Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Legend has it that after Arceus created the Pokémon that shaped the material world, he also created the Pokémon of the Lake Legends that shaped the spiritual world. The Pokémon of the Lake Legends hatched from an egg and once flew around, giving humans "wisdom" to enrich their lives, "emotions" of sadness and joy, and "willpower" to do things well.

Lake Lizhi got its name because it was inhabited by Yaknom.

The other two Trinity Mushrooms, Uxie and Amritod, live in Lake Wisdom and Lake Heartbeat, respectively.

“J won’t work. Team Rocket won’t be able to reach Sinnoh anytime soon, but Gilluta might be a different story,” Tetsuya said.

According to his memory, when dealing with Lugia later, Gilluta used his special device to imprison Lugia, causing him serious injuries and creating great chaos.

The specifics were unclear before, but by combining the abilities of the Three Sacred Mushrooms, we can deduce the origin of this special device.

According to legend, Yukshi, the god of knowledge, has the ability to erase the memories of those who meet his gaze; Memredo, the god of emotion, has the ability to erase all emotions from any creature that comes into contact with him; and Arknom, the god of will, has the ability to render any creature that harms him immobile.

The confinement device clearly corresponds to the abilities of Arknom, who lives in Lake of Ambition.

"Yeah, that makes sense. So the focus is still on Gilluta, who's been spotted at Mt. Silver recently. The Rockets just happened to be passing by."

Cynthia agreed.

Unlike J and the Rockets, Gilrote's purpose was very simple. The key was that he was also very rich. Even among collectors, who have so much money they don't know what to do with it, he was one of the richest few.

There are very few things he can't do if he's willing to.

The functions and even the operating system of his flying palace have piqued the curiosity of the League.

"Let's not talk about that. The main reason I came to Quartz Plateau this time is to ask you for advice."

Cynthia glanced at the remaining desserts, considered them carefully, and finally gave up, looking at Tetsuya across from her who was diligently eating.

"Ok?"

Tetsuya looked up in confusion and met her gaze.

Cynthia subconsciously brushed a strand of hair behind her ear. "Didn't Grandpa recently propose the concept of affinity evolution?"

"I was also thinking of raising my seventh main Pokémon, so after considering it, I chose this one."

As she spoke, she pulled out an elf egg from somewhere.

Without even checking what kind of Pokémon it was, Tetsuya subconsciously asked, "Roserede has broken through?"

His tone was full of surprise.

The current Cynthia is very different from the future Cynthia, not only in personality and temperament, but also in the composition of her Pokémon team.

Similar to Tetsuya's choice, Cynthia is taking the elite route, and currently her team only has six Pokémon: Garchomp, Lucario, Milotic, Gastrodon (West Sea), Venusaur, and Roserade.

Among them, Garchomp, Lucario, Milotic, and Roserade were raised from eggs by Cynthia herself, while Gastrodon (West Blue) and Rockruff were captured; the former came from the Totora Ironworks, and the latter came from an exploration of ruins.

Of course, her Pokémon are definitely very strong. Garchomp and Lucario are Champion-level, Milotic is a near-Champion level, and the remaining three are Elite Four level.

That was at least the case before.

However, according to Cynthia, she doesn't plan to breed another Roserade until it reaches the Quasi-Champion level.

In other words, her current team should consist of two champions, two near-champions, and two world champions.

This was certainly something that surprised Tetsuya.

"No, but soon. The time it takes for this child to go from hatching and through the infancy stage to reaching the elite level is enough for Roseradore to break through."

Cynthia was visibly much happier when this was mentioned.

"Congratulations! It seems your 'debut' isn't far off," Tetsuya said with a smile.

The term "debut" here does not refer to starting a journey as a trainer after turning 16, but rather to participating in a tournament as a trainer.

Yes, Cynthia has not participated in a single tournament yet, so despite her strength and numerous accomplishments, her Trainer Rank is currently the same as Tetsuya's, both being Elite.

Because the trainer levels in the league are increased one level at a time, no one can skip levels if they want to.

This is probably a typical example of how I'm evenly matched with the champion.

