My Pokémon Training Method is Definitely Not Normal!

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As the sun set, the excitement of the mining competition also faded.

Many contestants were gathered around the staff to tally their mining yields, and gasps of surprise occasionally erupted from the crowd, indicating that some contestants had significant gains.

Paul also walked out with a basket on his back, and the Ursaring behind him was still holding two large lumps of coal, each as big as three basketballs.

With a "bang," the basket was dropped to the ground.

"Please help me see how many PD these ores can be exchanged for."

A cold voice came, causing everyone to turn their heads.

"Whoa, this young man dug quite a bit..."

"Yeah, this amount might have a chance to compete for the Champion!"

"Ursaring!" Seeing this, Ursaring clapped its hands happily.

"Getting carried away with just this much is too early..." Paul curled his lip and recalled Ursaring.

A moment later, the results were out.

"Now announcing the current record holder, first place goes to contestant Paul, with one hundred eighty-six kilograms of coal! There are still eight minutes until sunset, are there any other contestants who want to submit ore?" Roark asked.

Upon hearing this, Paul was startled, it was an unexpected pleasant surprise.

He stepped forward and said, "Gym Leader Roark, please have a Gym battle with me later."

"Ah, it's Paul. A battle is certainly not a problem... but my Pokemon suffered some injuries from a battle yesterday and haven't fully recovered. It's also a bit late today, how about tomorrow?"

"Huh? Battle injuries?" Paul inexplicably thought of Marcus's words when he entered the mine, and his heart trembled.

Before he could continue asking, a tall figure behind him dragged a large basket of coal from a distance.

Marcus's steps were heavy, and he was covered in sweat...

Even he didn't expect to have dug so much without realizing it... so much so that when he took it out of the System backpack at the cave entrance, the basket was almost not enough to hold it all...

After all, he wasn't the super human who could lift 999.9kg Cosmoem with one hand, and Buneary wasn't strong enough yet, so he could only walk and stop, his steps difficult.

Fortunately, he made it back before the end of the competition.

"Hiss... this little brother is also amazing!"

"Yeah... and his partner is a cute little rabbit, he actually dug so much..."

The people around were discussing, finding Marcus's harvest unbelievable.

"Sorry, Gym Leader Roark, I wonder if I can still submit ore now?" Marcus wiped his forehead, panting.

"You can... but Marcus, did you and Buneary dig all of this?" Roark couldn't help but ask another question.

"Heh... just lucky..." Marcus smiled without saying much.

The coal was weighed, and Roark couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Unfortunately, Marcus... your final score is 183kg, just a little bit less than Paul's 186..."

"Hmph... it's really foolish to participate with a type like Buneary," Paul said coldly.

In his opinion, Marcus getting so much ore was just luck; if he had brought a power-type Pokemon, maybe the Champion would have changed hands.

"Buneary!" The little rabbit was unhappy and immediately curled her ears, ready to attack, but Marcus pulled her back in time.

"It seems there are no other contestants submitting ore, so the final Champion will be determined to be Pau..."

"Wait a minute!" Roark was interrupted halfway through his sentence.

Marcus rubbed his nose and slowly took out a grayish-brown stone from his backpack: "I wonder, can I win the Champion with this?"

Roark's eyes widened when he saw that color, and the surrounding contestants also gathered around.

"It's a fossil! Someone dug up a fossil?!"

"Wow!"

Roark held the fossil lovingly: "Hiss... this shape, this color, this completeness... this is an extremely complete Omanyte fossil!"

"Uh... well, can the result be announced now?" Marcus said, glancing at Paul.

The latter immediately turned his head and left unhappily.

"I announce that the Champion of this mining competition is, Marcus from Goldenrod City! He receives the Champion reward of 200,000 PD!"

"Buneary~!" Buneary jumped onto Marcus's shoulder, stretching out her little paw as if asking for credit, with a cute expression of 'Master, reward me quickly'.

"Alright, alright~ Open your mouth," Marcus rubbed her head and put a Pokeblock into her mouth.

Looking at his wet fingers, Marcus rubbed them on the little rabbit's face, causing the little guy to be a little dissatisfied.

"Oh right, I don't need these things, can I sell them?" Marcus asked.

Roark nodded: "Come with me..."

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In the end, Marcus exchanged the coal and fossils for a total of 400,000 PD, and with the Champion's reward, his wealth immediately skyrocketed.

"Hmm... the economic crisis is temporarily resolved..." Marcus sighed.

Including the cost of regularly formulating training plans and the expenses of maintaining Dream Space training, he spent over 1,000,000 PD a month...

This harvest was also a timely relief.

Of course, he could also sell the gear that Whitney gave him, which would fetch several million, but he hadn't encountered a major economic crisis before.

"Little guy, when you are born, I'll have another large expense~" Marcus gently stroked the Pokemon egg.

He was also grateful to the little guy in the egg today, otherwise he would have missed out on the Champion.

In a sense, this little guy gave him a boost...

"Buzz..." The Pokemon egg flickered slightly, and a warm sensation wrapped around him, transmitting telepathic communication.

"Haha, I really want to meet you too~"

Communicating with the Pokemon egg along the way, Marcus arrived at the Battle Facility in Oreburgh City.

He planned to advance to the Bronze rank here.

He had already won 8 consecutive battles in Jubilife City and only needed to win two more.

The internal structures of each Battle Facility were basically the same, and Marcus, familiar with the process, signed up for two 1v1 battles.

This time, the matching was very fast, and his name was called in less than five minutes.

As soon as he stepped onto the battle stage, he was stunned, because his opponent was none other than Paul!

Marcus grinned and greeted him: "Yo! What a coincidence."

"Tch, you're everywhere..." Paul rolled his eyes slightly, then threw out a Poke Ball: "Go, Chimchar!"

"Buneary, get ready to battle!"

[Chimchar lv25 (Intermediate)]

[Buneary lv23 (Intermediate)]

Seeing Marcus's choice, Paul was slightly startled, this familiar scene reminded him of the dream from many days ago.

"Fire Spin!" Paul took the initiative, his goal was simple, to restrict Buneary's agile movements.

"Chimchar!" Chimchar let out a howl, and a stream of fire spewed from its mouth, forming a circle of fire around Buneary.

"Petty tricks..." Marcus smiled slightly: "Use Splash!"