Liam's Invitation

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The opening ceremony of Metropolis University ended on time, but the discussion about Bruce, a student from Class 1 of the Research Department, was just beginning in Veilstone.

Thousands of students were still chatting and feeling curious about Bruce Bayne as they left the playground.

But Bruce arrived at the principal's office door, led by the class professor, Kelvin Campbell.

"Knock on the door. I'll go in first," Kelvin looked at Bruce with a complicated gaze, then turned and left.

Bruce knocked gently on the door.

"Please come in."

After a moment, a deep voice was heard from the office.

Bruce opened the door and entered, seeing the bearded principal, Lando Norris, sitting in a chair, looking at him with a smile on his lips.

"Sit down." Lando Norris gestured with his hand.

A trace of doubt crossed Bruce's brows, but he nodded slightly, quickly entered, and sat down across from Lando Norris.

Lando Norris looked Bruce up and down carefully, then stroked his beard and sighed, "We resemble each other quite a bit."

With a thought, Bruce seemed to have a guess.

Seeing that Bruce's face remained unchanged, Lando Norris secretly admired him and then said, "Your grandfather and I are old friends."

His eyes darkened slowly as if the image before him was gradually blurring, and he said in a low voice, "Thinking about it, I suppose we haven't seen each other in over ten years."

Bruce unconsciously straightened his back and listened silently.

Lando Norris chuckled, shook his head, and said with a smile, "When people get older, they always like to remember the past.

"Your grandfather and I have known each other for a long time. We also explored the secret realm together and carried out missions together. We've been through many experiences."

"Then he entered the Alliance system, and I chose the education system."

When talking about this, Lando Norris paused, his eyes deepened, and he said again, "Later, I heard that he went to the southern city of Fairbay to protect the border. It's a different scene."

Protect the border? 

Hearing these words, Bruce's heart shook a little, and he had a few more guesses about John Bayne's position.

Lando Norris' voice continued to echo in the office.

"I haven't been in contact with him for a long time. I didn't expect to see his younger generation famous on campus today. I'm very pleased." Lando Norris stroked his beard and sighed.

"Principal, I'm sorry," Bruce said modestly.

Lando Norris smiled slightly and continued, "I received news that you already have a Professional level Combusken?"

"Yes, principal," Bruce admitted.

Lando Norris nodded slightly and immediately said, "Being able to raise a Professional level Pokemon in such a short time, you have an unparalleled talent for this."

He paused, looked at Bruce, and asked, "Do you have any plans to change departments?"

"If you want, I can transfer you to the Battle Department."

Bruce shook his head at these words and declined, "Thank you for your kindness, Principal, but I'm more interested in the Research Department."

Whether he transfers to the Battle Department or not has no effect on his progress.

Upon hearing this, Lando Norris nodded and replied, "Alright, then I won't press."

Immediately after, he changed the topic and asked, "So, do you have any plans for your university life?"

Bruce's eyes flickered slightly, understanding that this question was what the principal really wanted to ask. He thought for a moment and slowly replied, "To improve as much as possible, and at the same time, to keep strengthening my Pokémon and strive for a college life without regrets."

Lando Norris' eyes lit up, a slight smile appeared on his face, he nodded, and said, "Very good."

After chatting for a while, Bruce stood up and prepared to leave.

Lando Norris also stood, smiled, and nodded kindly to Bruce, saying, "Remember, do what you want to do in college."

"Principal, you are my strongest support."

Bruce's eyes brightened, and he quickly nodded in response, "Thank you, Principal."

After finishing speaking, he turned and left the principal's office.

The principal's last words were the greatest reward of his visit.

With those words, he would be able to "walk sideways" in Metrópolis University.

"This is the benefit of having a background…"Bruce sighed softly.

A solid background is sometimes reflected not only in financial resources but rather in connections.

And Lando Norris is undoubtedly one of John Bayne's connections.

If Bruce came from an ordinary family and did the same, the principal might at most value him a bit and pay more attention to him.

But with John Bayne, the relationship at this level is entirely different, from mere cordiality to true warmth.

While his thoughts flowed, Bruce took advantage of the night to return to his dorm.

As soon as he returned to the dorm, Nero hurried over, waving his phone.

"Brother Bruce, you're on fire!"

With a calm face, Bruce took the phone, and the forum of Metrópolis University was displayed on the screen, with the hottest topic at the top being: First in field military training, Research Department. Record broken!

Very good, the title directly highlights the main content and is eye-catching.

Bruce took a look and discovered that this post had reached thousands of comments and was still increasing.

And the comment with the most likes read like this: "Many years later, freshmen at Metrópolis University will still remember the four years they were dominated by the Great Devil Bayne."

