Elf: I am really a civilian trainer

"Dah!"

Yan Yong's Bulbasaur roared, and its body swelled visibly, eventually increasing from 1.6 meters to 1.8 meters.

Yan Yong did not stop and continued to let Bulbasaur use [Growth]. After using [Growth] several times in a row, Bulbasaur's size finally increased to 1.95 meters.

12.5% ​​is the size increase of his Bulbasaur after using [Growth] once, and the maximum size increase after using [Growth] multiple times is 20%.

Generally speaking, the [Growth] move can increase the size of a Pokémon by between 8% and 25%.

It has only been about two weeks since his Bulbasaur learned the [Growth] move, and the maximum size increase of 20% is already very good.

However, compared to Mark's Bulbasaur, it is not even a little bit inferior.

After using [Growth], the size of Bulbasaur increased from 5 meters to 9 meters, an increase of 80%. Moreover, that Bulbasaur only used [Growth] once.

It is estimated that if [Growth] is used multiple times, the size of Bulbasaur can be increased by more than 100%.

"Elite-level [Growth] moves? Specialized power?"

"And those hundreds and thousands of [Vine Whips] that spread out, are they also elite-level moves?"

Yan Yong frowned and fell into deep thought.

Even though it was just a short video and there wasn't even any fighting scenes, he was certain that neither his Squirtle nor his Bulbasaur were a match for this Bulbasaur.

To be more precise, not only was he no match for his opponent, he couldn't even find any hope of winning.

The [Water Cannon] that his Squirtle has been practicing hard recently can probably just be used to pour water on this Bulbasaur.

As for his Bulbasaur, it is relatively cowardly and will probably surrender immediately after seeing Mark's Bulbasaur without even waiting for the battle.

Without thinking further, Yan Yong suddenly thought of something and asked the follower next to him: "Is this Bulbasaur of Mark really the same one he had when he entered school?"

The attendant at the side replied, "Chief, many students have already reported this problem. The life fluctuations of this Bulbasaur are exactly the same as the one registered by the Great Demon King Mark two months ago. In addition, the director of the Pokémon Center of the academy, Li Nianqiu, personally measured the age of the Bulbasaur and confirmed that the Bulbasaur is less than three months old."

"Are there any other videos of Mark?"

“Yes, but the process is similar.”

Yan Yong took the tablet and quickly saw the other two battles. The process was exactly the same as what he had seen before. In each case, Bulbasaur jumped into the battle field, immediately cast [Growth] and [Rooting], and then extended dense vines to the entire field.

Under such heavy pressure, Mark's opponent lost all courage to fight and surrendered.

"There are twelve battles in total, but only these three. Aren't there any videos of the other battles?"

"That's not the case. We've seen Mark play in the same division. In the other nine matches, the opponents surrendered before Mark could release Bulbasaur. There were also three people who skipped the match with Mark and didn't even appear in the arena."

Yan Yong took a deep breath and called his cousin Gu Dan.

"Cousin, has Mark already entered Miaomiao Mountain and gained the recognition of Bulbasaur?"

"Just because you can pass the trial in Charizard Valley, is it not enough for Mark to get the recognition of Bulbasaur? You must have seen the video of Mark in the Baby Cup. This Mark is indeed a bit outrageous. You don't have to deliberately compare yourself with him..."

Before Gu Dan could finish his words on the phone, Yan Yong hung up.

From the tone of cousin Gu Dan, Yan Yong could tell that he was not very optimistic about the match between him and Mark, and he probably already assumed that Mark would win the Baby Cup.

However, his Charmander has also completed the trial in the Charizard Valley.

And now it has evolved into a fire dinosaur, and with its restrained attributes, it may not be without the ability to fight.

Yan Yong thought to himself that after watching the video of Mark's Bulbasaur, he had unknowingly completely given up the idea of ​​having a reverse attribute battle with Mark.

