Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

For him now, whether he becomes a registered trainer or not makes no difference; it won't change the decision he's already made.

The difference might be...

From now on, we can use the Elf Center for free.

Nothing is more enjoyable than getting something for free. If there is, it might be getting something for free twice.

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Chapter 47 Multiple Doubts

Golden City

Trainer Guild.

Du led Xia Yan out with a satisfied expression.

Sure enough, thanks to the power plant and his "face," Xia Yan smoothly became a registered trainer in the league, obtaining the registered trainer badge and certificate.

Xia Yan looked down and fiddled with the badge in his hand, lost in thought.

"This badge represents your status as a junior trainer. If you participate in some official leagues or make some contributions to the league in the future, you can be promoted and your treatment will be different." Seeing his expression, Lance couldn't help but explain.

After the registration staff's explanation, Xia Yan now understands the League's ranking system for registered trainers, starting from the unregistered trainers:

Unregistered Trainer, Beginner Trainer, Regular Trainer, Rookie Trainer, Veteran Trainer, Elite Trainer...

And now Xia Yan has become a "glorious" junior trainer.

These professional titles do not fully represent ability, but they can reflect ability to a certain extent.

Of course, the biggest difference is the treatment.

To give a simple example, novice trainers only have the right to use some Pokémon Centers for free, while experienced or elite trainers have the authority to mobilize some League trainers in their city to do things within the scope permitted by the League.

The most obvious example is the basic salary that the league provides to trainers at different levels.

Junior trainer, base salary... none.

It's somewhat similar to the titles of beginner and intermediate sparring partners at the Silver Elf Battle Club.

Seeing that Xia Yan was still in a daze, Du patted him on the shoulder and comforted him, "It's okay. I think with your ability and strength, you will soon become a 'rising star' trainer like me."

Xia Yan: "..."

Is this Versailles?

She rolled her eyes at him, then thought for a moment and suddenly said, "With this, the Pokémon Center will provide free treatment and free accommodation, right?"

"Uh......"

Du was taken aback, not expecting that Xia Yan cared about this, but still replied, "That's right."

"Hmm..." Xia Yan responded faintly through his nose, continuing to fiddle with the badge in his hand.

What are you still thinking about?

Xia Yan pursed his lips, raised his head, and slowly said, "It's nothing."

Upon hearing this, Du frowned.

He knew Xia Yan must have thought of something, but since he hadn't told him, it meant that what he was thinking was probably just a guess.

"I'm going back now."

Putting away the badge, Xia Yan strode towards the door with the unicorn beetle in his arms.

Watching his departing figure, Wataru seemed lost in thought.

...

...

Sitting in the taxi, Xia Yan looked at the gradually returning order and bustle of Golden City, his mind filled with many thoughts, among which he highlighted a few key issues.

First, the Hypno in the slums must be a product of Team Rocket's experiments. It reminded itself at the end that it didn't know what to be careful of at the time, but now it seems to have figured it out a bit. The "Zzz" in Hypno's "be careful of Zzz" should refer to a certain Electric-type Pokémon or a group of Electric-type Pokémon.

Secondly, the fact that all the Electric-type Pokémon and staff at the power plant were killed without resistance is very consistent with the abilities displayed by Hypnos. However, a single Hypnos could not have accomplished this, and the timing seems a bit off, but there is definitely a connection.

Third, the most critical conversion device of the power plant was taken away. Xia Yan didn't know what the other party's purpose was, but he could roughly pinpoint Team Rocket as the suspect. This was consistent with one of the pieces of information provided by Sanfu: "Many strangely dressed people appeared in the east."

Fourth, the large number of Electric-type Pokémon appearing in the black market indicates an increase in Electric-type Pokémon around Goldenrod City. Could this be related to the power plant accident?

Fifth, and seemingly the most unrelated link. The Four Heavenly Kings trainee that Wataru mentioned, who had defected from the alliance, seemed to have no connection to the whole incident, either theoretically or practically, but this information kept lingering in his mind.

At this moment, Xia Yan felt as if a thick fog had enveloped his eyes, as if he could see something, yet also as if he could see nothing at all.

I thought about it.

The final conclusion, however, was...

"I'm just an ordinary, low-level trainer. Why should I care about these things? Even if the sky falls, there are tall people to hold it up. I just need to do my job well..." He chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Indeed, he is still struggling to survive, and training the unicorn is the only thing he can do right now.

soon.

The car was parked in front of the club.

