Bottom-tier trainers in the Pokémon world

He walked out of the club, stroking Casey, who was sleeping soundly like a kitten, with her soft, fluffy body in his arms.

On his way, Xia Yan accepted another Pokémon catching quest.

This is considered an extra source of income.

We took a taxi out of the city center and soon arrived at the edge of Golden City.

As he was about to enter the wilderness, he was stopped by two people who looked like Alliance staff.

“Hello sir, it is not recommended to enter the danger zone at this time,” one of them said politely.

"Why?" Xia Yan stopped in his tracks.

After pausing to think, the man said, "Recently, for some unknown reason, the wild Pokémon around Goldenrod City have become quite active and much more aggressive towards humans. Quite a few people have already encountered danger. If it's not necessary, I suggest you don't go out for a while."

This is for your safety.

Are wild Pokémon too active?

Xia Yan thought of the gaunt man who had given out the mission at the gathering. He seemed to have mentioned this before, but Xia Yan hadn't paid attention to it at the time, since he had only recently returned from the wilderness.

But now it seems that even the league has been mobilized, which suggests that the situation is quite serious.

"Thank you, I'll be careful, but I do need to go out for a bit," Xia Yan said, expressing his gratitude.

"Then please be careful. This is a signal flare provided by our Trainers Guild. If you encounter an emergency, sending out the signal flare can get you rescue."

Xia Yan hesitated for a moment, but still took the signal flare.

This cast a shadow over his originally confident trip.

Chapter Twelve: Researcher Sakuragi

Kanto region, Koroba City.

Eevee Evolution Research Institute.

A thin, disheveled, and somewhat greasy-haired researcher was repeatedly comparing his experimental results.

Researcher Sakuragi is a well-known Pokémon researcher with considerable achievements in various Pokémon.

Although he is currently only a researcher, he is expected to officially obtain his doctorate soon. He has close ties with Professor Oak in the Kanto region and Professor Elm in the Johto region.

He has been studying Normal-type Pokémon recently and has achieved some good results.

The most famous paper, "Normal-type Pokémon have a high degree of adaptability to various types," received unanimous praise from the Pokémon research community and was therefore jointly recommended by several PhDs from various regions.

Meanwhile, the research that Sakuragi was working on was the reason why Ditto could theoretically transform into any Pokémon.

In the entire Pokémon world, aside from some known or unknown legendary Pokémon, Ditto can be considered one of the most unique Pokémon.

Because theoretically, Ditto can transform into any Pokémon and can generally learn the moves that Pokémon knows, although they may differ in combat skills, mastery of moves, and raw power.

In theory, however, if a Ditto is strong enough and knows all the Pokémon well enough, it can transform into any Pokémon.

Even differences in level and strength can be overcome.

This allows for a very wide striking range.

"Ditto seems to be the Pokémon whose genes are closest to those of the legendary Mew. It is said that most Pokémon in the world evolved from Mew's genes..."

Researcher Sakuragi carefully collected the substance that the Ditto had painstakingly shed under the microscope.

Looking at the Ditto in front of him, which kept changing its appearance, sometimes a cup, sometimes a table, and sometimes exactly like him.

He smiled and shook his head.

"No, Ditto can transform into more than just Pokémon; it can try transforming into any object, even a person."

Such elves are truly extraordinary.

"Speaking of which, among Normal-type Pokémon, besides Ditto, only Eevee has multiple possibilities."

Researcher Sakuragi's thoughts wandered, leading him to think of Ibrahimovic.

Eevee is currently known to have three evolutions, which are achieved using the Fire Stone, Water Stone, and Thunder Stone.

"There are quite a few researchers studying Eevee. I wonder if we can get some inspiration from them regarding Ditto."

Muttering to himself, Sakuragi skillfully logged into the league's official website and entered the researcher forum.

Some of his successful papers are also featured in the top posts, and each time you click on them you can see many positive comments.

A quick glance at these comments makes his smile widen.

No one dislikes praise; the difference is that some people show it, while others don't.

However, there were too many posts, so Sakuragi could only search for the two keywords "Ibu".

The page quickly displayed a large number of theories about Eevee's evolution.

