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

[Eevee?]

After hearing about the additional effect of the dish, Ice Ninetales became interested.

Ever since their last ”encounter,” it had been a long time since it had seen that big guy again.

Although it kept saying that it would defeat Rayquaza, the longer they went without meeting, the less intense that impression became.

The memory was still vivid, but the idea of Rayquaza being the ”big villain” slowly faded with time.

Now that they had this drink, perhaps it was time to reinforce that impression a little.

[That’s how it works. From now on, you can try it yourselves at night.]

Lin Feng handed the drink to the three little ones.

After watching them drink it, he did not bother them any further.

However, the little Pokémon clearly could not wait until nighttime.

They immediately gathered together and headed toward the bed, eager to test out what the drink could do.

Lin Feng quickly called after them.

”Wait…”

[Yip?]

[What is it? What is it?]

”Are you planning to challenge Rayquaza right away?”

The Pokémon looked at one another.

Then, as if they had reached the same conclusion, they all turned toward Lin Feng.

[Yip-yip?]

[If not, then what?]

They had not even thought about it.

They simply wanted to go back and try it out.

Lin Feng shook his head with a laugh.

”Can you beat Rayquaza right now?”

”You can’t even beat it yet.”

”So let me teach you a method.”

”Just like the Sky Challenge, I’ll set up several stages for you. You can challenge them one by one.”

[For example, for the first stage, I can set up the Psychic-type Elite Four’s Metagross. Then I’ll have a parallel battle with the Fire-type Elite Four’s Charizard, the Grass-type Elite Four’s Venusaur, and the Ice-type Elite Four’s Mr. Rime...]

[That’ll be the first stage.]

[Then the second stage will be Champion Feng Yang’s Moltres. The third stage will be Tapu Koko, and then...]

Lin Feng continued explaining.

He would use the strength of the original Pokémon as a reference when setting their data.

As he watched the eyes of the little Pokémon grow brighter and brighter, Lin Feng felt that these stages were probably perfectly suited to their particular style of ”having fun while training.”

He paused for a moment.

”How about this?”

”Every time you clear a stage, I’ll make you something delicious.”

He had barely finished speaking when Ice Ninetales excitedly interrupted him.

o(￣▽￣)ブ:[Yip-yip!]

[Okay! Okay! Let’s start! Let’s go to bed right now!]

”Uh…”

”Why are you in such a hurry?”

[It’s not going to be that fast. I still need to design everything and find some reference material.]

Lin Feng flicked its forehead.

Of the Pokémon he had mentioned, Ice Ninetales and the others had seen Mr. Rime, Charizard, Tapu Koko, and Moltres before.

The other Pokémon, however, were completely unfamiliar to them.

The Pokémon they had seen before were easy to set up.

Lin Feng knew their moves, individual values, and energy levels.

But how was he supposed to accurately set up Pokémon he had never seen?

Lin Feng glanced at the remaining bottle of Sweet Dreams Drink in his hand and shook his head.

There wasn’t much of it left.

He had only given some to Gardevoir, the Indeedee siblings, Blaziken, Latias, and the four little ones that had just drunk it.

He had originally thought he would be reluctant to drink even one bottle himself.

But now…

Looks like he still had to drink one.

It wasn’t because he only had one Lunar Wing.

During his subsequent search, he had actually found another one.

He had completely forgotten when the system had rewarded him with it.

The real problem was the water infused with Darkrai’s Nightmare Stone.

It needed time to absorb the energy contained within the stone.

Furthermore, the more times he used it, the less energy remained attached to the stone.

If he wanted to make another batch this way, he would probably have to find Darkrai and get another stone.

Speaking of dreams, Lin Feng suddenly became curious.

With the properties of this dish…

The dreams of the other Pokémon were fairly easy to guess.

But…

[What kind of dream will Gardevoir have?]

Lin Feng shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

He turned and walked back into the house.

The day passed peacefully.

Before he knew it, night had arrived.

Perhaps because Ice Ninetales and the others had drunk the Sweet Dreams Drink that day, they did not watch anime that night.

They didn’t cause much trouble either.

Instead, they obediently curled up beside Lin Feng and went to sleep.

He had to admit, the little ones had incredible sleeping habits.

They had barely lain down before their breathing became slow and even.

Clearly, they had already fallen into their dreams.

Lin Feng also began entering the dreamscape.

And began setting up the ”stages”…

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The rest of May passed peacefully.

The appearances of Suicune, Entei, and Raikou gradually came to an end alongside the Rainbow Hero’s Trial.

Their figures slowly disappeared from the outskirts of Wutong Forest.

As their whereabouts faded, the Trainers who had traveled to the area also gradually left with some regret.

During their stay in the town, they had encountered all kinds of strange and fascinating things.

The Sky Challenge was one of them.

After learning that the challenge had been created by this year’s Alliance Champion of the Cross-Region Tournament, quite a few Trainers decided to participate.

Most Trainers who spent long periods traveling had decent strength.

As a result, there were quite a few who managed to clear the first stage.

There were even some who passed the second.

However, the farther they progressed, the fewer challengers remained.

Even so, after hearing that only a handful of Trainers had managed to completely clear the challenge, including the Ice-type Elite Four member, the Fire-type Elite Four member, and a Gardevoir, some Trainers decided to stay behind with the goal of conquering the entire challenge.

Some even rented places in town and settled down.

All for the sake of being able to challenge the stages again and again.

Time passed quietly.

Before anyone realized it, the beginning of June had arrived.

June 1st.

Children’s Day.

It was a holiday, and the streets of the little town were filled with the laughter and playful shouts of children.

Some early-ripening Wangwang Rice had already begun to sprout ears, producing small, rice-white flowers.

Judging from their growth, they would probably mature soon.

Then Lin Feng could buy some and use them to brew rice wine.

At least, that was what he was thinking.

Ever since Giratina had started frequently visiting the plantation, Lin Feng had increasingly felt that his supply of alcohol was never quite enough.

There were only thirty barrels of Honey Grape Wine left.

Fortunately, the production of fruit wine had finally begun catching up.

The various batches he had brewed earlier were gradually reaching maturity.

This finally allowed his supply of alcohol to barely keep pace with his consumption.

”I wonder how Mewtwo is doing…”

After living peacefully for too long, people naturally began thinking about those who were absent.

The last time Mewtwo had left was after dealing with Team Rocket.

In the blink of an eye, more than two months had passed.

They had not seen each other for over two months, and Lin Feng had no idea where Mewtwo had gone.

Then there was Qin Shu…

That girl had been gone for three or four months now.

She hadn’t even called him once.

Seriously.

Don’t tell me she’s going to wait until she gets herself into trouble before calling me.

Lin Feng couldn’t help but miss that little Noibat and Blastoise.

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