Returning to the Energy Room

"Are you afraid Lorelei will surpass you?" the black-haired boy said with a smile.

Lance's expression shifted slightly before returning to normal.

He picked up the teacup on the table and took a drink.

On the thirteenth floor of Pokémon League headquarters was the Inspector Headquarters.

In one of the offices, a burly man in his forties dressed in a fitted black suit sat in an office chair.

Across from him sat a beautiful purple-haired woman in a blue uniform.

The man said with a troubled expression, "This is so frustrating. Lately, all our inspectors have been sent to the other three regions for missions."

"Kanto region and Chengdu region are seriously understaffed."

"You think only your inspectors are short on people? The International Police is short-handed too."

"Hoenn Region, Sinnoh Region, Unova Region—every region has its own dark forces."

"The local higher-ups are too useless to do anything about them, so we can only rely on ourselves."

The beautiful woman across from the middle-aged man said helplessly.

"So, we need to expand student recruitment. In previous years, our academy's pass rate was too low, so we had very few people."

"Expanding enrollment and raising the pass rate would be good."

"And we can recruit students from other regions too. That way, we won't have to worry about the students' quality."

At the suggestion, the middle-aged man's eyes lit up. "That could work."

"I think it's feasible. Let's do it."

The moment they thought of it, the two instantly recovered from their gloomy moods.

In the blink of an eye, a week passed.

Nothing major happened at Silver Academy that week. Eichi still attended classes and trained his Pokémon as usual.

As a result, Joltik and Larvesta improved very quickly.

Joltik had now reached the Mid-Beginner stage, around