"Ah..."
"Finally back."
April 15th, Saturday.
After a two-month-long examination, Eevee showed completely normal behavior and did not meet the criteria for posing a social risk. Fang Yuan and Eevee could finally happily return to Peaceful City.
Only Father Fang, Mother Fang, and a few people from the Peaceful City Trainer Association knew about Fang Yuan's discharge from the hospital.
Yang Han from the Peaceful City Trainer Association was the one who picked Fang Yuan up and brought him back to Peaceful City.
"You've gained quite a bit of weight in these two months. Was the food there good?"
Yang Han asked, driving and looking at Fang Yuan and Eevee in the back seat.
"It was much better than the food in the Peaceful City First High School cafeteria."
Fang Yuan said with emotion, asking, "If we get good results in this competition, will the school improve the taste of the cafeteria food?"
"Uh..." Yang Han didn't expect Fang Yuan to ask that.
"You're about to graduate..."
"Oh, right." Fang Yuan woke up.
It seemed he had really become silly from training.
"But it's good to make some contributions for the younger students," Yang Han said.
"If you guys perform well and make some requests to the school, I think the school will consider it."
Fang Yuan waved his hand and said, "Anyway, I'm about to graduate... Forget I said anything."
Making requests to the school felt like too much trouble.
"Eevee..." Eevee sighed. Your junior students are pitiful to have you as their senior.
Yang Han was silent...
After a while, he said, "Liu Le and the others are all training at school right now."
"With the competition approaching, most of their energy is focused on team synergy. You haven't participated in team training, so it might be difficult for you to integrate into the team. Let me personally check your progress during this time later."
Because Fang Yuan and Eevee were kept in the hospital for observation, although they made it to the competition, they missed the unified team training organized by the school in the second half of the semester.
Therefore, a countermeasure had to be found as soon as possible regarding this point.
"Easy, easy," Fang Yuan replied.
After returning to Peaceful City, he felt particularly comfortable.
Returning before the start of the provincial high school competition made Fang Yuan breathe a sigh of relief.
The bonus was secondary; the key was to win glory for the school, Fang Yuan thought shamelessly.
Soon.
Yang Han's car stopped in front of the Trainer Association. Although he wanted to go home immediately, since Yang Han wanted to check his progress during this time, Fang Yuan had no reason to refuse.
In front of the Trainer Association, Zhuang Xin, who had received the news in advance, also appeared.
Fang Yuan was a little surprised that two Professional Trainers came to check his training results at the same time.
However, Fang Yuan also understood that Zhuang Xin was the main person in charge of the Peaceful City New Star Plan, and she must be clearer about the real situation of Liu Le and the others than Yang Han.
With Zhuang Xin personally collecting Fang Yuan's information, she could also better rebuild the team system of the New Star Plan.
"Get in the car." Yang Han said.
Zhuang Xin got into the car.
In the past two months, the Peaceful City Trainer Association had given Fang Yuan a lot of condolences, so after Fang Yuan came back this time, everyone was very natural and directly entered the topic without wasting time on greetings.
Zhuang Xin was holding a laptop, planning to use it to record Fang Yuan's information.
As for the location to check the training results, it was naturally not near the Trainer Association. Yang Han directly booked a Battle Arena.
After the three arrived, Fang Yuan asked as he walked, "Brother Yang, how should we check?"
"Let's do it in the form of a Guidance Battle, Xiao Zhuang, you are responsible for the post-battle analysis."
A Guidance Battle is a battle between two sides with a large gap in strength, not for the purpose of winning or losing.
The stronger side will guide the weaker side to expose more shortcomings, so as to take the opportunity to give guidance.
When Fang Yuan was in school, he often asked Teacher Bai Ning for Guidance Battles, so he was no stranger to this kind of battle.
For him, it was enough to go all out.
But for Yang Han, he needed to be careful, so as not to kill Eevee all at once.
"Understood!" Fang Yuan rubbed his fists.
At the same time, Zhuang Xin also nodded, took the notebook, and sat down in the viewing area.
"Eevee..."
Eevee was still very reluctant to participate in this kind of battle with a huge gap in strength. Although it was a Guidance Battle, Eevee was still very resistant. Even Pokémon liked to bully the weak.
Sighing, Eevee jumped off Fang Yuan's shoulder, walked to the battlefield, and looked at Yang Han...
This uncle's Pokémon are basically Fire-type... If it is directly hit by a move, I don't know how many days it will take for my beautiful fur to recover.
Eevee was upset, hoping that Yang Han would not send out a Fire-type Pokémon.
"Go, Charizard!!"
Eevee: "..."
Roar!!!!
When Charizard, with huge Flying wings on its back, suddenly stood on the battlefield, Eevee shook its head vigorously.
