Regarding the remaining vacant spot in the team...
Obito, who had recently awakened his Sharingan, felt he was ready for action once more.
Full of excitement, he had already applied for early graduation.
Motomu had originally wanted to refuse. After all, his own purpose for graduating early was to have an excuse to stay away from Obito and keep a guard up against Uchiha Madara.
But he really couldn't withstand little brother Obito's constant pestering.
Plus, on the surface, C-rank missions weren't that difficult.
While Motomu agreed, he also made his teammates and Obito promise to keep the secret of the Sharingan's awakening.
Dinner time ended.
Upon returning home, Motomu accepted the cobra's reverse summoning.
The smoke cleared.
Inside the dark and damp Ryuchi Cave, a cobra that had clearly overeaten let out a massive yawn.
"Today is the cleanup of the final area."
"I'm feeling merciful, so I'll give you another hour."
Motomu looked at the cobra, which was constantly snacking and had grown several sizes larger.
To think it would find an excuse to make him feel grateful just so it could satisfy its own greed...
'Well, thank you very much then.'
Motomu was speechless for a moment. He hopped onto the Big Eyeball, which could barely squeeze through the cave entrance, and flew toward the last area of the nine-square grid.
Psychokinesis swung the stalactite club.
The pleasant "ding" of +1 experience points rang out repeatedly.
Over an hour later.
Motomu, his mental energy nearly depleted, let out a long sigh of relief.
"Finally, it's all cleaned up."
He knocked the snakes unconscious with the club and used Dream Eater to replenish his vitality.
This practiced routine temporarily sustained Motomu's exhausted spirit.
[ARBOK (LEVEL 27) HAS BECOME A DRIED CORPSE]
[RIGHT EYE EXPERIENCE +1]
[RIGHT EYE HAS LEVELED UP; IT SEEMS TO HAVE REALIZED SOMETHING]
Before the passive skill selection list could pop up...
Another system prompt appeared.
[DING]
[YOUR POKÉMON: RIGHT EYE (LEVEL 30) HAS BEGUN TO EVOLVE]
The Big Eyeball, which was currently burping, snapped its mouth shut.
A flurry of particle effects burst from its front face.
The two-tomoe pupils spun rapidly.
As the speed increased, a new tomoe was born.
Three tomoe already?
Didn't it level up every 20 levels before?
After a moment of bewilderment, Motomu immediately realized.
Right.
Before the Big Eyeball reached level ten, he had used an Early Evolution Card once.
That must have been the reason why the next evolution didn't happen at level 10, but was delayed until level 20.
Motomu understood the key point.
With his doubts cleared, he immediately checked the options for the passive move.
"Open the passive move selection list."
[SELECT ONE SPECIAL PASSIVE MOVE]
[DOUBLE HAPPINESS: GAIN A POKÉMON CLONE THAT ALWAYS MAINTAINS A ONE-LEVEL DIFFERENCE]
[ISOLATED AND HELPLESS: WHEN THE POKÉMON IS MORE THAN 100M AWAY FROM THE TRAINER, ATTACK X4]
[STAMINA SIPHON: UPON VICTORY, THE POKÉMON RECOVERS 50% OF THE STAMINA LOST IN BATTLE (INCLUDING HP)]
[UNWILLING TO SHARE: THE POKÉMON LIKES TO MONOPOLIZE THE TRAINER; ALL STATS INCREASE BY 150% WHEN ALONE, BUT FOR EVERY ADDITIONAL POKÉMON THE TRAINER HAS, THE CURRENT POKÉMON'S STATS DECREASE BY 10%]
The moves were somewhat complex.
Motomu, who disliked complexity, carefully summarized the general effects of each move.
First, regarding Double Happiness, Motomu had a hunch that the system would likely turn his left eye into a Big Eyeball as well.
To be honest, this was no different from doubling his stats; it was a pure numerical buff.
As for Isolated and Helpless...
He could only say it wasn't very suitable for the Big Eyeball.
Although Attack x4 was exaggerated!
If given to another Pokémon, it might not exactly let them solo the world, but they would be invincible within the same realm and able to escape even when outclassed.
But the Big Eyeball relied primarily on Special Attack for damage.
Attack x4? Was he supposed to have the Big Eyeball go around biting people?
