The only Pokémon he could use for the time being was Wingull; his compatibility with Mime Jr. was not very high yet.
Back then, Shen Qi should have been able to coordinate around five types of energy. What he had shown today was definitely far beyond his level three years ago.
Was such tremendous progress possible in three years?
Perhaps it was, but without outside support, he could never have acquired his current Pokémon lineup.
"Shen Qi, did you have some extraordinary encounter?"
"You could say that... a huge one. The kind that completely transforms you."
"No wonder..."
Though impressed, Xinyan and Wude did not dig into the specifics of Shen Qi's extraordinary encounter.
"Would my assessment results qualify as excellent?"
"Of course!"
For students around twenty, putting up a good fight against a coach already counted as excellent. Shen Qi had actually won.
Granted, he had needed one more Pokémon than the coach to win, but if he could win with an equal lineup, why would he need to be a student? He could go compete in T3.
In T3 Battle Competitions, most Professional Pokémon Trainers did not necessarily have the full ten Pokémon. Being a few short was acceptable.
"Shen Qi." Wude patted his shoulder warmly. "Let me instruct you personally."
"Sure."
With the Fighting Dojo's former Gym Leader teaching him, his progress would presumably be swift, and he would receive plenty of guidance.
"We need to set ourselves a goal."
"What goal?"
"Defeat the Saffron Gym and make our Fighting Dojo Saffron City's officially recognized highest-level Badge-awarding institution!"
Hearing that, Shen Qi instinctively thought Wude was joking.
But these men, Xinyan included, had eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
They genuinely wanted to surpass the Saffron Gym and put the Fighting Dojo on top.
The difficulty was absurd.