N-A-A Chapter 2: My First Time Being a Top Student – Not Quite Used To It
Chapter 2: My First Time Being a Top Student – Not Quite Used To It
The pointer slowly landed at the boundary between the gold and white rewards, and finally, under Wei Xin's expectant gaze, it tilted its head and landed on the white reward.
A white treasure chest appeared on the screen.
Noooo!
Oh, heavens, how cruel you are to me!
Wei Xin's smile vanished, but then he thought, what if the white treasure chest contains the information he needs?
Finding a reference answer in a prestigious golden treasure chest is far too cheap.
Wei Xin had a sudden thought: Let's turn the tide! White treasure chest, open!
[Resource Material: Skill Memory Machine Operation Guide and Principles]
[Review: Mom no longer has to worry about me forgetting my skills]
As the treasure chest opened, Wei Xin raised his head, his mouth slightly agape, his pupils dilating for a moment. The knowledge in the documents, like a Buddha attracted by the scent of laundry detergent, burst through his door, smashed his vases, and flooded into his mind all at once.
It turns out that the TM works by waking up a Pokémon's memories and activating moves that were forced to be forgotten because the Pokémon's brain capacity was insufficient.
But will this be helpful for my exam?
System, tell me, do I need to know this? Will it be on the exam?
Looking into my eyes.
I finally trusted you once, and you let me lose so completely.
Why, baby, why?
Skill Memory Machine, do you expect me to recall Lulina's photo from last night?
No, not really... Pshaw, I read the Spring and Autumn Annals.
With Wei Xin's desperate sigh, the proctor, carrying a water bottle and holding the exam papers sealed in a brown cardboard bag, stepped into the examination room and walked to the metal podium in front of another proctor.
Behind him followed a flower-themed ring-shaped animal, its body round and plump, with two short arms dragging a bunch of vines covered in flowers.
"It's a flower wreath therapy! So cute, tsk tsk tsk!" A girl's eyes lit up, and she reached out to try and tease the flower wreath therapy. "Little cutie, can I have one of the flowers on your vine?"
As a Pokémon that excels at healing, is adorable, and always exudes fragrance, Garland Healer is very popular among girls.
Moreover, the flowers on the wreath therapy vine have a calming effect and are said to bring good luck; they are only given to people you like.
The wreath-like healing plant snorted, turned its face away, pouted, and ignored the girl. Once the flowers of the wreath-like healing plant are separated from the vine, they wither quickly, so they cherish their flowers very much and rarely share them with others.
My family doesn't understand, the first thing I saw when I walked in was a Snorlax, and it even tried to eat my flowers.
"Give up. That Flower Wreath Healer is the teacher's Pokémon. It's very aloof and usually ignores people," someone added.
Doctors are like that; they've seen so much life and death that their hearts are empty, and now they can't even feel pain.
The wreath slowly floated to the front of the podium. Turning her head, she saw Wei Xin slumped on the table, looking utterly hopeless.
"Heal." Under everyone's watchful eyes, Hua Wan Heal flew directly to Wei Xin, picked the most vibrant flower from the top of the vine, and gently waved her short arm in front of Wei Xin.
"For me?" Wei Xin asked, pointing to himself.
"Heal." Hua Wan Heal nodded, a sweet smile on her face.
The teacher and the other students were stunned.
What happened to your aloofness? What happened to your indifference? It seems your heart is empty, but your romantic mind is still intact, huh?
"Thank you." Wei Xin took the flower with one hand, gently fanned it with the other, smelled the fragrance, and smiled with satisfaction. Suddenly, he noticed that the luck value on the system panel had changed.
It changed from 6 to 6 (+1).
What?! Is the intelligence true?
But why is it an extra charge?
Without thinking too much, Wei Xin said gently to the flower wreath, "Thank you for the luck you brought me. I feel much better."
"Heal." Hua Wan Heal's face suddenly turned red. She crawled behind the proctor, peeked out half her head, and secretly spied on Wei Xin.
