This trainer has no moral principles

After checking, the receptionist nodded and said, "Please go to the right and wait patiently in the lounge. You will be notified in about half an hour to go on stage. It may be earlier or later, depending on the situation of the previous game."

"Ok."

You Zhi had no objection. After all, this made sense. The world did not revolve around him. Gym leaders also needed rest. It was impossible for them to be on call 24 hours a day without a break, waiting for the protagonist to come and challenge them.

Usually the working hours of a gym leader are 955:, but there are also some who are particularly diligent and some who are particularly casual. Anyway, the alliance will conduct performance appraisals every quarter, and those who fail to meet the requirements may be stripped of their qualifications as gym leaders.

In addition, dojos usually sell tickets to the public and welcome tourists to watch the fights. After deducting the portion used to repair the venue from the ticket revenue, the remaining portion belongs to the owner personally.

The League also encourages this behavior, believing that it can boost the enthusiasm of gym owners. Accepting challenges from trainers purely for the sake of work can easily breed laziness, and over time, people will become perfunctory.

Moreover, as the face of the alliance, if all gym leaders are poor and struggling, it will inevitably dampen the enthusiasm of the trainers. Allowing them to have a decent income will also help maintain the image of the alliance.

From the perspective of gym owners, in order to make the audience feel that the tickets are worthwhile, it is inevitable to plan the schedule to ensure that the event is both compact and exciting, so the introduction of the reservation system became a natural thing.

Otherwise, people spend money to buy tickets, but no one comes to challenge them all morning, or those who come to challenge are all junior trainers, making all the competitions extremely boring. Who would be willing to spend the money next time?

In short, the more Yuzhi learns about gym management, the more disillusioned he becomes with his childhood.

While he was waiting in the lounge, he suddenly heard passionate cheers coming from outside.

"It seems there is an expert here. Well, that's good news for me."

After a while, the staff reminded him that it was his turn to go on stage, and took out a spirit detector to conduct a test before going on stage to prevent other trainers from pretending to be pigs and eating the tigers.

You Zhi cooperated by releasing his spiritual power, and the instrument displayed four stars, which was the same as he had guessed.

Although his total spiritual power has reached the five-star level, his strength is indeed only four stars. It is not known whether it is due to the original owner's extraordinary talent or the changes that occurred after he traveled through time.

The staff confirmed that the information was correct, briefly explained some precautions, and then led the way ahead.

You Zhi rubbed his cheeks with his hands, took a deep breath, and said with emotion: "I have finally taken the first step to realize my childhood fantasy. I feel a little excited for some reason."

I can't say I'm nervous, after all, I've experienced life and death, but I can't help but feel excited and eager to try it.

He followed the staff and walked along the athlete's passage to the training ground in the stadium. Looking around, he saw about a hundred people sitting scattered in the audience seats, which seemed very sparse compared to the 2,000 seats. Some of them were getting up and leaving because they judged based on past experience that the previous game was the most exciting one in the event schedule and the following games would not be worth watching.

You Zhi naturally didn't care about the audience's thoughts. Neither did the gym owner, A Bi. He looked like a girl but had a delicate mind. He shook You Zhi's hand first, then asked with concern, "You've never held a badge before. Is this your first time challenging a gym?"

"Well, the Hinoki Gym was my first battle."

"Then I wish you good luck in your first battle. Don't take it too seriously if you lose. Most trainers fail in their first battle, but some of them still become champions in the future."

Abi first gave a thoughtful warning, then said, "How about using two elves for the competition?"

Although three Pokémon are the standard for a formal duel, the gym leader will exercise discretion within an appropriate range based on the strength of the challenger. For example, when facing a newcomer, they will use weaker or even newly captured Pokémon for a 1V1 or 2V2 duel. When facing a master with seven badges, they will use their strongest Pokémon.

According to the "Johto Gym Challenge Guide" in Begas's study, Abi's strongest Pokémon is Tyranitar, which has a panel attack power of 2600. However, this Pokémon will obviously not be sent out against a novice trainer.

"No problem." You Zhi naturally had no objection.

The two of them each chose a side of the training ground and stood still. The duel barrier was activated. Abi thought for a moment, then pulled out a Pokémon card from the void and said, "I choose you for the first battle."

Katu's light flashed, and a blue-skinned mantis appeared on the field.

[Invaders from Another Dimension (4 stars) Dark]

[Pedigree: Insect]

【Level: 16】

[Attack power: 950 (855)]

【Defense Strength: 1400 (1260)】

[Demon Clan, Description: Aliens who came to Earth from outside the Milky Way]

You Zhi was stunned for a moment. This guy and the insect man don’t look completely different, they are exactly the same!

The two elves only differ in skin color, so why is one an insect and the other a demon?

Why is one an indigenous insect living in the forest and the other an alien invader?

Changing your skin doubles your combat power. What kind of rubbish skin-changing pay-to-win mobile game is this?

As if he could hear Youzhi's inner complaints, Abi explained with a smile: "Do you think it looks like an insect man? Haha, it is indeed an evolved form of an insect man. I was surprised at first too."

