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

Ye Feng went straight to register.

First place, first place, first place...

Ye Feng seemed to be possessed, constantly muttering "first place," which startled the people around him, who thought the student had suffered some kind of shock.

The competition is in a week. During this time, Ye Feng is focusing on training Gyarados. Of the three Pokémon, it has just evolved and its strength has improved by leaps and bounds, but it is still the weakest one.

To win the competition, each Pokémon must be strong enough.

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A week passed quickly.

Ye Feng and Guo Pengfei arrived at Arena No. 3 early. In addition to students from Imperial University, there were also representative teams from various other schools.

The arena was very lively, with several times more people than on the day of the recruitment fair. Fortunately, the arena was big enough to accommodate everyone.

"Boss, there are so many people." Guo Pengfei followed Ye Feng to the battle club's area to try and snag a seat.

"Hmm." Ye Feng's eyes kept scanning the members of the other schools' teams, observing who seemed to be the stronger ones.

Because it was a relatively formal inter-school competition, school leaders gave speeches on stage...

This competition adopts a free-for-all format to earn points. Each person starts with 10 points. Both sides need to put up a certain number of points as a wager. The winner can take away that portion of the points, and the challenged person cannot refuse.

When the score reaches 0, the player automatically loses the qualification to continue the competition.

The person with the highest score at the end will be the winner of this competition.

Chapter 107 Meeting an acquaintance

The president of Imperial University finally finished his long speech. Ye Feng was feeling a bit hungry and was considering whether he should go get some food before coming back.

"That's about all I wanted to say. Oh, and also..." The principal held the microphone, speaking with great enthusiasm, as if he intended to continue his speech.

Just as everyone was about to wail in despair, a girl who looked like a student rushed onto the stage, grabbed the principal by the collar, and pulled him off the stage amidst his screams. The crowd cheered at the sight.

"Who is that? So brave! They even dared to pull the principal?" Ye Feng exclaimed in surprise.

"Oh, you don't know this, do you? That's our school team captain, Shang Yixue. She won the individual championship in the national competition for two consecutive years, and in last year's team battle, she single-handedly held the last position and completely overwhelmed the opposing team," Li Ziang explained.

"So powerful?" Ye Feng realized. No wonder he was so "arrogant". With such a powerful figure, even the principal would probably have to smile at him.

"I heard that the national team has sent someone to contact her, and it seems they are planning to recruit her into the team," Li Ziang whispered.

Ye Feng's eyes widened. The national team! That team would represent China in the World Championships. Needless to say, everyone on the team was incredibly strong. Representing China was such a great honor.

If they perform exceptionally well, this person's name might even appear as a fill-in-the-blank question on an exam...

The legendary captain of the national team is about to become a Master, possibly the youngest Master-level trainer in history.

"Principal, how many times have I told you? Stop with all the nonsense and just explain the rules clearly so we can start the competition."

Below the stage, Shang Yixue stood with one hand on her hip, pointing at the principal's nose and scolding him.

"Hey, Xiaoxue, there are so many people here, give me some face, okay?"

The principal wiped his sweaty bald head with a handkerchief, looking embarrassed.

"If you didn't talk so much nonsense, would I need to do anything?"

"But, with such a wonderful scene, I just can't resist..." the principal muttered to himself.

"What did you say?" Shang Yixue's eyes widened.

"It's nothing, it's nothing. I've finished speaking. The rest is up to you young people. I have something to do, so I'll be leaving now." The principal made up an excuse and slipped away.

Shang Yixue sighed and said to the student in charge of hosting who was chuckling awkwardly beside her, "Alright, the rest is up to you."

After saying that, he waved and left.

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After the principal stepped down, the student in charge quickly went on stage to announce the start of the exchange competition.

Nowadays, most freshmen have at least two Pokémon. For those like Ye Feng who have joined the battle club and aim for the school team, having three Pokémon is already common.

Moreover, after a month of study and military training, most of them have shed their childishness and have developed the demeanor of serious trainers.

The most attention-grabbing participants in this exchange competition are undoubtedly the freshmen from Imperial Capital University, given their consistently outstanding performances in previous years.

This time, many universities from outside the province also sent representative teams.

Ye Feng also saw some familiar faces inside.

"Zhuo Fei! Zhang Qiang!" Ye Feng pushed through the crowd and found the two.

"Ye Feng!" Zhuo Fei and Zhang Qiang were also pleasantly surprised to see Ye Feng.

