Once all of the heroes had changed and returned, Mustard said that he was about to give everyone the first test when Avery spoke up.
"Um, excuse me, Master Mustard but I haven't gotten a uniform yet."
Mustard turned and looked at him, "Oh, of course. My apologies young man, here you go." Mustard held out a set of the uniform but in a flash of something pink, they were gone. Liam looked toward the door and saw a trio of Galarian Slowpoke running,actually running out the door each with a piece of the uniform.
"You'd never see a Kantonian Slowpoke move that fast," Liam commented impressed. While Liam was standing there impressed, the NPC students were stunned, Klara was stifling a chuckle at Avery's misfortune, and Honey explained that those three Slowpoke were trained by her husband to be able to move so fast.
"Well, that was actually the first test, I was going to have everyone go out and look for those Slowpoke and bring them back here, but I guess the test has begun."
The NPC students just stood there dumbfounded for a couple of seconds at what they just saw. Then as what Mustard said dawned on then they started running for the door, getting jammed in the door. It was at that point Liam had an idea: He called out into his mind to his Shiny Alakazam,
"How may I assist you, sir?" Sherlock said telepathically.
"Could you please teleport me and my friends oh," He paused to figure the distance from where he was to the porch. "about thirty feet to the left of where I am currently standing, be sure to let them know so they aren't caught off guard."
" Very well," Sherlock said to his trainer via telepathy. Sherlock then said to Liam and his traveling companions at once via telepathy: "Since your doorway is jammed, my trainer asked me to teleport you outside, be ready," with that, Liam and any of his friends who did not refuse the teleport was sent outside.

Upon arriving outside, Liam sent out his Corvisquire to help him see from above where the Slowpoke were

Jen and Aura closed their eyes to use aura to track down the Slowpokes with clothing in their mouths.

Shiranui let himself get teleported out of the dojo. "Zoku, Nekomata, come on out!" He sent his Nickit and Meowstic out. "Your task is to bring the Slowpoke with stolen gi back to the dojo. Liam's Corvisquire is providing aerial reconnaissance." Zoku got the Slowpokes' scent and left to track them down with Nekomata following.

Chuck sent out Omega to help with catching them once they were located.

Jen and Aura found found a Slowpoke with a piece of missing clothing, now to round it up.

Liam followed his Corvisquire on the ground. When Corvisquire found one of them, the one who had the pants from the gi and squawked at it as the Slowpoke began to run back to the dojo. The Slowpoke was chased right into Liam's arms. who managed to grab onto it and hold it tight.
"Found one!" Avery called out from behind Liam having made it through the now cleared jam. "Hand over the Slowpoke!" Avery ordered.
"Why? Master Mustard only said for us to retrieve the Slowpoke, He didn't say you would be rewarded for bringing any of them back. Avery got upset and called out an Abra.
"I guess we're doing this, huh?" Liam said as he got the slowpoke to climb onto his back so he could carry it piggyback.
"Balin!" Liam called out his Sirfetch'd.
"I thought you were a regional champion, why send out a fighting-type against my Psychic type?" Avery sneered. "I guess everyone in your region is an idi-" Avery was cut off By Liam calling for Night Slash, which landed a critical hit and one-shot the Psychic type, leaving Avery dumbfounded.
"Now, step aside." Liam said as he pushed past Avery while carrying the Slowpoke and Balin running behind him while Corvisquire flew overhead, Liam made it back to the dojo and presented one Slowpoke to Mustard, who was quite pleased.

"Found one," came a feminine voice in Shiranui's mind that he deduced as Nekomata's telepathic voice. Shiranui followed where Nekomata and Zoku had gone and noticed a bright white light issue from somewhere close by, which he went to inspect.

Nekomata had located a Slowpoke that held a white belt in its mouth with Zoku's help. Through a combination of Nekomata's Covet and Zoku's Thief, the belt was now in the possession of Shiranui's Pokémon. Nekomata held Slowpoke in a telekinetic hold as Zoku started glowing with a bright white light.

