Pokémon: Starting as a Pokémon Researcher with Milotic

Seeing that Ye Chen was indeed serious, Jiang Shuyun nodded.

"Alright, if the Pokémon you get isn't the type I like, you'll just have to wait and see!"

Just then, the staff called out Jiang Shuyun's name, so the two stopped talking.

For Jiang Shuyun, who likes powerful and cool Pokémon, Charizard, the final evolution of Charmander, is extremely much to her liking.

Ye Chen chose Feebas, and had his friend choose another Gym Leader-level Pokémon as well, so that the good stuff wouldn't go to outsiders.

In fact, both the final evolution of Feebas and the final evolution of Charmander are powerful Pokémon. Why did Ye Chen decisively choose Feebas and give up the more popular Charmander, which can also Mega Evolve?

It all started when he was a child. Ye Chen's father was also a Pokémon trainer, and raising Pokémon is no easy task.

Ordinary civilians, lacking resources, have no choice but to venture into secret realms to search for them. These secret realms, appearing from nowhere, bring various resources but are often accompanied by extremely high dangers.

Ye Chen's father disappeared during an expedition to a secret realm and never returned.

Therefore, Ye Chen lived with his mother since childhood. Fortunately, he had memories of his previous life and was very sensible from a young age. He had not caused any trouble in the past ten years.

This unique experience made him realize the hardships faced by ordinary trainers in this world; it was almost impossible to train a Pokémon to be outstanding when resources were scarce!

Fortunately, being a trainer is not the only profession in the world.

An Elf Researcher is a research-oriented individual whose purpose is to study everything related to elves.

Because of the unique nature of the profession of Pokémon researcher, it is much easier for them to obtain various resources than for trainers. Moreover, since researchers dedicate their time to the research of Pokémon, their own strength is often not very strong.

Therefore, the alliance usually provides sufficient security for renowned researchers or elf doctors.

He could obtain resources without risking his life to enter various secret realms, and he also had the close protection of powerful bodyguards, in addition to the various knowledge of elves that Ye Chen knew from his previous life.

So Ye Chen decided at a very young age how he would choose his future path.

"The world's greatest Pokémon researcher! And use this as a stepping stone to become a true Master Trainer!"

Revealing the relationship between Feebas and Milotic, two extreme Pokémon in the Pokémon world, is the key for Ye Chen to officially open the door to becoming a Pokémon researcher!

On his way home, Ye Chen opened Ugly Fish's interface.

Pokémon: Feebas

Level: Beginner

Qualification: Gym level

Characteristics: Adaptability

Skills: Leap, Charge, Frenzy, Dragon Breath

Assessment: It has enormous potential if it can be allowed to evolve successfully with confidence.

Ye Chen was stunned when he saw the Feebas's stats. First of all, Adaptability is Feebas's hidden ability, which increases the power of moves of the same type. And its rarity goes without saying.

Secondly, the fact that Feebas has mastered the Dragon Breath skill indicates that its parent must have been a Pokémon with powerful Dragon-type blood.

"What a stroke of luck!"

Ye Chen sighed twice, then remembered the achievement gift box that the system had previously rewarded him with, and chose to open it.

"Ding! Congratulations, host, you have obtained one Beautiful Scale."

"The system is quite considerate; it seems I won't have to worry about future evolutions!"

Then Ye Chen clicked to use the "From Ugly Fish to Milotic: Breeding Techniques You Can't Miss" document issued by the system, and a flood of information rushed into his mind.

All sorts of information about the Ugly Fish, whether I knew it before or not, appeared in my mind in great detail.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration for Ye Chen to say that he is the person in the world who knows Feebas and Milotic the most!

"The 'Fishfish' is very resilient and can live even in mud, which may be the reason why it has such adaptability."

"My Feebas has a flat dorsal fin, but relatively strong lateral fins, and light gray stripes on its belly. It's probably the offspring of Garchomp and Milotic. As for why it ended up in the hands of the League and was given to a newbie trainer, I have no idea."

Chapter Three: The Ugly Fish Rekindles Its Fighting Spirit

"call!"

Ugly Fish floated in the fish tank Ye Chen had just bought, slowly blowing bubbles from its mouth.

Watching Ye Chen bustling around the room, a hint of confusion flashed in her blank eyes.

Ye Chen was busy recording various physical data of the Ugly Fish at this time, after all, it is not enough to just talk about it when you want to publish your research conclusions to the Pokémon academic community.

Instead, researchers must publish their research papers on professional academic forums within the alliance, preferably including various details of the research, with data being indispensable.