"Hey buddy, what's going on? Are you having an affair with the proctor?" Li Wei asked.
"When Flower Garland Healer saw you, she wagged her tail and came running up to you like Yellow Hair saw his father-in-law's dog."
"Believe it or not, I'll kick you in the face." Wei Xin carefully put the flower into the pocket on his chest.
Every day it's about legs, feet, jade—no wonder college students like to cram at the last minute. Damn, that's really something.
"Quiet!" The proctor coughed.
"Attention everyone, the exam is about to begin. I know you're all here to take this exam in order to get into the Pokémon Battle Pro, but you know the rules of the exam: cheating is prohibited. If you're caught, you'll be disqualified and receive a major demerit," the proctor said sternly.
"Furthermore, the entire examination room is monitored without any blind spots, so don't take any chances."
Several students quietly hid the cheat sheets from their wrists.
A mere major demerit? Who do you think I am? As long as I don't get caught, it's not considered cheating.
Someone once said that the bigger the waves, the more expensive the fish.
Pokémon battles is currently the most popular and valuable major, so much so that countless students are willing to take the risk.
After everyone placed their non-exam-related items on the podium, the proctor was about to open the cardboard bag when his cell phone suddenly rang in his pocket.
"Hey..." The proctor answered the phone, and after a moment, his eyes widened. Shortly after, he put down the phone and couldn't help but chuckle.
He addressed all the students.
"I have some good news for you. I just received a notice from the school that, in order to support students majoring in Pokémon battles, after discussion among the school leaders, all students who pass this exam will be provided with a free, high-quality Pokémon bred by the school by the school's research institute."
Upon hearing this, the students below the stage gasped in shock, and the temperature in the classroom suddenly rose.
According to national regulations, minors are not allowed to bring Pokémon, so most of the students present did not even have a single Pokémon.
They all plan to go to the wild or purchase from specialized breeding institutions after passing the exam.
But the quality of wild Pokémon is not guaranteed. Do you expect to find Pikachu among stray dogs on the roadside?
Pokémon from breeding institutions are too expensive, costing at least 200,000 yuan or more.
Many students struggle with this, but the Pokémon provided by the school's research institute have no less potential than those from other organizations. This policy undoubtedly greatly enhances students' competitive spirit.
"Furthermore, the top ten students in the entire school will have the right to choose their Pokémon first," the proctor added.
"Damn it, why didn't you say so sooner?" one student couldn't help but curse.
If he had known that high-achieving students would get priority in choosing Pokémon, he wouldn't have been able to sleep last night, and he shouldn't have slept the night before either.
Others shared similar thoughts, and fueled by the school's policies, a raging fire burned in the eyes of all the students.
The students were buzzing with discussion, but Wei Xin looked utterly dejected, as if he had no will to live. The more rewards the school gave him, the more he regretted it, wishing he could give himself two big punches.
Why, why, why did I lose all my intelligence last night?
I'm so stupid, really.
"Quiet down, we'll start distributing the test papers now."
After the hair curling test was completed, as the bell rang, the students lifted the exam papers that were face down on the table, and were instantly dumbfounded when they saw the questions.
Fill in the blanks: Question 1: Which Pokémon does not have type weaknesses?
Do Pokémon without any type weaknesses really exist in this world?
Some people started memorizing the type matchup charts and discovered that even dual-type Pokémon have corresponding weaknesses.
Is the first question really that difficult?
The two proctors opened the spare exam papers, glanced at them, looked at each other, and finally shook their heads helplessly.
This year's exam questions were much more challenging than in previous years, clearly intended to select the truly talented students.
Only Wei Xin rubbed his eyes, unable to believe the questions on the exam paper...
So Easy.
Are you fucking kidding me?
are you kidding me?
He picked up his pen and wrote "Mama Eel King" in the first blank space.
As an Electric-type Pokémon, Eelpiss should theoretically have a weakness to Ground-type.
However, its levitation ability allows it to ignore Ground-type attacks, making it the only Fairy-type Pokémon without any weaknesses.
