At the Kumquat Gym, Shen Qi faced the aloof Qiu Yan.
"Whatever."
Qiu Yan answered offhandedly.
A week earlier, Shen Qi had invited Qiu Yan to participate in the Friendly Match. At the time, she had believed Pokémon High School would inevitably suffer a crushing defeat, and securing a victory that did not reflect the school's teaching standards would do no good.
In the future, Qiu Yan's family would not allow her to have ties to a run-down school, so she would be unable to come teach there or even hold a nominal position.
For that reason, however much Qiu Yan regretted it, she could only watch Pokémon High School head toward a dead end.
Yet in just one week, Shen Qi had brought in three new teachers.
They were not simply there to lend a hand and leave after one match.
All three teachers had actually completed the hiring paperwork and begun sitting in on classes to understand how Pokémon High School operated.
Of them, Qian Hui had a somewhat weaker foundation, but Cassidy and Butch would at least have no trouble teaching Qiu Yan at her current level.
It was hard to imagine that people with such talent would stay on Island 6 for a monthly salary of 4,000b.
At this point, Qiu Yan's view of Pokémon High School's future had changed.
If Shen Qi invited Qiu Yan to join the Friendly Match team again now, she would agree.
At least the teachers' team would not be short-handed and suffer a complete rout.
Still, since Shen Qi was so confident about showing off her juniors' strength, Qiu Yan intended to test the waters herself.
Shen Qi needed no testing, and Qiu Yan knew Zhuolang's situation.
The main purpose was to assess the strength of Taichi and Koji, the