Secretary-General's Office.
Yujian drank his tea indignantly. "Did you have this idea all along? You even had a contract prepared! Why didn't you tell me?"
"It was just a backup plan. Don't be so sensitive." Teng Jun kept his head lowered as he flipped through the documents. "I didn't expect that guy to willingly jump into the pit. I'd originally written all this just for fun."
"Written for fun?"
"Yeah." Teng Jun nodded. "I guessed your disciple would challenge him. I'm sure you guessed it too. But that Du Jian would drag the Top Trainer Assessment into it just to attract attention—that was only a guess of mine yesterday. I happened to have nothing better to do, so I drafted one."
Hearing that, Yujian set down his teacup. He understood Teng Jun's personality. This really was the sort of boring thing Teng Jun would do.
He had long been prepared for Heiduo challenging Du Jian. From what he knew of him, it would have been strange if Heiduo did not challenge him.
His disciple was petty. He refused to swallow even the slightest grievance in silence. Since he could not use Revenge on Du Jian directly, using Pokémon battles to get back at his opponent was perfectly normal.
But Teng Jun agreeing to Du Jian's request had exceeded Yujian's expectations.
"You've opened a bad precedent."
That was what he had told Du Jian.
Keeping any possible battles between examiners and examinees separate from the Top Trainer Assessment had been an unspoken rule ever since the Top Trainer Exam was established.
"It's fine. A hole can be opened, and it can be sewn shut. It just depends on how you sew it." Teng Jun looked utterly unconcerned. Since he dared to open that hole, he naturally had a way to close