By the time Shiranui arrived on the scene he came across his Meowstic levitating Slowpoke over to him and a Thievul with a white belt in its mouth. "Zoku, is that you?" he asked. The Thievul struck a charming refined pose and nodded his head while Shiranui grabbed the Slowpoke out of Nekomata's grasp and scanned the newly-evolved Zoku with his Rotom Phone.
"Thievul, the Fox Pokémon. A Dark type and the evolved form of Nickit. It secretly marks potential targets with a scent. By following the scent, it stalks its targets and steals from them when they least expect it. With a lithe body and sharp claws, it goes around stealing food and eggs. Boltund is its natural enemy."

Shiranui made it back to the dojo and saw Liam back as well. He presented the Slowpoke he held to Mustard and Mustard was pleased.

Jen notices rthe white shirt on the ground as t The Slowpoke is searching for something. Jen sends out Akamu Groot as he is no lomhrt a Grookey but a Thwackey. “Grass Knot,” Jen saas Akamu ensnares the Slowpoke, Aura picks up the Slowpoke. They walk back to the dojo and present Master Mustard the shirt and the Slowpoke. He is pleased as Jen notices Liam and Shiranui were already back from finding the other Slowpoke.

Once they were all found and returned, Mustard spoke of how he was pleased that Liam, Shiranui, and Jen were able to each catch one of the Slowpoke. He passed everyone to the next trial.
"But, Master Mustard they used a Pokémon to teleport out of the dojo," Avery protested. He then pointed at Liam. "And he used a Pokémon to get an aerial view to help him find them while most of us only have fighting types That wasn't fair."
Mustard looked at Avery, "I never said you couldn't have Pokémon help you with finding them like that, besides teleporting out when the door was blocked was a clever idea." Mustard turned his attention to the rest of the students.
"Now, the next challenge will be to find three Max Mushrooms. By finding three of them we can make a special dish that is a specialty of the dojo. All I will say is that they grow in a dark place. Now, off you go."
"A dark place, I wonder where the best place to go would be?" Liam said thinking aloud.

Chuck thought about it, then remembered there were some caves nearby. He ran out into the direction of the nearest cave, sending out Nessie to ride on as they reached the river leading into the cave. As they travelled down the river, he kept an eye out for any mushrooms, hoping he'd find the right ones. It was then that he noticed one giant mushroom, that seemed to be glowing with a similar energy to that of Dynamax energy and the wishing stars. He hopped off of Nessie and carefully harvested it, hopping back on her and travelling back down the river to the Dojo.

Liam went off to a cave as well, he was lucky to find three growing right next to one another. As he tried to grab them Klara ran up behind him demanding that she should get them because she "saw them first"
"Yeah, sure you did," Liam replied.
Klara sent out a Whirlepede to battle with. Liam sent out Beckham.
"Defense Curl!" Klara called out.
"Flame Charge"
The Raboot became engulfed in flames and charged into the bug, dealing a great deal of damage.
"Rollout!" Klara ordered. Whirlpede made a direct hit on Raboot. Beckham was knocked back but was still standing.
"Flame Charge again!" Liam called. Whilpede was hit again, but its Poison Point activated. Klara cackled at seeing this as Whirlpede his Beckham again.
(poison)
"Double Kick!" Liam called, this attack missed however as Beckham was hit by the third Rollout and succumbed to Poison. Beckham was replaced by the shiny Flapple.
"Keep on Rolling!" Klara said.
"Dragon Pulse the ground!" Liam called, much to Klara's surprise. Flapple carved a path in the floor, which messed up Whirlpede's trajectory andsent it airborne.
"Now Twister!" The attack did extra damage with Whielepede airborne, KO'ing it. Klara grumbled as she recalled it and sent out a Galarian Slowpoke, telling it to use Acid The attack connected.
"Dragon Breath!" Liam called. The attack hit and paralyzed.
"Dragon Pulse!" Flapple's attack hit and Slowpoke was worse for wear.
Slowpoke used Acid again but missed, allowing Liam to finish it off with one last Dragon Pulse. Klara grumbled as she stormed off saying Liam could keep those Max shrooms, and she would find better ones elsewhere. Liam collected them and revived Beckham before heading back to the Dojo.

