Elf: I'm Just a Commentator

After a brief moment of charging up, Lucario unleashed a powerful punch at an empty spot behind him. Instantly, it was as if even the water vapor in the air was being solidified. Some ice shards appeared on Lucario's own fist, but with a gentle flick, they fell to the ground.

"Luca?"

Did you understand?

Ralts: ? ? ?

Lucario's statement was actually somewhat of a joke. If a skill were really that easy to learn, he wouldn't have needed to come all the way here to teach it.

"Ahh~"

Little Dian, who was sitting and munching on tree berries, suddenly sneezed again. It was strange; this was the second time today. Could he really have caught a cold?

"Bo-woo?"

The Dragonite, which was holding and biting a large Energy Cube, looked at the little guy strangely.

"Dandan~"

Although Ralts hasn't officially started practicing Farmer's Three Punches with Lin Xuan yet, she has read through all three manuals and memorized them thanks to her powerful memory, but she just can't use them...

After all, memorizing and learning are two different concepts.

The petite Ralts stood in front of Lucario, mimicking its movements by waving its little fists. Although it had no power whatsoever, it still managed to project an imposing aura!

After watching for a while, Lin Xuan sat down again. After all, he couldn't learn the Ice Fist, so what was the point of standing there watching?

"Once the dojo opens, as the dojo's instructor, you will have free access to most of the facilities. If you need training space later, you can come anytime."

Zhong Mingyi was worried that Lin Xuan might not know this, so he reminded her.

"Damn, doesn't that mean my Pokémon Center membership is a huge loss?"

Lin Xuan immediately realized the problem.

I was initially thinking that it would be a good thing if my child could train at the Pokémon Center, but now that I can just freeload at the gym, I feel like I'm getting ripped off!

"If all else fails, you can use both."

Zhong Mingyi made a suggestion that seemed reasonable at first glance.

Lin Xuan: ...

"Oh right, there's one more thing I almost forgot to tell you."

"what?"

"In a month and a half, the city-wide gym league will be held, which will serve as a preliminary assessment of the teaching results of each gym. Moreover, the gym apprentices who participate cannot have had Pokémon for more than two months when they joined the gym, otherwise it would be meaningless to directly recruit students from colleges."

Lin Xuan nodded. Students who want to apply for the battling major usually catch their own Pokémon during their senior year of high school, like Xu Jia and others before them.

Upon realizing this, Lin Xuan suddenly understood why he hadn't seen anyone from his school among his apprentices.

"So you want me to mentor them in the upcoming competitions?" Lin Xuan asked after thinking for a moment.

"Pretty much... Actually, I originally wanted you to go to the competition as an apprentice, that way the championship would basically be ours!"

Zhong Mingyi said with some regret.

Lin Xuan: !!!

They've already made me a coach, why do they still want me to be an apprentice?

However, upon closer reflection, he did not receive the points for more than two months, so it was not considered a violation of regulations.

"So, is there any prize money for this competition?"

"I think so. Although I didn't pay attention, the prize money for the championship is at least as good as the college league you participated in before, and it seems to be in cash, since the league is not short of money..."

No sooner had Zhong Mingyi finished speaking than Lin Xuan grabbed his shoulder.

"I feel I can fight for the honor of our dojo!"

"Uh, it probably won't work..."

Zhong Mingyi's lips twitched. Although he already knew Lin Xuan's stingy nature, wasn't the contrast between her before and after too much? She just looked like she was finding it troublesome.

"Huh? Why not?"

Lin Xuan's eyes widened, and then she picked up the small doll from not far away.

"Look at this baby, he's only two months old! I was hoping to earn money for his milk powder, ugh, for the fruit!"

"Dandan?"

Little Dot didn't seem to realize what was happening. Even when Lin Xuan was holding her, she just nodded. In this situation, no matter what Lin Xuan said, she just nodded. She then took a bite of a tree fruit.

“Your situation is rather special. Not to mention that you are now a dojo coach, even if you wanted to quit coaching and compete, the league wouldn’t allow it.”

Zhong Mingyi said calmly.

"Why should I?" Lin Xuan complained. Why not participate in competitions with prize money? Besides, they're all kids. Wouldn't it be better to get the prize money easily?

"The alliance said they'll make an exception, but you just can't participate."

Zhong Mingyi was also helpless. The league knew that Lin Xuan had a good relationship with him, and he was building a dojo in Jianghai City. It would be meaningless to let Lin Xuan participate in the competition.

Is it appropriate for the coach to personally play in the game?

