This trainer has no moral principles

"The Magic Beautician is a tuning elf, so you want to train it into a synchro elf?"

Phil nodded and said, "Yes, the Magic Beautician can Synchro-Evolve into the Arcanite Magician. This is recorded in the family notes."

Not only Tuner Pokémon can evolve into Synchro Pokémon, but Tuner Pokémon are more likely to undergo Synchro Evolution, and this is a conclusion that has been verified by the public.

"Where's your fourth Pokémon?"

You Zhi couldn't help but feel curious when he saw that the other party was still not summoning the last spirit.

Phil glanced at the street, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Forget it. Summoning it will only scare passersby."

"Ugly?"

"It's not something that can be described simply as ugly. If I had to, creepy or terrifying would be more appropriate. It wouldn't be out of place as the final villain in a horror movie. My father insisted on forcing it on me. He's an artist, but I don't know where he got such a twisted aesthetic."

Phil's face was full of disgust.

When You Zhi heard it, he immediately guessed which elf it was. As the ace of Bekas in another world, although it was also a magician, its appearance was really scary, and it once forced the protagonist into a desperate situation.

This elf and the cartoon elf represent the two sides of Bekas's personality, the inner darkness and the outer humor, so it is normal for them to have distorted appearances.

You Zhi said: "But you still accepted it. If it were you in the past, you would definitely refuse it."

Phil rubbed his cheeks with his fingers and sighed, "After becoming a trainer, I realized that it's simply impossible to capture the Pokémon that perfectly matches my needs. It requires talent, good looks, and a suitable system. Ideally, it also has a powerful evolved form. It's simply too difficult to meet all these requirements. Even if you spend money to buy it, you may not be able to buy it. You have to learn to make choices. I really don't know how ordinary trainers solve this problem."

"Didn't you just give the answer yourself? Learn to make choices. To put it another way, it's called 'making do'. Just make do with what you have. Nothing in this world can ever be as you wish."

"Is Brother You Zhi also putting up with it?"

You Zhi thought back to the group of girl elves under his command and sighed: "Yes, for the sake of ability, I gave up aesthetics."

"Hey, wasn't that maid elf just now quite cute? Even after evolving, it's still very cute. It looks like a giant stuffed doll. If I had an elf like that, I would definitely use it as a pillow to sleep with."

"But cuteness doesn't really suit my aesthetic."

"That's right, Youzhi-ge likes handsome elves like the Black Magician the most."

Suddenly thinking of something, Phil couldn't help but cover his mouth and chuckle.

"I wouldn't say I like them the most. Dark magicians are only second-tier in my aesthetic standards. I've recently discovered that I'm not that interested in humanoid elves. Powerful and cold elves like Blue-Eyes White Dragon are my favorite type."

It's a pity that he has a bunch of cute girls under his command. He finally found an electronic dragon that meets his aesthetic standards, but his friend got there first. He really doesn't know which god he offended to have to be toyed with like this.

You Zhizheng sighed, and suddenly remembered something: "Oh right, the Silent Magician is a female elf, there is no way she can evolve into a Black Magician. You actually didn't tell me that at the beginning."

Phil stared at me with his big watery eyes and said innocently, "No way, I clearly said it, and I specifically emphasized that no matter how hard you try, it's useless. It's fundamentally impossible. Brother Youzhi, don't wrongly accuse me."

"You only stated the conclusion, but not the reasons, which led to my waiting being in vain."

"That's your own misunderstanding, don't blame me." Phil couldn't help but chuckle again, and it took a while to calm down. "So, the Silent Magician has evolved?"

You Zhi directly took out the elf card and summoned the Silent Magician.

"..."

The Silent Magician, not forgetting his former master, bowed respectfully.

"Wow, she's evolved into a beautiful woman with curvaceous features. What else is there to be dissatisfied with, Brother Youzhi?"

"Raising an elf is not like marrying a wife. What's the point of having a curvy figure?" You Zhi disagreed.

