Chapter 371: Now he is truly Teacher Xiang

Mu Fei?

Xiang Qingyu, who was walking toward the door, was stunned; this name was indeed a bit familiar.

So he decisively opened the door.

Soon, a middle-aged man with a smile and a handlebar mustache appeared before him.

Entering Xiang Qingyu's sight along with him was Miraidon, leaning on the cat mat outside the gym door, quietly enjoying the sun, completely ignoring what was happening outside.

"Hello, Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu."

The man named Mu Fei smiled and took the initiative to greet him.

"Principal Mu Fei."

Xiang Qingyu nodded.

In the Scarlet and Violet games, when the player enrolled, the principal of Naranja/Uva Academy had already been replaced by Clavell.

But just one year before the plot began, which was the current node, the principal at the time was still this Mr. Mu Fei.

"To have Principal Mu Fei come to Sunshine Gym specifically during the holiday, is there something important?"

Xiang Qingyu took the initiative to ask.

Logically speaking, if it were League business, Geeta or other Elite Four members should have notified him directly; there was no need for this Naranja Academy principal to make a special trip, right?

He wasn't a student enrolling...

Regarding Xiang Qingyu's confusion, Mu Fei just smiled and then lifted the briefcase in his hand.

"Just delivering something for Chairwoman Geeta, and by the way, coming to see the 'Teacher Xiang' who is famous in Naranja Academy recently."

"Delivering something?"

Xiang Qingyu was stunned and quickly reacted.

It should be the Gym Badges, right?

Sunshine Gym was not among the eight gyms before and did not have the power to issue badges.

But starting this year, it was different.

One of the conditions for clearing the Victory Road was to collect the eight badges representing the conquest of the eight gyms.

In other words, only by obtaining the recognition of the eight Gym Leaders acting as examiners could one enter the official stage of the Victory Road—

Challenging the Elite Four and the Champion!

Mu Fei quickly opened the briefcase, and inside were indeed many exquisitely crafted badges arranged neatly.

(Didn't find the picture last time, found it now)

"These are the badges for Sunshine Gym this year; if you run out, you can apply to the League for more."

After Mu Fei smiled and handed the briefcase in his hand to Xiang Qingyu, he suddenly asked:

"Speaking of which, the style of these badges seems very similar to the Evolution Stones found in the Kalos and Hoenn regions. Does Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu also have an understanding of Evolution Stones?"

Xiang Qingyu nodded.

"You could say that."

How could he not be familiar with Evolution Stones? He had one in his hand right now, hanging on the Bagon.

"I see."

After receiving Xiang Qingyu's reply, Mu Fei quickly nodded.

"No wonder Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu is so knowledgeable about Pokémon from other regions; it seems you must have traveled to other places before, right?"

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Xiang Qingyu slowly formed a question mark.

How did you associate it with this? Your ability to imagine is quite strong!

"Actually, besides Chairwoman Geeta's commission, I am also very interested in Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu myself."

After completing the League's task, Mu Fei quickly showed a relaxed expression, and after chatting for a few sentences, he finally got to the point.

"Recently, the students of Naranja Academy have rekindled their interest in Pokémon battles, which makes me very gratified."

"However... I have to admit, compared to the role our Naranja Academy played, perhaps Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu, you are the key factor in rekindling their enthusiasm."

Speaking of this, Mu Fei couldn't help but show a wry smile.

"You are overpraising me."

Xiang Qingyu replied modestly, and also noticed his expression.

Speaking of which, influenced by the disappearance of the two professors and a large number of researchers, the atmosphere at Naranja Academy at this time seemed indeed not quite right.

In the year before the game plot began, there were even very serious school bullying incidents.

The local noble students of Paldea looked down on and even excluded other students and international students, and bullying cliques gradually formed, which directly led to the emergence of "Team Star."

Whether other teachers contributed to this bad atmosphere, Xiang Qingyu didn't know, but this Principal Mu Fei should be considered a good person, working hard to mediate among the students.

It's a pity that the power of one person is ultimately limited.

Later, the conflicts between students intensified, and finally, after the occurrence of events like the "Operation Starfall," the students who liked to bully realized their mistakes.

But after the incident, the school's dean of students came out to expose himself and even framed Team Star, who should have put forward their reasonable demands, with the label of "bad students."

