NABC Chapter 1386 The Illiterate Examination
Chapter 1386 The Illiterate Examination
Chapter 1386 The Illiterate Examination
The first day of school at Orei College.
The students, who had been living a carefree life for more than a month, were not used to it.
Especially since the course schedule is very full—
Four classes in the morning and four classes in the afternoon, each class lasting forty minutes, making the workload unprecedented in the Pokémon anime world.
Many students cried out in despair as a result.
"That can't be right! Why are there eight classes a day?!"
"School ends at 4 PM? That's like a tonic!!"
"Can someone talk to the principal and ask him to reduce our workload?"
"...It seems the curriculum arrangement was suggested by the principal..."
As this person stated, the course was personally arranged by Kashiwagi, encompassing both cultural courses and Pokémon knowledge.
These are all fundamental concepts, and he considers them quite important.
As for the knowledge he wanted to spread, there was no doubt that he first had to lift these children out of illiteracy.
Although most of the people came with basic education, he felt it wasn't enough to guarantee safety.
What if someone hasn't been exposed to this before?
Of course, a diagnostic test is definitely necessary.
Kashiwagi didn't intend to implement exam-oriented education, but he also didn't intend to let these kids off the hook.
The first batch of trainees, to put it nicely, is actually no different from those three "experiments" he entrusted to take care of his Pokémon.
Not to mention that many faculty and staff are first-time teachers, and they are overwhelmed with writing lesson plans every day.
For example, Carlos's three supporting characters—
Dance teacher Thierno, photography teacher Doropa, and beauty teacher Shana.
Several years have passed and they have grown a lot. Although they are still under eighteen years old, it does not prevent them from accepting the invitation from the Europa League.
Just like Blackie from the neighboring Unova region, who is the same age as the female lead, Whitey, he not only became a Gym Leader, but also became a teacher like Alder, working at the Trainer School in Hinoki City.
Kashiwagi had met them privately. Tierno is now a well-known dancer with a considerable number of fans in Pokémon.
Like Serena, Shana has changed her job to become a Coordinator and is striving to become a top Coordinator.
Despite his impressive skills, Dorothy is not well-known in the Pokémon photography world, and his photos receive few likes and comments.
The reasons given by the women for accepting the invitation were surprisingly consistent: they all said they no longer wanted to rely on their families for financial support. Perhaps only they themselves knew what they were really thinking.
In addition to A-gen, Yama Minoru also invited Naoshi to be among the adult teachers.
Hikari's opponent in the Grand Contest during the Diamond & Pearl era was a long-haired, handsome man who resembled a bard.
He came here to teach music.
Jasmine from the Alora region.
In the game, she is the captain of Pony Island, but in the animation, she doesn't have a corresponding role and is instead assigned the role of art teacher.
Besides the two, there were several other acquaintances, whom Kashiwagi met one by one, and he felt that Orei Academy had great potential.
Perhaps it is because there are too many teachers that students face immense academic pressure.
Adek had approached him, asking if he could alleviate the pain.
Kashiwagi's answer is—
"Wait for the results of the diagnostic test. After you see them, you'll know whether you should or shouldn't do it."
Adek neither confirmed nor denied the claim.
That night, Kashiwa hosted Adam, Nemo, and others at Platinum Silver Mountain. It was Nemo and the others' first time there, and their expressions varied.
"Don't you feel lonely living alone in such a big place?"
Piper was somewhat worried.
Kashiwagi laughed and said, "How could that be? I have friends at the bottom of the mountain, and even if I don't have human friends, it's the same with Pokémon."
He was already used to living with Pokémon, and it wasn't a big problem for him not to have real-life social interactions with people for a long time.
Peony was envious, "I like this kind of secluded place."
For a homebody like her, the Kashiwagi family home is nothing short of paradise.
With internet, a computer, and regular supplies delivered, she could stay here for the rest of her life, but reality doesn't allow it.
Peony is a soft-hearted person and can't let go of her ties with the Tianxing team. Therefore, even though she likes to live alone, she has to go out and play with them from time to time.
Occasionally, Nemo and Pipa would call her away.
Of course, the person who called her the most during this period was the chairman, Ye Ci, since she was working in the league and had to make some contributions.
Nemo was nowhere to be seen.
Like Professor Oak, she immediately started her adventure as soon as she arrived at Mt. Silver.
It was because her champion genes were activated, and she sensed the presence of a very powerful Pokémon nearby.
— Nemo wasn't wrong.
She encountered Darkrai and forced herself into a fight with it.