Phil's eyes rolled. "Actually, there are quite a few examples of humans and elves falling in love."

"There are many examples of humans falling in love with animals, inorganic matter, and even two-dimensional creatures."

Seeing that You Zhi was not very interested in this aspect, Phil did not continue the discussion, but instead felt inexplicably happy.

"Where is Brother Youzhi going next?"

"I'm not going anywhere. I'll be staying in Manjin City for a while."

You Zhi planned to wait here until the crisis predicted by the Heavenly Golden Knight came.

"Great, then let's live together. I have some questions about martial arts that I want to ask you."

"That's fine, we can find a private house and rent it for a month."

……

In the following days, You Zhi taught Phil martial arts while training several lower-level elves under his command, and took time to study what the so-called pendulum was.

Phil made a reservation at the Manjin Gym, and during his first challenge, he was beaten up by the gym owner, Xiao Qian, as expected.

Xiao Qian used a 7-star Pokémon named Toon Ogg, which had a racial stat of 2200 attack and 2600 defense, and could launch penetrating attacks without the "Toon World". In the end, it defeated Phil's Pokémon three times. Phil was so angry that he came back and complained about why the trainer couldn't fight in person.

Even so, she had no intention of using the elves her father had given her. She only wanted to train the other three elves to become stronger and then challenge again.

After fiddling around for a while, You Zhi finally figured out the function of the pendulum.

Chapter 108: Finally Waited

Inside the Elf Training Hall.

You Zhi said to Phil, "Let's start the test according to the plan."

Phil nodded and first summoned the magic beautician. The appearance of the magic beautician triggered the characteristics, automatically obtaining a spirit core. Then he activated the characteristics again, consuming the spirit core to increase the attack power by 500.

Immediately afterwards, Phil pulled out the elf card of the magical beast Jackal from the void, hesitated for a moment, and then injected spiritual power into it, activating it as a spell card. The description of the monster effect on the surface of the elf card disappeared, leaving only the description of the pendulum effect.

You Zhi was slightly excited. "Sure enough, the so-called Pendulum is a variation of the Jade Beast's characteristics. It can be used as both a Spirit and an Instant Spell Card. The difference lies in the timing of activation. The Pendulum Spirit can only be used as a Spell Card before entering the field, while the Jade Beast becomes an ineffective Spell Card after being destroyed."

Immediately afterwards, Phil activated the Jackal's Pendulum effect, destroying himself and granting a Spirit Core to the Pokémon on the field, so the Magic Beautician got another chance to continue to increase his attack power.

"So that's how it's used. But is this pendulum effect a spirit characteristic, or a new spirit form?"

If it weren't for Hoyumon, Youzhi and Phil would definitely think that this was a new form of elf, but with Hoyumon in the spotlight, the effect of this pendulum seemed mediocre.

Simply adding a spirit core is far less practical than having Gemmon protect the trainer from spiritual backlash.

"It should be considered a characteristic. I've never heard of a Pokémon evolving into a Pendulum Pokémon."

You Zhi speculated with a lack of confidence.

Phil shook his head and said, "That's hard to say. After all, even if it evolves into a Pendulum Pokémon, the trainer himself won't realize it. Without the help of the Pokédex, who would be so crazy as to use a Pokémon card as a spell card?"

This time, You Zhi persuaded Phil to conduct the experiment, using the Pokémon Encyclopedia as an excuse to conceal the existence of the plug-in.

"It's a pity that it can't be placed on the field. Otherwise, disguising it as a spell card to trick the opponent would be a good idea."

At present, the pendulum effect is not very useful. Perhaps scholars who study elves will be interested in it, but for Phil, this effect is equivalent to nothing. After all, the magical beast Jackal is her main elf and it is impossible to use it as a spell card, especially since the effect of this spell card is to add a spirit core, which is at best E-level.

"By the way, are you ready for the gym challenge the day after tomorrow?" You Zhi asked with concern.

