"Feebas, now it's your turn to try this."
Feebas had just leveled up twice and was now Level 25.
A Beauty Fruit appeared in Gu Qiu's hand.
"Feebas."
When had Feebas ever eaten something this delicious before? Its affection toward Gu Qiu shot up instantly.
"Eat this, and you might become a beautiful Pokémon—Milotic."
"Feebas?"
Feebas looked puzzled, but its instincts told it that this Beauty Fruit would be extremely beneficial.
It swallowed the fruit, and Gu Qiu quickly opened its status panel. Sure enough, Feebas' stats had changed.
Its Beauty value had jumped from 70 all the way to 220.
That meant a single Beauty Fruit had increased its Beauty by 150 points?
Gu Qiu's eyes widened in shock.
Didn't that mean Feebas only needed to level up once more to evolve into Milotic?
With that in mind, Gu Qiu was just about to take Feebas out for a challenge—
When the system triggered another mission.
[Ding! It has been detected that the host's Pokémon, Feebas, is about to evolve into Milotic. As this world does not possess such an evolution method, a mission has been issued.]
[Mission Objective: Have Feebas evolve into Milotic before a large crowd and collect Shock Points. The higher the Shock Points obtained, the better the template Feebas will receive after evolving into Milotic.]
"Shock Points? Template?"
Gu Qiu was completely dumbfounded.
He hadn't expected Feebas to be this lucky.
He'd only just obtained it not long ago, and it had already triggered a template mission.
Ecstasy filled Gu Qiu's face.
"In that case, you'll evolve in front of everyone tomorrow and absorb as many Shock Points as possible."
He muttered to himself.
Feebas was already just a tiny bit of experience away from leveling up.
"Oh right—my awakened psychic power."
Gu Qiu hadn't used his psychic abilities yet and wasn't very familiar with them.
When he activated the psychic power in his mind, he found that his perception of the world became far more refined.
This sensation was different from a ninja's sensory abilities.
It felt as though he could sense the inner world of Pokémon.
"Master, you've finally sensed me? I'm so happy."
Kirlia felt the psychic fluctuation and quickly responded with telepathy.
A trace of surprise appeared in Gu Qiu's eyes. He hadn't expected his psychic power to allow him to hear Kirlia's words directly.
He tried sending a command into a Pokémon's mind.
"Pikachu, jump onto my shoulder."
Hearing the familiar voice in its head, Pikachu blinked in confusion and looked at Gu Qiu.
"That's right. It's my voice."
"Pika!"
With an excited leap, Pikachu landed on Gu Qiu's shoulder.
"It really works!"
Being able to issue commands directly into a Pokémon's mind would be incredibly useful in battle.
It eliminated the need to speak—and prevented the opponent from knowing his intentions.
"Good. I'll practice more tonight and use it as a trump card tomorrow."
Gu Qiu grinned. Psychic power was one of the three great abilities in the Pokémon world.
Very few people could master it.
"Too bad it's only beginner-level psychic power. I can't teleport like the Psychic Queen Sabrina."
Gu Qiu wasn't too fixated on teleportation.
With the Flying Thunder God Technique, as long as there was a marked seal, he could teleport instantly anyway. It was essentially the same thing.
For the rest of the evening, Gu Qiu stayed in the hotel, coordinating with his Pokémon using psychic power, preparing to display his strength in tomorrow's battle against Misty.
…
Early the next morning, Gu Qiu got up.
He had breakfast with Nurse Joy at the Pokémon Center and even casually discussed the future of the medical field.
At first, Nurse Joy didn't take him seriously. She didn't think Gu Qiu knew much about medicine.
But soon, she was stunned.
She realized that Gu Qiu seemed to know even more than she did.
It dealt quite a blow to her.
At the same time, her fondness for Gu Qiu increased once again.
In her eyes, Gu Qiu was a genius in the medical field. She tried persuading him to pursue a career in medicine.
With his talent, he could definitely become a master-level Pokémon doctor in the future.
Gu Qiu declined. Make Pokémon doctor his main profession? Of course not.
But taking on Pokémon doctor as a side profession didn't sound bad at all.
After bidding farewell to Nurse Joy, Gu Qiu returned to the Cerulean Gym.
There were far fewer people today compared to yesterday.
After all, yesterday had been the Water Festival.
As soon as Gu Qiu arrived at the entrance, he was recognized.
"Mr. Gu Qiu, Gym Leader Misty has been waiting for you for quite some time. Please follow me."
"Alright."
Gu Qiu rubbed his nose. Today's treatment was much better than yesterday's.
"Gym Leader Misty has turned down all other challengers just to battle you. She said she wants to have a proper, all-out match."
The girl in a swimsuit looked at Gu Qiu with admiration.
His performance yesterday had completely won her over.
They weren't even that different in age, yet his strength far surpassed hers.
"We're here."
"Gu Qiu, you're here."
Misty had changed into a relatively conservative swimsuit today.
Her hair was still wet—she had probably just been swimming.
There were about one or two hundred spectators in the stands.
Gu Qiu also spotted Lorelei, Brock, and the other two women sitting quietly in the audience.
Lorelei and Brock waved at him, while the other two women kept cold expressions and barely acknowledged him.
Gu Qiu felt puzzled. He hadn't done anything to offend them, had he?
Must be that time of the month…
"Since you're here, let's begin. Please stand inside that circle."
"Alright."
Gu Qiu obediently stepped into the circle.
Misty pressed a switch, and the entire battlefield began to shift. Soon, it transformed into a Water-type arena.
"I'll serve as the referee."
Lorelei leapt down from the stands, moving with impressive agility.
"The match will take place on this water battlefield. The format is three-on-three. When all of one side's Pokémon lose the ability to battle, the other side wins."
"Now, both sides, send out your first Pokémon."
"I'll go first. Come out—Feebas."
That's right. The Pokémon Gu Qiu chose for the first round was Feebas.
The moment Feebas appeared—
The entire audience, including Lorelei, Brock, and the others, froze in disbelief.
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