"Yours aren't bad either."
When they met during the Summer Race, Koji had shown him his Pikachu, Starmie, and Cubone. This time, he had added a new member, Lapras.
Those four Pokémon could form a rain team, with Starmie and Lapras.
Starmie was a Fast Special Attack user, while Lapras provided Rain Dance support. With both offensive stats at 85, its damage output was decent too, and it had Life Dew for group healing.
Rain teams feared Grass-types, but Lapras's Ice typing could counter them in turn, making the team fairly well-rounded.
Once Cubone evolved into Marowak, it would be a powerful physical attacker. Its Lightning Rod Ability would draw Electric-type damage to itself, letting it provide defensive coverage for Water-type Pokémon.
Pikachu could hold a Light Ball, an item almost exclusive to Pikachu. Holding it could theoretically double its Special Attack, and Thunder had 110 power and perfect accuracy in rain.
There weren't many Pokémon, but they worked very well together.
Just what one would expect from a Gym Leader's son.
Even if the Orange Islands' Kumquat Gym was only a secondary gym, the help it offered Koji in his training as a Pokémon Trainer was beyond what an ordinary family could provide.
"Koji, did Principal Gui tell you about the battles?"
"Yeah."
As Pokémon High School's reputation spread, there would inevitably be requests for sparring and friendly matches. Refusing all of them wouldn't be reasonable.
Besides, Principal Gui's original intention was to let children from poor families in the Sevii Islands learn a skill at Pokémon High School and become Pokémon Workers, but if an entire school for Pokémon Trainers had no students capable of battling, something was seriously wrong.
Still, when Principal Gui mentioned the possibility of battling other schools, Koji had been very enthusiastic.
"If there