"Well, I guarantee I'll win this time!"

Phil clenched his fists and said confidently, "Last time, I was caught off guard. I didn't expect that with just the third badge, they would actually send out the Seven Star Elves. They have no martial ethics at all. I've learned my lesson this time. I won't let her succeed again."

"Just be confident. I'll go to the gym to watch the fight and cheer you on."

Afterwards, You Zhi summoned the elves and used the professional equipment in the museum to train them, but he basically relied on the elves' self-awareness. He only gave them a few pointers occasionally and his attention was not on that.

What You Zhi is most concerned about right now is when will the "disaster" mentioned by the Heavenly Golden Knight come?

He had been in Goldman Sachs for ten days and had searched all the underground passages in the city, but he could not find any trace of Team Rocket. For a moment, he could not help but hesitate. Could it be that he had misunderstood the other party? The so-called "disaster" was not the incident of the remnants of Team Rocket, nor did it happen in Goldman Sachs.

Or perhaps, there is a difference in the two parties' concept of time. The Heavenly Golden Knight's "soon" is based on the long life of the elves. A few months or even a few years are considered "soon" to her.

Unfortunately, the above are just speculations and there are no intelligence clues.

You Zhi analyzed it over and over again, but he couldn't come to a reliable conclusion. He just became more and more annoyed, and he wanted to yell, "Riddler, get out of Gotham!"

"Never mind, let's wait a little longer. If no event occurs before the lease expires, we'll head to the next gym."

If an elf stays in one place for a long time, its practice will easily stagnate.

Youzhi has already cleared the wild area south of Manjin City. The laundry dragon girl relied half on herself and half on learning devices to increase her level from 14 to 19, but it is difficult to continue to improve at this point.

Because the wild Pokémon here are generally around level 10, and once a Pokémon is 10 levels higher than the opponent, even if you defeat the opponent, you will not gain much experience.

Among the elves under You Zhi, except for a laundry dragon girl who improved rapidly, only the magic Valkyrie was upgraded from level 20 to level 21, and none of the other elves were upgraded.

You Zhi was helpless about this and could only focus on training the elves to learn skills and moves.

……

Two days later, the gym was full of gold.

You Zhi sat in the audience and watched two matches where trainers were beaten by gym leaders, and finally waited for Phil to appear.

At this time, Phil tied his long silver hair into a ponytail, wore a black short dress, similar to the clothes of a tennis player, and a pair of white stockings covering his calves, looking very capable.

Unexpectedly, the person who appeared this time was a rare beautiful girl trainer. There was a commotion in the audience, and one or two frivolous whistles could be heard faintly, but it soon died down.

After all, the audience comes to watch Pokémon duels, not to watch beautiful women. For many trainers, Pokémon are even more attractive than beautiful women.

Just a glance at a beautiful woman is enough to leave an impression, but an elf must observe carefully, record the information, and not miss any details.

With the order of trial, the duel officially began.

Having learned from the previous lesson, Phil did not send out the Jackal as the first elf, but chose the Magic Knight Defender. She ordered the Magic Knight Defender to defend with all its strength and then concentrated on refining spell cards.

Xiao Qian still sent out the egg dragon. Obviously, she recognized Phil and knew that this was his second challenge, so she deliberately summoned the same elf.

If it is a duel between two trainers, summoning the same Pokémon will only give the opponent an opportunity to take advantage, and simply reduce the chances of winning, but the duty of the gym leader is to test the challenger, not just to win or lose.

How to plan tactics against a Pokémon that has fought before is itself a test of the trainer's ability, and it is a very important ability.

From this perspective, Xiao Qian is indeed fulfilling her duties as a gym owner conscientiously. She is not deliberately making things difficult for the challenger, she simply has higher requirements.

The Magic Knight Defender has excellent attack and defense values, as well as the ability to replace a spirit core when destroyed. Therefore, facing the attack of the powerful enemy Egg Dragon, it still persisted for a long time and also withstood a wave of spell combination attacks from Xiao Qian. By the time he was exhausted and left the field, Phil had already refined three spell cards.

