Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

"Okay, okay, I understand, I understand, I'll help ask around."

"Does the paper include a picture of Glaceon? And a detailed description, including its moves and abilities?"

Professor Oak's attention was immediately drawn back to Glaceon.

"Okay, I'll remember. No need to remind me again; I'm not forgetful..."

Before he could finish speaking, a little boy carrying a computer ran excitedly toward him.

Professor Oak looked helpless.

As she put her phone away, she murmured to herself, "Even if I wanted to forget, this little one at home wouldn't allow it..."

He immediately composed himself and greeted her with a smile.

...

...

A wave that even Xia Yan himself was unaware of was suddenly swept up in the world of Pokémon research.

Chapter Thirty-One: Revisiting Tianguan Mountain

"You're up?"

Stepping out of the room, I saw her sitting at the dining table, carefully studying the document about Glaceon that Xia Yan had written for her.

She had originally planned to try to observe Xia Yan's ancient giant dragonfly today, but it seems it's too late now.

We need to reach the gathering point for the trials tomorrow, so we must make the most of our last moments today to get to know Glaceon better. This way, when we enter the trials in the alternate dimension, both Glaceon and Glaceon will be able to train more effectively.

No one knows what the situation is like inside the alternate dimension, nor how dangerous it is. We must ensure that we are in the best possible condition.

Xia Yan looked at the still-steaming breakfast on the table, somewhat surprised.

"You did it?"

I pulled out a chair and sat down, picked up a sandwich at random, took a bite and found that it actually tasted pretty good.

"No, it was made by Aunt Misaki next door. When I'm here, Misaki usually brings me food," Cynthia said, a little embarrassed.

Xia Yan suddenly realized.

Also.

It would be abnormal for someone as beautiful, strong, capable, and wealthy as Cynthia to be able to take care of her own food and living needs.

"Here, you said my Glaceon's ability is Snow Cloak?" Cynthia asked, pointing to some of Xia Yan's descriptions on the paper.

“Yes, yesterday in the snow and wind of Mount Tianguan, Glaceon’s body showed a faint, blurry change. However, it may have just evolved and not yet fully understood its own characteristics, so it wasn’t very obvious,” Xia Yan said after taking a sip of hot milk.

If someone brings me breakfast every morning, and I can even have a cup of hot milk with it, I'll have so much energy for the day.

Cynthia nodded thoughtfully.

The "Snow Cloak" ability is good, but how to match it with her other Pokémon and integrate it into her lineup and system is also a big problem.

This is a test of her personal abilities.

"Is Glaceon good at Special Attack?"

"Yes, Glaceon has a very strong Special Attack ability and will be excellent. If you pair it with a few suitable Pokémon, it will become a very good Special Attacker. Of course, that's something you need to consider."

Glaceon has excellent Special Attack capabilities, and with its "Snow Cloak" ability, it becomes a very good Snow Team Special Attacker.

However, looking at Cynthia's other Pokémon, it's clearly unrealistic to rebuild a snow team just for Glaceon; Cynthia's ace, Garchomp, would be the first to struggle with this.

“Mm.” Cynthia nodded.

This is indeed an issue that needs serious consideration.

However, judging from the few Pokémon she currently possesses, Garchomp and Lucario are both physical attackers, while Rockruff can serve as a tank thanks to its excellent type combination and decent defenses, and Roselia is undoubtedly a controller and healer.

Glaceon, as a special attacker, can effectively compensate for Cynthia's shortcomings.

Previously, the Rockruff was a part-time attacker, but now it can also focus on being a meat shield.

As a Dark/Ghost-type Pokémon, Rockruff had no weaknesses before the Fairy type was introduced.

In addition, its unique moves, such as curses, fate sharing, pain sharing, and deception, prevent it from becoming a pure meat shield, but it can serve as a starting point for defense and counterattack.

"I'm done eating."

After finishing his meal, Xia Yan stood up.

"Going out?" Cynthia asked, somewhat surprised.

