Chương 54: You can step on Sinnoh, but you can't step on me!

"What's wrong? Are you worried about the upcoming exchange tournament, or the World Academy Cup in three months?"

Dora Sena leaned closer with a smile, a mischievous glint in her always-squinting eyes:

"By the way, Karune's starting partner is Gardevoir, which is also a Psychic-type Pokémon, just like you."

She couldn't read any emotion from Cattleya's exquisitely doll-like face.

As for Lu Sha, she couldn't understand her at all.

It's bizarre that a Gible would criticize a group of human trainers.

I don't understand.

But it's even more interesting now.

Cattleya seemed to sense the overly probing gaze, slightly raising her eyes to give Dorasena a cold look, her eyes filled with an instinctive wariness.

At this moment, she was just a messenger and had no thoughts of her own at all.

What is Karuni, what is Yan Kai, what is Quartz Academy, what is German Academy...

As long as Lu Sha believes she can win, she will definitely not lose.

Dora Sena, on the other hand, gave her a very uncomfortable feeling.

"It's nothing."

Lu Sha snapped out of her daze and continued to use Cattleya as a mouthpiece:

"Let's get back to what's been happening lately. In other words, Goose Armor and Karune came for their own region. But for the sake of Sinnoh, we need to drive them back."

He didn't deny it!

Do you want to be a Gible trainer?

Wow! So cute!

"Perfect understanding!"

Dora Sena nodded approvingly, her smile widening.

"If the Carlos region wants to form an independent alliance, there are only two paths: either obtain permission from the Kanto Alliance, or prove that their strength is enough to rival the established alliances. Unfortunately, they cannot achieve the first path in the short term."

"So, they think Sinnoh is an easy target?"

Lu Sha inwardly scoffed, then, using Cattleya as an excuse, said, "I can't control the outcome of a clash between Heavenly Kings. But Karuni, she can't win!"

Carlos can rise to power by stepping on Sinnoh.

But Karuni shouldn't even think about stepping over him and Cattleya to rise to power.

Even Gardevoir can't step on his head!

"Hehehe! With such an arrogant and domineering attitude from Gadriya, I'm relieved."

Dorasena covered her mouth and chuckled softly, but her eyes remained fixed on Lu Sha out of the corner of her eye:

"Adult matters should naturally be handled by adults. At that time, our Sinnoh Elite Four member, Wheat Leaf, will personally come to the academy for a friendly exhibition match with Mr. Goose Armor."

Tsk tsk, Sinnoh isn't exactly a pushover either.

Lu Sha understood instantly.

Wheatgrass is the lowest-ranked Fire-type Elite Four member of Sinnoh.

Although it's ranked last, its strength is definitely top-notch, and fire-type attacks are a hard counter to steel-type attacks.

This is a sure win.

Even though Sinnoh is indeed facing a talent gap right now, this battle will not only put down the most enthusiastic Carlos, but also restore some confidence to the people of Sinnoh.

Yan Kai probably didn't expect to win either.

The real key to winning this game lies with the younger generation.

The exchange competition was held only at Zhuqing College, which does not mean that only students of the college participated.

Besides Karuni, Carlos should have other capable people on his side.

After all, knowing that he would lose in a clash between Heavenly Kings, the fact that the other party still came to cause trouble with an attitude of enmity clearly shows that they had made thorough preparations.

Creating an alliance is not something that can be done in a day.

If the younger generation can defeat Sinnoh and play with flair, Carlos's goal will be half achieved.

Once the younger generation grows up, the Carlos League can be established naturally.

But none of this has anything to do with Lu Sha.

If the sky falls, those Heavenly Kings will hold it up.

As long as he and the young lady, representing Zhuqing Academy, didn't lose, nothing else mattered.

The glory that Sinnoh lost will be reclaimed by Cynthia in a few years, even if he and the young lady don't try to retrieve it.

As they talked, the battle on the other side also came to an end.

