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Chapter 100 Strange Tree: Let me see what's going on?

Chapter 100 Strange Tree: Let me see what's going on?

October 11th, Sunday.

Just like yesterday, due to the end of the school term at Orange Academy, there has been a noticeable increase in the number of students coming to challenge the gym these past two days.

"Welcome back next time, and remember to leave a good review, okay?!"

After seeing off yet another challenger with a complex expression, Dojo apprentice Nemo wiped the fine beads of sweat from her forehead. Whew, that was a truly exhilarating battle! I almost lost!

"But the poison-defense tactic taught by Teacher Qingyu is really useful. I didn't expect it to be so easy to learn, right, Earth Dragon brother~"

Nemo laughed heartily, and the little earth dragon at her feet also wriggled happily.

Qingyu, who was watching the battle silently from the sidelines, couldn't help but click her tongue in amazement.

Because there were many challengers today, Nemo was in charge of receiving the guests who were not as strong while Eevee and Riolu were resting.

From Qingyu's perspective, Nemo's current strength is in no way inferior to that of the second-year students at Orange Academy.

"Ugh, I feel like I'm the one who opened Pandora's box?"

When Mingming was learning the training methods for the Blitz, Nemo was a bit slow and needed to be reminded from time to time.

It turns out that this substitute only watched me play for one night, and today, on his first try, he was already very skilled.

Was it because I taught her well, or is Nemo simply more suited to this style?

Qingyu didn't know the answer to the question, and just sighed silently.

"If this trend continues, Nemo will eventually learn everything I know—"

"When Nemo goes to the Champion Road next year for training, will the other Gym Leaders and Elite Four come knocking on my door to cause trouble?"

But thinking about it, it seems pretty good. After some consideration, Qingyu decided to maintain the status quo.

Just as he was about to hang a truce sign at the gym gate so that he and Nemo's Pokémon could take a nap, a commotion suddenly broke out outside.

"Gah—!"

The alarm bells that Milton would make when he was scared came through, along with a somewhat familiar female voice, but Qingyu couldn't make out what she said.

Qingyu immediately pushed open the dojo door.

"Wow! You're so cool! Is this your new Pokémon, junior? I've never seen you before!"

"Hey! Don't run away, let me touch you!"

A pink-haired beauty wearing a yellow and black windbreaker and with a unique hairstyle appeared at the entrance of the gym. Two small Magnemite dolls on her head, which were integrated with her hairstyle, swayed up and down with her movements.

"Senior Qishu?"

Qingyu immediately recognized the girl who had helped him get on the right track with his live streaming at the beginning.

Both are Padawan Gym Leaders, and the adorable Qishu is a rising star streamer from Nimbus City!

At this moment, she was half-squatting at the entrance of the dojo, trying to reach out and touch Milerton's metallic chest, but Milerton dodged her repeatedly in disgust.

The adorable Kiki says, "Oh, it's my junior, Ciallo~ (·w<)★"

Upon hearing Qingyu's voice, Qishu subconsciously stood up and looked at him, while making a cute gesture.

It's a greeting she often uses during her live streams.

As she stood up, Qingyu inadvertently noticed the daring fishnet outfit she was wearing under her windbreaker and immediately turned her head away.

If I remember correctly, this should be the first time I've met Qishu in real life, right?

Such a grand gesture upon first meeting...

Is this even going to air?

"Hey junior, is this your newly caught Pokémon? I'm allowed to touch it, right?"

Qishu, completely oblivious to the problem with his actions, tried to touch Milton again without success, and immediately looked at Qingyu with starry eyes.

"Gah!"

Millerton immediately jumped up nervously and scurried behind Qingyu, seemingly wary of this impolite woman who tried to touch him right away.

"Woolen cloth--."

Qingyu scratched his head, wondering how he had suddenly found himself caught in the middle.

As a gym leader specializing in Electric-type Pokémon, Qishu seems to have little resistance to these cool Electric-type Pokémon.

However, it seems that her excessive enthusiasm actually frightened the particularly timid Millerton. "Speaking of which, what brings you to the Sunny Gym all of a sudden, Mr. Killer?"

Qingyu decided to change the subject, and reached out from behind to pat Milerton, signaling it to sneak into the gym.

"Oh right, I almost forgot!"

When asked this question, Qishu suddenly remembered that he had important business to attend to.

Qi Shu's expression suddenly turned serious. After coughing twice, he spoke in a low voice:

"Master Qingyu, I'm here today to challenge your dojo!"

"Um?"

Qingyu looked puzzled and stared at the strange tree in confusion.

What's going on?

Are they really coming to cause me trouble? But I haven't done anything yet!

"Huh? You still don't know?"

Upon noticing Qingyu's gaze, Qishu instantly lost his composure and widened his eyes.

"You didn't miss the messages in the work group, did you?!"

Reminded by her, Qingyu immediately took out her phone.

Oh no, it seems he subconsciously set the group chat to "Do Not Disturb" after joining, following a habit from his past life.

I'm usually too lazy to look at it anyway.

So I have no idea what people in the group have been talking about these past few days.

The content wasn't much; Qingyu glanced at it briefly and quickly extracted the key information.

It all started with a message from Ye Ci.

[Yeci: Based on the League's assessment results and internal evaluation, the Gym Leader of Sunnyvale Gym in Spoontown will replace Koza from Deepboil Town as the examiner for next year's Championship Road.]

[Aoki: I have no objection.]

[Lyme: Is that the young man I was added to the group a while ago? He's really promising at such a young age!]

[Yeci: That's right, but precisely because I'm a newcomer, my experience as a gym leader is probably still quite limited. I hope you'll all take good care of me in the future.]

[Ah Feng: Little Key Town is very close. I've also heard from the kids who came to challenge me that Sunshine Dojo is highly regarded by the students!]

[Xinli: ! How about this? If any of you gym leaders have time, you can go and have a chat with this new gym leader to help him quickly become a reliable one, what do you say?]

[Qi Shu: Then I'll lead the charge!]

"Hiss!" Upon seeing this, Qingyu couldn't help but gasp.

At this point, he roughly understood why the strange tree had appeared here.

Furthermore, it's quite possible that in the future, Sunshine Dojo will occasionally send out several new members as challengers to challenge him.

Xinli is getting revenge, isn't she? She must be!

"My junior is really famous throughout Pattaya lately, his popularity is so high that even I'm a little jealous!"

As Qishu embellished his story, he patted Qingyu on the shoulder with a hearty laugh.

"So, today's live stream announcement for the Strange Trees and Strange Tales channel is that we're going to challenge the Sunshine Dojo!"

"You'd better be mentally prepared, junior~"

Qingyu raised an eyebrow.

So that's how it is. Is it more like a way for streamers to boost each other's popularity than actually challenging each other to a duel?

She truly deserves to be a super popular streamer in the future; she's got a sharp mind.