"Officer Jenny, I'd like to have my Primeape remove its bandages before it participates in the assessment."
Officer Jenny looked at the Primeape still wrapped in bandages and nodded in agreement. The Pokémon Trainer standing next to Officer Jenny, seeing that Officer Jenny had agreed, what objection could he possibly have?
Nurse Joy was certain she hadn't misjudged Roy, and had Chansey outside to greet Roy, Officer Jenny, and the other two.
He then took Primeape to the infirmary to remove the bandages.
Upon entering the treatment room, Nurse Joy slowly removed the white bandages from Primeape's body; the ointment on the bandages had clearly been absorbed by Primeape.
While Nurse Joy was removing the bandages from Primeape, two more people who were also going to take the Junior Trainer Qualification Exam walked in.
After seeing Officer Jenny and Arcanine, the two retreated, checking the sign to confirm it was indeed Pokémon Center.
Upon learning that Officer Jenny would be acting as a referee, the two stated that they also had appointments.
Since Roy's Primeape still needs its bandages removed, Officer Jenny decides to test the two of them first.
Roy was bored and, knowing that the Primeape would take about an hour, he went up to the second floor to watch the battle and see the assessment process.
When he arrived at the second-floor arena, the testing had already begun. Roy casually found a seat in the spectator section and sat down.
First, check if the Pokémon's energy level has reached level 30.
Officer Jenny took out a long, rectangular testing device. This was the Pokémon League's latest technology, which could roughly determine the precise range of Pokémon's ability level.
It's even more accurate than the latest Pokédex.
The two released the Pokémon they were going to use in the battle.
Roy was surprised to find that one of the people's Pokémon was also Primeape. However, his Primeape was very agitated as soon as it was released, scratching its ears and cheeks, giving people a very wise feeling.
After the test was completed without error, the examiner in charge of the assessment explained the rules. The examiner in charge of the assessment was Pokémon Trainer of the Pseudo-Elite Four rank who was next to Officer Jenny. He was mainly responsible for assessing trainers for the Pokémon League's Junior Trainer Qualification Certificate and Intermediate Trainer Qualification Certificate.
The assessment format is a 1v1 Pokémon battle. You don't necessarily have to win. As long as you can get the examiner's approval and they think you can pass, then there's no problem.
The two participants in the assessment saw this and each wanted the other to go first so they could pick up the scraps later.
The examiner smiled slightly, took out five Poké Ball, and said, "Don't rush, each of you has one. If one isn't enough, there are two more. That should be enough for you to fight."
These Poké Ball are Pokémon used by the Pokémon League to test Pokémon Trainer. Of course, examiners can also use their own Pokémon, as long as they are no more than level 40.
Seeing this, the two could only give an awkward smile and accept their fate.
In the end, it was the Primeape's Pokémon Trainer took on the challenge first.
His opponent was a Kingler.
"Primeape, let's use Fury Swipes!"
At the start of the battle, Primeape was able to obey its Pokémon Trainer's commands and fought back and forth with Kingler.
However, as Kingler's Metal Claw struck Primeape's arm, Primeape was instantly enraged, the veins on its head bulging out in a grid pattern, and it charged at Kingler without regard for anything else.
Completely ignoring its Pokémon Trainer's commands, it rushed forward to swat the Kingler.
"Primeape! Come back now!"
Seeing that Primeape ignored his commands, Primeape's Pokémon Trainer was instantly flustered and didn't know what to do.
Taking advantage of the moment when Primeape charged at it, Kingler fired another Mud Shot followed by a Bubble Beam, severely damaging the already exhausted Primeape once again.
In the end, Primeape fell to Kingler's pincers.
The examiner looked at the Primeape lying on the ground with its circumference showing, shook his head, and put an X on the option at the back of the form in his hand.
During the battle just now, he completely failed to see the role of the Pokémon Trainer; he was neither able to effectively command the Primeape to attack nor to calm the Primeape's emotions.
After his Primeape went out of control, he panicked too, showing absolutely no signs of being Pokémon Trainer.
Unqualified!
The Primeape's Pokémon Trainer had no choice but to recall Primeape. He regretted sending his Dugtrio instead; perhaps he could have gotten a passing grade.
The Pokémon Trainer who came with the Primeape used a Butterfree, while the examiner used a level 35 Sandslash.
The Butterfree Pokémon Trainer instructed Butterfree to use Triple Powder Strategy, which caused Sandslash quite a bit of trouble in the early stages.
Although Sandslash eventually found an opening and defeated the relatively fragile Butterfree with two Slash, the examiner still gave it a pass rating.
It can be seen that as long as you are not Pokémon Trainer like the one with the Primeape Pokémon, the Junior Trainer Qualification Exam is not as strict as you might imagine.
Roy watched the two battle from the sidelines and got a general idea of what was going on. Chansey also came up to the second floor and indicated that the bandages on Primeape had been removed.
Treatment Room
Nurse Joy threw the bandage into the trash can, looked at the Primeape that no longer showed any visible external injuries, and said to Primeape:
"You're recovering very well, Primeape. It seems Roy has taken good care of you."
"Extremely popular!"
After giving Primeape a bath to wash away the odor caused by the bandages being wrapped for too long Nurse Joy brought Primeape to the outer hall.
Roy saw that the Primeape had been restored to 99% new condition and was about to try it out when he discovered that the Primeape's Individual Values on the System Panel had increased by 1 point to 20.
This was something Roy hadn't expected. Was it because of the Pokéblock Nurse Joy made, or the egg from the Blissey?
However, it's ridiculous that a few hundred thousand Poké Dollars can increase Individual Values.
During that time, he didn't know if it was his imagination or what, but he felt that the Primeape seemed to have grown a lot after the bandages were removed. Was it because its fur had become fluffy?
"Primeape, are you ready?"
"Extremely popular!"
Primeape clenched his fists, stretched his body, and felt the energy within him.
The two had originally planned to leave the Pokémon Center after treating their respective Pokémon during the assessment, but then they saw Roy with a Primeape by his side.
The Primeape's Pokémon Trainer stopped, and seeing that its companion had stopped, the Butterfree's Pokémon Trainer also stopped.
In particular, Roy's Primeape stayed quietly by Roy's side, which was something the Primeape's Pokémon Trainer hadn't expected.
He had never seen his Primeape so quiet before. Why was that?
So they pulled their companions back up to the second floor and stayed there to watch Roy's test.