Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

Chapter 176 A Belated Realization

After the intense tremors of the earthquake subsided, Lu An led the other three down from the stands.

The once-flat ring was now in pieces, showing no signs of being able to withstand a championship-level match.

In the middle of the arena, Swampert was putting its hand on Umbreon's shoulder.

Although neither Pokémon has completely lost its ability to battle, you can tell who the final winner is just by looking at their expressions.

“Eebu”.

Umbreon limped up behind Lu An, gently touched the Poké Ball with its nose, and then returned to Lu An's belt.

Swamp Monster then came to Lu An's side and scratched its head.

"You played pretty well."

Lu An didn't say anything more.

Swampert is calm and collected, but has a keen sense of combat. Choosing to use "Earthquake" at that moment allowed it to secure a victory.

As for Umbreon, although it lost to its junior, it must be in a bad mood, but it still needs some time to improve.

It's been a bit too relaxed lately, so it's a good thing that Swampert is tightening its skin.

Besides, that guy has a strong heart and can adjust on his own. You can just give him some encouragement afterward.

In short, after an hour, Lu An's six Pokémon finally ended their internal war.

Lu An retrieved the Swampert back into the ball, waved to Long Ze, and prepared to say goodbye to Sabrina.

"You've ruined my dojo like this. I don't know how much effort it will take to repair it. Are you just going to walk away like this?"

Lu An looked at Nazi with a smirk:

"Um, you agreed to let me use the venue, and I even reminded your people to set the defense to the highest level. You don't really expect me to pay for the repairs, do you?"

Seeing Lu An praising Naz in every word and seemingly unwilling to spend a single penny, Naz snorted coldly:

“My dojo isn’t so poor that you have to pay for the construction of a ring.”

Xiao Zhu, who was staring blankly at the fact that her family's dojo's top-level arena had been trampled to pieces, silently turned around.

No, miss, we can have it too.

Seeing that Nazi didn't want him to pay, Lu An was immediately filled with pride:

"Then tell me, Naz, what do you want me to do?"

"As long as it's your order, if you tell me to go west, I won't go east; if you tell me to take a boat, I won't drive a car."

Naz smiled coldly:

"Then how about I let you ride your Steel-armored Raven?"

Lu An, who had just been full of pride, immediately deflated, letting out a couple of awkward laughs:

"Cough cough, Corviknight's skills are not up to par yet, they still need to be honed, they still need to be honed."

Corviknight, who was able to serve as the instructor of the 800 Flying Pokémon Investigators in the Galar region, still needs to hone its piloting skills.

This could easily be included in this year's top ten lame jokes from the investigators.

Naza did not continue stabbing Lu An, but said calmly:

"The Red and Green Cup is only two months away. If I remember correctly, you're already a member of the Golden University varsity team, right? How about you visit the team sometime?"

When Naza brought it up, Lu An remembered that he had agreed to join the Golden University's competitive team for the sake of the system's mission.

However, since joining the school team, he has not participated in even one school team training session.

Lu An pointed to his nose in surprise:

"Red-Green Cup? You don't mean you want me to participate in the Red-Green Cup, do you?"

After completing the system task, Lu An simply registered on the school team without any intention of actually training with the team.

Just kidding, even Arima was his defeated opponent, who would he go to the school team to "train"?

As for the red and green cups, Lu An had even less interest.

Isn't this a baby cup?

This kind of official competition, which is still a bit short of professional level, was purely set up by the league to discover competitive talents.

If A-Du, a top-class investigator, knew that he was participating in the Baby Cup, he would laugh at him mercilessly.

But Naz didn't laugh; instead, she remained serious.

"Since you are a student of Golden University and have joined the Golden University team, what's wrong with fighting for the honor of Golden University?"

Lu An opened his mouth, as if to say something.

Suddenly inspired, he asked in return:

“Naza, after I was hospitalized because of the Mt. Surge incident, I was reported and suspended by those guys. I told A-Du that I wanted to go to university to have some fun, and he ended up throwing me into Golden University.”

"I was thinking about one thing at the time: I didn't come to Golden University all by your own hand, did I?"

Upon hearing Lu An's words, Nazi's lips curled into a beautiful smile:

"Who knows?"

Looking at Naz's cunning appearance, Lu An increasingly felt that his arrival in Golden City was probably Naz's doing.

Lu An shook his head with a helpless smile.

Oh well, so what if I know I was tricked into coming to Goldenrod City by Sabrina, that weirdo?

During my time in Goldenrod City, thanks to Sabrina, the local strongman, I actually received a lot of help.

For example, in this intra-team battle, if it weren't for Sabrina's Goldenrod Gym, he really wouldn't know what kind of arena could withstand three consecutive battles.

Therefore, Lu An had no reason to refuse Nazi's small request:

"Alright, I'll go check out the school team in a while."

......

After Lu An left, Na Zi also prepared to leave.

Just then, she noticed that her capable assistant, Xiaozhu, was standing there, staring in the direction Lu An had left.

Xiao Zhu blankly extended one finger:

"Miss, did he just say that he beat Mascherano so badly he ended up in the hospital?"

Naz nodded.

After receiving Naz's affirmation, Xiaozhu not only failed to come to her senses, but became even more confused.

Sometimes, the visual impression of a battle cannot accurately represent the true strength of both sides.

Just like someone who seems to be making a lot of impressive moves in a game, but it's actually only because their opponent didn't put enough pressure on them.

The same principle applies to Pokémon battles.

Once the pressure of battle increases, everyone's operation, combat, and command will more or less become distorted.

Only those who can withstand this kind of pressure can truly be called experts in combat.

Even though Xiaozhu acknowledges that Meowth and other Pokémon have considerable strength, this is still an internal battle and a practice match.

Their actual combat level is anyone's guess.

Many dojo masters, elites, and even champions have lost to weaker opponents due to momentary carelessness, leaving behind a lifetime of infamy.

As for Maslow, as the Kanto Electric-type Gym Leader, he is one of the most practical among the eight Gym Leaders, belonging to the type whose paper strength does not represent their true strength.

Based on the domineering output power of the Electric type, according to Xiaozhu's estimation, among the eight Gym Leaders, only the Gym Leader of the Viridian Path can reliably overpower Lt. Surge.

But this top dojo master was beaten so badly by Lu An that he ended up in the hospital.

Lost in thought, Xiaozhu suddenly remembered something.

Long Ze had always addressed Lu An as "Special Grade," which Xiao Zhu hadn't taken to heart before, assuming it was just a nickname between the two.

However, considering Lu An's Pokémon prowess, his acquaintance with Sabrina, their equal-ranking interactions, and Sabrina's status as a prospective Special Investigator...

Xiaozhu then belatedly murmured a couple of times:

"Lu An, is he a top-level investigator?"