"What does the Sniper Ability do?"
"Which stat changes can a Pokémon's move ignore when it lands a critical hit?"
"..."
One glance at the test paper Qingyu handed her was enough to send Nemona's eyes spiraling, leaving her unable to battle.
"This is way too hard!"
With the previous questions about Breloom, she had at least managed to answer a few based on things she had seen during her travels.
But these questions about critical hits were completely outside her knowledge!
"Hard? Surely not. Isn't this basic knowledge?"
Qingyu raised an eyebrow at Nemona, who had slumped onto the table and was now flopping around like a washed-up fish.
He had thought these questions would be no trouble for her.
If I remember right, don't they teach this critical-hit stuff in classes at Naranja Academy?
Oh, right. Nemona hasn't enrolled yet...
Qingyu soon realized that this future Champion of Paldea still had a few gaps in her knowledge.
Good grief, she slipped right through the compulsory education net!
Trainers in the Pokémon world could broadly be divided into two groups: the school-trained and the travelers. The names alone made the difference clear.
Nemona was undoubtedly the latter. Despite her young age, she had already traveled through several regions, which was why she was so adept at commanding and raising Pokémon.
But that also left her little time for theoretical study, resulting in gaps in her understanding of some fundamentals.
So...
She needed remedial lessons!
"All right, let me ask you some simpler questions."
Qingyu smiled helplessly and decided to guide Nemona through it step by step.
"You know the Scope Lens, right? What does it do?"
Although Nemona looked no different from an ordinary student in Paldea, Qingyu knew better-
She was genuinely rich, as anyone could tell from