Yan Yong was still thinking when his follower beside him suddenly discovered something and exclaimed.

"Chief, the grouping for the top 64 of tomorrow's Baby Cup has been announced. You have been placed in the lower half. Your opponent is Zhao Qiu, who ranked 22nd in the entrance exam. He has two starting Pokémons, one is also Bulbasaur, and the other is Flint. In the first eight preliminaries, he won six, drew one, and lost one. He won all the next four games and advanced. Do you want to see his game videos?"

Yan Yong waved his hand and said, “No need, look at who Mark’s opponent is?”

The henchman nodded: "Let me see... Big Devil Mark is placed in the upper half. As for his first opponent tomorrow... Huh?"

Yan Yongdao: "What happened to his opponent?"

The attendant frowned and said, "His opponent is one of the candidates for the Baby Cup championship. At the beginning, Aimo's odds of winning the championship were second only to you and Xia Kang. His burning bugs are very powerful, and he is also a flame ability user. Logically speaking, he, a candidate for the championship, should not be facing off against the great devil Mark so early."

"What were the initial odds of winning the championship?"

Yan Yong frowned and quickly opened the illustrated book to look through it.

A trainer must not only have the ability to cultivate and train Pokémon, but also have excellent insight and the ability to judge the situation, and be able to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the opponent based on observation.

The so-called Baby Cup Odds is a unique course in Hack Elf Academy.

During the Baby Cup competition, each new student will receive 100 points for betting, and can go all in or split the bets.

In the end, each person can get a reward of 0 to 10 credits based on the final number of points.

Yan Yong quickly flipped through the illustrations and found the column for the Baby Cup winning odds.

At this time, Mark's odds had jumped from 13th before the start of the game, with odds of 18.37, to first place, with odds of 1.72.

His odds were second at 2.96, Xia Kang was third at 3.56, and Aimo, who he was most afraid of before, was right behind Xia Kang, with odds of 3.58...

Chapter 170: Conspiracy surges, the seeds of Amakusa tailor-made for Mark

September 9th, 25:9 a.m., Hack Elf Academy Training Ground, Battle Field No. 1.

Although there is still half an hour before the official competition of the Baby Cup, the venue is already packed with spectators.

After all, the next battle will be the focus of this Baby Cup.

The Great Demon Lord Mark's Bulbasaur versus the Flame User Aimo's Burning Bug.

The audience included not only the freshmen of this year and nearby residents, but also many second- and third-year seniors, some college teachers who came to the viewing area, and even some local gym members and league officials.

At this time, the students had already started a heated discussion in the viewing area.

"Do you think that Elmo has a chance of winning this battle? I watched the video of Elmo's preliminaries match. His Burning Bug is very strong. He even defeated a Squirtle by using his reverse attributes."

"After all, he is a candidate for the championship, but compared to Lord Mark's Bulbasaur, the gap is still a bit big, isn't it?"

"Indeed, it seems that the gap is a bit big, but it can't be said that Aimo has no chance of winning."

"How to say?"

"First, it's attribute restraint. Big Demon King Mark's Bulbasaur is good at grass-attribute moves, and the attributes of the Burning Bug are fire + bug, which is a double restraint. The effect of grass-attribute moves on the Burning Bug will be doubly weakened.

On the other hand, Aimo's Burning Bug is good at fire attacks. The fire attribute restrains the grass attribute, and the attack is enhanced.

With one increase and one decrease, the gap between Burning Bug and Bulbasaur will be narrowed. Also, I heard that Aimo has a secret move that he hasn't used yet, so I think this battle should be 40-60."

"Who's four and who's six?"

"It must be Mark the Great Demon King 6. I heard that Mark the Great Demon King might be a researcher-type trainer. He might not be very good at fighting Pokémon, but is only good at breeding Pokémon. Otherwise, I think Mark the Great Demon King might have an 80% or even 90% chance of winning."

"A researcher-type trainer? Where did you hear that? Isn't he ranked first among the freshmen?"

