As a trainer, he has the rain trait

In the afternoon, there was still one-on-one practice, but Zhilin was not so lucky in the afternoon. He met Wu Zhao and Yu Huan and lost to both of them.

He wasn't disappointed, after all, his mind was full of what secret moves his beloved instructor Zuo would give him that night. Zuo Tingyun knew his Pokémon was a Mare, so he guessed it would be an Electric-type move. What would it be? 100,000 Volts? Or maybe Electric Wave?

When Xu Wu called him to eat, he was still thinking about this matter. It took a long time for Xu Wu to react. Xu Wu said dissatisfiedly: "What are you thinking about? I called you several times!"

Zhilin told him about the agreement with Zuo Tingyun. Xu Wu's eyes widened and he said enviously, "Damn, brother, why do you get all the good things?" Zhilin put his hands on his hips proudly and said, "Hehe, I do so much work, it's normal for me to get some rewards!"

"So what time are you leaving? Are you going back to the dorm today?"

He thought for a moment and said, "Let's go after dinner. There's not much to do. I can finish it tonight and should be back in the dormitory."

"very nice!"

Zhilin put his hand on Xu Wu's shoulder and said with a smile, "Good brother, I won't forget you. If Gastly can use it, I'll lend you the cheat code!"

Xu Wu raised his eyebrows, "Thank you, buddy!"

It's night time soon

'Bang bang bang! '

"Come in!"

Zhilin walked into Zuo Tingyun's office and looked around curiously.

Inside the door was a simple room, not big, with a desk, two chairs, and a cabinet full of books. The only bright spot in the room was a pot of green radish on the table.

Zuo Tingyun was correcting something. When he came in, he gestured for him to sit down and said, "You're quite early. What would you like to drink? Tea? Or water?"

Zhilin raised his eyebrows and asked, "Do you have milk tea?"

Zuo Tingyun paused with his pen, looked up at him, and his cold gaze frightened him. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Forget it if you don't have it!"

Zuo Tingyun put down the pen in his hand, poured him a glass of boiled water, and sneered: "What did Su Muzhe think, letting you be the squad leader?"

"Maybe it's because I'm handsome?"

"what?"

"nothing!!!"

Zuo Tingyun looked at Zhilin, who was muttering to himself, with suspicion. After a moment, he returned to the point and said, "I have already explained your tasks clearly this afternoon. If there are no other problems, you can start working."

"it is good!"

Zhilin took a stack of sheets from Zuo Tingyun and began to work honestly. This task was not difficult. In one afternoon, he had a general understanding of the strength of everyone in the class. He just needed to plan the sparring groups according to their strength, Pokémon abilities and attributes. Remembering the counselor's advice, he decided to choose Zhu Yu as his sparring partner.

Although the task was very boring, Zhilin still completed it after an hour.

"As expected of me!" He looked at his results with satisfaction: two pieces of paper filled with words, one for the sparring group, the other for the training plan.

"Are you done? Let me see!"

Zuo Tingyun took the paper from him and read it carefully. He looked at it nervously, not because he was afraid that Zuo Tingyun would scold him, but because he was afraid that he would have to redo the work, which was very time-consuming. However, Zuo Tingyun's next words made him feel relieved:

"Not bad! It's kind of useful!"

Zhilin rubbed his hands and said with a smile, "Teacher Zuo teaches well!"

Zuo Tingyun rolled his eyes, took out a booklet from the cabinet and threw it to him, "Stop flattering me, teacher, I promised you, I won't go back on my word!"

Zhilin happily put the booklet away and said, "Thank you, Teacher Zuo!"

Zuo Tingyun waved his hands and said, "Get lost!"

"Alright! I'll take my leave!"

Zhilin happily returned to the dormitory with the booklet. Xu Wu was already waiting for him and asked hurriedly, "What's going on? What's going on? Did you get it?"

Zhilin took out the booklet and shook it, "Of course!"

"What move is it? Can Gastly use it?"

Zhilin scratched his head. "I haven't had time to look at it yet. I was afraid you'd be anxious waiting, so I rushed back as soon as I got it!"

The two flipped open the booklet, and on the first page was written in flourishes: "Study and Optimization of Stands!" Zhilin and Xu Wu glanced at each other, each seeing surprise in the other's eyes.

Stand, a move that most Pokémon can learn, is a very common move in Pokémon Battles. It uses a certain amount of energy to create a Stand, which can resist some of the damage and effects of the move.

In the 'Pokemon' game played by Zhilin and Wu Zhao, which exists in both the original and current worlds, this move uses a quarter of the maximum HP to create a substitute, which can bring high combat benefits and is a very good defensive and tactical move.

But in the real world, it only requires physical strength and energy to create, and this move will only become stronger.

