Pokémon: Trainers Returning from Monster Hunter

Chapter 97 System Version Update (Happy Children's Day~)

"This update is a bit slow."

Back at the hotel, Oreki looked at the progress bar displayed on the system; it was only at 24.8%.

So he simply released the three Pokémon.

"Meow!"

Here comes the cat!

As soon as it appeared, Tire Cat quickly moved closer.

After the previous little misunderstanding, Oreki now understands what the other party means.

He took the brunt of the impact, then spun around in his arms with Tire Cat in his arms before tossing it away.

After landing safely.

Tire Cat walked away contentedly, and then took out the "Shadow Claw" move learner to start learning.

Kirlia nodded slightly to Oreki and then began practicing her Ice Fist technique on her own.

Although they both stayed inside their Poké Balls while Oreki directed the battles, they were fully aware of what was happening outside.

After witnessing the trainer's ingenious yet somewhat disgusting tactics, they felt an even greater sense of urgency.

The former refers to the trainer's concern that they are not strong enough, so they will try to catch other Pokémon that are stronger in battle.

It will get jealous!

The latter simply hopes that trainers will use fewer weird and dirty tricks. True, hard-hitting combat is the only way. They should become stronger!

I don't know what they're thinking, but Oreki is still happy to see them training so hard.

"Where do you think you're going?"

In a moment of carelessness, the young blacksmith almost slipped away and was brought before me.

"Kanon~"

good evening~

The young blacksmith gave a fawning smile.

No one can resist cute things, and Oreki is no exception.

"Never mind, I'll give you a gift instead."

As he spoke, he reached into his pocket.

? ?

What about metal films?

Looking up again, I saw the young blacksmith carefully examining a cylindrical piece of metal.

Wow, this "stealing on the go" trait is pretty impressive.

Oreki sighed sincerely.

Last night, the little blacksmith already demonstrated its divine power.

While they were training Kirlia to use Freeze Fist, it secretly stole and knocked out Tiremy's last sword.

That means they had already bribed Tiremy with the Lava Dragon Gem, otherwise there would have been another conflict.

only--

To be able to steal things from oneself without anyone noticing —

"You're actually quite something," Oreki praised. "So, what do you think? Do you like it?"

"Kanon!"

The young blacksmith blinked his bright, sparkling eyes, raised his small hammer without hesitation, and brought it down heavily.

Snapped!

"Kanon?"

The young blacksmith looked at the trainer who had stopped him with a puzzled expression.

"This thing isn't for you to hit."

Oreki explained how to use the metal film.

"Kanet—"

The young blacksmith nodded thoughtfully.

Before Oreki could even praise it for becoming sensible, the next second, it snatched the hammer away again.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

Oreki was convinced.

Does this kid even understand? That hammer blow isn't just worth 80,000, it's worth 800,000!

He checked the price on his way back and found that the market price for Padia was 800,000.

There was no other way, so Oreki once again gave the little blacksmith an in-depth explanation of everything from prices to usage.

result--

"Kanonakakanai!"

The young blacksmith explained with great enthusiasm, gesturing wildly.

"Huh? Is that even a usage?"

Oreki frowned as he thought.

He roughly understood what the young blacksmith meant.

In short, the metal film itself is made of very high-quality metal, and if it is completely knocked off, its hammer will be significantly strengthened.

Why is no one online talking about this usage?

Half-believing, half-doubting, Oreki sent a message to Happi.

By evening, he had successfully collected stamps for Yeci, Bopi, and Zigan.

To my shame, I've been in Padiya for so many years and I've never been able to get the chairman's contact information.

But we can't blame him.

When you're in school or doing research, who's always thinking about adding the top people in their region as friends?

No wonder it was Qishu who told him about the anniversary celebration.

On Ye Ci's side, he was considered "not found".

In fact, not only was Oreki unaware of Yaji's contact information, but he was also learning about the academy's anniversary celebration for the first time.

He had never held an anniversary celebration when he was still at Orange Academy.

I heard that it was held three years ago to celebrate the 800th anniversary of the school's founding, and it has been held every year since then.

By then, he had already graduated, and let alone Ci, he was completely unknown to his childhood sweethearts.

Bopi replied to the message quickly.

[The stiff little leather: You can use it like that! That's how Poppi's little blacksmith came to be.]

[Strong Little Leather: But most people think this isn't cost-effective —]

Ignoring the typos in the cute little flower, Oreki understood after reading it.

To put it bluntly, the cost is too high.

To give a simple example, a piece of metal film has a reinforcement value of about 20%, but if you break off a piece of metal film, the blacksmith may only get about 5% reinforcement.

