Pokémon: The Bold Rat

"Grandpa, I'm back!"

When I arrived at my teacher's apartment and opened the door, I saw an old man in an apron holding a pot of fish soup.

"Pulada! Lada~"

"Kuja! Kuja~"

Rattata and Sandslash also shouted excitedly.

"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back."

Looking at his energetic grandson and the two mice, the old man also showed a bright smile on his face.

"Come and have some soup. I bought these two carp kingfish early this morning. They were caught in the wild. They are very fresh."

Hearing this, not only Sandslash and Rattata's eyes lit up, but the somewhat shy Psyduck, who were hiding behind Zhao Yiyuan, also poked its head out.

"Ga ga?w??"

Fish soup? Yaya loves fish soup!

Although most of his memories were sealed, Psyduck still remembered that the first food he ate was Magikarp, which tasted very good and delicious!

So the aho hair on top of his head immediately started to tremble.

"This is the third Pokémon you captured outside, Xiao Yuan.

It’s round and cute.”

Seeing Psyduck's oval shape, the old man laughed.

"That's right, Grandpa. Its name is Psyduck. It's the third Pokémon in my team. Don't be fooled by its silly appearance, but it's a Psychic Pokémon!"

"quack!"

Hearing the trainer praising him, Psyduck raised his head and puffed out his chest proudly.

That’s right, I’m talking about you!

"Haha~ Psyduck, hello, I'm Yiyuan's grandfather."

In response, Zhao Yiyuan immediately let Pikachu out and whispered in its ear:

"My grandpa is my closest relative, but Psyduck must get along well with him."

“Ga ga~ga~”

Hearing this, Psyduck immediately put on a simple and honest smile, with curved eyebrows, and stretched out his paw to shake hands with the old man.

"Let's eat first. Let's eat first."

"it is good!"

……

After having a meal with grandpa and chatting about family matters for a while, Pada Duck fell in love with this small house. Although it is not as big and new as Yiyuan’s original dormitory, it feels so relaxing here~

At 8 o'clock in the evening, after taking back the three elves, Zhao Yiyuan said something to his grandfather and went to the next community to find Teacher Leng and hand over the rune to her.

As a specially hired teacher at the Third High School, who had also produced the city's top student, Leng Ruoning would naturally not be allowed to live in a teacher's apartment like ordinary teachers. Instead, she rented a house for her in the high-end community next door.

The school pays for all the rent, water, electricity, and parking. Her fees have even increased by 50% this year. All of this is due to the appearance of Zhao Yiyuan.

Of course, Leng Ruoning also has self-knowledge and understands that the success of Zhao Yiyuan and Xiao Lada cannot be replicated, so she gave a heads-up in advance to Principal Liu and Director Qin, who had retained their positions, and bluntly stated that it was impossible to replicate the success of this session.

In this regard, the two leaders of the Third High School also expressed their approval and allowed her to continue teaching.

"Knock, buckle, buckle~"

I knocked on the door, and soon there was a "click" sound, and Leng Ruoning, who was wearing a facial mask and home clothes, opened the door.

"One Yuan, I knew it was you, come in! The slippers are over there."

She said this with a smile, and asked the Swamp King who was sticking his head out from the side to prepare tea.

"Minuo~"

"Thank you for your help, Swamp King."

This was not the first time he had been to Teacher Leng's home. As his favorite student, he had been here more than once when he was given private lessons.

As soon as I sat down on the sofa in the living room, the Swamp King handed me a cup of hot tea.

"Minuo~"

"Thank you, Swamp King."

"Mino (^_^)"

The Swamp King is also very gentle towards his favorite student.

However, looking at the Swamp King's dazed expression, Zhao Yiyuan suddenly thought of the legend of the Three Idiots in the elf world.

He raised his hand and flipped it, and a Poké Ball appeared in his palm.

"Swamp King, let me introduce you to a new friend~"

"Minuo?"

Just when Swamp King was puzzled, there was a "swish!" sound, a red light flashed, and Psyduck, who was stupid and also covering his head, appeared next to him.

"quack?"

As usual, he tilted his head and glanced at his trainer, wondering why he called it out again.

"Psyduck, meet a new friend, this is Swamplord, my teacher's Pokémon.

You can ask for my advice.”

"Gah?"

He tilted his head to look at the dazed Swamp King. For some reason, Psyduck felt that this face was very familiar.

