Watching Riolu and the others play so happily, Lu Ze stopped worrying about it.
They had come out to have fun today. Whether they battled or not was a minor issue.
Besides, he was already the World Youth Championship Champion. Wouldn't it be a little inappropriate to bully a bunch of freshmen who had only just started college?
Though he hadn't brought any of his main Pokémon today.
Riolu's strength had only just moved beyond that of a novice Pokémon, barely reaching the level of a Beginner Pokémon.
Even so, Riolu's rate of improvement had already been incredibly fast.
After raising Pokémon so many times, Lu Ze had gained plenty of experience. On top of that, he had invested heavily in Riolu's training and resources during this period.
For example, he had used France's compensation items on Riolu without hesitation.
Still, compared to them, Riolu was only about as strong as Crobat and Snorlax had been when they competed in the Baby Cup.
Riolu could participate in the Baby Cup now and battle high school students who had only recently obtained their Pokémon.
But against college freshmen who had been raising their Pokémon for around half a year longer, Riolu might not be up to it.
Whimsicott was stronger due to having evolved, but it was only at the level of an Intermediate Pokémon.
It was roughly as strong as Charmeleon had been just after evolving into Charizard.
Of course, Whimsicott knew more moves than Charizard had back then, so under Lu Ze's command, it could be somewhat more capable in battle.
But against students whose first semester of college was nearly over, Lu Ze wasn't sure whether it could defeat them.
Unlike the Pokémon world, people in this world could only legally own Pokémon for battling from the second