Only then did Ash realize what had happened. Arcanine had sniffed out the formidable Inteleon standing invisibly behind him.
Even after being detected, however, Inteleon showed no intention of revealing himself.
Ash could only hurry to cover for him. "Yes, a friend assigned this Pokémon to be my bodyguard. But since he isn't my Pokémon, does that mean I can't bring him into school?"
"No, the school allows Pokémon bodyguards to accompany students, but you need to notify us beforehand. Besides, your bodyguard is hiding with Camouflage, isn't he? That can easily cause unnecessary misunderstandings. What's your name?" the male teacher advised kindly, then took out his Smartphone.
"Ash."
Upon hearing that, the male teacher deftly tapped his phone's screen, searching the school database. Several people with that name soon appeared.
He opened the student profiles labeled [Ash] one by one. After confirming the portrait photo, he continued, "You're a new student this year, aren't you? But there doesn't seem to be any record of a Pokémon bodyguard in your file."
"Uh, I didn't know I had to register beforehand..." Ash said awkwardly, silently cursing, That sister-obsessed bastard Li Zhenfeng never told me about this.
The male teacher sighed helplessly, but was kind enough to say, "It's all right. I'll register him for you in a moment. Could you have the bodyguard behind you show himself?"
Ash was just about to call for Inteleon when he revealed himself on his own, sending a wave of excitement through the surrounding crowd.
"It's an Inteleon!"
"Isn't that a Pokémon you can only find in Western Europe?"
"He looks like a freshman, right? Having such a rare Pokémon as his bodyguard... must be another filthy-rich kid."
Ash caught some of the chatter around him.
Even Lu Ming, who had come with him, was