Pokémon: The Climb

The college's class time is 8 o'clock in the morning.

After Yang Yan and the Pokémon had finished breakfast, they were preparing to leave for the classroom.

Today is the first day of school, and I don’t know if anything interesting will happen.

The teaching building is to the east of the dormitory building, and the journey takes about ten minutes.

Yang Yan and the other three people in the dormitory were talking and laughing as they walked towards the classroom.

I also met many classmates on the road, and we haven’t seen each other for a long time, so there were still many topics to talk about.

Some people even went to watch yesterday's game, so many people were envious that Yang Yan could now have a junior-level Bada Die.

Yang Yan modestly said that this is nothing, and everyone will have it in the future.

"Speaking of which, is there anyone in the class who wants to adopt a Pokémon from the academy?"

A classmate named Ah Cheng next to Yang Yan asked, "Have you heard?"

Everyone thought for a while, and someone said: "Probably not. No matter what, the family will prepare it for us."

The matter of adopting a Pokémon from the academy is said to be adoption, but in fact it is more like a business, but it is similar to a half-sale, half-gift format.

Although it was said before that the academy will only require everyone to bring starter Pokémon to school in third grade, but this does not mean that they will not have anything to do with Pokémon in the first two years.

After all, this is the world of Pokémon. They are still studying in the ranger academy where they need to deal with wild Pokémon for a long time. How could they not be exposed to Pokémon?

So in the past two years, they have been getting along with the academy's teaching Pokémon.

These Pokémon have very low strength and docile personalities. Most of them are around level 10. Their aptitudes are basically poor, with very few having average aptitudes.

These Pokémon are used by the Academy to teach them how to deal with Pokémon.

And only through getting along with each other can most people know what kind of Pokémon they like.

This is not only a process of understanding Pokémon, but also a process of understanding yourself.

And if someone has a particularly good relationship with a certain Pokémon, the academy will allow that person to adopt that Pokémon, and they only need to pay the academy a moderate adoption fee.

In this world, there are also people who don't care about Pokémon's talent and strength. They care more about whether they like it or not.

The college also makes a small fortune out of it, so it's a win-win for everyone.

The Pokémon that Yang Yan has been getting along with for the past two years is a coward. Because his mother had a Poison Rose, and Yang Yan often looked through his mother's training notes, he originally chose Mimi just to see if this Pokémon would be suitable for him.

It turns out that he was overthinking things. Most grass-type Pokémon have a happy-go-lucky personality. Rather than fighting, they prefer to bask in the sun and eat snacks.

Such a Pokémon might be okay as a pet, but it would inevitably be a bit uninteresting if used for battle. Although Yang Yan has a good relationship with Mianbao, Mianbao's qualifications are only poor, so he has no intention of adopting her.

People were talking constantly on the road, and some people mentioned the information released by the alliance, and everyone had their own opinions.

When they came to the class, almost everyone was there. Everyone sat back in their seats and waited for the arrival of the head teacher.

Yang Yan's class teacher is a fat man in his thirties named Takagi Shimazu. As someone who has been teaching in this college for more than ten years, Yang Yan admits that his class skills are still good. But compared with the people in this world, compared with the teachers who taught him in his previous life, it was far inferior.

After all, in this world, there are no requirements for admission rates, and the quality of grades has little impact on teachers. Whether they learn or not only depends on the students' personal will.

Soon Teacher Takagi walked into the class with books in his arms. He first said hello to his classmates and talked about the course schedule for this semester, and then talked about the most important things.

Regarding the selection of the alliance.

Teacher Takagi first collected his thoughts for a while, and then slowly told the students the arrangements made by the college for this selection.

"Teacher, let me declare here first. If you don't want to participate in this alliance selection, you just need to study as usual. But if you want to participate in the selection, then you need to listen carefully to what the teacher says next."

"First of all, the midterm exam in two months' time will no longer be just the previous paper exam, but will also include a wilderness survival assessment that will only be held at the end of the term!"

As soon as Takagi finished speaking, the students suddenly became a little uneasy and started talking one after another.

Takagi shouted loudly: "Quiet, listen carefully to me. The matter is very important and there are many requirements. Anyone who wants to participate please listen carefully!"

Takagi is still very dignified. After hearing the teacher's words, the class immediately fell silent.

"I want to make it clear first that the alliance needs to select real elites, so if you fail any of the assessments, you will be automatically eliminated!"

Takagi glanced around, his eyes full of seriousness.

"Therefore, anyone who fails the mid-term cultural exam will be eliminated! Those who successfully pass will participate in the two-week wilderness survival assessment. The rules of the assessment will be announced at that time, and only those who have reached the top 20 in grade can participate in the next Selection, all others will be eliminated! These 20 people will participate in the final selection at the end of the term together with the 20 people selected from the Trainer Academy and the Nurture Academy, as well as the 40 people selected from the towns under Chenghua City, a total of 100 people. Only one person is qualified!"

"Ah, are the requirements so strict?"

"It's terrible, it's terrible, I failed the cultural class!"

"The competition is too fierce!"

Although Takagi had asked everyone to stop talking, after listening to the class teacher's words, the students couldn't help but start talking.

At this moment, Takagi did not stop him, because he needed to let everyone have a thinking process to judge whether they have the ability to participate in the competition.

After a while, the classroom became quiet again.

Takagi continued: "By the way, this semester's grade ranking is also based on the results of this selection. The 20 people selected in the mid-term exam, their ranking in the final selection will also be their final ranking in the college!"

Having said this, Takagi and the classmates in the class all looked at Yang Yan, because if he still wanted to maintain the first place and get the excellent qualification Pokémon, he had to take part in this assessment, and also You have to get in the top 1 in the mid-term assessment.

"It seems that I don't even have to participate if I don't want to!" Yang Yan smiled and shook his head.

"Yang Yan, the competition this time will be very fierce. Although the teacher hopes that you can still get the first place, you have to do it according to your ability."

There was hope in Takagi's tone, but more of it was a pity. He no longer believed that Yang Yan could continue to maintain the number one position.

Takagi continued: "But there is still good news for everyone, because no matter what kind of assessment it is, the strength of the Pokémon will ultimately speak for itself, so in order to give everyone more time to properly train Pokémon , the college has stated that from today to the last week before the mid-term exam, everyone can apply to take the cultural knowledge assessment in advance. As long as the test score reaches 80 points or above, then there is no need to take cultural classes. Got it!"

This news sounds good, but the midterm exam only requires a score of 60 to pass, but applying for the exam in advance requires a score of 80. For people who are already struggling on the edge of the passing line, this is not something they can do!