At first, the students eagerly watching thought Teacher Yu had turned over a new leaf.
Perhaps because plenty of newcomers were still stuck in the "Newbie Village" after two months, Teacher Yu had deliberately gone easy on them, letting them see the wider world outside.
After the first challenger received high praise from Qingyu and walked away with a Gym Badge, the other students quickly grew fired up, scrambling for their chance to challenge Teacher Yu.
Today was the day they conquered Sunshine Gym!
However...
As it turned out, they had probably been getting ahead of themselves.
Because the students soon discovered that it had all been a trap!
Teacher Yu seemed to have deliberately lured them in to slaughter them!
The first challenger had clearly come prepared, with a lineup that strongly countered Sunshine Gym's Sandstorm Team for the week.
So the students thought it perfectly reasonable that he had ultimately earned Teacher Yu's approval.
But the vast majority of newcomers couldn't produce a Tauros and Meowscarada lineup, leaving them unable to copy his approach exactly.
Especially without a Meowscarada capable of using Flower Trick, they soon discovered just how infuriating Sandaconda really was-and completely lost it.
"Come on, man! Teacher Yu, do you seriously think we're aliens? A Sand Veil Sandaconda? Really???"
"Minimize plus Sand Veil... Even with my glasses on, I can't see where that Sandaconda shrank off to. Even if I wanted to try my luck with Body Slam, I'd need some idea where it was..."
"Besides Flower Trick, are there any other moves that can locate an opponent? I'm shaking with rage here. Do newcomers who didn't pick Sprigatito have no rights?!"
"And that Hippowdon, too. Were Sandstorm Teams always this scummy, or is that actually just a Teacher Yu problem...?"
After Monday ended, discussion