Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Finding two from a dozen or so golems and one rock golem is truly remarkable; one can only say that Xiao Gang is incredibly lucky.

Not to mention there's an extra Everstone.

As for how much Tetsuya has gained in his long career as a bounty hunter... don't ask, the answer is: all the lucky ones can go to hell.

The concept of probability is essentially meaningless in the face of both extremely unlucky and extremely lucky individuals.

These two semi-finished hard stones do not provide a percentage-based stat boost, but they are excellent training materials for Rock-type and some Ground-type Pokémon.

Do you want it?

Tetsuya looked at Kotsu.

"No need, you can keep them." Xiao Gang casually tossed the three stones to Tetsuya.

As the eldest son of the Rock-type Gym Leader, he really looked down on these three things.

Let's put it this way: just go to the back of his house and find a few Rock-type Pokémon; they'll most likely have these items on them.

He can take whatever he wants.

Not to mention that Tetsuya contributed the vast majority of the effort in this battle; Kogoro felt that he was just a minor character, and it wouldn't matter whether Tetsuya was there or not.

Tetsuya happily put the three stones into his backpack. He was really making a killing by bringing Tsuyoshi along this time.

It wasn't a waste of my time to notify him to come and subdue the Nine-Tails.

"Doesn't Nibi have a way to get other spirits to nurture unfinished items?" Tetsuya asked casually.

As far as he knew, this method did indeed exist.

Xiao Gang shook his head: "Yes, there are, but it's not worth it; the cost is too high."

"Oh?"

Tetsuya tilted his head and looked at him.

Unfortunately, this kind of information wouldn't appear in a regular library or on a trainer's forum, so he only had a vague understanding of it.

The two recalled their respective Pokémon, leaving only Tetsuya's Electric Dragon, and then ventured deeper into the area.

As they walked, Xiao Gang explained, "You can attribute it to the unique characteristics of each individual Pokémon. If you want another Pokémon to nurture this kind of item, there are many conditions required. The most crucial one is that you must have at least the strength of an Elite Four member."

Based on this point alone, most unfinished items are not worth doing this for, unless they are dragon-attribute items like dragon teeth.

Secondly, the Elite Four-level Pokémon that are bred cannot be chosen randomly. It is best if they are of the same species, and even better if they are Pokémon of the same species with similar traits.

For example, conditions such as matching the proportions of the hands and feet of the Graveler that just produced the item.

Otherwise, the final result will likely be stuck at around 9%.

Tetsuya rolled his eyes: "Then we might as well have captured those two Gravelers."

“Yeah.” Brock shrugged. “So even for our gym, this kind of thing can only be used as a training tool.”

The reason for not choosing to subdue them is simple: cost.

Do you really think Rock-type Pokémon don't consume resources? If you want to breed Pokémon items, you can't possibly let them eat dirt, otherwise it would take an absurdly long time.

It's not worth waiting just for an item that might have a flawed effect.

If you want to shorten the time, there's one word: spend money.

As long as you feed them enough, even those with less skill can get results quickly.

It's not expensive, only about the price of two or three hard stones.

Exchanging two or three dollars for one dollar is a huge profit.

No matter how you calculate it, unless those two Rumblebees have the potential to be at least Quasi-Elite Four level, it's definitely not worth it to subdue them.

However, observing the age of a Pokémon is a required course for trainers, and neither Tetsuya nor Brock had any illusions about it.

If they had that kind of talent, these two rumblestones would have become the leaders of the clan long ago, instead of still being middle-aged individuals within the clan.

Marking them so they can be retrieved later is out of the question.

Putting aside the question of how to find them in this godforsaken place, the other trainers aren't stupid either; they won't let valuable training materials slip through their fingers.

As they were talking, a group of gophers, led by the three gophers, also came towards them menacingly.

"I said, why don't we let Blaziken out to provide light? Ampharos's light is just too strong."

Xiao Gang, who was sent to fight Longlongyan, was helpless.

Generally speaking, even if elves were to stroll openly through a cave, they wouldn't attack humans this frequently.

After all, most elves still have some fear of humans. They know that humans are just passing through and won't come to take their territory, so they turn a blind eye.

But it's different when the electric dragon's tail is lit up.

The sudden brightness in the pitch-black cave was bound to anger the underground spirits who were used to darkness.

This is like being woken up by a bright light when you're sound asleep at two or three in the morning. Anyone with a temper would demand an explanation, let alone elves who are used to fighting.

"Let's fight first and see what happens." Tetsuya neither agreed nor disagreed, but after looking at the number and strength of the opposing force, he only sent out one Knight Snail.

The same devastating force.

The gophers and the trigolberis were no match for the golem and the knight snail, and fell one after another.

"It's my turn this time."

After the battle ended, Xiaogang was about to indulge his desire to search for loot once again when Tetsuya quickly stopped him.

As he spoke, he quickly stepped forward to examine each of the sprites.