Cynthia didn't specify why she wasn't attending the tournament, only saying that she would wait for the right opportunity.

Tetsuya can generally understand.

Unlike a certain Flying Elite Four member who is solely focused on Dragon-type Pokémon, Cynthia aspires to become a master of all types.

Instead of slowly training Pokémon after becoming a champion, it's better to reach the top with all the Pokémon you've trained.

It'll be really interesting then. He'll be the regional champion, the King of Kings champion, and then he'll beat three opponents to become the regional champion, Tetsuya thought with a wicked sense of humor.

This is an unprecedented and unparalleled feat, and most people who don't know Cynthia must have been quite shocked.

"Hmm, almost. After raising this child, we should only have one last target left." Cynthia revealed her thoughts slightly.

That means there are about two or three years left, Tetsuya quickly calculated.

However, he didn't continue the conversation on that topic, but instead turned to the Pokémon egg in Cynthia's hand.

Upon seeing this, his eyes widened again. "This is Togepi's egg?"

He's very familiar with this stuff.

Although he had never seen his own Togekiss when it was still an egg, Togepi was already similar to an egg in its egg form. Besides, he had seen the Togepi egg that he could exchange for in the Great Fool Valley.

"Yes, I traded it for a human using a dragon tooth shed by Garchomp," Cynthia said with a smile.

Tetsuya didn't know what to envy for a moment.

Should we envy someone who has a champion-level Garchomp, or Dragontooth, or Togepi?

Oh, and don't be envious of the last one, he has Togekiss now. Tetsuya has found a way to comfort himself: we're not poor, it's just that what's in front of us is too rich.

"So, you've come here to ask this handsome guy who owns Togekiss how to train Togepi, is that it?"

He quickly realized what Cynthia meant, and his back straightened considerably. Goodness, he'd have something to brag about now: "I trained the Sinnoh champion."

"Well, the friendship evolution is not too difficult. I have prepared the bell. The process of the shy bud evolving into a poisonous rose can also be used as a reference. The main problem is the food."

I asked Grandpa, and your Togekiss's energy output seems different from most Togekiss, and its mastery of each move is also very good. I wonder...

At this point, Cynthia hesitated for a moment, feeling somewhat embarrassed.

After all, the specific training plan for Pokémon involves the fundamentals of a trainer, so her statement seems a bit too direct.

“If you don’t mind, I’ll pay a reasonable price.”

She added another sentence.

"That's not a problem, but my breeding plan is actually a conjecture in general. I don't have enough data to support the conjecture being correct yet."

Tetsuya thought for a moment and then replied.

Chapter 265 Communication

"Energy with special properties derived from general attributes?"

After listening to Tetsuya's detailed explanation, Cynthia frowned.

Taking this statement a step further, it essentially infers the existence of a new attribute.

It's not just Tetsuya who has this idea; the energy properties of the two currently undefined attributes, Steel and Fairy, exist in many Pokémon, and many scholars are conducting research to prove it.

"A new form of Meowth and a Bronze Elephant were discovered in the Galar region?" Cynthia asked somewhat abruptly.

"These two are indeed strong evidence; perhaps the seventeenth attribute will be released soon."

Tetsuya nodded.

First steel, then fairies—that fits the order perfectly.

The key issue is that the difference between Fairy and Normal types is so small that it's difficult to distinguish between them.

The fact that the Steel type wasn't clearly defined long ago seems unexpected, but it's actually quite reasonable.

The main reason is that, before this, no Pokémon possessed the sole characteristic of being Steel-type.

Aside from Aggron in its Mega Evolution state and a few legendary and mythical Pokémon, there are very few Pokémon with a single Steel type.

There are only three types of Galar forms: Meowth, Bronze Elephant, and Gear. Even if you include Mawile, there are only four types.

Among them, the Meowth and Bronze Elephant types in Galar form are newly discovered Pokémon in the currently unexplored Galar region.

In other words, among the Pokémon that people are currently familiar with, only Gear is a true single Steel-type Pokémon, while Mawile, which is Steel and Fairy-type, can only be considered half a Steel-type.

