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On the way home, David opened his system panel.
Host: David
Trainer Class: New Trainer — Newcomer Cup Champion
Special Ability: Aura Power · Advanced (Pseudo)
Skills: Pokémon Knowledge (Advanced), Pokémon Breeding (Intermediate), Mythology Research (Advanced)
Pokémon: Zorua (Hisuian Form), Lucario, Kirlia (Shiny), Shelgon (Overlord)
Items: Key Stone, Deep Sea Fishing Rod, various sundries stored in system space Achievement Points: 37,690
He looked at the number and felt a quiet sense of satisfaction.
It wasn't as though the points had come easily. As his strength had grown, so had the threshold for earning rewards — opponents below the Veteran level no longer yielded anything at all. But that same growth had opened up new channels entirely, and the rewards from each qualifying win had scaled up considerably.
The biggest contributor over recent months had been the Gym challenges. Three Gyms, nearly seventeen thousand points between them. The Hundred Flowers Gym alone had been unusually generous — four thousand points for completing the challenge, and another four thousand on top of that for defeating the Gym Leader. That alone had almost doubled what the other two Gyms had provided, and it had come with a random item draw opportunity on top.
The nine-game winning streak in ranked battles today, plus the promotion bonus for reaching Great Ball IV, had added nearly four thousand more.
All told, the trend was clear: the stronger he became, the faster the points came in.
So. What do I do with thirty-seven thousand points?
David scratched the back of his head, genuinely torn.
After setting aside what he planned to spend on Max Revives for Shelgon, the remainder was enough to fund three standard ten-pull draws. He had been holding off on giving Shelgon the items because he wanted it to fully absorb the energy it had taken in during the Dragon Festival first. Its growth over this period had been rapid enough that there was no urgency — building a solid foundation now would pay off more in the long run.
But the question remained: draw now, or keep saving?
Three ten-pulls would likely turn up something useful. On the other hand, if he held on long enough for a legendary-tier ten-pull — that required a full hundred thousand points, and he hadn't even reached half of that yet. At his current rate, a legendary ten-pull was probably not happening until university. Waiting that long would mean sitting on the drawing function unused for years.
David thought it over for another minute, then made up his mind.
Draw now.
Saving for a hundred thousand points would take too long. Better to put what he had toward something tangible and trust that the points would come faster as he kept growing.
"System."
"Here."
"I want to do one standard ten-pull, one single legendary draw, and — right, before those, use the random item draw from the Hundred Flowers Gym reward first."
"Ding~ Request received. Drawing now."
With the command issued, David reached over and ruffled the fur on top of Zorua's head. The little Pokémon had, somehow, found its way out of its Poké Ball again and was trotting along at his side.
A little borrowed luck never hurt.
Zorua, caught off guard by the sudden contact, shot him an indignant look. It had no idea what its Trainer was doing — the system interface was invisible to everyone but David — and from Zorua's perspective, he was simply acting strange again for no apparent reason.
David smiled, gave it two more pats, and let it be.
He settled the plan in his mind. After deducting the Max Revive costs for Shelgon, the remaining points covered three ten-pulls, but he wasn't going to spend all of it in one go. One standard ten-pull as usual, one single legendary draw — he had been curious about the legendary tier ever since he first noticed the option — and then roughly ten thousand points held in reserve for unexpected needs. The legendary single draw cost significantly more per pull, but it was at least within reach for now, and waiting any longer felt pointless.
The random item draw first, though. A warm-up.
The familiar sequence played out — streaks of light crossing his field of vision, then fading. As they dispersed, a deep purple glow bloomed in the centre, and before David had even registered the result consciously, a smile had already found its way onto his face.
A warm-up draw with that colour was a good sign.
Let's see what it is.
He checked immediately.
His hand stilled.
What appeared before him was a small quantity of ash, shimmering with an unusual, otherworldly light.
Sacred Ash.
He recognised it without needing to think. In the legend of Ho-Oh, Sacred Ash was the treasure at the heart of the story — the substance Ho-Oh had used to revive the three Pokémon that had perished in the fire, transforming them into the legendary trio of Raikou, Entei, and Suicune. An item tied directly to one of the most significant events in Pokémon legend.
But purple tier?
David came back to himself and immediately felt the incongruity. If this was the actual Sacred Ash from Ho-Oh's miracle, purple rarity was nowhere near sufficient. Gold would barely cover it.
He pulled up the item description.
"Diluted Sacred Ash: When Ho-Oh's Sacred Ash revived the three Pokémon who perished in the fire at the Brass Tower, a small remnant was left behind. This is a portion of that ash. It still carries a trace of Ho-Oh's life force. While it has lost the divine power to resurrect the dead, it retains the ability to fully restore any Pokémon from injury, so long as even a faint spark of life remains."
That clarified things. Not the full Sacred Ash — a remnant of it. The resurrection power was gone. But complete restoration from any injury, provided the Pokémon was still alive?
That was still extraordinary. In practical terms, it was an extra life for whichever Pokémon needed it most.
David hadn't expected a warm-up draw to land something like this. If the random item draw started here, what was waiting in the ten-pull?
He was considerably more eager now than he had been a moment ago.