Diglett and Dugtrio may produce Soft Sand, which is effective against Ground-type Pokémon. Some Rock-type Pokémon can also use it, such as Gigantamax, which makes good use of Sandstorm.

"Damn it." Four or five minutes later, Tetsuya stood up with a dark face.

As always, there was nothing.

"It's okay, the probability is low anyway," Xiao Gang comforted him.

Tetsuya retorted indignantly, "Then why are you able to pull out three?!"

He strongly protested against the world's injustices.

Unfortunately, the protests were ineffective.

In the battles that followed, whenever Tetsuya cleaned up the battlefield, Universe gained nothing.

If it were Brock, even with only a handful of elite-level Pokémon, he would still be guaranteed to get at least one unfinished item.

Tetsuya clenched his fists.

Even though Xiao Gang dumped everything on him, it still felt really unpleasant.

He even felt that Xiao Zhi's comfortable travel in the future was largely due to Xiao Gang's good luck, or perhaps Xiao Zhi was just a hidden lucky player.

Thinking about this, Zhe felt helpless. It turned out that everyone except him was quite lucky.

Only when you are injured can the world mission be completed?

Xiao Gang, suppressing a laugh, comforted Tetsuya: "It's okay, you'll get used to it."

Tetsuya gave him a resentful look.

I had gotten used to it, but your appearance ruined everything.

Xiao Gang's dark brown skin turned slightly red from trying not to laugh.

"Come back, Electro Dragon; come out, Blaziken."

In a fit of anger, Tetsuya switched to a different lighting tool.

Blaziken sighed, speechless at its trainer.

It extended its claws and spontaneously set off a small flame.

The once bright cave suddenly became dark and even somewhat gloomy.

Thankfully, neither Tetsuya nor Kogo have claustrophobia, otherwise they would have gone crazy underground.

The two gradually slowed their pace.

The uneven ground, combined with the various oddly shaped hard rocks around it, could hurt a lot if you accidentally bump into one.

This is also why Tetsuya prefers Denryu Lighting.

Due to the limited oxygen content, the flames of the Blaziken cannot be very large, and the range of illumination is quite limited.

However, the advantage is that it's very safe with Blaziken around, and you don't have to worry about wild Pokémon suddenly attacking you.

In Blaziken's waveguide perception, the so-called surprise attack seemed like a joke.

Ampharos's electromagnetic induction doesn't work very well against Ground and Rock-type Pokémon.

Where are we now?

After repelling another wave of wild Pokémon, a somewhat exhausted Brock looked at Tetsuya.

Tetsuya closed his eyes and sketched out a map in his mind: "We've probably covered about one-thirtieth of the way. If all goes well, we should be able to get out in three days."

The previous battles were too frequent; now, switching to Blaziken for lighting won't take up too much time.

"Has only been a little over an hour?"

When Xiao Gang heard him say that, he looked at his watch in disbelief and was quite surprised.

In the dim underground, without sunlight to remind him of the time, he thought half a day had already passed.

Having had a similar experience in the Dark Cave, Tetsuya remained calm: "There seems to be a rest stop ahead; we can stop there for a while."

It was called a rest stop, but it was actually just a reasonably sized open space with at least a dozen cave entrances connected to it.

Such rest stops are not uncommon in the underground caves of Leibo Mountain.

This can also be considered one of the fruits of the hard work of our predecessors as trainers.

It's just that wild Pokémon can sometimes cause some damage, but it's fine to take a break temporarily.

"boom"

Just then, a series of booming sounds came from afar.

Tetsuya and Kogo felt the ground shaking.

“It’s a big one.” The two looked at each other, confirming the fact.

"It's a giant rock snake."

The Blaziken's eyes flashed blue, and it immediately identified the other's species and informed Tetsuya.

The next moment, the rock wall in front of them suddenly exploded open.

An incredibly thick Onix appeared before the two humans and the Pokémon.

Tetsuya touched his nose. It was these big guys that made the underground cave system of Mount Leibo so interconnected and strange.

See, here's another passageway for people to pass through.

Xiao Gang clicked his tongue in amazement: "This giant rock snake is quite well-developed."

Tetsuya rolled his eyes. Of course, he's a near-superstar, after all.

God knows why such a powerful Onix would appear in this area; their luck is, in some ways, quite extraordinary.

"The Onix is ​​relatively docile; it shouldn't be afraid of us..."

Xiao Gang continued talking.

As Onix's trainer, he has a lot to say on this.

But the giant rock snake didn't give him any face.

It raised its head and looked at the three "little guys".

Then they rushed straight up.

"Good heavens." Tetsuya's eyes widened.

It's worth noting that Blaziken unleashed its Champion-level aura to deliberately avoid fighting this giant creature.

Most near-Elite Four members would have fled by the time they sensed it, but this Onix bravely charged forward.

Based on this alone, Tetsuya felt that if this guy were in a game, he would definitely be a brave character.