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"Let's start by strengthening the Unyielding trait." Shigeru began by strengthening the trait that was most useful.
[Ding! Enhancement successful.]
【EX Unyielding (When an opponent reduces your stats, your physical attack increases by 3 stages, and your physical attack stat cannot be reduced by the opponent in any way.)】
"It increases physical attack by 3 stages and also gains the Mighty Claw ability. If it triggers even once, it can basically sweep the team. Not bad, right?"
Xiao Mao is quite satisfied with this ability. The only thing he's not happy about is that it's passive, meaning the opponent needs to actively use a move that reduces the ability (like Qian Zhao).
"Further strengthen mental strength."
[Ding! Enhancement successful.]
【Characteristic: EX Mental Strength (Unaffected by opponent's attacks, immune to intimidation, confusion, cowardice, oppression, and tension.)】
"So powerful... immune to all negative mental states." Xiao Mao looked at the Abandoned Monkey and felt that after the Abandoned Monkey's characteristics were enhanced, it had completely turned into a fearless and reckless beast.
Shigeru was already hooked and immediately enhanced his Motivation ability.
[Ding! Enhancement successful.]
[EX Motivation (Does not induce sleep state; increases the power of attack moves without additional effects by 20%).]
Shigeru hadn't expected that the enhanced Energize ability would have an effect similar to the Powerful ability. However, the Powerful ability only works on moves with additional effects, increasing their power by 30%, but at the cost of those additional effects being disabled.
542: Orange Academy, Misunderstood
"Miro!"
do not know why.
The abandoned monkey now feels exceptionally strong, possessing a powerful aura of indifference to life and death.
"come in."
Gary returned the abandoned monkey to its Poké Ball.
"System, change my Ice-type skill selection to Snow Scene." Xiao Mao also decided to choose Snow Scene as his Ice-type skill selection.
The snow scene is chosen primarily for Whaleon's snow, since weather-related moves are relatively difficult to learn. Currently, Gary already has enough offensive moves, so the selection should focus on weather, terrain, and change moves.
[Ding! Skill exchange successful.]
After exchanging for the skills.
Shigeru went outside the Pokémon Center and released Whale.
"Huh?"
Looking at the unfamiliar surroundings, the whale felt no fear despite the unfamiliarity, but with Xiao Mao by its side, it remained quite optimistic.
Xiao Mao took out a top-grade ice stone from his spatial backpack.
“Come on, Whale Walker, take this, and you can evolve into a giant whale, just like your mother,” said Xiao Mao.
Gary trains his Pokémon, and if they can evolve, they evolve.
The size difference between the Whale and the Mega Whale is significant, and early evolution allows for better adaptation to the Mega Whale's body.
"Oh, right." 287
Whale is not opposed to evolution and readily accepts the Ice Stone.
The moment it touched the Ice Stone, the cells in the walking whale's body were activated, and its whole body shone with white light. Its body grew rapidly, soon reaching the size of a car, although it was smaller than the walking whale's mother.
After all, the walking whale is still a baby, and after a year or two of raising it, its size will reach the normal standard of a large whale.
Then, Shigeru went to prepare dinner for the elves.
The next day, Gary rode Articuno back to Tabletop City, preparing to return to the Sinnoh region, but he would have to wait until the next day to leave.
Since there's only one flight every three days, we could only stay in Tokioka City for one more day. Since Shigeru didn't have anything else to do, he used that day to visit Tokioka City.
After arriving in Tokita City, Gary headed to Orange Academy, a world-renowned school. Since he was already in Tokita City, he naturally wanted to give it a proper visit.
Orange Academy is open to the public, but during class time, visitors are not allowed to go to the teaching building and disturb students.
Moreover, Orange Academy holds a high position in the Padia region, and the Pokémon under its principal (bbcj) are all at the Elite Four level.
The gym leaders and some of the most skilled trainers in the Padilla region are all students of the Orange Academy, and even Team Celestial is an organization founded by students within the academy.
The founder of the Star Team is named Du Dan, and her background is also quite impressive; her father is Pione.
Pione was the champion of the Galar region and was the predecessor of Dante, but he resigned and left the league after his brother Rose became the league president.
In any case, the students at Orange Academy all have impressive backgrounds, including the teachers in charge of instruction. Every teacher is a top-tier talent in their respective fields, and most importantly, they are all formidable trainers.
As they walked, Xiao Mao came to a public battleground where school students were playing against each other.
"So inexperienced."
Looking at the Pokémon battling, their levels weren't very high, indicating that these students were likely all freshmen.
【LV10 New Leaf Cat♂/Gym】
"Black silk cat!"
Xiao Mao was stunned when he saw the new leaf cat.
Of the three starter Pokémon from Generation IX, only Leafeon's final evolution is considered visually appealing, so it has garnered a lot of attention, especially Leafeon's final evolution, Black Silk... ah! No, I mean, Magic Masked Cat, which is extremely attractive.
However, Shigeru wasn't really interested in the Magical Masked Cat. He just thought the Magical Masked Cat was quite strong, and its special skill, Thousand Transformations, was very powerful because it was guaranteed to hit and strike a vital point.