This elf is my kind!

Fortunately, the Swamp King can't read minds, otherwise he would have slapped the fat duck on the head.

"Minuo~Minuo~"

They all have the attributes of a fool, and soon they started chatting happily.

This surprised Leng Ruoning, who was observing carefully.

"One Yuan, your Psyduck seems to have no brain problems, and your reactions are quite sharp!"

Originally, she had some complaints about Zhao Yiyuan's choice of Psyduck as his third Pokémon. After all, although this Pokémon's evolved Golduck has great combat power, it is unable to form effective combat power in the Psyduck stage.

Compared with this, starfish is a better choice.

But after observing for a while, she found that her worries were unnecessary. Her favorite student would not choose to train ordinary elves.

The extremely intelligent Rattata, the unconventional Sandslash, and the seemingly stupid but actually very smart Psyduck.

"Well, this little guy is indeed different. There is something special about him..."

As he spoke, Zhao Yiyuan recounted what happened during the military training.

During this time, Rattata and Sandslash were also called out to play together in the elf activity room.

Well, that's right, I have to add here that since the elves came into being, a truly good house must also be equipped with an elf activity room.

Otherwise, the elf will get sick if he stays at home!

"I see. Yiyuan, you really have a lot of experience."

"Yes, but this is also related to the reform. If it was the previous military training mode, we would not have gone deep into the secret realm at all. We would only be at the outermost edge and would not encounter such a thing."

"Hey~"

In response, Teacher Leng sighed.

“Although every generation says that they are the most miserable generation, your generation is indeed different from ours. A storm is about to come.”

"Not really. We are at most reserve soldiers. If the sky falls, there are still taller people to hold it up."

As he spoke, Zhao Yiyuan took out a sealed red box from his backpack, handed it over, and said:

"Teacher, this is the Water Origin Rune I promised you!

By then, you will be tall, teacher, so you must hold on!"

Although she had guessed it when she received Zhao Yiyuan's message, she was still excited when the thing was actually placed in front of her.

With a "click", the box opened, and soon, the familiar blue light lingered in the living room.

Attracted by the water rune, Swampking and Ironclaw, who were playing with the little Rattatas in the activity room, immediately ran out.

"Minuo~"

"Iron Claw~Claw!"

The look in his eyes as he looked at the bone fragment was full of desire.

Behind them was Psyduck, whose face was filled with reluctance and whose eyes were wrinkled with worry.

"Quack~"

Two million ducks, two million ducks~ Ya Ya can’t bear to part with them!

However, under Zhao Yiyuan's threatening gaze, it didn't dare to bark again.

“Elite Advanced Rune, Yiyuan, you won first place in the Freshman Cup!

Sure enough, the teacher was right about you!"

On the sofa, Leng Ruoning, who had been thinking about this thing for a long time, recognized the grade at a glance.

This was much better than the one she had waited in line for at the Pokémon Center.

"However, the teacher only has one million in this card."

"Teacher, it's okay, one million is also..."

Before Zhao Yiyuan could finish his words, Leng Ruoning waved her hand to stop him.

"How about this, I'll transfer another million to this card tomorrow morning."

"I don't take advantage of students. That's it!"

Looking at Leng Ruoning's resolute statement, Zhao Yiyuan smiled bitterly and said nothing more.

Having been together for such a long time, he naturally had some understanding of his teacher's personality. He would get angry if he went against the teacher's decision.

After pushing the card over, Leng Ruoning took the rune bone fragment in his hand.

She could feel the activation of the water-type supernatural power in her body. As a high-level trainer, she had naturally cultivated the supernatural power, and its attribute was also water.

“Sure enough, the path of the elites and those below the elites are completely different.

Unfortunately, we can’t find the way ourselves~”

He muttered to himself, which made the Swamp King who was squatting next to him lower his head in shame.

After reaching a high level, it really didn't know how to practice, and its strength had not improved for a long, long time.

"It's okay, Swamp King, I didn't mean to say that.

Our dream was to become an elite trainer.

With this, we have fulfilled our dream.”

"Minuo~"

After quickly comforting the Swamp King, Leng Ruoning handed the rune bone fragment to it, and explained to the iron claw lobster that was looking at it eagerly:

"Ironclaw Lobster, you haven't reached that stage yet, so I'll give this rune to the Swamp King first.

Moreover, maybe you will find your own path of cultivation!

