Trainer Admissions Center

"Raichu, let's end this now, Thunderbolt!" A harsh male voice roared from the Vermilion Gym.

Even Hisoka, who was several feet away from the Gym, heard the roar, causing him to cram his ear with his pinky finger, seemingly irritated.

"This man's voice is so loud."

A few minutes later, a youngster in a blue shirt and black shorts ran out of the Gym in tears while carrying a severely burned Rattata in his arms.

Rattata is a rodent with high reproductive ability. It is also one of the most common Pokemon in the Kanto region. Although its evolution appearance is much worse than its pre-evolved stage, it is still one of the first choices of many aspiring trainers with a poor background. What's more, its signature move, Hyper Fang, is quite strong. Well, you can never go wrong with a Rattata.

After all, not everyone has the ability to pay the annual League training fees. Besides, the number of Starter Pokemon is not enough to supply so many new trainers every year.

"Hold on, Rattata! We're almost at the Pokemon Center!" the little boy cried and quickly ran past Hisoka, heading toward the Pokemon Center.

With a glance, Hisoka knew that Lieutenant Surge, the Gym Leader of Vermilion Gym, held his strength during the battle just now. Although the injury on Rattata does look serious, it is not enough to endanger its life. As long as it is treated on time, it will be able to recover within two days at most.

The reason why the injury looks terrible is due to the Vermilion Gym specialization in Electric type. The destructive power of Electric-type move is one of the best among many types. Additionally, the Electric type is one of the two types that only has a single weakness, the other being the Normal type.

There are a lot of advantages to becoming a Gym leader. Even if the Gym Leader has a bad personality, the Leagues will usually close an eye to your fault. For example, the famous Sabrina 'The Mistress of Psychic-type Pokemon' imprisoned her parents and turned them into dolls. What did the League do? Yes, you got that right. Nothing.

Heck, you can even get away by turning your Gym into a water ballet show like the Sensational Sisters did. But there is one rule that must not be broken. They cannot kill the challenger's Pokemon. Once this kind of thing happens, the League will immediately cancel your identity as a Gym Leader and impose a huge fine on the person.

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Compared to the lively and relaxed atmosphere of the Pokemon Center, the Trainer Admissions Center was much quieter. The office was bare, except for a single reception desk, manned by a lady and a few rows of seats.

This place will only get busy in the latter half of the year. Every year, around two months before the Kanto League Conference, many students from the Pokemon School will gather here to obtain the qualifications for the Indigo League Conference.

Hisoka slowly walked to the front desk, looked at the lady, who was dozing off, and coughed.

"Ahem!"

"Y-Yes!" the lady raised her head abruptly, revealing a freckled but delicate face.

"Hello, I'm here to take the Elite Trainer qualification test," Hisoka stated his purpose.

"Do you have any recommendation letters?" she inquired.

"Will a letter from Cerulean Gym do?" Hisoka passed the recommendation letter that he obtained from Daisy a week ago.

"Yes, there seems to be no problem. However, you need to fill out this registration form first," the lady took Hisoka's letter and passed a paper to him.

Taking a look at the form handed over by the freckled lady, Hisoka let out a chuckle, "Miss, this is the wrong paper. I'm here to take the Elite Trainer qualification test, not the Kanto League Conference qualification test."

"Ah!"

The front desk lady took the paper and said apologetically, "I'm sorry. It was my negligence."

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Name: Hisoka

Sex: Male

Age: 17 years old

Birthplace: Viridian City, Kanto

Expertise: Tree berry planting, Medicinal material identification, Pokeblock making

Occupation: Hunter [Bronze]

Total missions: 124

Successful missions: 124

Failed missions: 0

Rating: 98.5%

All of Hisoka's current information was displayed on the lady's computer. She was surprised to see Hisoka's perfect completion rates. Who would have thought that a young man like Hisoka has already done over 100 tasks with a 100% successful rate? Although most of them are low-level tasks with only a few B-level tasks, it is still quite remarkable.

The emerging Hunter profession is not welcomed by many trainers and the general public. It has something to do with Hunter's bad reputation. Many people labeled the Hunter as a person who can do anything for money. However, many rich people like to employ a few hunters to do some tasks that are not particularly suitable or too dangerous for them to undertake by themselves. Though, most of them looked down on the hunters, merely seeing them as their lackeys.

The hunter profession had actually existed a long time ago. Still, it was always in a gray area at that time. The hunters during that period can truly do anything for money, whether they be killing, poaching, or robbing. 'You name it, they've got it.' They will do it as long as they are paid well. This is one of the reasons the hunters have a bad reputation among the prevailing populace.

Lately, the League has rectified this profession for a number of years and has succeeded in pulling the hunter profession out of the gray area and turning them into a regular profession. Although there are still a few hunters who secretly did the dirty work, at least they are not as blatant as they used to be.

However, trying to change the general public conception is not going to happen overnight. For him, being a hunter is just a career to earn a living and acquire resources. Why does he need to care about other people's opinions?