Chapter 19: Endless Routines
The potential of Pokémon is limitless.
Then… why is it that with the same training time, some Pokémon become stronger than others at the same stage?
The famous master of Pokémon literature, Mr. Lu Xun, once said, ‘Where are geniuses? I’m just training my Pokémon during the time other trainers let their Pokémon rest.’
Riolu, who was already diligent and motivated, seemed to have received a life-changing maxim upon hearing this, and trained even harder.
Eevee, however, felt nothing from this.
At this moment, Eevee ran, recalling the knowledge Li Wei had shared with her and Riolu, and couldn’t help but feel a faint sense of guilt.
Reflecting on Riolu’s diligent actions and then looking at herself, she felt she was ‘lazy and gluttonous’ and had really let Li Wei down.
Under Li Wei’s powerful “Pu’er” (manipulative) influence, Eevee felt she couldn’t be like this.
As a Pokémon, she had to stand up! At least she had to be diligent! Just like Riolu! And… she wanted to be a Pokémon that could make Li Wei proud!!
Thus, Eevee watched the conveyor belt speeding beneath her feet, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes, feeling she had to try harder!
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Several hours passed.
Whether it was the high quality of the Gems or Eevee’s efforts paying off, just after dinner that day when both Pokémon came to the gym for a second round of exercise, Eevee had successfully used Quick Attack!
Simply put, Quick Attack is a combination of ‘running fast + tackling’. When the Pokémon runs, one can clearly see afterimages trailing behind it, and its body is enveloped in white light of the Normal-type energy.
Li Wei, who was sitting nearby to aid digestion, saw Eevee successfully use Quick Attack on the treadmill and ‘poofed,’ spitting out the cola he had just taken into his mouth.
It truly had the Potential of an Emperor, with no impurities, and had formed kidney stones.
Li Wei expressed… happiness and madness at Eevee’s terrifying learning speed.
What is this! This Eevee can actually do it if she tries!
After expressing such excited emotions, Li Wei silently took out his small notebook from his pocket and added three to four training plans to Eevee’s training plan page.
‘Hehehe, I’m sure Eevee will happily accept.’
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The ignorant Eevee was merely immersed in the joy of successfully learning a skill, overlooking the ‘malice’ hidden in Li Wei’s smiling face, and was unable to extricate herself from the ‘candy encouragement’ called massage.
But the joys and sorrows of Pokémon and humans are different. Watching Eevee and Li Wei interacting, Riolu only felt they were noisy.
What’s up with this Eevee sis?
He was the one who started training first!
Why did Eevee sis, who never trained and only slept, master a skill in a few hours that took him a week to comprehend??
“Riu…”
Riolu doubted his life a little.
【 Unwilling!!! 】
This Aura, imbued with strong emotion, immediately caught Li Wei’s attention. He looked up at Riolu beside him.
Riolu’s expression was cute, with puffed cheeks conveying a peculiar jealousy, and his eyes held the famous winter saying, ‘I was here first…’
Although it was sour, and Riolu’s expression at the moment was like he had eaten several lemons raw, more than the sourness, he felt a competitive drive.
Seeing Li Wei’s gaze on him, Riolu clenched his small fists, took a few deep breaths, and as if making a decision, shouted a few times at Li Wei before turning and rushing out of the gym.
“Ruru!”
【 I’m going out to train!! Accompany me! 】
As a Pokémon naturally gifted with powerful Aura, after a week of Aura training through Tai Chi, his perception of Aura became even more sensitive.
He could now instinctively capture the surrounding Aura and differentiate it keenly. With this ability, it was easy for him to know which place in this house would be more conducive to his training.
After rushing out of the gym, Riolu didn’t run out the main door immediately but turned and ran upstairs. He ran down the long corridor and then pushed open a room door with a blue sign.
Even though it was his first time there, Riolu could discern where the owner of this room was hiding solely by Aura perception. He ran towards the dragon climbing frame by the window, grabbed a tail with two Orbs growing on it, and yanked its owner off the climbing frame.
“Ruru!!!”
