Chapter 96: If Nausea Doesn’t Kill You, That’s On Me
“Li Wei, you have a big problem.”
Yu Yixian said to Li Wei in a confident tone.
And this behavior of pointing at the other’s nose and shouting ‘look, there’s an idiot over there’ immediately earned him a beating from Tian Bai and Tu Xiaomi.
Everyone was listening seriously and thinking hard, so how come you’re the only one, Yu Yixian, with such a wild style and a slipped disc?
Deserves a beating.
Even the usually ‘shy’ Mo Jiu directed Morpeko to jump up and knock Yu Yixian on the head.
“Hurricane is completely an icing on the cake skill, not essential for battles. Actually, as long as it’s nurtured properly and quickly evolves to master Gust, this double battle system is half complete.
Using the boost effect from Gust, your Mime Jr., Happiny, or its evolved Chansey will all have a significant speed boost. Abilities like Prankster are even better, but if not, it’s fine too—just practice more to compensate for the innate control over Status Moves.
Later on, when you’re more proficient, learn Sunny Day and Solar Beam for explosive output, combined with skills like Hurricane— isn’t that more reliable than Moonblast?”
“Mm-hmm.”
Listening to Li Wei’s explanation, Tian Bai’s eyes sparkled as she nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
Judging by this attitude, she had clearly made up her mind—her newly bought Pokémon would be a Whimsicott.
“Early nurturing focuses on absorbing and using Flying Type energy, casually mastering Grass-type Skills. Output mainly relies on skills like Absorb, Leech Seed, and Poison Powder to wear them down.
Speed Training is a must, and the rest is training dual resistances.
Don’t let its small cotton ball size fool you. After evolution, learn Cotton Guard, Substitute, and Grassy Terrain from a master or at a Gym. In future double battles, open with Gust, then Leech Seed, Substitute, Provocation, and repeat the cycle.
It’ll disgust them to death—that’s on me.”
(ΩДΩ)！！！！！
Li Wei’s friends were all stunned!
Why is this guy’s brain full of such things??
Although they noticed his tactics were a bit weird during training, as ‘gentlemen,’ they never imagined Li Wei’s old scheming routines went far beyond that.
Normally, would anyone suggest a support Trainer raise this kind of Pokémon and use these tactics?
Wait, according to what he said, actually Mime Jr. and Happiny······
And just as they were thinking that, Li Wei indeed spoke up.
“This Pokémon also fits your team’s core concept.
It can fight, support, and heal—extreme self-sufficiency. Unified dual resistance training makes it more terrifying the later it goes. If they can’t one-shot your Pokémon, the opponent is definitely in for endless torment.
Whimsicott will definitely grow faster than your two Pokémon. Don’t overdevelop it—just pour in resources hard, pass the first high-speed Growth Period, then buy a Sun Stone for evolution.
Aim to evolve Whimsicott before the mid-term exam, then do specialized training. With Whimsicott, you can definitely stably pass first year university, even if your score isn’t high—like eighty—but at least you’ll pass the elite exam with everyone else, no problem.
A year later, it should be your Pokémon’s breakout period. Both battle scores and medical scores will skyrocket.
Unless their strength absolutely crushes your lineup, they basically can’t beat you. Credits are within reach.”
Li Wei gave his final evaluation of the ‘Whimsicott paired with Happiny and Mime Jr.’ lineup system he recommended to her.
“Mm-hmm!!! It’s fine, first year university battles are only 10% anyway, no big deal. Score higher on liberal arts exams, daily papers, and homework, and it’ll be okay. I can pick more reliable courses during course selection.”
“Yeah, as long as you have it figured out.”
Li Wei nodded and said so.
“But, Tian Bai, are you really going pure support?”
Tu Xiaomi suddenly asked with some doubt.
“Mm······ pretty much.”
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Then why don’t you take the loop off your Mime Jr.’s hand???
Tian Bai, seeing her friends’ expressions, helplessly asked them in return,
“Body Strengthening and pure support shouldn’t conflict, right??”
“Mm, no conflict, no conflict.”
“But if there’s a chance, I’d still like to raise an output Pokémon later, but it can’t fall too far behind the team.
If I remember right, we have practical courses in third year university or fourth year university. Raising one in advance means I won’t drag my feet too much when going on missions with veteran professional Trainers, right?”
Tian Bai thought for a moment and then said.
“Oh! You mean the Secret Realm internship? And it’s a formal large Secret Realm support internship!!”
Mentioning this, Tu Xiaomi’s eyes lit up too.
“I checked my course schedule early too. I have one in third year university, but it’s exploration type. I mainly signed up for nurturing, specifically Plant Cultivation. I need to go collect samples on-site.
Considering the timing, if I want a good score and not drag my feet by then, I need to nurture some usable Pokémon too.”
Tu Xiaomi said.
“I’m planning to buy a Budew this time. Poison Rose and Roserade after evolution are really pretty and elegant.
It can also tie into my research topic.”
“Research topic??”
Zhou Fengjue and Yu Yixian recoiled in tactical surprise, expressing shock.
What kind of devil vocabulary is this?
“Yeah? Haven’t you guys thought about your second year university research topic directions yet?”
Hearing this from Tu Xiaomi, everyone in the car fell into another weird silence.
What is this all about?
Did they see a beauty on the street? The deal’s not even close, but they’re already naming the kid.
“Don’t tell me you’ve all looked at the university courses???”
Li Wei asked, somewhat surprised.
“Yeah.”
Answering him was the five’s unanimous response.
“No way, isn’t the course selection channel still a month away???”
“No, three and a half weeks.”
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Listening to their serious answers, Li Wei felt his emphasis on the start of school was indeed still insufficient.
Was it because this top university admission letter came too easily? Or compared to going to university, transmigrating to the Pokémon World had a bigger impact and attraction on him?
“Come on, off-topic!!”
Declaring ‘my turn,’ Tu Xiaomi clapped her hands, pulling the topic back to buying Pokémon eggs.
“What should I pick for my third Pokémon?”
“Do you have any reference range? Or like, a specific description?”
Zhou Fengjue asked her.
“Mainly Grass-type, since it’s plant research—Grass-type Pokémon would fit better. But Grass-type Pokémon always seem prone to frustration, since Grass-type’s coverage is too limited. But I don’t like Politoed······ I’m really torn right now.”
As problem child number two finished voicing her dilemma, the car had already pulled into the underground parking lot of the Pokémon Center and stopped.
The six got out of the car while starting to brainstorm together—what other stylish combinations could this Grass-type Pokémon have?
