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Next, Eichi activated Bug King Eye and looked through all the Delibirds' bodies.

Only one showed traces of energy flowing within it. The other Delibirds had nothing inside them.

Eichi quickly shouted to Beedrill, "Beedrill, attack the third one on the right!"

Upon hearing this, Beedrill fiercely drove its twin needles toward the third Delibird on the right.

The Delibird was caught off guard and struck by Fury Attack.

"What?"

Teacher Arno revealed an expression of disbelief. How had he identified the real body?

Eichi pressed the attack. "Beedrill, keep using Fury Attack. The Delibird had just regained consciousness when it looked despairingly at Beedrill's tail stinger driving into its body."

Then, amid cries of pain, it lost its ability to battle.

The surrounding Pokémon felt somewhat sympathetic toward Delibird.

Beedrill returned to Eichi's side with a cold expression.

Teacher Arno was stunned. I actually lost, even though these two Pokémon were about equally strong.

Teacher Arno's face reddened. He had actually lost to his own student.

This was too embarrassing! Fortunately, no one else was around.

Teacher Arno appeared calm on the surface, but inwardly, he was embarrassed as hell.

After winning, Eichi was overjoyed inside, though he only showed a brilliant smile on the surface.

Eichi had Beedrill return to his side.

Teacher Arno also recalled Delibird with a Poké Ball.

Teacher Arno clapped and praised Eichi. "Not bad at all, Eichi! Your Beedrill is really strong."

Teacher Arno's other five Pokémon clapped if they could, while those that could not also praised Beedrill.

Beedrill nodded coolly, but Eichi could sense its happiness and embarrassment.

Teacher Arno then said to Eichi, "Eichi, your current strength is already completely sufficient. Over the next two days, focus on reviewing your knowledge properly."

"During the practical test, as long as nothing unexpected happens."

"Passing the assessment is a sure thing."

"All right, that's enough!"

"There's one more thing I'm curious about. How did you determine which Delibird was the real one at the end?"

Teacher Arno asked in confusion.

Eichi replied somewhat sheepishly, "Teacher Arno, I judged by intuition.

Hehe!"

Teacher Arno: ...

After saying goodbye to Teacher Arno, Eichi returned home.

Eichi quickly let Beedrill out and used Bug Force to heal its injuries.

This method was much better than using a Potion. It had no side effects, and most importantly, it was free. It did not cost any money.

After treating Beedrill, Eichi began reviewing the battle.

In this battle, Teacher Arno's Delibird had only just been caught.

Moreover, Teacher Arno had taught Delibird too many moves all at once.

Delibird's mastery of those moves had only just reached the basic level.

Unlike Eichi's Beedrill, whose control over all its moves had reached proficiency.

And it was progressing steadily. Before long, it would reach mastery.

It would be good to train properly over these next two days as well.

Teacher Arno was truly rich. Still, with such a powerful Nidoking, it was not strange for him to have money.

Teacher Arno had used too many moves in this battle.

Eichi had fought with great difficulty, and it served as a reminder to him.

Beedrill's moves were still too limited. It needed to learn some new ones.

Buying TMs was imperative, but he would deal with that after the assessment.

Eichi planned to visit Amelie's Breeding House.

It had been a long time since he had gone there. He rather missed it.

After reviewing things at home for a while, Eichi took Beedrill and headed for Tokiwa City.

The people of Tokiwa City had been quite busy lately! First came Silver Academy's Entrance Assessment in two days.

Three days after the Entrance Assessment would be Indigo Academy's Entrance Assessment.

Tokiwa City's shopping district was as bustling as ever.

Eichi arrived at the Breeding House and saw its sign.

He had forgotten to mention it before: Amelie's Breeding House was called "Beautiful Nursery."

Emmmm...

That name was really unlike Amelie!

Eichi saw Aunt Keiko busily working. He nodded to her and greeted her.

Aunt Keiko nodded back and continued working.

Eichi went to Amelie's office on the first floor.

Amelie was sitting elegantly in her executive chair, reading some documents.

Eichi called out, "Amelie!"

Hearing someone call her, Amelie looked up and saw Eichi. She smiled. "It's Eichi! Come in and have a seat."

As she spoke, she stood up and brought over a chair for Eichi from the side.

Eichi nodded and sat down.

Amelie asked Eichi, "What have you been doing these past few days? You haven't visited in so long."

Eichi answered, "I've been studying these past few days, preparing for Silver Academy's Entrance Assessment the day after tomorrow."

Amelie said, "Silver Academy? Silver Academy is a good school.

With your ability, getting into Silver Academy should not be a problem."

After pausing for a moment, Amelie asked again, "Eichi, were you the one who took down the Rattata Poaching Gang?"

Eichi had not expected Amelie to ask that. He froze for a moment, then admitted it without hiding anything. "It was me."

So it really was you! Amelie then praised Eichi. "Then you really are impressive, Eichi."

When ordinary people encountered members of a Poaching Gang, they wished they had an extra pair of legs to run away.

But you were different. You actually dared to fight them, and you even defeated all of them.

"Let me see your Beedrill!"

Eichi took out a Poké Ball and released Beedrill.

The moment the cold-looking Beedrill emerged, the temperature in the entire room seemed to drop several degrees.

Amelie examined Beedrill, deeply surprised. How long had it been since they last met? The Weedle from back then had already evolved into a Beedrill.

When she had seen Eichi's Weedle before, she could only say it had been raised fairly well. But now, Eichi's Beedrill...

From head to toe, every inch of it was filled with sharpness. The entire Pokémon exuded a deadly sense of threat.

After examining its size, skin, and various other traits, she reached a conclusion.

This Beedrill had been raised no worse than those meticulously trained by major families.

It was even better than those raised by major families. No wonder the members of the Rattata Poaching Gang had lost.

A Beedrill of this caliber and ordinary Beedrill were practically two different species.

Amelie carefully felt it over and could not help clicking her tongue in amazement.

The more she looked, the more satisfied she became. Amelie was very curious how Eichi had raised such a powerful Beedrill.

But she did not ask. Amelie guessed that Eichi had some special training method that had raised Beedrill to this level, which showed that Eichi had talent as a Breeder.

After looking it over, Amelie asked Eichi, "Did you come to see me today for anything else?"

Eichi said somewhat awkwardly, "Yes."

Amelie returned to her seat, picked up her cup, and sipped her tea. "What is it?"

Eichi said, "Well, my Metapod has already evolved into Beedrill, so I came to ask whether you have any Beedrill massage techniques."

"I want to learn them!"

Amelie replied, "I do have them! But these massage techniques aren't free."

Eichi asked, "How much will it cost to learn them?"

Amelie said, "How about this? You owe me a favor, and I'll teach you for free."

Eichi considered it carefully, decided it was acceptable, and agreed.

Amelie then kept Eichi's Beedrill behind as a demonstration.

Eichi studied at the Breeding House for an entire day and was already able to perform the techniques correctly.

Amelie nodded, thinking, This guy really does have the talent to become a Breeder.

Before leaving, Eichi asked whose Dragonite in the backyard was.

Amelie said it was hers. It turned out that when Amelie had left home, her family had been worried and entrusted her father's Dragonite to her for protection.

According to Amelie, her father's Dragonite possessed Champion-level strength.

It seemed Amelie's family background was far from ordinary!