$200,000?!
15: Second Place Gets $200,000?!
While Snivy was still being treated, Evan Lane checked his Sunlight Points.
He had 15 Sunlight Points.
Whether he used them to upgrade a system function or spin the Lucky Wheel, either choice would be decent.
However, as a former gamer from his previous life, Evan always had a strange weakness for gacha-style draws.
“Maybe I should try one spin?
What if I pull a Blue Item?
I’d be rich!” According to Evan’s speculation, at the current stage, even White Items were already enough for Snivy to use.
They would probably still produce decent effects even after she evolved.
Even the guaranteed consolation prize, Big Black Bunny Milk Candy, had worked much better than Evan had expected.
However, even if he managed to pull a Blue-quality item, Snivy probably would not be able to use it right now anyway.
After thinking for a long time, Evan felt that it was necessary to upgrade the Detection function.
Snivy might evolve within half a month.
If he could detect more detailed information, Evan would be able to prepare in advance.
After all, evolution was an opportunity for a Pokémon’s potential to be released.
Sophia King’s Wartortle was a perfect example.
Evolving in a rush had completely overdrawn its potential, causing its actual performance to fall instead of rise.
[Ding!
Prompt: Consume 10 Sunlight Points to upgrade the Data Detection function?] Evan chose confirm.
In the next moment, “Data Detection Lv.
1” on the system panel changed into “Data Detection Lv.
2.” As for the specific changes, he would only be able to investigate them after Snivy finished treatment.
Evan arrived at the infirmary beside the training field.
After sitting and waiting for a while, Ms.
Lawson walked out from the inner room, holding three Poké Balls in her hand.
“Ms.
Lawson, if you’re here, will the matches outside be all right?” “No need to worry.
Audino is watching over things.
Your Pokémon were not seriously injured, so there’s nothing major now.
In the end, these are still only Junior-level battles.” As Ms.
Lawson spoke, she handed two Poké Balls to Lucas Ember.
Seeing his puzzled gaze, she began explaining.
“This Poké Ball contains the Wartortle from earlier.
Sophia King has already abandoned it, and she has transferred to Kingsport.” “The principal has already given instructions.
This Wartortle will be given to you as your reward for second place.
The only condition is that your weekly assessment results cannot fall out of the top three.
Otherwise, the school will take it back.” After hearing Ms.
Lawson’s explanation, Lucas froze at first.
Then surprise appeared on his face, but it quickly turned into hesitation.
“This…
this is too valuable.
Can I really accept it?” One had to know that although this Wartortle had been forced to evolve too early, it still knew quite a few moves.
A starving camel was still bigger than a horse.
No matter what, it was still the second-stage form of a starter Pokémon.
As long as it went through systematic training and digested the energy inside its body, its strength would definitely recover to a certain degree.
“But I think this should be given to Evan instead.
He was the one who took first place in the assessment.
If a starter Pokémon is handed to him, it would be more valuable for the state tournament!” Lucas did not hide the longing in his eyes for a starter Pokémon, but he still said what he truly felt.
Lucas knew very well that Evan was the same as him.
They were both children from ordinary families.
Their first Pokémon could easily drain all of their family’s savings, and their second Pokémon would most likely have to be a compromise.
Now, such an opportunity had appeared.
It could let Evan start faster once he became an Intermediate Trainer.
Besides, Evan had stronger command ability and was better at training Pokémon.
If the Pokémon were given to Evan, Mapleford First Academy’s results this year would surely be better, and the other students who had taken the assessment would have nothing to say.
After all, if second place’s reward was a starter Pokémon, then what about first place?
And even third place, one rank lower?
No one did not long for a starter Pokémon.
But Lucas knew that this was not something that belonged to him, and he should not take it.
For a moment, Ms.
Lawson was left speechless by Lucas’s firm words.
Even Evan, who had known about this matter in advance, could not help looking at Lucas beside him.
“This was not my unilateral decision.
I discussed it with Evan in advance.” A steady and powerful voice came from behind them.
Evan and Lucas turned around and saw Principal Marcus Greenhill walking into the infirmary with an unfamiliar woman.
She had a tall figure, neat short hair that reached her ears, straight brows, and a sharpness in her eyes, like ice that never thawed.
That was Evan’s first impression of this woman.
At a glance, she seemed like someone who would not be easy to get along with.
