, there were fewer people challenging in the afternoon, otherwise I should have been able to play a few more rounds."

Yi Hong grabbed Bian Xiang's cheek tightly with one hand.

"You want to fight more?? You single-handedly lowered the gym's pass rate for two badges this month, do you even know that?!"

"Yi Hong pulled out a sheet from that stack of papers. Look at this! The pass rate has gone from around 67% to almost below 50%!"

"Looks like I'm pretty capable."

Bian Xiang was quite satisfied with the arrow that he had knocked down; he figured the gym's rating wouldn't be low now.

Capable? He really is capable. He single-handedly lowered the pass rate for two badges. The Alliance's target pass rate for two badges is 70%! Yi Hong was truly on the verge of tears. This guy is a real pain in the ass.

"I'm asking you, why didn't you let the one marked with a star go?"

"Him? I think it would be better for him to experience failure."

"Experience failure? You made him experience failure when he only had two badges?"

"You used Gastly?"

All the starred trainers are incredibly talented and have impressive backgrounds; calling them prodigies wouldn't be an exaggeration. In the early stages, the focus for these trainers is mainly on building their confidence. Moreover, these starred trainers are generally fine until they obtain four badges. I suspect they just crushed it with Haunter; it's likely their dreams were completely shattered. Yi Hong also had to do a lot of mental preparation after his last battle with Haunter.

"No, I didn't bring out Gastly today because I don't think such a battle would help my Gastly at all, and it would also be unfair to the trainer who is challenging me."

"So you used those five children today?"

"Yes, they've had a tough day too."

Seeing Bian Xiang's serious expression, and remembering that he had used those five children in his battles today, Yi Hong's anger suddenly vanished.

Chapter 54 They're really playing it cool (Two chapters, recommended, please read, please)

Have those five children reached that level? Are they capable of participating in such high-intensity battles?

Yi Hong sighed deeply; the unusually low pass rate for the two badges had already caught the attention of the museum master.

I will explain your situation.

After saying that, Yi Hong stood up and walked outside.

Bian Xiang watched Yi Hong's retreating figure.

Yeah, let's just play casually tomorrow. Mami and the others did a good job.

Bian touched his chin and then noticed the gazes of the four people around him.

"Why are you looking at me like that? Do I have rice grains on my face?"