Qingyu looked at the challenger standing before him and honestly failed to recognize her at first.
She had fiery red hair, with orange-yellow roots that resembled the heart of a flame.
Curious, narrowed eyes, adorable freckles, and the standard Naranja Academy winter uniform.
If Qingyu hadn't had a good memory, he probably wouldn't have recalled this red-haired girl's true identity...
Mela, one of Team Star's bosses and leader of the Schedar Squad!
(Akimei/Mela)
The quiet girl before him didn't merely look different from the wild, swaggering figure in his memories. They practically had nothing in common...
Although he should have seen what those rebellious teenagers really looked like after Team Star returned to school at the end of the game's story, their initial punk outfits had clearly left a deeper impression.
Still, it seemed Team Star's members had all undergone drastic personality changes after suffering severe bullying, which was when they started wearing those outlandish clothes.
They had even built wild-looking Starmobiles with various Abilities, powered by the Pokémon Revavroom.
Qingyu breathed a small sigh of relief.
If this so-called "Qingyu fan club" ended up full of delinquent boys and girls riding Starmobiles, wouldn't that make him a second Marnie?
Just thinking about it was terrifying!
"Hello, Teacher Yu! My name's Mela, and I'm here to challenge the Sunshine Gym too!"
When she noticed Qingyu looking her way, Mela quickly broke into a radiant smile, her eyes narrowing as she looked at him.
"Hello, Mela."
Qingyu returned her greeting politely, inwardly sighing.
School bullying really ruins lives. Such a lively little girl would end up bullied into becoming a punk girl...
If anything like that happens at Naranja Academy, where I teach online, I'll have to come down hard on it!
"You watched the last battle, right? Then I shouldn't