It's said that the match ended in a draw because Darkrai didn't want to fight her anymore, thinking she was a bit crazy.
Nemo's mental state is evident from the fact that she was once described as insane by a Pokémon that nearly went mad.
However, she seems quite normal in public.
"I think this place is perfect for the ancient Phoenix King's guards. Why don't you bring them over?" Nemo commented after exploring the area.
Kashiwagi said, "Let's wait a while. I don't plan to deal with them right now."
Let's figure out what Zezzarulho is all about first.
This little guy has started getting lazy again lately; it's time to give him a little push.
Adam admired Nemo's boundless energy, but then remarked, "Your friends all seem to be younger than you?"
"No way, I'm also very good friends with Zhu Lan and Karuni," Kashiwagi denied. "I only befriend talented and virtuous people."
Adam stared at the unfilial disciple who had tricked the little girl into coming to the Glass Dojo, shook his head, and said nothing more.
The next day arrived.
Kashiwagi saw them all off and returned to school life.
There are currently five classes in the school, with thirty-three students in each class, and the student body is quite diverse.
He certainly wouldn't make the mistake of putting people from the same region in the same class.
He even went so far as to separate the students who had committed the offenses.
It is said that after learning about what happened last time, Gua Shilang secretly went to challenge those kids from Silurian City, but he was rejected by all of them.
No matter how much he provoked her, she wouldn't fall for it.
After all, no one wants to anger Kashiwagi a second time.
Having finally finished his punishment, the guava was itching to do something again.
There are no plans at the moment, so we will remain inactive.
Kashiwagi focused his attention on this troublemaker, followed by several other students. Seeing that things were calm on campus, he felt relieved.
A week after the start of the academy, the second Orei League Tournament officially opened. Kashiwagi, as the champion, personally came to cheer on the team. The Elite Four and the Gym Leaders also arrived, showing that the Orei League had a strong sense of unity in its early stages.
Unlike other regions, when the tournament is held, the dojo masters don't even come; it's considered a favor if you can see them on TV.
When he left the school, after a week of adjustment, the placement test had begun.
The students were saddened to be unable to watch the live broadcast of the conference on time; they could only catch a glimpse during breaks between exams or watch the replay after the exams were over.
Gua Shilang was very dissatisfied with this and went to his office that same day to write a letter of protest.
After the multiple phones detected the issue through surveillance, they relayed it to Kashiwagi. Kashiwagi simply wrote it down on his phone and had it printed out and delivered to Guai Shilang's desk.
The response was simple—
"Pass the academic subjects first, then we'll raise other requirements!"
Gua Shilang absolutely uses all his brain cells on fighting. Anything that has little to do with fighting is a failing grade, and the more it is related to fighting, the higher the score.
The guava was furious when he received the reply, and went to the office to ask him what was the use of getting such good grades in academic subjects, since they were useless in daily life!
Kashiwagi continued back—
"illiteracy!"
Then I corrected the typos in his letter and put it back in his desk.
The guava instantly turned red.
The boy's shyness speaks louder than a thousand words.
But in his anger, he didn't dare tear up the exam paper. The next proctor was his grandfather, Adek.
While offending Grandpa wouldn't necessarily get you kicked out to clean the toilet, there was a custom in their family.
A real man is one who can flip over a buffalo with an afro!
However, the only thing the guava family had was Adek, who bred an afro-headed buffalo, a behemoth of over level seventy.
Let alone a mere guarana, it could easily smash a large building.
As a child, Guava was constantly gored in the buttocks by a water buffalo with an afro, and chased after him to harass him. This has left him with psychological trauma, so he dares not disobey Adek in the slightest.
The first day of the Europa League quickly came to an end.
The battle royale phase has ended.
Although it wasn't as exciting as last year, it still generated a lot of buzz thanks to Minoru Yama's efforts.
The students at Ole College finally had time to watch the game.
However, a large number of people are not in the mood.
For example, Mingyi.
She looked down at the bulletin board where the results were posted, but couldn't find herself. It wasn't until she looked up from the second page that she finally spotted herself, ranked exactly one hundredth.
Mingyi was somewhat embarrassed, "Ugh..."
No one says that well-behaved, timid girls must have good grades. Mingyi clearly failed the diagnostic test set up by Bai Mu.
What's even more baffling is that, despite the fact that the Ore region has only been liberated for a little over two years, the students here generally have better academic performance than those in other regions.
Even the top ten were basically dominated by the new generation of Huangtie City.
Kashiwagi was very satisfied with this.
He used to suffer because he was illiterate; he didn't understand this or that until he went to a literacy class and things started to improve.
