Pokémon: An Encounter with You

Chapter 544: Battle of the Flo Academy Gym

"Ladder Tournament?"

Leia looked at Rotom flying towards her, her eyes slightly widened, and she couldn't help but feel a little excited.

Behind him, some students who had just rushed over to prepare for class also happened to hear this rare news, and they also cheered.

For them, this is an active teaching course that is very worth looking forward to.

In daily studies, Ariel often incorporates some gym challenges into the on-site teaching courses at Flo Academy, dealing with challengers and providing targeted guidance to them while taking the opportunity to teach students.

Occasionally, Ariel would also release the challenge privileges for the [Ladder Tournament] and use the ladder challenge as a teaching course to broaden students' horizons with high-quality battles.

"Ladder Challenge!" Leah heard some students whispering excitedly, "Even if Teacher Ariel can't give us guidance all the time like in the gym challenge, this also means that the battle will definitely be more exciting!"

"Yes, compared to the gym challenge, the ladder competition is more exciting!"

Ladder challenges are different from gym challenges.

Most of the players in the ladder challenge are much stronger than those in the gym challenge. The intensity of the entire battle is completely different from that of the gym challenge, and the excitement of watching the battle will increase exponentially.

And, most importantly, only when facing the [Ladder Tournament] can students see Ariel's truly terrifying side.

Like a poisonous snake, more dangerous, but also more charming and fascinating.

That would make all the student fans go crazy.

"If I remember correctly, Mr. Ariel is currently ranked over 1800, which is the advanced level. After today's breakthrough, maybe he will have a chance to reach the memorial level!"

Ariel's ranking was not high, but students generally believed that the advanced ball level was far from Ariel's level of strength.

Poisoners are often silent.

Teacher Ariel is not keen on taking the initiative. Apart from the necessary management of the gym and teaching students, he spends most of his time quietly staying in the garden to prepare poisons.

Leah and the other students believed that if Ariel was willing to work hard like the other challengers to improve his ranking and surpass the average gym trainers, it would be no problem for him to reach the 5th level of luxury ball.

Next, as the students arrived one after another, Ariel took them to a special battle venue and waited for the challengers to arrive.

The students saw from the Rotom big screen nearby that there were a total of five people who had accepted the battle invitation. Except for Serviness who was ranked 5rd and was the gym leader of the neighboring Rococo City, the other four were not very famous.

There is even a newbie among them who has just started the ladder challenge.

"1023, 1588, 981, 3412 and ..."

Ariel pondered for a moment, "Then let's let the newcomer to the ladder competition, [The Sun], start to accept the challenge."

Rotom nodded and arranged the challengers' numbers from largest to smallest.

The battle intensity increases from small to large, which can better show students the progressive process of [poison] from weak to strong, which is very helpful for students' teaching.

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[Advanced Ball Stage, Trainer Ariel has passed the battle application. ]

[Please rush to the battle site within 10 minutes. ]

[Countdown: ... (Location has been triggered)]

Shi Qiu, who was just about to start random matching, was stunned.

This speed... is fast enough.

Moreover, as a top player, Ariel actually accepted an invitation to compete from a player who had obviously just participated in the ladder tournament - only a gym leader would make such a choice.

"Hu Pa, let's go!" Shi Qiu said with great force.

"We can't keep them waiting any longer, let's go to Flo College!"

"Hoopa! Go!"

Hoopa threw the ring with a grin, turned his small body nimbly, and rushed forward.

Out of consideration for politeness, Shi Qiu and Hu Pa certainly did not teleport directly into the other person's academy, but teleported to the entrance of the academy.

Flo College.

After connecting Rotom to the machine at the academy gate, a moment later, a girl opened the academy gate and saluted Shi Qiu slightly.

"Hello, you are the challenger [The sun], right?"

The girl turned sideways and extended her hand, "I'm a student at Flo Academy, Leah."

"Teacher Ariel is already waiting at the battle site. Please follow me."

Hearing the second-year online name, Shi Qiu nodded calmly: "Okay."

Still a teacher...

Following behind the girl, Shi Qiu said thoughtfully.

Generally speaking, most gym owners have a side job, but it is rare for them to choose to be a teacher as a side job.

After all, those who have side jobs are those who are tired of teaching apprentices in the gym. Why would they go looking for trouble?

After a while, the two arrived at an open-air venue. It was not very big, but the surrounding spectator seats were filled with young students.

Shi Qiu missed the young people chattering and being excited.

Seeing Shi Qiu looking at the students around him thoughtfully, Leia understood.

"This is your first time participating in the ladder challenge, right?"

"Yes, what's wrong?" Shi Qiu nodded after hearing that.

The girl carefully considered her words and said, "In the ladder challenge, you can actually choose to [refuse to watch the game] in advance... Considering that this is your first time participating in a ladder match, if you feel a certain amount of pressure from the students watching, I can report it to Teacher Ariel..."

pressure?

Shi Qiu didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

It seemed that she looked too young, and coupled with her previous curious look towards the audience, Leia thought that she felt uncomfortable and nervous because there were too many spectators.

He smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, it's okay, I don't care, I'm just a little curious."

Seeing this, Leia said no more. After bringing Shi Qiu to Ariel, she bowed and left, walking to the corner of the spectator seats.

In front of him, the scantily clad young man saw Shi Qiu coming and nodded with a faint smile.

"Welcome, challenger. I am Ariel, the gym trainer of Flo Gym."

Surrounded by several students, he slowly walked towards Shi Qiu.

"Hello, Mr. Ariel, I am... um, the challenger [The sun]." Shi Qiu observed the handsome young man in front of him.

Although she was scantily clad in just a piece of white cloth, her temperament did not appear frivolous, but rather she had the air of an artist who transcended the mundane.

Very unique and charming.

No wonder the students around here all look so fanatical about pushing people alone.

"2vs2, single player competition."

A Rotom flew over with a camera in its hands.

"This time, the entire celestial battle will be recorded and uploaded to the battle system. Trainer Ariel, Trainer The sun, do you have any other questions?"

Seeing that the battle was about to begin, the last few students around Ariel left reluctantly, and at the end they all looked at Shi Qiu at the same time.

Shi Qiu frowned slightly.

"No problem."*2

Changing the name to be more low-key does seem to make a difference.

Shi Qiu felt that he had not been looked at like this for a long time...the kind of look that looked at the weak.

Are you looking at the ranking and thinking he is bound to lose?

Don’t you ever think about why you can apply for the challenge of advanced ball level when you are ranked over 20,000?

Shi Qiu curled his lips, and the Poké Ball in his hand, which originally contained the Crystal Lamp Spirit, flashed and turned into a dark green Poké Ball with a gold leaf relief.

The bright light of vitality.

"Trainer The Sun versus Trainer Ariel, 2vs2 traditional single player ladder battle, starts now!"

"Please both parties take your seats!"