Growlithe, Riolu

Chapter 2 Growlithe, Riolu

In the ten days since he traveled to this day, he has learned a lot, such as the Quartz League Conference that will be held in the Quartz Plateau region of Kanto in just over a month.

It wasn't certain which year it was before, but now it's confirmed to be the year Ash Ketchum participated in.

Recalculating the timeline, I previously thought that Mewtwo's storyline took place after the Indigo League.

It now appears to be the two-month period between Ash obtaining the Viridian Badge and the Indigo League.

[I can't miss the Mewtwo storyline, even if it's just a cameo. Besides, maybe I can participate in this year's Indigo League and try to get a ranking, which will make things easier for me later.] He thought to himself.

I remember the Indigo League in the original story was very prestigious and famous in various regions.

Ash's achievement of reaching the top 16 at the Indigo League was lauded for a long time, even when he made it to the top 8 or even the top 4 in other regions, it was still far superior.

He hadn't considered participating before because it didn't involve the plot, and he decided to develop steadily.

Now that you've made up your mind, there's no need to hesitate.

But with his current strength, time is running out. Will he still have enough time to collect eight badges?

It's extremely difficult.

Watching cartoons, playing games, and getting badges seems easy, but actually doing it is not so simple.

"I need to think this through carefully. If all else fails, I'll go talk to my parents and ask them for some resources."

Muttering to himself, Xia Mu pulled two Poké Balls out of his pocket.

A burst of white light appeared, and a Growlithe and a Riolu appeared before us.

Previously, Natsuki had been searching for wild Pokémon of suitable level in the forest to battle and gain experience points. It just so happened that Dragonite had arrived, so Natsuki put them into Poké Balls to rest.

Watching the two little ones circling around him, chasing and playing happily, Xia Mu was too embarrassed to tell them that he would be taking them to face a first-level god in ten days.

However, with ten days left, it's not impossible to grow quickly; at least, one can maintain the ability to protect oneself.

He has a cheat code simulator.

Take the two little ones' levels for example, they were originally only level 12 and level 5.

After following the effective leveling plan devised over the past few days, Growlithe is now level 29 and Riolu is level 22.

Growlithe was the only Pokémon owned by the original owner, while Riolu was randomly given to Natsuki by the cheat simulator after he traveled through time.

The original owner was not a Pokémon trainer. Although he was 18 years old, some bad experiences in his childhood made him unwilling to become a trainer and go on adventures.

Xia Mu happened to replace him after transmigrating, because ten days ago the original owner was traveling to Kuye City on his own ship, but encountered a storm halfway and accidentally fell into the sea.

In short, the original owner was also a pitiful person. When he was young, he was frightened by a vicious Pokémon and has always retained the shadow of that time.

As a result, he developed a fear of Pokémon and found it difficult to accept them.

The parents were so worried about this that they couldn't change the original owner's fear of Pokémon. Fortunately, the original owner wasn't afraid of Growlithe, so Growlithe rightfully became the original owner's first and only Pokémon.

Otherwise, the original owner of this body would probably have truly been all alone.

For Xia Mu, the original owner of the body was indeed a tragedy, but it must be said that he still lived in a good family.

At least from childhood to adulthood, he doesn't have to worry about anything; his parents will solve all his problems.

For Xia Mu, who had transmigrated from another world without parents, this was actually quite enviable.

So after accepting all of the original owner's memories, he quickly adapted and accepted his family in this life.

……

After making some impromptu decisions, Xia Mu then looked more closely at the Growlithe and Riolu beside him.

Growlithe

【LV: 29】

[Gender: Female]

[Attribute: Fire]

Personality: Cheerful

【Ability: Intimidate (Intimidates the opponent upon entering the field, causing them to back down and reducing their attack power)】

[Skills: Glare, Spark, Howl, Bite, Flame Wheel, Help, Agility, Flame Fang, Revenge.]

【Intimacy Level: 175 (Very good relationship, mutual encouragement)】

[Emotion: Very happy (I need to become stronger and stronger, only then will my owner be even happier)]

……

Riolu

【LV: 22】

[Gender: Male]

[Attribute: Fighting]

[Personality: Stubborn]

【Ability: Mischievous Heart (Hidden Ability: Can use status moves first)】

[Skills: Lightning Strike, Hold On, Feint, Metal Claw, Double Strike, Self-Motivation, Rock Smash.]

【Intimacy Level: 142 (Very good relationship, mutual encouragement)】

[Emotion: Happy (Extremely happy after the continuous battles that have improved my strength)]

……

Both of them are the type who accumulate experience and then unleash their potential.

In the early stages, a gradual and progressive approach is needed.

Take Growlithe for example. According to the training methods of the early generations, if the level is not high enough and the accumulated learning is not enough, then evolving it with a Fire Stone too early is equivalent to wasting it.

Using the in-game training method, Xia Mu would wait until Growlithe reaches level 56 and learns Flare Blitz before evolving Arcanine, so that it can learn Extreme Speed ​​directly.

If we evolve now, it means we might not be able to learn any later skills.

Based on the current knowledge available, having missed the self-learning phase during growth, even if Pokémon can learn some skills through later training, it won't be comprehensive.

It is indeed possible to use a cheat code simulator to purchase the corresponding skill learners from the system store.

While using TMs in games may not have many side effects, in the real world, Pokémon are living beings, not just a bunch of data.

Who knows what it's like to learn something naturally versus learning it later with the help of a skill learning device?

Even though there are no side effects, there is one major drawback: the skill learning devices in the store are very expensive.

The system supports spending using real-world Alliance currency, but the prices are vastly different from those in the game. Ordinary skills cost ten times the price, while high-level skills cost a hundred times more.

The original Xia Mu also had some Alliance Coins in savings, but it was still not enough for him to spend freely now.

However, while some items have become more expensive, the vast majority of items have not increased in price, which is similar to the situation in the game.

Of course, this excludes those items that are like cheat codes.

For example, the Magic Candy is incredibly expensive. One can raise your level by 1, but it costs 100 million Alliance Coins, which is outrageous.

Xia Mu had done the math: it would cost nearly 100 million Alliance Coins to create a level 100 divine pet in the early stages.

This 1 million Alliance Coins is not much different from the Chinese currency in Xia Mu's previous world.

(End of this chapter)