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Chapter 100 The Strange Tree: Let me see what's going on?

October 11th, Sunday.

Just like yesterday, due to the end of the school term at Orange Academy, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of students coming to challenge the gym these past two days.

"Welcome back next time, and remember to leave a good review, okay?!"

After seeing off yet another challenger with a complicated expression, Nemo, the dojo apprentice, reached out and wiped the fine beads of sweat from her forehead.

"Whew—that was a really exhilarating battle! I almost lost!"

"But Teacher Qingyu's method of using the substitute defense poison tactic is really useful! I didn't expect it to be so easy to pick up, right, Earth Dragon brother?"

Nemo laughed heartily, and the little earth dragon at her feet also wriggled happily.

Qingyu, who was watching the battle silently from the sidelines, couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

Because there were many challengers today, Nemo was in charge of receiving the guests who were relatively weaker while Eevee and Riolu were resting.

From Qingyu's perspective, Nemo's current strength is in no way inferior to that of the second-year students at Orange Academy.

"Tsk, I have a feeling like I'm the one who opened Pandora's box?"

When Mingming was learning the training methods for the Blitz, Nemo was a bit slow and needed to be reminded from time to time.

It turns out that this substitute only watched me play for one night, and today, on his first try, he was already very skilled.

Was it because I taught her well, or is Nemo simply more suited to this style?
Qingyu didn't know the answer to the question, and just sighed silently.

"If this trend continues, Nemo will eventually learn everything I know..."

"When Nemo goes to the Champion Road next year for training, will the other gym leaders and the Elite Four come knocking on my door to cause trouble?"

But thinking about it, it actually feels pretty good...

After some thought, Qingyu decided to maintain the status quo.

Just as he was about to hang up the truce sign at the gym gate so that he and Nemo's Pokémon could take a nap, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

"Gah-ah—!"

The alarm bells that Milton would make when he was scared came through, along with a somewhat familiar female voice, but Qingyu couldn't make out what she said.

Qingyu immediately pushed open the dojo door.

"Wow! You're so cool! Is this your new Pokémon? I've never seen you before!"

"Hey! Don't run away, let me touch you!"

A pink-haired beauty wearing a yellow and black windbreaker and with a unique hairstyle appeared at the entrance of the gym. Two small Magnemite dolls on her head, which were integrated with her hairstyle, swayed up and down with her movements.

"Senior Qishu?"

Qingyu immediately recognized the girl who had helped him get on the right track with his live streaming at the beginning.

Both are Padawan Gym Leaders, and the adorable Qishu is a rising star streamer from Nimbus City!

At this moment, she was half-squatting at the entrance of the dojo, trying to reach out and touch Milerton's metallic chest, but Milerton dodged her repeatedly in disgust.

The strange tree is so cute~
"Oh, it's my junior, Ciallo~ (∠ω<)⌒★"

Upon hearing Qingyu's voice, Qishu subconsciously stood up and looked at him, while making a cute gesture.

It's a greeting she often uses during her live streams.

As she stood up, Qingyu inadvertently caught a glimpse of the daring fishnet outfit she was wearing under her windbreaker and immediately turned her head away.

If I remember correctly, this should be the first time I've met Qishu in real life, right?

Such a grand gesture upon first meeting...

Is this even going to air?
"Hey junior, is this your newly caught Pokémon? I should be able to touch it, right?"

Qishu, completely oblivious to the problem with his actions, immediately looked at Qingyu with starry eyes after failing to touch Milton again.

"Gah!"

Millerton immediately jumped up nervously and scurried behind Qingyu, seemingly wary of this impolite woman who tried to touch him right away.

"Uh……"

Qingyu scratched his head, wondering how he had suddenly found himself in the middle. As a gym leader specializing in Electric-type Pokémon, Qishu seemed to have no resistance to these cool Electric-type Pokémon.

However, it seems that their excessive enthusiasm actually frightened the particularly timid Millerton...

"Speaking of which, how come you suddenly have time to visit Sunny Dojo, Senior Qishu?"

Qingyu decided to change the subject, and reached out from behind to pat Milerton, signaling it to sneak into the gym.

"Yeah, I almost forgot!"

When asked that question, Qishu suddenly remembered that he had important business to attend to.

Qi Shu's expression suddenly turned serious. After coughing twice, he spoke in a low voice:
"Master Qingyu, I'm here today to challenge your dojo!"

"Ok?"

Qingyu looked puzzled and stared at the strange tree in confusion.

what's the situation?
Are they really coming to cause me trouble? But I haven't done anything yet!

"Huh? You don't know?"

Upon noticing Qingyu's gaze, Qishu instantly lost his composure and widened his eyes.

"You didn't miss the messages in the work group, did you?"

Reminded by her, Qingyu immediately took out her phone.

Oh no, it seems he subconsciously set the group chat to "Do Not Disturb" after joining, following a habit from his past life.

I'm usually too lazy to watch it...

So I have no idea what people in the group have been talking about these past few days.

The content wasn't much; Qingyu glanced at it briefly and quickly extracted the key information.

It all started with a message from Ye Ci.

[Yeci: Based on the League's assessment results and internal evaluation, the Gym Leader of Sunnyvale Gym in Spoontown will replace Koza from Deepboil Town as the examiner for next year's Championship Road.]

[Aoki: I have no objection.]

[Lyme: Is that the young man I was added to the group a while ago? He's really promising at such a young age!]

[Yeci: That's right, but precisely because I'm a newcomer, my experience as a gym leader is probably still quite limited. I hope you'll all take good care of me in the future.]

[Ah Feng: Little Key Town...it's very close. I've heard some of the kids who've come to challenge me mention Sunshine Dojo lately; it seems to be highly rated by the students!]

[Xinli: Hey! How about this? If any of you gym leaders have time, you can go and spar with this new gym leader to help him quickly become a reliable one, what do you say?]

[Qi Shu: Then I'll lead the charge!]

……

"hiss--"

Upon seeing this, Qingyu couldn't help but gasp.

At this point, he roughly understood why the strange tree had appeared here.

Furthermore, it's quite possible that in the future, Sunshine Dojo will occasionally send out several new members as challengers to come and challenge him...

Xinli is getting revenge, isn't she? She must be!
"Your junior is really famous throughout Patia lately, his popularity is so high that even I'm a little jealous!"

As Qishu embellished his story, he patted Qingyu on the shoulder with a hearty laugh.

"So, today's live broadcast announcement on the Qishu Qishu Channel is that we're going to challenge Sunshine Dojo."

"You'd better be mentally prepared, junior~"

"..."

Qingyu raised an eyebrow.

So that's how it is. Is it more like a way for streamers to boost each other's popularity than actually challenging each other to a duel?
She truly deserves to be a super popular streamer in the future; she's got a sharp mind.

Two updates today, more at 6 PM;
And the rest should be updated around 6 PM tonight; I forgot to mention it yesterday. - -
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(End of this chapter)