Elf: Rewriting the script, starting with Black Stocking Hanako

Jiang Chuan was stroking the excited and happy Fire Monkey, preparing to praise it, when a system voice sounded in his ear.

[Ding! Congratulations, host, you have completed the hidden achievement for Infernape: Unleash a full-power Rage Punch!]

[Achievement Reward: Abandoned Monkey Evolution Plan - When HP is below 50%, use the full power of the Furious Fist twenty times.]

Skill Learning Device - Hold On: After use, upon receiving any attack, you will retain at least 1% of your health as before you were unable to fight. Consecutive use increases the risk of failure.

Jiang Chuan stared at the semi-transparent system panel in front of him, his mouth practically agape in a wide grin.

Wow, there's a hidden reward too!

This is a huge profit!

He had been thinking about how to evolve Primeape into Outcast.

I've scrolled through countless posts on forums and searched through countless documents in databases, but everything is vague and unclear; not a single one explains it clearly.

Some say you need to fight more, some say you need to have your anger level skyrocket, some say you need special items, and others say you need to train to a certain level to automatically evolve.

Opinions are varied and chaotic.

Jiang Chuan had prepared himself mentally, estimating that it would take him a year or two to figure it out.

The results of it?

I played a P1 fighting tournament and easily triggered a hidden achievement; the system just showed me the correct answer.

"Not bad, not bad," Jiang Chuan thought to himself with satisfaction. "This P1 fighting tournament has been well worth the price."

He studied the evolutionary scheme carefully.

When stamina is below 50%, use 20 full-power Furious Fists.

Three conditions.

The first one is when your physical strength is below 50%. That's easy.

The second one is the fully powered Furious Punch. It's the same punch I used against Hitler earlier, where the power spikes to 350% when you stack six layers of damage.

The third, twenty times, not many, but not few either.

Jiang Chuan quickly considered the three conditions in his mind and concluded that evolving into a Forsaken Monkey was still the most complicated.

In a proper fight, to unleash a fully powerful punch of fury, you have to take six hits first.

Sixth grade.

These six blows were no joke; the opponent wasn't a punching bag, every punch landed hard and drew blood.

After taking six hits, his stamina would probably be almost depleted. At this point, if he threw another punch, it would be the decisive blow.

In other words, a battle can only stack up to full power once.

Twenty times means at least twenty tough battles.

Moreover, he has to take six hits in every game, and he has to push himself to the limit in every game.

"It is indeed complicated." Jiang Chuan stroked his chin and clicked his tongue.

No wonder it took those researchers so long to figure out the laws of evolution.

There are too many intricacies involved.

In actual combat, when fighting monsters in the wild, you can indeed slowly stack up your defenses until you reach six layers before unleashing your punch.

The problem is that wild Pokémon are generally not very strong and their levels are not high enough. Fighting a Primalnade is like tickling it, and they can't even take down half of its health.

No matter how many layers you stack, it won't help unless your stamina drops below 50%.

Condition one is not met.

But what about in a proper match?

Basically, unless there's a safety net, who would dare to do this?

Once you've stacked two or three layers, you quickly throw a punch, afraid of being counter-killed by the opponent.

After all, Pokémon battles are unpredictable; one more hit and you might be knocked out.

Unless there's a safety net, no one would dare to joke around with their Pokémon and battles.

Hey, speaking of backup plans...

Jiang Chuan's eyes lit up as he looked down at the second reward on the system panel.

Skills learner - Hang in there.

After use, if attacked, you will retain at least 1% of your health as before you were unable to fight.

Continuous use is prone to failure.

Isn't this the ultimate safety net?

Jiang Chuan's mind raced.

This means that when Infernape is about to be unable to fight, it can use Endure once, and then no matter what powerful move the opponent uses, Infernape will still have at least 1% of its health left to stand up.

1%.

He was on his last breath, but he didn't collapse.

Isn't this a skill tailor-made for Fist of Wrath?

Take the beatings, stack them up until you're almost dead, hold on, keep taking the beatings, keep stacking them up, stack them up to six layers, then unleash a powerful punch.

Perfect closed loop!

Jiang Chuan became more and more excited as he thought about it.

Endure is not a skill that Primeape can learn through regular gameplay.

This thing requires special genetic talent or extremely complex special training to master.

For a regular trainer to get their Primeape to master this skill, they would need to find a special training method and spend a lot of time having the Pokémon practice, and even then, the success rate wouldn't be high.

It will probably take a lot of resources and several months to train.

However, the difficulties are for the general public.