Although this matter actually had little to do with him, out of guilt, Principal Mu Fei took the initiative to resign from the principal position, and the school's teachers also followed suit with a reshuffle.

This led to the teacher team after the protagonist enrolled; the academy's teachers were all very cute Trainers.

Even after rectifying the academy's atmosphere, Mu Fei was still committed to helping members of Team Star return to school.

Therefore, for this Naranja Academy principal with pure teaching philosophy, Xiang Qingyu still respected him very much.

"No, no, no, Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu, my words are from the bottom of my heart."

Xiang Qingyu's modest words instead made Mu Fei's expression quickly become serious, and he continued earnestly.

"Perhaps you don't know, but..."

"The events that occurred in the past year have indeed had a great impact on Naranja Academy."

"The decline in teaching quality caused by the disappearance of multiple senior teachers, the insufficient ability of new teachers, the formation of mutually exclusive factions within the academy, and so on—various problems have made our school no longer pure, and the students have also been greatly affected."

"I believe you can also feel that the battle level of this year's students has dropped significantly compared to the past."

Seeing Mu Fei so serious, Xiang Qingyu could only nod.

As a Gym Leader, the number of students he could actually come into contact with was actually more than Mu Fei's; how could he not feel it?

Even at the beginning, when this group of students came to challenge him, they more or less held a bit of an arrogant attitude, but their strength did not match this spirit.

It could only be explained by one reason—

The school spirit of Naranja Academy was crooked.

This was also the fundamental reason for the eventual "Operation Starfall" event.

However, after a period of operation at Sunshine Gym, the students who were still willing to challenge him and wanted to improve had become much more normal.

Compared to the terrible performance of breaking down after losing at the beginning, now they were able to calm down and accept failure, finding the direction to improve their strength in the review.

This work should indeed have been the responsibility of Naranja Academy.

It was just that his gym style, which was determined by mistake to focus on tactics, happened to make up for this missing piece of the school...

Thanks to his little butterfly of a transmigrator, the school atmosphere today should be much better.

Thinking of this, Xiang Qingyu couldn't help but give himself a thumbs up in his heart.

As expected of you, Teacher Xiang, you easily did what Naranja Academy couldn't do!

In a sense, it can be considered the Godfather of Paldea; these students, one by one, can be considered his students!

Logically speaking, shouldn't Principal Mu Fei give him a banner or something at this time to commend him?

"So... I have a request, and I hope Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu can agree."

It's a pity there was no banner, but Mu Fei suddenly spoke again, and the look in his eyes toward Xiang Qingyu was inexplicably a bit fiery.

"May I ask Gym Leader Xiang Qingyu... no, should it be Teacher Xiang, are you willing to become an official teacher at our Naranja Academy?"

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After hearing Mu Fei's request, Xiang Qingyu was stunned.

The relationship between the League and Naranja Academy was indeed very close; after all, League Chairwoman Geeta also served as the director of the academy.

Other teachers like Hassel and Tyme were even incumbent League Elite Four members and retired Gym Leaders.

So it seemed reasonable for him to invite himself?

But the problem was that he was an examiner for the Victory Road now; where would he have the time to be a teacher at Naranja Academy...

Just as Xiang Qingyu was about to refuse directly, Mu Fei seemed to see through his thoughts and immediately added two sentences:

"Rest assured, Teacher Xiang, it's just a nominal position at Naranja Academy; it won't require you to come to school to teach."

"Just like usual, conduct assessments and reviews for students on the Victory Road, and guide them to progress."

"Naranja Academy will also regularly organize students to watch Teacher Xiang's tactical teaching to expand their understanding of Pokémon battles from a tactical level."

"As for salary and remuneration, they will all be in accordance with the standards of normal teachers."

After listening, Xiang Qingyu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Good guy, isn't this just hanging a name?

Doing the work of a gym, besides receiving League subsidies, he could also collect Naranja Academy's salary; there was such a good thing?

Then, the answer didn't need to be considered!

"Okay, I agree."

After Xiang Qingyu nodded, he looked at Principal Mu Fei and smiled.

Well, now he really became Teacher Xiang.

"Also, thank Chairwoman Geeta for her kindness on my behalf."

Although he wasn't as smart in this area as he was in battles, he wasn't so stupid that he couldn't figure out that this was the work of League Chairwoman Geeta. ===== CHAPTER 373 =====