Ah Liu looked refreshed and energetic, while Wu Song looked gloomy, which speaks volumes about the outcome.

No matter how hard Wusong tried to counter the elemental advantage, he ultimately lost because he was outmatched by the elemental advantage, having lost all his main strength.

Although Ah Liu seems unreliable, he is still a future superstar, and we can't afford to lose when we're kicking someone when they're down.

"Hehehe! Brother Wusong, from today onwards, you're officially the glorious third-best player on our school team!"

Ah Liu stopped calling him "brother" and let her smug laughter echo throughout the room.

"Hmph, it's only the third one of the day."

Wu Song straightened his disheveled collar: "You should laugh a little longer. When my main force is back to its peak tomorrow, that's when you'll be crying."

He remembered this grudge!

A-Liu only has two Pokémon that have just reached the Gym level, and their type control and move proficiency are not even as good as his third main Pokémon.

Even with an elemental advantage, there's no chance of winning against him.

"So what if it's just one day? Even if it's only for a minute, I'll still be your absolute king! Hehehe!"

Ah Liu doesn't buy into any of that; as long as she's happy, that's all that matters.

As for tomorrow?

The sun will rise as usual tomorrow, and he will still be the strongest Bug-type trainer on the school team.

"Click-clack!"

Lu Sha nestled in Jia Deli's arms, watching the group of future superstars bicker like elementary school students.

This kind of daily life, brimming with youthful energy and a touch of adolescent angst, has its own unique charm.

Just then, a crisp notification sound suddenly rang in his mind.

[Congratulations, host! Your Pokémon, Gadria, has broken through its bottleneck and reached Mastery in Meditation!] [Congratulations, host! Your Pokémon, Gadria, has broken through its bottleneck and reached Mastery in Meditation.] Meditation: Mastery (0/1000) [Move proficiency detected to have reached Mastery. You can choose 2 rewards from the following 5 options!] 1. One Magic Candy [2. 3 gold beads] [3. One Advanced Superpower Gem] [4. 3 Special Candies] [5. One Advanced Skill Enhancer] It's all thanks to the young lady!

Lu Sha was overjoyed. He'd only been chatting for a short while, and his experience bar was already full?

Young lady, you're awesome!

After glancing at the reward list, Lu Sha chose [4] and [5] without hesitation.

The first three options are too low-yield for him right now, so he should choose Special Attack Candy and Advanced Move Booster instead.

Now, he's only one intermediate-level upgrade away from directly reaching the ultimate level of his Soul Dance Sonic Boom.

Lu Sha didn't pay much attention to the reward.

These are all rewards that don't offer significant improvement, so they're not worth his excessive attention.

The candy is habitually visualized, with the candy breaking and juice spilling out.

The next second, Lu Sha immediately realized something was wrong.

The taste is off!

Special Forces Candy is sweet!

Did you give me salt-baked candy this time? Why is it so salty?

Lu Sha subconsciously pulled up the system log and glanced at it, then his two shark eyes widened in surprise.

Click? Click? Click?

Specialty Candy? Not Special Attack Candy?

Lu Sha looked completely bewildered.

On closer inspection, upgrading a Special Attack move gives you a Special Attack Candy, while upgrading a Status Move gives you other Candies, which makes perfect sense, doesn't it?

But what exactly is this special candy?

Can it enhance traits? Or can it awaken traits?

After swallowing the three special candies, Lu Sha didn't feel any change whatsoever.

The same applies to eating special attack candies; you can only truly feel the power boost when you unleash a move in actual combat.

Compared to special attack and physical attack, the conceptual nature of traits is more difficult to perceive on one's own.

Forget it, forget it.

Lu Shaxin shook his head.

His special ability is Sand Village, which is not a combat talent, and even if he improves it, there may be no change.

Let's leave it at that for now.

Who knows, if you eat too much, the quantitative change might lead to a qualitative change, transforming it from Sand Hidden into Sand Power.