The second Pokémon to appear was the magical beast Jackal. In the previous challenge, it was in the same order, but Phil only had one spell card in his hand at the time, and before he could collect three spirit cores, he was taken away by the opponent in one wave.

Because cartoon elves are the natural enemies of iron-type elves with high defense and low health.

In the past, Phil always used the jackal's extremely high defense to delay time, trying to refine three spell cards as quickly as possible to trigger the characteristics and evolve into the Jackal King. However, he encountered the penetration characteristic that ignored defense, so this move was naturally a dead end.

Keeping the lesson in mind, Phil activated the spell card "Nightmare Bars" as soon as the Jackal appeared. A huge hemispherical iron cage fell from the sky, covering the entire playing field. The iron cage emitted an invisible oppressive force inward, making the elves on both sides unable to move.

【Normal Magic: Nightmare Bars】

[Effect: All monsters cannot attack for 2 turns (counting your opponent's turn), and this card is destroyed after 2 turns.]

In terms of the effect of blocking attacks, "Sword of Sealing Light" is the most well-known spell card, which has the effect of unilaterally blocking the opponent's elves for three rounds. Unfortunately, this is a B-level card, and it is impossible to refine it with Phil's current four-star spiritual power, unless he has a burst of luck like the last time he obtained the "Black Hole".

But even if she had this spell card, she would not use it, because once she chose to refine it into a B-level spell card, Phil would use up all the spiritual power in her body and would no longer be able to refine other spell cards. Even if she could win the next game, it would be a loss for the entire duel.

With the protection of "Iron Bars of Nightmare", Phil successfully activated the other two spell cards, collecting the spirit core for the jackal, and then activated the characteristics on the spot, evolving it into the Jackal King.

Then, Phil gave the Jackal King two spirit cores by refining and using an E-level spell card.

The Jackal King has the ability to consume spirit cores, invalidate the opponent's elf characteristics, and destroy them. In addition, after training in recent days, his level has been raised from level 15 to level 18, so his attack power is not inferior to the cartoon egg dragon.

After a fierce fight between the two elves, the Jackal King, who was in better condition, finally won.

The second Pokémon sent by Xiao Qian was a four-star Cartoon Crocodile, with a racial stat of 800 attack power and 1600 defense power. It had no special characteristics and was much weaker than Cartoon Egg Dragon. In the end, it died together with the Jackal King by self-destruction.

The third elves summoned by both sides were the Magic Beautician and the Passionate Minotaur.

Phil activated the "Black Energy Stone" that covered the field in the previous duel, and the equipment card "Devil's Kiss", plus the Spirit Core automatically obtained when the Magic Beautician appeared, which increased his attack power by 2700 in one go, completely crushing the excited Minotaur.

This resulted in the passionate Minotaur being defeated before Xiao Qian had time to refine the spell card.

Using super strong attack power to quickly end the battle, this is the second set of tactics set by Phil, which successfully blocked the opponent's spell card combination and ended the battle early.

"Everything was as expected, a duel without any surprises."

You Zhi shook his head, not intending to watch the next gym challenge, and stood up to leave. At this moment, the lights in the competition arena suddenly dimmed and went out.

"What's going on? Is there a power outage?"

"Will a big city like Mankind also have power outages?"

"Where's the backup power? Hurry up and start it. I remember every gym is equipped with a generator, and some are even powered by Electric Pokémon."

It was still daytime, and the lack of lights made it just a little darker, but far from being pitch dark. Therefore, the audience was only surprised for a while and did not panic.

After a while, as everyone expected, the power was restored and the entire stadium was lit up again.

Just when everyone thought it was just an ordinary short power outage, suddenly, all the radio speakers in the city sounded, emitting a shrill air raid sirens, leaving everyone confused.

"Air raid? No way, Manjin City is an inland city!"