I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

"What are you doing here?" Yao Tianjun walked over.

"···"

How am I supposed to respond to that? This is Imperial University, I'm a student here, isn't it perfectly reasonable for me to be here?

Of course, Ye Feng wouldn't answer like that: "Just browsing around."

"What have you been busy with lately?" Yao Tianjun sat down beside him.

"Hmm... let's do special training." Ye Feng thought for a moment.

"Shall we have a fight?" Yao Tianjun asked.

"No, I don't think so. The Pokémon is a bit tired after training," Ye Feng said.

"Ok."

The two fell silent, each lost in their own thoughts.

Ye Feng wondered what Yao Tianjun wanted from him. After meeting him, Yao Tianjun didn't ask him anything but started chatting idly.

Yao Tianjun was having a headache, wondering how to get information out of Ye Feng. School was about to start, and he couldn't stay in the capital for much longer. He also needed to find time to go home and report to the elders.

There's not much to report...

"I heard, um, you've been looking for me lately?" Ye Feng thought for a long time before deciding to ask directly.

"Uh, not really." Yao Tianjun thought for a moment, "I was working in Beijing during the summer vacation to earn money. I heard you stayed on at the university, so I thought I'd come find you, maybe play some matches or something..."

"We haven't seen each other for a while, you seem very busy?"

"I guess so," Ye Feng sighed.

Between searching for the stone tablets, dealing with Mega Evolution, and finding time to train and battle against the three legendary Regirocks, Ye Feng barely had a moment's rest during the summer vacation.

Dream said she went to check on the situation in the secret realm, and has been missing for several days without a trace.

"I forgot to congratulate you, the new captain of the Imperial University team," Yao Tianjun suddenly said.

"Uh, thank you." Ye Feng was momentarily stunned; if Yao Tianjun hadn't reminded him, he would have completely forgotten about it.

However, Yao Tianjun's reminder made Ye Feng think of something important.

School is about to start, and as is customary, the members of the school team will gather at the school in advance for a training camp.

Hmm, it's been a long time since I've seen them. I wonder if they slacked off during the summer vacation?

As the new team leader, I need to carefully evaluate him. Ye Feng fell into deep thought.

The school team members, who were far away at home, suddenly felt a chill run down their spines.

Chapter 325 Captain, why didn't you answer my video call?

Ye Feng opened the school team group chat, which he had almost forgotten about, and sent a "bubbling" emoji first.

The group chat quickly became lively.

"Oh, Captain Ye, you've finally shown up! I thought you'd forgotten about us."

"Captain Ye is busy being all lovey-dovey with his girlfriend, he doesn't have time to bother with a bunch of rough guys like us, am I right?"

"Um, there are still two girls in the team."

"Sorry, sorry, I forgot for a moment... Qingqing, do you have time to grab a coffee?"

"I'm busy, I have a boyfriend."

"···"

"Hahaha! Is this what they call dying before even achieving one's goal?"

"roll!"

Ye Feng smiled as he watched his teammates chatting in the group chat, but his smile quickly faded.

The more they chatted, the happier they became, and the topic veered off course, completely forgetting about their team leader, Ye Feng.

"Um, I've been quite busy lately... Um, isn't school about to start? I remember the school team is supposed to gather early for intensive training, right?"

"Is this happening?"

"I don't know!"

"It seems not?"

"no?"

Ye Feng's face immediately darkened.

Are these guys trying to slack off? That won't do. Shang Yixue entrusted the school team to me, so I have to bring back a championship from next year's college league.

"Are you guys slacking off during summer vacation? Has anyone's Pokémon advanced to Master level?" Ye Feng typed.

"No."

"Ye Feng, are you kidding me? What about you?"

"I have Gengar."

"Gengar doesn't count." "It can't count!" "It doesn't count!" Everyone objected in unison.

"Why not? Gengar isn't my Pokémon?" Ye Feng retorted angrily.

"Although it is, it doesn't count."

"You are being completely unreasonable."

···

After chatting in the group for a while, Ye Feng typed seriously: "No more joking. Although this year's league was terminated due to an accident, I think next year's should proceed as scheduled."

"Although there is still a lot of time, I think it is necessary to prepare in advance."

"Our captain and his team had some regrets in their last competition, but we must win the championship next year!"

"anyway!"

There was a moment of silence in the group chat.

"When do we meet?" a third-year student typed. Next year will be the last competition for him and several other third-year students.

"My idea is three days from now, depending on your schedule," Ye Feng replied in a text message, seeing that the others were not speaking and were probably waiting for his reply.

Meng Huan went to check on the situation in the secret realm, but it was unknown how many days it would take, and Ye Feng couldn't wait indefinitely.

The Jar of Punishment has been reforged, and there's nothing more he can do now. There's no rush to improve the Pokémon's strength; reaching Master level isn't something that can be done overnight.

Instead of wasting time waiting around, it's better to focus on other things for now, and preparing for the college league is a very important thing.

In the college league, team battles are more important than individual battles, and all the captains of the school teams participate in team battles; but Ye Feng's team battles can only be described as terrible.

To win the league championship, he must seize the time to overcome this problem.

As for using Gengar to dominate individual battles... Ye Feng had certainly considered it.

However, there has never been a precedent of a Master-level Pokémon participating in the league before. Ye Feng is not sure if the official rules will be changed after he does this, and Master-level Pokémon will be banned from participating altogether.

Perhaps in the future, when master-level skills become commonplace, we won't need to worry about this issue anymore, but it's still good to plan ahead for now.

"I'm fine," the team member who asked the question replied.

"Me neither." "No." "No." ...

Perhaps sensing Ye Feng's emotions, none of the people expressed any objection.

Perhaps some people are too busy, but considering Shang Yixue and the others' regrets, they will probably cancel their other plans.

"Okay, then let's tentatively meet at the team dormitory in three days." Ye Feng typed.

"No problem." "OK!"...

Ye Feng locked the screen, gripped his phone tightly, and let out a long sigh.

Yao Tianjun glanced at Ye Feng, sensing that something was off about his mood, and asked with a hint of doubt, "What's wrong? Are you having problems with your teammates?"

Ye Feng paused for a moment, then shook his head and said, "No, it's something else."

Ye Feng wouldn't casually tell people from other schools about his team's terrible performance in the competition. Apart from the members of the school team, even Zhang Qiang didn't know about this.

"Um... if there's nothing else, I'll be going now." Ye Feng stood up, patted his butt, and said.

"Have you been at school lately?" Yao Tianjun asked.

Ye Feng gave him a strange look: "Yeah. Speaking of which, school's starting soon, aren't you going home for a visit?"

"I plan to go back in the next few days," Yao Tianjun said.

"Alright then. Goodbye." Ye Feng waved.

"Goodbye." Yao Tianjun opened his mouth, but couldn't think of an excuse to keep Ye Feng here.

Anyway, he's been at school lately, so he still has time.

After a quick dinner and feeding the elves, Ye Feng returned to his room and collapsed onto the bed.

He took out his phone and saw a message from Shang Yixue asking about the school team's training camp.