Although its narrow hitting range resulted in almost no one paying attention to it during the game.
Wei Xin also worried whether there were other answers, since the fairy attribute is a late-game addition in the game.
Without the Fairy type, Sableye (Ghost/Ghost type) and Rockruff are Pokémon without any type weaknesses.
Until he saw the second question: What is Marill, and what type of Pokémon is it?
Water and Fairy. Although Marill has almost no Fairy-type characteristics, she is indeed a Fairy-type Pokémon. Ignoring Dragon-type moves, the Huge Power ability, and the ability to use Ice-type moves, it is no exaggeration to call her a Dragon-type killer.
Here's a little-known fact: the juvenile form of the Auriel has a chance to change from female to male during evolution.
How dare you assume her gender?
Just as Wei Xin was writing furiously, two people suddenly entered the classroom.
"Candidates number 16, 17, and 31, take out the cheat sheets from your pockets. Your exam results are canceled."
As soon as he finished speaking, everyone looked up and saw that Yongjira behind the two was emitting blue light and using his telekinesis to pull a bunch of crumpled paper out of the two students' clothes.
Caught red-handed, the two could only lower their heads and walk out of the examination room.
The students were already anxious because of the difficult questions, and this sudden scene made the atmosphere of the entire exam even more tense.
Wei Xin glanced around and saw that almost everyone was scratching their heads, looking like they had encountered Ghoststone on their exam papers.
These questions are obviously extremely tricky for students who cram at the last minute and lack sufficient preparation.
But for a Pokémon enthusiast like Wei Xin, a hardcore fan with virtually no gaps in his knowledge of Pokémon illustrations, it was a piece of cake.
The level of Pokémon worldwide has dropped a hundredfold, but I'm the only one who has maintained my original level?
Getting first place in the grade isn't easy... Stay calm, there are always people better than you, and there's always something beyond your reach.
What you can do, others might also be able to do.
Stay humble; opening champagne at halftime is not advisable.
Wei Xin sniffed the flowers in his pocket, calmed down, smiled slightly, lowered his head, and continued working on his problems.
Which of the following Pokémon is a Dragon-type Pokémon?
A. Gyarados B. Altaria C. Charizard D. Aerodactyl
Choose B, the Bluebird of the Seven Nights.
Little black guy, showing your legs, are you trying to steal my brother Du's crickets?
Before Mega Evolution, only Altaria was a Dragon/Flying-type Pokémon. The other three, despite having "Dragon" in their names and being Dragon-type Elite Four members and Lance's main force in the Kanto region, were not Dragon-type Pokémon.
Moreover, almost all of Lance's Pokémon have the Flying type.
Dragon King Riding the Dragon Crossing?
The Flying-type Elite Four member, Dodo!
Even Gyarados, which has no wings, can fly.
True or False: As Pokémon with branching evolution, female Kirlia evolves into Gardevoir, and male Kirlia evolves into Gallade.
No, male Kirlia will indeed evolve into Gallade 100% when using a Hidden Stone, but Gardevoir has a male-to-female ratio of 1:1 and a 50% chance of carrying a large root.
Wait, why is your Gardevoir equipped with Swords Dance?
After quickly solving the objective questions, Wei Xin almost burst out laughing.
Even without a system, I can still conquer all the test questions.
Then, his gaze followed the proctor and fell on the subjective questions.
Why can a Pokémon only carry four moves at a time?
One of the proctors looked up at the other and whispered, "Do you know how to do this question?"
Another proctor shrugged: "It's not related to their major; I doubt any student would be able to do it."
As teachers, they all felt that this exam was far too difficult.
Hmm? I know how to do this.
Wei Xin scratched the back of his head.
Wei Xin might need to think about the other problem-solving questions, but this one is different.
The explanation can be found in "Skill Memory Machine Operation Guide and Principles".
The system's mastermind?
Sorry, Brother Tong, I was too loud just now. You are my god!
Wei Xin quickly wrote down the answer, and in the end, only one question remained on the test paper.
A question without a score.
Write down your favorite Pokémon.