Zhilin smacked his lips, "Instructor Zuo is so generous!" Xu Wu was even more delighted. Even if his Gastly evolved into Gengar, it was still a fragile one, so this kind of life-saving skill was naturally what he wanted!

Xu Wu quickly pulled Zhilin outside. Zhilin asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

"Let's go to the training hall and practice! I can't wait!"

Zhilin was helpless, "There's no need to be so anxious!"

"Oh! Hurry up!"

Most of the students who were able to get into Jingchu University worked very hard, so the lights in several training halls were on. The two searched several halls before they found one with vacancies.

Zhilin released the sheep, and Xu Wu couldn't wait to release Gastly as well, urging him, "Hurry up, hurry up, it's better to learn it today!"

Zhilin rolled his eyes at him. "How can a move be so easy to learn? Do you think this is a move machine in a game?"

Xu Wu scratched his head. "That's just an exaggeration. Don't worry about the details!"

Zhilin sighed, took out the card from the booklet, scanned the QR code with his phone, and a video popped up. He placed his phone between the two Pokémon and said, "Look carefully, both of you! This is a demonstration video from the teacher. Watch it a few times before you start training."

"Mee-li-mee-li!"

"Okay!"

Gastly floated around excitedly, "Hehehe!"

Seeing the two Pokémon staring intently at the phone screen, Zhilin nodded with satisfaction and flipped through the booklet that recorded the training methods of the "Substitute" moves with Xu Wu.

After letting Merely and Gastly watch the video two or three times, they began training. After more than two hours of training, they finally achieved some initial results. It was almost eleven o'clock in the evening at this time, and the administrator of the training hall had begun to urge the students to return to the dormitory and prepare to close the hall.

Zhilin took a sip of water and fed the energy blocks he had prepared to restore their health to Merely and Gastly. "That's all for today!"

The sheep breathed a sigh of relief. Not only were they thirsty from the trainer's instruction for over two hours, they were also extremely tired. It was finally over.

The two of them put their Pokémon back into their Poké Balls and returned to the dormitory. Zhilin, starving, immediately started to cook instant noodles. Xu Wu undressed and went into the bathroom, shouting, "Make me a pack too, pickled cabbage and beef!"

Zhilin didn't even turn around, "Okay, wash it quickly, otherwise the noodles will get soaked!"

"OK!"

……

After finishing his instant noodles, Zhilin released the sheep and poured it some fruit for a midnight snack. Then, he used the "Catch" skill and appeared in the "Bathroom Area". He took a nice shower and fell on the bed in just his shorts, saying contentedly, "It's still so comfortable lying in bed!"

Xu Wu was also lying on the bed playing with his phone. Hearing what Zhilin said, he nodded in agreement, "Indeed, there are still six days of training. After these six days, it will be easy. I can arrange my time for training and rest freely!"

"Yes! And today I visited the dormitory area. Three people live in a two-story villa. Each person's room is over 50 square meters, with a kitchen, living room, small training arena, and a yard of over 100 square meters!"

Xu Wu sat up in shock. "The dormitory conditions are so good?"

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it! What I'm most satisfied with is having a kitchen. Then I can cook for you and the Merely sheep!"

"Can you still cook?"

"You're kidding! I could cook for myself when I was ten years old. I'm a pretty good cook! If you don't believe me, ask Meliyang!"

"Mee-li-mee-li, mee-li!"

"The trainer is right!"

"Then I'll be in for a treat!"

"You'll have plenty to enjoy in the days ahead!"

"hey-hey!"

Although they had only just met, they were both socially anxious—social terrorists! Once they started talking, they couldn't stop, chatting until late at night.

The next morning, Xu Wu, who had stayed up longer, got up earlier than Zhilin. By the time Zhilin got up, he had no time to eat breakfast.

After a quick wash, the two rushed to the classroom for the theory class. The morning passed both quickly and slowly. For a top student like Zhilin who was immersed in studying, it naturally passed very quickly, but for Xu Wu who could neither listen nor understand, it felt like a year.

After class and lunch, the two returned to the dormitory to catch up on some sleep. When the alarm clock rang, they hurried out again and arrived at the training hall before the gathering time.

Maybe Zuo Tingyun had already established his prestige yesterday, so everyone else came quite early. Zhilin and Xu Wu were the last to arrive, even later than Zuo Tingyun. Fortunately, Zuo Tingyun didn't say anything and let them return to the team directly.

After they returned to the team, Zuo Tingyun glanced at his watch and said, "Since everyone is here, let's start training early. After yesterday's training, I have a basic understanding of everyone, so we will continue with the combat training this morning, and I will guide you on how to conduct preliminary training in the afternoon."

"Group one, Zhilin versus Xu Wu!"

Zhilin raised his eyebrows and released the sheep from the Poké Ball. The others quickly gave up the battle area. Xu Wu scratched his head, "Brother, give me some water!"

