NOVEL WEB Chapter 183: Chapter 183: The Fastest Record
Chapter 183: The Fastest Record
With Trevenant knocked out by the finishing blow, the match instantly lost all suspense.
Although Frogadier was paralyzed, it had only used "Night Slash" and "Dark Pulse" so far, with a full four skill slots still available, giving it plenty of room to operate.
With "Smokescreen" and "Double Team" activated, it adopted a posture that seemed to say, "I can survive like this for another five hundred years," leaving Starmie with no opportunity to break through.
Meanwhile, Pidgeotto, after recovering with "Roost," was in much better shape.
Although the patch of feathers blasted from its chest hadn't grown back yet, its spirit was exceptionally high!
On the field, it flapped its wings, chasing Starmie relentlessly, giving off the vibe of a gangster demanding to know who was the boss in Causeway Bay.
Less than two minutes later, having lost its teammate, Starmie was ultimately unable to hold out alone and was struck square in its red core by a sneak attack "Night Slash" from Frogadier!
Frogadier had a few "heart-to-heart" words with it, and Starmie was deeply moved, then promptly dropped dead on the spot…
The referee raised his flag—
"Starmie is unable to battle! The match is over. All Pokémon, cease your attacks immediately!"
With that, Arthur's first match concluded with a perfect victory.
For a match involving a Grass-type Pokémon, this duration was already considered quite short. The battle could be said to have been in Arthur's team's favor from start to finish, giving the opponents almost no opportunities.
It was a clean and decisive win!
After the match, the opposing seeded player's face was terrifyingly grim.
The owner of the Starmie next to him also knew his performance had been ugly and deliberately lagged two steps behind, not daring to get on his teammate's bad side.
According to the rules, the players from both sides had to come to the center of the field for a handshake after the match.
During this process, Arthur and Justin were all smiles, while the opponents' expressions were as if they were mourning their own parents.
"It seems you're not capable of sending me back to fight the first-years," Arthur said coolly.
"You!"
The opponent glared, but Arthur was not intimidated in the slightest, continuing with a smile.
"The Otter Club team is the Otter Club team, and you are you. I have never intended to deny the Otter Club team's achievements, but that doesn't seem to conflict with the fact that you're very bad, does it?"
"Pfft!"
Justin, at the side, laughed unkindly.
It wasn't that Arthur couldn't trash-talk; it was just that most of the time, he felt it was unnecessary.
His style had always been to let his fists do the talking.
But when a battle of words was truly needed, he was no mute.
At this moment, a simple statement, delivered in a calm tone, without any sarcasm, could easily make the opponent's face flush red with anger.
Although the opponent had a thousand words he wanted to say, in a competitive match, results speak for themselves. A loss meant he was utterly speechless.
Holding it in until the end, the opponent could only dryly leave with, "Don't get cocky. This is only the first match."
The graduation tournament was a round-robin format. All these seeded players would have to face each other, and there were still many matches to come.
Arthur shrugged nonchalantly and nodded with a smile.
His natural confidence was all in his unspoken demeanor.
He wasn't arrogant or conceited, but there was no need to be yielding at every turn.
From the ranking qualifiers, he had already gained a relatively clear grasp of the quasi-professional level.
It seemed that at this level, he considered himself quite competitive.
The matches over the next few days also confirmed Arthur's judgment!
After several consecutive days of competition, his and Justin's team had a stable record with more wins than losses, their points consistently ranking among the top!
Forget anyone being able to knock them out of the seeded player group; now there weren't even many teams who could compete with them for the top spot!
During these few days, Arthur continued to have Frogadier and Mismagius take turns in battle.
When Frogadier was on the field, Arthur was generally the main attacker, with Pidgeotto tanking damage, providing cover, assisting with "Tailwind," and surviving with "Roost."
Conversely, when Arthur sent out Mismagius, Justin was tasked with being the main attacker.
Mismagius used "Substitute" and "Protect" to shield Pidgeotto while it buffed itself with "Work Up," and then provided support with "Pain Split" and "Aromatherapy" for the entire match, protecting Pidgeotto as it slashed its way from one end of the field to the other!
The slashes from "Air Slash" created dazzling arcs of light!
Switching between these two strategies made them unpredictable for their opponents!
After three days, the teams of seeded players from both clubs had completed one round. Arthur and Justin's team, with five wins and one loss in six matches, ranked first on the Sea Carp side!
On the Otter Club side, because Sea Carp had seven pairs, each of their teams played seven matches, yet the team with the best record only had five wins.
At the end of the round, the bottom-ranked seeded team from each side was eliminated and sent down to play against the regular teams.
The remaining eleven teams continued to the second and final grand round-robin.
This time, each team had to play ten matches, and the results would determine the final graduation tournament scores.
During a break, the club instructors and agents, who were reviewing recordings, were also chatting.
An instructor from the Otter Club was the first to sigh, "I have to say, you guys at Sea Carp really have a knack for running a youth training camp!
The year before last, you produced the fastest-graduating rookie, a beautiful female player at that, which was already a sensation!
But this year, this pair of yours is even more ridiculous! Where on earth do you find these promising talents? Did your admissions director save the world in a past life?"
The fastest-graduating rookie from two years ago was Bella, who was also the Best Rookie in last year's Kubfu professional league.
Although in Arthur's impression, she was just a female pervert who constantly harassed him on WeChill asking for shirtless workout photos…
In response to this, the Sea Carp Club instructors all looked down, remaining silent.
Because they really didn't know what to say…
They could still boast a bit about Bella back then, but this Arthur... it seemed like he had nothing to do with them at all?
This kid's leave days in the youth training camp added up to almost half a year. He came in, obediently attended classes for just over two months, and then started disappearing every day!
Either he was spearfishing in a maritime conservation area or getting lost in a neighboring Alliance…
He spent his days doing anything but proper business!
The last ranking match score left in the system was still dead last in his cohort.
This really made the group of instructors feel too guilty to even try to boast.
"We... only played a small guiding role. It was mainly this student's own hard work."
Heavens be my witness, this was absolutely the most sincere this group of youth training camp instructors had ever been when saying this sentence!
In the past, saying this was just a polite formality, while their inner selves were striking proud poses. Only this time, they were truly sincere…
Just then, an agent from the Otter Club pushed up his glasses, revealing his true "fangs."
"So this rookie, his name is Arthur, right? Sounds a bit familiar… Anyway, this October, will you put him on the transfer list?"
Why did the Otter Club like to have exchange tournaments with the average-performing Sea Carp team so much? Of course, it was because they had long since taken a fancy to the other party's talent cultivation ability.
As mentioned before, a super-rich team didn't just rely on its own youth camp to recruit new talent; it could also buy from others~
The agent from the Sea Carp side, without authorization from his superiors, didn't dare to speak rashly and just tried to be evasive.
"That also depends on the player's personal wishes."
However, the implication of this sentence was already clear—as long as Arthur wanted to, he could basically be certain of having matches to play next year!
And this was only his first year in the youth training camp!
Only two years had passed, and Bella's record for the fastest graduation from the youth training camp was now on the verge of being broken…
(End of Chapter)
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