Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Even with such talent, it is estimated within the league that Xiaoxue will not be able to break through level 10 and become a cultivation master until she is 30 years old, which would already be the third youngest achievement in the league's history.

If I'm not mistaken, this Tetsuya should be under 17 years old?

This can be considered a breeding master?

Xiao Gang also saw the look in his father's eyes and knew what his father was wondering about.

"It's not that he can become a master breeder right now; he'll need at least five more years to make up for his knowledge gaps."

However, regarding the energy reactions between various materials, the formulation of potions, and the design of specific solutions for individual spirits, I personally think he has already reached a master level.

What Xiaogang didn't know was that Tetsuya's learning talent was even more terrifying than he imagined.

However, this was enough to pique Wu Neng's interest and attention.

After all, there are many breeders, but only a few can obtain the title of Breeding Master.

Breeders at this level are required to provide a tailored training plan for any Pokémon, with the entire plan tailored to the Pokémon's developmental stage and capable of rapidly enhancing the Pokémon's strength.

Every Master Trainer is also a powerful trainer.

There are only about fifteen people in the league who still have the title of Master Breeder alive.

Every time these people are asked to create a customized plan, even wealthy dojo owners like Wu Neng find it a bit overwhelming.

The key point is that they don't want much money; they just want rare, high-grade cultivation materials.

They themselves lacked the resources, and after giving them to these breeding masters, they no longer had the resources to breed Pokémon.

Chapter 28 Martial Arts Attention and Tournament Format

If what his son Xiaogang said is true, and this commoner trainer named Tamaki Tetsuya really has this kind of talent, then it's definitely worth investing in.

After all, befriending a future master breeder is extremely beneficial to one's family and descendants.

"So what are you planning to do?"

Wu Neng didn't insist that Xiao Gang follow his method, since he would eventually pass on the position to Xiao Gang, and Xiao Gang still needed to train.

"I talked to him a lot today, and I could tell he was hiding a lot of things, but it doesn't matter."

His background dictates that he must have a thirst for knowledge; I plan to have a direct conversation with him tomorrow.

Xiao Gang took out an apron, put it on, and prepared to start cleaning.

He didn't stop talking either, "He's a smart man. Although he doesn't seem to be very good at socializing, he gets the meaning behind his words very well."

When I shared the information with him, his reaction was normal; he didn't seem to resist.

"The investment potential is huge. I discussed the specific assessment with the dojo when I returned, and they will investigate and provide a report."

"Okay, you can take charge of it then. This will be your first investment target, right?"

Looking at the report, Wu Neng decided to let Xiao Gang make the decision himself.

As for revealing some information, that's not a big deal at all.

"Yes, I understand." Xiao Gang paused for a moment while mopping the floor, but quickly continued.

"Dad, lift your feet up. Don't sit here looking at this. You're holding the report upside down. Stop pretending and go upstairs to see your younger siblings. You never care about them, you..."

Listening to his son's nagging, Wu Neng quickly took the report and went upstairs.

My son is good in every way, except for this one thing: he's too nagging.

As Wu Neng walked up the stairs, his eyes, just like Xiao Gang's, narrowed.

Tamaki Tetsuya? Sounds promising, interesting.

..........

Tetsuya, who was resting in his room at the Pokémon Center, was completely unaware of the conversation between the father and son.

After taking a shower, Tetsuya sat down on the sofa and began to think about his conversation with Kotsuya that day.

Judging from Tetsuya's indirect inquiries, Xiaogang doesn't know a guy named Xiaozhi, at least not at the moment.

Tetsuya wasn't disappointed. He mainly wanted to confirm it, since his previous life was his childhood memory.

In such a realistic world, Tetsuya wouldn't be surprised if Ash didn't exist, since, based on his understanding, this world was far different from what was depicted in the anime.

This is true in every respect.

Especially in tournament competitions, it's absurd that even a rookie like Ash could make it into the top eight.

However, it doesn't seem impossible, Tetsuya pondered, stroking his chin.

