Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

By the way, Sun Yan hasn't come back since he ran out of the classroom last time. I heard he transferred schools, and everyone has their own reasons.

Some people think that Sun Yan and Ye Chen had a falling out, but Ye Chen later proved that his paper was not problematic, so Sun Yan had no face to come back.

Some believe that Sun Yan felt too intimidated to fight back after being beaten by Jiang Shuyun, a girl, and also because he wasn't popular in his class, so he transferred schools.

However, none of this concerns Ye Chen. After all, the two will never cross paths again in this life; he is just an insignificant passerby in someone else's life.

The homeroom teacher was in a bind, because the class monitor had dropped out, and a new class monitor needed to be elected.

He originally wanted Ye Chen to be the class monitor, but Ye Chen declined, saying he was too busy every day and probably wouldn't have time to manage the class. At the same time, he recommended Jiang Shuyun to him.

The homeroom teacher didn't say anything at the time, but nodded thoughtfully. However, not long after, Jiang Shuyun was appointed as the new class monitor.

After school, Ye Chen and Jiang Shuyun went to the school team's training room. Today was the last day of preparation for the competition.

Over the past few days, Ye Chen has played against the rest of the school team, including Jiang Shuyun, and has therefore become very familiar with their strength.

Moreover, after these days of battles, Ye Chen would also give each of them a targeted explanation of their individual problems and help them improve. Old Liu was also very surprised when he heard some of the explanations. This kid actually had such insights!

Old Liu clapped his hands, signaling them to come over.

"Classmates, tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the Southwest University Tournament, so I don't plan to assign you much training today. Our team's strength is such that we can easily take first place in previous years, so don't put too much pressure on yourselves. Just remember to do your best."

"Don't worry, Coach, we will definitely bring the first place trophy back!"

"With the captain's guidance, I feel like I can even handle high-level Pokémon now!"

Old Liu's lips twitched as he listened. So my guidance was useless, huh?

"Good, it's great that everyone has this kind of spirit. After you go back today, take a break and give it your all tomorrow so you won't have any regrets!"

As he spoke, Lao Liu took out five cards and distributed them to everyone. Ye Chen took one and looked at it. The front had the logo of the Southwest University Tournament, and the back had the information of the contestants.

"This is your identification document. You can use this to go directly backstage tomorrow."

This was destined to be a sleepless night. Countless teenagers were extremely excited and couldn't sleep all night. Even Ye Chen was very much looking forward to it.

Of course, he was looking forward to the rewards from the system. So far, every reward the system had given had been very useful. This Southwest University Tournament even had rewards based on rankings, so the items among them must be extraordinary!

The opening ceremony of the competition was held at Rongcheng Gymnasium, the largest sports venue in Chengdu, which can accommodate 40000 people at the same time!

Even so, tickets for watching the game live were sold out at an extremely fast pace, and scalpers were selling tickets on various websites, with prices even reaching 5000 League Coins per ticket.

As soon as it was light, the area outside the Rongcheng Gymnasium was already packed with people.

The weather in March was still a bit chilly, but the atmosphere here was already exceptionally lively. For safety reasons, the traffic police even blocked traffic in this area, allowing only pedestrians to pass.

Seeing the crowd gathered at the main entrance waiting to have their tickets checked, a reporter from the Chengdu Daily set his sights on the back entrance of the stadium.

That area is for the competition staff and participants from various schools to enter and exit, and there are fewer people around, making it an excellent spot for interviews!

"Hello everyone, today is the opening day of the Southwest University Tournament. Talented trainers from all over the Southwest region have gathered in Chengdu to compete for the title of the strongest. We have now come to the back door of the Chengdu Gymnasium to see if we can interview some of the contestants."

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw a young man in a red and white jacket walking towards her from a distance. The young man was wearing a baseball cap and a mask, making it impossible to see his face.

But his upright posture and unique temperament make him stand out at a glance!

"Excuse me, are you a contestant in this competition? I see you have a contestant card in your hand."

Ye Chen turned to look at her, and breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that she hadn't recognized him. After all, if his identity were discovered outside, he wouldn't be able to enter the arena.

"Yes, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Hello, we are reporters from Rongcheng Daily. May we interview you?"

Ye Chen checked the time; there was still plenty of time before it started, so he nodded and agreed, "No problem."

The reporter asked, "Which school are you a student at?"

"I am from Rongcheng No.1 High School."

The reporter's eyes lit up upon hearing this; he hadn't expected that a randomly selected person would be a local, which made the story even more interesting.

"I didn't expect to find contestants from Chengdu. So, I'd like to ask if you are confident about this competition?"

Ye Chen laughed and said, "Of course, we are very confident in taking first place!"

Just then, five contestants from Rongcheng No. 2 Middle School were walking towards the back gate of the contestant passage. Meng Ming glanced at the figure being interviewed by a reporter and realized it looked somewhat familiar!

