Chapter 71: Let's Make the First Class Actual Combat Training!

"Here!" A boy with wheat-colored skin and shoulder-length blue hair stepped forward and spoke; under Luo Mu's gaze, he was clearly nervous, paused, took a deep breath, and then said, "I am Ai Li Qi Si. I want to become a Pokémon Trainer as strong as my older brother! My starter partner is Sprigatito!"

"Hello, Ai Li Qi Si." Luo Mu smiled and nodded, signaling with his eyes that the boy could sit down, then continued, "Ao Ao Jiaofu."

This time, the one who stood up was an elegant boy wearing luxurious clothes and sporting a pink bowl cut.

His expression seemed somewhat unwilling, as if he had been forcibly dragged here by someone and could only attend class reluctantly due to the other party's authority.

"Present~" Ao Ao Jiaofu called out listlessly, his face full of perfunctoriness: "My starter Pokémon is Fidough~"

Luo Mu said nothing more and continued, "Pi Pa."

"My name is Pi Pa. My starter Pokémon is Mankey. I'm a sports specialty student, and I love fighting!"

As a sports specialty student, Pi Pa was tall and handsome, exuding unparalleled confidence in every move he made.

"Pi Na."

"My name is Pi Na. My starter Pokémon is Pawniard, and I currently serve as the Student Council President."

The roll call took only five minutes; with only fifteen students, it wasn't many, and after just one round, Luo Mu had linked each student's name with their appearance and memorized their starter Pokémon, categorizing them in his mind.

He divided the students who had chosen the battle course into two categories.

The first category consisted of students who already possessed some experience as Trainers and had engaged in quite a few real battles; senior students like Pi Na and Pi Pa fell into this group.

The second category included students who had clearly received their starter Pokémon not long ago; one could tell at a glance that their experience as Trainers and in real battles was pitifully scarce, and students like Hearing Hearing Nimo, Ai Li Qi Si, and Ao Ao Jiaofu were classified here.

As for Pei Pa, he was somewhat different from them; while Ao Ao Jiaofu was his starter Pokémon, it was also a presence that had accompanied Pei Pa since childhood, so its strength accumulated over many years was certainly not weak, but paired with Pei Pa, a Trainer who knew nothing about battle, how much of that strength could actually be unleashed remained to be seen.

Luo Mu could only classify him as an exception.

Clearing his throat lightly, Luo Mu spoke: "Let me clarify in advance that my teaching style will lean more toward helping you gain practical experience; I will occasionally apply to the principal to lead you out of the campus to the wild, other cities, or even other regions to obtain valuable battle experience."

"Although it might be tiring, I can guarantee that you will all grow in my class; does everyone have confidence?"

"Yes~"

Among the students, some responded loudly with excitement like Hearing Hearing Nimo, while others responded with perfunctoriness like Ao Ao Jiaofu.

Different students require different methods to teach according to their aptitude; Luo Mu was not in a hurry to become familiar with them in the first class, as such things could not be rushed and had to be pursued gradually.

A class period was not long, lasting just over an hour; after recognizing everyone and finishing his speech, Luo Mu went straight to the main topic—actual combat.

First, he needed to have the students battle each other so that he could ascertain their strengths and weaknesses for targeted training.

"Hearing Hearing Nimo versus Ai Li Qi Si, Pi Na versus Ao Ao Jiaofu, Pi Pa versus Nicole, and as for Pei Pa, you will fight me."

Amid a chorus of responses, Pei Pa's scream stood out the most; clutching his head with a look of collapse, he looked at Luo Mu in shock and said, "Teacher Luo Mu G, isn't there a slight problem with this arrangement?"

Luo Mu smiled and said, "There are only fifteen students present, and you are somewhat special, so naturally, only I can battle you."

"How can this be?"

Pei Pa suddenly regretted impulsively signing up for the Battle Studies course.

Many classmates thought they did not know the true capabilities of this new teacher, Luo Mu, and coupled with Luo Mu G's speech at the opening ceremony, everyone assumed this teacher would probably be quite fierce; holding the idea that fewer people had signed up and that he could leverage his relationship with Luo Mu G to earn some easy credits, Pei Pa had chosen to enroll.

Pei Pa hadn't expected that the intensity would ramp up immediately in the very first class; although others didn't know Luo Mu G's true strength, he knew it all too well.

He was definitely going to get crushed!

To make matters worse, that battle maniac from Class A, Hearing Hearing Nimo, was fanning the flames beside him, looking envious that he had been chosen by Luo Mu for a personal battle, making Pei Pa almost want to shout, "Why don't we switch opponents?"

But under Luo Mu's oppressive gaze, Pei Pa could only shrink his neck, swallow his words, and stand opposite Luo Mu with a look of extreme reluctance.

Luo Mu had been considering how to conduct his lessons these past few days; the students' strength was certainly not even comparable to ordinary Elite Trainers, so using his main team was out of the question.

Instead, the other Pokémon recently caught at the farm were very suitable; not only could they serve as opponents for the students, but those gaining battle experience would also receive positive feedback, improving their strength, learning moves, and even completing evolution.

The more their strength increased, the more they could accomplish at the farm in the future, truly a strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

Luo Mu's gaze kept wandering over the other students who had already begun battling, and he took the opportunity to say to Pei Pa, "What are you afraid of? I won't use Luxray or the others to fight you."

"Rest assured, this child has just evolved recently; calculating it out, its strength is actually a bit weaker than your Ao Ao Jiaofu."

Luo Mu took a Poké Ball from his pocket and threw it out; red light flashed, and the figure of Poliwhirl appeared before Pei Pa.

Pei Pa muttered under his breath, "Even so, this is still hell difficulty for me."

"What did you say?"

"Nothing!"

Closing his eyes in self-abandonment, Pei Pa threw out the Poké Ball containing Ao Ao Jiaofu; getting crushed was inevitable, but he believed Ao Ao Jiaofu could definitely endure it.

"Poliwhirl, battle Ao Ao Jiaofu on your own; I'm going to observe the other students' battles."

Luo Mu waved his hand and, under Pei Pa's bewildered expression, walked directly toward the other battlefields, showing no intention of staying behind to give commands.

Poliwhirl nodded steadily, its gaze shifting to Pei Pa and the Ao Ao Jiaofu before him, its Gaze Grows Solemn.

So this was the powerful enemy Luo Mu had arranged for it... It, Poliwhirl, would definitely not betray Luo Mu's trust and would beautifully defeat this opponent!

Pei Pa's face instantly turned red; did Luo Mu G mean that a Poliwhirl that had just evolved could battle his Ao Ao Jiaofu under its own command?

He was truly being underestimated!

Pei Pa immediately commanded Ao Ao Jiaofu to charge forward: "Snarl!"

Poliwhirl narrowed its eyes slightly; an icy white mist instantly enveloped it, and then the shockwave of Snarl descended.

After forcibly enduring this attack, Poliwhirl first used Bubble Beam to obscure Ao Ao Jiaofu's vision and disrupt the opponent, then, taking advantage of Ao Ao Jiaofu dealing with the Bubble Beam, it closed in and slammed the Fighting-type move Brick Break, which it learned after evolving, down upon Ao Ao Jiaofu's head.

Poliwhirl remembered that Luo Mu had once said that Fighting-type moves are super effective against Dark-type moves, right?

(End of Chapter)