Zhilin rolled his eyes and said, "You are the one who was admitted based on a competition and you want me to go easy on you?"

Thinking of this, he whispered to the sheep, "Be careful, Gastly will be very difficult to deal with!"

Meely nodded, indicating that he would be careful.

Gastly was the same as usual, smiling happily. Zhilin guessed that Gastly might be an optimistic person.

But Gastly's trainer was different. He seemed to have become a different person after the battle started.

"Garsis, startle first, then lick."

Gastly approaches the Sheep, and the ghost energy condenses into a ghost face and shoots it out.

"Male sheep hit and speed up to avoid it."

The sheep followed the command and used the acceleration of the collision move to barely avoid being frightened, but Gastly was very fast and licked the sheep with its tongue. The sheep felt pain and its wool glowed with electricity, and it counterattacked Gastly.

Zhilin frowned slightly. Gastly was too fast and Meerewald was at a disadvantage. If Gastly hadn't used close combat to trigger Meerewald's static electricity properties, the situation would have been even worse.

Gastly has many skills, most of which are negative moves, including hypnosis, confusion from strange light, paralysis from tongue licking, and poisonous gas poisoning. It is difficult to deal with one or two of the four negative effects, not to mention that Gastly will suffer from double the damage of negative effects. No wonder it won the Rookie Cup.

Considering their speed disadvantage, Zhilin had to temporarily abandon the use of shock from Meliyang and instead increase their distance. "Meliyang, throw sand on them and then increase the distance."

Taking into consideration that Gastly was paralyzed, Xu Wu asked Gastly to keep a distance to prevent him from being suddenly paralyzed and unable to fight back. Gastly easily dodged the sand and retreated a distance.

"Just what I want, mee-lee-sheep, electric shock to the face."

Xu Wu was a little surprised, but quickly reacted, "Garsis, hypnotize!"

The electric shock knocked out a lot of Gastly's health, but the Sheep could no longer react to Gastly's hypnosis. Fortunately, it was not successful, but the Sheep was still affected and its reaction became much slower.

There is a big gap between reality and games. If the hypnosis in the game fails, it’s okay, but in reality, even if the hypnosis is not successful, it will affect the combat effectiveness and make you sleepy.

Zhilin knew that he couldn't delay any longer and had to make a quick decision.

"Maleep, use shock again!" / "Garsis, hypnotize!"

The two commanded at the same time, and the elves started up at the same time, but unfortunately, Gastly was still one step faster in condensing energy than Meeree. The energy condensed by Meeree slowly dissipated, and Meeree fell asleep.

Zhilin, helpless, raised his hands in surrender. Xu Wu breathed a sigh of relief, walked over, and said with a slightly smug smile, "That was a close call. I'm still the better player!"

Zhilin pretended to fight, and Xu Wu immediately admitted his mistake: "Squad leader, I was wrong!"

Zhilin rolled his eyes at him and walked off the stage.

Zuo Tingyun glanced at him and commented, "Not bad. Come earlier next time!"

Zhilin hummed, curling his lips. Sure enough, they'd planned to teach him a lesson for being late, but thankfully, he hadn't found any mistakes. Xu Wu, a quick-witted man, couldn't think of anything more. After confirming that Instructor Zuo couldn't hear, he put his hands on his hips and boasted, "How's it going? Gastly is awesome, isn't he?"

Zhilin sighed, "It's powerful, but a little dirty. It's all negative transformation moves!"

Xu Wu was even more pleased. "This is called tactics, do you understand?"

Zhilin couldn't help but criticize him, "Next time I'll let Meliyang bring Lingyuguo!"

"Ah? You still want to bring props!"

At this time, Wu Zhao came over and interrupted, "Pokemon like Gastly are really suitable for this kind of playstyle. Our counselor's Gengar is a standout. Professor Lin at the academy has a Dragonite with the same moveset! Xiao Xu, you can ask them for advice later!"

Xu Wu's face suddenly fell. Wu Zhao was puzzled. "Why do you look like that?"

Zhilin chuckled and explained, "Teacher Su is his cousin. He was bullied by Teacher Su since he was a child, so he is afraid of her."

Xu Wu immediately jumped up and down, "I'm not afraid, it's because she nags me, and I'm annoyed by her!"

"Teacher Su is here to inspect!"

"Where is he?" Xu Wu looked around frantically. Zhilin and Wu Zhao both laughed out loud. Xu Wu then realized that he had been tricked. In anger, he chased after the two of them. However, Xu Wu was not so smart outside the battle. He forgot that he was 1v2 and was soon pinned down by the two of them. He could only rage helplessly...

The air was filled with joy...except for Xu Wu and the two guys on the field who were being taught a lesson by Zuo Tingyun!