"You passed."
After a moment of silence, Instructor Zhou Shan said to Fang Yuan.
Without going into other details, just take the combination of the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Dragonite, and Milotic controlling the rainy weather from three angles, amplifying the effects of the rain several times over—this cooperation was simply perfect!
There weren't major issues on the construction of the Rain Day System either, but because there were too few Pokemon, it couldn't be considered quite perfect yet.
"Do you plan to further build on your Rainy Day Tactics System in the future?"
Instructor Zhou Shan inquired. Fang Yuan had such conditions, giving him a natural advantage in constructing a Rainy Team.
"Uh..." Fang Yuan was startled.
He thought about it, and realized he didn't actually have such a plan. The tactics that Instructor Zhou Shan had seen were just something he thought was fun and put together on a whim.
Otherwise, if he wanted to build a Rainy Team, he would've evolved a Bullfrog King with Dragonite's Certificate of Kingship by now.
The Bullfrog King's ability to summon rain, when added to the team, could take the control of the Rain Day System up a notch and also help with his water-themed paper—why not do it?
Besides the Bullfrog King, taming a Pelipper with the rain-generating trait would also be good. Pelipper could also coordinate with Dragonite to speed up teammates with Tailwind...
But all of these seemed unnecessary to Fang Yuan. Weather teams had too many limitations, unless one day he could tame a Kyogre or something, then he might reconsider.
Moreover, compared to Rainy Teams... Fang Yuan preferred Sunny Teams a bit more, mainly because Eevee hated cloudy weather and liked sunny days. But assembling a Sunny Team was also difficult, with Monferno struggling to carry the team...
Perhaps he could hire Luo Kuo to stay by his side in the future?
"I would suggest you tame a Lip Sister." Instructor Zhou Shan recommended. He had disregarded the combination skill just now, which had exceeded his understanding.
However, from observing Water Tornado, Electromagnetic Storm, and the extreme Heat Wave, Instructor Zhou Shan clearly saw the talents of Fang Yuan's three Pokemon.
Milotic's control of moves, the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster's control of Electromagnetic Force, and Dragonite's control over air currents... all reached a very high level.
"A Lip Sister with the Dry Skin trait?" Fang Yuan asked.
The Dry Skin trait allowed for recovery of health and wounds during rainy weather and when hit with Water attribute moves, which indeed could integrate into the Rain Day System, but...
"That's right," Instructor Zhou Shan said. "I observed Milotic's coordination and strong control over moves. I believe besides Water-based Spells, Milotic is definitely also proficient in Ice-based Spells. The same goes for Dragonite. Since it can seamlessly link Heat Wave with Hurricane, there's also the possibility to perfectly link Blizzard with Hurricane,"
"Plus, with an Ice Type, Psychic Type Lip Sister, as long as the Pokemon learn the Hail move, it would allow this Rainy Day Tactics to switch seamlessly to Ice Day Tactics, adding much stronger versatility. Most importantly, Lip Sister's Superpower can be used for Trainer protection."
Fang Yuan showed a smile, but decided against it—he had a bit of a phobia towards Lip Sisters.
...
Fang Yuan's preliminary assessment at the First Police School had concluded.
Although Fang Yuan admitted that the Rainy Day Tactics of the Self-detonating Magnetic Monster, Dragonite, and Milotic weren't perfect, this system was more than enough to pass the assessment.
In addition to switching between rain and snow, Instructor Zhou Shan gave some other advice. While it did sound somewhat useful, Fang Yuan had no intention of adopting it, mainly because it was too much trouble.
Rather than further constructing a Group Battle System, Fang Yuan was more interested in finding out when the Police School's assessments would end.
The test was just the first step in the fourth stage of the assessment... It seemed that Fang Yuan would have to stay here for a full week regardless.
After giving the Pokemon in the yard their training tasks, Fang Yuan went back inside.
Dragonite continued learning Sandstorm, Milotic continued learning Hot Water, and the mobile Rotom was also learning new skills.
The Self-detonating Magnetic Monster then used a magnetic field and Electric Terrain to lay the "foundation" for the two Gear children.
Glutton was practicing Black Flame, Monferno was practicing Geppo, and Eevee was practicing Substitute and multitasking.
Back in the room, Fang Yuan, who lay on the dorm bed like a salted fish, turned on his cell phone.
Having worked hard for a full year, he occasionally wanted to take a few days off.
"Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, huh..."
The closer it got to these official holidays, the less energy Fang Yuan could muster. The blame for his laziness had to fall on the First Police School.
The tasks were handed out too slowly!
"Instructor Xu told me to wait for news, why hasn't anyone come yet..." Fang Yuan muttered to himself, "Say... they don't really want me to go smash up a poaching gang, do they?"
Later, because he was too bored and didn't want to study for the time being, Fang Yuan looked at his tens of millions in savings and started online shopping to pass the time.
Evening.
Instructor Xu Manjie, who was responsible for Fang Yuan's assessment, and Instructor Zhou Shan, who had previously assessed him, came to Fang Yuan's residence together.
"Instructor Xu... Professor Zhou... is the content for the next step of the assessment decided?" Fang Yuan opened the door, hurriedly welcomed them, and showed an expectant expression.
Instructor Xu looked at Fang Yuan and said, "Let's get straight to the point now, the fourth phase of the Professional Assessment aims to give Trainers the ability to combat criminals."
"You have passed your group battle assessment, which means you can systematically command a large number of Pokemon in battle."
However, as Instructor Zhou nodded, he thought that Fang Yuan's Rainy Day Tactics, compared to fighting other Trainers, were actually more suitable for dealing with events like Elf Siege.
If faced with hostile Trainers in the city, such as poachers, the Rainy Day Tactics would struggle to unfold their full power. And once unleashed, not to mention the poachers, even innocent bystanders would be blasted away, causing economic damage to the city possibly more severe than the adverse effects brought about by the poachers...
Fang Yuan said, "So next, am I to assist in capturing important criminals or join in the fight against poaching gangs?"
"Take a look at this." Instructor Zhou Shan placed the tablet he was carrying on the table in Fang Yuan's room. The screen displayed several people's photographs.
"This is the poaching gang 'Red Siamese Cat'; the recent smuggling and poaching case in BaiLong County is related to this gang."
"The leader of the organization was once a Professional Trainer from Thailand, under him, there are 5 Senior Trainers. They are an experienced and quite cunning poaching gang."
Professional Trainer...
Fang Yuan hesitated slightly. It sounded dangerous.
"I understand now. It seems my mission is to wipe them out. Alright, give me their full details," Fang Yuan said gravely. The inevitable had arrived, and he was mentally prepared.
Xu Manjie, Zhou Shan: "???"
"Hold on," Instructor Xu said. "You're thinking too much."
"Not long after the smuggling and poaching case was cracked in BaiLong County, the local Trainer Association worked with the police to immediately trace the 'Red Siamese Cat' and arrested the leader and members."
"I see. So my task is to cooperate with the police to eliminate the collaborators of the 'Red Siamese Cat'... after all, such a large transaction can't involve just six people," Fang Yuan said with solemnity.
Xu Manjie, Zhou Shan: "???"
Speechless, Instructor Xu said, "No, while most members of the Red Siamese Cat, including the leader, have been arrested, one poacher managed to escape during the arrest. Your assessment task is to deal with this poacher who fled into the mountains, Liu Jinbiao, the person in the fifth photo."
"What?" Fang Yuan blinked. He had been tense for so long, and his opponent was just a small fry who wasn't even a Professional Trainer?