Roy turned his gaze to his other Pokémon, Duskull.
System Scan
Pokémon: Duskull
Level: 28
Gender: Male
Ability: Levitate (Floats above the ground, making it immune to Ground-type moves.)
Moves: Glare, Astonish, Disable, Shadow Sneak, Confuse Ray, Night Shade, Payback, Will-O-Wisp, Mean Look.
Held Item: None
Egg Moves: Pain Split, Memento
Individual Values (IVs): 19
TM/Tutor Moves: None
“Levitate ability, huh?”
Roy hadn’t specifically tested Duskull’s ability, but Levitate was a decent ability that granted immunity to Ground-type moves.
However, after Duskull evolved into Dusclops, the Levitate ability would be lost and replaced by Pressure.
“Could it be that the bandages are too heavy and crushed the Levitate ability?”
It had to be said that the system’s scan function was much more useful than the League’s Pokédex.
Roy had previously seen an old version of the Pokédex from Yuki.
That old Pokédex could only detect a Pokémon’s approximate level and its type; as for other details like potential or Egg Moves, they weren’t things the Pokédex could detect.
As the old saying goes, know yourself and know your enemy, and you can ambush them to death.
Not to mention that his system could also detect a Pokémon’s potential.
Generally, if one wanted to understand a Pokémon’s potential, they would need to go to a Pokémon Center or major nursery to undergo specialized testing using machines specifically developed for potential assessment.
A problem that would arise during this process was whether one’s Pokémon’s information would be leaked, especially before participating in various competitions; if the Pokémon’s information were leaked to an opponent in advance, the entire match could be countered to death by them.
Although confidentiality agreements were signed before the assessment, how could one guarantee that the other party would actually abide by them?
Therefore, there was another relatively simple theory for assessing Pokémon potential.
That is, the more Egg Moves a Pokémon has, the stronger its talent; although this theory sounded a bit childish.
It was first proposed by a Pokémon researcher from Celadon University in the Kanto region, and that researcher’s name was Elm.
He was a student of Professor Oak and would become a Professor in the Johto region in the future; the theory he proposed was indeed supported by data.
Summary: Apart from the first ability, Extreme Ghost Force, which could add some combat power, the rest—the system shop and assessment functions—were basically auxiliary features.
His auxiliary features were very practical; they could help him detect a Pokémon’s potential, understand the moves and potential of an opponent’s Pokémon, and even help him pick up bargains.
Next was the system shop.
Roy scrolled past the system shop option, but it was still grayed out; it required 500 Popularity Points to unlock.
Where was he supposed to earn these 500 Popularity Points?
However, Roy discovered another progress bar below the system shop: [Pokémon world Ghost-type total popularity: 0.1%]
“Was the system trying to get me to change the entire world’s perception of Ghost-type Pokémon?”
This time, the mechanical voice did not sound again, as if it had tacitly acknowledged Roy’s thought.
Roy knew the regions included: Johto, Kanto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos, and Galar.
As for the Alola League, it didn’t seem to have been established yet; it was still jointly governed by the Island Kahunas and the Alolan royal family.
Below the main progress bar, 10 blind boxes were arranged, and there was a blind box waiting to be opened every 10 percentage points, totaling 10.
Roy clicked on the blind box at the 0% mark, and a brilliant golden light shone out from it.
“It’s a legendary pull!!!!”
Before Roy could be happy for too long, the golden light dissipated, and a black scale appeared before his eyes.
Roy gently touched the scale in his hand; it was light in texture but very hard.
The black scale emitted a dense Ghost-type energy, accompanied by a faint aura of Pressure.
Litwick and Duskull didn’t even dare to look directly at the scale; there was a feeling that made both Pokémon want to submit.
“Huh?
What is this thing?” He had played the game for so long and had never seen this kind of Pokémon item.
Right, the system’s identification function.
System Scan
Item: Giratina’s Scale
Effect: A scale shed from Giratina’s body.
As long as you inject Extreme Ghost Force into it, you can summon Giratina.
“Giratina?
Giratina!?”
One of the three underlings of the Creator, Arceus.
The deity responsible for governing the Antimatter Dimension.
“Damn!
What am I supposed to do with a summoned Giratina?”
Although Roy thought this, his body was honest, and he put the scale into his space bracelet; what if he could use it someday?
This blind box felt like it hadn’t been opened at all.
That was all the system had; there was nothing else.
Looking at the system’s various stats, which were all zero except for Extreme Ghost Force being 1, Roy felt a headache coming on.
Finally, Roy asked the most crucial question: “System, how can I earn Popularity Points?”
[Bringing Ghost-type Pokémon into the public eye, changing the public’s perception of Ghost-type Pokémon, letting people understand Ghost-type Pokémon, increasing the discussion about Ghost-type Pokémon, changing viewpoints…
all of these can earn corresponding Popularity Points.]
“Bring Ghost-type Pokémon into the public eye?”
The people who came to Mt.
Pyre now either came to ask him for help digging holes, or they walked around him the moment they saw him.
How was he supposed to complete the system’s task?
“What kind of trashy system is this?
Shouldn’t it just give me a Shinny Rayquaza or something right off the bat?”
“And then I go save the world, win the affection of beautiful women, and reach the pinnacle of life?”
Roy sighed and finally chose to submit; at least having something was better than having nothing.
But then he thought about how Yuki had only dared to touch Litwick after having been in contact with them for so long, and with him right there; the system’s tasks certainly wouldn’t be easy to complete.
“The road ahead is long and arduous!”
Seeing that it was getting late, Roy decided to take the groceries and snacks he had bought up the mountain first.
He would continue to ponder how to increase Popularity Points inside his coffin at night.
Otherwise, if he went back late, Phoebe would nag him again.
He really didn’t understand how a little brat could be even more naggy than an old couple.