Looking at Charizard's not-so-kind expression, although Eevee knew that this guy had saved it before, it might also fall into the opponent's hands today.
"Charizard..." Fang Yuan glanced at Charizard, then at Eevee.
Sure enough, Charizard is more handsome... However, the resources spent to cultivate a Charizard well are even more terrifying.
Hoo~~ Facing Eevee, Charizard spat out a wisp of fire, hooked its finger, and provoked it.
"Eevee~"
Eevee disdainfully curled its lip and also hooked its finger in provocation.
It even used the Swagger move.
This provocation...
Charizard's eyes widened instantly, the flames on its tail burned even more fiercely, the color starting to shift towards blue-white...
At the same time, Dragon Rage gathered in its mouth, the immense Energy fluctuation causing Eevee to tremble, regretting provoking it.
"Charizard!!" Yang Han shouted, and Charizard quickly recovered, scratching its head blankly with its claws.
"What was that?" When Charizard was angry, the flames on its tail would turn blue-white, something Yang Han knew very well, but he was still quite surprised that his Charizard was so easily provoked by a Rookie Trainer's Pokémon.
"Swagger, one of Eevee's biggest gains during this time," Fang Yuan said.
Yang Han was taken aback. It seemed that Eevee had really benefited greatly in terms of Psychic Power. He immediately glanced at Zhuang Xin, signaling her to record it.
As a Professional Trainer, Zhuang Xin naturally knew what this level of Swagger represented. It meant that it could disrupt the enemy's rhythm in an instant and gain a great advantage for the team.
"Not a bad move..." Yang Han said, "But you understand the applicable targets for this move, right?"
Fang Yuan and Eevee responded sheepishly.
Of course, they understood. This move was fine to use in formal battles, but it must not be used on Pokémon in the wild or in Secret Realms, as that would be purely asking for trouble.
Especially in the situation just now, if Charizard had not been awakened by Yang Han, even if Charizard had lost its mind, it was not something Eevee could contend with. After a single Blast Burn, Eevee would really be "well-done".
...
After provoking each other to show friendliness, Charizard and Eevee faced each other.
Eevee stood steadily on all fours, looking at Charizard with a serious gaze.
Then, it directly used Payback to charge. Of course, in the eyes of Yang Han and others, there was no concept of a Payback move. Eevee's move was more like Quick Attack or Tackle, Take Down.
Considering Eevee's current speed, other Trainers would subconsciously think it was a Quick Attack.
Whoosh!!
Eevee sped past, the dust on the ground stirred up by its running. Compared to the match with Wuzhou First High School a few months ago, Eevee's Payback move had improved slightly, manifested in both strength and speed.
There were two factors in this.
The application techniques of Anger Energy involved in the Swagger move also had a certain inspirational effect on the application of other Emotional Energies, so Eevee was more Proficient in controlling Emotional Energy.
Secondly, the relationship between Fang Yuan and Eevee had improved somewhat.
Although the improvement of the Payback move was not particularly significant, without a qualitative leap, the simultaneous improvement in Body strength, explosiveness, speed, coordination, and other aspects still produced a remarkable effect.
Looking at the figure rushing in as a white light, Charizard directly raised its arm high, its fist surrounded by flames, and slammed it forcefully towards the figure.
During this time, Eevee quickly changed direction, trying to sneak attack, but Charizard's battle experience was obviously richer. In the end, it still successfully used Fire Punch to accurately counter this move. Eevee's Body was blocked by the Fire Punch, and a huge Energy fluctuation erupted in an instant when the two moves collided.
Charizard's arm muscles trembled slightly, looking at Eevee with slight surprise, revealing an unexpected expression.
Immediately afterward, its tail swung forcefully, using only the power of its tail to send Eevee flying.
"Eevee, ptooey..."
After rolling a long distance, Eevee spat out the dust it had swallowed and glared at its tail with dissatisfaction.
Stupid lizard, bullying me because my tail is short.
"Its power and speed have reached this level?"
Noticing Charizard's reaction, Yang Han and Zhuang Xin were also secretly astonished.
Although, judging from the results of the confrontation, Eevee's performance wasn't particularly outstanding, if you compared Eevee with the Pokémon of Liu Le, Lin Jing, and others, Eevee's strength was definitely on another level.
If Liu Le's Snorlax and Lin Jing's Growlithe had faced that Flame Punch just now, they would have been sent flying in an instant.
The fact that it could make a Professional Trainer's ace Pokémon exert itself showed just how much power Eevee's Payback move had unleashed.
"The gap between myself and a Professional Trainer is really huge..." Seeing Charizard easily take on one of Eevee's most powerful moves with Flame Punch, Fang Yuan shook his head. Now, Fang Yuan was more curious about who would be stronger if Magic University's Senior Xie Qingyi had a match with Yang Han.
