As for the conversation between the principal and others, Su Wen naturally knew nothing about it. After Chen You was rejected by Wang Momomo, Su Wen and Zhou Wen dragged Chen You away from her.

  During lunch, Su Wen wasted no time sharing the news he’d learned from Mu Hanzhi with Chen You and Zhou Wan.

  "Three years of the highest-level schorship and one million in training funds!" Chen You’s eyes lit up. For him, the schorship was a significant sum.

  Zhou Wan, knowing Chen You’s situation, didn’t say much. She put down her chopsticks and thought, "Compared to the schorship, the restricted area access is the most important. And it’s probably an opportunity-type restricted area."

  Restricted areas generally fall into three categories: unknown, trial, and opportunity.

  Unknown-type restricted areas are newly discovered and usually the most dangerous, as it’s unclear what level of Pokémon are active inside. Their danger level is guessed based on energy concentration.

  Trial-type and opportunity-type restricted areas are developed and modified by humans. The former is used for various assessments and competitions, while the tter is primarily for rewards.

  Su Wen had already searched online but found nothing. "You probably have to sign a confidentiality agreement before entering, right? No leaks allowed."

  Chen You, still down about not getting Wang Momomo’s contact information, said listlessly, "I don’t care. At most, it’s some resources or high-quality Pokémon. I can provide for Rotom myself."

  Zhou Wan couldn’t help but ugh at Chen You’s naivety. She’d already learned about Chen You’s ability during lunch but scolded him, "Did you fail middle school biology? You can only provide Ghost-type energy to Rotom, but you can’t enhance its overall abilities."

  In the Pokémon world, a Pokémon’s physical abilities can be broadly categorized into six areas: HP, Attack, Special Attack, Defense, Special Defense, and Speed.

  While these six attributes don’t fully represent a Pokémon’s strength, they provide a rough guideline for trainers to focus on training and development.

  For example, Su Wen’s Charmander has higher potential in Special Attack than in Attack.

  Su Wen remained silent. According to his agreement with the Charizard Valley, resources to enhance abilities were too precious and would only be provided once Charmander reached Tier 2, the Advanced level.

  Of course, these abilities could be trained, but compared to using berries or other resources, self-training was much slower.

  Chen You blinked. "Forgot about that!"

  He straightened up. "Then we definitely have to secure that spot."

  "Let’s do our best," Su Wen said, not believing the school would hand over the spot so easily. Based on what Mu Hanzhi had said, they’d likely have to sign a performance-based agreement with the school.

  "Let’s not talk about this anymore. It’s too heavy. What are you guys pnning to do this afternoon?" Chen You, thinking it was better not to overthink, asked about Su Wen and Zhou Wan’s pns.

  Cloud City High School had free time in the afternoon. Students could go home, stay on campus, or train at the training grounds. Csses resumed at 2:30 PM.

  Su Wen already had pns. "I’m heading to the training grounds. Charmander hasn’t started today’s training yet, and since we have practical csses this afternoon, I’ll go early and wait there."

  Zhou Wan had originally pnned to get to know her cssmates but changed her mind after hearing Su Wen’s pn. "Then I’ll go to the training grounds too."

  Chen You grimaced. "Seriously? Do you have to be so hardworking? It’s the first day of school. Can’t you let people live?"

  "You think everyone’s like you? By the way, have you gathered enough energy for Rotom’s training today?" Su Wen felt Chen You hadn’t done anything outrageous today.

  Chen You gnced around mysteriously, then whispered with a sly grin, "Already done. I bought some stinky tofu before getting on the bus this morning."

  The bus driver alone had provided a quarter of the energy. If Chen You hadn’t avoided eating the stinky tofu, the driver would’ve kicked him off.

  Zhou Wan looked disgusted. "Let me make this clear: don’t use those tricks on me or Su Wen."

  Su Wen agreed. "If you want to try mixed doubles, we can arrange that."

  The group joked as they left the cafeteria and asked a cleaning dy for directions to the training grounds.

  "The training grounds are so luxurious. Cloud City High School really has money. My family’s gym is like a bathroom compared to this," Su Wen was amazed. The training grounds were at least five to six times rger than his family’s gym.

  Zhou Wan looked at the sign at the entrance. "That’s to be expected. Gyms usually focus on training one type of Pokémon, but schools train them comprehensively."

  She found the Fighting-type training area on the sign. "I’m heading to the Fighting-type training grounds. Su Wen, Chen You, where are you going?"

  Chen You didn’t hesitate. "I’m going to the Electric-type training area."

  Rotom is an Electric/Ghost-type. While Chen You could provide Ghost-type energy, Electric-type training still needed to be done.

  "I’ll go to the Fire-type area," Su Wen said.

  Charmander is a pure Fire-type and only gains the Flying-type upon evolving into Charizard. Training Flying-type now would be inefficient.

  The three had their pns and parted ways after swiping their student IDs. Zhou Wan reminded Su Wen and Chen You to meet at the training grounds entrance before 2:30 PM.

  The Fire-type training area had a rge screen dispying not the time but the concentration of Fire-type energy inside.

  "It fluctuates around 30,000 Cal."

  Su Wen released Charmander from its Poké Ball and watched the numbers. The Fire-type energy concentration inside was about four times that of the outside.

  Of course, it couldn’t compare to the Charizard Valley, where the minimum concentration was around 150,000 Cal. After all, the Charizard Valley was originally a volcano before it became a training ground.

  But maintaining twice the outside energy concentration was still impressive.

  However, when Su Wen received the training ground usage guidelines from the staff, he realized he was wrong.

  The training grounds only opened at noon and closed at 6 PM. From 2:30 PM to 5:30 PM, during Cloud City High School’s practical csses, the energy concentration would increase to around 50,000 Cal.

  Su Wen wasn’t the first to arrive at the training grounds. Several trainers were already inside with their Pokémon.

  Su Wen had originally thought that since Charmander carried the Charizardite X, it could passively gather Fire-type energy. After testing, the concentration around Charmander was already high, around 160,000 Cal, so there was no need to train here, and it might even reveal Charmander’s uniqueness.

  But according to the Zhu family’s research, the higher the environmental Fire-type energy concentration, the greater the benefits for Pokémon. So, Su Wen decided to give it a try.

  Indeed, when Su Wen connected his Aura to Charmander in a quiet corner, he found that the Charizardite X’s Fire-type energy gathering had increased slightly, roughly around 180,000 Cal.

  "An efficiency increase of less than 20%. Not bad," Su Wen nodded in satisfaction and began the day’s training.

  Charmander, initially restless in the unfamiliar environment, obediently sat down at Su Wen’s request.

  But the training was interrupted after less than five minutes.

  "That Charmander of yours is quite interesting."

  The speaker was a scruffy-looking man in his te thirties, unkempt and disheveled.

  Weren’t the training grounds only for school personnel? Is he a teacher? Su Wen and Charmander were both annoyed by the interruption. Charmander waved its cws at the man in irritation.

  "Char~" ￣へ￣

  Su Wen calmed Charmander and smiled. "Can I help you, Mr. Wu Yan?"