【 I want to go out and train, will you accompany me? 】
Li Wei had warned Riolu long ago not to go out alone.
Li Wei said he was still a child, and if he wanted to go out, he needed to be accompanied by a larger Pokémon.
Compared to Mime Jr., who performed pantomimes in front of him every day, Riolu instinctively felt that this blue big snake was much more reliable.
“Woo…”
But at this moment, the ‘blue big snake’ that was judged to be reliable, Dragonair, was fast asleep. He was dreaming of causing storms above the dome and enjoying the worship of his followers. Before he could even lament the changing fortunes of life, Dragonair suddenly felt a tug on his tail in his dream, followed by a ‘splat’ sound, and he woke up on the ground with his chin hurting.
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He was a bit confused about the current situation. After looking around with his eyes open, he realized that the culprit who pulled him down was Riolu.
A bit helpless.
‘Can I beat him up?’
For a moment, this was the only thought in Dragonair’s mind.
As he raised his tail to put this into practice, he heard Riolu constantly mumbling to him with a naive look, “Accompany me to train!” “Brother Dragonair, won’t you accompany me to train?!!”
The anger in his heart… instantly extinguished.
‘Hehehe, he called me brother.’
To be honest, Dragonair, who had always been exploited by the various powerful Pokémon at home, had never felt like a big shot, like he was the center of attention, or like he was awesome, as he did at this moment.
Wow, is this what it feels like to be worshipped?
In an instant, he felt his family status was comparable to that of the boss Gallade.
“Woo!!”
【 No problem!! Brother will accompany you out!! 】
The resentment of having his tail pulled, the dream of being worshipped by everyone—in reality, the thrill of being called “big brother” by this cute Riolu was more satisfying~
“Ruru!!”
【 Thank you, Brother Dragonair!! 】
The sincere Riolu fulfilled Dragonair’s humble dream.
At this point, the two Pokémon who had reached an agreement didn’t even bother with the main door.
Eager to train, Riolu opened the window and jumped straight out, using a nearby tree branch to buffer his landing before easily reaching the ground. After getting up, he ran towards the place he had trained during the day.
Dragonair, who had gotten ahead of himself, floated out the window and stared at Riolu running rapidly below, his smile so much that it could be described as perverted.
However, since he used flight to get around and not climbing, even if he made a hole in the roof to go out, it would still be within his character.
Of course, the prerequisite for making a hole in the roof was that he wasn’t afraid of being strangled to death by an enraged Mime Jr. after circling back.
Meanwhile, Eevee, who was enjoying a massage in the gym, couldn’t resist Li Wei’s sweet talk and candy. She also chose to train diligently, starting late into the night.
When Riolu bolted out the door, Li Wei had already devised a clever plan.
So, he slightly curved his lips and said to Eevee,
“Eevee, you’ve truly moved me today, woo woo woo.”
Then he put on a look of relief.
“Bu Yi!”
Compared to Riolu’s training results, Eevee felt a little “floated” too. She proudly raised her head, enjoying the special treatment from a “winner.”
“You truly make me proud~,” Li Wei continued to flatter.
“Bu Yi!”
“I’ve underestimated you all along. You really are very talented~”
“Bu Yi!!”
“Even a Pokémon like Riolu, who has no talent, knows to work hard and be a slow bird that flies first. There’s no reason an excellent Eevee wouldn’t understand, right?”
“Bu Yi! …Bu Yi?”
“No way, no way, surely no Eevee thinks she’s naturally gifted and doesn’t need to work hard?”
“No way, no way, surely no Eevee thinks she can get stronger without training at night?”
“Bu Yi…?”
By the time the conversation reached this point, Eevee was no longer sure what Li Wei was saying.
“As a talented, positive, and trainer-loving Eevee, you definitely won’t refuse to go out and train with me, right!”
There are countless routines, but Eevee couldn’t outplay Li Wei’s passive-aggressive remarks. She felt that if she didn’t agree, she would unexpectedly be saddled with several strange labels.
