The Reverse Attribute Mastery is Contagious

"What did you say?"

Xiaoxia stepped forward, her beautiful eyes wide open:

"Am I not elegant? And what's so great about arrogance? Judging from your tone, it's as if it's a shame I don't have that kind of air!"

She stood with her hands on her hips, looking aggressive.

"What are those so-called 'young ladies' like in your academy? Tell me!"

Xiao Chun was startled by her sudden outburst of anger, and instinctively shrank back.

But as if to prove his point, he frantically searched his body.

Soon, he carefully pulled out a well-preserved photograph from the inside pocket of his school uniform, though the edges were clearly cropped.

He held the photo in both hands and presented it to Xiaoxia, his tone filled with a strange mix of adoration and humility:

"Hey, that's her... the top student, the pride of our academy's new generation, the top student in her grade for two consecutive years, and also the leader of our 'Whip of Love' special training program."

The photo shows a young girl.

The background appears to be an elegant auditorium, and she is wearing a well-tailored, exquisitely made custom-made Nanshan College gown in a deep blue base with gold trim, and a glittering chief badge pinned to her chest.

The girl had long, sexy, wine-red hair that reached her waist.

Her features were indeed beautiful, with a refined air that blended a sense of superiority and aloofness. Her chin was slightly raised, her eyes calmly looking at the camera, and a perfectly measured smile played on her lips.

He exudes an air of superiority, cultivated by money and strict upbringing.

Xiaoxia leaned closer to look at the photo, then squinted instantly, instinctively taking a half-step back and shrinking right next to Jiang Chuan, her face filled with disgust and disbelief.

"Why...why do you carry a picture of a girl who bullies others on your person? And it's even clipped from a magazine!"

"Are you a pervert?!"

"No, no!" Xiaochun hurriedly explained, her face flushed red. "She's beautiful and very capable! I just... I just used her as a role model to motivate myself!"

As if seeking validation, he turned the photo towards Jiangchuan and Hanako, and asked tentatively:

"Don't you...don't you think she has a really great presence?"

Hanako smiled gently, without giving a direct answer.

Jiang Chuan merely glanced at the photo, nodded, and stated the facts in a calm tone:

"Yes, judging from the photos alone, her temperament and appearance are indeed quite good."

These words had barely left his lips.

Xiaoxia immediately frowned, her little mouth involuntarily pouting, and her beautiful eyes stared straight at Jiang Chuan with strong dissatisfaction and accusation.

My mental notebook has already started frantically keeping track of expenses:

Jiang Chuan! You big pervert! You can't resist pretty girls! No taste! No class! Humph!!!

The observant Hanako noticed Xiaoxia's almost tangible resentment and quickly stepped forward, gently putting her arm around Xiaoxia's shoulder, patting her softly, and soothing her with her eyes, signaling her not to be angry.

Jiang Chuan seemed oblivious to the murderous aura emanating from beside him, his gaze returning to Xiao Chun, continuing to guide her with that calm yet poignant tone:

"She's a wealthy, true aristocratic young lady. Are you using her as a role model to motivate yourself?"

"Do you want to work your parents to death?"

"No, no!" Xiao Chun hurriedly waved her hands and explained, "I don't want to pursue her! I know that's impossible..."

"I just take her excellence and her achievements as my goal to motivate myself to work hard, graduate smoothly, and then participate in the League Conference."

"Oh?" Jiang Chuan raised an eyebrow, his face showing even more obvious surprise.

"This is even more outrageous. The entire course, from beginner to advanced, with top-notch resources and private tutoring, costs her family a pittance."

"How long have you been studying?"

"One, a year and a half..." Xiao Chun's voice lowered.

"A year and a half." Jiang Chuan nodded. "A year and a half of beginner courses, I bet it's almost emptied most of your family's savings, right?"

Xiao Chun's body trembled violently, and her head drooped even lower.

"And this is only the beginning." Jiang Chuan mercilessly revealed the stark contrast.

"If you had spent the past year and a half training in the wild and learning practical combat from the dojo, you should have earned two badges by now."

Xiao Chun remained silent for a moment, her fingers gripping the hem of her clothes tightly, and she defended herself in a low voice as if reciting dogma:

"My parents said... practicing in the wild is dangerous, and you might get injured."

"Moreover, the academy's teachers told us that those who practice cultivation wander aimlessly without a systematic learning plan, and thus cannot develop solid basic combat skills. That kind of approach... has no future."

"Your teacher is just..." Xiaoxia almost shouted the swear word out in her excitement.

But as she was about to speak, she suddenly remembered Jiang Chuan's comment earlier that the top students had "good temperament," and a feeling that was hard to describe as either resentment or a competitive spirit welled up inside her.

She swallowed the word back, took a deep breath, and changed her words:

"Your teacher is talking nonsense!"

"The training path offers richer experiences, allowing us to learn more than what's in books! Practical adaptability, Pokémon status management, utilizing different terrains... these are the real battles!"

"I'm a living example!"

Xiaoxia became more and more excited as she spoke:

"Back home, my sisters were worried I'd get the short end of the stick, so they showed me tons of Pokémon battle tutorial videos from your elite academies. They were so rigid and unchanging, like reciting a textbook!"

"But I've only been out training for a short time! The battles I've experienced, the Pokémon I've seen, and the things I've learned are far more than I've watched those crappy videos at home for years!"

"I've become noticeably stronger!"

Xiaochun was intimidated by her imposing manner, but still couldn't help but retort in a low voice, "I... I've become much stronger too. In the academy's simulated battle system, I've... I've already won against the Cerulean Gym many times."