"Xia Yan, you're back." Anna, the receptionist, greeted him with a big smile, her eyes glancing at the unicorn on his shoulder.

There have been changes again...

"Okay, cancel all of Anna's sparring assignments for the next two days." Xia Yan nodded, as if to say hello.

"Cancel them all?" Anna asked, somewhat surprised.

“We need to give Unicorn a intensive training session, so it’s not suitable for him to be a sparring partner for the time being…” After a slight pause, he added, “As for Jian Er, let him come over.”

After all, building a second base wouldn't affect his training, and he could earn extra money, so why not?

"Okay, I understand," Anna replied, watching Natsuhiko gradually disappear into the corridor. Her smiling eyes slowly returned to normal, and the corners of her mouth unconsciously returned to their original state, losing some of her previous cuteness and gaining a bit more... indifference.

They brought the unicorn beetle to the training room.

The previous training was just to test the toxicity of Weedle. Because I was worried about whether Weedle would leave any aftereffects, I went to the Pokémon Center. As a result, Steven took me to the power plant and solved some problems.

It wasn't exactly a waste of time. At least in several battles, Xia Yan witnessed the increased power of the Unicorn Beetle's toxicity and gained a better understanding of the changes brought about by the toxicity through combat.

"Unicorn, you've learned all the moves you can at this stage, but that doesn't mean your room for improvement ends here."

Xia Yanxian sat down with the unicorn.

Before training, explain the main tasks and objectives of the training session and share your understanding. This will help the unicorn train better and achieve more satisfactory results.

"Woo~~" Unicorn nods obediently and skillfully takes a bottle of milk from Xia Yan's hand.

The spikes on its tail gently scratched the mouth of the glass milk bottle, and the cap split in two.

"Woo woo woo~~" After doing all that, the unicorn beetle made another sound.

Seeing its impatient expression, Xia Yan smiled helplessly, took out a straw from his pocket, and stuck it into the bottle.

Only then did the unicorn beetle bite down on the straw with satisfaction, squinting its eyes as it gulped down the drink.

"Alright, drink while you listen to me."

Xia Yan then took out a notebook containing his series of training plans for Unicorn.

"With the enhancement of your poison level, you must further improve your mastery of poison needles; this will become your trump card."

Weedle didn't have many moves to begin with, and none of them were very strong. It was just a matter of choosing the best among the worst. Fortunately, its venom is now quite powerful among Pokémon of the same level.

"Then, I will further develop your silk-spitting technique and teach you a completely new way to use it."

As he spoke, he placed the notebook on the ground and began to do some simple doodling.

When looking at what Xia Yan described through his drawings, the little unicorn's eyes widened at least twice as much, filled with disbelief.

I looked at the messy lines on the paper...

"Huh?"

Seriously?

Xia Yan blushed, a rare occurrence for him.

Drawing wasn't his forte. In his past life, who among respectable people still used a pen to draw? Didn't everyone use a computer?

However, he felt that he had made sure his words were clear to everyone.

In summary, it's a tactic Ash and Pikachu used in anime I watched in my previous life: Counter Shield!

The only difference is that the released lightning has changed to threads, but the effect should be about the same.

This is the only move he can think of that he can learn, given that Pokémon like the Unicorn has so few moves.

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Chapter Forty-Eight Friendly Mission

A week of peaceful training days passed in the blink of an eye.

After the first two days of almost closed training, on the third day, Xia Yan and Unicorn started "receiving customers" again... cough, starting to take orders.

Life has to go on. He doesn't have to worry about the energy cubes for now, but he'll eventually need to raise a second Pokémon, so earning more is always a good idea.

The most frequent visitors during that period were from Jian'er.

His arrival did not affect Xia Yan and Weedle's training, but Jian Er did not come away empty-handed. He trained with Bulbasaur and gradually began to look more like a proper trainer.

Although he was always the one getting beaten when battling Xia Yan, his command of battles and the performance of Bulbasaur were quite decent, and he could occasionally give Weedle some surprises.

Meanwhile, Unicorn's progress is also visible to the naked eye.

It shed its shell twice, once strengthening itself and once enhancing its toxicity, but it never had the chance to calmly transform these changes into its own strength.

This training provided it with a great opportunity to reflect and mature, clearly recognizing its own changes and gradually transforming these changes into an improvement in its strength.

Today's unicorn beetle, just by looking at its appearance, you can clearly feel the solid muscles hidden under its carapace, and its small, deep purple eyes also reveal a strong sense of confidence.

It was a training program that brought progress both physically and mentally.

Its strength has also improved significantly.