Dai Shan and Ni Xuanya fell silent, realizing that Su Wen’s Charmander was stronger than their Sandile and Nidoran♀.

  "Uh, Su Wen, what tier is your Charmander at now?" Ni Xuanya asked, her competitive spirit fring up.

  Su Wen sighed inwardly, knowing Ni Xuanya’s competitive nature. "It just broke through to Tier 1 a couple of days ago."

  Dai Shan, feeling a bit indignant, said, "My Sandile is almost Tier 1 too. How could it not even force out a second move?"

  Ni Xuanya didn’t speak, but the look in her eyes was telling.

  Su Wen smiled, not interested in arguing. "Probably because Cyndaquil had already battled you two before facing Charmander, so it was pretty worn out."

  Charmander, however, wasn’t happy with Su Wen’s humble expnation. It waved its cws, wanting to set Dai Shan straight, but Su Wen quickly stuffed an energy block into its mouth to shut it up.

  The atmosphere among the group became a bit awkward, but Su Wen didn’t mind. He turned to Chen You and made a bet about whether Zhou Wan would show up.

  "One dinner—I bet Sister Wan will come," Chen You said confidently.

  Su Wen raised an eyebrow. "Then I can’t bet. I think she’ll come too."

  Not long after, a gloomy-looking boy walked in.

  Dai Shan tried to strike up a conversation, but the boy ignored him completely, addressing the doctor instead. "Please treat my Murkrow."

  Since Rotom was still being treated, the doctor gestured for the boy to pce Murkrow on another bed and wait.

  A while ter, Zhou Wan stormed in with her Farfetch’d, looking furious.

  "Sister Wan," "Sister Wan," Su Wen and Chen You greeted her in unison, making her seem like a gang leader.

  Zhou Wan smacked both of them on the head. "Can’t you act normal?"

  Chen You rubbed his head and grinned. "So, how did it go?"

  "How did what go?" Zhou Wan asked, confused.

  "The battle, Sister Wan, the battle!" Chen You urged, while Su Wen filled her in on the details.

  "So that’s Wu Yan," Zhou Wan said, her anger subsiding as she understood the situation.

  Su Wen noticed that Farfetch’d’s injuries were simir to Charmander’s—not too severe. In fact, Farfetch’d’s sharp eyes were filled with fighting spirit, as if it wanted to whack Su Wen with its leek.

  It was clear that while Farfetch’d in Xia Kingdom were just ingredients, in Engnd, they were warriors for a reason.

  While Chansey was treating Murkrow, Zhou Wan wasn’t in a hurry to see the doctor. She first shared the details of her battle with Su Wen and Chen You.

  "That Helioptile was about the same level as Farfetch’d—early Tier 1—but the difference in strength was huge. It used ?Quick Attack to kite Farfetch’d, then paralyzed it with ?Thunder Shock. I had to concede. There was no chance to fight back," Zhou Wan said, still shaken.

  This was the first time Zhou Wan, who had always been fiercely competitive in both martial arts and academics, had been completely outcssed by someone of the same level. It was a huge blow to her.

  Chen You, on the other hand, was more id-back than Su Wen and Zhou Wan. "It’s fine. Teacher Wu Yan was a Gym-level trainer over a decade ago. It’d be weird if we could beat him."

  Zhou Wan gnced at him, showing a rare moment of vulnerability. "But that Swift Wing... I really wanted it."

  "Muscle Wing, Genius Wing, Swift Wing... Do you think Teacher Wu Yan has a full set?" Chen You counted on his fingers, realizing Wu Yan had quite a few feathers.

  Su Wen nodded. "Probably. The Feather Series is usually sold as a set. I’m not picky—I’d take any of the six feathers."

  The gloomy boy nearby scoffed. "Forget it. That Wu Yan guy never intended to give us the feathers. He was just messing with us."

  Dai Shan crossed his arms and remained silent. Though he was honest and straightforward, he wasn’t stupid. After this brief interaction, he knew everyone in this room was elite.

  His father wasn’t a trainer but a scientist, so Dai Shan had a sharper eye than most. For example, the mud ointment on Ni Xuanya’s Nidoran♀ was likely a rare substance that enhanced its Poison-type power.

  Or the Rotom, which was extremely rare in Xia Kingdom—even his father’s research b had been trying to acquire one for experiments, without success.

  Or Zhou Wan’s Farfetch’d, the English version, which had immense potential. Its evolution, Sirfetch’d, could more easily nd critical hits with its signature leek.

  And then there was Su Wen...

  Dai Shan had always thought he was too good for Cloud City High School. He’d wanted to attend Magic City Foreign Language High School but was forced to come here by his father.

  Now, Dai Shan suddenly realized he’d been a frog in a well. Every cssmate in this room, whether in current strength or future potential, was likely no less capable than him.

  Without a word, Dai Shan turned to leave. He felt a sense of urgency—he needed to train harder.

  As Dai Shan opened the door, two girls walked in together.

  "Dai Shan?"

  "Wang Momomo?"

  After a brief moment of surprise, Dai Shan quickly realized Wang Momomo had also been taught a lesson by Wu Yan.

  "What are you doing here?" Wang Momomo asked, then noticed the small medical room was already packed with six people, including the "friend" she’d just met at noon.

  "Sister Wan~ Why are you guys here too?" Wang Momomo ignored Dai Shan and rushed to Zhou Wan.

  Zhou Wan, Chen You, and the others exchanged gnces, and Zhou Wan expined the situation.

  "So only Han Meng and I had a double battle?" Wang Momomo excimed in surprise.

  The girl who came in with Wang Momomo introduced herself, "Hi, I’m Deng Hanmeng from Css 5."

  Wu Yan, to save time, hadn’t approached Wang Momomo and Deng Hanmeng individually but had challenged them to a double battle. Though it was called a double battle, Wang Momomo and Deng Hanmeng had zero synergy and were completely outpyed by Wu Yan.

  "Stop chatting. Come get treated. Css is starting soon, and those who’ve finished treatment, please leave. This is a medical room, not a marketpce," the doctor said, annoyed by the growing crowd and noise.

  "Sorry, sorry, we’ll leave now," Su Wen and the others apologized and filed out of the medical room. Su Wen and Chen You decided to wait outside for Zhou Wan, while Dai Shan and the gloomy boy left separately.

  "Su Wen, have you noticed? The girls at Cloud City High School are really something," Chen You said, giving Su Wen a knowing look.

  Su Wen thought about it and had to agree. Among the four girls in the medical room, each was a top-tier beauty with their own unique style.

  It seemed that when God opened a door for some people, He also left the window wide open.

  "You’re not falling for Wang Momomo, are you?" Su Wen gnced at Chen You.

  Chen You, unusually shy, said, "Maybe it’s love at first sight."

  "Pfft," Su Wen ughed. "You’re just being shallow. And let me tell you, three years minimum, life sentence maximum."

  "Three years is worth it, and a life sentence isn’t a loss!" Chen You decred with a look of heroic determination.

  As they joked around, the earlier frustration seemed to fade away. Charmander and Rotom chased each other pyfully until Zhou Wan finally emerged from the medical room.

  "What are you two talking about?" Zhou Wan asked, noticing their cheerful expressions. Her Farfetch’d had also regained its energy.

  "Nothing much. What’s the pn now, Sister Wan?" Chen You quickly changed the subject.

  Zhou Wan said, "It’s almost time. Let’s head to the training grounds entrance and wait."

  Su Wen and Chen You had no objections. Although they hadn’t trained much during lunch, they could easily make up for it in the evening.

  However, the thought of facing Wu Yan again soon made them itch to give him a taste of his own medicine.