Sunday, after finishing the New Star Plan's theory class, Fang Yuan routinely checked the progress of his submitted paper.
He was delighted to find that his paper had passed another review.
"A paper discovering a new Ability has a minimum fee of 50,000 yuan, and that's for Abilities with no value at all. An Ability like Anticipation, with such significant practical value, should be worth at least six figures, right?"
Fang Yuan's small treasury was dwindling, and he had already spent half of the Little Phoenix King Cup's Bonus.
In a while, he would really be short of money.
"If the payment doesn't come in time, I'll have to ask Father Fang and Mother Fang."
Father Fang and Mother Fang had prepared 300,000 yuan for Fang Yuan, all stored in a card.
200,000 of it was for tuition.
The remaining 100,000 was for Fang Yuan to train Pokémon.
Now, thanks to the New Star Plan's benefits, he didn't have to pay tuition, so all 300,000 could be used to train Pokémon.
However, because he still had some savings, Fang Yuan hadn't asked Father Fang and Mother Fang for the money yet.
"The 300,000 from my parents, the few tens of thousands I have left, the paper's fee, the school's regular scholarship, and the Trainer Association's subsidy, should be enough to get through this Senior Year." Fang Yuan calculated briefly and breathed a sigh of relief.
...
"Eevee, Magnemite, let's go out for Special Training this afternoon!"
After lunch and a nap, Fang Yuan called out to Eevee and Magnemite.
With the Medicinal Cream Yang Han had given him, Fang Yuan wanted to strike while the iron was hot and quickly teach Eevee Iron Tail, so he could move on to the next stage of training.
"Eevee..." Eevee groggily got up, then fell back down.
"Eevee?"
"Magnemite, give it a Thunder Shock, just one volt."
Zzzzt!
Eevee suddenly stood up, its fur on end.
"Eevee!" Eevee glared at Magnemite, then looked at Fang Yuan with a complex expression, as if to say, I'll go, but what's the big deal about using Thunder Shock?
Fang Yuan shrugged. There was no better way to wake up Eevee than with Thunder Shock.
Seeing that Eevee and Magnemite were ready, Fang Yuan also changed his clothes.
Just then, Fang Yuan's Phone rang. He looked and saw it was an unfamiliar number.
"Hello?" Fang Yuan said.
There was silence on the other end.
After a while, the person on the other end said, "Hello, I am Qin Shi Huang. I was suddenly resurrected by a Pokémon and now have tens of thousands of tons of gold buried underground that I can't dig up. I need your help. Please send me 5,000 yuan, and when I succeed, I will reward you with ten thousand taels of gold and wish you to become the strongest Trainer."
Fang Yuan: "..."
A scam call?
"Hehe..." Fang Yuan hung up directly. I'm practically Arceus myself.
Fang Yuan continued to change his clothes. A moment later, the phone rang again.
Still an unfamiliar number.
"Is this never-ending?" Fang Yuan found it amusing. Usually, scam calls only came occasionally, but today they were coming one after another. Did they really think he, Fang Yuan, was so easily bullied?
Fang Yuan answered the phone.
"Hello? Who is this?" Fang Yuan asked directly.
"Hello, I'm Wen Siyu, a Pokémon researcher..." A female voice came from the other end.
Fang Yuan raised an eyebrow. This time, the scammer had even changed their identity. Compared to Qin Shi Huang, this was indeed more down-to-earth.
"Oh... this is Patrick Star," Fang Yuan said.
At the same time, on the Maglev Train heading to Peaceful City, a woman dressed as a white-coated scholar wore a bewildered expression.
"What Star?"
"Patrick Star."
"Sorry, I dialed the wrong number." Wen Siyu, a trainee researcher sent to Peaceful City by Researcher Xu Qingmu, took a deep breath and glanced at the number...
It was correct... Also, what was Patrick Star? A Pokémon?
Filled with doubt, she dialed again, but no one answered. She dialed again, and finally, it went through.
Wen Siyu only heard a voice from the other end: "Eevee?"
"Eevee?" Wen Siyu was covered in black lines. What was answering the phone this time?
"Hello, is this Fang Yuan? Did you submit a paper to 'Pokémon Home'..."
"Eevee!!"
Wen Siyu was completely confused, but then there was a flurry of chaos on the other end, and the voice returned to human language she could understand.
"Ah, yes, I'm Fang Yuan. I did submit an article," Fang Yuan said, his eyelids twitching.
This time it wasn't a scam...
Beside Fang Yuan, Eevee was rolling on the ground, laughing. Seeing Fang Yuan embarrassed, even Magnemite's mood became cheerful.
"No problem, 3 PM, Peaceful City Building, Entrance E. Okay, see you then." Fang Yuan wiped his sweat and looked at Eevee and Magnemite.
"Training is still necessary. The meeting is after three o'clock, let's go."
Eevee: ()
(⊙) : "Magnemite!"
Eevee showed an expression of how could you do this, while Magnemite also responded to Fang Yuan. Fang Yuan loved to hear Magnemite speak, even though he didn't understand it. But no matter what Fang Yuan said, Magnemite always said "Can do," "Can do," which made Fang Yuan very satisfied.
As for Eevee... it was "No way," "No way" every day, which was annoying to hear.
At three in the afternoon, Entrance E of Peaceful City Building, Fang Yuan waited for the Top Student of Nan University who had arranged to meet him.
Before long, Wen Siyu, the intern researcher who had called Fang Yuan earlier, arrived.
After they met, Wen Siyu looked at the Eevee on Fang Yuan's shoulder, then at Fang Yuan, and smiled, "Hello, let me introduce myself again. I am a student of Professor Xu Qingmu, and I'm here because of the paper you submitted about the 'Anticipation' Ability."
"Hello, Rookie Trainer Fang Yuan, this is my partner, Eevee," Fang Yuan said.
While introducing himself, Fang Yuan observed the researcher Wen Siyu. She's so young, he thought, probably only twenty-three or twenty-four years old?
Little did he know, Wen Siyu was even more surprised after seeing Fang Yuan. Although she already knew that the person who discovered the new Ability was just a Senior Year student, she couldn't help but be impressed after seeing him in person.
Comparisons are odious.
She could only write ordinary papers or investigation reports under the guidance of Professor Xu Qingmu. People like Fang Yuan, who could write papers on new Abilities while still in Senior Year, were called freaks in their circle.
"Let's find a place to talk," Wen Siyu said, glancing at the time. "How about the coffee shop next door?"
"Okay," Fang Yuan nodded, having no objections.
After arriving at the coffee shop, Wen Siyu explained her purpose, hoping that Fang Yuan could assist them in verifying the Ability this time.
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