So, don't touch this rune horse out of curiosity, right?"

"Iron Claw~"

Although his body was eager, the lobster still quickly waved its claws to make a promise as it was the first time he saw his trainer with such a serious expression.

"And you, Swamp King, just keep this thing in your own prop space and don't take it out for others to touch.

If, by chance, the giant clam or the lobster gets curious and realizes something, then it’s all over, understand! "

"Minuo!"

To emphasize again, the Swamp King immediately opened his mouth and stuffed the rune bone fragment into his mouth.

It looked like it was eaten, but in fact it was put into the prop space that every elf has.

Otherwise, if you really take them outside, not only will they be easily lost, but some props will also be difficult to carry.

For example, a bird has a sharp beak. It is impossible to put another beak on its own mouth.

For example, if high-temperature charcoal is hung on your body and keeps in contact with your skin, most fire elves will not be able to withstand it.

Therefore, each elf actually has its own prop space, where energy items can be placed.

Only you or someone you trust can take things directly out of the prop space.

(For example, Yin Guoping took charcoal directly from the strong chicken.)

Of course, some special moves can also take out items, such as the evil move Thief.

Back to the topic, after the Swamp King took the bone rune into his body, a strong blue light emerged from his body, but it was taken back in just a moment.

Then it opened its eyes, and its eyes were smiling.

"Minuo~Minuo~\^O^/"

It finally knew how to improve its strength instead of wasting time all day.

In Zhao Yiyuan's eyes, the Swamp King's strength has improved a lot compared to before.

[Elf]: Swamp King

[Level]: LV40

[Moves]: Proficient: Water Gun, Mud Shooting, Earthquake, Ice Beam...

He clearly remembered that the Swamp King's previous level was 38, and he had just crossed the advanced threshold, and then for a year, he didn't upgrade a level.

Now it has jumped 2 levels and reached level 40!

Don't underestimate these two levels. From the fact that it took Rattata a long time to reach level 25 from level 26, you can see how difficult it is for ordinary elves to upgrade one level.

This is even after little Rattata's body has been tempered by the sacred fire, his aptitude has been improved, and he absorbs energy crystals every day.

According to the convention that the difficulty increases as you progress, it usually takes a trainer at least one or two years to advance to the next two levels of the advanced realm.

"Congratulations, teacher. You have a chance to become an elite!"

Therefore, Zhao Yiyuan expressed his blessing sincerely.

"Oh~ It's still a mystery!"

Although she said so, Leng Ruoning couldn't stop smiling on her charming face.

By learning from other people's paths, although the upper limit is locked, the probability of promotion is still very high.

After all, this is equivalent to having an answer in front of you.

Maybe this answer cannot get you 70 points, only points, but as long as you are willing to copy, you can get this score. At the very least, you can get a passing score.

This is why an elf using the Broken Rune can hardly surpass its original host.

After all, I copied it directly and didn’t even understand the principle.

"Okay, go ahead and play."

"Minuo~"

"Iron Claw~"

"Gah!"

Since the Swamp King successfully absorbed the rune bone fragment, they talked about another matter.

Leng Ruoning stood up, drew the curtains, and took out a document from a secret cabinet.

“One Yuan, this is the information I have been trying to find out recently.

I'm afraid what Special Agent Lin, who gave you the special communication device, said is true.

We in Anping City are secretly afraid that the Rockets are really taking root and surviving.

Although the main leadership has not changed, some important mid-level positions have been replaced by unfamiliar faces in the past two months.

They told the public that they were recruited through a talent attraction program.

But I've talked to a few people and they're not familiar with the league at all."

"it is good!"

"Teacher, thank you for your hard work. I will contact Commander Yu.

You must pay attention to safety during this period."

Having said that, Zhao Yiyuan solemnly put away the information.

He has not forgotten how Lin Xue was covered in scars when she went to Jingnan University.

That special communication device was handed over to the school through senior sister Ye Ting after I officially enrolled.

After the military training, Commander Yu met with him alone. Part of the reason was to have a private chat with the students, but more importantly, he wanted to ask him about Lin Xue.

I learned from the old leader that Lin Xue did not escape in the end, and the Special Investigation Department has confirmed that she is missing.

And if someone goes missing in the wild, 99 percent of the time they can be considered dead.

Unless there is a miracle, but what kind of miracle can Lin Xue perform when she was in such a bad condition that night?