You Zhimu nodded with a serious expression, then drew a card to summon the long-prepared Neon Stone Spirit, and encouraged him, "Let this battle show the results of your training."

When Abi saw the Neon Stone Elf, his eyes lit up. "What a beautiful elf! I've never seen one before. Which district is she from?"

There was a commotion in the audience, and it was obvious that they were equally amazed, especially the old spectators who had bought annual tickets and had seen thousands of games. They all sighed that they had earned back the price of their ticket today.

However, no one took out their mobile phones to take pictures, because local gyms have clear rules prohibiting tourists from taking pictures or videos unless they get the consent of the trainer himself.

Yuzhi disdained to lie about such things: "It's the Johto District."

"Hey, she's an elf from the Johto district?"

Ah Bi couldn't hide his surprise. "No one has ever discovered this before. There are so many types of elves... But beauty doesn't mean strength. Let me test her abilities myself."

Chapter 31: The Insect-Bewitching Demon

"The Neonite uses the water gun."

Seeing that the gym owner A Bi intended him to attack first, You Zhi didn't hesitate. He first covered the field with the "Ice Water Erosion" that was automatically refined due to the effect of the elves to absorb spiritual power. Then he gave a random command and started to refine spell cards.

He has a very clear understanding of his own position. Commanding battles is not his strong point, but grasping the timing is what he is good at. So he tries to play to his strengths and avoid his weaknesses, and use spell cards to assist the elves.

Of course, what he is best at is fighting in person, but unfortunately, this is a formal duel, and the trainers are all protected by barriers, so it is difficult to launch a sneak attack. In addition, it is easy to be criticized in the public eye, so he can only regretfully give up the idea of ​​​​capturing the thief.

"Avoid using bug bites afterward."

A Bi intends to test the opponent's strength in order to decide which elf to send as the second one.

A gym leader's job is not to make things difficult for trainers, but to test them, so evenly matched matches are more meaningful.

The blue-skinned insect man was very agile, easily dodging the spraying water, then quickly biting at close range while continuously using claws with both arms.

The Neon Stone Fairy was stunned by the continuous attacks. She was at a loss and had to squat down with her head in her hands to defend. Her defense was twice that of her opponent's attack. For a while, she was safe. She could hear the tinkling sounds, but she didn't suffer much damage.

There was a burst of laughter from the audience, who were obviously amused by the Neon Elf's reaction, and at the same time, they were also laughing at You Zhi for sending such a spirit without any fighting spirit to fight.

Not all elves are good at fighting. Some elves are just vase characters and are usually used as mascots.

Judging from the appearance alone, the Neon Stone Spirit is indeed very suitable for a mascot, unlike the Goblin Assault Force and the Demon Lizard Yihao, who can be seen at first glance as veterans on the battlefield.

Seeing this, You Zhi felt helpless and could only slow down the refining speed and distractedly commanded: "Don't be afraid, use Frozen Wind to fight back."

After receiving the order, the Neon Stone Fairy seemed to have found a backbone. Without any obvious movement, a biting cold current swept around her.

At such a close distance, the blue-skinned insect man had no time to dodge and was frozen. His body was covered with white frost and even his movements became slow.

A Bi frowned slightly, and while refining the spell, he issued an order: "Use Lightning Flash and Continuous Slash to counterattack."

Slash Combo is a move whose power increases with the number of attacks, while Flash can burst out speed in a short period of time. These two moves are relatively well-known combination techniques and are known to most trainers.

The blue-skinned insect man waved his claws and launched a series of attacks around the Neon Stone Spirit, but the Neon Stone Spirit's defense was too strong, and it could not cause decent damage before the power of the continuous slash was increased.

You Zhi said, "Use Rockfall to attack from all directions."

The neon spirit waved its crystal ponytail, and pieces of rocks appeared out of thin air, smashing in all directions.

A Bi hurriedly said, "Get out of the way."

The blue-skinned insect man tried to pull back, but he was too close and was frozen by the cold current, so he had no time to dodge and was hit by the group of stones and flew out.

The Rock type has a restraining effect on the Bug type, so this is definitely not easy. Although the Neon is not a Rock type, it can master Rock type skills... It's not surprising. Charizard and Gyarados are not Dragon types, but they still have Dragon type skills.

You Zhi praised, "Well done, keep suppressing with the Frozen Wind."

The Neon Stone Spirit raised his head and took a look at the miserable state of his opponent. He gained more confidence and continued to unleash the biting cold current according to the instructions. This move had a wide attack range and was almost impossible to dodge.

Seeing this, Abi thought for a moment and said decisively, "Don't be afraid, rush over and use the split."

You Zhi said calmly, "Alternate between using Falling Rocks and Icy Wind."

The Neon Stone Spirit did as he was told, summoning a group of stones to shoot out into the air, knocking the blue-skinned insect man away again.

The icy wind slowed down the speed, and the falling rocks restrained the damage. Both moves were area attacks and difficult to dodge. The Neon Stone Spirit just used these two moves alternately, and beat the blue-skinned insect man without any ability to fight back. Not to mention counterattack, he couldn't even dodge.

