Chương 53: The Future Can Be Deceived

"Oh dear, Ah Liu and Wu Song are going to have another battle. I won't get involved this time."

Dora Sena clasped her hands together, her eyes crinkling with a smile:

"After all, I still need to give the newly appointed captain, Cattleya, a proper introduction to the school team's benefits. Otherwise, I would be happy to be a referee."

"Teacher, you're busy! We can do it ourselves!"

Ah Liu chuckled and charged confidently onto the battle stage.

"Well, good luck, Ah Liu!"

Dorasena waved in greeting, then turned to the utterly silent Cattleya beside her and said:

"That's the atmosphere on our school team. Everyone is a young trainer. When there's a problem, we just have a match. It's a simple logic: whoever wins decides."

"I really like this rule."

Lu Sha became interested and gently stroked Cattleya's arm with her little paws, while Cattleya's flat voice rang out:

"So now, do I have the final say on the entire school team?"

At this moment, Cattleya had been completely reduced to a ruthless machine for reading from a script.

Her attention was entirely focused on meditation, and she felt that she was not far from a breakthrough.

This morning when she left home, Lu Sha told her that she would reach mastery after meditating for about 18 more times.

Now, there are only 3 more attempts left.

Unfortunately, meditation is physically demanding, and Lu Sha wouldn't allow her to push herself too hard, so she had to wait a few more minutes.

"Of course... no!"

Dorasena noticed that Cattleya was distracted, and what was even more interesting was that she could sense that Lu Sha was focused on chatting.

As a Dragon Tamer, she can still discern the state of Dragon-type Pokémon.

"You can come up with reasonable ideas, but they must be approved by me, your teacher."

As she spoke, she leaned forward slightly:

"Or if you can defeat me, then you really can have the final say."

After she finished speaking, she kept a close eye on the feedback.

The result not only did not disappoint her, but also confirmed her conjecture.

Caldelia's emotions were as still as stagnant water; she didn't even lift her eyelids.

On the contrary, the giblet in her arms looked her up and down with its cute big eyes, then looked away with disdain and pouted.

Wow!

It seems we've discovered some incredible secret!

Dorasena's eyes narrowed into slits, concealing the fleeting glint of light.

"What about the points for the college's top scorer and the school team captain?"

Lu Sha ignored the other party's probing and continued to press for answers through Cattleya.

Defeat Dorasena?

Are you kidding me!

If he had that kind of talent, why would he and the young lady be playing on the school team?

Wouldn't it be better to just go to the Sinnoh League and challenge them to become one of the Elite Four?

Dora Sena, knowing when to stop, smiled and squinted her eyes, then introduced the items as if they were her most treasured possessions:

"The school team captain receives a base score of 3000 points per month. If they win the runner-up title in the World Academy Cup, they receive an additional 5000 points, and the champion receives 10, 000 points. In addition, for all international exchange matches, a minimum of 500 points will be awarded as a bonus, depending on the difficulty of the opponent and the result."

"As for the chief..."

Noticing that Lu Sha was listening attentively, Dora Sena paused and added:

"This is more of a symbol of the college's status, meaning that it has the same status and authority as faculty members within the school. As for points, they are still issued according to the standard for the top student in the grade, without any additional subsidies."

What is "international exchange warfare"?

As Lu Sha asked the question, he kept glancing at the battle situation not far away.

Gee!

Wu Song is definitely a cunning old fox!

To fight a Psychic-type like Cattleya, bring out the Dark-type Squidward.

After defeating A-Liu, a Bug-type Pokémon, he countered with a Fire-type Pokémon, Fiery Red Fox.

It focuses on an absolute advantage in one attribute, and performs tactics to the fullest.

"To showcase our teaching achievements and facilitate external exchanges, the academy often invites renowned figures to participate in exhibition matches, usually featuring the top student. The most recent one is in two weeks, featuring an exchange group from the Carlos region."

Dorasena was also distracted while giving her presentation, but she wasn't paying attention to the battle not far away; instead, she was thinking of various kidnapping plans.

One proposal after another was generated, but she quickly rejected them.

We need to think about this carefully.

Who would have thought that it would be Gible's Catalonia, not Catalonia's Gible?