The trial is tomorrow, so I should probably adjust my mindset today.

"Yes, I'd like to go to Tianguan Mountain again." Xia Yan nodded.

Adjusting status?

No need.

Having just emerged from the Regigigas alternate dimension, they were in excellent condition and didn't need any further enhancements. There wasn't enough time; maintaining their current state was sufficient.

"Do you want me to come with you?" Cynthia asked.

Xia Yan waved his hand, "No need."

After saying that, he opened the door and walked out.

outside.

The sun was shining brightly, the wind was gentle, and a curtain like a white silk ribbon fluttered overhead.

This is a special phenomenon formed above the gods and the town by the snow blown down from Tianguan Mountain, propelled and isolated by air currents.

Throw out a Poké Ball to summon Kadabra.

"Yongjila".

"Yongji."

Yongjira understood, its eyes flashing blue light. It pointed the spoon and used teleportation to disappear from God and Town with Xia Yan.

When it reappeared, it was already in the snow and wind on Tianguan Mountain.

Yesterday, right here, Yongjira's spoon reacted.

However, since this wasn't our main objective yesterday, we didn't explore it.

Even today, Xia Yan is mostly just testing the waters.

Tomorrow is the trial assembly time, it's too rushed.

Today, we're mainly focusing on defining a general area, and we'll conduct further investigations and explorations after we emerge from the trials.

Throw the Poké Ball again to summon Beedrill and Togekiss.

The twin sword sheaths emerged from his shadow.

Having witnessed the strength of the wild Pokémon on Mount Tianguan yesterday, Xia Yan dared not be careless and simply summoned all his main Pokémon.

Sakura also emerged from Xia Yan's inner pocket.

It was curled up in the snow, and only its small mouth could be barely seen.

"Let's go, watch your surroundings," Xia Yan instructed, and began walking in the snow.

The route I took today was almost the exact opposite of yesterday's.

Yesterday, the main focus was on the back side of Tianguan Mountain, while today it's on the front side.

Yunjira channeled its superpowers, driving the spoon, which shimmered with an intermittent glow.

And as they walked in the right direction, the shimmering light on the spoons became more and more obvious.

"The direction is fine, but no matter which way we go here, the spoon's sensory input weakens, which means..."

After walking a long way, Xia Yan finally arrived at a spot where the dim light of a spoon lingered.

Looking at the towering ice and snow in front of me.

"Inside?"

Beedrill.

"Hiss!"

The bee stepped forward and used its two needles to create a cross shape.

ka ka ka-

As large amounts of snow and ice broke apart, and small avalanches were triggered by the falling snow, a dark cave filled with ice crystal prisms appeared in Xia Yan's vision, supported by Yundira's superpowers.

The cave was quite large, but it had been covered by a thick layer of ice and snow. Given the thickness of the snow, it was impossible to know how many years it had been since anyone had approached it.

"This must be the place."

Looking at the deep, seemingly endless cave leading into the heart of Tianguan Mountain, Xia Yan hesitated slightly.

Judging from the sky, it's already getting late.

This cave is clearly not one that can be explored all at once.

"sigh!"

Suddenly, a bright white, cold beam of light shot out from the cave, and the twin sword sheaths that were Xia Yan's closest protectors reacted immediately.

A sword was suddenly swung out, a huge blue phantom wrapped in a faint cyan light, a combination of slashes and holy sword!

In a moment of desperation, the two sword sheaths instinctively used this combination move, which had a low success rate.

The incoming "aurora beam" was also successfully blocked by the dual sword sheaths.

Looking in the direction of the attack, one could see a huge blue ice crystal prism snowflake.

"Geometric snowflakes?"

Chapter Thirty-Two: Teacher Xia Yan Has Become a Hit!

The geometric snowflake is shaped like a snowflake, and its entire body is made of ice crystals. Two blue eyes peek out from the gaps in the ice, and the gaps that resemble mouths are lock-like structures formed by ice crystals.