As for the students' results in other regions, he was surprised, but not entirely unexpected.
Too many teenagers want to become trainers, so they plan to travel at a very young age and don't pay any attention to basic education.
Only after experiencing a major setback and being beaten down by reality while traveling will one start learning again.
Fortunately, there's not much pressure in the Pokémon anime world, so it doesn't matter if you learn slowly.
It is undeniable that there are many geniuses in the world of animation, and many cutting-edge technologies were created by these geniuses.
Kashiwagi hopes that a few of them will appear in their Ore region as well.
As he thought about it, he began to miss the Rockets trio. Those three were actually quite suitable to be teachers; they were quick-witted and highly skilled, but unfortunately, they didn't use their talents in the right place.
How about we try to fool them a little?
He believed the Rockets' trio would definitely be willing to come.
It wasn't that they betrayed Team Rocket; they just came to Ore Academy to work. They'd been short of money since the original series and all the way through the journey, so they were doing odd jobs every day to pay off their debts for building various robots.
Believe it or not, the Rockets' trio happened to have nothing to do at that moment.
They messed up again not long ago—
Recruiting radio station.
Sakaki ordered them to make a radio program to recruit new talent, but they went off-topic again and ended up with nothing.
Sakaki was so angry at these useless and troublesome guys that he decided to put them aside again.
This reminded Kashiwagi that they hadn't been seen for a long time after finishing their radio show during the trip. They weren't even at the Eight Masters Tournament. Normally, they would definitely be selling bento boxes, merchandise, drinks, and the like in the stands.
The Rockets trio, who had been sitting on the bench, were overjoyed to receive Kashiwagi's call. They had almost been forgotten by him and immediately offered to take on the part-time job.
Then they drove the hot air balloon toward the Ore region.
Heaven knows how long their journey will take.
Kashiwagi originally wanted Hoopa to pick them up, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt it wasn't necessary. The Team Rocket trio were incredibly powerful and had flown around to different regions more than once.
The Europa Conference proceeded as scheduled.
The intensity has dropped too much compared to last year. Last year's intensity was comparable to the Champions League, but this year it has instantly returned to the level of an ordinary tournament.
The reality was that the Europa League received the expected viewership ratings for a standard event, at most slightly better than events in other regions.
Yama Minoru sighed, "The hype has all been stolen by the Eight Masters. If only the Eight Masters event had been held earlier, we could have caught up with their popularity."
"You're dreaming. They've already considered the timing." Kashiwagi scoffed at his friend's wishful thinking.
The tournament organizers were well aware that various regions needed to hold league conferences and champion leagues, so they deliberately postponed them to give the champions some free time.
The conference is in its seventh day.
Amidst cheers, a new tournament champion was born in the Orei region—a trainer from Battle Mountain.
Kashiwagi's underlings are mostly participating in tournaments in other regions, forcing them to miss the local competition.
Otsuka just finished playing a few days ago and achieved an excellent result of reaching the semi-finals. It can only be said that he is a worthy player to be trained!
Cheng Hong is still in progress, and there is no specific information at present.
The other participants also performed very well, although none of them won the final championship.
"The Champions League is in a couple of days, so prepare well and don't overexert yourself." Yamamoto took the Eight Masters very seriously.
This thing has attracted so much attention that it has become the number one event in the world.
What angered Minoru Yama was that the event was held in the city of Kyoto in Galar.
Isn't the goal simply to make Dynamax Pokémon only available in Galar?
He said to Kashiwagi, "Once you become the world champion, take over the venue for next year's finals!"
"...I will do my best."
That's all I can say.
If the fragments of Eterna in the basement could be revived, Orel could completely replace Galar.
Come to think of it, it seems like O'Lee has everything he could want.
Mega Evolution has Mega Wave, Z-Moves are not limited by region, Dynamax can be achieved by reviving Eternatus, and Crystallize has Turtle.
A while ago, Kashiwagi went to Calyrex's Garden to test and found that the energy level in the air was very high, reaching the standard that would allow wild Pokémon to achieve their energy levels, similar to Kitakami Village and Blueberry Academy.
I believe that in another year or two, the entire Platinum Silver Mountain and even the southern part of Ore will be able to transform into soil similar to that of Padiya.
Kashiwagi thought that Minoru Yama's suggestion was indeed worth considering.
As for the difficulty of reviving Eterna, he hadn't forgotten that among his simulation rewards was a resurrection potion given by a witch.
The one whose main ingredient is Phoenix feathers.
Let's not even talk about whether it's true or not, let's just ask you if it's possible.