Now Fang Yuan had a clearer goal, which was to reach Xie Qingyi's level by the time he was in university.
Clearly... the Rookie Trainer and the Professional Trainer weren't even thinking about the same things during the battle.
"Is this all the progress you've made in these three months?"
Three minutes later.
Charizard looked at the panting Eevee, completely unscathed.
Yang Han asked his question.
Fang Yuan and Eevee had made great progress, but knowing Fang Yuan, he always felt that Fang Yuan was hiding something.
"Of course not." Fang Yuan grinned and said, "There's one more move, but this move is a bit special, Brother Yang, you have to make Charizard stand still."
"???" Yang Han had question marks all over his head. What kind of request was this?
"Okay." Yang Han agreed.
Fang Yuan added, "Uh... I mean, it's okay if Charizard doesn't attack when Eevee uses the move, and can defend after Eevee uses the move."
Yang Han nodded, wanting to see what kind of medicine Fang Yuan was selling in his gourd.
Zhuang Xin also shifted her gaze from the densely packed data in her notebook to the battlefield. Judging from Fang Yuan's performance just now, it would probably be difficult for any Rookie Trainer in Su Province to defeat Fang Yuan.
"It seems I was overthinking it. Even without evolving, this Eevee's strength is still very monstrous."
Zhuang Xin thought to herself.
Due to Eevee's physical examination report, the Evolution Stone that the Peaceful City Trainer Association had prepared for Fang Yuan couldn't be used. Originally, Zhuang Xin was worried that Eevee's progress wouldn't be able to keep up with the successively evolving Pokémon of other rookies if it didn't evolve, but now it seemed... that wasn't the case at all.
So... what trump card was Eevee still hiding at this time? "Eevee, use that."
At this moment, Fang Yuan said.
What they hadn't used yet was naturally the Spiral Shadow Ball.
At this time, Eevee didn't have much Stamina left. After creating a Substitute, using Spiral Shadow Ball one more time should be the limit, perfect for finishing things off.
Hearing this, Eevee indicated understanding.
After it created the Substitute, Yang Han and Zhuang Xin watched carefully. They saw Eevee's main body and its Substitute huddling together, simultaneously gathering a move that both Professional Trainers were very familiar with.
"Shadow Ball?" Eevee had already demonstrated Shadow Ball in the previous battle, so it was no wonder Yang Han was puzzled that Eevee was using Shadow Ball again.
However, this confusion quickly disappeared.
Because with the help of the Substitute, this Shadow Ball began to undergo significant changes.
The constantly rotating Shadow Ball emitted a buzzing sound, its energy structure rapidly changing. Then, the Substitute used the move Help, and this unstable energy began to stabilize. After a few seconds, the Shadow Ball suddenly shrank in size, and the terrifying tearing and devouring force was compressed together. With a flick of Eevee's body, the Shadow Ball began to fly quickly towards Charizard!!
"Roar~"
From this Shadow Ball, Charizard felt a threat for the first time.
It directly spat out scorching flames, using Flamethrower to meet the attack.
In the next moment, the Shadow Ball exploded instantly upon colliding with the flames. The compressed tearing and devouring force rapidly generated tremendous power, tearing through the oncoming flames!!
The dark purple energy continued to push through the flames and attack Charizard, causing Charizard to widen its eyes and helplessly increase the power of Flamethrower.
Seeing this move, surprise appeared in the eyes of Yang Han and Zhuang Xin.
The power of this Shadow Ball...? If this move hit successfully, even a Dark-type Pokémon at the Rookie Trainer stage would definitely be instantly killed.
"Substitute and Help?"
Zhuang Xin quickly stood up and murmured.
Dual-tasking? Lateral application of the Help move? Is this still a Rookie Trainer! Using Substitute and Help to change the original structure of the move, even Zhuang Xin, at her level, admired Fang Yuan's creativity.
On the other side.
As Charizard spent a lot of effort to fend off the Spiral Shadow Ball, Yang Han also said, "I'm asking you, can this move be faster?"
The Substitute, plus the few seconds of preparation time, would allow any opponent to react completely.
If this move was used in a 1-on-1 situation, it would be too impractical. Yang Han immediately saw the drawbacks of the Spiral Shadow Ball.
"It can't be done. If I want to be faster, I can only shorten the attack distance," Fang Yuan said.
"It's already enough." Zhuang Xin said, "I understand. What you should be considering now is how to become the core of a team, and let four teammates cooperate with you to maximize your performance."
Zhuang Xin realized that, indeed, for Fang Yuan and Eevee, they still didn't need to adapt to their teammates, but rather their teammates needed to keep up with their rhythm. Only in this way could they maximize their advantages.
Seeing the Swagger move and the Spiral Shadow Ball technique, Zhuang Xin prayed for Peaceful City's opponents.
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