Jiang Hao was a seasoned corporate drone who was reborn in the Pokemon world as a middle school student.
His dream was simple: avoid the rat race and coast to an easy win. He would use his memories of his past life to buy lottery tickets and trade stocks, then retire forty years early.
But reality had other plans:
· His homeroom teacher was his mom's best friend, and she kept an eye on his “progress” every day.
· His Starter Pokémon was a mushroom that could do nothing but act cute: Foongus.
· His childhood friend was a top student whose glasses seemed to conceal her beauty. Her father might even be a League Champion.
· Even a training trip to a beginner's wilderness reserve ended with him being chased down three streets by a wild Caterpie.
While everyone else trained hard and fought with fiery passion, Jiang Hao was busy researching:
“On the One Hundred Non-Battle Uses of Spore”
“How to Get Dratini to Do My Homework of Its Own Free Will”
“Ten Ways to Slacken Off Safely Right Under Your Homeroom Teacher's Nose”
He thought he could just muddle through like that.
Until, at the interschool tournament, his opponent's ace Charizard fired off a Flamethrower...
The mushroom on his shoulder silently opened its cap.
“Look...” Jiang Hao sighed as he watched the dumbfounded audience.
“I really just wanted to lie flat.”
It's good to be relaxed