The corner of Bruce's mouth twitched, and he continued reading the comments below.

"It's basically confirmed that Bruce has a Professional level Combusken."

"The school team revealed a bit of information. It was a Professional level Combusken, and he later captured a temporary Professional level Gogoat as a mount."

"Additionally, the tyrannical Ursaring was also defeated by him."

After reading this, Nero frowned.

"I feel like this Bruce is a dimensional reduction strike. How are freshmen supposed to cope?"

"It's okay; anyway, he's in the Research Department, so what about our Battle Department?"

After a while, Nero retrieved his phone and said with a smile, "Brother Bruce, someone uploaded the video of your speech to other school forums, and it will probably go viral too."

"I just don't know if it can be included in the active online search."

"No, no." Bruce waved his hands repeatedly.

After becoming popular on the Internet, problems will arise one after another, and he won't be able to shake them off.

"Go to bed early; school officially starts tomorrow," Bruce said.

"Alright," Nero replied.

At the same time,

Kunlun University Female Dormitory.

"Wow, as expected of Metrópolis University; the opening ceremony is much grander than ours," said a girl with shoulder-length hair as she looked at her phone and sighed.

This was a two-person dorm. Opposite the long-haired girl was a girl buried in a display case, seemingly writing on paper with a pen.

"Huh... What a handsome guy!" Suddenly, the long-haired girl's eyes lit up, and her tone couldn't help but rise.

"Wow! He's from the Research Department like us. That's amazing!" she exclaimed.

She then said, "Bruce Bayne... Well, the name isn't bad."

"As expected of Capital Metrópolis University, freshmen are so outstanding…"

However, at that moment, the girl in front of her perked up, raised her charming face, and turned to look at the long-haired girl: "Lucia, what did you just say?"

The long-haired girl named Lucia was taken aback for a moment, then smiled pleasantly and quickly replied, "The freshman representative of Capital Metrópolis University this year. He's so handsome, and it's said that the video of his speech went viral online!"

"Lucia, come watch with me."

Alice's complexion changed slightly; she stood up, quickly walked over to Lucia, and looked at the screen.

A familiar figure in a black formal suit appeared before her eyes.

"Bruce…" Alice whispered.

Lucia pointed at Bruce on the screen and smiled, "What do you think? He's handsome!"

"They say he took first place in Metrópolis University's military training this year, breaking the Elite Lance's record from many years ago. And he's still a research student like us!"

Alice stared at Bruce on the screen, opened her eyes, but didn't speak for a while.

"Haha, look, Lucia! Many people are asking for his contact information in the comments section!" Lucia laughed.

Alice hummed softly and then returned to her seat, staring at the empty cans on the table.

"It really is him…"

"Turns out he's at the school next to ours."

Alice looked up and stared at the ceiling, distracted for a moment.

She couldn't sleep tonight.

The next day,

Morning.

"Time to go."

After finishing his packing, Bruce told Nero, who was still in the bathroom.

"Right away." Nero finally fixed his hair, looked in the mirror, and nodded in satisfaction.

Then he dashed out of the bathroom and followed Bruce.

The two walked side by side toward the classroom.

It was past nine in the morning, and people were

 bustling all over the Metrópolis University campus.

As Bruce walked, many people turned to look at him and whispered to each other, casting curious glances in his direction.

Most of these people were female students, and Bruce understood why they were curious; it was because of his participation in the opening ceremony yesterday.

After all, with so many people present, it was impossible not to attract some attention.

Amidst the crowd, Bruce walked calmly as if he was used to it.

After arriving at the teaching building, Bruce and Nero went directly to their designated classroom, Class 1 in the Research Department.

less half a day to walk through it in its entirety.

The two kept moving forward and suddenly a square appeared in front of them. At that moment, the square was full of people.

Nero touched his chin and loudly introduced, "Today is the official start of classes and these organizational departments and clubs have begun recruiting new students.

"First fill out an interest form and in a few days there will be a unified interview. If you pass the interview, you will be able to join.

Then Nero raised his chin, shook his head and said, "It's no fun to join these, there are a lot of problems in seven days."

"I don't know if there is any moon appreciation club. If you join, you can ask a younger sister to go out and enjoy the moon and have a chat about life while you're at it."

Bruce gave him a slight look, took a step forward and continued moving forward.

As Nero said, joining these organizational departments doesn't mean much, but it will save you free time.

The two continued to move forward, and after a while, a square appeared again in the field of view, but it was different from the front square, here there was only a tent.

But still, the front of the tent was full of people.

Nero smiled and said aloud, "This is the highlight."

"If you want to join the school team, you must register here."

