Elf: I have a secret realm of emerald green.

Ellie retorted without any hesitation. Although she was also a proud person, she would never stoop to elevating herself by belittling others.

Rather, this is true pride.

Cole shrugged, not wanting to make a fool of himself.

They then turned to their supporters and continued to belittle the competitive level of the Pokémon at the University of Fog City.

As the match ended, the audience gradually left the venue.

Plymouth and her group of more than ten people did not rush to squeeze out with the other audience members. Instead, they stayed in their seats, chatting and laughing, waiting for instructions from their leader.

Not long after, Jenny saw that most of the people had left and counted the number of people.

After confirming that no one had strayed from the group, Jenny continued, "Alright, let's go, let's head to University of the Mist."

…………

At dusk, Qiyao Mountain is at its liveliest time of day.

The team members, having finished a full day of study and training, returned from the main campus.

Those who want to rest, rest; those who want to practice more, practice more.

In the dim and peaceful environment, a few lights dotted the sky, and wisps of smoke drifted from chimneys, adding a touch of human warmth to the Seven Luminaries Mountain, where humans and elves coexist harmoniously.

On this seemingly ordinary day, Seven Stars Mountain welcomed a group of guests from abroad.

In the training hall next to the Seven Luminaries Mountain Waterfall.

Ye Rou was explaining the usage instructions for the training hall to the guests from Plymouth.

"This training gym is the same as the one on the main campus, providing services to students 24 hours a day. The only thing to note is that, because the Pokémon and training habits are different, each training room has its own owner."

"The training room numbers are the same as your dormitory numbers, and there are signs in the lobby, so I won't take you to see them one by one. Does anyone have any questions?"

After patiently explaining, Ye Rou added a token sentence before preparing to slip away to training.

"No problem, thank you for your help."

With just a simple rule in place, and given that the Plymouth students weren't unable to understand Chinese, Jenny, who was in charge, immediately said there was no problem.

Rou Ge nodded and pointed to the door of his training room not far away, "If you have any questions, come find me. I'm in training room number two."

After saying that, she hurriedly walked into her training room.

Jenny led her students into the training hall to familiarize them with the place where they would be training daily for the next period of time.

……

"Tsk, this stadium looks pretty impressive from the outside, but why are the training rooms inside so cramped?"

Cole looked around at the doors of the training rooms not far apart and complained to his companions.

If the doors are close together, it naturally means that the rooms inside are small.

Even the smallest training room here is equivalent to a standard room in a top-tier commercial training facility.

But as he walked along, seeing the doors getting closer and closer still inexplicably irritated Cole.

The source of the annoyance might be the feeling that the university administration did not value him, a student from a world-class institution.

The training hall at Qiyaoshan is different from other places; the room numbers are arranged according to the strength and status of the team members.

The larger the number, the weaker the strength, and the smaller the room will be.

There are quite a few people on the Chongqing University team, and these essential resources have already been mostly divided up. What's left are mostly large rooms.

Therefore, the training rooms reserved for these guests were naturally the smallest ones.

However, this is more than enough to meet the daily training needs of professional trainers below the fifth dan level.

From both a rational and etiquette perspective, the university's arrangement is perfectly reasonable.

After all, the better training rooms are definitely reserved for the main members of the school team.

We can't just give it up for a group of members from other schools across the ocean, can we?

Isn't that despicable?

Furthermore, the actual difference in area between the minimum and maximum training intervals is not that significant, and the difference between the hardware and software is at most 30%.

The purpose of creating some differentiation is mainly to encourage competition within the school team, giving reserve and substitute members the motivation to improve.

…………

But Cole, who was overly self-conscious, thought differently.

The further he went in, the angrier he became, especially with Rou Ge's impatient tone as he rushed to training.

At this point, his resentment towards this "backward region of elf competition" in his mind had reached a limit.

It should be an honor for you to come to this shabby place for an exchange, but this is how you treat me, your distinguished guest?

Cole felt he couldn't take it anymore.

"Ms. Jennifer, I..."

