The next day, Eddie and Eli went to school together. On the way, Eddie saw a Caterpie crawling in the grass. He took out a Berry from his backpack and handed it to the Caterpie, saying:
"Caterpie, this Berry is for you to eat. How about you input some energy into my machine?"
"Li~"
The Caterpie squinted his eyes and nodded happily.
As the Caterpie's energy entered the instrument, its energy rating appeared.
Caterpie Energy storage: F- Energy quality: F
Weak, too weak!
Sure enough, Eddie still felt that his golden finger played a big role in helping Pokémon improve their energy quality. Otherwise, if ordinary Pokémon relied on their own efforts, the energy quality would probably be worrying!
Eli saw Eddie holding a strange machine and pointing it at the Caterpie, and asked in confusion: "Eddie, what are you doing?"
Eddie stood up and explained: "My friend's company produced a machine. He gave me one and I am testing its performance!"
"Oh." Eli nodded without asking any more questions. He was not from the Pokémon Department, so he didn't pay much attention to these things. He just urged, "Let's hurry up, otherwise we will be late."
So the two brothers started running towards the school at a quick pace. Fortunately, it was not too late, and Eddie was not even the last one to arrive in the class.
Today is the first day of formal classes for Eddie and his classmates, so the teacher came very early.
"Hello everyone, I am your Pokémon Basics teacher. You can call me Teacher Nando. From now on, I will lead you to learn this course. Please give me your guidance in the future."
Pokémon Basics is a required subject for all Pokémon classes and also the most important subject. The teacher who teaches Eddie and others this subject is a little old man with gray hair.
Although this teacher looks quite old, he seems to be very energetic and speaks with full vigor.
"Most of our students in the Training Department will be engaged in Pokémon service industries in the future, such as breeders and Pokémon doctors, so it is particularly important for us to know Pokémon and understand Pokémon."
After a brief self-introduction, Teacher Nando officially began the class.
"Speaking of getting to know Pokémon, our first lesson today will start with getting to know our own Pokémon!
I guess everyone has brought their own Pokémon, right? Now please release it."
"Teacher, are you sure you want them in the classroom?" a classmate raised his hand and asked.
"Of course, any questions?" The teacher nodded.
"No...no problem." The classmate hesitated and sat back.
"Okay, let's get started."
So the students released their Pokémon one after another, including the standard starter Pokémon like Quilladin and Braixen, as well as the more common Pokémon like Scatterbug and Spewpa...
Eddie released the Helioptile, and Ethan and Valen, who were not far from him, also released Furfrou and Pichu respectively.
At this moment, the ground of the classroom suddenly shook, and a Snorlax suddenly appeared in the classroom, occupying a large space.
The key point is that this Snorlax was sleeping. When it was released, it probably felt a little uncomfortable, so it turned over and knocked over several tables and chairs in the classroom.
"Hahaha..." Snorlax's trainer touched the back of his head awkwardly. It was the student who had just asked the teacher a question. "Surprise, surprise!"
"Clap, clap, clap~"
Teacher Nando patted the table and said loudly, "Don't look at other people's Pokémon, look at your own. Start now, pick up a pen, and write an observation log of your own Pokémon. Write down their attributes, characteristics, skills, hobbies, favorite foods, etc. Write whatever you can and hand it in when you're done!"
Hearing this, the students immediately wailed.
"Ah~ Why are you writing this?"
The old man knocked on the table angrily and said, "Just write when I tell you to. You can't even figure out the Pokémon you live with day and night, so how can I expect you to recognize other Pokémon? Write everything down. If you don't write well, don't blame me for not giving you credits for this class."
When the students heard this, they dared not say another word of complaint.
The world is big, but credits are the biggest!
The classroom soon became quiet, and the only sound was the rustling of writing.
The students' Pokémon are all very well-behaved, and no one is acting naughty at this time. Of course, you have to ignore Snorlax's "not too loud" snoring.
Just as the students were racking their brains to write their observation diaries, there was a sudden knock on the door outside the classroom. Many students who were concentrating on doing their homework were startled by the sudden sound.
Everyone looked up towards the door and saw a very tall boy standing at the classroom door. He was carrying a loose backpack on his body and was looking at the situation in the classroom with impatience on his face.
"What are you doing?" Teacher Nando glared at the person who disturbed the students from doing their homework with a bad look on his face.
"Teacher, new students are reporting in!" the young man said with full energy.
"New students registration? The new students registration time was yesterday. Why are you here only today?"
The young man just lowered his head when he heard this, without saying a word.
"Okay, come in!" After more than ten seconds, Teacher Nando frowned and let the boy into the classroom and told him the task of this class.
"Hey, Eddie, is this the guy who didn't come yesterday?" Ethan came up to Eddie and whispered to him, "He looks older than you, maybe he's a repeater!"
"Maybe he just looks tall, his actual age might be the same as yours."
"That can't happen. I'm watching..."
Ethan wanted to talk more, but the teacher had already noticed him.
"Focus on your work and don't whisper to each other!" Although Teacher Nando did not call out any names, he glared at Ethan fiercely, scaring him so much that he shrank his head.
Soon it was time to end the get out of class. The teacher collected the homework and left promptly. Everyone immediately became active.
Only the tall boy sat there in a daze, ignoring everyone.
The tall boy's Pokémon is a Samurott, which is rarely seen in the Kalos region. As soon as the get out of class was over, it stood silently beside the boy's desk, like a warrior protecting its master.
With such a cold-mannered Pokémon guarding nearby, it was difficult for everyone to take the initiative to talk to the tall boy, so the boy was left alone.
At this time, Valen's Pichu jumped onto Eddie's table and greeted Eddie's Helioptile. Soon, the two Electric-type Pokémon began to communicate affectionately with electric current.