If Gary had to choose from the three starter Pokémon of Generation IX, he would definitely choose Leafeon as his Pokémon.
"I'm so tempted! It makes me want to tame a new Leaf Cat too," Xiao Mao said excitedly.
Unfortunately, this is just wishful thinking. After all, resources are limited, and Xiao Shi can't raise too many Pokémon for the time being. He still has a bunch of Pokémon that he hasn't raised yet.
Shigeru sat down on a public bench outside the fence and watched the students' Pokémon battles while drinking coffee he had bought on campus. Because the shops on campus were open to the public, they did very well, though the prices were a bit high. However, he had heard that students could buy things at the same price, so they were more likely to overcharge outsiders than students.
Xiao Mao planned to stay here until noon and then have lunch at the Orange Academy's cafeteria, but a woman with long hair reaching her chest walked over into the shared battlefield.
"Ok?"
Xiao Mao looked at the woman who walked up to him, feeling a little puzzled. He didn't understand why she had such a fierce expression. Moreover, Xiao Mao knew this woman; her name was Huang Bo, and she was a teacher in charge of combat instruction at Orange Academy.
Could it be that some students are about to come for a battle class, and Huang Bo came specifically to shoo them away?
However, what Huangbo said next completely baffled Xiaomao.
Huang Bo stood with her hands on her hips and scolded, "Which class are you in? Why aren't you gathering over there? Why are you slacking off here?"
Xiao Mao broke out in a cold sweat.
Huangbo has mistaken Xiaoshige for a student from Orange Academy.
"That teacher...!"
"Come with me."
Before Xiao Mao could finish speaking, Huang Bo dragged him to the playground and brought him to a competition area. Normally, the students here would have finished their matches, so Huang Bo would push Xiao Mao to the command area and then have another student come over.
“Peony, you come and fight him, let’s have a one-on-one duel,” Huangbo said.
"Okay, teacher."
Peony walked to the command area.
When Shigeru saw Peony in the command area, he was immediately surprised. Although the name was the same as Xiaoxia's third sister, the Peony in front of him was not Xiaoxia's sister, but Pione's daughter.
Peony is the founder of the Tensei Team, but this is the world of anime, and the Tensei Team has never appeared in the anime storyline so far, so it is unknown whether they even exist.
"Who is he? I've never seen him before. He's quite handsome." Peony looked Xiao Mao up and down and immediately noticed that Xiao Mao was rather handsome. Normally, the girls in each class would collect information about the handsome guys.
In the game, Orange Academy accepts students of all ages, but in the anime, Sentence Academy only accepts students aged 6 to 18, so it doesn't accept just any student.
"This is really a headache. Let's have a match then." Xiao Mao originally wanted to explain, but since he was already on the field, especially since his opponent was Botan, Xiao Mao also wanted to see how strong Botan was in the anime.
"You two, hurry up and get your Poké Balls out," Huangbo urged.
543: Accidentally Entering a Practical Lesson, VS Peony
Xiao Mao was in a real bind. All the Pokémon he had were too high-level. Sending out his own Pokémon was practically bullying him. Although he had a Whale, Xiao Mao didn't know the true nature of Botan. What if things went wrong?
At this moment, Peony also took out a Poké Ball from her Eevee-themed bag.
Ash knows that Botan is a trainer who loves Eevee. In the game, all her Pokémon are Eevee evolutions. Since she carries an Eevee-shaped bag, it's likely that the Pokémon Botan uses in the anime world are also Eevee evolutions.
Left with no other choice, Xiao Mao took out a red and white ball. Referring to the battle he had just seen, he felt that Sai Fuhao's level was just right and he shouldn't lose.
Seeing that both sides had taken out their Poké Balls, Huangbo immediately announced, "Use of Crystallization is prohibited. Please release your Pokémon simultaneously."
The words fell.
Gary and Botan threw their Poké Balls at the same time.
Great!!
【LV25 Fairy Elf♂/Heavenly King】
The sprite sent by Peony was an Ice Sprite, which was already at the pinnacle of skill among these students.
【LV30 - Rich Man/Champion】
"What kind of sprite is this?!"
Upon seeing Sai Fuhao, all the students present were taken aback.
Because the evolutionary process of the Cyborg is extremely difficult, most people may never witness it in their lifetime.
Peony immediately took out a picture book, but this picture book was completely different from Shigeru's picture book. The back of the picture book had the Rotom symbol.
"Thorum's Compendium!"
Gary was surprised. The Rotom Pokédex appeared in Generation VII, so how come it already exists in the Padilla region?
If this technology had been developed in the Parthian region, it should have been announced long ago. It's not exactly cutting-edge technology, so there's no need to keep it a secret.
After all, Dr. Fortu even gave the Crystal Bead to Gary, so the Padia League shouldn't be that stingy.
Rotom Pokédex entry: "Savage, a Pokémon whose body is said to be made of 1000 coins. It loves to be around people and can get along with anyone instantly."
Peony frowned as she looked at the data provided in the encyclopedia. The information presented in the encyclopedia was only basic; the attributes and skills were displayed in tabular images on the screen.