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Consider these two Eevee sparrows as a free gift.
"What if Shigeru comes again?" Masato asked.
"Blacklist Xiao Mao and the girl next to him, and the arcade won't accept them," Banmu said.
"As ordered."
...!
"Naza, do you know what Xiaoli said to Zhenniao?" After leaving the arcade and walking a distance, Xiaomao asked.
Sabrina is a psychic. Even if she doesn't have telepathy, her perception is very strong, so she should be able to hear what Lily is saying.
"Are you very concerned about that Xiao Li?" Naz asked coldly.
Hearing Naz's cold tone, Xiao Mao couldn't help but smile. He hadn't expected Naz to be such a jealous person, able to get jealous over something like this.
"I'm just concerned about what Xiaoli said to Zhenyu, and why Zhenyu suddenly agreed," Xiaomao explained.
“That Xiaoli didn’t say anything, except that you have a relationship with Professor Oak,” Sabrina said.
"Oh, my grandpa has such a big reputation!" Xiao Mao said, quite surprised.
Professor Oak's reputation is useful, but Gary never imagined that it could be used on Team Rocket as well.
“Your grandfather is Professor Oak, he’s a regular on TV, he’s very famous,” Sabrina said.
Even Sabrina, who doesn't follow the research community, knows Professor Oak, which shows how famous he is. His influence might not be significant in other regions, but it is absolutely enormous in the Kanto region.
"Not bad, at least we got two Eevee for free," said Shigeru.
"Xiao Mao, why don't the people in the arcade want to call the police?" Na Zi asked.
It wasn't convenient to ask in the arcade, but seeing that the real bird seemed unwilling to call the police, Naza didn't understand what the arcade had done. They were clearly in the right, but they insisted on taking the loss.
“I can tell you, but you can’t tell anyone else,” Xiao Mao said.
"Okay, I promise you, I won't tell anyone."
Xiao Mao lowered his voice and said, "Actually... that arcade is connected to the Pokémon Hunter Organization. The prizes they recently replaced must have been transported, and there are definitely unclean Pokémon in them, so they dare not call the police."
"Such a thing happened!" Nazi was shocked. Being naive and inexperienced, this was the first time she had heard of such a thing. She asked in confusion, "Then why didn't you insist on calling the police?"
"Most arcades do this. The Pokémon are of dubious origin, mostly smuggled. If we call the police, we'll indirectly offend other arcades. Besides, many arcades have shady backgrounds. Even if I'm Professor Oak's grandson, if I offend too many people, it's no different from courting death."
Xiao Mao didn't tell the truth. The Rockets' background was too sensitive, and Xiao Mao didn't know how to explain it, so he could only make up an excuse.
"It's really complicated."
Although Sabrina is naive, she has managed the dojo for several years and understands some principles of life. She also understands that the situation Shigeru described is common.
Some Pokémon sold at auctions are even more illegitimate in origin than those sold in arcades.
Chapter 61: Two Weeks of Intensive Training
Little Elf Center.
"Grandpa, I'll leave Blastoise with you for a few days, and I'll bring it back in a few days."
Gary's Pokémon slots are full, and the friendship levels of the other Pokémon aren't maxed out, so he's hesitant to foster them.
Currently, the only Pokémon Xiao Mao has with full friendship is Blastoise, so he can only teleport Blastoise back.
However, Blastoise is the strongest Pokémon that Gary has, so he definitely needs to keep it with him at all times. Therefore, Gary spent a week training in Celadon City to max out Scizor's level before trading it with Blastoise.
"Oh, your Squirtle has evolved to its final form so quickly!" Professor Oak exclaimed in surprise. He had always thought that Gary's Squirtle had just evolved into Wartortle.
"Yes, then I'll trouble you to take care of it during this time, Grandpa. The training plan has been arranged for Blastoise. Just take care of its daily needs," said Shigeru.
"By the way, since you sent Blastoise over, is there any new Pokémon you'd like to see?" Professor Oak asked.
"Yes, I plan to catch an Eevee and leave it with Sabrina for now. I can only send one Pokémon to Grandpa first, otherwise I won't be able to carry the Eevee with me."
"Eevee, that's a really good Pokémon. What direction do you plan to train it in?"
"I haven't decided yet, let's try cultivating it first," Xiao Mao said.
Gary really likes Eevee, but to be honest, Eevee's potential as a gym leader is only so-so.
Gary's preferred Eevee evolutions are Espeon, Sylveon, and Umbreon. None of these three evolutions require evolution stones, which means that it's impossible to increase potential through evolution stones.
Gary was reluctant to use the items given to him by the system, since items that could enhance a Pokémon's potential were extremely rare, and Gary currently only had one bronze crown left.
The bronze crown can only be used on Pokémon with Elite Four potential or lower, so it's natural to use it on Pokémon with Elite Four potential for the greatest benefit.
