Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

"The white sea lion is unable to fight, and the knight snail wins."

The challenged gym leader, Liu Bo, lost the ability to battle with all three of his Pokémon.

The winner of this battle is Tetsuya from Tokiwa in the Kanto region.

Aunt Sima quickly announced the results.

A hexagonal badge flew toward Tetsuya's face, with a snowflake pattern in the center.

He instinctively reached out and took it.

"This young man is very skilled."

The instigator, Aunt Sima, gave a thumbs up.

Tetsuya could only manage a helpless smile in response.

Chapter 450 The Booklet and the Strongest

Zhe was quite pleased with his collection as he placed the Ice Badge from the Kaji Gym into the badge box.

Apart from the two badges that replaced the green badge and the gold badge, all the badges he obtained were badges from the eight regional gyms.

Even with those two badges, their gyms are ranked among the top in the Kanto region.

This is quite convincing.

The reason why the eight dojos in the region are called the eight dojos is not only due to historical and urban factors, but more importantly, it represents the strength of the dojos.

The stronger the gym, the more difficult it is to obtain their badge.

The average skill level of an apprentice from the top-ranked dojo in the region is not comparable to that of an apprentice from the bottom-ranked dojo.

In the past, there have been instances where the titles of the eight major academies changed hands, but without exception, they all eventually returned to the original eight.

Similar to the regional league tournaments, gyms also have their own competitions.

The competition that Tetsuya participated in on the St. Anne's ship, representing Nibi Dojo, was at most an exchange between dojos.

In the real regional gym leader tournaments and even the world gym leader tournaments, the gym members who participate must meet very strict conditions.

For the people of the Pokémon world, the outcome of Pokémon battles is the best way to resolve conflicts, which makes any kind of competition possible everywhere.

Dojo battles are just one special type; there are countless other types, such as attribute battles, fun battles, and mixed battles.

If it were a normal trainer's trip, it would take at least seven or eight years to completely travel through a region and experience all the competitions and sights.

This is still based on the premise that elves are used as a means of transportation.

Badges and rankings in various competitions are the best proof of a trainer's strength.

After putting the badge box away, Tetsuya and Liu Bo raised their questions, or rather, asked for advice.

"The breeding of the Ice Six-Tails and Ice Nine-Tails?" Liu Bo frowned slightly upon hearing Tetsuya's words. "Regarding this, I may not be able to help you much."

“Ah Liu hasn’t bred any new partners in a long time. Those were the offspring of his old buddies, or some little guys that were just left here with me.”

Aunt Sima explained, "Moreover, Vulpix is ​​a relatively new Pokémon, and neither of us has much experience with it."

Like raising and training Pokémon, it requires a great deal of knowledge about Pokémon and experience.

Even if someone is highly skilled at breeding similar Pokémon, it still takes a considerable amount of time to experiment and summarize the results of a newly discovered Pokémon.

Otherwise, it would be irresponsible to the elves.

"I see."

Tetsuya was somewhat disappointed.

He was also thinking that as a master of ice attributes, Uncle Liu should have a lot of advice.

Unexpectedly, the other party has stopped training new Pokémon partners.

Think about it too.

For an old man, forming a bond with a new elf is not a good thing for either of them.

Throughout the entire league, most trainers do this as they get older.

"However, I do have some personal experience in raising Ice-type Pokémon that I can share with you."

While not all of these principles apply to the Ice-type Six-Tails and Ice-type Nine-Tails, there are still many that can be learned from them.

Uncle Liu, leaning on his cane, suddenly changed the subject and pulled a thin booklet out of his clothes.

Tetsuya's eyes lit up immediately.

In the martial arts novels of the previous life, this would definitely be considered a transfer of skills.

This is a summary of experience from a trainer who is above the champion level. Even a pig could copy it and reach the level of a champion.

He happily accepted the booklet from Uncle Liu's hands.

Upon opening it, Tetsuya was taken aback.

The booklet contained printed summaries of experience, not handwritten ones.

Turning to the last page, the words "Yuantian Group Printing and Publishing" are prominently displayed.

"Cough cough cough."

Tetsuya almost choked on his own saliva.

So, is this even considered wholesale?

The feeling of a reclusive master imparting their skills vanished instantly.

Aunt Sima laughed heartily: "There's nothing we can do, our dojo needs to generate revenue too!"

"Don't worry, this version is not the basic version that is circulating outside. The content has been streamlined and is more complete."

She patted Tetsuya on the shoulder and said, "I remember that Ayu made a lot of annotations on it, which should be of great help to you."

Tetsuya quickly flipped through it.

Sure enough, most of the pages featured flowing handwriting.

"Regarding the appearance changes of the Ice Shard skill and related energy manipulation training," "Regarding the synergistic use of the Blizzard skill and the Snowfall trait," and "A method to achieve a Snow Cloak-like effect using White Mist during a Blizzard."

