Practical Examination (Part 2) (Please Bookmark, Please Vote)

Next was Number Two. He used a Sandshrew, but it was still easily taken down by the redhead's Charmeleon.

Eichi was Number Twenty, the last one in the entire testing ground. There were still quite a few people ahead of him, and Eichi had originally thought...

There were twenty candidates in each testing ground, with fifteen minutes for each candidate.

Would there even be enough time? But now, he realized he had been overthinking it.

Under that Charmeleon's attacks, several candidates had failed to last even a minute before being eliminated.

Eichi felt that his turn would come soon. He needed to get ready.

In the following assessments, two people used Beedrill, but they were quickly defeated as well.

However, one candidate from an ordinary family used a Pokémon provided by Silver Academy.

He used a Pidgey, and although he lost too—

He still managed to use a little trick to keep the redhead's Charmeleon occupied for five minutes.

This made the three teachers beside them nod repeatedly.

Other than that person, there was no one else who caught Eichi's attention.

The three teachers, growing bored with scoring, began chatting. As they talked, the subject turned to Eichi's incident.

One tall teacher asked, "Have you heard about the Beedrill that defeated a small Poaching Gang?"

Another teacher wearing glasses replied, "I have! The moment I arrived in Tokiwa City, I heard people talking about it."

The female teacher joined in as well. "I know about it too."

The tall teacher continued, "They say that boy is only ten years old. Do you think he'll come to this practical examination?"

The man with glasses said, "No idea."

The female teacher said, "I hope he comes to take Silver Academy's assessment.

"It'd be best if he got into our academy. I really want to see what that Beedrill looks like!"

The tall man said, "Honestly, I think people may have exaggerated too much. How could a Beedrill possibly be that powerful?"

The man with glasses agreed. "To get to the bottom of it, I asked a friend who works at the Tokiwa City Police Department. He showed me photos from the scene.

"All the Pokémon involved in the battle were badly injured, especially that dead Arbok."

"Those wounds couldn't have been caused without an exceptionally powerful attack.

"We all know that Arbok are extremely vicious Pokémon.

"Especially after Ekans evolve into Arbok, they become very powerful.

"How could a Beedrill inflict that kind of damage? And it was fighting sixteen Pokémon at the same time."

The more they talked, the more the three teachers felt that it was simply impossible.

A Beedrill could indeed reach that level, but those Beedrill had only become so powerful after a group of academy big shots poured countless resources into them.

How could a ten-year-old boy from an ordinary family possibly raise a Beedrill as powerful as the one from that incident?

In the end, all three concluded that others had merely exaggerated the facts.

By the time they finished chatting, the redhead had just defeated the sixteenth candidate.

He then could not help sneering at the candidates below. "Is this all you can do?

"If I'd known you were this weak, I wouldn't have come.

"One more. Hurry up, let's get this over with so I can leave."

All the candidates exploded in anger and glared at the redhead.

Seeing their reactions, the redhead looked utterly disdainful.

The three teachers beside him could only shake their heads with wry smiles at his behavior.

The female teacher said, "Keita is far too arrogant. Isn't this going a little too far?"

The tall teacher said, "He's still too young. Geniuses are all like that."

Sitting in his seat, Eichi merely watched the redhead in silence. He did nothing, only reaching down to stroke Beedrill's Poké Ball.

Eichi knew that Beedrill had heard the redhead's words too.

The next few candidates were all furious and planned to teach Keita a proper lesson.

But they were all defeated by Keita with ease.

A boy sitting beside Eichi said angrily, "This is outrageous! Are we just going to let him keep acting so arrogantly?"

He cursed a few more times, and then it was Eichi's turn.

When Eichi's name was called, all the candidates turned to look at him. They all knew Eichi, the super academic prodigy.

They were all curious about what his practical examination would be like.

At the same time, they held a faint hope that Eichi would teach that guy a good lesson.

The three teachers beside them glanced at Eichi's information. "He's that super academic prodigy?"

"I wonder how capable he is in an actual battle."

When Keita saw Eichi step forward, he impatiently asked, "Will you use yours, or one from our academy?"

Eichi answered calmly, "I have my own Pokémon."

Keita then asked, "Oh? What Pokémon is it?"

Eichi said, "A Beedrill!"

Keita looked disdainful. "Why is it another trash Pokémon like Beedrill?"

Eichi's expression shifted slightly at those words, especially when the Poké Ball at his waist trembled.

With an expressionless face, Eichi asked Keita, "Is that Charmeleon your strongest Pokémon?"

Keita looked at Eichi in surprise. "That Charmeleon really isn't my strongest Pokémon."

Eichi said, "I want to see your strongest Pokémon."

Keita said, "Oh, are you sick?"

"But Charmeleon has been battling for so long.

"It's about time I let it come out and have some fun. Since you want to see it, I'll let you witness my strongest Pokémon.

"Come out, Gliscor!"

Gliscor, the Fang Scorp Pokémon

Type: Ground, Flying

Ability: Hyper Cutter, Sand Veil

Hidden Ability: Poison Heal

It hangs from tree branches by its tail and watches for prey. When the time is right, it launches an attack from the air.

It flies silently through the sky. The moment prey approaches, it delivers a deadly stab to the opponent's vital point.

As long as it catches even the slightest breeze, it can circle the globe without flapping its wings even once.

Gliscor looked very much like a scorpion, especially the venomous hook on its tail.

And Gliscor could fly. Eichi activated the Bug King Eye.

Potential: Excellent
Strength: Veteran

This Gliscor not only had higher potential than that Charmeleon, but its Energy Level was also somewhat higher.

It had already reached the peak of the Veteran level.

It was only one step away from the Elite level.

Seeing this Gliscor, the three people beside them were all surprised. They did not understand why he had sent out his strongest Pokémon.

After seeing Keita release his Pokémon, Eichi took out a Poké Ball. "Beedrill, I'm counting on you!"

"Go, Beedrill!"

In a flash of white light, Beedrill appeared.

The three teachers seated beside them widened their eyes. The tall teacher asked, "This Beedrill..."

The female teacher voiced what he wanted to say. "This Beedrill has been raised exceptionally well."

When the redhead saw Beedrill, however, he only thought it was slightly bigger than other Beedrill.

Then he said arrogantly, "Come on!"

He then ordered Gliscor, "Gliscor, use Guillotine. Finish it in one blow."