My Pokémon Training Method is Definitely Not Normal!

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"Ah? Is Eterna Forest very dangerous?" Marcus looked surprised, as if saying, 'You're probably a fake Grass-type Gym Leader'...

"Uh... actually, it's like this, because to make intermediate Pokeblocks, you need the powder of Revival Herb."

"But the conditions for Revival Herb to grow are quite strict; it needs to be picked at midnight."

"And because of its special nature, it always attracts some wild Ghost-type Pokemon..."

Speaking of this, Gardenia shrank her neck: "Oh dear... anyway, just thinking about ghosts is terrifying..."

"I see..." A smile appeared in Marcus's eyes.

As the rumors said, Gardenia is very afraid of ghosts.

"So, if you really want to learn how to make intermediate Pokeblocks, you need to go to the Old Chateau in Eterna Forest for me. There are quite a few Revival Herbs nearby. Just pick some and bring them back."

Gardenia said hesitantly, clearly recalling some bad memories.

[Ding, triggered commissioned task 'Revival Herb in the Old Chateau'!]

[Commission: Revival Herb in the Old Chateau

Requirement: Go to the vicinity of the Old Chateau, a gathering place for ghosts in Eterna Forest, and bring back 5 fresh Revival Herbs to Gardenia.

Reward: Intermediate Pokeblock crafting blueprint.]

"No problem, I was planning to go there anyway~" Marcus readily agreed, then asked in confusion: "But for Revival Herb, can't you just buy it?"

"You don't know this, but Revival Herb wilts quickly after leaving the ground, greatly reducing its medicinal effect. So you need freshly picked ones to make better blocks~"

"I see... I understand."

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After saying goodbye to Gardenia, Marcus returned to the Pokemon Center, put his four Pokemon into the training facility for training, and then started editing the video of this Gym battle.

Currently, his PokeGram popularity is already very high, but most of this traffic is actually due to the Pokemon League changing the Gym challenge rules. Whether he can retain it depends on his own skill.

Of course, Marcus is quite confident in the battle aspect.

[Sinnoh Gym Challenge Second Round - Eterna Gym, Victory with Baton Pass Tactics!]

Edited the title, and sent.

Without paying much attention to the constantly flashing numbers of private messages and comments, Marcus opened the PokeTrader forum.

The Water Stone and Leaf Stone he obtained earlier had already been sold, barely fetching 200,000 PD. However, a set of top-grade evolution stones didn't sell well. Many people inquired, but most said they were too expensive, or just made useless comments admiring the rich...

In all this time, only two Thunder Stones and one Water Stone have been sold, bringing in a total of 1,110,000 PD. Although it can't compare to the ones sold to Flint, it's within the normal market premium range.

After all, the opportunity to take advantage of others isn't available every day.

Looking at the balance on his PokeWallet, which had just exceeded 2,000,000 PD, Marcus grinned: "This feeling of being supported by a rich woman... is surprisingly comfortable?"

The remaining top-grade evolution stones can probably sell for another small ten million. Once they're sold, he can officially start the 'pay-to-win' mode!

Getting a Lopunny with 600 Talent Value wouldn't be too much, right?

Marcus was happily thinking when his phone suddenly rang.

"Hello, who is it?"

"Marcus, it's me, Mary! Whitney, Whitney she..."

Mary's anxious voice came from the other end of the phone.

Marcus's face instantly turned pale: "What did you say? Whitney was kidnapped by a Zoroark?!"

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"Hoo..." A moment later, Marcus hung up the phone, trying hard to take deep breaths and force himself to calm down.

From Mary, he learned about their itinerary.

In the past few weeks, Whitney had been searching for traces of Zorua and finally found the Lostlorn Forest in the Unova region.

However, as soon as she arrived, she was surrounded by various illusions and could only wander around the outskirts of the forest.

But just now, for some unknown reason, a Zoroark suddenly appeared, kidnapped Whitney, and disappeared into the depths of the forest.

Due to the special environment interfering with the magnetic field, there was no signal in the forest, so Mary had to come to Nimbasa City nearby for help.

After much hesitation, she finally told Marcus about it.

"Whitney, you absolutely must not be in trouble..." Marcus's eyes became a little terrifying.

If his and his Pokemon's dreams were his sky, then his attachment to Whitney was his earth.

And he himself was the bird soaring through the sky.

Perhaps he yearned to rush towards the firmament at all times, but he would eventually miss the embrace of the earth.

The moment he heard that Whitney was in trouble, his heart fiercely twitched.

The young man who had always appeared wise and confident had completely lost his composure at this moment.

"Unova... Lostlorn Forest... she went to help me find Zorua..." A trace of regret flashed in Marcus's dark eyes...

Clearly, he had only mentioned it casually, that he was looking for a Zorua.

But Whitney had taken that sentence to heart, and even put it into action... leading to her current danger...

There was no time for regret. Marcus closed his eyes and began to try his best to recall information about Zoroark and the Lostlorn Forest.

Zoroark, the Illusion Fox Pokemon, the evolved form of Zorua, can send scenes or situations from its memories into others' brains using strong psychic waves, making them see illusions.

Under normal circumstances, once someone approaches it, it will create an illusion and disappear without a trace.

This is the same as the Zorua Marcus had seen from a distance in Paldea.

"Zoroark is a Pokemon that always thinks of its companions. Members of the same species are very united, and it is also very loyal to Trainers it recognizes...

Under normal circumstances, it shouldn't attack humans. At most, it would only use illusions to restrict the opponent..." After calming down and thinking, Marcus quickly found the blind spot.

"That is to say... this Zoroark has a problem!" He squinted his eyes and made a preliminary judgment.

Lostlorn Forest is a forest located near Nimbasa City in the Unova region. Perhaps many people don't know Nimbasa City by name alone, but most know Elesa, the Gym Leader of Nimbasa Gym, a famous model known as the Shining Beauty.

Of course, Lostlorn Forest has nothing to do with her...

In the game, this forest is an illusion created solely by the power of a Zoroark. Therefore, after successfully capturing it, the entire forest will disappear on the spot, turning into a grassland.

And Zoroark's main appearance in the anime is in the movie 'Zoroark: Master of Illusions'.

In this movie, Zoroark was threatened by the villain 'Grings Kodai' and transformed into the form of the legendary beast to cause destruction in Crown City in the Sinnoh Region, in order to achieve Kodai's goal of stealing the Time Ripple.

It's worth mentioning that Kodai, this villain, had accidentally touched the Time Ripple left behind by the forest god Celebi traveling through time in Crown City 20 years ago, thus gaining the ability to predict the future, seeing what would happen in the near future.

At the same time, because he stole the power of the Time Ripple, Crown City also suffered a backlash from the time energy. Under a huge explosion, all plants were destroyed and withered, and it took a full 20 years to gradually recover.

With his predictions, Kodai amassed countless wealth in just twenty years, creating a high-tech business company - Kodai Network Group.

The Kodai Network Group can control media public opinion within a small range and synthesize various image and video footage through high technology, which also provided convenience for Kodai to steal the Time Ripple again.

"I remember... in the game, the Zoroark in Lostlorn Forest disguised itself as a woman, and battles would only be triggered if you had the legendary beast in your party..."

Marcus's eyes were deep: "That means the Zoroark in Lostlorn Forest is the one who was coerced in the movie!"

"Based on the timeline... perhaps Kodai took action against Zoroark at this time?

After all, his hometown is in Nimbasa City in Unova... and Lostlorn Forest is to the east of Nimbasa City..."

The more he thought about it, the brighter Marcus's eyes became.

Everything, it seemed, had a reasonable explanation...