Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 72 The bumpy road home, and standing up to become an idol!
The journey home for the savage bass is destined to be bumpy.

After returning from Lake Wisdom, Link worked odd jobs while looking up information, and marked all the rivers and lakes in the Sinnoh region, big and small, that now have or may have been inhabited by the East Sea Slugs, on his map.

In the end, he obtained an extremely complicated map of the Sinnoh East China Sea.

If you are lucky, it can be done in just three to five days.

But if you're unlucky... it's not impossible that the Savage Bass may have remembered the wrong color/not come from Sinnoh at all/born in the West Sea but entered the sea from the East Sea, etc., and you may not be able to get any results even if you search all the water bodies on the water map.

This is a chore with a workload far more terrifying than one might imagine!
And the biggest problem is that Link simply doesn't have the time or sufficient funds to complete it.

"The plan has changed. If we continue like this, we won't be able to survive, let alone find the home of the wild bass."

The baby Snorlax's appetite increases steadily as it grows, and it is impossible for it to eat only fruits and nothing else. However, even if it is only fed rice, flour, grains and vegetables, it will still be a considerable expense.

“To survive in the human world, food, clothing, shelter, and money to buy them are essential.

“Even if the Alliance’s welfare policy is ridiculously high, it’s not rich enough to allow someone without a stable source of income to raise six elves (one of which is a glutton).

"So - we have to think about making money to support the family."

"Bass."

The savage bass said that it didn't matter. After all, it had already survived for hundreds of years and didn't mind waiting another three or five months.

However, if this task is too heavy a burden for Link, he can hand it over to the young lady with a powerful water-attribute elf.

"Don't worry, I said I'd send you home and I'll do it."

It's just a minor inconvenience, not enough to make people give up their promise.

“Considering the nature of my work and your strength, playing in competitions is a way to make money and improve your strength at the same time, but if you keep traveling around to play in competitions, you will have no time to find a home for the wild bass.

"So after considering everything, I think it's a good idea to participate in the glam competition."

The gorgeous competition only offers honors but no prize money, but as long as you demonstrate enough strength, you can receive a series of economic activities such as advertising, endorsements, autographs, handshakes, etc.

The most important thing is that there will be a period of time between each grand competition, allowing Link to have enough private time to complete his own things.

Fight in gyms, collect badges, train Pokémons, participate in competitions, look for your hometown, help Eruption, save the Crown of Flowers... and then spend one day every month going to the Battle Factory to withdraw money.

There are still 11 months to his interim goal (becoming the champion). As long as he plans well, he can take every aspect into account perfectly.

After listening to the trainer's plan, the Pokémons didn't have much objection.

Aquamarine is a simple people-controller and is always willing to help others, while Litten's needs are to be well fed, become stronger, and have a trainer who has a perfect understanding with him.

Growlithe is adventurous and loves socializing, while Snorlax is a little naughty but is satisfied as long as he eats well and sleeps well.

Savage Bass... To be honest, it felt a little nervous looking at the Sinnoh water route map that Link had marked out. It would be nice to just search, stop, and go with the flow.

The ghost fish is extremely aggressive, but the white-striped wild bass before evolution was extremely gentle.

"Fu!"

It had long ago decided to partner with its trainer for life.

Since there are economic problems right now, in order to save the family's finances, it should step up and become an idol!
"Well, the gorgeous contest is a place where you compete in beauty, and in order to do this, you must perfectly control the energy of the moves to the point where you can use them as easily as your own arm."

Thanks to the "Gorgeous Value" mechanism, even a weak and restrained (but not too much) Pokémon has the opportunity to defeat the strong with the weak by reducing the opponent's "Gorgeous Value" by relying on the proficiency of the moves.

"Meow?"

gorgeous?

Instead of that effeminate beauty pageant?

After hearing the trainer's explanation, Litten showed a little interest.

Link was stunned for a moment, and the image of the Blazing Roaring Tiger wrestling with his opponent on the stage of the magnificent competition flashed through his mind.

He shook his head subconsciously to get rid of the image, and added: "The gorgeous competition is divided into two parts, namely the appearance review and the gorgeous battle."

The appearance score is based on six factors: handsomeness, strength, beauty, intelligence, cuteness and proficiency of moves.

The purpose of the Gorgeous Battle is to defeat the opponent or clear the opponent's Gorgeous Value while ensuring beauty and elegance. "Showcasing the charm of Pokémon" is the purpose of the Gorgeous Competition, and the degree of their cultivation is the essence.

Charm does not equal appearance. Being handsome or strong is also OK.

If you think about it carefully... could it be that the Blazing Roaring Tiger is actually more suitable for the gorgeous competition than you thought?

"Meow……"

Litten didn't seem to care, but actually decided to secretly practice his proficiency in the moves.

Caterpillar's current state is indeed not very suitable, but as long as it evolves into Arcanine, even if it just stands still on the field and roars, it will deduct the opponent's gorgeous value.

Link is very confident about Arcanine's appearance, which has been verified by the illustrated book -

【According to the scrolls of the past, its galloping posture on the grassland captured the hearts of many people. Its majestic call was full of majesty, and no matter who heard it, they would kneel down involuntarily. Although it was large in size, it could tease its opponents with clever feints, and its posture was like dancing.】

Anyway... just go up and kill the opponent with a "double-edged headbutt" and don't worry about being flashy...

Strength is the most original beauty.

"Okay, before we set off on the ship to Kaina City, let's practice the most basic energy control techniques, that is, the use of "water gun" and "sparks."

"Gambi?"

"You just need to be a cheerleader. It's too early for you to participate in the glamour contest now."

Hearing this, Snorlax immediately pulled out two small branches from the backpack on his back and started waving them.

That was what Link bought in Duskwater Town, and he gave it to Snorlax after he exchanged it.

You can also carry more snacks and sundries in a backpack than if you hid berries under your arms and on your body.

"The first thing we'll practice is accuracy. Next, I'll create a dummy out of water in the distance, and you need to hit it with the most basic moves."

Then Link, who had the super power of water, created water out of nothing and set up water men as targets at positions of five meters, ten meters, and twenty meters.

“Just now, just now!”

With the encouragement of Snorlax, the elves began the most basic precision training...

　[Type: Snorlax]

　　【Nickname: Little Kirby】

　　[Trainer: Link]

　　[Gender: Male]

　　[Attribute: General]

　　【Level: 25】

　　[Features: Glutton]

　　[Physical strength/vitality: best]

　　[Attack/Strength: Average]

　　[Defense/Protection: Maybe not]

　　[Special Attack/Knowledge: Very Good]

　　[Special Defense/Psychic: Average]

　　[Speed/Agility: Amazing]

　　[Moves: Impact/Crushing/Self-explosion/Circularization/Substitute/Recycling/Belly Drum/Charge/Swallow/Screech/Lightning Fist/Flame Fist/Flame Jet/Tongue Licking/Biting/Instant Amnesia]

　　[Badge: Badge of Cunning, Badge of Big Guy]

　　
　
(End of this chapter)