Su Yi thought it over and realized that, indeed, this world had yet to discover any of Eevee's three forms: Sun Pokemon, Moon Pokemon, and Fairy Pokemon.
Without hesitation, he presented his theory.
No, it could hardly even be called a theory anymore. As long as they followed Su Yi's method, they could evolve Eevee into a Sun Pokemon or Moon Pokemon with absolute certainty.
Day and night, friendship, a clear and logical explanation from beginning to end.
He wasn't worried about anything else. Intellectual property was taken very seriously in this world. He had written his theory on his exam paper, so even if other Pokémon professors proved it correct, the intellectual property would still belong to him.
Satisfied, Su Yi gave his answers a quick once-over, then sat at his desk with nothing to do.
He might as well think about what to do next: what kind of Trainer he should become and which Pokémon he ought to catch.
Without a doubt, focusing on quality was the right choice.
Pokémon were about quality, not quantity.
When time was up, amid the groans of most of the students, Su Yi handed in his paper.
After leaving the examination hall, everyone got back on the buses and set off for the site of their graduation trial.
The outskirts of Spirit Primal Forest.
Spirit Primal Forest was divided into four regions across the country.
East, west, south, and north.
Each Spirit Primal Forest was the largest habitat for Wild Pokémon in the country.
There were also many other forests where all sorts of Wild Pokémon lived.
This time, high school seniors from all over the country would be taking their graduation trials in the outermost areas of the four Spirit Primal Forests.
At the trial entrances, each high school's Spirit Academy had prepared Starter Pokémon for its students.
Meanwhile, as the students made their way to Spirit Primal Forest, the national high school exam's Knowledge Ranking had already gone live.
The Knowledge Ranking had its own dedicated website.
Almost everyone rushed to the provincial rankings and the national ranking at once.
Their eyes went straight to the top spot.
Everyone in South Lake Province was eager to see it, students included.
The Pokémon Exam Paper was worth 800 points in total. With the final bonus question, the maximum score was .
Tens of millions of high school seniors were competing for admission to Spirit University, which planned to accept the top 100,000. They had to make the top 100,000 on both rankings.
Of course, everyone wanted to find out their results so quickly because they wanted some idea of where they stood.
After all, even if Spirit University didn't accept them, a good score would make them highly sought after for other jobs related to Pokémon.
Check the rankings!
"No way, I actually made the top 100,000!"
"Lucky you. I'm over 120,000. This is brutal."
"The top spot should belong to our academy, right? Heh, nobody can shake Su Yi's position."
Sure enough, everyone saw the name at the top of South Lake Province's Knowledge Ranking.
South Lake Province Pokémon Knowledge Ranking, first place: Su Yi, score: .
Everyone gradually found their own rankings.
The rankings updated in real time.
Su Yi was also first on the national Pokémon Knowledge Ranking!
His name shone brilliantly in gold.
"That's terrifying! A perfect score! He actually got full marks, while second place only got a little over 730, and third place got 700. The scores drop off more and more after that."
"Incredible! He's the first person in history to get a perfect score on the national Pokémon exam."
"How did he get a perfect score? I'm so jealous!"
"Respect. Getting full marks on the other questions would be one thing, but he even aced the listening section and the bonus question. I'm falling apart!"
The students from South Lake Province First Spirit Academy were proud of Su Yi.
However much they envied Su Yi within the academy, when faced with students from other academies, they still felt that his success reflected on them all.
So when the bus from South Lake Province First Spirit Academy arrived at the southern Spirit Primal Forest, students from the other academies kept glancing their way.
Su Xiyan had been waiting there for a while.
"Fantastic! Mom and Dad are going to be thrilled when they hear!"
Su Xiyan could barely contain herself. She had always known how capable her little brother was, but when Su Yi's name actually appeared at the top of the high school Pokémon Knowledge Ranking, she felt truly proud of him.
She had nearly thrown her arms around Su Yi and kissed him on the spot.
Luckily, she'd managed to hold back.
She had to maintain the image of a Heavenly King Trainer.
Su Yi: →_→
"All students from South Lake Province First Spirit Academy who brought a Starter Pokémon from home, come collect a Spirit Watch each. Those who didn't, come collect a Starter Pokémon from the academy.
