Get Stronger by Pleasing Pokémon? Who Needs to Be a Trainer!

Unova Region

Aindock Town.

A small figure perched on a fruit tree, holding a blueberry and nibbling at it carefully, lips pursed slightly.

It stared at the energy barrier that had appeared before it, frowning with unease.

The figure was tiny, with bright blue eyes and a primarily yellow body. Its most striking features were its red limbs and the distinct V-shaped structure on its head, resembling ears.

”Vic…”

This was Victini, revered by the people of Aindock as their guardian.

It had lived in this town for over a thousand years.

The old king had tasked it with protecting the town’s dragon vein energy, but Victini never imagined it would spend over a millennium here.

It was willing to help, of course, but to stabilize the dragon vein energy completely, the king had even set up a barrier.

Years of confinement had left it physically and mentally weary, uncomfortable.

Like a Pokémon long trapped in a cage, Victini longed for the sky.

Yet it also worried that if it left, the dragon vein energy would once again fall into chaos.

It had promised… to protect this place.

Still… stepping out for a day or two… should be fine, right?

A flood of thoughts filled Victini’s mind.

It really wanted to go out for a day or two… to experience the vast open sky.

It had heard of a great sea at the edge of the land, waters so blue and clear that they stretched endlessly. What would that place be like?

”Vic?” (Can I go out today?)

With that thought, Victini approached the edge of the barrier and touched it lightly.

The barrier remained solid.

Frustration flared, and Victini rammed its head against the barrier, hoping to break it.

After repeated efforts, the obstacle remained, leaving Victini with a headache.

”Vic…” (Still can’t get out…)

Victini shook its head and reluctantly flew back inside.

But at that moment, a mysterious spatial portal opened before it. Victini jumped back in surprise, then felt an unusual force pulling it toward the portal.

It froze for a moment, then curiosity overcame hesitation, and it flew forward along the pull.

”Vic?”

To Victini’s astonishment, the Guardian Pillars did not react this time, as if silently allowing it passage.

(⊙o⊙)?: ”Vic~”

Curiosity bubbling, Victini entered the portal.

It blinked, and when it opened its eyes again, the scene had shifted from day to night.

Before it could fully comprehend, countless eyes seemed focused on it.

Victini instinctively looked around, tens of pairs of eyes falling upon it. Startled, it immediately activated its invisibility.

…

”Victini?”

Seeing a yellow figure emerge from the portal and vanish again, Victini appeared confused, scanning frantically.

It had just granted Lin Feng’s wish.

Why had this Pokémon disappeared again?

Worry crept in. Had it been too long since it last fulfilled a wish, making it clumsy?

The portal’s opening had made a loud noise, drawing everyone’s attention.

First to react was an Alolan Vulpix, curious as ever.

”Eee?” (Where did it go?)

It had clearly seen a Pokémon run out of the portal, so how could it vanish in an instant?

Without the ability to sense aura from the World Tree leaves, it could not detect where Victini was flying.

But the powerful Serperior could feel Victini’s curious flight above.

Its gaze fell to the small round cakes below. Their vibrant colors immediately captured its attention.

”Vic…” (They smell amazing… I really want to try them…)

Victini thought.

In Aindock, it had never encountered such fragrant food… plump and round, emitting a unique aroma.

It wanted to descend and taste them, but too many Pokémon were below. If it went down directly, it would be noticed.

Victini did not want strangers to spot it.

Pokémon: Victini

Gender: Genderless

Ability: Victory Star

Potential: Mythical

Individual Values: HP (31) …

Strength: ???

Moves: Confusion, Quick Attack, Flame Charge, Endure, Flame Burst, Fire Blast, Double-Edge…

Affection: 5 (Just met you.)

Joy: 30 (What’s happening? Where was I sent? Did I break through the barrier?…)

Description: Guardian of Aindock, Victory Pokémon…

As soon as Victini appeared, Lin Feng couldn’t help but study it with his Scouting Eye.

Seeing that this was Aindock’s Victini, Lin Feng’s expression softened.

Victini clearly loved eating small round cakes.

With that in mind, Lin Feng collected all the little cakes, leaving just one. Victini, hovering in the sky, felt a pang of disappointment.

Finally, Lin Feng picked up the last cake and mimed taking a bite, letting out an ”Ah.”

Sure enough, just as Lin Feng was about to eat the cake, a panicked voice rang in his ears.

Σ(っ°Д°;): ”Vic…”

Victini appeared before him, paw outstretched, waving and making a ”No” gesture, anxiously staring at the small round cake…

The last one, don’t eat it!

”I came for you~”

Seeing Victini finally reveal itself, Lin Feng handed over the cake.

”Vic?”

Victini took the cake, face lighting up with undeniable joy. Yet as it raised the cake to eat, it realized the owner was still watching.

”Vic?”

It lifted the cake again, seeking Lin Feng’s confirmation.

”Go ahead, it’s all for you,” Lin Feng nodded.

Victini immediately began eating the cake with delight.

After finishing, it licked its lips, still wanting more.

Seeing this, Lin Feng handed it another cake. Victini now ate confidently, no longer wary.

Even after several cakes, Victini’s eyes remained bright. The energy from the treats seemed barely noticeable, which made sense—it was a Pokémon with infinite energy.

