Lucario and Garbodor

The days after the exams were a rare little break.

The school had always been quite considerate in this regard. After important battle assessments, it would often arrange a day off, both to let the Pokémon fully recover and to give the trainers time to regroup and adjust.

Meanwhile, the teachers took the opportunity to grade papers and calculate scores at a frantic pace, striving to announce the results as soon as possible.

Yan Yang's performance in yesterday's battle had undoubtedly been dazzling. His crisp, decisive shutout victory, which had even carried a hint of overwhelming dominance, had already led many students to privately consider him the top practical-combat scorer of this midterm exam.

However, the final rankings would also take into account the theory exam, which made up 40% of the total score.

Considering there were extreme theory-strugglers like Xiao Hao in the class, while Yan Yang had entered without taking the entrance exam, no one knew much about his theoretical ability. That added a touch of suspense to the outcome.

Still, judging from the battle awareness he had displayed yesterday and his precise grasp of Pokémon traits, it was hard to imagine him slipping up on theory questions focused on Pokémon ecology, type matchups, and move mechanics.

It was said that when the school had first been established, its goal had been to cultivate outstanding trainers proficient in both combat and theoretical research. That was why it placed such importance on theory classes.

Yan Yang understood that perfectly well, and the electives he had chosen were also geared in that direction...

Early that morning, Ruan Zhu had come looking for him on his own and headed to Yan Yang's dorm room to study together.

If the male and female dorms had not been managed so strictly, Agate would