Chapter 113: The Terrifying Consumption Of A Gym Leader Level Trainer
“How’s the qualification?” Lu Li asked with concern.
“The qualification is also very good. It was detected as Elite Level qualification right after birth. If nurtured well, the qualification can become even better after evolution, and it might even reach Gym Level.”
Lian Sheyi’s tone was full of excitement. With the Pokémon’s companionship, Lian Sheyi had walked out of the shadow of his grandfather being scammed to death. Now, Lian Sheyi was filled with expectation for the future.
Lu Li was also sincerely happy for this friend. After Jin Huang, Lian Sheyi had finally found his own bright path.
Compared to Jin Huang, Lian Sheyi’s path might be more dangerous and bumpy, but for a commoner at the very bottom, becoming an investigator was already an ancestral virtue.
After chatting for a while longer, Lian Sheyi left, as he still had to rush to board the airplane.
This world also has airplanes, but the airlines in this world are much harder to operate because every airplane must be equipped with two flight trainers, and they have to be elite trainers.
This also leads to airplane tickets in this world being extremely expensive, outrageously so.
However, Lian Sheyi is considered a poor student with alliance subsidies, so he doesn’t need to pay for the airplane ticket.
Back at the hotel, Lu Li took out the box from his pocket.
“I wonder what Lian Sheyi actually gave me.” Lu Li curiously opened the box.
What came into view was a small bottle filled with nutrient solution and a vivid green seed.
As a berry planting master, Lu Li could tell the origin of this seed at a glance.
This was a Mysterious Fruit Seed.
Mysterious Fruit is a very special berry, or rather, a very metaphysical fruit.
The effect of Mysterious Fruit is similar to Sitou Fruit; both gamble an enhancement at the price of life. Unlike Sitou Fruit’s one-time development of speed potential, the effect of Mysterious Fruit is completely random.
In the wilderness, after a Pokémon eats Mysterious Fruit, it will enhance its hit ability once.
In the real world, hit rate is truly very metaphysical. It can be scientifically improved, but it cannot be fully explained by science.
Because skill hit rate involves all aspects, such as eyesight, speed, spiritual power, and so on.
Mysterious Fruit develops one of them. For example, after a Bidoof eats it, its eyesight will become better; the same for Charmander. But for Pokémon without eyes, Mysterious Fruit might randomly improve sense of smell or perception ability.
Mysterious Fruit is similar to Sitou Fruit. Although not as rare as Sand Scale Fruit, it is much rarer than the vast majority of normal berries.
Lu Li decided to find time to go back and plant the seed, as it was both a testament to friendship and a precious berry.
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Qingfeng City Airport.
“You shouldn’t have gone to say goodbye to your friend, and you even wasted a slot to exchange for a Mysterious Fruit Seed.” The middle-aged man looked at his disciple and sighed.
Lian Sheyi chuckled softly, “Teacher, you know that with my merit points, there aren’t many things I can exchange for. Mysterious Fruit is definitely the highest cost-performance option. Maybe in a few years, I can get a Mysterious Fruit from Lu Li.”
“The seed is secondary.” The middle-aged man shook his head, then explained, “You should know that after your one year of closed training, you’ll have to go on an undercover mission. At that time, your friend will become your only flaw.”
Lian Sheyi said calmly, “Compared to the alliance, I trust my friend more. If we’re talking about flaws, there will definitely be more people inside the alliance who know my identity by then.”
“Trusting someone too much is not a good thing, especially for an undercover agent.”
“I know, but in a world with no one trustworthy, isn’t that a tragedy in itself?” Lian Sheyi asked in return.
Hearing this, the middle-aged man fell silent.
He recalled the time when he had just become an investigator; his thoughts back then were the same as Lian Sheyi’s now.
But after witnessing betrayal after betrayal during undercover missions, he became less and less trusting of the word “trust.”
As the saying goes, broken bones are the best textbooks. Now he only hoped that when Lian Sheyi understood this, it wouldn’t come at the price of his own life.
“Let’s go, it’s time to board.” The middle-aged man urged.
Lian Sheyi nodded, then turned his head for one last look at the city.
“Teacher, logically speaking, they shouldn’t need you for a wanted criminal like that, right?”
“That wanted criminal surnamed Qiu was just handled incidentally. My main mission is to investigate the one surnamed Yu.”
“Gym Leader Yu? Isn’t his reputation in Qingfeng City very high? He’s called the Light of the Commoners, almost an idol for all us commoners.”
“He’s not as glamorous as he appears on the surface, nor as upright as you imagine.”
“For example?”
“For example, keeping a mistress, and…”
Their conversation didn’t attract the attention of those around them, as if something was isolating their voices.
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Back at the hotel, Lu Li cultivated directly until the next day.
After getting up, brushing teeth, and washing his face, Lu Li first opened his phone to check the college entrance examination app. Seeing no match today, he decided to go to Aunt Liu Li early, then return home to plant the Mysterious Fruit.
Liu Li’s Ecological Garden is very famous in Qingfeng City; it’s the Pokémon ecological park second only to the alliance ecological park.
After opening the phone navigation, Lu Li called a car.
40 minutes later.
Lu Li stopped in front of a nursery.
Normally, ecological parks and nurseries are almost always together. Where there’s an ecological park, there’s bound to be a nursery, but not necessarily vice versa.
After entering the store, Lu Li explained his purpose to the attendant.
“Hello, I’m looking for Aunt Liu Li.”
“Do you have an appointment?” The attendant asked while flipping through the book.
“My name is Lu Li.”
Hearing this, the youthful and beautiful attendant directly closed the book, and a bit of respect appeared on her face.
“Please follow me. By the way, my name is Liu Si, and I’m Mentor Liu Li’s apprentice.” The attendant introduced herself.
Walking ahead, Liu Si explained while leading the way, “The mentor told me when she returned yesterday. She said if you came, to bring you directly to her. At this time, the mentor is probably still resting.”
Going out the back door of the nurturing department required passing through the ecological park. While passing the ecological park, Lu Li unexpectedly spotted a quite precious Pokémon.
Seeing Lu Li’s gaze attracted by that Bisharp, Liu Si explained arrogantly, “That’s Gym Leader Yu’s Bisharp, also the main force of his second tier.”
“Gym Leader Yu’s second tier is all here?” Lu Li asked curiously.
Liu Si answered, “Only three, but the gym leader’s third tier is all here.”
“All the way to the third tier…”
Lu Li secretly marveled in his heart. Third tier meant 18 Pokémon; how much would the daily nurturing fee cost? No wonder those trainers later established families.
Lu Li, sighing inwardly, was soon led to a small villa.
