After feeding the Dragonite a few Poke Blocks as a tip, the chubby dragon happily flapped its tiny wings and flew off.
Xia Chi opened the tightly sealed package and took out a mysterious, emerald-green seed.
The moment the box was opened, the rich, natural, and peculiar scent of the Miracle Seed instantly drew Sprigatito over.
It sniffed the unique aroma lingering in the air, its eyes completely clear, filled only with a deep longing for the seed.
Grass-type Pokemon simply couldn’t resist the temptation of a Miracle Seed.
But looking at it from another perspective, it also showed how difficult it was to find a wild Miracle Seed before other Grass-type Pokemon got to it.
Xia Chi patted the fluffy little kitten’s head and smiled.
“This is for you, Sprigatito.
Consider it an extra treat today.” The highest-end ingredients often required only the simplest preparation.
A top-tier cultivation item like a Miracle Seed was best consumed raw.
Any form of processing was redundant and would only lead to a loss of nutrients.
With Xia Chi’s permission, Sprigatito no longer held back and swallowed the Miracle Seed in one gulp.
There was no dramatic flash of golden light or any immediate body-tempering transformation.
For a Pokemon at Sprigatito’s current stage, completely absorbing the energy within a single Miracle Seed would take at least half a month.
During this period, it only needed its usual diet and routine training.
Watching Sprigatito chew away, Xia Chi felt a sudden wave of emotion.
*Tens of thousands of yuan, just chewed up and gone like that…* —————— After eating breakfast, Xia Chi got ready to head to class.
Before leaving, he asked Sprigatito, “Sprigatito, are you coming to class with me again today?” Yesterday, he had to register at the Pokemon Center in the morning, so he had brought it along to the classroom.
Today, he wanted to ask beforehand to respect his Pokemon’s personal preferences.
This was also what Xia Chi had promised Sprigatito before catching it: to give it ample space and freedom.
Sprigatito thought for a moment, then shook its head.
“Meow~” It wasn’t that it didn’t want to be with Xia Chi.
Rather, just yesterday, Sprigatito had learned that Xia Chi was planning to participate in the Hushi Cup.
This was a tournament it had wanted to enter long ago, though back then, its trainer hadn’t been Xia Chi.
Whether to help Xia Chi win the championship or to prove itself, Sprigatito wanted to achieve great results in the tournament.
Therefore, the period between now and the start of the tournament was incredibly precious, and Sprigatito wanted to make the most of it.
Meanwhile, Xia Chi had to stream to earn money and manage his academic workload.
It would be too exhausting for him to carve out even more time to train with it.
So, what was the solution?
Sprigatito suddenly thought of those obnoxious Mankeys that had banded together to bully it not too long ago.
*They seem like pretty good training partners.* Xia Chi didn’t know what Sprigatito was actually thinking.
He simply figured, *Well, if the kid doesn’t want to go to school, so be it.* Grabbing his textbooks, he double-checked the electrical safety in the dorm room, gave Sprigatito some instructions, and headed out for class.
Sprigatito lay by the window, watching Xia Chi’s silhouette recede into the distance.
Then, it pushed open the window and hopped onto the outer ledge.
It gently closed the window with its paw, then expertly jumped down along the air conditioning units all the way to the ground.
It certainly wasn’t tailing Xia Chi to class.
Instead, it ran in the opposite direction.
That was the area where Sprigatito had been wandering ever since it was abandoned.
—————— Good news breeds good spirits.
Even his dry, boring class on Pokemon Mythology felt interesting to Xia Chi today.
He had wanted to take advantage of his good mood today to perform well in class and earn some extra participation points.
To his surprise, Professor Zhou didn’t appreciate it at all.
He didn’t give Xia Chi a single warm look, leaving him thoroughly bewildered.
Chen Zhenze, sitting next to him, was as excited as ever.
He babbled about what Iono had said in the stream after Xia Chi went offline last night.
And then he mentioned how he had actually seen a Dragonite delivering packages on campus this morning, wondering which rich guy had ordered such premium service.
Xia Chi, keeping his achievements to himself, felt a quiet thrill of satisfaction.
He finally understood the thrill of a power-fantasy protagonist hiding their strength to play the fool.
Just as Xia Chi was listening to Chen Zhenze explain how Dragonite Express only had dozens of employees yet pulled in immense annual revenue, an incredibly bizarre voice suddenly echoed in his mind.
[Detected: Your Pokemon Sprigatito (Lv.
13) has defeated Mankey (Lv.
15).
Obtained 0.2 Fear Points!] Huh?
*What just happened?* A question mark slowly formed in Xia Chi’s mind.
*Isn’t Sprigatito supposed to be resting in the dorm right now?* *Did a Mankey break into the dorm?* Xia Chi hadn’t installed any security cameras in the dorm, so he had no idea what was going on there.
*Should I skip class and go back to check?* Xia Chi looked up at Professor Zhou, who was occasionally glancing his way from the podium.
He knew that if he actually skipped class now, his participation grade would fly right out the window.
While he was hesitating, the system’s voice rang out again.
[Your Pokemon Sprigatito (Lv.
13) has defeated Mankey (Lv.
16).
Obtained 0.3 Fear Points!] *Another Mankey broke into the dorm?* After thinking it over, Xia Chi realized the likelihood of that was incredibly low.
Setting aside the fact that the campus guard’s Pidgeot was constantly patrolling the dormitory area from the sky…
…what would a Mankey even want by going through all that trouble to climb the building and break into his room?
Although these Pokemon were short-tempered and brainless, they didn’t have a habit of stealing.
Just to pick a fight with Sprigatito?
It seemed like the Mankeys hadn’t broken in; Sprigatito had gone out.
So Sprigatito didn’t want to come to class because it was going out to grind levels?
No wonder the little guy’s expression had been so strange when he asked if it wanted to go out together.
Having deduced the most likely scenario, Xia Chi’s expression turned odd.
*Well, I’ll be.
I caught a starter Pokemon with an auto-idle training mode, didn’t I?* Meanwhile, somewhere on the Hushi University campus.
Sprigatito stood triumphantly on top of two knocked-out Mankeys, looking down on its surroundings.
Not far away, the remaining Mankeys of the small pack screeched in anger.
But the wary looks on their faces exposed their paper-tiger nature.
Even further away, groups of Caterpie and Oddish gathered to watch the drama, utterly shocked by Sprigatito’s “Return of the Dragon King” display.
Facing the Mankey pack—the domineering lords of this resource-scarce zone—it had fought and won a one-on-two battle.
Sprigatito, who had been kicked around like a stray alley cat just a few days ago, had actually won?
At the center of it all, Sprigatito didn’t feel much pleasure from revenge.
Instead, it was filled with deep confusion.
It wasn’t that Sprigatito had never fought these Mankeys, who took pleasure in bullying other Pokemon, before.
But under their dirty group tactics, it had barely managed to hold out for half a minute each time before being forced to retreat.
Yet in just a few days, the tables had completely turned?
Not only had it swiftly dealt with the two closest Mankeys, but its stamina and condition barely seemed drained at all.
Sprigatito even felt like it could take down the remaining three Mankeys all at once.