Although very unwilling, in order to secure the number one position in Li Wei’s heart, Eevee gritted her teeth, pretended to be “I love training the most,” and happily hopped along with Li Wei to train.
These were all tears of hardship…
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Li Wei, possessing Aura Perception, saw all of Eevee’s hidden thoughts. He suppressed a smile, feigned a touched expression, and smiled with relief. He carried Eevee outside the main door and found an open space to continue her training.
Eevee currently only had abundant Psychic Attribute and Fire Attribute Energy. Therefore, besides avoiding over-absorption again, she also needed to replenish what was lacking.
Since Dark-type energy was insufficient, why not replenish Dark-type energy?
But he, Li Wei, was not a devil. How could he bear to let Eevee sleep outside alone in the middle of the night?
Since she couldn’t sleep outside and passively absorb energy, she could only replace it with exercise outside!
Now that she had just learned Quick Attack, he would definitely strike while the iron was hot and conduct “Quick Attack” enhanced training for Eevee.
Reality is not a game. Learning a move doesn’t mean every hit will deal ‘Power 40,’ nor does it mean its limit is ‘Power 40.’
With Mime Jr.’s help, Li Wei found the tools he needed for training—a Frisbee.
Following a set of warm-up exercises by Li Wei, Eevee’s special training began.
Li Wei’s task was to throw the Frisbee, while Eevee’s task was to quickly catch up to the Frisbee using Quick Attack and bite it.
Before trying, Li Wei estimated the speed and distance he could throw the Frisbee based on his former weak otaku arm strength, thinking this might just be a warm-up game for Eevee and he would have to call Dragonair down to throw later.
To his surprise, he had once again underestimated his own strength and the physique of the ‘Pallet Town residents’ in this world.
The Frisbee he threw was actually a few moments faster than Eevee, who had just learned Quick Attack. It wasn’t until the Frisbee landed that Eevee finally managed to run to it and pick it up.
‘Oh ho? So I have potential too!’ Recalling his father’s beast-like demeanor, Li Wei thought that if this could attract more girls, he would consider visiting his father’s ‘Fighting Dojo’ with Riolu and Eevee in the future.
Daydreaming didn’t stop Li Wei from throwing the Frisbee. After all, his job was to throw; running, jumping, and biting were all Eevee’s responsibility.
Over and over again, Li Wei began the special training of throwing and retrieving Frisbees with Eevee.
After repeating this process dozens of times, a strong sense of walking a dog made Li Wei want to laugh.
Of course, he would absolutely not tell Eevee this, nor would he admit that he had done it intentionally.
After all…
Eevee was supposed to train her attribute abilities, right?
New skills needed practice, right?
Practicing at night helped with Dark-type absorption, right?
And most importantly, the action of biting the Frisbee would help her learn the Dark-type move ‘Bite’!
There probably wasn’t a better choice than throwing Frisbees!
Using this logic, Li Wei successfully convinced himself, completely eliminating the last shred of guilt he felt for treating Eevee like a dog, and instead felt righteous about it.
Riolu, who was doing basic Fighting-type training by practicing Horse Stance and punching, watched Eevee playing happily and felt envious. After completing a set of training tasks, he ran over and tugged at Li Wei’s clothes, indicating he wanted to join.
It was just throwing Frisbees. Throwing one or two made no difference to Li Wei. Mime Jr. had found five or six Frisbees from the Warehouse, so Li Wei simply nodded and let Riolu join.
Unlike Eevee, who bit the Frisbee, Li Wei’s initial task for Riolu was to catch it with both hands.
However, unexpectedly, unlike Eevee who barely kept up, Riolu easily caught up to the Frisbee, leaped, reached out, and grabbed it in one fluid motion!
The entire sequence was so smooth and graceful that Li Wei couldn’t help but whistle and exclaim how cool it was!
Riolu, running on two legs, didn’t even use Quick Attack, and his base speed already surpassed Eevee, who was running desperately on four legs.
Seeing Riolu’s strength had reached such a level, Li Wei couldn’t help but stop his actions, carefully consider Riolu’s training plan, and recalling the skills he intended for him to master, Li Wei changed the game.
