I'm not a Pokémon succubus.

Aisha took a sip of coffee and changed the subject naturally.

“How is college life?”

He looked at the five people with a little curiosity.

I'm not pretending. Coach Ai is really curious about what Dayan's college life is like in this world with Pokémon.

"Hmm...how should I put it?"

Liu Ye folded his arms across his chest and thought for a moment.

"Compared to life before college, it's definitely infinitely freer and more relaxed. For those of us who've been admitted to the Pokémon major, the bulk of our courses, compared to our academic subjects, are still Pokémon-related... It seems easy, but competition within the major is still incredibly fierce, especially in the combat department."

"Oh?"

Aixia looked at him with interest and said, "Tell me about it?"

"There's not much to say."

Liu Ye spread his hands and said, "The midterm and final exams will have an additional competitive assessment and competition. Students who get good grades will receive extra points, giving them a better chance of joining the school team. And then... once they make the team, they'll receive even more resources from the school. Finally, they'll take their training results to the National University League and strive to achieve a good result there."

“It’s quite boring actually…”

Ye Wen also complained.

"Is that so..." Aisha nodded thoughtfully.

Then he gave a wicked smile.

"Fortunately, I asked for leave and ran away."

Otherwise, I would probably still be playing house with a group of college students.

Of course, Aisha said this in his heart.

Compared with the conservative academics, he is undoubtedly a more adventurous traveler.

Although the trainers of these two factions have their own strengths, in the final analysis, the probability of a truly strong trainee emerging from the Traveling Faction is higher.

"Instead of just staying in school, I suggest you take some time out to travel when you have free time... Experiencing adventures outdoors will be much more effective than training indoors." Aixia spoke a bit of truth to them, but added a disclaimer, "Of course, everyone has their own path. Perhaps you're more suited to the academic world."

"Well~ I really want to join the school team~" Liu Ye heard the hidden meaning in Ai Xia's words, and now he laughed and scratched his head.

"I strictly followed the method given to me by Ai Guidance and raised my Magikarp. It played a great role in my final exams this semester!"

"Oh?"

There was a hint of surprise in Aisha's eyes.

"Evolved?"

"Yes." Ke Yu responded to this question on behalf of Liu Ye.

She covered her forehead and said, "No one would have thought that this guy would pull out a Gyarados right at the start of the school year. Since then, he's been able to secure a spot in the top ten in the grade thanks to this Gyarados. That's incredible."

“As the saying goes, great accumulation leads to great success!”

Liu Ye raised his hand and said, "While you were getting beaten up in the 'Rookie Competition', I was training my ferocity. When school starts, I'll go on a killing spree!"

Li Ge's expression darkened.

His original Pokémon was Blaziken, which has now evolved into Infernape and is quite powerful.

However, Infernape is of Fire and Fighting attributes, and is perfectly suppressed by Gyarados, which has Water and Flying attributes.

"No one expected that you were the real mine." He shook his head.

"Thanks to Coach Ai."

Liu Ye is very serious.

"Everyone knows how difficult it is to raise Magikarp into Gyarados. I was able to evolve Magikarp before school started thanks to the Pokémon training tips that Coach Ai taught me. Otherwise, if I had relied on my own efforts, raising a Gyarados would have been a pipe dream."

Liu Ye has pure gratitude and admiration for Ai Xia.

At the beginning, Liu Ye may have been only interested in Aisha, who also chose the weak Caterpillar as her initial Pokémon.

However, having received his favor for no reason and gradually climbing up the ladder with the help of it, and having obtained countless benefits that should not have belonged to him, Liu Ye, who was grateful for the favor, regarded Ai Xia as his greatest benefactor.

"It's just a small matter."

Coach Ai smiled and said, "Everything depends on human effort. Skill is one thing, but being able to cultivate a good Magikarp is another."

"Thank you for the compliment, Coach Ai~"

Seeing the two of them chatting happily, the remaining four people at the table couldn't help but look at each other.

They have the same feeling.

That is, they are clearly of the same age as Aixia. Aixia is even the youngest among the six people present. However, when facing Aixia, they couldn't help but lower their posture and subconsciously treated him as a superior.

this......

There is no doubt that it is because Aisha has the temperament of a true strong man, and his every word and action has an extraordinary guiding power.

In just less than a year, he completely surpassed the level of ordinary people and reached a height that was difficult for them to even look up to.

Traveling, could it be that it is really that effective? The four people except Liu Ye thought together.

Everyone's minds became active.

"It still has to be Coach Ai." Liu Ye spoke at this time, interrupting their thoughts.

"Becoming the biggest favorite to win the Quartz Tournament after just one year of travel is an honor only achieved by the two Kanto champions, Red and Green, in history."

A word to awaken the dreamer.

After hearing Liu Ye's words, the other four suddenly realized that their idea was extremely wrong.

It's not that traveling makes people stronger, but Aisha herself is strong.

Aisha and they are not trainers on the same level...

Even if he and others really joined the travel faction, it would be impossible for them to catch up with Aisha's strength.

"Hey."