”Vivi…”

Victini’s eyes sparkled. It didn’t know why it had suddenly arrived here today.

But this place wasn’t affected by the Guardian Pillars’ barriers.

And the person before it had offered delicious food~

”Congratulations, Host. You have successfully raised Victini’s affection from 20 to 65. You will receive an SSS-grade Pure Energy Stone. This stone contains Victini’s immense victory energy and can temporarily boost a Pokémon’s strength without side effects.”

Listening to the system, Lin Feng greeted it: ”Hello, Victini. I’m Lin Feng.”

Hearing this, Victini immediately raised its paw, forming a V-sign before Lin Feng.

(•̀ω•́)y: ”Vee~ I am Victini~”

”Yingyingying~”

The Alolan Vulpix, a social butterfly, immediately extended a paw in greeting: ”Yingyingying~ I am Alolan Vulpix, leader of the Six-Tails Team~”

”Yo mew~”

Following closely, Mew approached curiously.

It could feel the boundless energy surging within Victini, continuously regenerating.

Even it found the phenomenon strange.

”Vi?”

Only now did Victini realize that besides Lin Feng, many other Pokémon were nearby.

It felt a bit nervous but, thinking of the small cake, courageously faced them.

Seeing the new Pokémon friendly and approachable, Alolan Vulpix began recruiting companions.

”Yingyingying!” (Do you want to join our Six-Tails Team? Help us find the Life God and defeat Rayquaza?)

”Vi?”

Victini hesitated, then instinctively flew a little lower: ”Vi-vi…” (What?)

”Eee…” Alolan Vulpix began explaining its grand plan.

First, the Life God would help ”build up” the plantation.

Second, they needed to defeat the descending Rayquaza; it was massive, extremely strong, and scared Lin Feng.

Though a little confused, Victini seemed to share Alolan Vulpix’s spirited nature. Perhaps it had never experienced such fun in Aindock.

It quickly became fascinated by Alolan Vulpix’s words.

It promised to help defeat Rayquaza, then fly alongside it to inject victory energy.

”Yingyingying?”

At first Alolan Vulpix was slightly puzzled, but the energy surging through it activated its Snow Warning ability.

Snowflakes fell rapidly, thick and abundant, spreading from the plantation across the whole town.

Some townsfolk, about to close their doors, were surprised to see thumb-sized snowflakes drift down. ”Huh? Snow this early this year?”

The snow vanished just as quickly, within ten seconds, as if it had never fallen.

Only a few melting flakes on the ground remained as evidence of the Snow Warning.

Inside the plantation, Alolan Vulpix stared in disbelief at Victini: ”Eee!”

Touched by Victini, it felt overwhelmingly powerful, as if it could slay dragons.

”You all introduced yourselves, but you didn’t let Victini introduce itself~”

Seeing Victini growing more comfortable with the other Pokémon, Lin Feng finally spoke.

”Vi?”

Victini looked at Lin Feng in confusion, then gave a V-sign to everyone.

(•̀ω•́)y: ”Vee-bu! I am Victini~”

”…”

Lin Feng rubbed his forehead, muttering, ”This introduction is too short and repetitive.” He was about to explain why he invited Victini.

But Kirlia, silent all this time, looked embarrassed and tired.

Lin Feng swallowed his words, glancing at Kirlia, then at the glowing portal in the sky slowly shrinking.

His heart skipped a beat.

Victini also felt a strange pull.

Looking back, it saw the portal that brought it here closing.

Panic surged. It didn’t want to leave so soon.

How long had it been here!

It had just made new friends, joined the Six-Tails Team.

Most importantly, it had just eaten that little cake!

It wanted more of these delicious treats!

Kirlia standing beside Lin Feng seemed apologetic.

”Kirlia…” (Sorry… Lin Feng, I… I’m a little sleepy…)

Lin Feng had been very kind to it these past few days.

Even so, it had not fulfilled the only wish Lin Feng had granted…

Actually, while Victini played with Alolan Vulpix earlier, it had been a bit tired, but seeing them having fun, it didn’t want to complain.

But now, it truly could not hold on any longer.

”It’s okay, it’s okay… eat the candy first.”

Lin Feng quickly took out a rare candy from space and fed it to Kirlia.

At the same time, he understood.

His guess was correct.

Kirlia’s wish mechanism could only manifest phenomena reasonable within this world.

The wish should allow Kirlia to summon Victini through some move.

Lin Feng could only think of two moves that could transmit a Pokémon across long distances.

One was Giratina’s Shadow Force in the Distortion World.

The other was Hoopa, whose golden aura could ignore distance and open portals.

Now it seemed the portal used Hoopa’s ”Grasp” ability.

According to the anime, Hoopa’s ”Grasp” would close the portal after the Pokémon passed through.

Here, as Kirlia’s energy gradually faded, the portal vanished, exerting a pull on Victini.

This must have been the Guardian Pillars’ doing.

They did not want Victini to leave easily.

It was as if Kirlia’s wish energy tricked the Guardians into believing that being near Kirlia was still within Aindock.

An invisible tug-of-war formed between them.

Once Kirlia’s wish energy weakened, the Guardians would sense the foreign energy and pull Victini back.

But this was not a serious problem.