"Am I that influential?" Lin Xuan asked in confusion, wondering why the alliance would make special arrangements for him.

"Don't you understand your current identity?" Zhong Mingyi said calmly after glancing at Lin Xuan.

"What is my identity?" Lin Xuan frowned, not quite understanding what Zhong Mingyi meant.

"The top live commentator, the college league champion, the discoverer of affinity, and an important participant in the discovery of Umbreon's evolution. Any two of these titles would be enough to make the league take notice, especially the latter two."

Zhong Mingyi continued.

"It took me a lot of effort to recruit you to the gym. It was fine before, but after those two reports about your discoveries, the League became even more opposed to you coming to the gym. Some people think you are a rising star in China's scientific research community and shouldn't waste your time on being a trainer."

Zhong Mingyi's tone was tinged with resentment, clearly showing his deep resentment towards those old guys in the alliance, but he still turned to Lin Xuan and spoke.

"If you're busy with work at the research institute, you can always say you want to resign, and I'll understand."

Even Zhong Mingyi himself was somewhat conflicted, wondering if it was a good thing to keep Lin Xuan confined to the dojo like this.

"I should be able to manage... and who says I can't be both a trainer and a researcher? Maybe I'm some kind of genius?" After thinking for a moment, she added, "Well, my main job is as a commentator."

“Yes, that’s what I told them too,” Zhong Mingyi said earnestly, not sounding like he was lying.

Lin Xuan: ...

I was just saying it offhand, and you actually started bragging about me like that to everyone?

What Dr. Sun Siming valued in Lin Xuan was his boundless inspiration that could suddenly burst forth, which was the most important thing for the study of elves.

Before their research institute, who would have associated Slowking with the King's Proof?

Lin Xuan's "inspiration" actually came from her experience before time travel.

"So, all I can do is be a coach?"

Lin Xuan was still somewhat unwilling.

"If you can help your apprentice achieve good results in future competitions, the dojo will give you a bonus."

"Don't worry, even if I can't participate, I'll definitely win a championship to show you!"

Zhong Mingyi: ...

Isn't this guy a little too excited?

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Lin Xuan then stayed in the gym for a while, went out for a walk to familiarize himself with the place so he wouldn't get lost next time. Seeing that it was almost time, he left with Ralts, who had finished training with Lucario.

"how do you feel?"

On the way home, Lin Xuan asked Ralts this question.

"Ruth!"

Ralts answered excitedly, having indeed learned a lot during her time with Lucario.

It wasn't just the simple Ice Punch; it also included some power generation techniques that Lucario had developed himself—a wealth of useful information. Because of Lin Xuan and Zhong Mingyi's relationship, Lucario didn't hold back at all when teaching Ralts.

Moreover, since both Pokémon are humanoid Pokémon, they share many similarities in their physical structure. While some techniques cannot be directly copied, they definitely provided Ralts with a great deal of help.

Although Ralts hadn't learned Ice Punch yet, or even seen a glimpse of it, her punches were more powerful than before, which was a good thing.

"Master the Ice Fist first, and then learning the other two fist techniques will be much easier."

This is also Lin Xuan's plan. The Farmer's Three Punches, apart from the different energy used, are basically the same in terms of technique. Most elves cannot fully master these three skills because of their own attribute limitations.

Take Zhong Mingyi's Blaziken for example. It has also learned Fire Punch and Thunder Punch, and is even stronger than Lucario in Thunder Punch. However, it is impossible for it to learn Ice Punch.

Ice and fire cannot coexist; this is a consensus among everyone.

In fact, while Lucario was instructing Ralts, Eevee wasn't idle either; instead, it sat next to Slowking and... spacing out with him.

At first, it was because he was too bored. Lin Xuan was having a great time chatting with Zhong Ming, and he couldn't join in. Xiao Dian was discussing the taste of berries with Dragonite. Although Eevee was a glutton, he preferred snacks. Unable to find anything to talk about, he could only sit next to Slowking and stare blankly.

But after sitting for a while, Eevee also noticed that although Slowking seemed to be just sitting there very normally, there was always superpower flowing and moving on the bead of the shell on its head, stimulating Slowking's nerves and making it think deeply.

Bored, Eevee sat down just like Slowking, and finally just let his mind go blank, not thinking about anything.

Perhaps influenced by Slowking, Eevee, sitting to the side, also entered a special state, similar to the meditation skill that many Psychic-type Pokémon possess, but with some differences. It does not directly enhance its own battle abilities, but in this state, Eevee can feel its psychic powers growing at a slow pace.