221. Pokémon Trainer School

After walking through the forest, Ash and his party finally arrived at their final destination as of yet, Rustboro City.

Having not been to a big city for a very long time, they did not immediately rush to the Pokémon Gym. Instead, they came to the observation location on the nearby mountain to enjoy the scenery of the beautiful city by the sea.

"Ral lu!"

Sensing Ash's happy mood at the moment, Ralts happily danced on his head.

"Ralts seem to be very happy too!" Max has always paid close attention to Ash's Ralts ever since she had hatched.

At this time, he noticed a Poliwag under the chair next to him, looking very panicked.

He quickly ran over, bent down, and said, "Hey there!"

After saying hello like this, Poliwag seemed even more cramped and afraid.

Seeing this, he remembered what Ash did with that wild Shroomish and said with a gentle smile, "If you have any difficulties, just tell me and I will try to help you!"

Poliwag turned around, saw his smile, and slowly walked out of under the chairs. Max could see a sign on its tail, which obviously meant that it had an owner.

Ash looked at him and nodded, "This Poliwag doesn't seem to be a child either!"

Max ignored this and hugged the Poliwag in his arms, "So, where did you get lost?"

With that mark on its tail, it shouldn't be difficult to find its owner. Soon a young lady came over and said, "Poliwag, I've been looking for you for a long time now. You know you can't just run off like that."

Poliwag excitedly jumped into her arms. The young lady held it and looked at Max and his group, "Did you help find it? Thank you so much!"

Behind this young lady, there were several kids of the same age as Max, "Teacher, have you found Poliwag yet?"

In their arms or around them, there were many small Pokémon's, a little Magby, Pidgey, and a Rattata. Only the last child had no Pokémon beside him, so this Poliwag should be his partner.

The little girl holding her Pidgey comforted him gently, "We've found it, don't worry about it!"

"Don't let it escape next time, Kenny!" The boy with the little Magby beside him complained fiercely, "You losing your Pokémon has disrupted our whole class!"

"Why are you using such a tone?!" The girl holding onto her Pidgey stepped forward to help Kenny. "You clearly know that Kenny is afraid of Pokémon and doesn't dare to approach them with his hands!"

The young lady took out her Teacher's majesty and stood in front of the two of them, "You two, please stop arguing, would you?"

The two immediately turned their heads and calmness down.

The young lady hugged the Poliwag and gave Kenny a pat on the head, "Kenny, there is no need for you to cry about such a small thing. I know you have worked very hard for this!"

"Okay everyone, let's go back to Pokemon Trainers School together!" The young lady was about to call the kids back with her.

Hearing the word "Pokémon Trainer School", Mac suddenly became very interested in this.

This Pokemon Trainers School is a place where you can learn all kinds of knowledge related to Pokémon. These children are the students in the Beginner Calss, and they are taken care of the young lady named Roxanne.

"That's great, sis, Big Bro, I want to go there too, is it okay with you two?" Max immediately asked May and Ash for their permission as they are technically his guardian on his journey.

"Well, since you asked so nicely... How can I not agree to you on this?

Ash looked at Roxanne and smiled and said, "Miss Roxanne, I am Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. I come to Rustboro City for my Hoenn Gym Challenge!"

As soon as these words came out, both May and Max's eyes lit up. Could this Roxanne be the Gym Leader of the Rustboro Gym?

Roxanne was surprised when she saw that Ash recognized her, "Ash, do you know of me?"

"That's right, when the Contest was held in Rustboro City, I collected some information about the Rustboro City Gym and confirmed that this is a Rock-type Gym, your name and your appearance!"

Brock looked at Ash and nodded repeatedly, "Ash, you are becoming more and more smarter now!"

"For your sake, Ash, I will take you to visit the Pokémon Trainer School. The School and they Gym are also right next door to each other. Max, how about you join my Beginners Class to experience it for a day?"

Roxanne nodded repeatedly after listening to Ash's explanation and made up her decision immediately.

Of course, Ash would not refuse her. He also wanted to see if there was any chance to her some of his much needed Exchange Points in the school by beating some Trainers.

Max was even more delighted than Ash, but he didn't know that the little guy with his Magby had been staring at him from behind the whole time.

Arriving at Pokémon Trainer School, the Principal had heard that Ash was the Champion of the Silver Conferencea and also a future Elite 4 member, and also that Max and May were the children of the Petalburg City Gym Norman. Norman was already someone that was said to be the next Hoenn Elite 4 member after the Dragon-type Elite 4 member, Drake, retires from his position.

So he had personally acted as a tour guide to take the group around the school building.

"Please experience the school that I am most proud of all you want, hahahaha!"

The Principal opened the first door with a big laugh. The atmosphere of the class here was very strong. They seemed to be talking about Oddish right now, "This is a class aimed at becoming a Pokémon Professor!"

Ash was a little resistant to such an atmosphere, feeling like he had traveled back in time. Just as he was about to pull everyone away, he found a familiar figure sitting among the students.

He quietly walked over and sat next to the man, "To, Gary, what are you doing here?"

That's right, this person was non other than Gary, his friend and rival. He only took his original starter Pokémon Blastoise with him, aiming to become a great Pokémon Professor, and embarked on a journey again to the Hoenn Region for this reason. Ash didn't expect to meet him here so suddenly.

Seeing Ash suddenly walking over and sitting down, May was stunned for a moment, and then she heard Brock explain to her, "That is Ash's childhood best friend, and his strength is also pretty strong, he gave Ash some challenge in their battle in the Silver Conference!"

Max quickly recognized Gary, "May, that's him, the one who lost to Big Bro in the first round of the Silver Conference Victory Round!"

"Ash? What are you doing sitting here, you idiot?" Gary was also very surprised when he saw Ash appear out of nowhere, "I heard that the courses here are very good, so I just came here for a month! Are you here to challenge the Gym?" "

"Yeah..." Ash was just about to continue chatting with Gary when the teacher in class suddenly shouted, "The student over there with a weird hat, yes, it's you!"

Ash stood up with a smile, "Sir, it's a Ralts, not a weird hat!"

"Lalu Lalu!" Ralts didn't know what happened, but she waved her hands on Ash's head, looking pissed at being called a weird hat.

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

The Teacher quickly calmed everyone down with a little sweat drop on his face, "Alright then, so briefly describe some of Oddish's habits!"

Gary on the side showed a gloating smile. He knew Ash used to be afraid of essay questions like this beck in school. He was trying to think of a way to give him a few reminders when Ash began to spoke.

"Oddish will look for fertile and nutritious soil and plant itself in it. The richer the soil, the glossier its leaves will become. Oddish is nocturnal, and when it is planted in the soil during the day, its leaves will transform into something like the roots of a tree and will wake up when exposed to moonlight. After waking up, it will actively walk around to find what it's looking for."

After saying that, the whole class plus May and Max were applauding Ash, and Gary looked like he had seen a ghost.

'Since when was Ash textbook smart??'