Jen and Aura stops on the dojo’s porch, she notices Chuck and Liam brought back Max Mushrooms.

"Hi Jen, Chuck," Liam greeted.

"Yo." Chuck said, delivering his mushroom to the master.

“Hi Liam and Chuck and Liam.” Jen said as Aura’s nose twitch as she smell mushrooms.

"So, I guess we all passed at least," Liam said with a smile. He handed over his mushrooms to Mustard shortly after Chuck had.

"I guess so." Chuck said, recalling Nessie.

Shiranui had yet to return as he was following Zoku while the Thievul sniffed around for the scent he picked up of Max Mushrooms back at the dojo. They found themselves in the Forest of Focus and with Nekomata floating around as lookout, Thievul pointed like a hunting dog at a tree stump and within a hollow in that stump were three Max Mushrooms. "Nicely done, Zoku," Shiranui praised as he picked the mushrooms.

Avery teleported in with his Kadabra and shouted, "Hold it right there! Hah! Just as I expected! Multiple Max Mushrooms growing in a bunch! My psychic powers picked up on these Max Mushrooms aeons before you found them. I believe I should be the first one to get those Max Mushrooms. First come, first served, and all!"
"You're absolutely right," Shiranui rebutted, "First come, first serve—I came here first so I get the mushrooms."
"You dare get in my way? I warned you about my psychic powers, and now you'll experience them firsthand!" Avery challenged, "Kadabra, Psychic Terrain!" Before Shiranui could send out his battler the battlefield got charged with psychic energy.
"Alright, I'll show you how a real psychic battles," Shiranui responded, unmoved by Avery's threats, "Saisei, I choose you!" He sent his Mewtwo out and Kadabra almost immediately felt the pressure from Saisei's glare.
"Kadabra, Swift!"
"Saisei, Laser Focus!" The Mewtwo locked on to Kadabra's weak spot with laser-like precision while Kadabra shot a salvo of star-shaped rays at Saisei and landed a hit.
"Was that supposed to hurt?" Saisei asked, "Hailstones do more damage than that weak excuse for an attack." Avery felt both dumbfounded over how little damage his Kadabra's Swift did and riled up by Saisei's comment.
"Kadabra, give it a Tri Attack!"
"Saisei, use Psystrike!" Kadabra fired off three beams that formed a delta and Saisei copped a Flamethrower, an Ice Beam and a Thunderbolt at the same time.
"Passable, especially with the odds of leaving me frozen," Saisei patronised, "You might have stood a chance then, but it's now time to feel real power!" The Mewtwo launched a wave of psychic energy at Kadabra powered up by the Psychic Terrain. In spite of the attack not being very effective, Kadabra was knocked out thanks to a large disparity in experience, a very low Defence stat and a critical hit made certain by the Laser Focus from earlier. "Compliments of Mewtwo—the world's most powerful Pokémon," Shiranui finished.

"Blast it. Victory still eludes me… What is it that I lack? What do I need? Very well, you can have those ones. I'll go and find myself some Max Mushrooms that are far more elegant! Avery, Teleport!" Before Shiranui could answer, Avery and his now-revived Kadabra vanished from the area.
"The answers he seeks are so obvious even the local Slowpoke can figure them out," Saisei stated.
"No doubt about that," Shiranui agreed, "Saisei, Zoku, return!" He recalled his Mewtwo and his Thievul. "Nekomata, can you fly us back to the dojo?" he asked.
"Can and most certainly will!" the female Meowstic affirmed, grabbing her trainer in a telekinetic hold and the duo floated back to the dojo.

"I return with three Max Mushrooms," he announced, handing the mushrooms over to Mustard and recalling a blushing Nekomata.

“I guess so,” Jen said as she did not bring back any mushrooms but did some training.

Mustard was delighted that Shiranui returned with some, stating that he was the third to complete the task. About as he finished the sentence, a dirtied Klara ran in with three as well.
"See, you made it," Liam said to Shiranui with a smile.