The Path of a Genius to Becoming a Pokémon Champion

Chapter 214: I Haven't Read Many Books, Don't You Lie to Me

Arthur promised to arrange a specific training plan for Luna tomorrow.

He needed to go back and devise detailed training content for the four selected Pokémon.

For the rest of the day, he had his own Pokémon help test the limits of these Pokémon to get a better grasp of their abilities.

Among them, the snow-white, Ice-type Vulpix and Little Eevee hit it off particularly well. The two foxes, one large and one small, sometimes chased each other, sometimes rolled around together on the field, having the time of their lives.

However, this heartwarming scene suddenly made Arthur tense up!

He quickly went over, picked up the Vulpix, and verified its identity.

Phew, that was close. Thankfully, it's a male…

Then, under Little Eevee's suspicious gaze, Arthur feigned calmness and put the Vulpix down, ignoring its indignant look, and pretended nothing had happened.

"What's wrong?" Luna asked curiously as she walked over.

A moment ago, she had noticed that not only Arthur but also the Gengar next to him, which always looked listless, had tensed up in an instant.

"It's nothing," Arthur said evasively.

He actually trusted Little Eevee's character, but he was afraid it had accidentally inherited certain hidden instincts from its bloodline.

Little Eevee, being very perceptive, gave him a suspicious look.

Arthur hurriedly assured Little Eevee through their mental link: I don't doubt you, really, I have absolute trust in you!

However, he then silently added in his heart: It's just that your ancestor is truly untrustworthy. It's not my fault…

After this little interlude, the work continued.

After confirming that it was impossible for the two foxes to create a "fox-life" incident, Arthur let them go play.

The next morning, Arthur came to find Luna with a detailed, compiled training plan schedule.

After Luna finished reading the training plan, she pondered for a moment, then looked at Arthur with a bewildered expression.

"Did you... accidentally add an extra zero to all the numbers you wrote?"

A thousand wing flaps and stabs per set, are you serious?

She roughly calculated that for each Pokémon to complete the training content on this list would take at least eight hours a day.

And Arthur had even specially noted that there would be punishments; those who couldn't complete the tasks within the specified time had to do extra training to prevent the Pokémon from slacking off and wasting time!

Luna knew her own Pokémon. For the first few days, there was no way they could complete the tasks given on this list.

Including the extra training, wouldn't that mean training for more than ten hours a day?!

Arthur gave her a cool glance. "Pokémon don't need as much sleep as humans. Six hours a day is enough."

The implication seemed to be that this plan was already very merciful.

Luna stared at him fixedly.

Are you serious?

Arthur then flicked the paper and said solemnly, "Also, I must emphasize one point. You must accompany them for all of these training plans, for the entire duration!"

This point was very important!

Even the most obedient Pokémon would find it hard to maintain their best training state when their master wasn't around.

Very few Pokémon could be that self-disciplined.

Moreover, the master's presence could also placate the resentment and rebellious feelings generated by high-intensity training to the greatest extent.

This was actually the same as the difference between "Charge with me!" and "Go charge!" on a battlefield; the morale of the former would inevitably be higher than the latter.

But this clearly scared Luna. "What?! Then... can I still rest?!"

You just said that Pokémon need less sleep than humans. Does that mean while the Pokémon get to sleep for six hours, I only get four?

Arthur's gaze remained placid. "It'll be tough for the first few days. It'll be fine once they get used to it. Pulling an all-nighter occasionally won't kill you."

Luna's expression grew more and more distraught.

So you don't even plan on giving me four hours…

Arthur, however, remained unmoved.

Calm down. I'm only asking you to accompany them, not to spar with them. It's already a very basic requirement.

...

In the following days, the two women got to witness firsthand how Arthur trained Pokémon.

There were no high-tech auxiliary observation instruments, nor were there any flashy energy spectrum analyses or scientific guidance.

There was only the most primitive, yet also the purest, practical combat training.

Unlike the training camp instructors' cautious guidance style, where they were afraid of the Pokémon getting bumped or bruised, in Arthur's sessions, healing potions were always the most basic, most heavily used daily consumable.

After just half a day, the Vulpix no longer found the human's smile friendly at all.

On the contrary, its body aching all over, it now felt that this human was simply a demon!

Greninja, at the side, looked at it with the pity of an experienced veteran, thinking to itself, This is nothing. You are still too young, too simple.

In the afternoon, Arthur, who was training alongside them, didn't shy away from Luna and called over Greninja and Little Lapras to begin their customary practical training.

Luna's Pokémon, in the same field, were initially gloating.

Ha! Finally, we get to see that hateful human get beaten up~

As it turned out, less than ten seconds later, they saw the water kunai in Greninja's hand miss its mark. Arthur caught its arm, and with a powerful shoulder throw, slammed it onto the ground, creating a huge booming sound.

"How many times have I said it, leave thirty percent of your strength in reserve when you attack. Your retraction and dodging movements need to be faster. Again!"

Then, less than ten seconds later, with another "BOOM," Greninja was once again slammed onto the ground, creating a shallow, humanoid pit in the turf.

"Your movements aren't crisp enough. Again!"

"..."

The crowd of spectating Pokémon silently averted their gazes.

The Kadabra, which had been full of resentment from the morning's training and had been planning to use its psychic powers to cause some trouble for Arthur during lunch or dinner, now silently hid its spoon behind its back, as if doing so would make others forget it had psychic powers…

It's not that I've chickened out, it's just that I suddenly feel our training content is quite reasonable. Yes! That's it! That's right!

Later that day, Luna clearly felt that her Pokémon's training motivation had increased, and the completion rate of various training tasks had improved significantly compared to the morning!

But even so, by the time they had finished all the training tasks on the schedule, it was already past ten o'clock at night.

In November, it was already pitch black outside at this hour, with a cold, biting wind.

After finishing another set of 300 push-ups, Arthur called out, beckoning the shivering Luna to head back with him.

By this time, Bella had long since slipped away, and very disloyally at that, stating that she wouldn't be coming tomorrow.

She had actually planned to tag along and learn Arthur's miraculous training methods.

But after less than a day, she had decisively fled, vividly demonstrating the meaning of "plastic sisterly love," which made Luna grind her teeth in frustration.

On the way back, Luna asked cautiously, "Did you train like this every day during your previous training trip?"

"No," Arthur said casually.

Luna breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing the first word.

That makes sense. How could they train like this every day? That would be too exaggerated.

But the next second, she heard Arthur continue, "This is just daily practice. The intensity during the actual training trip was much greater. We had 'Life Dew' back then, so the conditions were better than now."

This was the absolute truth. During the training trip, there were so many Azumarill who could help cast "Life Dew," and the effect was much better than relying solely on potions.

Moreover, now that they were back at the base, they no longer had natural conditions like cliffs and giant waves.

Luna stared at him blankly, suspecting she had misheard something.

Using up two large boxes of potions in one day, and that's still just daily training?!

At this moment, Luna had only one thought in her mind: I haven't read many books, don't you lie to me…

(End of Chapter)

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