"The watches will record your battle results in Spirit Primal Forest. You'll earn ten basic points for each victory, and twenty basic points for catching a Wild Pokémon with your Starter Pokémon.
"During the final few days of the trial, keep an eye on your Spirit Watch or the Pokémon Centers in the forest. The point system may change.
"Your points, along with your names, will appear on the Trial Ranking, but your safety comes first. The trial will last one month!"
Principal Gao Xiang began explaining the trial rules to the students.
Meanwhile, students who needed to collect a Starter Pokémon from the academy began doing so under their teachers' guidance.
The Pokémon provided by the academy weren't a matter of simply picking whatever you wanted.
Each student had registered the type they wanted.
For instance, if you registered for Fire Type, you could choose from the Pokémon the academy had prepared, such as Magby and Houndour.
They were all fairly ordinary Pokémon.
But South Lake Province First Spirit Academy was, after all, the best high school in South Lake Province, and not one of its Pokémon had a white, ordinary qualification.
White, green, blue, purple, silver, gold.
They were all green, excellent qualifications!
At the very least, they could quickly reach the intermediate Trainer level.
Well, assuming nothing went wrong.
"Aw, all I have to choose from is Oddish..."
"Hehe, I got a decent one: a Sentret."
"Mine... um, it's a tadpole. A Politoed. But I guess that's not bad."
Soon, everyone had gotten their Starter Pokémon.
They each picked up a Spirit Watch, and the graduation trial began.
The graduation trial tested the students against Pokémon in the wild.
Everyone had to battle one Wild Pokémon with their Starter Pokémon to earn points, and they also needed to catch at least one Wild Pokémon.
As for empty Pokeballs, each student received three.
Last night, Su Xiyan had also prepared Pokeballs for Su Yi. They were Advanced Pokeballs she used herself, which had a higher catch rate.
The space inside was also more comfortable for Pokémon.
Of course, they cost many more Gold Coins than ordinary Pokeballs.
The graduation trial had begun!
With the backpack Su Xiyan had prepared for him on his shoulders, Su Yi entered Spirit Primal Forest.
Many students teamed up.
Su Yi was everyone's first choice to recruit!
Unfortunately, Su Yi had seen it coming. He had slipped away on his own early, avoiding everyone and disappearing without a trace.
As if! This time, he was going to find an opportunity to have Groudon help him look for a Pokémon with good qualifications to catch.
Traveling with other people would be far too inconvenient.
Su Yi tossed the backpack into Spatial Storage.
It was too cumbersome to carry around.
The Spirit Watch on his wrist currently showed zero points. It also let students check their positions on the Trial Ranking.
What Su Yi hadn't expected was that he'd get lucky: the first Wild Pokémon he encountered was a Torchic.
Good night! I still have to write the ending of my old novel tomorrow...
At that moment, the Torchic had just run out from beneath a large tree and was resting beside some grass.
Seeing it, Su Yi didn't recklessly rush up and challenge it. Instead, he opened his Eye of Investigation.
"Pokémon": Torchic "Qualification": Blue "Level": Lv. 12 "Type": Fire Type "Ability": Blaze "Learned Moves": Scratch, Growl, Ember, Sand Attack, Peck
A blue elite qualification?
Su Yi hesitated a little, but in the end, he decided to catch the Torchic.
For one thing, he only needed to catch one more Pokémon to complete the third Side Quest and earn a chance to spin the Big Wheel.
For another, a blue qualification counted as elite and was quite good. It had plenty of potential for training.
"Chirp, chirp."
Torchic looked in a certain direction. After making sure nobody was chasing it, it finally relaxed and let out a sigh of relief.
Just now, several Trainers with Starter Pokémon had teamed up to attack it.
Luckily, it had run fast.
It wasn't that it didn't want to be caught. It was just that the other Trainers had ganged up on it, and it didn't want to follow Trainers like that.
"Come on out, Froakie."
In the distance, Su Yi released Froakie.
"Froakie!"
As soon as Froakie appeared, its gaze immediately settled on the Torchic in the distance.
"That's right, Froakie. We're going to gain our first companion this time. Help me catch it."
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