Eddie took the energy detector and approached Pichu, and said to it with a smile: "Pichu, could you please transfer some energy into this instrument?" That attitude and expression were just like a wolf grandmother who coaxed Little Red Riding Hood.
Now Eddie wants to test any Pokémon he sees with a testing instrument. Only by testing more can Eddie figure out what level his Pokémon is at.
"Pichu?~"
Pichu was a helpful baby. He patted his chest happily and then sent a little electricity into the energy detector.
Pichu Energy storage: C- Energy quality: D+
Seeing the test results of Pichu, Eddie nodded with satisfaction: Well~ not bad, much stronger than wild Pokémon.
At this time, Ethan came over and asked curiously: "Eddie, what is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"
Eddie explained: "This was given to me by my friend. He said it can measure the level of Pokémon."
Ethan stared in surprise and said, "There is such a good thing? Why haven't I heard of it?"
Lysandre has not yet announced the existence of this machine, so Eddie did not want to attract too much attention, so he made an excuse and said:
"It's under development, and it's just testing at the moment."
Ethan nodded in understanding, "Oh, I see."
In fact, there are many people who want to develop an instrument with similar functions, but apart from Lysandre, no one else has succeeded so far, so Ethan is not surprised by this.
"Okay, then why don't you test my Furfrou as well!" Ethan thought that although the test was not accurate, it wouldn't cost him anything, so he might as well consider it as supporting his classmate and friend's career.
Ethan shouted to Furfrou who was resting with her eyes closed, "Furfrou, come here!"
Furfrou came, but she still glared at her trainer in secret: Don't order me around if you have nothing to do!
It's a good thing that Ethan is not a Combat-type trainer, otherwise, on the battle field, with him and Furfrou in such a situation, they would have been defeated long ago.
"Woo~~~Woo~" Ethan felt that he was electrified by Furfrou's stylish eyes, and his face suddenly turned red.
Eddie didn't see Furfrou glare at Ethan, and seeing Ethan's face flushed, he asked in confusion, "What's wrong with you? Are you sick?"
Ethan gritted his teeth and shook his head, afraid that he would scream if he opened his mouth.
"Weirdo!"
At this time, Valen appeared next to Eddie without knowing when, and looked at Ethan with contempt.
Eddie suddenly understood something. He looked at Ethan, then at Furfrou, and couldn't help but step back.
Furfrou Energy storage: C+ Energy quality: D-
After seeing the test results of Furfrou, Eddie shook his head and said to Ethan, "Ethan, are you really determined to be a breeder? Furfrou is not as good as Valen's Pichu"
Energy storage is a little higher, but energy storage is much easier than improving energy quality!
Hearing Eddie's praise, Pichu, who was playing with the Helioptile on the table, immediately puffed out his chest proudly.
I am just that awesome!
Ethan was unhappy when he heard this: "Impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Your instrument is not accurate!"
Eddie spread his hands and said, "If you say it's inaccurate, then it's inaccurate!"
Without mentioning the instrument's test results, just look at your relationship with Furfrou, and then look at the relationship between Valen and Pichu. The result is clear at a glance, right?
After Eddie said this, Ethan lost his temper and was listless the whole morning, as if he had suffered a huge blow.
Indeed, being told that you are worse than your mortal enemy is a very discouraging thing.
At noon, Ms. Hanada came to the class specially, introduced the new student to everyone, and asked everyone to get along well with him.
It was also because of the introduction by the head teacher that everyone knew that the new classmate's name was Conner.
The reason why Conner reported late was because he had a conflict with his family.
According to Conner's own plan, he did not want to come to middle school to study. He felt that he was old enough to travel, so he wanted to be an adventure trainer.
But his family disagreed. They thought he should go to middle school step by step, graduate with excellent grades, and then enter a senior school to become a Pokémon scholar.
Conner was unable to overcome the opponent's will. After a difficult resistance, he was eventually sent to school. He was not even able to enter the Combat Major, but was arranged by his family to enter the Training Major.
At noon, Eddie did not go to the school cafeteria but planned to go home for lunch.
Because Eli had something to do, he didn't go back at noon, so Eddie went home alone. On the way, he met several wild Pokémon, and he lured them with Berries to do energy level tests.
After Eddie successfully got rid of another Bunnelby, he suddenly saw a butt twisting around in the grass not far away.
Hmm? Butt? Why is there a wiggling butt in the grass?
The next second, with a scream, Eddie finally saw the owner of that butt. Who else could it be but Conner, a new classmate in their class?
I saw a Spinarak on top of Conner's head, and the Spinarak was hitting his head hard with its claws, looking very angry.
I don't know what kind of crazy things Conner did to it.
"Oh my…it hurts…Oh my…it hurts…"
Conner's funny appearance is completely different from the cool and aloof attitude he shows in class.
At this time, four Ariados appeared in the tree canopy at the top of the sacred tree. They seemed to be the family of the Spinarak.
"Phew~"
The Ariados approached Conner without him noticing, and used the String Shot skill at the same time, hanging him on the tree in the blink of an eye, and the Spinarak above his head fell to the ground with a snap.
An Ariados suddenly pounced on Conner with red eyes.
The moment Conner was tied up by Ariados, Eddie knew something was wrong, so he quickly released the Popplio. The moment Ariados attacked Conner, he shouted:
"Popplio, Water Gun!"
Bang!
The Water Gun of the Popplio is very powerful, and it instantly knocked the attacking Ariados away, but it also attracted the attention of the Ariados to Eddie and the Popplio.
All the Ariados turned their eyes to Eddie and Popplio.
"Popplio, knock Conner down!" Eddie continued to order.
"Phew~"
Another stream of water shot out and accurately hit the String Shot that was hanging Conner, rescuing him from the tree.