Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Without giving it much thought, since other people's business was none of his concern, Tetsuya walked straight toward the front desk.

Walk to the front desk and hand your ID to the staff.

The receptionist checked and handed Nibi's badge and identification to Tetsuya.

"Congratulations, Trainer Tamaki Tetsuya, this is a badge of victory."

Tetsuya was also very excited as he looked at the Nibi emblem made of rock in the shape of a diamond.

Although he had been prepared for this for a long time, he was still extremely excited to receive the badge for the first time.

He flicked the badge into the air like a coin, caught it with his hand, thanked the receptionist, and turned and left with a flourish.

The female receptionist was momentarily captivated by Tetsuya's handsome face and movements.

After leaving the Pewter Gym, I carefully placed the Pewter Badge into the badge box that I had prepared beforehand.

Although the computer still records the data even if it's lost, no normal trainer would lose their badge.

Because this represents the result of our own and the elf's efforts.

"The Nibi Badge! I got it!" Tetsuya walked along the streets of Nibi City, his heart filled with joy.

If it weren't for a bit of shame, Tetsuya would have cheered out loud, knowing he was 40 years old across both lifetimes.

Suppressing his excitement at receiving his first badge, he quickened his pace and headed towards the Pokémon Center.

After all, although Combusken doesn't take much damage in battle, it still consumes a lot of stamina due to the use of its Speed-Up ability.

Miss Joey needs to help the strong chicken recover.

Moreover, after a day of exercise and the mental exertion from the battle, Tetsuya was a bit hungry and needed to hurry back for dinner.

After using his superior treatment to give the Powerpuff Chicken a quick recovery, Tetsuya took the two Pokémon to the restaurant for a meal.

While he was eating, a black hand suddenly patted Tetsuya's shoulder from behind.

"Huh?" He turned his head in confusion, knowing that he didn't know anyone in Nibi City, so who would greet him?

"Hello, Trainer Tetsuya."

With squinting eyes, he greeted us while holding a tray; it was Xiao Gang.

"Oh, it's Brock, the trainer. Hello, hello."

Tetsuya greeted them with difficulty, as dealing with interpersonal relationships was a completely new experience for him.

"Haha, do you mind if I sit here with you?" Xiao Gang said with a smile.

"Of course not, please sit down." Tetsuya gestured for him to make himself at home.

Xiao Gang put down his plate and sat down opposite Tetsuya.

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Xiaogang. I am the son of the Pewter Gym Leader. I am 16 years old, the same age as you."

"You can just call me Xiaogang, or I can call you Tetsuya if you don't mind."

Xiao Gang naturally picked up the conversation while eating.

"Of course I don't mind," Tetsuya replied stiffly while eating.

"Aren't you surprised? I'm the owner's son." Xiao Gang asked, puzzled.

“Not surprising.” Tetsuya pulled out a dojo brochure, flipped to the middle section, and said, “Your photo and name are in here, along with an introduction.”

"Oh, really?" Xiao Gang looked at his profile and laughed awkwardly.

"So, Xiaogang, what brings you here?"

Tetsuya felt it was better to be more direct; this feeling was too unpleasant.

I haven't made many friends in the past ten years or so since I came into this world, and I've almost forgotten how to have a conversation. It's a social nightmare.

"Haha, it's nothing really." Xiao Gang was a little surprised by Tetsuya's directness, but he spoke naturally.

"I mainly wanted to get to know you and exchange tips on raising Pokémon. After all, it's rare to see a trainer as skilled as you. Your Robust is very well-trained."

Xiao Gang took a bite of food and paused for a moment.

"I've observed that your strong chicken has thick, smooth feathers with a glossy sheen, which shows that you take very good care of it."

Furthermore, based on the battles, I roughly calculated that your Mighty Chicken's speed, muscle development, Fire-type energy, and so on are all much stronger than those of its kind.

The most obvious indicator is the development of the leg muscles in your strong chicken. Although there are no instruments to test it, it can be seen that they are at least 1.4 times stronger than those of similar chickens.

Moreover, all of their skills are highly proficient, and the transitions between each skill are perfect.

I'm very interested in your breeding method. Your strong chicken looks to be only 3 or 4 months old, but it has already evolved into the second stage.

Besides that, your Mighty Chicken........

Tetsuya stared blankly at the rambling Tsuyoshi.

Seeing Tetsuya's expression, Xiaogang realized he had been a bit out of line and quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. My goal is to become an excellent breeder, so I just started talking about these things without realizing it."

Tetsuya waved his hand, "It's nothing, it's nothing. Tsuyoshi, your breeding skills are really strong. You can see so much just by looking at the naked eye."

"It's nothing really, it's just that I'm careful." Xiao Gang touched the back of his head, a little embarrassed.

"No, no, no, it's really amazing. Most people can't measure this data with their eyes. You're too modest..." Tetsuya praised enthusiastically.

"No, no, no, it's really just so-so, I..." Xiao Gang waved his hands frantically, trying to be modest.

After a few rounds of this, the two looked at each other and laughed.

"Hahahaha, aren't we exaggerating a bit?" Xiao Gang said to Tetsuya with a laugh.

"That's a bit of an exaggeration, haha." Tetsuya was also quite amused. "If you don't mind, we can share our experiences in raising Pokémon."

"My current main focus in training this strong chicken is Fighting type, with Fire type as a supplement. I may consider developing both types together later."

Before Xiaogang could reply, Zhe began sharing his experience in raising Pokémon.

"In the early stages, my main focus was on increasing Combustion's speed. As you can see, Combustion has a hidden speed-boosting ability. In the early stages, when combined with Fighting-type moves, the opponent will have little chance to cope over time."

