"Teacher, may I switch Pokémon?"
The male teacher on the right froze. "Yes, but think carefully. You only have one chance to switch Pokémon. If you waste it here..." At that point, he suddenly faltered.
It seemed that wasting it... wouldn't really matter...
The third opponent was a chatterbox, greeting everyone left and right the moment he came up. All three examiners frowned. When he looked at Cheng Tian, Cheng Tian was staring at him with utter impatience.
"What're you looking at? Never seen a handsome guy before?" As the boy spoke, he revealed a mouthful of buckteeth.
"Listen up. My name's Zheng Fan. I wiped out my opponents in an instant in the last two rounds. If you know what's good for you, surrender now."
"I'm telling you, if you surrender..."
"Blah blah blah..."
"Why aren't you talking? Did I talk you into submission? Don't tell me you're mute?"
Cheng Tian's eyelid twitched violently. He had an urge to have Lairon smash this person's front teeth.
Suddenly, inspiration struck him. Cheng Tian made "ooh, ahh" noises, gesturing with his hands, his expression eager to speak and make the other boy understand him. Zheng Fan instantly shut up at the sight, then asked rather cautiously.
"You... you really are mute?"
Zheng Fan cautiously turned his head to glance at the three examiners' expressions. All three looked as though they wanted to declare him the loser on the spot, further cementing his suspicion.
The three examiners: (̿▀̿ ̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿̿)̄
Hiss... I'm done for, done for... I think I went too far... This won't directly affect my score, will it?
He really hadn't meant it. If he'd known, he wouldn't have listened to that moronic friend's suggestion to trash-talk his opponent before the battle to throw him off.
*Hiss... Can mute people hear?