If Ye Chen ignores everything and directly informs the official authorities of his research conclusions, neither the Pokémon academic community nor the League officials will recognize his research results.

Furthermore, if other experts in elf research learn of your conclusions, they might become interested and conduct their own research based on your approach, eventually publishing their own papers.

Those with academic ethics will mention you briefly in their papers, while those without ethics will completely ignore you!

Therefore, Ye Chen had been intentionally learning about this subject since childhood. He was very familiar with all the procedures for publishing research results and had also learned how to write excellent papers long ago.

This is the first time we've tried it.

After finishing his work, Ye Chen came to the fish tank of Ugly Fish and said softly.

"Ugly Fish, now that we've become partners, please believe that I can definitely lead you to the top!"

Seeing Ugly Fish looking over, Ye Chen continued to deliver, taking out a top-tier water-type energy cube that he had previously been rewarded with from the system.

The moment Ye Chen took out the energy cube, the Ugly Fish's dull gaze suddenly turned yearning, and its body kept swimming back and forth in the fish tank.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

"Don't rush, you can't handle this energy cube right now, let's take it slowly."

As he spoke, Ye Chen broke off a small piece from the energy cube and threw it into the water. It was about one-tenth the size of the cube, which Ye Chen estimated was about the limit for the Ugly Fish.

The ugly fish hurriedly swallowed the fragment of the energy cube, then slowly sank to the bottom of the fish tank to begin digesting the energy within.

To put it bluntly, I just ate too much.

A single top-tier energy cube can even meet the energy needs of an adult Snorlax for a whole week, demonstrating its rich nutritional value and high energy content.

Moreover, its value is immeasurable. In the outside world, only the most skilled cultivators can make top-tier energy cubes, making them rare items that money can't buy!

After eating the energy cube, Ugly Fish looked at Ye Chen with much more affection.

Knowing that he had initially gained the trust of the Ugly Fish, Ye Chen seized the opportunity to pull out a video of Milotic from his phone and played it for the Ugly Fish to see through the fish tank.

In the video, the clear lake surface is completely calm.

Suddenly, a whirlpool appeared on the water's surface, accompanied by the sound of water gushing out and splashing water.

A slender, serpentine figure appeared on the water's surface, its creamy-colored body covered by red, hair-like fins on either side of its head, with two tentacles fluttering above its eyes like eyebrows, and its tail covered with dreamy blue and pink scales.

It is stunningly beautiful under the sunlight, and every move it makes is captivating!

Ugly Fish stared wide-eyed, its eyes filled with envy!

I wish I could be as beautiful as her someday.

But then she thought about how her ugly appearance, which everyone disliked, could possibly make her such a noble being.

From childhood to adulthood, I have never been associated with the word "beautiful," and everyone who sees me wants to stay as far away as possible.

Stop dreaming...

I'm just a sprite destined to live my whole life in a stinking ditch.

I could never become such a beautiful and noble being...

"You will become like her someday, even more beautiful than her!"

Ye Chen's words were like a ray of light in the darkness, piercing straight into Ugly Fish's heart.

"Believe me!"

"call?"

Can I really do this?

Although Ye Chen couldn't understand Elvish, he still accurately grasped the meaning of Uglyfish.

"Wear it, let's work together, and you can definitely become Milotic!"

Ye Chen took out the beautiful scales rewarded by the system and solemnly put them on Ugly Fish. When Ugly Fish has gained a certain strength and truly resolves its inner conflict, it will be the day it transforms from a pupa into a butterfly.

"Hoo! Hoo!"

Seeing the fighting spirit burning in Ugly Fish's eyes, Ye Chen nodded in satisfaction.

I'm such a skilled male lecturer when it comes to elves! I rekindled hope in an extremely insecure fish with just three sentences!

Next, Ye Chen began to assign Ugly Fish the training tasks that followed.

Because the Ugly Fish is born with the Dragon Breath technique, Ye Chen cannot abandon this to train other techniques he has not yet mastered.

Dragon Breath, a Dragon-type move with 60 power and a paralyzing effect, is considered a powerful move in the early game when Pokémon are weak.

Ugly Fish had not received systematic training before, and its mastery of dragon breath was not high. Therefore, Ye Chen planned to first enable Ugly Fish to use dragon breath proficiently, while also supplementing it with some physical fitness training.

Of course, these would be difficult to achieve without rich nutrition, which is where the role of high-quality energy cubes comes into play.

That's enough to support the pufferfish in such high-intensity training!