A Bi hesitated for a moment, but couldn't think of a way to break the spell. If the invader from another dimension mastered the shadow clone or air blade, he would still be able to fight, but this elf had not been trained much.

Of course, letting the Pokémon run around the edge of the field to delay time while he takes the opportunity to refine a powerful spell card to directly destroy the Neon Spirit is also a solution, but doing so obviously goes beyond the scope of treating a new trainer and is a violation of his duties.

So, he ended up doing nothing. He watched the blue-skinned insect man being defeated and praised him, "Very good! It's obvious that you've only just captured this Pokémon, but you've perfectly channeled its strength. For a trainer, this ability is more valuable than combat command."

"I also think so."

You Zhike has never been a humble person, and he accepted the other party's compliment as if it was a matter of course.

"Ah Bo~"

The Neon Stone Spirit put his hands on his hips, held his head high and chest out, with an equally proud expression.

Abi had probably rarely seen such a confident rookie trainer. He was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "If that's the case, then I have to be a little more serious. The Pokémon I'm going to send out next will be much stronger than the invaders from another dimension. You have to be careful - before that, I'll use my spell card to destroy your covered card!"

[Quick Attack Magic: Whirlwind]

[Effect: Select 1 Spell or Trap Card on the field and destroy it.]

There were more than a hundred spectators watching the game, and it was impossible for Youzhi to take out the Pokémon Encyclopedia to check the real effect in such an occasion. Fortunately, the effect of this spell card was simple and clear, and it could be understood by external identification alone.

Suddenly, a vortex mixed with lightning blew up on the training ground, sucking in the "Ice Water Erosion" that had completed its spirit storage, destroying it in one fell swoop.

"Death before achieving success..."

You Zhi thought to himself why the other party didn't follow the routine. The newly acquired props should play an important role in the next battle. This is the normal plot development. As a result, "Ice Water Erosion" was just a formality and disappeared. It was too unlucky. It was not "Exploding Armor".

Ignoring his opponent's hesitation, Abi pulled a card from the void and said solemnly, "Lurking in the bottomless pit, luring prey with a lovely appearance, the embodiment of pity and evil, descend, Tryon!"

[Train's Worm Demon (4 Star) Land]

[Lineage: Insect, Ground]

【Level: 28】

[Attack power: 1600 (1920)]

【Defense Strength: 1200 (1440)】

Insect-Type, Description: This card is unaffected by the effects of Normal Trap Cards with "Hole" or "Hill" in their names. When this card is Normal Summoned, you can add 1 Normal Trap Card with "Hole" or "Hill" in its name from your Deck to your hand. Also, when this card is Special Summoned, select 1 Magic/Trap Card your opponent controls and destroy it.

(Zaizhu: Trion's original form is an ant lion, so his ground attribute makes sense.)

Chapter 32: Cracking the Digging Hole

As A Bi sang, an elf with the appearance of a girl appeared on the scene. She had short white hair and clothes that seemed to be woven from leaves.

Compared to the neon elf that looks unreal at first glance, this elf is closer to humans. If you ignore the horns on her head, she is no different from an ordinary human girl. And with her nervous and timid expression, she looks even more pitiful.

"I was shocked. I had to recite the introduction line to summon a mere four-star elf. I thought it was a mythical god."

In Youzhi's memory, there was only a long summoning phrase when the three mythical gods appeared. After all, he had only read the first part of the comics.

The elf's cute appearance did not let him relax his vigilance at all, not to mention the subtle aura of danger emanating from the other party. The summoning words just now also mentioned "luring and killing prey with cuteness" and "the embodiment of pity and evil". In this case, he would not relax because of the other party's cute appearance, unless he was an incurable lolita control.

"No way! Gym Leader Abi actually summoned Tryon. Wasn't he supposed to be a rookie trainer? Could it be that there's a grudge between the two sides?"

"This shows that this new trainer has real talent. You saw the battle just now. This new trainer's Pokémon won without any difficulty."

"How can Shiny Bugman compare to Trion? Trion is Gym Leader Abi's main backup and is not something a rookie trainer can handle. And I'm confident that I can beat Shiny Bugman."

"It's not intentional bullying. Trion is a ground-type, and will be restrained by water-types. Director Abi didn't send out other main elves. Obviously, he took this into consideration and intentionally restricted himself."

"I thought the rest of this was just garbage time, but I didn't expect to see two girl elves fighting. Just for this one match, today's tickets are worth it! Let those who left early regret it!"

When the audience saw the second Pokémon sent by A Bi, they immediately exploded and talked about it. Especially the old audience members, who were very familiar with the owner's Pokémon and leaked all the relevant information.

Abi didn't stop him, allowing Youzhi to gather information from the audience. He then placed the spell card that had emerged from his hand onto the field and carefully explained, "Trion, like your elf, has the effect of transforming a spell card into a card upon appearance. Why don't you guess what this card is?"

What else could it be? It’s either a hole or a cave. It’s a pity that I don’t have a flying elf, otherwise I wouldn’t have to worry at all.

You Zhi complained in his heart, but instructed: "Use the previous tactics."