Chapter 4: Starter Pokémon

"Now, I will briefly explain today's process and precautions."

"First, every student can claim one starter Pokémon for free."

"However, the order of entry will be determined by your final exam scores. For example, Su Hao from our class will be in the first batch to enter the room to choose."

"There is a time limit for selection. If you cannot finish choosing within the specified time, a Pokémon will be randomly assigned to you by the computer."

"Inside the sheds, there are small rooms for different types, each storing Pokémon of eighteen different types. Even rare Dragon-type and Psychic-type Pokémon are available."

"During the selection process, you cannot release the Pokémon from the Poké Balls stored in the rooms. Therefore, which type of Pokémon you can select depends entirely on your own luck."

"Finally, I must emphasize that the Alliance strictly cracks down on any act of abandoning Pokémon. Even if you don't get along with your starter Pokémon, you can hand it over to the Alliance to be taken back."

"That's about all the precautions. Are there any students who still have questions?" asked the head teacher, Ms. Liang.

The students of Class 1, Grade 2 answered in unison, "No!"

"Very well, then I will start calling names. Students whose names are called can go in to choose their starter Pokémon. Remember the time limit."

"Su Hao."

"Here!"

After Su Hao stepped out, he walked into the room along with the ten students called in the first round from the neighboring ten classes.

"Beep, student card!"

After swiping his student ID to pass security, an Alliance staff member on the side emphasized briefly.

"You have ten minutes to choose. Be careful not to exceed the time."

As soon as the words fell, Su Hao and the people next to him walked toward the Dragon-type and Psychic-type rooms in unison.

Su Hao first came to the room storing Dragon-type Pokémon. Through the Pokédex function, he scanned them, and the information of the Pokémon inside the pitifully few five Poké Balls appeared in Su Hao's mind compared to the spacious room.

Pokémon: 【Horsea】 x2

Type: 【Water】

Gender: 【♂】 【♀】

Ability: 【Swift Swim】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Water Gun, Leer】

Pokémon: 【Swablu】 x2

Type: 【Normal, Flying】

Gender: 【♀】

Ability: 【Natural Cure】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Growl, Peck, Haze】 【Growl, Peck, Feather Dance】

Two types of duplicate Pokémon occupied four spots, and the basic information was the same as what Su Hao's father, who was a Gym Leader, had said: they didn't even have the Dragon-type attribute before evolution.

The only pure Dragon-type Pokémon was Applin.

Pokémon: 【Applin】

Type: 【Grass, Dragon】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Ripen】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Astonish, Withdraw, Recycle】

Because Applin's two evolutions, 【Flapple】 and 【Appletun】, were not very powerful Dragon-type Pokémon.

So Su Hao did not linger in the Dragon-type room.

While thinking, Su Hao's feet didn't stop, and he quickly left the Dragon-type room.

Although students from other classes were puzzled as to why Su Hao gave up competing for Dragon-type Pokémon, having one less person meant a higher chance for themselves to get a good draw, so wouldn't that be better?

Afterward, Su Hao went to the Fire-type, Fighting-type, and Flying-type rooms that were temporarily unattended in the first round, and he did indeed see several starter Pokémon with excellent individual values.

Pokémon: 【Charmander】

Type: 【Fire】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Blaze】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Scratch, Growl, Dragon Tail】

Pokémon: 【Machop】

Type: 【Fighting】

Gender: 【♀】

Ability: 【Guts】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Leer, Low Kick, Bullet Punch, Counter】

Pokémon: 【Rookidee】

Sparrow】

Type: 【Flying】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Keen Eye】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Leer, Peck, Tailwind, Brave Bird】

Charmander was one Su Hao was prepared to return to and choose if time was running out and he hadn't found a better Pokémon.

Rookidee and Machop were scouted for Li Hua and Jiang Chengcheng. Both of their grades were also excellent, and after Su Hao told them the information, they still had a high chance of being able to choose them.

"Next, there are still the Psychic... Ghost... Rock-type rooms I haven't looked at." Su Hao thought in his mind while speeding up his pace.

Soon, Su Hao arrived at the Rock-type room.

After the system scan, the information of the Pokémon in a large row of Poké Balls was clear at a glance.

Pokémon: 【Geodude】

Type: 【Rock, Ground】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Sturdy】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Tackle, Defense Curl】

Pokémon: 【Roggenrola】

Type: 【Rock】

Gender: 【♂】

Ability: 【Weak Armor】

Level: 【5】

Moves: 【Tackle, Sand-Attack】

Most of the Pokémon among them were standard, until the information of a special Pokémon appeared before Su Hao's eyes.

Pokémon: 【Carbink】 【Mutation 5%】

Type: 【Rock, Fairy】

Gender: 【None】

Ability: 【Clear Body】 ===== CHAPTER 5 =====