"Wait, Sister Bella, your cousin is called Aron, right?" Joe seemed to have realized something, his eyes widening in astonishment as he asked hurriedly.
"Yes." Bella nodded in a daze, she was still immersed in the surprise that Aron had an Advanced Pokémon.
She never imagined that her cousin, who was always silent before, not only changed his personality when he came to the capital this time, but also trained an Advanced level fire-type Pokémon.
The reason why the emphasis is on fire type is,because their family specialized in Psychic type Pokémon.
If Hugh Smith had arranged a Psychic-type Pokémon for Aron, invested in a significant amount of resources,and maybe even taken advantage of some fortuitous encounters, it might have been plausible for him to become advanced level within such short timeframe.
But it happens to be a fire-type Pokémon, and there is no Trainer in their family who specialises in fire type.
Meanwhile, Joe fiddled with the computer and pulled up the current rankings.
Aron ranked first with terrifying 1450 points.
At this time, the second place is Bryan Lewis, with 1140 points, and the third is Clara Angel, with 1100 points.
Pointing at the rankings, Joe exclaimed in amazement, "I knew the name Aron sounded familiar! I think I might've seen it somewhere before, but it didn't click at the time."
"Previously Aron was ranked third, and his points were not much worse than first two, Because the rankings often fluctuate, so I didn't pay much attention."
"But after defeating this Advanced Pokémon, Aron got 500 points, overtook them directly, and reached the top."
"And judging from the current situation, Aron will likely hold onto the top spot."
He paused, his eyes flickered, and he continued: "Besides, it's only the second day, and Aron has a high probability of breaking the record for the highest score."
Chris nodded in agreement. "Yes, the record will almost certainly be broken."
Joe suddenly chuckled. "When the other students realize that the first-ranked Trainer is a research department student, I wonder how they'll feel."
Chris thought for a moment before responding seriously, "They'll probably feel despair."
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Indeed, despair was the exact emotion Lian felt as he stared blankly at his phone's rankings.
"Points 1450...how did this happen?"
"Did someone just send Intermidiate Pokémon his way, one after another?" Lian muttered under his breath, confused and bewildered.
Earlier, when he had checked, Aron was ranked third with only 950 points. But in such a short time, Aron had climbed to first place with an additional 500 points.
"500?"
"500 points... an Advanced level Pokémon?"
A very terrifying guess suddenly popped up in Lian's mind.The points Aron had gained aligned perfectly with the points received by defeating an Advanced-level Pokémon.
what does that mean?
Lian knows better than anyone else.
"I'm definitely not mistaken. It was 950 before, but now it's suddenly 1450." A gleam flashed in his eyes.
As the object he has always wanted to pursue, he has been paying attention to Aron's ranking from the very beginning.
After seeing the rapid rise of Aron's ranking, he's very sure that this Aron was the same Aron from South Riverland City.
"If it's him, it's not impossible."
Half a month ago, Aron's Combusken had already displayed Intermidiate level strength. Given his rate of progression, it was entirely possible for him to have reached advanced level by now.
"It's terrifying..." Lian murmured as he looked at his Wartortle.
"It takes only one and a half months of training to reach advanced level,even Elite Lewis can't do it?"
He couldn't help but think of what his cousin once said -" A temporary lead doesn't mean anything. You'll have plenty of opportunities to surpass him during college."
He listened very carefully to his cousin's advice at that time and practiced hard, hoping to catch up with Aron during college.
But now, as he looked at the rankings, he realized the stark reality. He had made great progress—his Wartortle had broken through to the Intermediate level, surpassing even the children of noble families.
And yet, what about Aron?
Aron's progress was on an entirely different level. In a place where only a handful of students even owned intermediate-level Pokémon, Aron had already reached far ahead.
He wasn't just ahead—he was like a towering mountain that seemed impossible to climb.
"With such difference,how can it be called a temporary lead!"
Lian sighed in despair.
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"Um?"
"Aron?"
"Points 1450?!!"
On the other side, in an open space, Bryan Lewis was sitting on the ground to rest,next to him, a young shark-shaped Pokémon was staring at him intently.
This Pokémon has a huge fin on top of its head, a dark blue body, red from the lower jaw to the belly, and a huge mouth with sharp teeth.
Pseudo-legendary,Gible!
"I remember Aron being in third place earlier, just behind Clara.But now, he has overtaken us so quickly?"Bryan mused.
Bryan Lewis has a tall figure,with a sharp face that looks very tough.