Therefore, it's better to strengthen the strengths and cover up the relatively weak skill set at mid-to-long range.

I mainly use Glitter Grass, combined with Strange Powder, and supplemented with other materials to enhance the speed of the Power Chicken.

The main principle lies in using the shimmering grass...

Xiao Gang took out his notebook and took notes, occasionally offering his own opinions.

Chapter 27: The Dialogue Between Xiaogang and Wu Neng

"Actually, would it be better to replace the Strange Powder with Breeze Grass? Using Strange Powder as a supplementary ingredient, Breeze Grass can..."

"No, while this might allow the Breeze Grass to more effectively activate the shimmering grass's effects, it wouldn't be suitable for the Mighty Chicken..."

"Have you considered using Starlight Grass? Although it's significantly more expensive, it's a mutated version of Sparkling Grass, and its medicinal effects are basically the same. Moreover..."

"That's not impossible, but then the auxiliary materials would need to be changed to..."

"What about the star mushroom...?"

The two started discussing enthusiastically, though Zhe did most of the talking while Xiaogang listened.

After all, Tetsuya is a person with Zero and a learning genius, so it's not particularly strange that he's better than Kogo.

However, the points raised by Xiaogang were also very inspiring for Tetsuya, since Zero's plan was based on his improved understanding of materials.

However, the properties of materials that are publicly known are not the whole story; some special materials and properties are not disclosed.

Over the years, Tetsuya has only managed to understand a portion of the content through study and research.

As the descendant of the dojo master and the future successor of the dojo, Xiaogang's knowledge in this area is far ahead of Tetsuya's.

Xiao Gang proposed many materials or characteristics that Tetsuya didn't know, which could effectively further improve Tetsuya's efficiency in utilizing resources.

The two talked non-stop for three hours, until almost everyone in the restaurant had left, before they realized what had happened.

"Haha, you really are amazing, Tetsuya. You have such a clear understanding of the reactions between different materials."

"And your reaction potion recipe is practically perfect, it's just a pity it only works for your Pokémon, not universally."

Xiao Gang praised him.

"Actually, there aren't many. There are still many things I don't know." Tetsuya shook his head.

"It's getting late, I'll head back now. Let's add each other as friends, I'm free tomorrow, let's discuss it some more." Xiao Gang brought up the interface of the Elf Watch.

“Okay.” Tetsuya readily agreed.

After adding each other as friends using the Elf Watch's friend function, the two said goodbye and left.

When Xiao Gang returned home, Wu Neng sat on the sofa looking at his subordinates' reports.

"Does Kintaro have diarrhea? Have you changed his diapers?"

Is Bunta's cold any better? Has he taken any medicine?

"Did you finish Yuzhi's homework today? Have you checked it...?"

Watching his father work, Xiao Gang started nagging instead.

Wu Neng immediately felt a headache coming on and put the report down.

"It's all done, everything's done. Kintaro was very well-behaved today, no problems. Bunta took his medicine on time too. Yuzuru is still doing her homework; you can check it later..."

"Oh, by the way, what did you do out tonight?" Wu Neng subtly changed the subject.

"Today in the gym battle, I encountered an interesting trainer who was born an orphan and is the same age as me."

According to the information, he has a Pidgeot, and the Joy family estimates that it has the potential to become an Elite Four member, currently at the mid-elite level.

The newly captured Combusken's potential is unknown, but it has the Speed ​​Boost ability. Based on the family's records, it is estimated to be at least an Elite Four member, and possibly a near-Champion.

His strength is quite impressive. Today, I used a Graveler and a Dugtrio from the third breeding room, and he defeated two of them in one go.

The funding came from Fire Stones and bounty missions, so overall there weren't any problems. I then went to get to know him.

"Hmm, sounds like a lucky guy." Wu Neng picked up the report again and started reading.

It's not uncommon for ordinary trainers to accidentally obtain a high-potential Pokémon, but few of them ultimately succeed.

The reason is that a relatively powerful Pokémon cannot play a decisive role in a battle, and ordinary trainers do not have enough resources and channels to raise and obtain other high-potential Pokémon.

Even lucky individuals like Tetsuya, who consecutively obtained the qualifications of two Ultrons, have appeared before.

Chairman Damaranchi also has a contract with a mythical beast, and he was born a commoner.

All I can say is that Zhe also has the potential to be an investment.

Xiao Gang wasn't surprised by Wu Neng's reaction.

After all, for the upper echelons of their alliance, the appearance of one or two people like Tetsuya every year is nothing special.

Unless they appear in large numbers, which is unrealistic, they don't even have that many high-potential elves, let alone ordinary people.

"Originally, I just planned to have a chat and build a relationship beforehand, but then I found out that this guy might really be a genius."

"Oh?" Wu Neng replied casually.

"There's nothing wrong with the training; it's just a normal training method, only more effective than that of ordinary trainers."

At least for now, yes, we're still some distance from our established standard training configuration.

Xiao Gang said it indifferently.

"However, he is very strong in breeding, extremely strong. Apart from the information limitations, I think he can directly obtain the title of Breeding Master."

At this point, Xiao Gang's emotions finally began to fluctuate.

Wu Neng raised an eyebrow and lifted his head.

He knows his eldest son very well and he generally doesn't boast.

Moreover, he has a great interest and talent in breeding, and recently passed the Level 5 Breeder exam, making him an intermediate breeder.

But isn't the Master Breeder going a bit too far? You know, the most outstanding breeder in recent years is Xiaoxue.

She was born into a commoner family, but she only passed the Level 9 exam last year when she was 21 years old.

The training for breeders is divided into 10 levels of exams, which is already a very high level.