Just participating in the National University League did not exactly count as selling himself, but Aihara Take had undoubtedly sold his precious time.
One team member sighed. "I wonder if Senior Student Xiao Muyi will come watch the matches."
At that, every team member present except Aihara Take revealed the same expectant expression.
To Jinghua University students, Xiao Muyi was an unattainable moonlight.
Some of the non-starter first-year members looked especially longing. They had not even met the famed Psychic Queen in person yet.
Only Yuge, who had taken over as captain from Xiao Muyi, smiled bitterly inside.
...Probably not. Given Senior Student Xiao's nature, the so-called bond of attending the same school was not worth mentioning at all.
She might not even remember my name.
There had never been anyone else in that person's eyes.
At Sheng Hai University's Pokémon Competition Club, silence reigned.
Fang Hang and Mo Xuexin exchanged a glance, both wearing helpless expressions.
...What terrible luck.
...It seemed even their final hope was gone.
"Well, winning the East China Champion title means we should be satisfied," Fang Hang muttered.
Even Yang Bowen and Yang Bowen, who were usually the ones livening up the atmosphere, had nothing to say. They still had another year ahead of them, but they nevertheless felt regret on behalf of their senior brother and sister.
Roy was stunned as he looked at the lifeless team, every member wearing a funeral face.
He had originally kept quiet because he wanted to learn from Blastoise's mindset of "secretly evolving, then stunning everyone," planning to make a huge show of it when the time came.
He had never expected his teammates' morale to collapse before they had even fought.
Roy had no choice but to step forward and steady the team.
"Senior brothers, Senior Sister,