Chapter 94: A Girl Should Be Paired With A Shiny Female Machamp
Tian Bai nagged for half a day, starting from Mo Jiu and then talking about Li Wei, before diverging into a rambling expansion.
During this time, the few who weren’t affected by the Golden Fillet calmly finished a pot of tea and ate up the tea snacks made by Mime Jr.
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“Let’s go, buy Pokémon. After buying Pokémon, we’ll eat.”
Tian Bai, who had talked herself dry-mouthed, downed the already cold tea in her cup in one gulp and said to the group.
“OK~”
“Eh? Buy Pokémon?”
Unlike the others who calmly got up and left, Li Wei was unaware of this arrangement.
“Yeah, haven’t we all gotten our trainee qualification certificates? And we should nurture new Pokémon too. Even Mo Jiu is planning to buy one.
What about you? No plans? If you do, think about it on the way, and let’s go to the Pokémon Center to buy them together?”
While dragging Li Wei outward, she said to him.
“I don’t have plans to buy a new Pokémon yet. I don’t lack one recently, and the resources needed for Magikarp and Riolu are quite a lot lately. I’ll consider other Pokémon after both of them evolve, or at least after one evolves.”
Li Wei scratched his head and replied.
“Eh? Are they going to evolve?”
Tian Bai’s shout made everyone walking in the courtyard turn their heads back.
Evolution?
For all Pokémon Trainers, this was a top-priority major event, its importance no less than “Your wife is pregnant?” back on Earth.
Especially for the three single-stage evolution Pokémon that Li Wei had—Magikarp, Riolu, and Eevee—the importance was about the same as taking one’s first time on the wedding night.
“Wow! I missed your Eevee’s evolution. No matter what, if possible, please let me watch Magikarp’s evolution! A Magikarp over a meter long! If it evolves, how huge will that Gyarados be!
You must tell me!! I bought a camera from Sonnini a few days ago, just waiting for a day like this!”
While Tian Bai said this to Li Wei with stars in her eyes, the other partners behind also expressed “Take me along” with their faces.
Pokémon Evolution is just like giving birth to a child. Whether close or not, whether there’s an opportunity or not, those who like kids or have a good relationship all want to join in the fun.
“Sure, I estimate it’ll be just a few days after enrollment. I made a training schedule for Magikarp, and lately it’s all extreme training.”
Saying this, Li Wei turned to look at Magikarp, who was still stubbornly doing Splash even during afternoon tea time, and asked him, “Old salty fish, do you want to come with us to go shopping for Pokémon and then eat? Or stay home for special training?”
Magikarp had been ready to blurt out “No, I want to stay home” upon hearing Li Wei’s first half about “shopping for Pokémon,” but upon hearing the latter part about “eating,” he forcefully swallowed the first half and loudly shouted, “Karoo Karoo!”
【I want to go out to eat with you all!】
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As expected.
Then, he recalled Magikarp into the Poké Ball, brought Glaceon and Riolu, and set off to the Pokémon Center to accompany his group of partners in buying Pokémon.
On the way, sitting face-to-face in the extended car, they began discussing buying Pokémon.
Buying Pokémon is just like the emperor selecting his harem—not only look at appearance but also consider overall ability, and make temporary adjustments based on the quality of the store’s current stock in （the store）. It’s not always possible to get the desired egg; maybe need to make a reservation, and waiting also carries risks.
In short, it’s like when parents meet under arranged marriage but the couple hasn’t been set up for a date—it’s an information asymmetry intelligence battle. Before the egg hatches, no one knows what’s inside the egg.
After hatching, maybe it’s not good-looking, maybe the talent differs, but the wife carried back with great fanfare and heavy gold can’t be kicked out; can only serve her well and nurture carefully.
And maybe while the Trainer dislikes the Pokémon, by relativity, the Pokémon is also crazily disliking the Trainer themselves.
In any case, the few people in the car were really extremely nervous.
“Speaking of which, Little Jiu, don’t you already have three Pokémon? Do you still need to buy?”
Tian Bai suddenly looked up and asked her.
“Yeah, Absol is an inherited Pokémon, inherited from my parents. My Trainer level is too low, and it’s not allowed in matches. That Ralts has some illness and can’t battle either, so I must buy another one, at least to meet the conditions for participating in 3v3 battles.”
Mo Jiu answered seriously.
Leaving aside when there was an extra inherited Pokémon Absol, and what exactly was up with that Ralts, the elements in this statement overflowed too much······
“So you’ve already assumed you can directly win two in 3v3 and take the match?······”
Tian Bai sighed, indicating she didn’t understand the world of such strong players.
“I plan to buy two Pokémon, but I’ve only decided on one—Happiny. I signed up for logistics after all. Having Mime Jr. and Chansey would make medical jobs more popular, and it fits the major better. After entering professional level, I’d have a head start.”
Tian Bai shared her thoughts and plans with everyone.
“But if they’re all support-type Pokémon, it feels like they’ll take too long to mature. It’ll be a disadvantage in school battles and assessments.
So I want one that has support Ability, develops a bit faster, can occasionally output, doesn’t need to be particularly strong—just good synergy with Mime Jr., since school is mostly double battles, right?
But····· I’ve thought for half a day, and it feels like this idea is just dreaming.
Also said it needs to be strong—how can a support Pokémon be strong before maturing·····
Maybe I should just buy an offensive-type Pokémon, like Beedrill. Purely stack resources and it’s good in a month. After school, leave it home to tend flowers and grass, retire peacefully······ But thinking about it, raising a Beedrill feels a bit creepy······”
Tian Bai suddenly started agonizing, a thought of “Am I really being this picky?” surging in her mind, and this worry undisguisedly showed on her face.
In response, Li Wei just patted her shoulder.
“It’s fine, this isn’t you being picky. I get it, I totally get it!!!!”
He deeply resonated with Tian Bai’s feelings.
Fear of bugs is absolutely innate, and no matter how much of a tomboy Tian Bai was, she was still a girl. Having a girl use a Pokémon like Beedrill was such a waste; a shiny female Machamp was the way to go, right?
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“Cough cough.”
After repenting for two seconds in his brain for the unreliable but surprisingly non-jarring fantasy, Li Wei decided to give Tian Bai some advice as a veteran Pokémon player.
“For your requirement······ actually, I think there really might be a Pokémon that fits······”
Li Wei said.
“Eh? What is it?”
“Pretty cute-looking, evolves early, strong enough after learning a few skills. In terms of annoying opponents, even if not the absolute best, it can rank in the top few······”
“Hm???”
As Li Wei said this, Tian Bai got excited.
There’s such a freebie??
“But it’s strong in double battles only in my pure theory. This world··· no one’s tried it yet. Dare to give it a shot?”
Li Wei asked Tian Bai seriously.