Motomu was the first to rule it out.
Unwilling to Share was even more of a trap.
Counting the ten Tailed Beasts, the three Great Sage Regions, and all the gyms—a total of 13 Pokémon—choosing this move would lead to a total collapse in the late game.
Only having 20% of his stats would be a disaster.
After ruling out those two options...
Motomu's gaze fell upon Stamina Siphon.
Stamina Siphon, restoring the Pokémon's stamina and health?
Seemed useful?
Motomu rubbed his chin, looking with a strange expression at the Big Eyeball, which, after over an hour of combat, looked completely hyped up and excited.
Then he looked back at himself, gaunt and withered from having his chakra drained multiple times.
Motomu let out a cold, hollow laugh.
If it were a normal Pokémon, it would be fine.
But this Big Eyeball was his organ; the chakra it used all came from its Trainer!
Was this move meant to restore the Big Eyeball's stamina? Or his?
The system didn't specify, and Motomu was too lazy to gamble.
"System, I choose Double Happiness!"
[DOUBLE HAPPINESS PASSIVE SELECTED SUCCESSFULLY]
A sour, swelling sensation came from Motomu's left eye.
Crimson color gradually filled it from the edge of the pupil.
Two tomoe appeared.
A naturally wicked and eerie aura erupted.
In the dark cave, a faint red glow lit up as he opened his eyes.
Rip!
A discordant sound echoed, instantly shattering Motomu's aura of a powerful expert.
A fanged mouth opened, and a purple tongue flicked out.
The left eye flew out; slightly smaller than its predecessor, it began to move cheerfully in Brownian motion around its elder brother, the Big Eyeball.
Having lost both eyes...
Motomu stared silently at the other through the two Big Eyeballs.
Well, he'd get used to it.
After all, he had gone through the same thing when he first started raising the Big Eyeball.
Somewhat speechless, Motomu canceled the summoning and teleported back home.
Grabbing the Big Eyeball that was trying to escape, Motomu pressed it into the sink.
Splash, splash!
While carefully scrubbing it with a brush, Motomu checked the Big Eyeball's stats.
[POKÉMON: THREE-TOMOE SHARINGAN]
[LEVEL: 30]
[TYPE: PSYCHIC/DARK]
[CURRENT EXP: 0/3000]
[STATS: HP: 200 | ATK: 47 | DEF: 200 | SP. ATK: 90 | SP. DEF: 87 | SPD: 5]
[INDIVIDUAL VALUES: 24/31]
[EFFORT VALUES: 100/100]
[NATURE/ABILITY: BOLD]
[MOVES: DREAM EATER, HYPNOSIS, PSYCHOKINESIS, MINIMIZE]
[PASSIVE MOVES: ENLARGE AND HARDEN, BOND GROWTH, DOUBLE HAPPINESS]
[DESCRIPTION: THE SUN AND MOON ARE BOTH WRONG.]
Hmm.
The stats are still pretty good...
Before he could finish the thought.
Motomu's eyes went wide.
Ones, tens, hundreds... thousands...
Let's count again.
That's right!
That damn 3,000-point experience bar had appeared!
This was no joke.
The system was no longer playing around with him.
The extra zero hadn't appeared by mistake; it was fixed right there at the end of the experience bar.
Motomu tried closing and reopening the page.
It still hadn't changed.
This is not good!
Where was he supposed to get 3,000 experience points?
And this was just for one level.
To reach level 40 and unlock the Mangekyo, the experience requirement would probably be multiplied by 10.
Mangekyo, huh?
Actually, it's quite reasonable. Three-tomoe are common, but the Mangekyo is rare.
Thinking about it this way, the experience bar seemed somewhat fair.
He could just pester Garaga and slowly grind it out later. He would level up eventually, even if it took a while.
After putting the cleaned Big Eyeball No. 1 back into its socket...
Motomu's thoughts turned as he planned his future path.
In the short term, the direction for improving his strength had to shift away from the Big Eyeball.
With Big Eyeball No. 2 ensuring his safety, No. 1 could go to Ryuchi Cave alone to grind levels with Garaga.
As for how long it would take to level up, there was no telling.
Obtaining a second Pokémon...
Had to be put on the agenda.
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