"What simulation battle?" Xiaoxia caught the word, and her beautiful eyebrows immediately stood up.

She pressed on defiantly, her face clearly saying, "Don't try to fool me."

"It's true!" Xiao Chun's eyes lit up as if she had found a way to prove herself.

"It's in the academy's battle room! It has a very advanced system that includes a lot of open battle data from gyms. I can demonstrate it to you!"

Seeing his confident demeanor, Xiaoxia became even more excited.

"Alright! Lead the way! I want to see today how your so-called simulation system 'beats' our Cerulean Gym!"

........................

The interior of Nanshan Noble Academy truly lives up to its name and tuition fees.

After passing through a neatly manicured courtyard and several expensive-looking school buildings, Xiao Chun led Jiang Chuan and the other two to a standalone, technologically advanced building.

The battle room is extremely spacious, divided into several standard battle arenas, and surrounded by many advanced-looking computers and simulation equipment.

Xiao Chun walked to a computer with practiced ease, turned it on, and logged into his student account.

A complex user interface quickly appeared on the screen.

"Look, this is the 'All-True Gym Simulation Challenge System' developed by the academy. It includes historical battle data, commonly used Pokémon, and tactical tendencies of all official gyms in the Kanto region, and will be optimized for simulation based on algorithms."

As Xiao Chun demonstrated, he explained, his tone carrying a hint of barely perceptible pride.

He quickly selected the "Cerulean Gym" option, set the difficulty to "Beginner," and started a simulation battle.

On the screen, in the virtual Cerulean Gym arena, the virtual character representing the Gym Leader releases a Goldeen.

Xiao Chun then controlled his virtual character and sent out the speechless flower.

The following match was a textbook example of a counter-strategy.

The mouth-shaped flower avoids the goldfish's water gun, uses its vine whip to restrain it, then paralyzes it with poison powder, and finally harvests it with its flying leaf blade.

The entire process was smooth and standardized, almost perfectly replicating the optimal solution on the Pokémon type matchup chart.

"Look, we won." Xiao Chun pointed to the "victory" logo on the screen, looked at Xiao Xia, and said with a look that said, "See, I wasn't lying."

Xiaoxia crossed her arms, looked at the screen, and pouted:

"Pshaw, data is static, reality is dynamic."

"What's so great about beating a bunch of cold, hard statistics?"

She became increasingly unconvinced and walked directly to an empty battlefield nearby.

"Come on, let's stop with the pretense. Let's have a real fight and see what this 'academic elite who has won against Cerulean Dojo many times' really is all you're made of."

Looking at Xiaoxia, who was eager to try, Xiaochun hesitated for a moment, but finally mustered up his courage and walked to the other side of the battlefield.

"Well... then please take care of me, Miss Xia."

"The battle begins!" Xiaoxia acted as the referee herself, her voice clear and crisp.

"Go, Gem Starfish!" Xiaoxia unleashed her strongest power without any hesitation.

When Xiaochun saw the starfish, the knowledge he had learned in class quickly flashed through his mind:

"Starmie, Water/Psychic type... Currently in Land terrain, Water-type moves are less effective. It has very high Special Attack, but its Physical Defense is relatively average..."

"I have a Grass-type Pokémon that's resistant to Water... Based on type advantages and terrain analysis, I have a very high chance of winning!"

With an expression that said, "I know everything," he confidently tossed the Poké Ball.

"Go on, you dumbbell flower!"

"Silent Flower, use the Leaf Blade to probe!" Xiao Chun gave the first command, standard and precise.

The mouth-shaped flower flung out a few sharp leaves.

"Starfish, spin at high speed to avoid it, then stick to it and use your mental power!" Xiaoxia's instructions were concise and clear, full of decisiveness in actual combat.

The core of the gem starfish spun rapidly, easily dodging the flying leaf blades, while its entire body closed the distance at an astonishing speed, almost instantly getting close to the dumb flower.

The next moment, a powerful surge of psychic energy erupted, something that a Pokémon like the Dumbbell could not possibly resist.

Before the speechless flower could even use its second skill, it was slammed to the ground by an invisible force, its eyes turning into spiral shapes.

Sold out instantly!

Clean and efficient!

Xiao Chun's confidence froze instantly, then shattered, turning into utter bewilderment and disbelief.

He stared blankly at the collapsed, lifeless Starfish, then at the composed Starfish and the "I knew it"-looking Xiaoxia across from him, his lips trembling:

"How...how could this be? I clearly followed the optimal type advantage strategy from the book...land terrain weakens water types, grass types resist water...how could I lose so...so quickly?"

He simply couldn't understand it.

This is completely different from the simulated battles he is familiar with, where every step is predictable and calculable!

Xiaoxia retrieved the gem starfish, walked to the center of the field, looked at the distraught Xiaochun, sighed, and was about to say something more.

Just then, a clear, melodious female voice, carrying an innate air of arrogance and elegance, drifted in from the doorway of the battle room:

"So, you're always dragging us down, Jun."

"The other party is the heir of the Cerulean City Gym, and her experience in raising and battling Water-type Pokémon far exceeds your imagination. Her Starmie's level and individual strength are probably beyond the 'normal' range in your database."

"And you, you can only mechanically apply the attribute advantage tables in the book, and you can't even do the most basic comparison of enemy and friend strength or the data estimation of individual differences of Pokémon."

"It seems that the 'whip of love' is too gentle on you. Your theoretical basis is riddled with flaws."

"A hopeless piece of trash."