As for Jiang Chuan...

Sorry, I'm about to use cheat codes.

Without hesitation, he brought up the system panel, opened the skill learner, and directly accessed the Inferno Monkey's panel.

[Should we teach Primeape the skill: Hold On?]

【whether】

Jiang Chuan poked the "Yes" button hard.

A pale golden light shone from the system panel, enveloping the Infernal Monkey.

Infernape paused for a moment, its body trembling slightly, as if it were receiving some kind of information.

A few seconds later, the light disappeared.

Intense Monkey looked down at his hands, a flash of understanding crossing his eyes.

It looked up at Jiang Chuan and grinned.

Jiang Chuan laughed and patted it on the head.

Intense Monkey scratched his head, looking smug.

Jiang Chuan had just finished adjusting the Infernape's stats and hadn't had time to continue researching evolution options when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps behind him.

Then, the two soft mounds pressed directly against my back.

"Jiang Chuan! You won! You won!"

Xiaoxia's voice was high-pitched and crisp. She jumped onto Jiangchuan's back like a koala, her arms tightly wrapped around his neck and her legs wrapped around his waist.

Jiang Chuan staggered forward from the sudden impact, quickly reaching out to support Xiaoxia's leg and steady himself.

"You little rascal, be gentle..."

Xiaoxia didn't listen at all, and jumped and bounced on his back. Although she couldn't really jump because she was hanging on Jiang Chuan, you could feel her excitement even through his clothes.

Jiang Chuan could clearly feel Xiaoxia's muscles in his back, and he even understood some of the key points...

Xiaoxia was wearing a thin short-sleeved shirt today, and it was obvious that she wasn't wearing a thick bra underneath.

Once it's applied, it's practically the same as sticking it directly to the skin.

"Xiaoxia... come down first..."

"No!" Xiaoxia hugged him even tighter, pressing her face against Jiang Chuan's shoulder, still shouting, "You're amazing! One punch! One punch and he's sent flying! Did you see that?! The whole place has gone crazy!"

As she spoke, she twisted her body.

Jiang Chuan took a deep breath, and a thought flashed through his mind: Xiaoxia had been carried away by him.

While Xiaoxia and Jiangchuan were being mischievous, Huazi and Aimei also came over.

Hanako walked ahead, a gentle smile on her face, her steps neither hurried nor slow.

Aimi followed Hanako, her hands clasped together, her expression a little complicated—she was happy, but it seemed to carry something else in it.

She glanced at Xiaoxia hanging on Jiang Chuan's back, her eyes flickered, and her lips pursed slightly.

Hanako walked closer, looked at Xiaoxia hanging on Jiangchuan's back, and shook her head with a smile.

"Xiaoxia, come down, Jiangchuan needs to rest."

"No!" Xiaoxia whined, rubbing against him again. "I want to cling to him!"

Hanako glanced helplessly at Jiang Chuan, her eyes seeming to say, "You decide what to do."

Just as Jiang Chuan was about to say something, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure walking towards them out of the corner of his eye.

Fan.

He was just standing there, clutching his head and convulsing, but now he's suddenly stopped.

As if he had suddenly figured something out, his eyes cleared from their previous blankness.

But that Qingming Festival felt a bit off.

It's not the kind of clarity that comes from reflecting on oneself after failure, but rather the kind of clarity that comes from... finding an excuse and making up a story for oneself.

A slight smile even appeared on his lips.

It wasn't the arrogant laugh of before, but a laugh that... seemed to say he had seen through everything.

Jiang Chuan muttered to himself: Could this old man have lost his mind?

Aimei also saw her father walking over.

She was secretly delighted.

Dad's coming over... Have you figured it out? Are you ready to admit defeat?

He finally returned to his family and took on his responsibilities.

After all, that punch was so clean and decisive, such an overwhelming victory, any normal person would accept it, right?

Although my father has a stubborn personality, he's not an unreasonable person...

Aimei took a deep breath, mustered her courage, and stepped forward, ready to persuade her father to go home.

She opened her mouth and called out, "Daddy..."

Her voice was soft, carrying a hint of cautious probing, and also a daughter's concern for her father.

However, Shan Dou didn't even glance at her.

He frowned, raised his hand as if shooing away a fly, and impatiently pushed it aside.

"Get out of the way."

The force was considerable; it landed directly on Aimei's shoulder.

Aimei never expected her father to treat her like this. She stumbled and fell backward.

Aimei flailed her arms wildly in the air, but couldn't grab anything, and was about to fall to the ground.

