This time, Ye Lan naturally did not receive Teacher Liu Yan's special attention, nor did he get that letter of recommendation to Jindu Battle Arena.
He was now just an ordinary student. The provincial tournament had nothing to do with him. All he needed to do was quietly wait for graduation, then set out with Bellsprout to see the Pokémon world he had always longed for.
That single wrong thought at the beginning had gradually led to a vastly different outcome.
Even with the same system, without the desire to grow stronger, this Ye Lan not only lacked Sunshine Points, but had not even activated "Cooking Muggle's Fatal Echo."
For a Ye Lan content to slack off, the system had fallen almost completely silent.
After all, the system's goal had been to cultivate a Grass-type Champion. This Ye Lan clearly had no intention of heading in that direction.
Only after watching this far did Ye Lan finally realize just how foolish his thoughts had been.
His bonds with his Pokémon had been forged precisely for the wish of "proving the strength of Grass-type Pokémon to the Pokémon world"!
Everyone had been working toward that goal. How could he, their Trainer, be the first to become cowardly?!
If he had abandoned his original dream, he would never have met Serperior through his perseverance;
If he had not done everything he could to become stronger, he would never have crossed paths with Lin Yan, nor would he later have met Rillaboom;
If he had not taken first place in the weekly exam, Teacher Liu Yan would never have recognized his talent and sent him to Jindu Battle Arena. He would never have gained enough resources to confidently catch a second Pokémon, and Whimsicott would have passed him by as well.
Without his