Pokémon Center.
“Grandpa, I'm leaving Blastoise with you for a few days. I'll swap him back in a few days.”
Xiao Mao's Pokémon roster was full, and the other Pokémon didn't have full friendship levels. Xiao Mao wasn't comfortable leaving them behind.
Currently, Xiao Mao only had Blastoise with full friendship, so he could only transfer him back.
However, Blastoise was Xiao Mao's strongest Pokémon, and he definitely needed him. So Xiao Mao planned to spend a week training in Yuhong City to level up his Scyther to the max, then switch him with Blastoise.
“Oh, your Squirtle has evolved into its final form so quickly!” Professor Oak exclaimed, still thinking that Xiao Mao’s Squirtle had only evolved into Wartortle.
“Yeah, I'll trouble you to take care of him for this period. I've already planned out his training program. Just take care of his food and living arrangements.” Xiao Mao said.
“By the way, since you’re leaving Blastoise, are you looking for any new Pokémon?” Professor Oak asked.
“Yeah, I plan to capture an Eevee and leave it with Nuzleaf for now. I can only transfer one Pokémon to you, otherwise, I won't be able to bring Eevee with me.”
“Eevee, that's a great Pokémon. Which direction do you plan to train it in?”
“I haven’t decided yet. I'll just train it for a while and see.” Xiao Mao said.
Xiao Mao really liked Eevee, but honestly, the potential of this Eevee was just average.
Xiao Mao favored the evolutions of Eevee, namely Sunflora, Sylveon, and Moonstone. All three of these evolutions didn’t require an Evolution Stone, which meant they couldn't be enhanced through Evolution Stone evolutions.
Xiao Mao wasn't willing to use the items given by the system. After all, items that enhanced Pokémon potential were too rare. Right now, Xiao Mao only had one Bronze Crown.
The Bronze Crown could only be used on Pokémon below Champion potential. It would be most beneficial to use it on a Champion potential Pokémon.
Currently, the system's mission had a Crown as a reward, requiring collecting all of the Champion team members. Xiao Mao already had Blastoise, Exeggutor, and Alakazam, leaving him with only Pidgeot, Arcanine, and Tyranitar. Arcanine could evolve anytime. Right now, he only needed to find Pidgeot and Tyranitar.
“Alright, bring Blastoise over, and I’ll take a look.”
Professor Oak hoped to study more Pokémon, but since Xiao Mao was going for the elite route, he didn't expect Xiao Mao to catch many Pokémon.
“Okay.”
Xiao Mao transferred Blastoise to Professor Oak.
Professor Oak received the Poké Ball and ended the communication.
After transferring Blastoise, Xiao Mao received the Poké Ball containing the Eevee from Nuzleaf, and used Insight to check the Eevee's specific attributes.
【Pokémon: Eevee ♂】
【Type: Normal】
【Level: 20】
【Potential: Gym Leader】
【Ability: Adaptability (Increases the power of moves that share the same type as the Pokémon.)】
【Skills: Tackle, Tail Whip, Helping Hand, Quick Attack】
【Friendship: 120 (Max 255)】
“Only four skills...”
Xiao Mao saw the skills Eevee had and couldn’t help but feel speechless. Level 20 and only four racial skills, a bit too few.
However, it was a Pokémon bred in a nursery, so four skills were normal. After all, the Pokémon bred in the nursery followed a more structured breeding program and wouldn’t train specifically for one Pokémon.
Pokémon awakening skills depends on their environment, daily life, and training.
“Nuzleaf, how's your Eevee doing?” Xiao Mao asked.
“It's pretty good, friendly personality.”
“How many skills does it have?”
“Five skills: Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Round, Swift.”
Xiao Mao was surprised. Nuzleaf's Eevee had five skills, including Swift, which could automatically chase enemies and was very useful.
A slightly lower aptitude shouldn’t be a big problem.
“By the way, what are you planning to evolve your Eevee into?” Xiao Mao asked.
“Of course, it's Sunflora.”
Nuzleaf, as a Psychic-type trainer, would naturally evolve her Eevee into a Psychic-type Sunflora.
“By the way, what about you?”
Xiao Mao thought for a while and said, “If nothing happens, it's going to be Moonstone.”
“I remember Moonstone is Dark-type, which counters Psychic-type.” Nuzleaf pouted, feeling like Xiao Mao was saying this on purpose.
“I don’t have a Dark-type Pokémon, and I need one. Let’s go buy a Everstone. If Eevee evolves at night, it can only evolve into Moonstone.” Xiao Mao said.
“Okay.”
Nuzleaf nodded in agreement.
The two of them went to Yuhong Department Store and bought an Everstone and a soothe bell. The soothe bell was used to increase friendship. After the friendship level increased, they switched to the Everstone. Then, depending on day and night, they removed or put on the Everstone.
Sunflora was a bit easier to train. As long as the friendship level was high enough, it could evolve during the day.
But Moonstone required evolving at night.
Xiao Mao needed to sleep at night. Once Eevee's friendship level reached the required level, he would have to wake up at 4 a.m. every day to equip the Everstone on Eevee. After 5 a.m., it would be considered daytime. If it evolved into Sunflora, it would be a headache.
Xiao Mao already had Exeggutor and Alakazam. There was no need to train another pure Psychic-type Pokémon. Even if he did, he would train Gardevoir or Metagross, which had Psychic-type and a second type.
In the following period, Xiao Mao trained his Pokémon for half a month, and each Pokémon made some progress.
During the training, on the tenth day, Primeape evolved into a Machoke. After evolution, Xiao Mao used two Low-Grade Wonderous Sweets to level up Machoke to Level 30.
Scyther LV32—34!
Golbat LV30—32!
Alakazam LV25—32!
Machoke LV25—31!
Growlithe LV15—19!
Eevee LV20—23!
The Pokémon all leveled up.
Scyther and Alakazam reached full friendship with Xiao Mao.
As his Pokémon reached Level 30, Xiao Mao's only feeling was that the level-up difficulty had increased.
After Level 25, it could level up an average of 1 level every two to three days. But after Level 30, it would be considered good to level up 1 level in a week. However, for Pokémon with Quasi-Champion potential, leveling up every three or four days was normal.
During training, Takahashi also called and said that the Pokémon were ready and could be transferred at any time.
This way, Xiao Mao didn't have to worry about how to capture Pidgeot. Takahashi took so long because he thought that Gym Leader potential was too low. To express the agreement, he specially prepared two Quasi-Champion potential Slowbro and Pidgeotto.
Xiao Mao thought that it was enough to be given a Gym Leader potential Pokémon, but didn't expect to receive a Quasi-Champion potential Pokémon. Takahashi was truly a good man.