His circumstances were special, so he did not have to accompany the team as Qiu Yuxuan had before, which gave him a brief chance to rest.
"You really are ruthless, you know? Sending a bunch of arts students into the Freshman Challenge—only you could come up with that!" Veranica teased him in the dorm.
Word that Pokémon Coordinator Class Four would be entering the Freshman Challenge spread throughout the school that very day. Xiao Ran made no particular effort to stop it, intending to put a little pressure on them.
"What arts students? They're Pokémon Coordinators! Since when do Pokémon colleges have arts students?" Xiao Ran retorted irritably, looking every bit as serious as he had at the class meeting.
"Yes, yes, Pokémon Coordinators! Don't tell me you really plan to train an entire class of them?" Veranica asked curiously.
She was not the only one wondering about that. Wang Yunshu, Yun Mengqiu, and even Qiu Yuxuan were all very curious.
"I'll give it a try! The current crop of Pokémon Coordinators is seriously pathetic. That Pokémon Contest back in Nancheng was downright painful to watch. What were those performances even supposed to be? Now that we're in the Hawaiian Islands, I might as well experiment on these Federation freshmen and get some practice. If it works, I'll go home and promote it!" Xiao Ran had absolutely no shame.
"That makes sense! Now that you mention it, I suddenly realize I have plenty of research topics I've wanted to try but wasn't confident about. I could experiment with them here too, couldn't I? If we lead them astray, so be it. They're not Chinese, anyway!" Hearing Xiao Ran's words, Qiu Yuxuan clapped her hands, her face brimming with excitement.
Veranica and the others stared at the teacher and her student