"You can see it on the freshman forum of Hack College. Although Mark ranked first in the overall admissions, not many people paid attention to him. With the release of the video of the Baby Cup in the past two days, a lot of information about Mark has been revealed. Since he entered the college, he has never been to the college's battle field, nor has he studied practical courses. Every day, he either stays in the library or goes to the college's experimental center."

"Experimental center? Doesn't that require an assistant qualification certificate?"

"Well, actually I got a piece of inside information. Mark applied for a double major and he is already a trainee researcher. You have read Mark's profile, right? It is said that his two-in-one Magneto is the result of his research."

"Normal Magnetron evolves into 3-in-1 Magnetron. Although his 2-in-1 Magnetron is a mutant elf, it must be useless, right?"

"I thought so at first, but I heard a piece of news recently. Do you know what the two-in-one Magneto will become after it evolves?"

"A weakened version of Magneto?"

"Four-in-one Magneto?"

Facing the questions from several people, the student wearing glasses just smiled and said nothing, which made several students and elves around him angry and they kept pushing him.

In fact, not only the students around, but also the cleaner who was eavesdropping on the conversation a few meters away was furious.

I wish I could give this student a few slaps in a row so that he can change his bad habit of speaking halfway through.

The cleaner is not a real cleaner. Under the blue hat, he has emerald green hair.

As for why the hair is emerald green.

On the one hand, it is a personal preference, and on the other hand, it is because the man disguised as a cleaner is Cai Chen, a cadre from Amakusa Society.

Members of Amakusa-sha like to dye their hair green.

The reason why Cai Chen came here disguised as a cleaner was, firstly, to monitor the actions of the Thunder Group, and secondly, he had a talent in mind and decided to kidnap Mark and develop him into a member of the Amakusa Society.

That’s right, not only the Thunder Group wants to take Mark into their pocket, but Amakusa Society does the same.

In fact, Amakusa didn't originally pay attention to Mark.

All of this was the news that Amakusa Society sent back to the Thunder Group. Only then did Amakusa Society start to pay attention to Mark and then had ideas about Mark.

"The initial Pokémon is a grass-type Bulbasaur, and it's such a powerful Bulbasaur. It's such a waste to join the Thunderbolts. It should become a member of our Amakusa Club. It's just a little troublesome to capture it, but..."

Cai Chen looked at the battlefield below the stands and murmured to himself, then suddenly smiled.

"However, it would be much easier if it was a researcher-type trainer..."

As we all know, researcher-type trainers generally have weak constitutions, so it is relatively easy to capture them.

In addition, the will of researcher-type trainers is relatively weaker than that of normal trainers.

There are many trainers who would rather die than surrender, but there are only a few researchers who would rather die than surrender.

At this time, there were many researchers captured from the Principality of Yilan in the base of Amakusa Society. Although these researchers complained a lot, they surrendered and accepted their fate very quickly.

Of course, directly using captives to make Mark submit is too inefficient.

The reason why Cai Chen wanted to capture Mark was actually to make Mark lay the seeds of Amakusa.

The so-called Amakusa seeds are special seeds developed by Amakusa Society in the past two years. They can allow the user to obtain the will of Amakusa and become a member of Amakusa Society.

The weaker the user's physique and willpower, the better the effect and the faster it takes effect.

Well, it was tailor-made for Mark.

"The only problem is Raymond..."

Cai Chen's pupils shrank, and he saw Raymond's figure in the player rest area below the battlefield.

As an old enemy who has fought with Raymond no less than ten times, although Raymond's appearance and temperament have changed drastically, and he even became bald, he still recognized Raymond's identity at a glance.

According to his investigations these days, Raymond and Mark have an unusual relationship, and it is very likely that he has secretly developed Mark into a member of the Thunder Group through gentle means.

Raymond knows both him and Amakusa Club very well, and their strength should not be underestimated.