"I'm still looking for you. I thought you didn't dare to come." Zhang Qiang looked Ye Feng up and down, noticing that his demeanor had changed quite a bit, and sneered.

"Huh? Oh." Ye Feng responded casually, then looked at Zhuo Fei and said, "I was wondering why I didn't see you at Imperial University. You really went to Magic University."

Zhuo Fei touched his nose and said embarrassedly, "Um, I didn't do well on the college entrance exam; my academic scores weren't high enough..."

"That's it..."

"Ye Feng, I'm talking to you!" Zhang Qiang grabbed Ye Feng's shoulder forcefully and turned him around.

"You'd better wait and see how I deal with you in this exchange competition."

"Oh." Ye Feng nodded calmly.

“…?” Zhang Qiang’s eyebrows twitched, and he was about to get angry.

"Ye Feng~" At this moment, a familiar and pleasant voice came from behind Ye Feng.

Ye Feng turned his head, but didn't see anyone.

"Ye Feng, did you do this on purpose?" Ye Feng felt a pain in his stomach, looked down slightly, and found Ning Xian puffing out her cheeks and looking at him angrily.

"Hehe, how could that be?" Ye Feng chuckled and reached out to touch Ning Xian's face.

"You're here too."

“I’m not the only one here…” Ning Xian noticed the gazes gathering around her, her face flushed, she slapped Ye Feng’s hand away, and pointed to the side.

Ye Feng looked over and saw Deng Ruizhe standing to the side, smiling at him.

"Teacher, what brings you here?" Ye Feng greeted him with delight.

"Hey, I'm getting old. How can I attract attention like young people? Of course, some people can't see me anymore," Deng Ruizhe said with a laugh, actually cracking a joke.

"Teacher, please stop joking with me." Ye Feng said, a little embarrassed.

"If this girl hadn't begged me, I wouldn't have bothered being the team leader this time. The competition has already started, remember what I said? This is a great opportunity for you to make a name for yourself. You haven't missed any training, have you?" Deng Ruizhe said with a serious expression.

"Of course not." Ye Feng straightened up. He had been training so hard all this time, just waiting for an opportunity to become famous.

Recruitment fairs are far from enough; Ye Feng needs an opportunity to let more people see him.

"That's good. Alright, you two go chat for a while, hurry up." Deng Ruizhe said, gently pushing Ye Feng to Ning Xian's side.

"Okay, then we'll talk again later, teacher." Ye Feng nodded, grabbed Ning Xian's hand, and ran out of the venue.

"Hey, Ye Feng, what are you doing? The competition has already started!" Ning Xian exclaimed in surprise.

"No rush, let's chat about something else in private."

(N words omitted)

Chapter 108 In Progress

When Ye Feng and Ning Xian returned to the venue, the battlefield was already packed with people, and the battles were in full swing.

"You're finally back." Zhang Qiang rolled his eyes when he saw the two men's slightly flushed faces, while Zhuo Fei, standing to the side, gave a strange smile.

"Brother Dafei, how come I never noticed you were so sleazy before?" Ye Feng was speechless when he saw Zhuo Fei's smile.

"Don't call me Brother Dafei anymore." Zhuo Fei's face darkened. It was all because of his immature thinking when he was young. Thinking about it now, it was too damn embarrassing.

"Heh, you don't know, this Zhuo Fei looks so serious, but he's actually comparable to that fat guy Gu Siming. His computer..." Zhang Qiang started exposing Zhuo Fei's dark history.

"Shut up!" Zhuo Fei covered Zhang Qiang's mouth.

"Zhang Qiang, how did you know?" Ye Feng opened his mouth, eager to ask this question.

"..." Ye Feng watched the two bickering, and a strange word flashed through his mind.

"Ye Feng, I have a feeling you're thinking something bad." Ning Xian's blush hadn't faded yet, and she couldn't help but say when she saw Ye Feng's strange expression.

"No way," Ye Feng shook his head frantically, vehemently denying it.

“That area is empty, do you want to go?” Ning Xian asked, pointing to the empty space on one side.

"No rush." ​​Ye Feng shook his head. "Since this competition is based on a points system, the early stages are not very important. They're just a waste of the Pokémon's stamina. We can start tomorrow."

"Oh~" Ning Xian nodded. She only came to see Ye Feng and had no intention of participating in the competition.

Having followed Deng Ruizhe for a while, I suddenly developed a strong interest in Pokémon research and decided to switch careers to become a researcher.

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The first day of the competition passed uneventfully.