“Let me introduce her.
This is the teacher who will be responsible for your elite class from now on.
Her name is Elena Greenhill, and she is also one of the few Professional Trainers in Mapleford.” After hearing Principal Greenhill’s introduction, although Evan and Lucas had already heard the news before, they were still somewhat surprised to learn that she truly had Professional Trainer strength.
Elena nodded in greeting and did not say much.
Once they officially entered elite class training, there would be plenty of time to understand the two of them.
“Back to the previous topic.
Originally, both the school committee and I unanimously decided to give Wartortle to Evan as the reward for taking first place in this assessment.” “We asked Evan for his opinion.
According to him, he seems to prefer Grass-type Pokémon and has no real interest in other Pokémon.” Seeing everyone’s gazes fall on him, Evan smiled faintly and said, “The principal is right.
I’m not deliberately giving it up out of modesty.
It’s just that only Grass-type Pokémon are truly suited to me.” “Ms.
Greenhill is a Professional Trainer, so she should understand what I mean.” “That’s right.
Only Pokémon that fit your command style are the best choice.
Otherwise, it can easily backfire.” Elena looked at the smiling Evan, and a trace of approval appeared in her eyes.
“Then this matter is decided.
As for your reward, Evan…” Seeing that Lucas still wanted to say something, Marcus quickly interrupted and passed the topic back to Evan.
When Lucas saw Evan nod toward him, he said nothing more.
Instead, he buried this gratitude deep in his heart.
For a moment, the atmosphere became somewhat heavy.
Then Evan’s voice suddenly rang out.
“My dear, respected, magnificent Principal Greenhill, since second place directly got something worth nearly $200,000, then shouldn’t first place get…
you know…?” While using a failed villain-style hand-rub, Evan gave the principal the sketchiest smile he could manage, trying to lower the principal’s resistance to emotional damage.
Was it super effective?
No.
Every hit missed.
“That Wartortle was not purchased by the school in the first place, so the school itself did not lose anything.
Otherwise, do you really think the board would have agreed?” “Besides, you were the one who gave it up.
That has nothing to do with me.” Seeing Evan’s smile gradually stiffen, Marcus comforted him.
“However, don’t worry.
I’ve already considered your reward.
Although it can’t compare to a starter Pokémon, it is the most suitable thing for your Snivy at this stage.” Principal Greenhill did not say anything else.
He told Evan to go to the school warehouse later to collect it himself, then left the infirmary with Elena.
Evan patted Lucas on the shoulder.
Just now, he had only been trying to lighten the mood.
He did not actually feel regretful about losing Wartortle.
Based on the speed at which their strength was improving, they would probably reach Intermediate-level strength in less than a week.
After taking the battle assessment, they would need to start considering what Pokémon to choose as their second partners.
For Lucas, Wartortle was undoubtedly an excellent choice.
Unlike Lucas, Evan was restricted by type.
He could only choose Grass-type Pokémon.
While that narrowed his options, it also multiplied the difficulty of choosing.
With Snivy as such a brilliant first partner, Evan naturally would not be satisfied with choosing a Pokémon with ordinary potential and an average species line.
The problem was right there.
He could not afford the powerful ones, and he looked down on the ordinary ones.
“Should I go buy that Lotad after all?
I wonder if someone already took it.” As he thought about it, Evan also felt a little awkward.
Back then, he had looked down on Lotad.
Now, he was thinking of going back for it.
Sure enough, the famous law of eating your words might arrive late, but it would never fail to show up!
Still, it was too early to think about these things.
Evan had only started considering it because Lucas had decided on his second Pokémon.
With Evan’s current assets, forget buying that Lotad.
He might not even be able to keep up with the resources Snivy would need after evolving into Servine.
After leaving the infirmary, Evan parted ways with Lucas and walked alone toward the school warehouse.
On the way, Evan let Snivy out and used the system function to check her information.
Name: Snivy Gender: Female Type: Grass Ability: Contrary Hidden Ability Known Moves: Tackle, Wrap, Protect Egg Moves: Glare, mastered; Magical Leaf, mastered; Iron Tail, mastered; Grassy Terrain Rank: Peak Junior Evolution Progress: 65% “Huh?” Seeing the two new pieces of data, Evan cared more about what the so-called evolution progress actually represented.
In his own senses, Snivy should already be quite close to evolving.