"You little rascal, I thought you'd forgotten about little Eevee. She's been waiting for you all this time."
Qi Shijun took out a Pokémon Ball and told Su Bai it was Eevee's. All Su Bai had to do was scan it with his Pokédex to register Eevee under his name, then he could recall her into the ball and take her away.
However, there was one thing Qi Shijun needed to explain to Su Bai.
Although Eevee was indeed the school's reward for Su Bai, she had been hatched and raised at the school's Pokémon Day Care. If Su Bai could simply take her away, anyone who performed well in the future might demand a Pokémon raised by the school, and the Pokémon Day Care would no longer be able to stay in business.
Su Bai immediately panicked when he heard that.
"Uncle Qi! You can't go back on your word! I worked myself to the bone to bring home that championship, and now the school can just refuse to give me little Eevee?"
"Honestly, kid, what's the rush? Can't you let me finish?"
Qi Shijun gave Su Bai an exasperated look.
Under the school's rules, Pokémon raised at the Pokémon Day Care should never have been given to students as rewards in the first place, but Qi Shijun really wanted Su Bai to raise little Eevee.
The school's teachers also approved of Su Bai raising little Eevee and felt an exception could be made.
Still, every country had its laws, and every household had its rules. Even exceptions needed limits, so Qi Shijun had come up with a solution.
As the child of fallen heroes, Su Bai was eligible to adopt one Pokémon from a government-run Pokémon Day Care in the Dragon Nation.
Since he already had Pikachu, Su