Pokémon: An Encounter with You

Chapter 264 Assessment Standards

"I've told you all, it's an illusion. I warned you in advance to show some resistance, okay?" Shi Qiu said helplessly.

What holy flame? It's just that Zoroar has integrated some life energy into the jet flame. Through this little trick, the whole thing looks like a holy flame.

At most, it was because there was a Tutu dog at home who could truly control the sacred fire and could allow Zoroark to simulate the three-point charm.

The challenger on the opposite side withdrew the elf with a complicated expression.

He thought back to the legendary Pokémon Ho-Oh and Sacred Flame he had just seen, and once again began to doubt their authenticity.

Is it really not real?

The heavy pressure coming towards me, the burning heat of the flames and the vitality that was about to overflow...

After seeing that this man was confused by Zoroark and really began to doubt whether Shi Qiu had subdued Ho-Oh and used him to fight in the gym competition, Shi Qiu felt speechless.

"If the real Phoenix King releases his sacred flame, it will be another matter whether this challenge venue still exists or not," said Shi Qiu.

The look he gave the fool was very noticeable, and when the challenger caught it, he felt like he had just woken up from a dream.

His face froze, he coughed twice and walked off the stage in embarrassment.

…………

After Xiaoye, Zoroark swept the field, and there was not even a trainer who could force out the Nine-Tails.

Looking at the challengers watching, many of them were skeptical about the authenticity of Ho-Oh, and suspected that Shi Qiu was using Zoroastrian as a cover to conceal the existence of Ho-Oh.

Shi Qiu & Zoroa: ...

It’s good to doubt, don’t doubt next time :)

It was not until the evening, after all the trainers who were willing to come up for a sparring match and compete for gym badges had been assessed, that Shi Qiu suddenly realized that with so many people, he couldn't even get a badge to leave.

In fact, Shi Qiu had never used the power of Tokiwa on Zoroark many times.

On that day, a piece of news was spreading like wildfire in the outside world.

A well-known talented young man who was recognized by King Ye became the acting head of Luolong Gym, and the assessment standards were extremely strict.

For example, those who had participated in the league conference and even ranked in the top eight, top sixteen, and top thirty-second, which were very good results, not only failed to beat others, but also returned empty-handed.

During dinner, Yu Bie called.

Shi Qiu was picking up some food for Tutu dog. It was not good to eat only energy cubes every day as it deprived him of one of the great pleasures in life - tasting all kinds of delicious food.

Especially for Tutu dogs, you should try more wonderful experiences like this.

Shi Qiu was thinking casually while swiping away the call from Ye Tianwang.

"What's the matter, busy man? Didn't Sister Yubie say that she had a lot of things to do?"

Shi Qiu, with a sarcastic look on his face, put a piece of braised pork ribs into Tutu Dog's bowl.

In this world, with the invasion of Pokémon alien species, although regular low-intelligence livestock still exist, they are much more precious.

Tutu Dog looked at the small bowl holding the greasy caramel-colored ribs and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he put the ribs aside with disgust.

"...I heard that you haven't issued a single gym badge?"

After all, he was a dirty adult, and Yubie could expertly ignore the sarcasm in his words.

Not only did I feel very calm, I even felt like laughing.

"Yeah, but there is one I can give out, but I plan to wait until tomorrow when he challenges again before giving it to him."

Shi Qiu glanced at the motionless ribs in Tutuquan's bowl, put his face in front of him, looked at Tutuquan with a pitiful expression, and kept talking.

"You should be familiar with that person. His name is Xiaoye, and he was one of the top eight geniuses in the last league conference."

Yubie sighed: "This won't work, you have to give out some badges."

"It's fine if there are no challengers, but there are so many excellent young trainers now, but only a few scattered recognitions. It's not too good to be true."

“But they really don’t have the ability.”

"Perhaps, your requirements are too high?" Yu Bie hesitated, "You can't expect everyone to reach your level, right?"

Shi Qiu was helpless: "But they can't even beat Zoroark in a relay match... They don't have to beat him. Facing the illusion, they have to perform some brilliantly, right?"

Even if you muster up the courage, you can attack Zekrom, Reshiram or Ho-Oh.

"Didn't you serve as the acting gym leader before? What are the passing criteria for Master Yubie?" the young boy asked humbly.

"..."

Master Yubie: What a coincidence, the trainer who was attracted by the name of the king also failed according to her requirements.

It’s even more exaggerated than Shi Qiu’s. After being the agent for a week, he couldn’t issue a single badge.

Ye Tianwang reflected on himself and felt that he was not suitable to be assessed as the owner of the museum.

Fortunately, there has always been an acting gym leader stationed in Jingzhe Gym to share her burden.

She really felt that the more she assessed the younger generation of Chinese trainers, the less confidence she had in them.

Even though the world says that the strength of traditional trainers in the Chinese region is among the highest, she is still worried.

Can't everyone be as good as Shi Qiu?

At worst, someone like Rong Dao will do.

…………

Yu Bie hung up the phone silently, and finally could only leave one sentence: "As long as there are bright spots, just get through it if you can."

Shi Qiu thought back to the people who appeared today. Most of those who had shining points or even outstanding performances were trainers who had achieved results in the previous league conference.

"Xiao Ye, Liu Yu, Pai Yiqing... compared to the others, they are indeed much better."

The loss he suffered at the hands of Zoroark was also due to his lack of familiarity with him.

In the second battle tomorrow, Zoroark will not win so easily.

"Let Tutu Dog come out for some fresh air. Come to think of it, it's been a while since we've fought together."

Shi Qiu muttered to himself, noticing the ribs still untouched in Tutu's bowl.

"Tutu dog, you really don't want to have a taste?" Shi Qiu said aggrievedly.

Tutu Dog looked up upon hearing this, and looked into Shi Qiu's eyes with empty expressions.

It seems that there are no emotions and no memories.

Shi Qiu sneered and pulled his cheek: "Who did you learn this from? Soraya?"

"Don't pretend. You could have sensed emotions normally eight hundred years ago."

"Who painted my face and body with body paint yesterday?"

Tutu dog lowered its head and ate in silence.

Tutu Dog: I don’t understand, I don’t understand. What are you saying? The little dog with both memory and emotion deficiency can’t understand.

He could even see a hint of pity in Tutu's bland expression.

What a pity? What are you regretting?

Too bad you didn't fool me?

Shi Qiu was so angry that he laughed.