If there had been rice, Shen Qi would have eaten two big bowls of it.
Sitting with Xiao Chun by the Sports Field, watching the sunset and the Pokémon playing beach ball, Shen Qi let out a deep sigh.
On a campus brimming with youth, wasn't he supposed to spend moments like this with a beautiful girl?
"Shen Qi."
"Hmm?"
Xiao Chun flattened the milk carton in his hand. "Did Principal Gui not tell you about the Friendly Match?"
"What Friendly Match?"
"I knew Principal Gui hadn't told you..."
After graduation season, activities between high schools actually became more frequent. Holding exchanges and Friendly Matches in the period before spring break was, in fact, a form of competition.
Schools in the same region defeated rival schools in Friendly Matches to demonstrate their standards in training Pokémon Trainers and raising Pokémon, making students advancing from junior high more willing to enroll.
Pokémon High School had never participated in Friendly Matches before, because there were no other high schools in the Sevii Islands. Students either attended Pokémon High School or, if their families had some money, went to study in other coastal cities on the Kanto Mainland.
Now that Out Island and Island 6 were connected by a bridge, it brought Island 6 greater convenience in trade and more resources, but also put Pokémon High School in competition with high schools in the Orange Islands.
During spring break, all enrolled students, including those who had just graduated, could compete in Friendly Matches.
However, this was actually extremely disadvantageous for Pokémon High School.
Each graduating class had only a few students who could hold their own in battle to begin with. By the time the Friendly Match was held during spring break in a little over two weeks, the graduates representing the school