Although he hadn't planned to attend the conference before, nor did he have the ability to do so, and besides, he was busy making money and studying.

However, we still have a general understanding of the situation. This World League Tournament is divided into a two-year format and an unlimited format.

The "Alliance Conference" usually refers to the latter, and the videos Tetsuya watched were all of the latter.

"No wonder, I was wondering why these contestants were so incredibly strong, they were nothing like the ones I'd seen in my previous life."

This was Tetsuya's thought when he first learned about this.

The so-called two-year competition system is aimed at novice trainers who have just started their careers.

Furthermore, the main tournament and the top four in the tournament that trainer level certification requires refer to the main tournament and the top four in the unrestricted tournament, not the two-year tournament system.

The specific restrictions are that trainers aged 16 and above but under 18 can register to participate in the competition using Pokémon they have caught and raised for no more than two years. The registration method is the same: obtain eight badges.

Most of the players' Pokémon are of average strength, with a few elites and quite a few beginners.

The unlimited format is different; there are no time limits.

The trainers participating in the main tournament are mostly elite-level trainers and trainers who are close to Elite Four level. Only after reaching Elite Four level will they switch to participating in the Elite Four Challenge. Ordinary-level trainers can't even get past the preliminaries.

However, very few trainers participate in the two-year tournament; it seems there are only 2 to 300 trainers each year. It's mostly ordinary trainers who participate to fulfill their dreams.

After all, being an ordinary trainer is already their limit for them. Entering the unlimited format would only result in being eliminated in the first round of the qualifiers, which would be meaningless.

If you achieve a good ranking in the two-year competition, you can brag about it to your descendants.

Very few second- or third-generation players will participate, and the top eight are usually dominated by these same people.

Compared to the unlimited format, the two-year format is also known in private as the "baby competition".

The name itself reveals how much trainers disdain the two-year competition format.

It is said that the league is working on revising this issue and trying to change the tournament format, since the current two-year format seems meaningless.

However, it cannot be canceled directly, otherwise novice trainers will not have much of an experience from the start.

Tetsuya isn't entirely sure what the changes will look like; it might be like the anime from his previous life, but it's unlikely to have anything to do with him.

After all, Tetsuya needs to demonstrate his strength in the unlimited tournament in order to find a backer and obtain resources, so the two-year tournament system has no reference value or meaning.

In previous years, there have even been cases of people bringing Elite Four-level Pokémon to participate in two-year competitions, shamelessly claiming that they had trained them over two years.

Unfortunately, the time it showed as being captured was less than two years, so he could only participate in the competition. In the end, fighting those people was just like fighting a baby.

Later, the league discovered that this guy was a second-generation powerhouse, and that the Elite Four-level Pokémon was indeed his, but it had been more than two years.

That Pokémon was a descendant of his father's near-champion Pokémon. It had grown up with him since it was a baby, and it took him 16 years to finally put it into a Poké Ball.

It had been a little over a year since it was captured when it was submitted for the competition, which met the criteria.

It's not that no one has thought of this, but the key issue is that, even if you don't have such a Pokémon, if you don't catch it, and someone else defeats you and catches it with a Poké Ball, you'll have nowhere to turn for help.

After all, even wild Pokémon can be caught by anyone if they are not put into a Poké Ball.

But for the first sixteen years of his life, that guy never left the house, devoting himself to raising his only Pokémon.

He didn't capture the Pokémon until he was 16 and old enough to embark on his journey.

This can be considered as taking advantage of a loophole. It is said that the guy's final outcome was quite tragic, but with a powerful father protecting him, it probably won't be too outrageous.

As for using your father's Pokémon to compete or capturing a powerful Pokémon to compete, not to mention that your father might kill you if you bring it up, ordinary trainers don't have that option either.

If you can capture powerful Pokémon, it means you're quite strong yourself. So why participate in the two-year tournament? Go to the unlimited tournament and show yourself!

Pokémon that you borrow from someone else to defeat and then capture will never obey the trainer; in game terms, their friendship level is below 10.

