After everything settled, Peter successfully squeezed 2 million Poké Dollars out of Officer Jenny as a "reasonable compensation package."
Pedaling his bike back toward the village, he happily reviewed the rewards from this operation.
[Ding! Limited-Time Mission "Power Plant in the Storm" Completed.]
Rewards obtained:
×1 Critical Draw Opportunity
Gratitude from the Joy family (to be issued by the relevant character)
Critical Draw Effect:
During your next Master Draw, the probability of rare items appearing will be significantly increased!
(Limit: Up to 10 consecutive draws)
"Wait… a crit on a ten-pull?!" Peter nearly swerved his bike. "System, do it. Ten pulls. Right now."
[Master Draw Initiated. Total Draws: 10]
Critical Effect Triggered! Rare Drop Rate Greatly Increased!
Results:
Special Skills Learned: Heal, Cleanse
Held Items Obtained: Choice Scarf, Focus Sash, Life Orb
Rare Items: Golden Razz Berry, ×4 Rare Candy
New Abilities
Heal – A Summoner's Rift skill. Restores HP and heals injuries of a chosen target. Cooldown: 1 day.
Cleanse – Removes all status conditions and negative effects from a chosen target. Cooldown: 1 day.
Choice Scarf – Boosts Speed by 50%, but the Pokémon can only use the first selected move while active.
Focus Sash – If at full HP, survives a would-be knockout hit with 1 HP remaining. Triggers once per battle.
Life Orb – Boosts move power by 30%, but costs HP with each attack.
Golden Razz Berry – Highly attractive to wild Pokémon. Feeding it increases affection and capture rate.
Rare Candy – Raises level by 1 and slightly increases friendship.
(Limited to once per tier. Ineffective on Legendary-tier or higher.)
…
Peter stared at the list.
"Are you kidding me? That crit went nuclear…"
Choice Scarf. Focus Sash. Life Orb.
All staples in competitive battling.
Focus Sash alone was practically the Pokémon world's version of Blade of the Ruined King's second life—no, Blade of Destiny. Absolute clutch insurance.
Heal + Cleanse?
That was practically a budget version of Viridian's blessing. Not bad at all.
Rare Candy? Sure, there were restrictions—but timing it at key level thresholds (like 39 → 40) could save tons of training time.
And the Golden Razz Berry…
Peter's eyes gleamed.
"That stubborn Rufflet… this might do the trick."
He pedaled harder.
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Back at the Pokémon Center
Right as he arrived, the Joy family—Nurse Joy, Marnie, and Paige—were wheeling a heavily bandaged Rufflet out of surgery.
"Mr. Peter," Nurse Joy said warmly, "my husband told me everything. We truly owe you."
All three bowed.
Peter nearly choked.
"…No need to go that far," he coughed awkwardly. "I'm not… that kind of guy."
Joy blinked.
Then turned around and bent down.
Peter froze.
"Ma'am, please conduct yourself with dignity—your children are present!"
"…Excuse me?" Joy turned back around, now holding a Pokémon Egg.
Behind her, the family's Chansey waved politely.
Peter blinked.
"…Oh."
She was just picking up the egg.
He coughed violently.
Right. Definitely not thinking straight.
Blame Whitney.
Ever since those late-night yoga sessions…
Focus, Peter. Focus.
…
The Thank-You Gift
Joy placed the Egg into his hands.
"This is for you."
Happiny ♀ – Egg Form
Description: A soon-to-be-born Happiny. Shows strong aptitude for support and status-based moves. Rumored to bring good fortune to its trainer.
Peter's brain short-circuited.
A pre-evolution of Blissey.
The Pink Devil.
The ultimate stall machine.
With monstrous HP and Special Defense, capable of running Toxic stalling, Minimize, Serene Grace flinch abuse—entire battlefields warped around it.
Unless you were a physical Fighting-type monster, you simply weren't breaking through.
"Should I…" Peter muttered, holding the soft pink egg.
He originally planned to stick with six core members.
But this?
A Pink Devil practically handed to him?
His financial situation was more than stable now. Raising one more Pokémon was trivial.
And Chansey-line Pokémon were ridiculously lovable.
After a brief internal struggle—
Decision made.
He would raise a Pink Devil that made opponents despair.
…
After thanking the Joy family again, Peter brought both the Rufflet and the Egg into the treatment room.
Now, another issue surfaced.
Pokémon carrying limits.
He messaged Norman.
The reply came quickly:
"Officially, trainers may not carry more than six Pokémon. Efficiency and safety reasons. Otherwise someone could carry a thousand Electrode and flatten a mountain."
Peter nodded. Fair.
But he wasn't giving up.
After some persistent negotiation, Norman relented.
"Fine. Register extra captures under my Gym's name. Don't flaunt it. Don't use them in official matches unless necessary. Understood?"
"Understood!" Peter grinned.
Problem solved.
…
He looked at the injured Rufflet.
"Time to try out that new Viridian-tier blessing…"
He placed his hand gently over the young eagle.
A faint green glow began to gather.
…
And somewhere deep in the medical room, beneath bandages and stubborn pride, the little warrior stirred.
The sky had rejected him.
But perhaps…
A new path was about to begin.
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