"Ooo, what's the matter? You can ask Icarus. You're not thinking of regretting it, are you?"
Uncle Sam, who had been immersed in excitement over the excellent qualifications, immediately came back to his senses and looked at Icarus.
"That's not it. I just want to ask… will evolution be particularly painful?"
"Pain? No. For Pokémon, the white light of evolution only brings warmth and peace.
Of course, if you use energy crystals to assist evolution, it will be a little painful. The higher the quality, the more painful it becomes. It's very possible for a Pokémon to lose consciousness from the pain. When that happens, the energy can become uncontrollable, and the evolution may fail… the Pokémon could even lose its life.
Why are you asking that… don't tell me—"
As a commoner who had managed to climb to the Elite level, Uncle Sam was no fool. He quickly grasped the key point after thinking for a moment.
"High-grade Grass-type crystals, combined with the more corrosive mid-grade Poison-type crystals… the pain would definitely be like being skinned alive. Can your Bellsprout endure that?"
After speaking, he didn't even wait for Icarus's reaction and continued deducing on his own.
"So that's how it is… gains and losses. This evolution method must be extremely painful, which results in a relatively high failure rate. That explains the value."
"So I've always been just an ant…"
After hearing Uncle Sam's deduction, Icarus tried his best to keep the same expression on his face. But his clenched fists and trembling shoulders clearly showed that he was far from calm.
"How ridiculous. I thought everything I did had created a foolproof evolution method. Even if I humbled myself to the bone… it only meant I had the qualification to be ignored by those above me!"
The anger and sorrow in his heart surged continuously. The painful cries of Bellsprout from last night appeared in his mind again.
Just a little more… and he really would have lost Bellsprout!!!
Fortunately, Uncle Sam was still calculating the feasibility and failure rate of the evolution method. Icarus kept his head lowered, so he didn't attract much attention.
"It's fine. Let's exchange."
Perhaps because he wanted to invest in the future, or perhaps because he himself couldn't fully judge the high failure rate of the plan, Uncle Sam eventually handed the "Exercising Technique" manual to Icarus.
After all, the technique itself was nothing more than cheap goods.
"Okay. Thank you, Uncle Sam."
After hearing that the transaction was successful, Icarus calmed himself as much as possible, bowed slightly, and left.
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After leaving the villa district, he walked along the street and looked at the Poké Ball containing Weepinbell.
Last night, Bellsprout's miserable cries and that blood-covered figure seemed to appear before his eyes again.
"Bang!"
"Boom!"
He found a roadside tree and began punching and kicking it frantically.
"This fucking world! Damn it! Treating me like a test subject! Who the hell do you think you are?!
My Bellsprout almost died! Do you know that?!"
Fortunately, the path was remote. Otherwise, someone would probably have reported him immediately seeing his crazed behavior.
After venting for a while, he looked dejectedly at his torn clothes and blood-stained hands.
"I will climb step by step… to the highest level. One day, no one will be able to control me at will!"
After calming down, he simply bandaged the wound with medicine, then left the remote path and returned to the bustling street. His expression returned to its usual calm indifference.
Soon he arrived at the department store and bought 20 high-quality Grass-type Energy Cubes.
They cost him 2,000 Pokédollars, leaving him with 13,000 Pokédollars.
These Energy Cubes were usually enough for low- to mid-level Pokémon to eat one at a time.
The Pokédex suggested five days—that would require fifteen—but to be safe, he bought twenty.
After that, he went to the vegetable market, bought some food for the next few days, and returned home.
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Back home, after putting everything away, he released Weepinbell and Pidgey into the open space in the backyard to discuss the plan for the next few days.
"First, Weepinbell."
Icarus tapped Weepinbell lightly.
"Spri spri (_)" Weepinbell immediately raised her much larger leaf to signal she was listening.
"For the next five or six days, eat and rest well every day. Don't use your energy casually.
You must integrate the remaining energy in your body into your own energy core as soon as possible. If you can do that, your potential will very likely reach the first-class level.
Of course, the remaining energy in your body might not be enough. Just in case, I bought these top-grade Energy Cubes for you. You must work hard."
After speaking, Icarus took out a dark-green Energy Cube from his backpack and placed it in front of Weepinbell, signaling that she should eat these for the next few days.
"Spri? Spri? Spri~!"
Weepinbell looked confused.
No daily training? Just eating and resting?
And with such energy-rich food?
This was amazing!
"Pidgey! Pidgey!"
Pidgey, standing beside them, looked extremely envious.
"Hey, I'll take you for a qualification test in five days. If you don't advance, then you're finished."
Seeing Weepinbell's shining eyes, Icarus had no choice but to explain again.
"Don't think eating and resting is enough. You must absorb the energy from the food and the remaining energy in your body completely."
"Spri spri!"
Weepinbell patted her wide mouth with a leaf, clearly expressing confidence in her digestive ability.
"Alright. Now, Pidgey."
Icarus turned his attention to the small bird Pokémon.
"Pidgey~?"
Pidgey looked at him expectantly, wondering if he had the same mission.
"Unfortunately for you, Pidgey, while Weepinbell is accumulating energy these days, you'll continue the training plan we already set.
But there's one very important task: when you practice wind-type moves, try to understand the principle behind them.
Then try to modify the move.
Control the wind within a limited range, compress it, and pour all your Flying-type energy into that compressed wind."
Yes—Icarus wanted to see if Pidgey could develop Air Cutter.
Even if he couldn't fully create the move, maybe he could develop a weaker wind blade variation. That would give Pidgey another attack method.
"Pidgey? Pidgey~"
Pidgey tilted his head. He admitted he had never thought about the reason before. His instincts simply told him to use the move that way, so he did. He had no clue how to change it.
"Don't worry, Pidgey. I'll train with you. We'll explore it together.
And you'll get benefits too."
As he spoke, Icarus took out the Normal-grade snake meat from his backpack.
"For the next few days, since Weepinbell will be eating Energy Cubes, this forty jin of Normal-grade snake meat will be yours.
Train well and absorb the energy from it. When you feel your energy has reached its limit, you can evolve."
"Pidgey! Pidgey!"
Seeing the energy-rich meat, Pidgey instantly became motivated.
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