"The registration period lasts three days. After three days, all registered students will participate in a Pokemon battle in the battle arena. The top five will be able to join the school team."

After saying this, he turned his head to look at Bruce and said, "Brother Bruce, you are number one in the military training camp and you will definitely be directly invited to join the school team."

Bruce nodded thoughtfully.

Not long after, the two entered the teaching building and arrived at the classroom of this class.

Unlike high schools, colleges implement a classroom system. This class is taught along with two other classes, and the classrooms for each class are different.

The two naturally chose the corner position to sit.

Even so, when Bruce entered the classroom, everyone raised their heads and gave him various looks.

Bruce turned a blind eye to these stares and opened the textbook with a flat face.

 The Professor will be brief in the first class.

Simply present the general content of this lesson and then talk about some classroom rules and precautions.

This class is no exception.

It's just that Bruce can clearly notice that the Teacher's eyes remain on him from time to time.

It seems that yesterday's speech left a very deep impression on the teachers and students.

Bruce heard from Nero in the morning that the video even made it to the most popular Internet searches in the middle of the night. Although it was just the end and a passing phenomenon, it was enough to prove its popularity.

Not long after, the bell rang to mark the end of the class dismissal.

Bruce and Nero packed up their textbooks and were about to head back to the dorm when they suddenly saw two familiar figures appear at the front door of the classroom.

Cousins Jessica and Liam.

Both men are talented and beautiful, and immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

Bruce quickly walked up to greet her and said, "Cousin,Liam."

After a hot meal, Jessica's address was changed to "Cousin" and "Liam".

They both nodded with a smile, but Bruce always felt there was a trace of warmth in Liam's eyes looking at him.

"Brother Bruce, then I'll go first."

Seeing this, Nero went first.

"Let's talk while we walk," Jessica said.

The three of them walked out of the teaching building.

"This time, he's actually looking for you." Jessica pointed at Liam. "You can tell him yourself.

With a soft smile on Liam's face, she looked at Bruce and said slowly, "I'm here this time to invite you to join our school team."

He continued, "As captain of the school team."

Hearing this, Bruce secretly thought that Liam's identity was not simple. At first, he felt that Liam's behavior and temperament were not normal.

"The school team selects freshmen with potential each year to join the school team to prepare for important competitions each year and promote our school's prestige.

"I saw your performance at the military training camp a few days ago, and at that time I decided that I should induct you into the school team."

Speaking of this, he smiled slightly and said, "It's only because you were a research student at first, so I never thought you would be so strong in battle."

Jessica added, "I am also a member of the school team."

"The school team is different from the organization department.Our management is relatively lax, basically we don't hold meetings and there are no messy activities.

Then she shook her index finger and said with a smile, "We have only one requirement for our members, and that is to work hard to improve their strength and achieve good results in various competitions.

"Yes," Liam continued, "Secondly, after joining the school team, you can use the training camp and battlefield for free, and you can get certain points every month.

"Points?" asked Bruce in confusion.

Jessica took the initiative to explain, "The nature of points is the same as points earned in military field training. These points will accompany you through your college years.I'll tell you about it in detail later."

"Okay." Bruce nodded.

Immediately, Liam looked at Bruce with hopeful eyes and asked, "What do you think, do you want to join the school's team?

Bruce just thought for a second, then nodded and agreed, "Okay, I'll join.

Nero smiled and said aloud, "This is the highlight."

"If you want to join the school team, you must register here."

"The registration period lasts three days.

After three days, all registered students will participate in a Pokemon battle in the battle arena.The top five will be able to join the school team."

"Okay!" Seeing Bruce nod his head in agreement, Liam's face suddenly showed joy and he raised a big smile.

"Come on, I'll show you where our school team is and, by the way, I'll check in," Jessica said impatiently.

"By the way, the other nine members of the top ten in this military training camp agreed to join the school team, and now they are at the school team site, and I will introduce them to you," Jessica continued.

at the same time,

In the school camp,

Another nine of the top ten for field training are in the process of registering.

Seeing Oliver fill in his name, Bin smiled good-naturedly and said, "Then your last name is Dragneel and we have been a family for five hundred years.

Then Bin looked around and sighed, "They are all geniuses, but I don't know if that person will come."

"That person?" Oliver was a little surprised.

Bin laughed out loud, "Of course it's the first place in the military training camp, Bruce Bayne."

Hearing that it was indeed Bruce, Oliver was silent for a moment and then said, "You should come, you won't miss this opportunity."

Bin nodded and continued, "I hope very much that he will come."

Meeting Oliver's suspicious gaze, Bin said, "Because I want to challenge him.

"I want to see the gap between me and the first place."

At the same time,

The door to the school's equipment room opened.

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