Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

It seemed that talking about Xia Yan gave her a lot of courage.

Lillie was genuinely proud to be Xia Yan's student.

Ash and Gary exchanged a glance.

"Teacher?!" the two shouted at the same time.

He appeared to be very agitated.

Lillie was startled by them.

He instinctively shrank back behind Gladgio.

Gladion sensed his sister Lillie's condition and frowned slightly.

But remembering that Xia Yan had asked them to pick up the people, they held back from speaking.

Nanami, however, noticed Lillie's situation.

Boom!Boom!

Two "explosive" chestnuts were awarded to the two men.

Then he leaned down and whispered very gently to Lillie:

"I apologize on their behalf; they didn't mean it."

Looking at Nanami's gentle demeanor, Lillie responded in a soft, mosquito-like voice, "Mmm."

Gladion's eyes twitched as he looked at Ash and Gary, who were crouching on the ground with their heads in their hands.

How do you manage to switch freely between violence and gentleness?

He took a deep breath and said slowly, "Everyone, the teacher should have already gone back to prepare for the finals. Shall we take you there?"

"Then I'll have to trouble you," Hanako said with a smile.

"No way! Mr. Xia Yan has started accepting students, and I'm not among them!!"

Xiao Zhi hurriedly got into the car.

"idiot."

Shigeru couldn't help but complain, but his movements were no slower than Ash's.

Looking at the two people who had already sat down in the chairs.

Gladio: "..."

Xia Yan, who was far away at the Manaro Stadium, thought of sending Gladion and Lillie to pick up Ash and Gary.

Thinking about their early encounter.

He couldn't help but reveal a mischievous smile.

It sent a chill down the spines of the people standing next to Watari.

I thought Xia Yan had come up with some new tactic.

Chapter 196 Xia Yan VS Sirona

After the semi-finals, it drizzled a little.

When Xiaozhi and his friends arrived at the villa where Xia Yan and the others were staying, the rain had just stopped, and the glowing sunset in the west resembled a ripe apple.

On the lawn of the villa.

Xia Yan and the others are taking care of their elves.

Xia Yan and Cynthia, in particular, worked hard to get their respective Pokémon in top condition.

At that moment, Gladio led the timid Lillie in.

Ash, Gary, Hanako, and Nanami followed behind.

Xiao Zhi stared wide-eyed.

He looked around with an air of naiveté, as if he had never seen the world before.

Xiao Mao, on the other hand, seemed much older and more mature than his age.

His eyes were only on Xia Yan, who was squatting on the ground, and their elves.

He has been with Professor Oak since he was a child, studying and observing all kinds of Pokémon.

They've even started assisting Professor Oak, organizing and compiling information.

Therefore, he could still vaguely see the excellence of Xia Yan and the others' Pokémon.

“Teacher, we’ve brought everyone back,” Gladgio said as he walked up to Xia Yan.

Actually, Xia Yan noticed them when they came in.

He just kept observing silently, wanting to see what kind of "spark" would fly between the young Gladion and Ash.

The result was naturally somewhat "disappointing" to him; Gladion simply couldn't be bothered to pay any attention to Ash.

In this respect, he's similar to Xiao Mao.

Both of them are people with very good personal qualities, and they instinctively ignore the somewhat simple-minded Zhiye.

I doubt anyone could have imagined that Ash would end up being the most successful of the three of them.

Of course, the achievements mentioned only refer to participation in the league competition.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Gladion, and little Lillie, you were great too." Xia Yan smiled and ruffled Lillie's hair.

Gladgio didn't think much of Xia Yan's praise, since he considered the matter quite simple.

But Lillie is different.

She was delighted by the praise, her eyes crinkling with happiness.

“Summon your Umbreon so I can see it,” Xia Yan said.

He's going to check my homework.

"Teacher, how about we wait until next time? You have a competition tomorrow," Gladio said hesitantly.

"It's alright, it won't take much time," Xia Yan waved his hand casually.

What can you do in such a short time?

His Pokémon were almost fully formed, so less than half an hour wouldn't have much of an impact on them.

Gladion's expression turned serious, and he nodded solemnly as he took out a Poké Ball and summoned his Umbreon.

“Buyi”.

Umbreon has a rather aloof personality. It nodded to Gladion and Xia Yan, but didn't seem to care about the others.

"Gary! Gary, look! It's a Pokémon! He has a Pokémon!" Ash shouted excitedly when he saw this.

Xiao Mao naturally saw this scene as well, and frowned slightly.

The three of them were roughly the same age. He and Ash were not yet old enough to receive a Pokémon, but Gladion already had an Umbreon.

Xiao Mao quickly figured out the key point.

The Kanto region where they live is the best-regulated region in the League, with a restriction on obtaining a starter Pokémon at age ten. This is to prevent these young guys from doing bad things with their Pokémon because their minds are not mature enough.

For example, the guy next to me who's shouting and yelling.

This is also a policy that the League has been implementing in recent years, and Ash and Gary are among the first batch of people to "enjoy" this policy.

However, the Alola region has only just opened, and the League obviously can't oversee it yet.

Furthermore, judging from the car that Gladion came to pick them up, Gladion's family background must be quite wealthy, and obtaining several Pokémon is very easy for him.

This Umbreon is being trained very well... Shigeru thought to himself.

Ignoring the boisterous Ash, Gary watched Natsuhiko and Gladion intently, wanting to see how Natsuhiko would teach.

Xia Yan didn't hold back at all. He called over Umbreon and reached out to pet it a few times.

Then he said to Lillie, "Lillie, come here, I have something to say to you."

"Uh-huh."

Lillie obediently squatted down next to Xia Yan.

"Did you feel it? These are the two most crucial muscles for Umbreon's leg power generation, but the muscles that truly affect its speed are actually here, in the back..."

Xia Yan explained it to Lillie and Gladio little by little.

While he was teaching, Ash couldn't help but run to the side to watch the other Pokémon, while Gary stood behind and listened quietly, his expression becoming more and more serious as he listened.

"Watari, Kona, Daiwu, Sirona."

When Nanami saw her friends, she went up to greet them one by one with a smile.

"Nanami."

The group responded with smiles.

"Xia Yan is a really good teacher, quite proper and conscientious," Nanami said.

"That's right, after all, he's Dr. Xia Yan." Du said with a hint of pride.

"PhD?"

Nanami paused for a moment.

She knew about the fairy-themed research that had been trending online recently, and she knew that it was published by Xia Yan. She also knew that many people were speculating whether Xia Yan could obtain a doctoral degree based on this research, but she did not know the result.

Kona took Nanami's hand and said with a smile:

"Yes, Senior Xia Yan has already passed the application, but the alliance hasn't announced it yet. It should be soon."

Hearing Kona say that, Nanami's pretty face was filled with shock.

Although she was somewhat prepared, Nanami was still shocked when she heard that he had indeed disappeared.

A PhD in Pokémon Studies who is not yet twenty years old?

The youngest PhD in Pokémon Studies in the entire Pokémon world?