Fortunately, Hanako was quick-witted and stepped forward, reaching out to put her arm around Aimi's waist.

"careful."

Hanako's voice was gentle yet strong as she steadily supported Aimi, helping her to sit upright.

After Aimei regained her footing, her face turned pale and her eyes instantly reddened.

She looked at her father's broad back, her lips trembled, and she couldn't say a word.

Hanako gently patted Aimi's back without saying a word, but a hint of coldness appeared in her eyes.

She frowned slightly as she watched Shan Dou's retreating figure.

Shan Dou was completely oblivious to what was happening behind him.

He probably didn't even realize he had pushed Aimei.

Or rather, if it's pushed away, it's pushed away; it doesn't matter.

All his attention was on Jiang Chuan.

No, to be precise, it's about Infernape.

He approached Jiang Chuan with a grin, his expression completely different from before.

Just now, he was still that arrogant person who thought, "I am the strongest."

Now it has turned into... a fawning, obsequious smile.

"Hey, Jiang Chuan, well done, well done!" Shan Dou rubbed his hands together, his eyes fixed on Infernape. "You really did a great job."

Jiang Chuan looked at him and nodded politely: "Thank you for the compliment."

Fan Dou took another step forward, his eyes still glued to Infernape.

"Let me tell you, young man, your fiery monkey is really something else."

He held up one index finger and waved it in front of Jiang Chuan.

"I've been fighting all my life, and I've seen countless Fighting-type Pokémon."

"But someone like you, Fiery Monkey, is one in a million."

"That's truly one in a million!"

When he said "one in ten thousand," his voice rose, as if he were announcing hope Yao's remarkable discovery.

Jiang Chuan didn't reply, he just stared at him.

Shan Dou licked his lips and continued.

"You know, most of the Primeapes are just reckless brutes. All they know is charging and fighting; they have absolutely no skill involved."

"But yours is different."

"It has not only strength, but also talent. That fighting instinct, that grasp of timing, that ability to accumulate strength while being hit."

He became more and more excited as he spoke, and he even started gesturing with his hands.

"This is a born fighting genius! A fighting genius that only comes along once in a century!"

Fire Monkey stood next to Jiang Chuan, tilting his head to look at Fan Dou, his eyes filled with confusion: Is there another fight to be fought?

Shan Dou took another step forward, now only half a meter away from Jiang Chuan.

He lowered his voice, his tone carrying a sense of intimacy, as if saying, "I'll tell you a secret."

"Hey bro, after the P1 match, give me your Infernape."

Jiangchuan: "..."

The air suddenly became quiet.

Xiaoxia, still clinging to Jiang Chuan's back, was stunned when she heard this.

She stood there with her mouth agape, looking like she thought, "Did I just hear that wrong?"

Hanako narrowed her eyes slightly, and the smile on her lips faded a bit.

Aimei also looked at her father in disbelief.

Shan Dou was completely oblivious to the reactions of those around him, or rather, he simply didn't care.

He continued speaking, his tone becoming increasingly excited.

"I possess superior fighting skills! Having studied combat for so many years, I've accumulated more knowledge than anyone else!"

"Your Infernape is a one-in-a-million fighting genius. I will train it, and it will definitely become a fighting champion in the future!"

"Really! You believe me!"

He patted his chest, with an expression that said, "I'm doing this for your own good."

"You're a complete beginner in Fighting-type Pokémon; you have no idea how to train them. Keeping it is a waste! It's squandering its potential!"

"But I'm different! I have experience! I have skills! I have training methods!"

"I can unleash its full potential in the shortest amount of time!"

"Give it to me, so I can unleash its full potential."

After he finished speaking, he stared longingly at Incineroar, his eyes shining, as if he was about to take Incineroar away at any moment.

Jiang Chuan laughed upon hearing this.

It wasn't a polite smile; it was a "Are you kidding me?" kind of smile.

He knew, of course, that in the original script, Fan Dou would come to ask for the Fiery Monkey, but knowing it was true, it was still hard not to laugh when he actually faced that situation face to face.

An opponent whom I have just defeated.

A middle-aged man, Deng, was punched so hard he was convulsing and clutching his head.

He ran up to me and confidently declared that he would give me his Pokémon.

They even said, "I can train them better."

Outrageous.

That's absolutely outrageous.

So outrageous that Jiang Chuan didn't know what to say for a moment. He just stood there, a half-smile playing on his lips, looking at Shan Dou's face, which seemed to say, "I'm doing this for your own good."