This is still based on Tetsuya's prescient perspective.

For the people of the Pokémon world, Gear, a mysterious Pokémon that suddenly appeared in the Redstone Cave a hundred years ago, is considered an Electric-type Pokémon.

The Calcium Cave is a natural, unique magnetic field, and the energy reaction of the Gear series is very similar to that of Magneto.

Despite the seemingly useful but actually useless attribute bonus, the electric-type moves of the Gear series are somewhat weak, so they are currently considered not a very powerful Pokémon.

If it weren't for the fact that it can evolve twice, the rating would be even lower.

As for Mawile, which has no evolved form, it's even worse off. Classified as a fraudulent Pokémon, it's currently considered a Dark-type Pokémon with pitifully low strength.

Although its normal form wasn't much better afterward.

"A new Pokémon type, huh? This is another major upheaval," Cynthia remarked with a touch of感慨 (gan3kai3, a Chinese expression of deep emotion).

The last new attribute was the evil attribute, which was confirmed more than 30 years ago. Although she did not experience that era, she could imagine how sensational this discovery would be.

The discovery of a new Pokémon type can, on a small scale, affect our understanding of Pokémon, and on a larger scale, it can even impact the League and the global landscape.

A new, clearly defined attribute advantage can change the outcome of a battle.

Tetsuya nodded silently in agreement.

Of course, new attributes won't appear anytime soon, whether it's steel or the still undefined fairy attribute.

Verifying new attributes is a massive undertaking. The sheer amount of work involved, such as changing the classification of Pokémon attributes and skill attributes, as well as collecting data on the power of different Pokémon skills, is staggering.

Not to mention its inherent difficulty, it's practically equivalent to adding fundamental laws to several basic disciplines from the previous life.

This kind of research is different from the kind of research where you can deduce the evolution of Pokémon just by knowing the results. The key is universality; otherwise, many things cannot be explained.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhe didn't choose the researcher route; it's just too difficult, requiring just as much effort as being a trainer.

His goal is to become a Pokémon Master, not a Pokémon Professor; he doesn't have the energy to reach the top at the same time.

Don't you see that even a powerhouse like Professor Oak's strength has declined after he got into research? Tetsuya felt that even if he was reborn with a barely decent cheat ability, he wouldn't be that monstrous.

"However, that's not very related to Tokiss and the others; their energy reaction fluctuations are different."

Tetsuya's words brought the topic back to where it all began.

This situation is common when two people with extremely broad knowledge bases chat; unless it's something too urgent, the conversation inevitably drifts off-topic.

Cynthia, sitting opposite him, fell into deep thought.

This kind of spirit breeding is a very serious matter, so she naturally needs to think it through carefully. It's not like her decision-making phobia is acting up again.

Zhe didn't seem to mind and continued eating. Cynthia had a small appetite, but he was different; he wasn't full yet.

More than half an hour later, after Tetsuya had finished his third drink, Cynthia finally snapped out of her reverie.

"I'm sorry to have taken up your time."

She said to Tetsuya, feeling embarrassed.

"It's okay, I don't have anything to do these next few days anyway." Tetsuya was very magnanimous.

It mainly depends on the person and their appearance. If it were Xiao Gang or Ye Zang doing something like this, he would definitely slap them on the head to show them what it means to suppress them with force.

“I’ve thought about it, and I’d like to buy your recipe for those energy cubes that are specifically for feeding them,” Cynthia said.

These naturally refer to three types: Togepi, Togekiku, and Togekis.

Zhe was also surprised.

Compared to the beginning, quite a few things have indeed been cut, such as the nutritional meal formulas for targeted training.

However, the recipe for this energy cube is actually the key point, and it is the only one closely related to the fairy attribute. The other recipes are just extras. Even without Tetsuya's help, Cynthia could easily obtain them from elsewhere or make them herself.

"What? Surprised?" Cynthia curled her lips into a half-smile.

"I was really surprised."

Feeling it was rather impolite, Tetsuya adjusted his facial muscles and readily admitted it.

There's no way to hide it.

Cynthia's desire to breed Togekiss is a minor matter.