The two difficulty levels are completely different.

"Carlos's exchange group?" Lu Sha became interested.

Carlos is still struggling to establish an alliance, much like the Padia region, which was recently incorporated into the alliance.

However, the Padia region cannot produce the Elite Four, and the Kalos region cannot produce a Champion Trainer, not even a Trainer like Bamboo who has a Champion-level Pokémon.

But based on Lu Sha's impression of the future, the alliance between the two regions should be established within the next few years.

"Yes, that's right. This time, the Iron Man, Goose Armor, will be leading the team. I heard he'll be bringing along the top student from the Miare Academy," Dorasena replied immediately.

Tsk! This one's no better!

Lu Sha secretly grumbled to himself.

The implication was clear: he was practically telling himself to hurry up and kill them to save face for the academy.

"The Man of Steel? Who's that?"

Lu Sha asked the question knowing the answer already.

He was certainly familiar with the name Yan Kai, one of the future Four Heavenly Kings of Carlos, specializing in Steel-type.

However, the Carlos Alliance has not yet been established, so there is no such thing as the Four Heavenly Kings.

"Mr. Yan Kai is a renowned Steel-type Elite Four member in the Kalos region and an active promoter of the Kalos League. His visit to Sinnoh is ostensibly for exchange, but in reality, it's to persuade various regions to support the Kalos region's independent establishment of a league."

Dorasena patiently explained, "As for bringing the top student from Miare Academy, it's naturally to showcase our strength. After all, Miare Academy ranked third in last year's World Academy Cup, while we only made it to the quarterfinals. That's why he dared to come this year."

"If you want to form an independent alliance, why not just go to Kanto and persuade them?"

Lu Sha didn't quite understand.

The League isn't solely determined by Sinnoh; ultimately, the Kanto League has to agree.

Instead of coming to Sinnoh to show off their strength, wouldn't it be more effective to just shut them down?

"They've been there!"

At this, Dorasena chuckled softly, a hint of teasing in her voice:

"Mr. Yan Kai is indeed the strongest in Carlos, but in Kanto..."

"Three years ago, he had just been promoted to the Elite Four level and went to Kanto carrying the expectations of the entire Kalos. As it happened, he happened to be there during the Elite Four Challenge. On a whim, he had a 6-on-6 duel with the loser of the challenge, the Gym Leader of Viridian City."

Dorasena held up two fingers and waved them:

"As a result, the entire team was wiped out by just two of the opponent's Pokémon, resulting in a crushing defeat."

"After that battle, Yan Kai never mentioned forming an alliance again, and instead slunk back to Carlos."

Lu Sha: "..."

So, since they can't beat Kanto, they're planning to bully Sinnoh because no one's got the guts?

"Not only that, but last year at the World Academy Cup, that first-year genius from Miare Academy was easily crushed by the two aces from Quartz Academy!"

Dorasena seemed to have thought of something interesting and remarked:

"However, those two from Quartz Academy, judging from both their appearance and strength, don't look like they're only 18 years old. They're ridiculously strong."

"What's the name of the ace of Miare Academy?" Lu Sha's heart stirred.

"I think her name is Karuni?"

Dora Sena pondered for a second and gave Lu Sha a name that was not unexpected.

But upon hearing this name, Lu Sha fell even more silent.

Karuni, the future Carlos champion.

Last year, Wusong met his opponent and lost easily and without any suspense.

On the Quartz Academy side, there's a guy who's the same age as Wu Song, but doesn't look 18, and can easily crush the future champion.

Those two, could they be Shiba and Kona?

No? Shouldn't Shiba be a traveler and ascetic? What's he doing at the academy?

Could it be that the Kanto Alliance is shameless enough to let others participate under their names?

Was Quartz Academy ranked first last year?

"No, it's Hoenn's German Academy. Indigo Academy suffered a complete defeat! They lost the arena match, the doubles match, and the singles match!"

what?

Are there any other experts?

Lu Sha was stunned.

The World Academy Cup is in three months, and Gadriya and he only have three months left to develop.

In such a short time, how are we supposed to fight those monsters?

By the way, can we quit the school team?