Pokémon: The Climb

Even though Li Jia said this, Yang Yan still had a question in his heart.

"Master Lijia, your apprentices must be much stronger than me, right? I was able to win by chance this time only because you limited the strength of the Pokémon in battle. If you really let go, I'm sure They are not their opponents, so logically speaking, if they are allowed to play, the possibility of winning will be greater!"

Lijia smiled and did not explain, but asked: "Then what level do you think their strength is?"

Yang Yan thought for a while and found that the other party was older than him, and with his status as an apprentice at the Yuhong Gym, even a civilian trainer should have at least one with advanced strength or above, or more than three with strength above middle level.

In fact, when most civilian trainers choose to train a second Pokémon, the strength of the initial Pokémon must be at least elementary, or even close to intermediate.

People like Yang Yan who conquered a large number of Pokémon not long after becoming a trainer cannot be used as a reference.

Since the evolution level of most Pokémon in their final form is level 30-40, which is an intermediate level of strength, after that the rate at which Pokémon’s strength improves will drop a lot, so generally this is the time for most training. The beginning of the home perfect team.

"I think they have at least 3 or more intermediate-level Pokémon, and even high-level Pokémon!"

Yang Yan tentatively expressed his judgment.

Li Jia hid her face and smiled: "Then you guessed wrong. In fact, among them, even Natsuki, who is the strongest, only has 4 intermediate-level Pokémon. One of them is the Bulbasaur, and the others , basically just one or two intermediate-level Pokémon, far less exaggerated than you think!"

"How could it be?!" Yang Yan couldn't help but exclaimed.

After all, this fact is indeed quite different from what he predicted.

"In your eyes, what kind of person, or in other words, what kind of person is a gym apprentice?"

"this……?"

To be honest, Yang Yan's understanding of the gym apprentices is actually extremely limited.

"It seems Qianli has never told you. Let me explain it to you..."

After a while, through Li Jia's narration, Yang Yan gained a better understanding of his identity as a "gym apprentice".

It turns out that in addition to cultivating talents for the alliance and strengthening connections with local people when recruiting apprentices, the apprenticeship has a time limit!

Generally, when an apprentice's Pokémon has 2 or more Pokémon with advanced strength, the apprenticeship will automatically end.

This is because trainers with high-level Pokémon already belong to the backbone level of trainers. No matter what they do at this time, they can at least support themselves.

Coupled with the knowledge learned in the gym, they already have enough ability to plan their own lives.

If we compare a gym to an academy, apprentices are actually similar to students.

In other words, they are equivalent to graduation at this time!

It’s time to go out and build your own career and make your own way!

There is no longer a need to stay in the gym and be a miserable apprentice.

Of course, if I don't have that intention and want to stay in the gym, that's fine, but not as an apprentice, but as a staff member who has officially signed a contract.

Yang Yan didn't understand these things at all before, so it was understandable that he had misjudged the strength of those girls.

"Even if it's like what you said, I guess when the final selection is made, the strength of those participants is very likely to have at least one high-level Pokémon. I am a bit far away from the level now... …!”

Yang Yan said helplessly.

"Don't worry, we won't start the personnel selection competition right away. There is still time!"

"Oh, I don't know, when exactly is it?"

If you have enough time, that's okay, but I'm afraid it might conflict with the league selection.

"The time currently set is initially set after the New Year next year. The specific date has not yet been completely determined. As you know, this matter involves many aspects. Those at the top still have to argue, so how can it be so? Will everything be decided soon? I estimate that the official visit will be in the second half of next year at the earliest."

"Is it the beginning of the year? It's August now, which means I still have about 8 months. Can I develop a high-level one in time?"

It needs to be mentioned here that the school time in this world is slightly different from that in his previous life.

School starts from January to June and from July to November every year.

Summer vacation in June and winter vacation in December.

The start of school after the New Year is usually in mid-January, which is similar to the previous life.

It seems that 5 months of study time per semester is a long time, but in fact it is not at all, because the pressure of the college's courses is much less than in the previous life. There is no pressure to advance to higher schools, and there are no cram schools or the like that take up rest time. Moreover, Lei still has 2 days of vacation every week.

When it comes down to it, the class time is actually not long at all.

Just like Yang Yan, he went all the way to Kanto when he was supposed to stay in the academy, and no one would think this was inappropriate.

The academy here is not so much for teaching and educating people, as it is for providing an interactive communication platform for trainers who don't want to travel.

Just let those children who cannot be taken care of by their parents because of work to have a playmate, make friends and learn some knowledge at the same time. This is the true idea of ​​most parents.

"Are you worried that your strength won't be enough when the time comes?"

Seeing that Yang Yan kept his head down and said nothing, Li Jia asked.

"I'm worried about this. Moreover, since I am representing Yuhong Gym in the battle, do I also need to use the grass type in terms of attributes?"

Lijia thought for a moment: "Of course I hope you can use grass-type Pokémon, but no one has said that a gym apprentice must use a Pokémon with certain attributes. If you are not strong enough, you can't force it. ? But I also hope that if the situation permits, please let Mu Shou Gong appear more. As a representative of the grass-type gym, there is no grass-type gym. It doesn’t seem to make sense."

"I know, I'll do my best."

It takes 4 months to train Mashana to an advanced level. Although the time is a bit tight, it is not impossible. As for Mu Shou Gong, he has just reached the elementary level, so there is no need to force it too hard.

By the way, it seems that Mu Shougu hasn't said that he wants to become Haruhiko's Pokémon...?

Yang Yan scratched his head in embarrassment: "Well, Master Lijia, Mu Shou Palace, strictly speaking, it is not my Pokémon. The thing is like this..."

Then Yang Yan told what happened to Mu Shou Palace and why he was taken into the Poké Ball.

After listening to this, Li Jia asked in confusion: "Doesn't Mu Shou Gong count as your companion in your heart?"