Silver Mountain High School.
Although it was just a high school in a small city, it enjoyed national fame for its extremely high college entrance rate in the Pokémon Department. Many well-known trainers graduated from this school and openly stated that this school taught them many lifelong treasures.
One of the four Elite Four of the Trainer League, Dragon Master, even came from this school.
But it was this very school that, with the slogan "High school students should enjoy their youth," carried out a series of extracurricular activities. Even the dismissal time was three hours earlier than other schools, at three o'clock in the afternoon, all so that students could have their own time.
Such lax school rules naturally drew criticism from many industry experts in the early stages, but the reality was that the school's annual achievements slapped those critics in the face. Over time, the discordant voices lessened, and the name of Silver Mountain High School became known to more people.
Today was the day of this school's entrance exam—
Ye Chuan woke up early and washed up in the bathroom.
Changing into a Pikachu T-shirt and putting on a sun-shading baseball cap, he looked at himself in the mirror and smiled. "Alright."
"Ga." Charmander at his feet extended its small claws.
"I understand."
Seeing Charmander like this, Ye Chuan nodded and then stretched his wrists. "We've been waiting for this day for a long time."
A sound suddenly came from the balcony next door, then the door opened, and An Shiyu poked her head in, looking around. "Ah Ye, are you awake?"
"Yeah." Ye Chuan walked out of the bathroom, suddenly noticing that An Shiyu was actually wearing a matching Eevee T-shirt.
This wasn't a big deal, after all, An Shiyu had gotten these two shirts from a lottery event half a year ago. However, they happened to wear them today, giving the feeling that they were wearing matching couple outfits.
"Where are your eyes looking?" An Shiyu naturally noticed this and muttered softly.
Ye Chuan looked at the prominently displayed Eevee pattern on her shirt and smiled.
"I'm looking at Eevee."
The two finished breakfast and left the house. At the entrance of Ye Chuan's yard, a black sedan was parked. A man in formal attire slightly bowed when he saw Ye Chuan and An Shiyu come out, saying in a respectful tone: "Miss, Young Master Ye, good morning."
"Morning, Mr. Dai."
"Good morning."
After exchanging greetings, the two got into the back seat of the car.
Mr. Dai was a subordinate of An Shiyu's father. Because today was an important day, he had sent someone to personally take them to the entrance exam.
However, ten minutes later—
"What's going on up ahead?!"
"I heard a Rapidash rear-ended someone. Its trainer didn't have a license."
"No way, traffic jam at this time? I'm rushing to work."
It was noisy outside. Mr. Dai turned his head to look at Ye Chuan and An Shiyu. "Miss, Young Master Ye, there seems to have been a traffic accident ahead."
"Let's take another route. Can't we get to Silver Mountain High School via Lover's West Road next to us?" An Shiyu said, holding her phone map.
"There's a section of that road that cars can't enter. We'd still need to walk a kilometer," Mr. Dai explained.
"A kilometer." An Shiyu put down her phone and smiled slightly. "You just drive, we'll figure out a way."
"I understand."
The car turned and entered the right-hand lane. Fifteen minutes later, the car stopped. Outside was a narrow alley. Passing through here would lead to the area where Silver Mountain High School was located.
"Let's go!"
An Shiyu and Ye Chuan got out of the car and ran into the alley.
"Be careful." Mr. Dai watched their backs as they left.
An Shiyu and Ye Chuan were both in good physical condition and ran straight through the alley. On the opposite side of the road stood a school. At the main entrance, many people were going in and out, and there were signs indicating the locations that examinees needed to go to.
"The examination areas for the academic department and the Pokémon Department aren't in the same place. Let's part ways here," Ye Chuan said to An Shiyu, turning his head after seeing the map on the sign.
"You must pass the exam, Ah Ye," An Shiyu said, looking at Ye Chuan.
"Yeah." Ye Chuan nodded and was about to leave when he noticed An Shiyu reaching out and pulling on the corner of his clothes.
"What's wrong?"
An Shiyu hesitated for a moment, took a hair tie off her wrist, and then, with a red face, put it on Ye Chuan's hand. "This hair tie will bring good luck. Wear it properly."
The hair tie was still warm from being just taken off An Shiyu's wrist. Ye Chuan looked at the black hair tie on his wrist, which had a small metal rabbit charm on it. He smiled. "If I pass the exam, is there a reward?"
"I'll cook you anything you want to eat," An Shiyu thought seriously for a moment, then added, "As long as I know how."
Hearing this, Ye Chuan leaned down slightly and whispered in her ear:
"You said... anything I want to eat?"
A blush crept up An Shiyu's fair cheeks, turning them a rosy red. She reached out and pushed Ye Chuan away, stammering, "T-time's almost up, Ah Ye! Hurry up and go take the exam!"
With that, An Shiyu ran off in a flustered manner.
Ye Chuan watched An Shiyu leave, then looked down at the hair tie on his wrist. The rabbit charm glinted slightly in the sunlight.
He smiled, tugged at the hair tie, and turned to walk into the examination passage.
The first part of the exam was a written test. After verifying his Trainer League Card, Ye Chuan sat in the first row.
The exam papers were quickly distributed. The bell rang, and the answering began—
[1. Slowbro and Slowking, evolved from the Dopey Pokémon Slowpoke through different methods, are both Water/Psychic-type Pokémon. However, there are some differences in the skills they can learn. Which of the following skills cannot be learned by both Pokémon?] A. Yawn B. Psych Up C. Power Gem D. Disable
"Four options." Ye Chuan glanced at the question and directly wrote down C.
Power Gem is a Rock-type skill that attacks the opponent with glittering, gem-like light. It has no special effects, but Slowking has a pink gem on its crown, so as a Water/Psychic-type Pokémon, it can learn Power Gem using this pink gem.
[2. Among the currently discovered Pokémon, excluding Legendary and Artificial Pokémon, there are only two pure Flying-type Pokémon. Please name these two Pokémon.] Seeing this question, Ye Chuan began to think. Because most bird Pokémon have the Flying type, they are not single-typed. Generally, the most common bird Pokémon are a combination of Flying and Normal types. Pure Flying types are very rare.
"Shasha sha—" Ye Chuan wrote down the answer.