A quarter of the difference.

Therefore, the vast majority of people would not make this choice.

Unless—a "big spender"!

Bopi is clearly the latter.

but.

There is an issue that is easily overlooked.

That's the family of blacksmiths unleashing their moves; most of them, especially the attack-type moves, involve smashing things out with a hammer.

Even splitting tiles is done this way.

This means that breaking off the metal block strengthens the young blacksmith in almost every way.

It might be the difference between guaranteeing the lower limit and betting on the upper limit?

Oreki came to this conclusion.

Furthermore, Poppi also mentioned that, even with the same metal film, if a master blacksmith hammers it in, the improvement will be less than if a junior blacksmith hammers it in.

The more energy a young blacksmith accumulates for his hammer, the stronger it will become after its final evolution.

[Winning at the starting line | This phrase is still chasing me!]

"Sigh, it's all fate."

After a brief moment of thought, Oreki agreed to let the young blacksmith swing the hammer.

No matter how tough things get, we can't let our children suffer; no matter how poor we are, we can't neglect their training.

"Kanon!"

I'll smash it!

The young blacksmith was so happy that he took off on the spot, spun around in the air, and then crashed down.

duang

~~

With each trembling strike, the young blacksmith's body resonated with the hammer, making his head spin.

"Click~ Nai~"

Good~ hard~

Even his voice has a natural tremor.

This hilarious scene successfully amused Oreki.

It seems that even if it agrees to let the little blacksmith hammer it, it will take a long time for it to be able to digest it successfully.

But this is for the best.

There's no need to worry about it breaking off any metal parts during this time.

Take a look at the system update progress bar.

[77.7%]

Yes, it won't be long before the update is complete.

Oreki felt inexplicably nervous.

I'm not afraid of the system not updating, I'm afraid of the system updating randomly.

Hopefully, the update won't result in any major glitches.

While there's still some time left.

He first experienced the changes in his body after 24 hours of strength enhancement.

As he had predicted, this enhancement directly raised his overall combat power to the ceiling among ancient dragon creatures.

It even exceeds that by a little.

That's the charm of percentage enhancement.

With a base value of 1000, the difference between adding 10 and 10% is enormous.

Then he opened "Pikachu".

! !

Followers: 48.8!

He clearly remembers that before going to Sinnoh, he had less than 200,000 fans.

The Sinnoh trip, plus the still-unfinished Padia trip, more than doubled the cost.

Was this the foresight of veteran streamer Qi Shu?!

Travel is a great way to gain followers!

No, rather, this might be a prophecy from an unknown totem—

Oreki had a unique way of thinking; he remembered the stone tablet text that he had translated at the conference that day.

Encounters between people are a constant theme in this world.

broken.

Why am I increasingly wanting to travel to other regions?

Tonic!

Your wallet will disappear!

Ok?

Thinking of this, Oreki seemed to realize something and opened his own live stream.

Check today's donation rankings.

Suddenly, I felt a little bloated.

A total of 20 yuan in tips were given.

More than the day Hunter J ambushed Sinnoh.

Looking at the withdrawal details again, I've already accumulated 23.5 PokéCoins.

I never expected to accumulate so many coins during my trip to Padiyah without spending any of them.

Not to mention the two stone slabs and the Taijing Bead, which are rare items.

Padiyah is indeed a wonderful place!

As is customary, I went through all the private messages and replied to the helpful questions from netizens.

The system finally indicated that the update was complete.

[Update complete!]

[Due to the influence of the world's mysteries, a new "Mysteries" function has been added to the main interface, and the carrying range of the "Backpack" has been increased. Please go to the corresponding function interface for details.]

Oreki opened the system's main interface, temporarily ignoring the newly added [Mystery] function, and first clicked through all the [Tasks] items.

Hmm—it seems like nothing has changed?

The main and side quests remain unchanged, and the Hunter's Certificate effect is the same.

So, you're still in the New World?!

With a sigh, Oreki chose to accept reality.

In any case, there weren't any random updates, and at least I can use the new stuff from the new continent.

Let's check out the update.

Open the [Backpack]

A line of text popped up above.

[The system detected that the host was carrying many unknown items. After the system update, these items have been successfully added to the backpack's carry-on list.]

"Oh? Could it be that—"

Oreki casually picked up the metal mold that the blacksmith had been hammering.

The metal membrane changed dramatically in the other party's shocked gaze.

"Kano Kanano?!"

Where is my huge lump of metal?!

The young blacksmith was getting anxious.