If someone can't be commanded at all, it's obvious they'll be disqualified from the competition.

If there really is a main character...

Chapter 29 Qualification Issues and Unexpected Gains

If there really is a main character, Ash will either initially participate in a two-year tournament system, and later switch to an unlimited tournament system.

Or the league might change the format in the future, making it different from what it is now.

Tetsuya thought.

It's probably because Ash was still very young, since Professor Oak often appeared on TV to give lectures at that time and didn't look that old.

Xiao Gang understood that this was also his first time participating in a dojo battle, and he was far from being ready to compete.

Tetsuya shook his head, realizing he was overthinking things.

Tetsuya's goal is to strive for a good performance in the unlimited format tournament at the Chengdu tournament two years later.

Let's first consider the attitude of Pewter Gym.

There shouldn't be any problems with my performance today. My overall performance should be like that of an ordinary trainer, except that I have exceptional talent as a breeder and good luck.

Tetsuya closed his eyes, pondering the conversation that had taken place that evening.

As long as one doesn't reveal Zero's ability to detect potential, even if one excels in nurturing, it will only be attributed to one's own talent. There won't be much danger, and the benefits far outweigh the threats.

"My biggest takeaway today is that I've learned that aptitude can be changed through hard work."

Tetsuya secretly thought.

Yes, during our conversation that evening, I don't know if Xiaogang did it on purpose or for some other reason, but he inadvertently revealed this.

Although Tetsuya had thought about it before, no one had ever come forward to confirm it, and Tetsuya had always just been speculating about it.

After all, the legend of Ho-Oh can revive three Eevee evolutions into three legendary Pokémon, so it's not unimaginable that some extremely rare natural treasures or methods can improve one's aptitude.

However, Xiaogang only helped Tetsuya confirm this guess, without revealing any specific method.

Tetsuya could easily imagine how difficult this method would be; after all, if it were simple, these families wouldn't still be struggling to raise high-potential Pokémon.

"But having it is enough. Zero can completely analyze that method and materials and replace them with something else. Although the effect will definitely not be as good as the original, it will still be much better."

Tetsuya pondered, "It's impossible for every Pokémon I hatch from an egg to have far superior aptitude compared to its kind. I need to capture some ordinary Pokémon to cover my tracks."

"I was worried that it would hold us back in the future and waste resources because we wouldn't be able to continue cultivating it."

It seems that we can choose a useful Pokémon with average stats and gradually improve its stats in the future using this method.

Although the cost will be much higher than before, it's unavoidable in the initial stages.

As for the idea of ​​just randomly capturing a Pokémon as a temporary measure, and then leaving it aside without training it and releasing it back into the wild.

I did think of this method at first, but I still couldn't convince myself to try it.

Indeed, even in this world, many people choose to do so.

Because low-potential Pokémon will eventually be unable to keep up with your progress, so you either put them in a breeding farm, pay the fee, and then leave them alone.

Alternatively, you could simply release the Pokémon back into nature and breed a new Pokémon with higher potential.

However, as Tetsuya trained and spent time with several different Pokémon, he gradually gave up on the idea.

Perhaps because he hatched from eggs himself and was an orphan in this life, Tetsuya always regarded the spirits as his family and companions.

Tetsuya found it hard to imagine that he would release a Pokémon that he had raised for two or three years or even longer, or simply leave it alone.

Therefore, Tetsuya is very careful when choosing a Pokémon.

With Xiaogang confirming the news today, he breathed a sigh of relief.

This means there's no need to worry about these issues anymore. As long as there's a method, Zhe is confident that Zero can optimize it.

The worst thing is that there is no method. Zero has no way to deduce it out of thin air. After all, the improvement of aptitude is essentially a kind of evolution, and Zero's ability is not that powerful yet.

"So, does this mean I can start preparing for my third Pokémon right now?" Tetsuya thought to himself, a little bored as he scrolled through the forum.

"We're short on funds for now, looks like we need to hurry up and do some bounty missions."