The target for throwing Frisbees to Riolu switched to Dragonair, and Riolu’s hands, which were supposed to “catch” the Frisbee, needed to be replaced with his feet. He had to kick the Frisbee back at Dragonair before it landed.
With the changed rules, the purely speed-based training was converted into lower limb agility and strength training.
The change in training objective was also one of the reasons Li Wei decided to have Dragonair throw the Frisbees. After all, the faster he threw, the better Riolu’s training results would be.
Besides that, the more realistic reason was that Dragonair was more durable.
After all, as a weak human, he was a bit afraid of being hit in the head by a Frisbee kicked back at him. But for the thick-skinned Dragonair, he probably wouldn’t have such worries, right?
Of course, Dragonair didn’t understand Li Wei’s true intentions. He only thought that Li Wei was willing to play with him.
Upon hearing Li Wei’s game invitation, he happily zipped down from the roof, elegantly coiled his body on the lawn, hooked a Frisbee on the ground with his tail, and smiled happily looking at Riolu charging up not far away.
‘Hehe!! Finally, someone is willing to play games with me!!!’
Dragonair was only 2 years old this year. Because of his naturally powerful species, Li Yuan Sheng had him spend two years in his Mini Dragon stage to fully develop his potential.
As an initial form Pokémon, he couldn’t possibly fight against the group of powerful Pokémon who had followed Li Yuan Sheng and Tian Lan for nearly twenty years. Even after evolving into Dragonair, this tragic situation didn’t improve.
Even a Delibird could beat him up and spin him around like a top…
Such a glaring difference in strength had severely hurt Dragonair’s small heart.
With a huge gap between him and his brothers, Dragonair could only focus on training every day, with little time left for play.
Therefore, upon receiving Li Wei’s game invitation and looking at the young Pokémon around him, Dragonair felt like he had ‘finally found his group,’ bringing tears to his eyes!! With his unextinguished childlike innocence, he quickly integrated into the group of youngsters.
Throughout the night, filled with laughter and joy, the three Pokémon played and trained to their hearts’ content.
And Li Wei… was almost choking from holding back his laughter.
This was a story where a plan led to a grand victory and a significant increase in affinity.
This… felt truly great.
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Today’s P.Y.: 《 We Monster Don’t Want to Die 》 Transmigrated into a Black Dragon, but the World is Full of Players. To survive, gather monsters around him, establish the most difficult dungeon in history, and strive to become an unconquerable Black Dragon BOSS, the great savior of monsters.
The link is in the author’s notes. Feel free to grab it if you like.
Timo’s Flop Diary
June 24th, Cloudy / Light Rain
Today… I slept all day.
I don’t have any real feelings about being a flop.
However, when I went out to get something today, standing in the courtyard and taking a deep breath, the scent of the damp soil mixed with fresh grass in the lawn was very pleasant.
It was very comforting and relaxing.
For a moment, the soul of a dead flop seemed to be sublimated.
And so…
I foolishly and foolishly stayed outside for five minutes.
……
There is also a sad thing today.
It’s like this.
I went out to get something, got rained on, and enjoyed the quiet of life.
I ran into my father who was going to Grandmother’s house.
And at the same time, I needed to go to the garage entrance to get my hamburger dinner.
Since no one was feeding me today, my sister drove over to bring me food.
On this rainy day, my father kindly volunteered.
When they came back, he walked over with my sister.
Father, holding a bag in one hand and a cola in the other, asked me, “Are there two hamburgers? Give me one?”
Sister said, “I only bought one.”
After all… Father has food.
Then, Father said, “Oh, okay, are you going to eat it?” he asked me.
Me: “Yes…” I wasn’t hungry, but my sister drove all the way to bring it to me, so it would be really rude not to eat it.
Then, Father continued to ask, “Do you want to drink the cola?” As he asked this, his hand tightly gripped the cola.
Tightly.
Me: “No… no, I don’t.”
I sold my soul.
I haven’t had cola in a month and a half.
Heartbroken.
Ahhhhhh!
