Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 379 Is the level of the Pokémon in the gym locked?
It's surprising that Trump isn't an Unova Elf, but that's not the point, since Link can't possibly breed them all anyway.

The "family line" alone is enough to give him a hard time.

To avoid revealing their identities, a clever Ditto seems indispensable.

Or...

Link looked at the Porygon, wondering if having it handle the projection would make it indistinguishable from reality.
Fortunately, neither option is urgent. After all, his requirements for Ditto do not involve combat power, and he has plenty of time to think things through before heading to Unova.

Before that, what's more important is the lineup of trainers with different badge counts that the gym faces.

If you don't plan ahead, randomly capturing and training Pokémon will only burden yourself and your Pokémon.

Mentioning this, Ergui Peng, who had never challenged a dojo before, suddenly had a hint of doubt: "Boni?"

Since most of the Pokémon sent out by gyms are still very weak and their growth is far from stagnant, how do gym leaders manage to keep their Pokémon at a fixed level of strength while training them?

Even if he gets utterly defeated every time he faces a challenger, shouldn't Oo-Tachi evolve into Oo-Tachi through constant battles?
Using language that Link is more familiar with, how exactly do those level 7 or 8 beginner Pokémon maintain such a weak level?

Even without any nurturing, training, or combat, as long as they are not starved, they should grow to the strength of having two badges in two or three months at most.

"Well..."

Link fell into deep thought; the question from the mysterious creature had truly stumped him.

Could it be that the level of a Pokémon in a gym can be locked within a certain range, similar to an Everstone or the degeneration of the Pokédex?
"Muff~"

The fire fox quickly came to the answer—of course, it was because these Pokémon whose strength had been raised to the level of 2 badges were sent to deal with trainers who only had 2 badges.

That seems to make some sense...

But Egui Peng still felt something was off, as if something was not quite right.

"Specifically, since weaker Pokémon level up faster and stronger Pokémon level up at a slower pace, the number of Pokémon in gyms will inevitably be concentrated in the 20-40 range."

"However, gyms are not armies or breeding centers, and it is impossible to breed Pokémon indefinitely. How should these gradually increasing 'core Pokémon' be distributed?"

"How can those weak and mediocre elves be continuously obtained?"

Fire Fox suddenly realized that it was a matter of increasing revenue and reducing expenditure!

Link felt that this had little to do with cost-cutting or revenue generation.

"Fu!"

In the end, the core Pokémon become redundant, while the demand for new Pokémon continues to increase. Isn't this a case of "increasing revenue and reducing expenditure"?

"Alright, Strategist Fu, what do you think we should do about this?"

“MmQ…”

In short, we certainly can't abandon those ever-increasing number of elves.

Considering the gym's responsibilities, it needs a batch of untrained novice Pokémon every one or two months, and sending some away every three or four months doesn't seem to cause too much damage to the ecosystem.

In short... I need help from Xiaoduo!
"Okay, Fire Fox wants to know how gym leaders should deal with this 'increasing revenue and reducing expenditure' phenomenon. I'll call Xia, the gym leader of Cerulean Gym, right now."

Before he finished speaking, he dialed Xiaoxia's navigation device.

After Link and the elves raised this difficult question, which they found puzzling, Xiaoxia seemed quite unconcerned.

"Hey, what kind of question is that?" Xiaoxia organized her thoughts and shared the gym leader's experience. "Compared to ordinary trainers, gyms do need a lot of beginner Pokémon, but the number isn't that large." Take her Cerulean Gym, for example; the Pokémon they send out are nothing more than Goldeen, Staryu, Horsea, Shellder, Woop, Psyduck, Gastrodon, Bass, Azur Lane, Lapras, Gyarados, and their evolved forms...

Before he could finish speaking, Link instinctively retorted, "Shadow Clone Starmie, Iron Wall Shellbreaker, Rain Adaptability Grimtar, Hercules Azumarill, Extinction Song Lapras, Mega Gyarados—you're just as good as me, aren't you? Challenger, you really don't have any objections?"

"There are a few challengers throughout the year who are worth the gym leader going all out for!"

"Kolin, you've definitely misunderstood something. The 'core' Pokémon you mentioned are actually the second-string main Pokémon of most Gym Leaders."

No, we've gone off-topic.

Xiaoxia paused for a moment, then continued to explain.

Generally speaking, the types of Pokémon used in gyms are relatively limited. You can obtain the "beginner" Pokémon that Link talks about every once in a while by raising them yourself or by cooperating with the corresponding breeding house or breeding base.

However, not all of these elves will actually be trained to the "intermediate" level.

"Most of the beginner Pokémon that are trained in gyms will be given to new trainers by the gym leader as 'starter Pokémon', and only a small number will be trained to the next stage."

The problem is solved – gym leaders control the number of Pokémon trained to a mid-level, so there is no overflow of these Pokémon.

With proper control, the Pokémon in the gym can effectively counter trainers with 0-6 badges.

Link pressed further, "But what if you encounter a trainer with more than seven badges when you only have these Pokémon?"

"Then bring out your main force... No, no, I don't mean you should bring out your main force. I mean the other gym leaders' main forces are about this level."

That is, the level of "forty to fifty".

Even so, you usually have to go easy on trainers with 7 badges.

Upon hearing this, Link hesitated, as if he wanted to say something but then stopped.

It sounds like... the owner's overall strength is a bit weak.

But don't worry, he'll soon force them to improve.

"Okay, thank you, Misty. I know how to control the power structure of the Pokémon in the gym now. I will work with Porygon to create an intuitive model based on the growth rate of different types of Pokémon."

The voice on the other end of the phone stopped abruptly. Xiaoxia was stunned for a moment before asking in confusion, "Huh? Modeling?"

Does it have to be that complicated?
"Wait! The Normal-type Gym Leader...you wouldn't be......"

"That's right, that's exactly what I was thinking, which is why I'm curious about it."

Xiaoxia, far away in Hualan City, shrugged, thinking that this was indeed something Link, who even insisted on following a set schedule when traveling, could do.

Considering the other party's execution capabilities, it shouldn't be considered a major problem.

"Then I wish you all the best in advance. I really want to see the challenger's expression when he discovers that the gym leader uses dozens of different Pokémon, covering various regions and types, making it impossible to find a suitable strategy."

She believes Link's gym challenge experience will definitely give you goosebumps.

After hanging up the call with Xiaoxia, Link carefully considered her advice.

As a gym leader, one should be responsible for distributing starter Pokémon, but what exactly should one distribute?

(End of this chapter)