Currently, the system has issued a task that rewards a crown; you just need to collect all the green champion teams.
Gary has already collected Blastoise, Exeggutor, and Alakazam. He still has Pidgeot, Arcanine, and Rhyperior left. Arcanine can evolve at any time, and now he only needs Pidgeot and Rhyperior.
"Alright, then bring Blastoise over here, I'll take a look at it for you."
Professor Oak wanted to study more Pokémon, but Gary wanted to take the elite route, so he didn't have high hopes for Gary to catch more Pokémon.
"it is good."
Gary teleports Blastoise to Professor Oak.
Professor Oak received the Poké Ball and the communication was interrupted.
After teleporting Blastoise away, Gary also received a Pokémon containing Eevee from Sabrina. He first used Insight to check the specific attributes of this Eevee.
【Pokémon: Eevee♂】
[Attribute: General]
【Level: 20】
[Potential: Gym]
[Ability: Adaptability (The power of moves of the same type as the user is increased.)]
[Skills: Tackle, Tail Wag, Helping Hand, Quick Attack.]
【Intimacy Level: 120 (Maximum 255)】
"Only four skills..."
When Xiao Mao saw the skills Eevee had mastered, he was speechless. It was already level 20 and it had only awakened 4 racial skills, which was a bit few.
However, it's normal for a Pokémon raised in a breeding center to only have four skills awakened, since breeding centers tend to train Pokémon in a more standardized way and don't specifically train a single Pokémon.
The awakening of a spirit's skills is related to its environment, daily life, and training.
"Saria, how's your Eevee?" Gary asked.
"Not bad, very friendly."
How many skills does it have?
"The five skills are Tackle, Tail Wag, Quick Attack, Round Eye, and High Speed Star."
Shigeru was taken aback. Sabrina's Eevee actually had 5 moves, among which Swift could automatically chase enemies, making it a very useful move.
A little less comprehension is fine; it shouldn't have a big impact.
"By the way, Sabrina, what do you plan to evolve Eevee into?" Gary asked.
"Of course it's Espeon."
Sabrina is a Psychic-type trainer, so since she raised Eevee, it's natural that it would evolve into a Psychic-type Espeon.
"By the way, what about you?"
After thinking for a moment, Xiao Mao said, "If nothing unexpected happens, it's Umbreon."
"I remember Umbreon is a Dark type, which is super effective against Psychic types." Sabrina pouted, feeling that Gary was saying this on purpose.
“I don’t have any Dark-type Pokémon, and I need one. Let’s go buy an Everstone, otherwise if Eevee evolves at night, it will only evolve into Umbreon,” said Gary.
"Ah."
Naz nodded in agreement.
The two bought the Everstone and the Soothing Healing at the Jade Rainbow Department Store. The Soothing Bell is used to increase intimacy. Once the intimacy level is increased, they will switch to the Everstone. After that, they will take off or put on the Everstone depending on whether it is day or night.
Espeon is easier to breed; as long as the friendship level is high enough, it may evolve during the day.
Umbreon can only evolve at night.
Gary needs to sleep at night. Once Eevee's friendship level reaches the required level, Gary will have to wake up at 4 a.m. every day to hold an Everstone for Eevee. After 5 a.m., it will be daytime. If it evolves into Espeon, that would be a real headache.
Gary already has Exeggutor and Alakazam, so there's no need for him to raise another pure Psychic-type Pokémon. Even if he were to raise one, he would raise dual-type Pokémon like Gardevoir or Metagross, which are both Psychic-type.
Over the next two weeks, Shigeru put his Pokémon through intensive training, and each Pokémon improved to a certain extent.
During the special training, Mankey evolved into Primal on the tenth day. After the evolution, Gary used two low-level Rare Candies to raise Primal's level to 30.
Scizor Level 32-34!
Zubat LV30-32!
Alakazam LV25-32!
Fiery Monkey LV25-31!
Growlithe LV15-19!
Ibrahimovic LV20-23!
The level of all the spirits has been increased.
Scizor and Alakazam have reached maximum affinity with Gary.
After his Pokémon reached level 30, Gary's only concern was the difficulty of leveling up.
After level 25, you can level up once every two or three days on average, but after level 30, it's considered good if you can level up once a week. However, a Pokémon with near-Elite Four potential can level up once every three or four days.
Furthermore, during the special training, Takahashi called to say that the Pokémon was ready and could be teleported over at any time.
In this way, Gary doesn't have to worry about how to catch Pidgeot. The reason why Stone Bridge is so slow is because he feels that the gym's potential is too low. In order to express the agreement, he specially prepared two Slowpoke and Pidgeotto with the potential of near-Elite Four members.
Shigeru had only expected that a Pokémon with the potential to become a Gym Leader would be enough, but he unexpectedly gave him a potential Elite Four member. Shige is such a kind person.
Chapter 62: Pidgey Arrived