The basic content wasn't anything new to Tetsuya, but the content of these essays really inspired him to learn.

With just a few glances, he discovered many training programs that are currently applicable to Ice Six-Tails.

"If there's nothing else, you can leave now."

Uncle Liu said something stiffly, then turned and left the battlefield, leaning on his cane.

Tetsuya bowed slightly to the old man to express his gratitude.

Although he may seem cold and aloof, it's clear from Liu Bo's actions that he still takes good care of Tetsuya.

Aunt Sima was very dissatisfied with Uncle Liu's attitude, even though she had a very good impression of the two young men.

"Come on, want to go to the back mountain to exercise together?"

She greeted Tetsuya and Kotsuya with a hearty welcome.

"No, no, we have some things to attend to, so we won't disturb you two seniors any longer."

Tetsuya quickly declined Aunt Shima's invitation.

Having spent nearly a week in the underground cave, he now longs for a proper rest.

Xiao Gang was curious about the implication in Aunt Xima's words: "Don't we need to wait here for the next challenger?"

“No need.” Aunt Sima waved her hand. “Ah Liu usually only accepts one challenge a day.”

Despite being a referee in the League, Aunt Sima turned a blind eye to Plum's blatant violation of the League's rules for challenging gyms.

Like Uncle Xia, this old man was not a conventional person.

Or rather, in the profession of trainer, there are very few who diligently abide by most of the rules like Lance.

After saying goodbye once more, Tetsuya and Brock slipped out through the side door of the Kagi Dojo.

"Shall we go to the Pokémon Center next?"

Xiao Gang looked at the sky and made a suggestion.

"Okay." Tetsuya nodded. "Let's take a break and talk to Professor Oak about that Pokémon."

"Okay, I'll come to your room later."

The two chatted and laughed as they headed toward the Pokémon Center in Kaji Town.

A short while later.

After finishing the spirit treatment and resting for a while, Tetsuya and Brock sat together on the sofa in the room.

The former casually dialed the number for Ooki Research Institute.

"Hello, this is Professor Oak's lab in Pallet Town. Professor Oak is currently conducting research. Please leave a message if you need anything, and his assistant will collect and relay it."

Professor Oak's voice came through, but it was related to a message.

"I am Tetsuya. I need to speak with Professor Oak. Please inform Professor Oak so that he can respond as soon as possible."

Tetsuya appeared quite skilled.

Generally speaking, unless it's something important, he won't call Professor Oak's private phone without prior notice.

Although Professor Oak didn't mind him doing so.

Anyway, the research institute's assistants would tally the comments almost every half hour, so waiting a little while wouldn't hurt.

If it's a call from an acquaintance like Tetsuya, or if it's something semi-urgent to discuss, the assistant will immediately notify Professor Oak.

This is also to prevent Professor Oak from being disturbed when he is actually conducting very important research.

Sure enough, not long after hanging up the message, Professor Oak's private communication rang on Tetsuya's wristwatch.

"Tetsuya, what do you want from me?"

The Moon Bear in your pet has been basically figured out; it's an evolved form of the Circle Bear.

Just like the video recordings you gave me, this big guy's abilities are very similar to those of the Giant Rock Monster.

The difference is that this big guy is much stronger than Pang Yan Guai.

In addition, and most importantly, it has the added ability to manipulate peat.

Based on the peat blocks you found in its nest, we guess that it most likely needs to carry this item to evolve at night.

However, we don't have many cyclops in our institute, and it's currently their mating season. The specific evolutionary conditions still need further research and recording.

As soon as the call connected, before Tetsuya could say anything, Professor Oak excitedly launched into a long speech.

It seems that during these ten days or so, he devoted himself entirely to Moon Bear.

After all, it's obvious to the naked eye that he has very dark circles under his eyes.

"Professor Oak, you really need to take care of your health."

Tetsuya expressed concern about Professor Oak's health.

Based on his understanding of Professor Oak, the other party had probably been eating instant noodles for all three meals these past few days.

It's just a matter of whether it's Farfetch'd or Slowpoke flavor.

"It's alright, it's alright, I know what I'm doing."

Professor Oak smiled broadly.

"The reason I came to see you this time is because I think I've captured another Pokémon that I've never seen before."

The next moment, Tetsuya's words froze Professor Oak's smile on his face.

Professor Oak is very clear about his own body.

One such study is fine, but doing it twice in a row is really exhausting.

He was no longer as energetic as he was in his youth.

However, Professor Oak was more curious about something else: "Why do you always encounter Pokémon like this? It's been so many years since we've discovered any new Pokémon species."

If Tetsuya's background weren't so clear, he would have suspected that the other party was Jirachi or even Arceus's illegitimate son.