have been in the world for ten days, and they've learned quite a bit. For example, the Indigo Plateau in the Kanto region will host the Indigo League Conference in just over a month.
Previously, they weren't sure which conference it would be, but now they're certain it's the one Ash participated in in the original story.
Recalculating the timeline, they'd always thought the Mewtwo storyline took place after the Indigo League Conference.
Now it seems it's the two-month period between Ash obtaining the Viridian Badge and the Indigo League Conference.
[I can't miss Mewtwo's storyline, even if it's just a cameo, I definitely have to go. Besides, maybe I can participate in this year's Indigo League and get a good ranking, which will be helpful for future endeavors.] They secretly thought to themselves.
They remembered that in the original story, the Indigo League Conference held a very high status among league events and was very famous throughout the region.
Ash's top sixteen finish in the Indigo League was always talked about, and even his top eight or top four finishes in other regions couldn't compare.
They hadn't considered participating before because it didn't involve the storyline; they decided to develop steadily.
Now that it's decided, there's no need to hesitate.
However, with his current strength and limited time, is it possible to collect eight badges in time? The difficulty is immense.
Watching anime and playing games to get badges seems easy, but actually doing it is a different story.
"I need to plan this carefully. If all else fails, I'll talk to my parents and ask them for some resources."
Muttering to himself, Xia Mu pulled two Poké Balls from his pocket.
A white light flashed, and a Growlithe and a Riolu appeared before him.
He had been searching for wild Pokémon of suitable levels in the forest to battle and gain experience points, and with Dragonite's arrival, Xia Mu had captured them in his Poké Balls to rest.
Watching the two little ones circling around him, happily chasing and playing, Xia Mu felt embarrassed to tell them that he would be taking them to face a legendary Pokémon in ten days.
However, there were still ten days left, and they might grow up quickly enough to at least protect themselves. After all,
he had a cheat simulator.
The two little ones were originally only level 12 and 5.
Thanks to the effective leveling plan he devised during his transmigration, in just a few days, Growlithe was now level 29 and Riolu was level 22.
Growlithe was the original owner's only Pokémon, while Riolu was randomly assigned by the cheat simulator after Xia Mu's transmigration.
The original owner wasn't a Pokémon trainer. Although he was 18 years old, some unpleasant experiences in his childhood made him unwilling to become a trainer and travel.
Xia Mu's transmigration happened to replace him because ten days ago, the original owner was traveling to Vermilion City on his family's ship when he encountered a storm and accidentally fell into the sea.
In short, the original owner of this body was also a pitiful person. He was terrified by a ferocious Pokémon as a child, and that trauma remained with him.
This caused him to develop a deep fear
of Pokémon, making it difficult for him to accept them. His parents worried themselves sick over this, but they couldn't change his fear. Fortunately, he wasn't afraid of Growlithe, which is why Growlithe rightfully became his first and only Pokémon.
Otherwise, he would probably be all alone.
For Xia Mu, the original owner's life was indeed tragic, but it must be said that he lived in a good family.
At least he never had to worry about anything growing up; his parents would solve all his problems.
This was something Xia Mu, who had transmigrated from another world without parents, actually envied.
Therefore, after accepting all of the original owner's memories, he quickly adapted and accepted his family in this life.
...
After making some temporary decisions, Xia Mu looked carefully at the Growlithe and Riolu beside him.
[Growlithe]
[LV: 29]
[Gender: Female] [Type: Fire]
[Nature: Jolly]
[Ability: Intimidate (Intimidates the opponent upon entry, causing them to back down and lowering their Attack)]
[Moves: Leer, Ember, Howl, Bite, Flame Wheel, Helping Hand, Agility, Fire Fang, Revenge.]
[Friendship: 175 (Very good relationship, working together)]
[Mood: Happy (Being stronger and stronger makes the owner happier)]
...
[Riolu]
[LV: 22]
[Gender: Male]
[Type: Fighting]
[Nature: Adamant]
[Ability: Prankster (Hidden Ability: Can use status moves first)]
[Moves: Quick Attack, Endure, Feint, Metal Claw, Double Up, Self-Motivation, Rock Smash.]
[Friendship: 142 (Very good relationship, working together)]
[Mood: Happy (Extremely happy after continuous battles and improved strength)]
...
Both of these little ones are the type that accumulate strength gradually.
They need to be trained step by step in the early stages.
Take Growlithe, for example. Following early generation training methods, if its level isn't high enough and it hasn't accumulated enough experience, evolving it too early with a Fire Stone is essentially useless.
Using the game's training methods, Xia Mu would wait until Growlithe reaches level 56 and learns Flare Blitz before evolving it into Arcanine, allowing it to learn Extreme Speed directly.
Evolving it now means it might miss out on learning later moves.
At least with its current knowledge, missing out on self-learning during growth means that even if a Pokémon learns some moves through training later, it won't be comprehensive.
It's true that you can use a cheat device to buy TMs from the system shop.
While using TMs in the game has no side effects, in the real world, Pokémon are living beings, not just a bunch of data.
Who knows what the difference is between learning something naturally and learning it later with a TM?
Even without side effects, one major drawback is that TMs in the shop are very expensive.
The system supports spending in this real-world Alliance Coin, but the prices are vastly different from those in the game. Ordinary skills cost ten times the price, and high-level skills cost a hundred times more.
The original Xia Mu had some Alliance Coin savings, but it wasn't enough for him to spend freely.
While some items were expensive, the vast majority remained the same price as in the game, except
for those cheat-like items.
For example, the Magical Candy was incredibly expensive; one can raise a level by one, but it costs 1 million Alliance Coins—outrageous!
Xia Mu calculated that it would cost nearly 100 million Alliance Coins to initially create a level 100 divine pet.
This 100 million Alliance Coins was roughly equivalent to the Chinese Yuan in Xia Mu's previous world.
(End of Chapter)