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After defeating Ling Wanqiu's Garchomp, Jiang Chen also understood that the points gained indeed varied with the opponent's strength.
Defeating the Pseudo-legendary Garchomp at Elite Four Tier 5 earned him one thousand points.
"Next time, I won't lose to you."
Listening to Ling Wanqiu's words, Jiang Chen calmly said, "I remember you've told me that no less than thirty times."
Ling Wanqiu was speechless, looking at Jiang Chen with resentment. Couldn't he give her some face?
"Teacher, do we need to pay for the damaged arena?" Jiang Chen asked the teacher nearby.
"No need, but if you fight again, remember to go to a higher-level arena. These basic arenas can't withstand the destructive power of Pseudo-legendary Pokémon."
The teachers shook their heads at Jiang Chen.
Arriving at the school's specialized training ground, Jiang Chen arranged training for Squirtle.
"No pain, no gain, Squirtle. Keep running!"
There were no shortcuts to physical training. Fortunately, Jiang Chen's Squirtle had a very diligent personality. Most Pokémon were quite motivated; there weren't many lazy ones.
After running quickly for half an hour, Jiang Chen had Squirtle stop and fed it some Energy Cubes and nutrient solution.
In fact, being a trainer was a very expensive profession. Unless trainers from ordinary families were exceptionally talented, able to win prize money in competitions, or sponsored by a group, it would be difficult for them to develop.
Because high-intensity training required nutritional supplements, and many people couldn't afford the cost of raising Pokémon.
After resting for ten minutes, the panting Squirtle recovered.
"Next, we'll practice moves."
Jiang Chen didn't teach Squirtle new moves, preferring for it to first master what it already knew.
"Use Water Gun, hit the target in the distance."
After practicing all morning, Jiang Chen rubbed his stomach, feeling a bit hungry.
Just as he was about to pack up and eat lunch, a lunchbox was handed to him.
Looking at the fair, slender hand in front of him, Jiang Chen looked up. An exquisite face entered Jiang Chen's vision—it was Ling Wanqiu, who he had just battled.
"Thank you."
Jiang Chen didn't stand on ceremony and directly took the lunchbox from Ling Wanqiu.
They were rivals, but their relationship was quite good, though not the romantic one some classmates speculated.
"Why did you choose Squirtle? I thought you would choose Charmander."
Ling Wanqiu tilted her head and looked at Jiang Chen.
To be honest, Ling Wanqiu was indeed beautiful, just a bit too naive right now. Otherwise, Jiang Chen would definitely be very tempted.
"Why would you think I'd choose Charmander?" Jiang Chen asked with a smile.
"Just guessing."
It was well known that Jiang Chen's father, Jiang Yuan, had a main Charizard, so many people speculated that Jiang Chen would choose Charmander.
The fact that Jiang Chen chose Squirtle indeed surprised many people, including Ling Wanqiu.
"Did you choose Squirtle because you don't want to follow your father's path, wanting to prove yourself?"
Outside, people often referred to Jiang Chen as the son of an Elite Four. For ambitious people, they wished others would think of their name, not just their family title.
Ling Wanqiu was like this. She didn't want the title "daughter of an Elite Four" to always accompany her. She wanted people to call her a genius trainer.
She got close to Jiang Chen because she felt a shared sense of empathy; despite studying desperately, her achievements were considered "only natural" in the eyes of others.
In the eyes of others, as the son/daughter of an Elite Four, you should be that strong.
Ling Wanqiu had two goals: one was to defeat Jiang Chen, and the other was to defeat her father, proving that she didn't rely on her father's halo.
"You're overthinking it."
Jiang Chen gave Ling Wanqiu a strange look. He didn't expect her to imagine so much.
Unlike Ling Wanqiu, he didn't feel any burden from his identity. Wasn't having a background a good thing?
"I did plan to choose Charmander before, but I felt this Squirtle had very high potential, so I chose it instead."
It wasn't that he couldn't get a Charmander; a Squirtle with Elite Four potential couldn't be given up. A Pokémon with Elite Four potential was one in ten thousand in its entire species.
"By the way, which Pokémon did you choose?"
"You don't know which Pokémon I chose?"
A surge of anger rose in Ling Wanqiu's heart, feeling as if the bento she brought with good intentions had been fed to a dog.
She had always regarded Jiang Chen as a formidable rival, yet this rival didn't even pay attention to her, not even knowing which Pokémon she had chosen.
"Ahem, I wasn't paying attention."
All this time, I thought you cared about me as a rival too. In the end, I was mistaken.
"I chose Charmander." Ling Wanqiu said sullenly.
"Oh, Charmander. That's very impressive."
Actually, among the Starter Pokémon, Jiang Chen liked Charizard and Greninja the most. He liked them, but he was still very realistic.
Moreover, a Charmander with Quasi-Elite Four potential would probably not even make his second team in the future. As for buying items in the system to improve potential, those things were very expensive.
If not absolutely necessary, Jiang Chen still wanted to save points to buy a Legendary Pokémon.
As long as he bought one Legendary Pokémon, he could soar to great heights. As for training Pokémon to defeat and capture Legendary Pokémon? Heh, that would be in the next lifetime.
In this world, only Legendary Pokémon could defeat Legendary Pokémon. In over two hundred years, there had never been a record of a Legendary Pokémon being defeated by an ordinary Pokémon.
Of course, no one dared to provoke a Legendary Pokémon either.
"Jiang Chen, what is your goal?"
Gathering her composure, Ling Wanqiu looked at Jiang Chen and asked.
"My goal?"
Jiang Chen wanted to say "capture a Legendary Pokémon." Indeed, his dream was to capture a Legendary Pokémon, but saying that out loud would probably be met with ridicule for being fantastical.
Without the system, he would have no chance in his entire life, but now he truly had a chance.
Although Legendary Pokémon required many points, Jiang Chen was still young, and he had time.
"My goal is to become a Champion."
This was probably Jiang Chen's goal after his dream of capturing a Legendary Pokémon was shattered. At that time, the system hadn't awakened, and knowing that capturing a Legendary Pokémon was impossible, his life goal became to become a Champion.
However, even the goal of being a Champion was quite ambitious. There were only four Champions in the entire Xia Country right now.
When Ling Wanqiu heard this, she didn't mock Jiang Chen's goal of becoming a Champion as fantastical. On the contrary, she felt that Jiang Chen could truly achieve it in the future.
"What about you? What's your goal?"
"To defeat you, and to defeat my father."
Ling Wanqiu's tone was as firm as could be.
However, Jiang Chen was a bit speechless. Defeating him and her own father—what a filial daughter.
In fact, Ling Wanqiu wasn't dissatisfied with her father; on the contrary, her father loved her very much. She wanted to defeat her father to prove herself.
"Do you think I can't do it?"
Seeing Jiang Chen's expression, Ling Wanqiu became a little angry.
"Defeating your father is achievable, but defeating me is impossible." Jiang Chen said with a laugh.
"You're quite confident."
Ling Wanqiu's lips curled, but she didn't dislike this confidence, because she was a confident person herself.