June 30. Today was the succession ceremony for the new Elite Four, and also the day Su Hao would be promoted from Elite Four to Champion, receiving the ring representing the Champion's status from Liao Xingchen, who had temporarily suspended his Trial to return for the ceremony.
Champion—the ultimate goal of all Trainers, practically the pinnacle of a Trainer's status, aside from those former Champions who had stepped down to hold important positions within the Pokémon League, or Masters who had surpassed themselves, matched gods with mortal bodies, and broken through to Master Level.
It could be said that by inheriting the Champion's title, Su Hao had nearly reached the peak of status.
Su Hao: This is pretty unexpected. I barely got to enjoy being an Elite Four member, and somehow I became Champion.
In the sedan heading to the succession ceremony, Shen Yun glanced at Su Hao from the corner of her eye, the corner of her mouth twitching slightly.
After spending so much time together, she had more or less figured Su Hao out.
How should she put it? He was a lot like the previous Elite Four member, Bai Du. He loved putting on an act, but Su Hao had at least a little moral sense. He generally would not do something like Bai Du, who took pleasure in bullying low-level Trainers.
You could tell from how, when they went to Jiangcheng University for the first-semester exams, Su Hao had started giving guidance to his former teammates when they challenged him instead of simply one-shotting them all.
There was something very genuine and straightforward about him. It was strange.
After Su Hao finished showing off to Su Xu on the other end of the phone, Shen Yun tactfully gave a light cough, first reminding Su Hao that