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Although he had lost to Zhou Wan, Jiang Jing had held on for quite a while. Aron's Defense was no joke.

Aron had lasted a full three minutes before being defeated. Staryu's moves did damage when they hit Aron, but not much, because Aron had used Harden several times.

Its Defense had already reached its peak. Unfortunately, its attacks simply could not hit the opponent.

Staryu was obviously much faster than Aron, and it refused to get close, attacking from a distance instead. Jiang Jing had no way around it.

In the end, Aron was slowly worn down and lost its ability to battle under Staryu's attacks.

This Zhou Wan was truly quite capable. How could an ordinary person have a move like that?

"Aron has lost its ability to battle. Staryu wins."

Jiang Jing recalled Aron and said calmly, "I lost. My skills were inferior, and I accept this defeat wholeheartedly."

"If we get another chance to meet, I'll challenge you again. By then, my Aron won't be so easy to deal with."

Zhou Wan recalled her Pokémon and said, "I'm looking forward to it. Let me introduce myself. My name is Zhou Wan, and I'm a first-year student at Rongcheng No. 3 High School."

Jiang Jing said, "My name is Jiang Jing. I'm a first-year student at Rongcheng No. 8 High School."

After saying that, Jiang Jing left the Arena and entered the tent beside it. He handed his Poké Ball to the young healer and said, "Miss, I'll leave my Aron to you."

The young healer smiled sweetly. "Don't worry! It'll be back full of energy in ten minutes."

She then placed the Poké Ball into a mechanical box with a red shell. The entire box was about the size of a school desk. Once opened, it revealed three full rows of spherical slots, six in each row.

After the Poké Ball was placed inside, the lights beneath the slot immediately lit up. The young healer pressed a button on the opened section of the box.

The lights then turned green. Seeing Jiang Jing's puzzled expression, she explained, "This is a Medical Box used to restore a Pokémon's strength. A green light means it's currently recovering."

"A yellow light means it has fully recovered."

Jiang Jing nodded to show that he understood. He had seen this Medical Box online before. Generally, only large state-run institutions such as Pokémon Centers or schools had them.

This was a smaller portable version. The ones at Pokémon Centers were even larger, and apparently the biggest ones could treat a thousand Pokémon at the same time.

It was said that even this small Medical Box cost three million yuan to manufacture. It was absurdly expensive, mainly because the technology inside was so advanced that a Pokémon could recover from abnormal conditions and restore its strength after staying inside for ten minutes.

Going to a Pokémon Center was not cheap either, but Cerulean Supermarket was covering all treatment fees this time. So he did not need to spend money and had gotten to experience the service for free several times.

Come to think of it, he had actually made a profit. He got to experience this kind of service without paying anything.

While he was waiting, a staff member called him over.

It turned out that the top three contestants were supposed to go up for the awards ceremony. But Liang Shen had not come, making things rather awkward. There were only two people, but they still stood there and accepted their awards. As long as I'm not embarrassed, the embarrassed ones are everyone else.

Jiang Jing also successfully received his first-ever Trainer Trophy: a small crystal Suicune Trophy, inscribed with:

Second Suicune Cup Pokémon Challenge, Second Place: Jiang Jing

Liu Bin came over, took the Trophy, and carefully stroked it before sighing. "It's so small, but it really does look cool. I want one too."

"But Liang Shen just left like that? He doesn't even want the rewards? Rich people really are different."

Jiang Jing explained, "They'll probably mail them to him."

After a while, the staff also gave him his rewards: a Cerulean Supermarket shopping card loaded with ten thousand yuan, one Great Ball, and two Potions.

He could give the Great Ball to Aron. It was just the right time to change its environment. Staying inside a Great Ball had to be much more comfortable than an ordinary Poké Ball.

Liu Bin also received a shopping card with a two-thousand-yuan limit, along with five bottles of Moomoo Milk.

Jiang Jing said to Liu Bin, "Let's go. Since it's the last day of the event, let's go in and do some shopping."

Holding his shopping card, Liu Bin said happily, "Sure. The Pokémon Food at home is almost gone anyway, so I'll buy some to take back."

As for Zhou Wan and Lin Manman, they went home together. Lin Manman skipped along and said, "Haha, I knew our Xiao Wan was the best."

"Did you see Jiang Jing's expression? It was hilarious."

Zhou Wan held Lin Manman's hand and said, "We still shouldn't underestimate Jiang Jing. He's very talented. If I hadn't had the level advantage today, it would have been hard to say who would have won."

Lin Manman rubbed her forehead. "Ah, forget that. Xiao Wan, it's so hot out. Let's go get milk tea. My treat."

Zhou Wan said, "Sure. Of course I'm going if a little rich girl is treating. Let's go."

At the Cerulean Supermarket checkout counter, Liu Bin stared wide-eyed at the huge pile of items Jiang Jing was carrying. "Damn, Brother Jing, you bought so much stuff? And you even bought Mid-Grade Pokémon Food and Pokéblocks. Even if you have money, you can't spend it like this."

Liu Bin knew that Jiang Jing's family worked in construction and earned about the same as his own family. Yet he still would not dare spend so much money on Pokémon all at once.

Jiang Jing said, "I can't help it. I think it's better to spend money on Pokémon. Once they become strong, they'll naturally have the ability to earn money. That way, it forms a positive cycle."

Liu Bin shook his head. "Anyway, I could never spend money like you do. Otherwise, I'd have run out of money long ago."

Seeing this, Jiang Jing did not say anything else. He could not exactly say Liu Bin's way of thinking was wrong. Most people thought that way; Jiang Jing was simply a little different.

After checking out, the two carried two large bags of goods as they walked and chatted. Liu Bin said somewhat wistfully, "Time passes so fast. July will be over in the blink of an eye, and there's only one month left before school starts."

Jiang Jing said, "The Suicune Cup Challenge is over too. When we get back, we should summarize our experience and train hard during the remaining month."

"Try to be a little stronger than everyone else once school starts. Otherwise, low rankings in future exams will be very disadvantageous."

Liu Bin nodded. "I heard from the upperclassmen that there are Monthly Exams, Midterm Exams, and Final Exams in the second year, and all of them have Scholarships?"

Jiang Jing said, "And the Scholarships aren't low either. Especially for major exams like the Midterm Exam and Final Exam, the Scholarships are even higher."

Because of support from national policies, every major Spirit Studies exam at middle schools came with Scholarships as encouragement.

Liu Bin said, "My goal for next semester is to join the School Team and participate in the Rongcheng High School League. I have to work hard this month."

Jiang Jing said, "The School Team only recruits new members in the second semester of the second year. Work hard next semester—no, you need to work hard starting this summer."

Liu Bin said, "Yeah, the others in our class are probably secretly working hard this summer too."

"Brother Jing, we need to secretly work hard too, then amaze everyone next semester."

Jiang Jing said, "Uh... that's indeed right!"