New story!
Please support by adding to your collection!
Thank you 🙂 ——————– Walking down the mountain path he had come from, the moment he stepped out of the Gym, the System’s prompt rang out for the first time without a battle or training having taken place!
[Ding!
Congratulations to the Host for obtaining the first Badge!
Host’s Talent Mode successfully activated.
Owned Talents only apply to the Host’s Pokémon!
Ineffective on other Pokémon!] [Ding!
Due to rule constraints, the Host may acquire a maximum of three Talents.
This is the first one!] [Ding!
Obtained the Stone Badge.
Reward Talent: Solid as a Rock!] [Ding!
Solid as a Rock: Rock-type and Ground-type Pokémon receive the blessing of this Talent.
Physical Defense and Special Defense greatly increase.
Damage taken from Water, Fire, and Grass-type moves is halved.
Fighting-type move damage is corrected to 1/1!] Dayum~!
A long time ago, Leo had felt that his cheat didn’t seem to have much use.
Although move proficiency grew quickly, it was restricted by his Pokémon’s level and evolution, meaning their actual combat strength didn’t improve that much!
He had even felt a bit regretful.
But now, the sudden appearance of the Host’s Talent gave him a huge surprise!
“So I needed to complete an official Gym match to unlock new features?
System?” [Ding!
According to System rules, the Host will receive special rewards upon achieving special milestones!
Please explore the specifics on your own!] Good grief, keeping secrets so tightly!
Leo silently complained.
It seemed like there would be many surprises in the future!
Not bad, not bad!
Looking at the newly acquired Talent, Solid as a Rock!
It was practically prepared specifically to make him a Rock-type and Ground-type Master!
Water, Grass, and Fire-type damage halved.
Did that mean 4x became 2x, and 2x became 1x?
Especially Fighting-type moves corrected to 1/1?
What did that mean?
The damage dealt by Fighting-type moves and the damage taken would all be at the minimum value!
This was way too satisfying!
It instantly removed a weakness.
Even though it still dealt damage, it was completely within a tolerable range.
If he did more special training, this damage could even be negligible!
Just imagine: the opponent’s Water, Fire, or Grass-type moves hitting Onix, but failing to achieve the expected damage and effect, then pretending to be affected, only to counter with a massive slap to the face!
Hell yeah~ I’m so happy!
This essentially altered the type weaknesses of Ground and Rock-types!
Even though people always said attributes didn’t matter, when this moment actually arrived, Leo could only say: Mm!
So satisfying!
“System, display my own information!” [Host: Leo Flint Talent: Solid as a Rock Abilities: None Pokémon: Onix Lv.27, Marshtomp Lv.20 Badges: 1 Training Points: 1680] Simple and easy to understand.
Today was truly a day full of harvests.
Now, it was time to think about the Metal Coat.
Closing the System, Leo quickly walked toward the Pokémon Center.
The battle had just ended, so first he’d go eat something nice to reward Onix and the others.
Arriving at the Pokémon Center, following routine, he handed both Pokémon over to Nurse Joy to be cared for.
Leo went to the video phone, preparing to ask his family about the Metal Coat.
In this world, Pokémon items and evolution items were incredibly hard to obtain.
They were basically under the League’s strict control, rarely leaking to the outside.
And there actually weren’t that many Pokémon that required special items to evolve, so the demand for items like the Metal Coat wasn’t considered high.
Supply could barely keep up with demand.
However, the application process was quite complex, requiring multiple layers of assessment to prevent infiltration by dark organizations.
Dialing home, the screen quickly showed a picture.
“Yo!
You brat!
What brings you to call?” Looking at the old man glaring at him sideways, Leo replied in a weird, deliberately annoying tone: “Oh my!
Old man, look at what this is?” Taking out the Stone Badge, he showed it off to him, talking as if he had all the reason to be proud.
“How about it, pretty impressive, right?
I got it very smoothly!” The corners of his mouth curving slightly, seeing his happy son, Leo’s dad was also very happy in his heart.
But of course, he wouldn’t show it.
“Taking this long just to get your first Badge.
Kid, you’re far worse than your old man was!” “Tch, old man, don’t talk so big!
Where’s Mom?” Strange, Mom was usually the one who answered the phone.
“She went into town.
Hmph!
Speak, what is it?
The minerals should arrive today.” Hearing this, Leo scratched his head.
“Uh, old man, I wanted to ask if our family had a way to get a Metal Coat?
I’m preparing to let Onix evolve.” Leo’s dad was very surprised.
“Evolving already?
Sounds like you’ve raised it well!
The minerals are for accumulating energy?” “Yeah, Onix has been working very hard and is fully prepared.
Now we’re just missing the Metal Coat!” “Mm, let me think!” Seeing his dad resting his chin on his hand in thought, Leo wasn’t anxious.
Although his family wasn’t incredibly wealthy, they were direct affiliates of the League, paying taxes on time every year, never once defaulting.
He figured it shouldn’t be a problem.
“How about this.” After considering for a moment, his dad suddenly clapped his hands.
“I’ll give President Stone a call.
Then you go visit the Devon Corporation.
He should have one ready-made.
Our family can apply for one too, but it will take time.” His eyes lighting up, Leo asked, “Is it okay?
To just go directly like this?” “Ah, no problem.
He was your dad’s old boss, after all, and we have years of partnership.
Go with peace of mind!” Hearing this, Leo also felt reassured.
After teasing the old man a couple more times, he hung up the phone.
Let’s go eat first and wait for his dad’s notification!
The Metal Coat matter was settled.
Leo felt very relaxed.
Returning to the lobby to retrieve the Poké Balls, he also bought a lot of delicious food and excitedly returned to his room, then released Onix and Marshtomp.
“Roar!” “Marshtomp!” Looking at the two Pokémon, completely restored in spirit, Leo placed the bought Pokémon food in front of them.
“To celebrate today’s victory, let’s have a proper feast!
Onix, Marshtomp!
You guys performed wonderfully!” “Roar~” “Marsh!” Hearing Leo’s praise, they were also very happy.
Seeing that there was food to eat, they were even happier.
Seeing them happily eating their food, Leo also took out his own and joined in, eating harmoniously.
The trainer and his two Pokémon, enjoying the joy of victory after the battle.
For them, aside from victory, only good food was not to be let down!
The sea breeze blew into the city, a gentle wind rustling by.
A noisy crowd, a quiet little room.
The boy and his Pokémon, having enjoyed a wonderful afternoon nap, also woke up accordingly.
Only then did he realize that his dad’s message on his pager had arrived long ago.
“Already arranged a time for this afternoon.
You can go directly!” Looking at the message, it was set!
Leo said to Onix, “You’ll be able to evolve very soon, Onix!” “Roar~!” Nodding happily, Onix had also been waiting for a long time!
Beside them, Marshtomp was also happy for it, continuously stuffing food into its mouth—the leftovers from lunch.
Recalling the two Pokémon, he first went to the Pokémon Center’s delivery counter to pick up the minerals and rare stones sent from home.
It was a full two spatial backpacks!
50kg!
Dropping them back in the room, he then set off for a tall skyscraper located in the southwest of Rustboro City.
Nestled against the Petalburg mountain range, it was a massive complex of buildings.
The headquarters of the Devon Corporation was here, and it was also the Stone family’s base of operations in the Hoenn region!
The Steel-Type Stone family, stationed in Rustboro City!