36 Academy Ranker

The world appeared to have returned to normal from Scizor's point of view after it banged its head on the ground. Despite it being just an action which resulted from its confusion, it was the best outcome.

Scizor then realized the effectiveness of just banging its head on the ground and swore to itself that it sure as hell would abuse it against confusion tactics. It was an action that would do damage to itself but as a steel type Pokemon with terrifying defense, it might as well be a tickle.

'Interesting' Chelsea exclaimed inwardly as she smiled while looking at Scizor. She was astonished at Scizor's instinctive action, which resolved its crisis.

"Scythe, that's amazing!" Folker praised with a wide grin on his face. He realized the potential of such a move. From now on, confusion tactics can no longer faze him. Of course, that's only for Scizor. He's not sure about Riolu and his future pokemon but he would surely try it in the future.

Corin looked at Folker's smug face and smiled bitterly. He made a mental note to himself to copy this move in the future. But he would have to be careful not to overuse it. It would be a pain if it became a popular counter to confusion tactics, making it a huge nightmare for trainers who specialize in such tactics.

Although there are trainers around the battlefield, only a few are spectating their battle. They turned their attention towards them when Crobat evolved but ignored them afterwards.

"I gotta say, that was a good move. [Wing Attack]!" Corin praised with a smile as he looked at Folker.

Crobat then flapped its wings faster and swiftly hit Scizor with its wings and swiftly escaped before Scizor could retaliate with a punch.

"What are brats doing here, battling on the battlefield while the adults are busy defending the city from being attacked by the pokemon tide? Tch, spoiled brats indeed" a young man suddenly said with annoyance in his tone.

The young man appeared to be wearing a black jacket, blue jeans, and black rubber shoes. Beside him is the smug figure of the red haired crew cut young man from earlier.

Folker and Corin frowned at the same time as they turned their gazes on the two young men.

"Look, that guy with black jacket is Korey, ranked 11th from the academy ranking last year" some onlooker said.

"That red haired guy beside him seems to be Sam, ranked 69th on the academy ranking" someone replied.

"Well, that Korey guy seems to hate younger trainers for some reason, especially those sponsored kids" someone said.

Corin heard Korey's words just now and frowned when he looked at him but he didn't say anything. He just turned his gaze towards Folker and saw that he didn't have any expression on his face.

He was just about to turn his gaze away from Folker when he noticed that his lips slightly curled up.

Chelsea just looked at them and didn't say anything. Despite looking young, Folker and Corin are rather dependable boys. Folker might look like a naive and innocent young boy but he's rather mischievous despite his appearance. Corin, on the other hand, seemed to have a rather matured personality compared to people of his age.

'Now that I think about it, Folker looks rather handsome while Corin's demeanor and temperament are far more attractive than Folker's' Chelsea thought to herself.

Corin's face is on the border between handsome and average looking face but his matured personality and confidence raised his attractiveness, making him even more attractive compared to the naturally handsome Folker.

Folker also has his own points. His naive looking figure hides deep mischief and cunning while retaining the wildness of a young boy.

'That Korey mister, on the other hand, is not only average looking but also unable to tolerate younger guys having fun' Chelsea thought to herself.

"Let's just stop this battle, Corin. Some fuckface who thinks he's some bigshot just ruined my mood. Hayyst, it's not easy being handsome" Folker said with a low voice but enough for the trainers around him to hear the words ''small fry'' and ''big shot'' as they turned their gazes towards Korey.

Corin nodded at Folker's words and looked at Korey.

Korey noticed the gazes of the trainers who looked at him with a peculiar gaze. He didn't hear Folker's words but he must have said something outrageous about him so he grit his teeth and approached Folker.

"You said something, didn't you? Say it again" Korey said as he fiercely looked at Folker's figure.

"I just said that I wanted to stop the battle, I'm embarrassed to use this battlefield when I didn't even help in defending against the tide" Folker replied timidly as he turned his head down, as if he couldn't look at Korey's intimidating figure.

The trainers around them laughed but as they looked at Folker.

Korey heard their laugh and for some reason, he attributed their laugh towards Folker's cowardice and also laughed with them.

"Don't show your face in front of me next time, brats" Korey said as he looked at Folker arrogantly. He also turned his gaze towards Corin, indicating that he also included him.

The crowd didn't say anything and just silently laughed, as if they were watching a show. None of them wanted to spoil the fun after all.

Folker and Corin then recalled Scizor and Crobat and walked away from the battlefield hurriedly with Chelsea following them from behind.

Korey didn't notice anything strange after Folker left but Sam noticed that the trainers around them still looked at them peculiarly. He then approached one trainer and asked.

"Why are you looking at Korey like that?" Sam asked with a low voice.

"That kid said that Korey is a fuckface who thinks he's some bigshot while he praised himself as handsome, as if Korey is jealous of him. He also added that Korey just got lucky and landed on the 11th spot of the academy ranking" the trainer replied.

Sam frowned at those words and approached Korey. Unbeknownst to Sam, the trainer actually spiced things up and added more insults to make things more interesting.

The trainer then hurriedly walked away with a laugh.

"Korey, that brat just insulted you in front of the crowd and lied in front of your face" Sam said as he looked at Korey.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Korey replied.

Sam then conveyed the trainers' words at Korey with a frown. Korey then frowned as he realized the reason for the peculiar gazes of the trainers towards him.

'You dare make a fool out of me? I'll make you pay for this, brat!' Korey inwardly shouted as he grit his teeth and clenched his fists.