"Well, to be able to overtake us in a short period of time, and directly rank first, could it be that he has defeated an Advanced level Pokémon?"
He frowned slightly,as he guessed in a low voice.
"Gible~" Seeing Bryan frowning tightly, Gible wandered over and rubbed Bryan with its little head.
Seeing this, Bryan patted Gible's head with a smile, and said, "I'm fine."
"only..."
He shook his head as he looked up at the sky, and said with a smile: "I originally saw Clara as my primary rival,but I didn't expect another Aron to appear."
"It's really interesting."
"I feel completely fired up now! I can't wait to meet this Trainer named Aron and see what Pokémon he uses."
After chattering for a while, Bryan stood up straight, turned his head to look at Gible, his eyes were shining like golden suns, and said loudly: "Gible, have you rested yet?"
"Giible!!"
Gible raised its head and responded aloud.
"Okay,Let's go, Gible. We'll gather more points before sunset."
"There are still five days to go,the first place won't be handed over so easily."
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"Aron?"
Clara looked at the ranking on the phone with very calm eyes.
"goth~!"
Standing beside her legs is a petite Pokémon, its head is mostly light pink, the red mouth is very eye-catching, and there is a strand of white tentacles resembling a bow around its neck.
Gothita was raising her head, staring intently at Clara with her blue eyes.
"It's nothing," Clara said after a moment, tucking her phone away. "Just an unexpected development. Let's keep moving, Gothita."
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in the club room,
"Captain, now that we have Aron, together with Bryan and Clara, not only the freshman exchange match is promising, but also the college student league that will follow," Joe said.
Chris smiled slightly and said, "These three are indeed very good."
Bella listened quietly before asking, "What are the backgrounds of the other two?"
Joe raised his chin, and took the initiative to say: "Sister Bella, the identities of these two people are not simple."
"This Bryan's surname is Lewis , after hearing this who do you think of at the first moment?" Joe asked.
Bella froze for a moment, then said, "What is his relation with Elite Lewis?"
"Sister Bella deserves to be called Sister Bella,your reaction is still very fast." Joe smiled and gave a thumbs up.
Immediately afterwards, he said: " Elite Lewis has a elder brother, and this Bryan is the son of Elite Lewis's elder brother, the representative of the younger generation of the Lewis family.
"So it's him..." Bella suddenly nodded, she had heard of this person a little bit.
"Bryan Lewis's starter Pokémon is Gible,it was obtained from the Dragon Cave, has extremely high qualifications, and it already has Intermidiate-level strength."
"Even though our university is full of geniuses, he is still the top talent."
"According to what the captain said, as long as his Gible can evolve into Gabite before the freshman exchange competition, he will definitely be in the top three."
Afterwards, Joe pointed to Clara Angel's name and said: "Clara Angel,she is a descendant of the Psychic Dojo in the imperial capital.She has awakened Psychic since she was born, and her Psychic powers are already very terrifying."
Hearing these words, Bella 's eyes lit up, and she stared closely at Clara's name.
"Her starter Pokémon is a Gothita with high qualifications. After Clara's Psychic enhancement,its combat power is very terrifying, and the potential is also unlimited."
Bella nodded, then smiled and said, "I'm curious about another thing."
"How did you know their information in advance?"
Joe replied solemnly: "We don't have such great powers,this was given to us by the school.We have the information about all the students in Battle department."
Hearing this, Bella nodded thoughtfully, then stared at Chris suddenly, and asked, "What about me?"
"What was my profile back then?"
Chris blinked his eyes, as if he was recalling something, after pondering for a while, he replied: "You, you have relatively little information, only a short sentence."
"Bella ,the granddaughter of King Hugh Smith."
"Understandable..." Bella nodded silently upon hearing this.
At the same time, Joe muttered from the side: "It seems that in the future, we will have to ask the school to give us the materials of students from other departments."
"If we miss a good seedling like Aron...it will be a great loss for both parties."
When Chris heard this, his eyes flickered slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Actually, it's okay, Aron is just a special case, and it's rare to see one in a few years."
Afterwards, Chris paused for a while, and then continued to say "tomorrow is the third day, right?"
"Yes." Joe nodded.
"Well, starting tomorrow, I will send two people over, and the three of you will watch their performance together."
"Everyone's command level, the specific combat power of their main Pokémon, and the general situation of other Pokémon, these are the key points."
"Understood." Joe replied immediately.