But soon, the missing metal membrane reappeared in the trainer's hand out of thin air.

"Kanon?"

The little blacksmith tilted his head, seemingly a little slow to process what was happening.

"Take it, I'll just use it for an experiment."

Oreki returned the metal film to it.

The young blacksmith finally breathed a sigh of relief and continued hammering.

"Wow, that actually works! Does that mean we won't need to bring a bag when we go out anymore?"

Oreki muttered to himself and clicked on the last [Secret] function.

Collecting world secrets unlocks secret bonuses; there are six in total.

[Three secrets have been detected. The first secret bonus, Fire Might, has now been unlocked.]

【Fire-Covered Might (Not Activated): When HP is below 50% of maximum, Attack, Defense, and Speed ​​are all increased (current increase: 10%)

[Note 1: Activated after adding at least three secrets; the effect increases with each additional three secrets added.]

[Note 2: The secret will not disappear after activation; the bonus ends when the secret is removed.]

A long string of instructions for use appeared.

"Wow! That's incredible strength in a fire!"

Oreki's eyes lit up.

Although the boost seems average, even less than that of a mid-level cat meal.

But upon closer examination, its advantages become apparent.

Firstly, there is no time limit; as long as the stone slab is inside, it is practically a permanent bonus.

Moreover, it has growth potential!

Secondly, apart from the stone slab, no other materials are needed. The main materials for cat food and energy cubes, berries, are really not cheap.

Judging from the current training intensity and appetite of his three Pokémon, the more than 200,000 Pokémon he painstakingly earned will probably only last for two or three months at most.

This is still the status quo.

If we capture one or two more, and then evolve one or two more, the cost will increase exponentially.

Most importantly, there might be five more similar secret bonuses!

To this, Oreki could only say...

This system update is fantastic!

But the problem also followed.

His Fireball Tablet is with Dr. Solans —

Dry!

I should have brought it with me!

"We can only put two in for now; we'll save the rest for when we get back to Hoenn."

As he spoke, Oreki grabbed the rock slab and the poisonous slab in his hands, one in each hand.

After silently reciting "Immerse yourself" in his mind, the two stone slabs disappeared.

at the same time.

Eighteen continuously rotating spaces appeared in the system's [Mystery] interface.

A dotted line separates every three spaces, dividing the eighteen spaces into six parts.

As the stone slab was inserted, two consecutive empty spaces were filled, revealing the shape of the stone slab.

However, since this small section is missing a stone tablet, the arcane bonus displayed on the outside is still inactive.

"I must say, this little interface is really well done."

Oreki thought of the way the stone tablets rotated behind Arceus after he summoned them.

It really does look alike.

The trial of new system features has come to an end.

Oreki glanced at the time.

21:47

Then look around at the three Pokémon training diligently inside the room.

After a moment's thought, he spoke.

"That's enough for today, let's go relax in a hot spring!"

I'll also test out the new hunter's certificate.

[Water Ripple Certificate: Improves swimming skills and increases speed, reduces the impact of water-related effects (Activated)]

"Meow~"

"Chiru".

"Kanon~"

A moment later, inside the hotel's hot spring.

Kirlian stared in astonishment at the flames on her fist, unaffected by Tiremy splashing hot spring water on it.

It seems that the water resistance of my Flame Fist has increased significantly.

It's hard to say whether water-type moves counter its fire punch, or whether its fire punch can evaporate water-type moves in turn.

The credentials were relatively easy to test this time.

Oreki quickly figured out the effect.

only--

He doesn't even have a Water-type Pokémon, so his swimming skills are practically useless.

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Orange Academy late at night.

Without the daytime hustle and bustle, it felt rather tranquil.

Pokémon occasionally appear at the stalls that have not yet been dismantled, searching for scattered food.

Buzz!

A chirping sound of insects rang out.

Suddenly, a Speaker Krypton flew out from the Pokémon Breeding Center in the academy and headed straight for the daytime battle arena.

The knife-like forearm looked somewhat cold in the moonlight.

Upon arriving at the battlefield, it quietly landed and closed its eyes.

It was as if they were enjoying the moonlight, or perhaps sensing something else.

If Oreki were there, he would have noticed that its body had not fully recovered and was still slightly swollen.

A long time passed.

The speaker-shaped cricket suddenly opened its eyes.

Heading north, it took off directly.

As it increased in altitude, it seemed to be flying with increasing difficulty.

But it did not give up.

Until they crossed the mountain peaks north of Tsukita City.

Standing on the summit.

It let out another loud cry.

Then, he plunged headfirst into the layers of clouds and mist of the Padia pit.

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