Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 182 Rock Slab
The Psychic-type Gym, which is ranked after Qianli, is not more difficult to defeat than the Orange Gym. After all, the unpredictable nature of the Psychic-type is not impossible to crack in front of high-level trainers, while the resistance of the Psychic and Rock-types is really indescribable.

After watching the entire gym challenge, Daigo felt more and more that he had found a new gem, and immediately took Link to his home in Green Ridge City.

The champion's home is not that special. It is said that this is where Daigo lived alone and trained Pokémons after he left Devon Company. However, there are not many traces of Pokémon training. Instead, it houses a collection of many rare minerals, raw stones and other collections.

However, the noise and destructive power caused by his elves' battles were too exaggerated, so they were probably carried out on a nearby island or a special training ground.

"Wait a moment, Xiaolin, I have a gift for you."

“Isn’t it an iron dumbbell?”

"Hey, how do you know?"

Faced with Daigo's doubts, Link fell silent for a moment.

Yes, he was thinking about this too.

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Who is the person who has used different Metagross for several generations and distributed iron dumbbells everywhere?
"Fu."

"Yes, I guessed that, but cultivating iron dumbbells is too much of a burden for me, so forget it."

Raising elves is not just about raising whoever is stronger, there are many aspects to consider.

If he had to breed a Pokémon that would bloom late, Link would certainly choose a cute, fat one.

Even if you have to choose a steel elf, aren't Aluminum Steel Bridge Dragon, Sai Fuhao, or Servant Sword General good enough?

Daigo was speechless. He never thought that there would be a day when his iron dumbbells would be rejected.

It can be seen that the opponent did have a plan for his lineup, rather than just casually choosing elves with conflicting attributes of water and fire.

"Then I will be waiting for your challenge in Caiyou City."

Xiaoyou, Xiaoyao, and Xiaolin, this year's new trainers are really worth looking forward to.

Link was full of confidence.

Then he curiously visited the treasures in Daigo's house.

"There are so many stones, evolution stones, strange stones, meteorites, gemstones, and super stones. Are these all the collections you collected from all over the world?"

When talking about stones, Daigo immediately opened up and introduced his collection to Link in an endless stream.

He collects stones not only based on their value, but also on their shape, rarity and uniqueness.

In short, this is another kind of "insect catching boy".

Link had no particular likes or dislikes for this kind of thing, but the many types of strange stones among them did open his eyes.

During his visit, he discovered a special "stone".

"what is this?"

Link pointed to the metallic cylinder in the display case and said, "It looks more like some kind of metal."

"This is the metal film I dug out from the Black Gold Ruins in the Sinnoh region. It can allow some Pokémon to evolve into steel-attribute forms across time." Daigo recalled the energy fluctuations that Metagross had monitored at the Black Gold Ruins, and he always felt that there seemed to be some special secrets hidden there.

For example, Scyther.

This is the first time Link has seen this kind of prop in real life. He wonders if the composite metal needed for the evolution of the Aluminum-Steel Bridge Dragon is related to it?

"Speaking of Flying Mantis, I actually have another piece of stone that I can't use."

As he spoke, Link pulled out a black stone that was as sharp as glass from his overflowing expedition backpack.

Daigo took the stone that looked like obsidian but was not exactly the same, and could feel a special energy flowing in it. He tried to have Metagross analyze it, and concluded that it had a strange rock-like energy.

"This is a black stone. I suspect it is a common pyroxene from the moon rock. According to Dr. Yamanashi's research, it can allow Scyther to evolve into a rock-attributed Axe Mantis."

This thing was naturally one of the various useless props obtained in the dream realm that Link was reluctant to throw away. Link, who never intended to cultivate Scyther, simply gave it away.

He was very sure that Takeran must have wanted this thing as well, but he thought it was strange that Takeran was breeding axe mantises, so he did not give it to her and only gave one to Dr. Yamanashi.

The new and strange stone immediately made Daigo fall in love with it, but it was not polite to simply take someone else's stone, so he decided to reciprocate.

However, Link has no idea about these stones...

To retract the preface, he found a very outrageous "stone" in Daigo's house.

Rather than calling it stone, it would be better to call it slate.

This is a brown stone slab that exudes a strong aura. The front is smooth as if it has been polished, and the back is engraved with an ancient inscription:

"When the universe was born,
"Its fragments turned into slabs of stone."

Earth Slab, an item that can be transformed into a ground attribute item when carried by an alpaca.

Link thought it was amazing enough that Daigo had a slab of steel, but he didn't expect that he even had a slab of earth! ?

"Where on earth did you dig this slab of stone from?"

Daigo looked in the direction of the voice and saw the collection that caused the other party's attitude to change suddenly.

This was something he dug out when he was digging stones at the Black Gold Gate in the Sinnoh region. It looked special so he brought it back.

"I found this at the gate near the Black Gold Carbon Mine. Xiaolin, are you interested in it?"

Link had mixed feelings. In fact, he was more interested in the Fireball Slate because he didn't have the ground-attribute elves represented by the Earth Slate.

"Just consider it a collection... If you are willing to exchange it with me, I will add another incredible jade."

As he spoke, he took out a round blue jade from the bag in his backpack and said, "This is Hail Jade. After injecting energy into it, it will turn the weather into snow. Since it is a disposable item, it is best to consider carefully before deciding whether to use it."

Daigo gladly accepted the exchange proposal, but his eyes kept subconsciously glancing towards Link's backpack.

His natural intuition told him that there might be even more rare and unique jade, or even more special stones hidden in the other person's backpack?

I believe that Takeran must have similar ideas to Daigo, and he does have a heavyweight jade stone, the Great Platinum Jade, hidden in his backpack.

In the distant future, perhaps everyone will be curious about what magical items are hidden in Link's treasure bag...

……

The encounter and exchange with the champion did not last long, and Link returned to his daily life.

After challenging the gym, he originally planned to take the elves to visit the center of the universe, but he accidentally wasted some time visiting the strange rocks at Daigo's house.

It was already dark when he left Daigo's house, and he took the elves back to the elf center.

Although his face looked calm, he could no longer conceal his excitement in his heart.

The Earth Slab is just an optional item in the game that can increase the power of the Pokémon's ground-based moves by 20%.

But Link believes that this thing must have more special effects in reality. If not, it will definitely be of great help in the cultivation of ground-type Pokémon or the practice of ground-type moves!

In line with the idea that rock and earth are inseparable, he decisively gave the Earth Slab to Windy Dog to test its effect...

(End of this chapter)