Chapter 176: (Untitled)
Kenji didn't think Zephyr had done anything wrong. After all, battles weren't about social niceties or going easy on the fairer sex.
If you suck, train more.
However, no matter what, Kenji would definitely reclaim the honor lost by Bai Bai and Metropolis Academy, with interest.
After all, before coming here, he had solemnly promised to bring the glory back to Metropolis Academy in this National Collegiate League.
A short while later, Bai Bai returned. She was emotionally stable; if she felt anything, it was just the regret of being eliminated.
This was largely thanks to Kenji's "tutoring." For people at Metropolis Academy, even those as strong as Bai Bai and Xie Mu, getting swept 1v6 was a common occurrence when facing Kenji, let alone getting swept 1v3.
Zephyr was strong, but not so strong that Bai Bai felt he was unreachable. Kenji's strength, however, was on a different level entirely—a kind of strength where one couldn't even see the direction to chase.
"Sorry..."
Returning to the Metropolis Academy area, Bai Bai scanned the room, lowered her eyes slightly, and whispered.
She felt she had embarrassed Metropolis Academy.
Coach He walked up, patted Bai Bai on the shoulder, and said, "You did great."
The others nodded and offered words of comfort.
Bai Bai blushed, looking a bit uncomfortable.
Since Bai Bai's match was scheduled late, not long after her battle ended, the first day of the Top 168 Qualifying Round came to a close.
So far, Metropolis Academy had two contestants eliminated.
With Bai Bai's strength, she shouldn't have stopped here. Unfortunately, while she had the skill, she lacked the luck.
...
On the other side, Kenji returned to his room. Looking at the pile of item components accumulating in his system space, he couldn't help but get a headache.
The drop rate of [War's Treasures] was decent, but the items dropped seemed related to the strength gap between the combatants.
The higher the level of the defeated opponent compared to his own Pokémon, the better the loot.
Although Kenji had battled frequently recently, the level of his opponents was truly lackluster. This resulted in [War's Treasures] mostly dropping small amounts of gold and item components. Even a "Lesser Neeko" (Champion Duplicator) was rare.
Theoretically, [War's Treasures] had a probability of dropping 5-cost units (equivalent items) and "Greater Neekos."
But as of now, the most valuable item [War's Treasures] had ever dropped was an Artifact Anvil.
To get [War's Treasures] to drop a "Greater Neeko" worth 500,000 gold, he probably had to wait until he fought Champion-level battles.
Back to the topic at hand. Regardless of quality, the sheer number of components dropped by [War's Treasures] was immense—so many that he couldn't possibly use them all.
"System, can I sell these components?"
"Yes."
The System's reply rang in his ears.
Kenji was delighted. He had just asked casually because there were too many components, but he didn't expect it to actually be possible.
"Any equipment component, recycle price: 100 Gold Coins/piece."
Kenji: "..."
If he bought an equipment component in the Gold Shop, it cost 1,000 Gold Coins. He didn't expect the recycle value to shrink to one-tenth of the price.
After secretly complaining about the System's black-heartedness, Kenji gathered his thoughts and sold all the excess equipment in the system space in one go.
Even a mosquito's leg is meat. 100 Gold Coins was better than nothing, especially since these components were useless sitting in his system space.
Kenji was already looking forward to the Prismatic Hex Core the System would reward him with after winning the National Collegiate League championship.
After all, based on current experience, none of the Prismatic Hex Cores rewarded by the System were weak.
After accumulating for this period, Kenji's gold count had reached 240,000.
If he saved a bit more, he could afford a "Greater Neeko."
Besides the Greater Neeko, in the Gold Shop, an Artifact cost 50,000 Gold Coins, and a Radiant Item cost 100,000 Gold Coins.
240,000 Gold Coins looked like a lot, but if he really started spending, it would still be a bit tight.
Closing the system panel, Kenji turned on his communication device and made a video call.
The video call rang for about half a minute before being picked up.
"Gengar!!—"
As soon as the video connected, a purple fatty squeezed into the frame, waving its chubby hand at Kenji in greeting.
Kenji smiled and waved back.
"Cha!!!—"
On the other end of the video, Arbok's voice rang out. Gengar floated aside, and a majestic Arbok covered in black scales with a unique posture rushed into the screen.
"Cha!! Cha!!!—"
Arbok flicked its tongue, its deep serpentine eyes narrowing in happiness.
"Long time no see, Arbok."
Since leaving Mt. Dreadmist, Kenji often video-called Grandma Liu to bond with Arbok.
"Cha!!—"
Arbok greeted Kenji excitedly.
"Hehehe, the National Collegiate League has started, hasn't it?" Grandma Liu, leaning on her cane, walked up to Arbok and asked from the side.
Kenji nodded. "Yes, it has started. So far, everything is going smoothly."
"Smooth is good... smooth is good..." Grandma Liu nodded. She was well aware of the strength of her nominal disciple.
For him, the National Collegiate League was nothing more than a playground.
"How is Arbok's study of the Secret Pattern Technique going?" Kenji asked.
A gleam of light burst from Grandma Liu's eyes. She reached out and patted Arbok's head, her aged voice trembling with excitement. "This little guy's potential is far more astonishing than I imagined."
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