The four of them sighed together.

People are more mad than people.

No wonder Liu Ye never targets Ai Xia. He is the one who sees things most clearly among the five of them.

No wonder he became stronger the fastest...

"Speaking of which, there's a rumor circulating in Da Yan that Coach Ai is one of the next Four Heavenly Kings." The Digger Rabbit trainer shared some gossip specific to Da Yan, saying, "Lately, Mr. Daichi's frequency of participating in activities and missions has been decreasing. Everyone's speculating that he's preparing to abdicate. So... once one of the Four Heavenly Kings positions becomes vacant, someone will definitely fill it. In terms of both strength and reputation, among the current Da Yan trainers, the most suitable person to take over as the new Four Heavenly Kings is, as expected, Coach Ai."

"But Coach Ai isn't a trainer who specializes in one type of Pokémon, so this is a bit difficult."

"really."

Seeing them talking about the Four Heavenly Kings, Aisha just smiled and said nothing.

"Come to think of it, our Da Yan champion seems to be a trainer specializing in single-attribute Pokémon, right?" Aisha asked intentionally or unintentionally, holding his face.

"Ah, indeed."

Li Ge was stunned for a moment and said, "The champion is specialized in dragon attributes."

"Oh~"

Aixia responded meaningfully, with an expression that seemed to be neither a smile nor a smile.

Isn't this a coincidence?

There are no multi-attribute trainers who are among the Four Heavenly Kings, but... there are many multi-attribute trainers who have won championships.

One of the Four Heavenly Kings positions is vacant, so what if he kicks the original champion down and becomes the Heavenly King?

It just so happens that this champion specializes in a single-attribute Pokémon.

His Marillil also has a long-term mission of "Dragon Slayer".

Perfect......

......

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the battle at the Rock Field was held.

The Quartz Conference lasts for one week.

The first four qualifying rounds will be played quickly this afternoon and tomorrow morning.

Afterwards, the player who wins four consecutive rounds will become the winner and compete for the quarterfinals starting on the third day.

Starting from the quarterfinals, the battle format will change from three-on-three to six-on-six.

At that time, the pace of battles became longer and longer, and the test, physical and mental pressure on trainers were also greater.

At that time, each contestant will only have one battle every day.

After the finals on the sixth day, the competition for third and fourth place will be held the next day... Exactly seven days, the schedule is full and just right.

"Reasonable."

Stroking the Poké Ball, Coach Ai understood the schedule and walked out of the player tunnel.

"Coach Ai, come on!"

"I am Coach Ai's dog. We are all Coach Ai's dogs!"

"Coach Ai, fly with confidence. The Ai family team will always be with you!"

The Danggou trio was still cheering enthusiastically in the stands.

Oh, now when the game is going against them, they won’t let Coach Ai fly on his own.

It's a good thing.

"Hey."

After blocking out the cheers in her ears, Aisha shook her head and looked at her opponent.

In this round, the trainer on the opposite side was a gentle-looking science guy with a pair of black-framed glasses on his nose, looking very smart.

"The battle begins!"

Following the referee's command, Aisha and the opposing trainer threw the Poké Ball together.

On Coach Ai's side, of course, it was the adorable Lalu Lalu, as it was agreed that the first day's match would be its home court.

The Pokémon released by the opponent was a little beyond everyone's expectations.

"what......"

The rotten mouthparts let out a meaningless roar, and a large pool of colorful and smelly mud, as if it had been chemically polluted, appeared on the rock ground. Its soft and rotten body had a set of ferocious facial features and a pair of arms like a living creature. The sharp objects that could be seen from time to time on the muddy body constituted its teeth and claws.

"Ah, what is this?"

"Smelly mud...but the color is different, what's going on?"

"What a disgusting Pokémon!"

As soon as this Pokémon appeared, it caused a commotion in the audience, and everyone started discussing the background of this eye-catching and annoying Pokémon.

"Is this... an Alola region stinker that has different forms and abilities due to its different birth environments?"

In the audience, Ajin, who had dodged the pursuit of Azure and Silver and sneaked into the branch venue to watch Coach Ai's battle, recognized this Pokémon.

Beside him, Ma Zhishi crossed his arms, twisted his neck, and said, "You are quite knowledgeable, boy."

"This is an Alola Mudkip. In addition to the poison attribute of a normal Mudkip, it also has an evil attribute."

Ma Zhishi glanced at Aisha's Ralts and said, "This Pokémon is probably the weapon that man used to deal with Ai's Ralts."

"......" Ajin was silent for a while.

"But... this Ralts is clearly just Coach Ai's weakest Pokémon. Such a Pokémon still needs to be sniped by the opponent. Is this battle really suspenseful?"

“…” Upon hearing this, Ma Zhishi also fell silent.

He squinted his eyes and looked at Coach Ai, but saw that there was no trace of panic on Coach Ai's face except for a fleeting surprise.

"Hey."

Ma Zhishi sighed.

The other contestants of this Quartz Conference were unlucky to have met such a ruthless person who wanted to blow up the fish pond.