June 15, Year 10 of the New Era.
Inside Yangcheng High School's Battle Hall, which had been rebuilt and renovated to become more spacious, with facilities rivaling those of some universities.
Zhong Li, whose face had gained quite a few wrinkles without her noticing, was glaring resentfully at the dejected Battle Science students before her.
"You really are the worst class of students I've ever taught!"
Hearing her rebuke, even talented youngsters as proud and reckless as them could only obediently endure Zhong Li's tirade.
There was no other reason.
Zhong Li might have looked utterly ordinary, not even seeming as strong as their family bodyguards.
But she had once been the homeroom teacher of Yangcheng's Battle Science class, teaching that great hero and savior, Mr. Su Hao, who had gathered together Legendary Pokémon that should never have been able to unite through sheer personal charisma, turned the tide almost single-handedly, and saved Blue Star!
That status alone was enough for even Gym Level Trainers to treat her with utmost respect.
The kindergartens and elementary schools associated with Mr. Su Hao had all become top schools across the Federation. Jiangcheng University stood alongside Qingbei and Magic City University, while Yang City itself had become a first-tier metropolis.
What was more, Zhong Li had produced more than one savior of Blue Star.
Among the Four Elite Four—the highest-ranking Trainers of the Divine Land Federation, which had now openly unified Blue Star and held the highest authority over humanity—
Both the Fighting-type Elite Four and the Dragon-type Elite Four had graduated from Yangcheng High School's senior Battle Science class under Teacher Zhong Li's guidance.
Even without her connection to that great savior, her status as the mentor of two Elite Four members was enough to stop these geniuses, who threw their weight