The Teacher Group's battles ended that morning, and the student battles for the first three groups would follow.
Shen Qi happened to be in the third group, in the last match of the day, which would start at dusk.
It was already a match he couldn't afford to lose. With Sister Lorelei's encouragement, he had even more reason to win in style!
Teacher Jixiang was about to take the stage, so Shen Qi and the BC Duo returned to their team seats.
"Huh? Teacher Jixiang brought five Poké Balls?"
Two Bellossom, a Goldeen, a Jumpluff...
"What other Pokémon does she have?"
Taichi explained, "Teacher Jixiang brought Bulbasaur along."
Shen Qi had heard Xiao Chun mention that an injured Bulbasaur had been brought to Pokémon High School two months ago. Bulbasaur was very wary of strangers and only dared to come out to eat Pokémon rations after everyone had left.
He hadn't expected Bulbasaur to have formed a bond with Jixiang.
Bulbasaur was one of the Kanto starter Pokémon in the games. Its final form, Venusaur, had a base stat total of 525 and was a formidable fighter compared with most Pokémon.
The problem was that this Bulbasaur was still in its juvenile form, with base Attack and Defense of 45, Special Attack and Special Defense of 65, and HP and Speed of 45.
Those stats... would really struggle in battle.
Even putting Bulbasaur on the team wouldn't bait a ban from the opponent.
Perhaps Jixiang figured that rather than leave a slot empty, she might as well stick any Pokémon in it.
If Bulbasaur wasn't emotionally fragile anymore, Bulbasaur could certainly go out for a spin and toss out a Sleep Powder or something. Landing it would be a huge gain; missing it was no big deal.
Actually, Koji's Lapras