Teacher Bai Ning carefully looked Lin Jing and Fang Yuan over. Before taking the position, she had been told that these two students required special attention.
Naturally, she understood the implication behind that.
It meant Lin Jing and Fang Yuan were the two Rookie Trainers with the greatest potential in the class, and she could give them some extra instruction when appropriate.
Sure enough, no matter where you were, top students received special treatment...
After the brief introductions, recess was about to end.
By convention, the first period belonged to the homeroom teacher.
As usual, the first class was taught by the homeroom teacher.
However, Teacher Zhang had already covered most of that during self-study.
So before class even began, she directly said something that shattered Fang Yuan's worldview:
"I have something to take care of, so math class is canceled. Teacher Bai Ning will be teaching your PE class instead. Follow Teacher Bai Ning's arrangements."
Fang Yuan: "..."
So... what was with this overwhelming sense of incongruity?
Still, PE class wasn't bad.
Compared to academic classes, the energetic students preferred being active outside.
More importantly, they might get a chance to spend time with Pokémon.
After giving a few more instructions, Teacher Zhang left the classroom, leaving behind a group of students staring at Teacher Bai Ning.
"Before we head outside, I'll take attendance first so I can get to know all of you."
Teacher Bai Ning picked up a list from the podium and began reading it.
The names of all thirty-two students in Class 12 were written on it, along with the species of their Beginner Pokémon.
"Zhao Qian."
"Here."
"Sun Li."
"Here."
"Zhou..."
After Teacher Bai Ning finished calling each name, she smiled.
"Good. Who's the class monitor for sports?!"
A tall, thin boy stood