The Secretary-General Had Already Decided: You Would Be the Principal
Under Chihaya's somewhat surprised gaze, Heiduo tossed the badge to her.
Heiduo had the staff happily send away all the onlookers, along with the holder of seven badges who still wanted to challenge him.
Come back next month, come back next month. Go home and train properly.
What else could that brute say?
He was simply still unwilling to accept that, despite holding seven badges, he had ended up with the same result as that challenger with only four.
But since Heiduo had told him to come back next month, no amount of pestering would get him anything. He could only silently turn around and leave.
The companions around him naturally consoled him repeatedly.
The group bade farewell and left.
Beside them,
the Trainer School students who had packed tightly around the field excitedly discussed among themselves. They analyzed what moves and strategies they would have used if they had been in that position, then left as a group under their teacher's lead.
Of course, a few who knew not what they were thinking broke away from the group and tried to approach Heiduo, but their supervising teacher called them back in time.
They probably wanted to ask Heiduo about Pokémon training, battle strategy, and move learning.
Unfortunately, Heiduo had no interest in teaching Trainers other than challengers. Asking him would have been pointless anyway.
He was not a teacher. He had no obligation to answer students' questions.
Besides, he did not want to battle anymore. He was getting tired of it. He had handed out three badges to five people already, which was a pretty satisfying result, wasn't it?
"Goo..."
Braviary, having fought to its heart's content, landed with a blissful expression. It had not experienced such intense, tense,