Cole called out to Jenny, who was leading the way, and was about to vent his grievances when he saw the deep meaning in Jenny's eyes.

Cole swallowed the words that were on the tip of his tongue. After hesitating for a second, he changed his words and said, "I... need to go to the bathroom."

Jenny didn't suspect anything and turned her head. "Go ahead, and follow me later."

Cole responded and hurried toward the hall.

He didn't actually go to the toilet, but instead went to the front of the most impressive training room, which also seemed to be the largest in terms of area.

Strictly speaking, the Qiyaoshan Training Hall is a public resource of the school, and each training room is not locked.

The team members know each other and train together every day, so naturally they wouldn't use other people's training rooms.

want to?

Then go and fight for it yourself.

From reserve team to substitute, from substitute to starter, and from starter to core player.

As long as you have enough strength, or show the same potential as Xia Shen, Training Room No. 1 will be your reserve.

Therefore, no one would normally even consider taking Xia Shen's private training room number one.

But Cole, who was new to the place and in a fit of rage, didn't care about that. He grabbed the doorknob of training room number one and tried to go inside.

Although he was blinded by resentment and anger at the moment, he didn't actually know what he wanted to do when he went in.

In short, he pushed open this door, which held special significance within the University of Chongqing.

...............

"what are you doing?"

A loud shout from a short distance away interrupted Cole's actions.

Already feeling a little guilty, his hand trembled, and he instantly became much more sober.

Turning his head, he saw a tall, thin man with blond hair glaring at him as he strode towards him.

Cole pretended not to understand what he was saying, shrugged, and replied in English, "Sorry, I don't understand Chinese. I just want to find a place to train. Is there a problem?"

But the blond-haired guy wasn't so easily fooled. He immediately switched languages ​​and continued to press for answers in fluent English.

"Didn't the guide who brought you here tell you that the only rule in the training hall is not to enter other people's training rooms, let alone this training room number one?"

The blond-haired boy was none other than Wang Yan, whom I had beaten up once when Xia Shen first enrolled last summer.

Of course, so much time has passed that there is no longer any animosity between the two.

On the contrary, Wang Yan now has great faith in Xia Shen, and can even be considered his die-hard fan.

At this moment, he was on his way to training when he saw that Xia Shen's private room was about to be used by an outsider. How could he tolerate this?

It was even more painful than being bullied, so he immediately stepped forward and stopped the brown-haired foreign guy.

……

"Nobody told me this. I thought this training room looked empty, so I wanted to go in and take a look. Is that not allowed? Is this how you treat guests at Wudu University?"

Cole calmed down at this moment, and with a few words, he not only exonerated himself but also turned the tables on Wang Yan.

Now it seems that Wang Yan is in the wrong.

At this time, more and more school team members came to the training hall for training, and many people saw that the door of training room number one was opened by someone who was not Xia Shen.

Some looked displeased, while others gathered around out of curiosity.

After understanding the issue being debated by the two, someone in the crowd made a suggestion.

"This is easy to handle. Just ask Rou-ge. She's in charge of all the reception affairs at Qiyao Mountain. Does she not know whether she's been told or not?"

Justified and convincing.

For Cole, one lie requires countless lies to cover it up.

Although he felt guilty and in the wrong, he had no choice but to keep being stubborn now that things had come to this point.

So, someone in the crowd, who loved watching the drama unfold, immediately pressed the door button for training room number two, which was not far away.

A short while later, Ye Rou, covered in sweat, opened the door to the training room.

…………

"I see..."

Ye Rou nodded, then looked thoughtfully at Cole, whose face was slightly flushed.

This matter is neither a big deal nor a small one.

It wasn't a big deal, but it was just that the wrong training room door was opened.

It's a small matter, Ye Rou just told them not to go into the training room, and then someone came to cause trouble.

As for Cole's explanation that he couldn't understand Chinese...

Rou scoffed, "Do you think I'm stupid?"

Even if you really don't understand, why are you the only one who came back now?

Where are your teammates? Didn't they tell you about this one and only rule?