Compared to Ye Qing, the other students had it rough. As time passed, food and medicine grew scarce, and the constant ambushes from wild Pokémon kept them from even getting a good night's sleep. More and more people had been eliminated over the past few days.
Tents had been pitched across Wailord's back, providing temporary accommodation for the students who had been eliminated first.
Standing on Wailord's head, Principal Jiang looked at the dense crowd behind him and asked, "It's the fifth day today, isn't it? How many students haven't come back yet?"
Zhao Xinran counted carefully. There were two left: Ye Qing and Fujii Gongshu.
Principal Jiang smiled. "Oh? Those two little fellows can really stick it out."
The dean beside him wanted to interject. Calling Fujii Gongshu's experience an ordeal was fair enough, but how could Ye Qing's count as enduring anything? Given a little more time, all the Pokémon on the island would probably be following him.
Wang Yao sat beside Morikawa Minako, flicked his bangs, and smiled. "Well? Want me to take you out this weekend to experience the pleasures of being a woman?"
"The pleasures of being a woman?"
Morikawa Minako frowned slightly. Her grasp of Chinese was still too limited for her to understand the deeper meaning of his words.
Young Master Zhang Qiang lay in his tent, whistling. This training trip had yielded decent results. Not only had Charmander successfully evolved, but he had also caught a Mareep with good potential.
What annoyed him, though, was that his old rival Ye Qing still hadn't returned. Didn't that mean the gap between them was growing even wider?
Just as Wang Yao was about to explain further, Morikawa Minako suddenly stood up and gazed into the distance.
"Brother!"
Standing on Wailord's back, Morikawa Minako waved