After leaving the club, Wang Luo and Zhang Yao headed straight for Binhe City's university district. There were four universities around the university district, but only one Pokémon university: Binhe Elite University.
After all, Binhe City was just an ordinary city in Donghai Province, not a prefecture-level city, let alone a provincial capital. Having one Pokémon university was already good, and even then, it wasn't something just anyone could get into.
The university district was located next to the largest river in Binhe City, with a pleasant view. Inside the university district were various food establishments, including a whole food street, with both high-end and affordable options.
It's often said that students' money is the easiest to earn, so the university district was fully equipped with facilities, attracting a huge number of university students and even high school students.
The two of them used to come here often for a meal; there was a barbecue place that smelled incredibly good. Since it was a holiday and dinnertime, if they didn't hurry, they might not even get a seat.
Besides food, right next to the university district was a Battle Park, providing a space for high school students who couldn't afford a Pokémon club to battle, though most of them were just weaklings pecking at each other.
Despite this, everyone still enjoyed it, after all, who didn't start as a rookie?
Students from Binhe Elite University would occasionally appear here too, but most of them used their newly trained Pokémon for battles, as their main Pokémon were too destructive, and it wouldn't be good if they damaged the plants.
"Lo Ge, barbecue needs to be paired with iced drinks. What do you want to drink?"
The two of them were queuing at a milk tea shop. If you eat barbecue without milk tea, where's the soul?
"I'll have a Jasmine Milk Green, extra ice. Slowpoke, get an iced Sitrus Berry sparkling water."
"OK!"
A Jasmine Milk Green was seven yuan, but the Sitrus Berry sparkling water was thirty yuan. Normally, he wouldn't splurge like that, but since he was fleecing a rich guy, that was a different story.
After buying the milk tea, they arrived at the barbecue restaurant. Sure enough, there weren't many seats left, so they quickly grabbed a four-person table. Luckily, Pokémon were also allowed to dine at this place.
"Big boss, order whatever you want."
Zhang Yao grandly handed the menu to Wang Luo.
Wang Luo casually ordered a double set meal, but then turned to look at Slowpoke and found it was already drooling at the picture of grilled fish on the menu.
"Two more grilled fish, that's all."
Wang Luo was still quite principled. Although Zhang Yao had a lot of pocket money, training Pokémon was even more expensive.
Zhang Yao also ordered two large skewers of grilled beef for Charmander, then asked the waiter to serve the food as quickly as possible.
It was peak hour now, and the boss himself was a bit overwhelmed, but fortunately, he had a Machamp and a Machoke.
The two Pokémon cooperated seamlessly, their six arms flying up and down, flipping and adding ingredients in one smooth motion, managing three grills without any problems.
"Big boss, the food will be ready soon, do you think... hehe."
At this moment, Zhang Yao looked at Wang Luo with bright eyes, speaking impatiently.
Charmander glanced at his Trainer, feeling a bit embarrassed for a Dragon.
But it can get stronger...
Charmander's expression was conflicted for a moment, then it secretly pushed its sparkling water to Slowpoke.
"Yadon!"
Is this for me?!
Slowpoke, who had just finished its own sparkling water, happily accepted Charmander's kindness and indicated that it would protect him from now on.
"Alright, then let me tell you about today's battle."
"First of all, your Charmander is indeed well-trained, but battles don't just rely on the Pokémon; more importantly, they rely on the Trainer's commands."
Zhang Yao listened thoughtfully. He had indeed thought that as long as the Pokémon was strong enough, it could solve all problems, but today, Wang Luo shattered his beautiful illusion.
"So when you go back, quickly catch up on the knowledge points you missed before. You need to know the characteristics and skills of different Pokémon by heart, otherwise, when someone attacks you, you won't even know how you were hit."
"Ha ya!"
Charmander agreed, saying that its Trainer was definitely the one holding it back today.
"Second, you need to pay attention to tactics during battle. You can't just foolishly rush in and roll up your sleeves to fight."
Zhang Yao nodded vigorously; he knew they were getting to the point.
"For example, your Charmander can learn Double Team using a TM. If you use Double Team when attacking, wouldn't it be easier to get close?"
"And then there's Smoke Screen, which you look down on. If you sprayed Smoke Screen to cover the field at the beginning, and Charmander secretly ran behind the enemy to ambush..."
Oh my god!
Zhang Yao almost spat out the pearls from his bubble tea when he heard this.
"Going a step further, you can even combine Smoke Screen and Fire Flower, so the enemy unknowingly falls into a burned state within the Smoke Screen."
Zhang Yao was already numb. He looked at his best friend with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?"
Wang Luo was confused by the stare.
"You're really devious!"
Wang Luo: ...
"But I love it, hahaha!"
Zhang Yao could already imagine his opponents being deviously defeated.
...
"Let's go to the riverside. I'll show you how Slowpoke usually trains."
After they finished eating, the two planned to take a walk to digest.
Wang Luo found a secluded platform near the river, where there were few people around.
"Come out, Slowpoke."
"Yadon~"
After coming out, Slowpoke let out a cry and then started to daze.
"Charmander, come out and learn something."
"Ha ya~"
After Charmander came out, it struck a bodybuilding pose, then stared at Slowpoke. It wanted to see how this incredibly strong Slowpoke trained.
"Slowpoke, you ate their grilled fish, so you should show some appreciation. Let Charmander observe your daily training."
"Yadon?"
Full power?
"Full power!"
"Slowpoke, Calm Mind."
Instantly, Slowpoke seemed to become even dumber, but if you looked closely at its eyes, you would see a graceful light blue glow flowing within them.
Calm Mind, a move that requires concentration to perform, can greatly increase a Pokémon's Special Attack and Special Defense.
But his Slowpoke could instantly enter the Calm Mind state. It had to be said that Slowpoke had practiced the Calm Mind skill to perfection.
"Calm Mind?!"
Zhang Yao, who was beside him, was shocked again. Was this a move Slowpoke could master?
Don't only Pokémon like Gardevoir and Alakazam use Calm Mind?
But then he thought, this kid Wang Luo is really devious. Slowpoke uses Calm Mind to boost itself at the start of the battle, and those who don't know would think Slowpoke is just spacing out.
After all, who would think a Slowpoke could use Calm Mind?
Wang Luo felt that Slowpoke had meditated enough and continued to give commands.
"Use Confusion, lift the largest possible water sphere."
"Yadon!"
Streams of water continuously rose from the river surface, gradually converging into a giant water sphere.
Zhang Yao and Charmander next to him had already lost consciousness, their minds filled with "Who am I? Where am I? What is this?"
"Next, a volley of arrows!"
"Yadon~"
Controlling so much water was a bit strenuous for Slowpoke; its pink little face was flushed, but it could barely maintain it.
The assembled water sphere split into numerous water spears, all shooting towards the river surface, stirring up large splashes.
Looking at his best friend and Charmander, whose mouths were still agape, Wang Luo smiled calmly.
Young man, have you ever seen a blue flamethrower?