Chapter 136: The Fastest Simulation

Chapter 136: Chapter 136: The Fastest Simulation

A/N:6/8 Bonus Chapters

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After round after round of praise from challengers, the number of Trainers coming to challenge Veilstone Gym was rapidly increasing.

Julian had no choice but to limit the number of challengers received each day.

He arranged challenge times in order according to the sequence in which they visited.

At the same time, he posted an announcement on Veilstone Gym’s official website and the Trainer forum, stating that Veilstone Gym’s appointments had already been booked until one week later.

Veilstone Gym welcomed all Trainers to challenge it.

However, challengers planning to visit Veilstone Gym in the near future were advised to consider other Gyms.

Every Gym Leader in the Sinnoh League had their own unique skills.

Challengers should make decisions based on their own needs, rather than blindly following popularity.

Once Julian’s announcement came out, the wider Trainer community felt even more that he was a good Gym Leader.

They had only ever seen Gym Trainers complain that there were too few challengers.

This was the first time they had seen a Gym Trainer hope challengers would go and challenge other Gyms first.

Everyone wanted to challenge Gym Leader Julian even more!

After a busy day, Julian lay back on his bed.

He was staring blankly into space when he received a system notification.

It was time for the simulation.

Last time had been an A-rank evaluation, so he could remove half of the attributes from the random pool.

Julian still kept Dragon, Fighting, Psychic, Ghost, Fairy, Steel, Flying, Fire, and Poison in the random selection.

[Nine attributes have been removed. Beginning random selection...]

[Random result: Poison type]

Poison type!

It had finally landed on Poison type!

Julian felt that if his Poison-type talent improved a little, perhaps it could drive Croagunk’s growth.

Maybe Croagunk would then reach the natural overflowing evolution Professor Rowan had spoken of.

[Randomly selecting simulated Pokémon]

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[Random result: Sneasel (Hisuian form)]

Hisuian Sneasel!?

Was it because he had recently come into contact with Hisuian Goodra that he had randomly drawn Hisuian Sneasel?

This was perfect. Through this simulation, he could take a look at what the Hisui era looked like.

Julian’s vision darkened. When he opened his eyes again, he had arrived at a vast white snow mountain.

Sneasel moved his body a few times, feeling the power this body possessed.

He secreted poison from the tips of his claws. In this regard, it was very similar to Croagunk.

The moves he could use were Scratch, Rock Smash, Poison Jab, Brick Break, Hone Claws, Slash, Agility, and Night Slash.

The best way to guarantee a good evaluation was to find a Razor Claw.

For Sneasel to evolve into Sneasler, it needed to hold a Razor Claw during the day and raise its strength.

The Sneasel Julian simulated happened to have the Poison Touch Ability.

Through Sneasel, Julian could understand Croagunk’s situation very well.

Hisuian Sneasel’s body colours were much prettier than ordinary Sneasel’s.

Walking across the snow mountain, Julian planned to first solve the problem of finding food.

Judging from the continuous mountains around him, he should be in Mt. Coronet.

As for the time, it should be winter.

Sinnoh was relatively cold, but only the far northern area around Snowpoint City was covered in snow all year round.

The other areas had four distinct seasons.

The mountains being covered in white snow meant it was currently winter.

Winter was the worst season. Food sources were limited.

Before he had walked far, he smelled a faint stench.

Continuing forward, he indeed saw a dark cave.

The stench he smelled was coming from inside.

Based on the smell, the Pokémon living in this cave should be Ursaring...

Or even Ursaluna!

With Sneasel’s small body, provoking Ursaluna was clearly unsuitable.

But the stench was very faint. From the smell, it seemed Ursaluna was not home?

He first used the snow on the ground to remove his own scent, then boldly approached.

Sure enough, in the dark cave, he did not see Ursaluna’s figure.

Deep inside the cave, quite a few Berries were piled up.

Sneasel immediately rushed in and ate at the fastest speed.

After filling his stomach, he left as quickly as possible.

Before leaving, he did not forget to take a few Berries with him.

If he really could not find food, these Berries could let him hold on for another ten days to half a month.

After rapidly moving away from Ursaluna’s cave, Sneasel heard an angry bear roar coming from a distant mountain peak.

It should be Ursaluna, whose stored food had been stolen, returning home.

He could not find other food nearby, and the sky was about to darken.

Sneasel found a cliff face sheltered from the wind. Using his hooked claws, he grabbed onto the rock wall and climbed up. Then he used those claws to damage the stone, digging out a cave, before blocking the entrance with the rocks he had dug out.

With a safe shelter, Sneasel began familiarising himself with this body.

The next morning, the snow stopped.

He pushed open the rock wall and went out to continue searching for food.

Before he had gone far, he heard a crisp eagle cry.

A terrifying sensation immediately rose in Sneasel’s heart, and he hurriedly rolled on the spot.

A pair of broad white wings slammed down.

If he had not rolled away in time, that strike would probably have beaten him half to death.

He had come out hunting, yet became someone else’s prey.

This large bird, with black feathers on its abdomen, white feathers on its back, and a white crest on its head, was precisely Hisuian Braviary!

Hisuian Braviary, a Psychic and Flying-type, could be said to completely counter Hisuian Sneasel, who was Fighting and Poison type.

Two rainbow-coloured beams suddenly shot from Braviary’s eyes.

Sneasel wanted to dodge.

But Psybeam was too fast!

He was still struck by one of them.

Braviary immediately dove!

Esper Wing!

Esper Wing could increase the speed at which Braviary used moves.

At the very beginning, Braviary had attacked using Esper Wing.

With Psybeam sped up, Sneasel had failed to avoid it.

Braviary used Esper Wing again. Sneasel had been hit by Psybeam, and moving pulled at his wounds, lowering his speed.

This time, he was sent flying by Esper Wing.

Braviary extended both talons, stabbing them viciously into Sneasel’s body.

The intense pain caused Sneasel to lose consciousness.

Julian regained awareness, and the corner of his mouth could not help twitching.

Hisuian Braviary really was powerful.

He had been beaten so badly that he had no ability to fight back.

Forget counterattacking. He could not even dodge Braviary’s attacks.

[Calculating rewards...]

This was his fastest simulation.

Perhaps the previous simulations had gone too smoothly, causing Julian to lose his vigilance.

Sure enough, the early bird caught the worm, and the early worm got eaten by the bird.

Since he had eaten Ursaluna’s Berries, he should have stayed in the cave for a few more days.

At least he should have waited until the Berries in his stomach were almost digested before coming out to forage.

[Reward calculation complete]

[Evaluation: C. Attribute reward obtained: Poison affinity +0.05]

[Item rewards obtained: Sneasel’s claw, 3 Oran Berries, 2 Pecha Berries]

[Evaluation: C. The next simulation will be randomly selected from the nine attributes ranked lowest in the host’s affinity]

[Time remaining until next simulation: 6 days, 23 hours, 59 minutes, 46 seconds]

C-rank rewards really were shabby.

Those Oran Berries and Pecha Berries seemed to be exactly the ones he had taken from Ursaluna and had not eaten yet.

As for Sneasel’s claw, there was no need to think about where that came from.

Fortunately, although the time had been short, Julian had gained a fairly deep understanding of Sneasel’s body structure, which was extremely similar to Croagunk’s.

At the very least, he now had some new ideas on how to increase Croagunk’s venom quantity and toxicity.

Julian believed Croagunk would definitely like the toxin-enhancing medicine he was going to prepare this time.

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