"How can there be so many?"

Sakuragi felt overwhelmed when he saw the dozens of pages of topics.

However, as a professional researcher, adhering to the principle that everything written down is knowledge, he still clicked on each item to read.

But he was soon angered by some people's bizarre speculations.

For example, it might suggest that if someone says that a certain type of energy is difficult to absorb, they could try eating an energy stone or using an energy transmission device to directly inject energy.

boom!

He slammed his hand on the table.

"Nonsense! If everyone studies elves like they do, what's the difference between that and malicious research?"

I'll close the post and report it.

Moving on to the next item.

"Regarding the possibility of Eevee having other evolutionary forms besides the three existing ones? A very standard title."

Despite having given up hope on these online discussions, Sakuragi patiently continued reading.

Gradually, I got engrossed in it.

Ten minutes later.

Sakuragi didn't close the interface; instead, he rested his chin on his hand and fell into deep thought.

"Eevee's genetic composition is extremely unstable and is affected by changes in the surrounding environment and energy, resulting in different types of evolution. This conclusion is commonplace, but some subsequent hypotheses..."

"Eevee's genetic composition is unstable, with Water, Fire, and Electric genes being particularly prominent, making it directly affected by the three types of evolution stones."

"However, some genetic components exist in a recessive state and are not so easily affected by evolutionary stones, just as human genes also have both recessive and dominant types..."

"And the conditions required to activate Ibrahimovic's recessive genes are even more stringent."

"Eevee is easily influenced by its external environment, so why can't that external environment be humans? Or trainers?"

"Do trainers influence Pokémon evolution? Interesting! This hypothesis is quite novel, even unconventional! It's a pity the person who wrote this doesn't seem to own an Eevee, otherwise..."

After reading so many different topics, Sakuragi finally resonated with this one.

"Just like Ditto can transform into objects or people, why can't the influence of the external environment be human beings!"

"That's so true! Why can't it be a human, or a trainer?"

Excited, he quickly found the author of the topic.

But it was a name he had never heard of before.

"Dodo? What a strange name. There's no information about him on the website, and this is even his first post?"

Unable to get in touch, Sakuragi was getting anxious, but there was nothing he could do at the moment.

You can only leave comments under this topic.

As the first person to leave a comment, I was also the first person with sufficient influence to offer affirmation and support.

Type on the keyboard.

“That makes a lot of sense, and it’s very likely. I hope to have an in-depth discussion with you!”

Sakuragi, a rising star in the research community, left this statement, which immediately propelled the topic to the top of the homepage.

Many people even left their own comments and expressed their opinions after reading the whole article, based on this statement.

unconsciously.

The name "Dodo" has caused quite a stir in the research community.

However, Xia Yan was clearly unaware of this matter at the time.

As he remained silent, the situation continued to escalate and brew.

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Are wild Pokémon too active?

If there were no reason, the Pokémon in a region wouldn't be so active, but there should be many reasons for this activity, though it's unclear if it's due to anything unpleasant.

Under the watchful eyes of several alliance staff members, Xia Yan disappeared into the gradually lush forest.

After getting out of sight of the League staff, Xia Yan summoned Beedrill and Pidgeotto.

"Pidgey, go up to the sky. If you spot any Pokémon approaching, call out to them," Xia Yan instructed.

Pidgey nodded, flapped its wings, and quickly flew into the sky.

Although the forest is lush and the wild Pokémon are good at hiding, making them difficult to spot, Pidgey's eyes, which are like those of a hawk, combined with its sharp gaze, can still reveal some things.

Moreover, Xia Yan wasn't trying to guard against ordinary wild Pokémon; he needed to be wary of sudden attacks from powerful Pokémon.

Beedrill stayed close to Xia Yan, guarding against a sudden attack.

"Beedrill, do you sense anything unusual?"

“…Hiss.” After a slight hesitation, Beedrill shook its head.

Seeing its reaction, Xia Yan relaxed somewhat.

"Wild Pokémon are too active, and Beedrill isn't reacting. Is it because it only affects wild Pokémon, or is it because Beedrill hasn't stayed long enough?"