Chapter Ninety-One: The College Tournament Begins!

Ever since he was defeated by Ye Chen's Gible, Meng Ming has been searching for Ye Chen.

However, his clues were limited, with only the evolved Garchomp as a lead. The other members of the school team would not betray Ye Chen, so he had hardly received any information about Ye Chen for so long.

I thought I had no chance, but I never expected to see him outside the competition venue.

Although it was just a silhouette, Meng Ming would even dream about Ye Chen's departing figure ever since that day, so he recognized him at a glance as the person from that day!

Meng Ming suddenly ran towards Ye Chen's position, startling his teammates next to him.

"Why is the captain running?"

"I don't know, I guess I saw someone I knew."

Although they didn't understand what was going on, they still followed.

"Thank you for your cooperation, goodbye." The reporter smiled and waved.

"Goodbye."

At this moment, Ye Chen had just finished the interview and was walking towards the contestant's passage.

Seeing Ye Chen leave, Meng Ming panicked and quickened his pace, shouting as he ran, "Hey, wait! Stop right there!"

However, due to the noise at the scene and the distance between him and Ye Chen, Ye Chen did not hear what he shouted.

"It seems that our Rongcheng No.1 High School students are very confident. Let's look forward to their performance."

After saying goodbye to Ye Chen, the reporter was speaking to the camera when she suddenly saw a young man running quickly towards her in the distance. Her eyes lit up instantly, and her intuition told her that this young man was definitely not simple.

So, as Meng Ming passed by them, the reporter suddenly stopped him.

"Excuse me, are you also a participant in this competition?"

Blocked, Meng Ming quickly tilted his head to look at Ye Chen, only to see that Ye Chen had already entered the contestant passage and was verifying his identity.

Meng Ming knew that this delay would prevent him from catching up, and once he entered the contestants' backstage area, there were even more people, making it even harder for him to find them. So he could only glare resentfully at the female reporter in front of him.

Although we didn't find him, at least we know he's also a contestant, and with his skill, he'll definitely make it through the knockout stage to the group stage. We can compete against him then!

The female reporter felt uneasy under his gaze and quickly asked the same question again.

At this moment, Meng Ming's teammates caught up, panting: "Captain, what happened to you just now? 々々?"

Then they saw the reporters in front of them, and immediately stopped panting, straightened their backs, and one of them even tidied his hair in front of the mirror.

"From what you just said, is this your team leader? May I ask which school you are from?"

"We are from Rongcheng No. 2 Middle School."

The reporter exclaimed, "What a coincidence! I didn't expect that both of the contestants I interviewed were from Chengdu!"

Meng Ming hurriedly asked, "Was the person you just interviewed also from Rongcheng?"

"That's right, that was a contestant from Rongcheng No.1 Middle School."

Meng Ming's lips curled slightly: "Rongcheng No.1 High School, I'll remember that!"

……

Entering the backstage area, it was even more crowded, with contestants and coaches from countless schools across the entire Southwest region crammed into the space.

It took Ye Chen a while to find Lao Liu and the others' location based on the photos in the school team group chat.

Among the trio, the chubby Guo Shengfu seemed particularly excited: "My dad said that if we can make it to the semifinals, he'll reward me with 500,000 yuan in pocket money; if we make it to the finals, it'll be 1 million yuan; and if we win the championship, he'll reward me with a Snorlax!"

Fatty's favorite Pokémon is Snorlax, which is common knowledge in the school team.

Qi Jun laughed and said, "Then you'll have to treat us to a meal later!"

Liu Lixuan then exclaimed, "How much prize money do you think this year's champion will get?"

"It's hard to say. I remember the last one was ten million Alliance Coins for the whole group. But the rewards have been getting more and more generous each time. This time it might be fifteen million. If you split that money, each of you could get about three million."

Hearing Lao Liu's words, Liu Lixuan fell silent.

Then everyone fell silent, because they knew that Liu Lixuan's mother was seriously ill and that the family had spent all their savings on her treatment. His purpose in participating in this college competition was to win the prize money so that he could pay for his mother's expensive surgery.

Liu Lixuan is actually the most talented of the trio. If he didn't have to go out to work and earn money all the time, his Pangolin might have already broken through to a high level.

This is the norm for ordinary trainers; without a strong family background, it's almost impossible to become a powerful trainer!

"Why are you so sluggish? We're definitely going to take first place! Liu Lixuan, just wait and see how much money you make!" Jiang Shuyun encouraged.

"That's right, with the captain around, how could you possibly not get first place?"

Everyone looked at Ye Chen, who smiled and nodded.

"come on!"

Everyone, including Lao Liu, formed a circle, placed their hands in the middle, and swung them down heavily.

Their momentum has returned to its peak!

At that moment, the stadium's loudspeaker came on.