Pokémon: Forced to Become a Dragon Master at the Beginning

After Xia Yu made his bed in the dormitory, he left the dormitory with his three roommates and went to a restaurant near the school to eat.

Because the four of them were all from Western Sichuan, the location for the dinner was chosen to be a hot pot restaurant near the school.

"Since I'm the oldest, I'll treat you today. Wu Yaozu will treat you next time." He Zhizhou said generously.

The family backgrounds of the four are actually pretty good, or the family backgrounds of the students who can be admitted to the Trainer Academy of God Metropolis University are not too bad.

After all, being a trainer is an extremely expensive profession.

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The four of them finally chose an extremely famous soft-shelled turtle hotpot restaurant. Of course, the consumption was not cheap. The average consumption per person for just eating the dishes without drinking alcohol was 3000.

Because school has just started, even for such an expensive restaurant, business is booming.

For a temporary gathering of four, it is impossible to book a private room and they can only sit in the hall.

The dishes were served soon, and the four of them started chatting while eating hot pot and drinking wine.

Since the four of them are trainers, their topic naturally revolves around Pokémon and competitions.

"Xia Yu, will you participate in the Gym Master Professional League this year?" He Zhizhou drank a glass of wine and asked Xia Yu: "You are the champion of this session, you can directly participate in the Gym Master Level 3 League, unlike us who have to participate in the Gym Master Amateur League."

"It depends on the situation." Xia Yu thought for a moment and said, "I'm only a freshman now, and I only have one gym leader-level Pokémon, Doraemon. It would be a disadvantage for me to participate in the gym leader professional league now."

"Yes, you can improve your strength and participate in the Gym Leader Professional League with more confidence." He Zhizhou nodded. He also agreed with Xia Yu's cautious approach: "But I heard that the last national champion Tao Su has entered the Gym Leader Level 2 League. She is also one of the youngest Gym Leader Level 2 players in the imperial capital."

The Gym Owner Professional League is one of the most popular events in China throughout the year, and it is also one of the competitions with the largest number of participants and the most intense competition.

The Gym Owner Professional League is different from competitions like the College Cup. The win-loss rankings in the College Cup don't have much other use except for honor and extra points.

The Gym Leader Professional League is different. The ranking in the Gym Leader Professional League directly determines whether the trainer can participate in the Gym Leader Ranked Tournament three years later.

The Gym Master ranking competition determines the final ownership of the Gym Master in each region, so the Gym Master-level professional league is crucial for everyone.

Currently, according to the latest requirements of the Pokémon Association, the gym leader-level professional league is divided into four levels.

从低到高分别是馆主业余联赛、馆主3级职业联赛、馆主2级联赛、馆主1级联赛，分别简称gn联赛、g3联赛、g2联赛以及g1联赛。

The GN League is the most basic league. Provinces and cities across the country hold dozens or even hundreds of games every year. Only 16 people participate in each game, and the top 4 winners will be qualified to participate in the G3 League.

Similarly, there are only 3 participants in each G16 league game, and the top 4 will qualify to participate in the G2 league.

By analogy, the top four teams in the G1 League will be eligible to participate in the gym leader ranking competition held every three years to compete for the position of gym leader in each region.

The owner of the museum is considered to be a powerful person in a city, and is also the fastest way for ordinary people to become elites.

Once any trainer becomes a gym owner, he will instantly make the leap from the ordinary class to the elite class.

Therefore, countless people spend their entire lives participating in the Gym Leader Professional League as long as they have not become a Gym Leader.

This has resulted in a wide age range for trainers participating in the Gym Leader Professional League, ranging from college students in their teens like Xia Yu to white-haired old men in their sixties and seventies.

The professional league for gym owners is very similar to the imperial examinations in ancient times.

The four levels of battles are like the imperial examinations of Tongsheng, provincial, metropolitan and palace. If you want to become the final master of the hall, you must pass all the levels and defeat countless powerful opponents.

Every museum owner has fought his way out of a vast army, especially in a city like the imperial capital with a population of tens of millions, where the competition pressure is extremely great.

"Xia Yu, I heard that the new rules of the Gym Master Professional League this year do not allow the use of mega evolutions and Z-moves. They are only allowed in the final Gym Master ranking competition." He Zhizhou on the side suddenly said.

If what he said is true, then this rule is undoubtedly a huge restriction on Xia Yu.

Everyone knows that mega evolution is crucial for Xia Yu to win the championship.

"It's okay." Xia Yu's mentality was very good. He only needed to use mega evolution in the College Cup. The main reason was that he had been a trainer for too short a time and could only rely on external objects to improve his combat power.

But now he has four full years in college, which is enough time for him to improve the strength of his Pokémon. Once all his Pokémon grow up, it won't matter whether they use mega evolution and Z moves or not.

"If you can't use it, don't use it. A blacksmith must be strong himself. As long as you are strong enough, why should you be afraid of these?" Xia Yu said with a smile.

"Well said." Wu Yaozu said loudly, "Brother Yu, you are my idol. Although there are college student owners in other regions, big cities like the Imperial Capital and the Magic Capital have not had a college student owner so far."

"Brother Yu, I think you will definitely become the first college student gym owner in the imperial capital."

"Stop milking me." Xia Yu listened to Wu Yaozu's words and laughed and teased, "I was wondering why milk kept coming out of the oil dish while we were eating hot pot. It turns out that it was you who did it."

Hearing Xia Yu's words, the other two also laughed.

They continued eating, and after a while, a man came over with a glass of wine.

"Sorry to bother you." The man smiled and walked to the table with a glass of wine in hand. He said to the people in front of him, "I'm from the next room. I'm also a junior at Imperial Capital University. My name is Wang Cunzhi. I just played Truth or Dare with a few friends and lost. I'm here to toast you a few glasses of wine. I'll drink three glasses, and you can have as many as you want."

The man's tone was quite polite. He picked up the glass in his hand and drank three glasses of beer directly.

"Okay, let's have a drink together." Seeing the man's polite attitude, He Zhizhou also smiled and said, "How about it?"

"Okay." Xia Yu and the others had no objection. After all, the other person's attitude was sincere, and he was also a senior, so naturally they did not refuse, and they all picked up the wine glasses on the table and drank them all.

"Excuse me." After drinking, the man named Wang Cunzhi retreated back to the box.

"How is it? Did you see it clearly? Is that person Xia Yu?" As soon as Wang Cunzhi returned to the box, the person next to him immediately asked.

"Yes, it's Xia Yu. The others seem to be his roommates."

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