The Path of a Genius to Becoming a Pokémon Champion

Chapter 196: Lucky Star

Arthur's original plan was to go to the seaside alone to train.

He chose the seaside because Frogadier's current development was a bit unbalanced; its own Water-type moves weren't proficient enough and needed strengthening, so Arthur planned to find a place with plenty of water.

As for Justin coming along, that was a complete accident…

The youth training camp was about to start its new term at the end of October—

Skyspire City's Golden Autumn Cup was at the end of September and early October, and last year, the courses for Arthur's cohort had also started in late October.

However, Justin's desire to cling to a powerful thigh was exceptionally resolute. He didn't hesitate to take special leave from the youth training camp just to follow Arthur out to train!

Along the way, Justin was like a curiosity baby, constantly asking, "Bro Arthur, why do you train in the wild instead of finding a Pokémon field or training gym in a big city?"

"It's just a habit…"

"Bro Arthur, do you never rely on coaches to raise your Pokémon? I feel like you rarely go to consult the instructors at the base."

"I don't really need to, and I don't really understand the data and instruments they use."

"Bro Arthur…"

"..."

"Bro Arthur?"

Finally, Arthur couldn't take it anymore and decisively flicked his finger against Justin's forehead.

"Be quiet. Are you a primary school student, getting so excited on a trip?"

"Oh…"

Justin could only clutch his forehead pitifully, looking wronged.

Arthur felt that this guy had purely watched too many fast-food palace intrigue dramas and his brain had short-circuited. Seeing Arthur hanging out with professional circle seniors like Bella and Luna recently, he had imagined some strange things.

Arthur felt it was necessary to properly correct this misguided youth's thinking!

A man should be masculine and strong, not letting his mind wander with nonsense all day. Sufficient training is enough to make a person quickly forget all those absurd, wild thoughts!

At this moment, Justin, who had followed along on impulse, was still completely unaware of the future he was about to face…

Even Frogadier knew: Arthur was great in every way, except that once he started training, he really didn't treat you like a person!

After half a day's journey on the high-speed train, they arrived at the familiar Ming River Estuary.

From here, it was about a hundred miles by sea to the Crescent Bay Reserve.

The two had been here before and had even experienced a major incident with nearly a thousand casualties together.

"Is our training location out at sea? But isn't it the off-season now? We can't enter the reserve, right?" Justin asked curiously.

Arthur had no such concerns.

"It's fine. We'll give them a heads-up before entering, then find a small island. It won't be a big problem."

Arthur didn't belong to this era and inherently lacked a sense of reverence for the conservation areas. In his era, as long as you were bold enough, you could go anywhere in the wild.

Moreover, after his trip to the border and his close contact with the ranger profession, Arthur's understanding of the reserves was far greater than that of an ordinary person.

The Pokémon in the reserves weren't actually completely unwelcoming to humans; they just resisted poachers and didn't appreciate overly frequent disturbances.

Most intelligent Pokémon didn't mind an occasional visit.

Not to mention, he had Little Lapras on his team.

For her, returning to Crescent Bay was like returning to her mother's home. How could they possibly not let her in?

The only problem was that during the off-season, almost no boats were willing to head in the direction of Crescent Bay.

Helpless, Arthur and his group could only take a boat heading for the open sea, then jump off midway and rely on Little Lapras to carry them to Guhuang Island.

During the off-season, no humans could be seen here, but the island was still bustling. Many intelligent Pokémon maintained the market here; they did business just fine without humans.

Seeing two humans suddenly arrive on the island, all the nearby Pokémon were stunned for a moment.

Then, a series of "quack quack quack" sounds erupted as a group of Pokémon, primarily Golduck, burst into an uproar, chaotically bustling about.

It wasn't until a powerful psychic force appeared out of thin air, paralyzing many of the weaker Pokémon on the spot and causing the smarter ones to calm their panic and wait quietly to the side, that things settled.

Before long, an elderly Azumarill walked out from the crowd.

This was also an old acquaintance of Arthur's. It was the very same matriarch of the Marill clan they had met on their first visit to Guhuang Island.

Arthur even remembered that she seemed to have an internet-addicted granddaughter?

Just as he had that thought, a small Marill darted out from behind the elderly Azumarill, excitedly hopping towards Justin.

Last time they came, Justin had given this internet-addicted Marill a handheld console. Since then, the two had become good online friends, often playing games together over the past year.

Because there was a human-built signal tower on Guhuang Island, the internet signal here was perfectly fine.

This had caused Grandma Azumarill no end of grief over the past year.

Her granddaughter was addicted to games and always lazed around on Guhuang Island, refusing to leave, not even willing to return to the clan's territory—because there was no internet in the deep sea.

At this moment, seeing Justin pull another new handheld console out of his bag and hand it to her granddaughter, Grandma Azumarill's face turned black.

Consequently, the look she gave Arthur also became hostile.

"Human, what have you come here for?"

"I'm bringing this Little Lapras back to visit her clan, and by the way, I was wondering if I could borrow a coastal island with cliffs. I want to do some training."

Grandma Azumarill slammed the solid ball at the end of her tail hard on the ground, making a "thud" sound.

This action inexplicably gave off the vibe of an elderly person thumping their cane on the ground to assert their authority.

"Human, this is a Pokémon conservation area! Renting an island is not something you can just decide with a single sentence!"

The Azumarill in front of him had suddenly become somewhat unreasonable.

This took Arthur by surprise.

This shouldn't be happening, right?

Leaving aside the fact that we had a friendly relationship before.

Based solely on the experience I gained in the Viridian Forest on the border, the reserve Pokémon clearly aren't this hostile to humans, are they?

It wasn't until he happened to follow Grandma Azumarill's gaze and turned his head to see Justin constantly pulling various game cartridges out of his bag, making the little Marill's eyes light up, that he understood.

Combining this with Grandma Azumarill's abnormal behavior since they met, Arthur felt he was vaguely grasping something.

So, he tentatively moved closer, putting some distance between himself and Justin behind him, leaned in towards Grandma Azumarill, and whispered in her ear, "You don't like that guy leading your granddaughter astray, do you?"

Grandma Azumarill glanced at him and snorted coldly.

"It's my grand-niece."

She only corrected the generational term but didn't deny Arthur's statement!

In that case—this could work!

Arthur then continued, "Lend me a small island, with reefs and cliffs. In return, I'll be responsible for training that guy behind me. I guarantee he won't have a shred of energy left to play games!"

Grandma Azumarill was initially hesitant.

Just as Arthur was anxiously thinking it was a no-go, Grandma suddenly spoke.

"I'll also lend you thirty of my clan members. If you need them, they can even go out to sea and hunt Gyarados and Tentacruel to be your training partners. Whatever you need, just ask.

Just—train that guy hard for me!"

The little avatar in Arthur's mind slapped its thigh—

It's a deal!

Who would have thought, bringing this kid Justin along actually made him my lucky star~

(End of Chapter)

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