-107- Evolution! Cheerful Kappa! (Please Subscribe!) (6/10)

After defeating his matched trainer, Kyoji smoothly earned ten thousand points.

Next, twenty trainers took turns stepping into battle one after another.

For opponents that Budew could defeat, Kyoji made sure to let Budew fight, and whenever it grew tired, he would feed it a pink-blue energy cube to restore its stamina.

For opponents that Budew couldn’t overcome, he sent out Jolteon to finish them off in a single strike.

Before long, a white light glowed around Budew’s body.

With the sudden flash, Budew evolved into Roselia.

“Double battles are truly a godsend for gaining experience!” Kyoji couldn’t help but praise.

After Budew evolved into Roselia, Kyoji didn’t stop grinding experience points.

He withdrew Jolteon and Roselia, then sent out Eevee and Shellos.

He couldn’t just let the first two Pokémon level up while neglecting these two, after all.

After more than thirty battles, the cooperation between Eevee and Shellos was nearly flawless.

By the end of the fights, Eevee’s level had risen to twenty-one, and Shellos reached level twenty.

Meanwhile, after over fifty battles today, Kyoji had accumulated a total of 580,000 points.

It was quite a harvest!

After finishing the battles, Kyoji headed to the goods area.

With a Black Card in hand, all his purchases were half price.

He grabbed the only five Water Stones on the shelf, thinking of the four Happiny in the backyard—these Water Stones would definitely come in handy. The more, the better.

After paying, Kyoji hailed a Doduo taxi and returned to the breeding house.

“Come out, all of you!” he called, releasing four Pokémon from their Poké Balls.

Though he had also recalled Roselia into its ball, it didn’t mean Kyoji had officially caught it.

It was just being raised, not captured.

In fact, both Eevee and Shellos were currently in the same breeding status.

Only Pokémon registered with the League officially counted as yours.

Moreover, Pokémon appearing in various competitions must be registered with the League.

Even in the Pokémon Contest, unregistered Pokémon—black market entries—couldn’t take the stage.

This was why Kyoji hadn’t brought Eevee to compete in the Contest in other cities.

His three-month novice period wasn’t over yet, so he couldn’t register Eevee with the Pokémon Association as his own.

“This is a Water Stone, Roselia. It can help you evolve into Ludicolo. Would you like to evolve?” Kyoji held out a Water Stone and asked Roselia’s opinion.

After all, it had just evolved into Roselia today; evolving into Ludicolo now might be a bit too fast in terms of progress.

“Hi-ho~ hi-ho hi-ho~”

Roselia nodded, indicating its willingness to evolve.

In contrast, Eevee kept its distance, hiding far away.

“Bwee bwee~”

Eevee waved its chubby paws, signaling Kyoji to stay away.

That thing was toxic—it would make it ugly!

Having experienced evolving into Jolteon, Eevee was very resistant to all kinds of evolution stones.

It believed deep down that the Jolteon form was unacceptable.

It could tolerate Leafeon, but Jolteon was truly intolerable!

“Bachi bachi?” Shellos looked confused—just a stone, yet Eevee was so afraid?

“Bachi!”

A mischievous glint appeared in Shellos’s eyes.

“Beeep beep...” Jolteon glanced at the two, spreading its hands in helplessness.

“Here, this Water Stone is for you, Roselia.”

Kyoji handed the Water Stone to Roselia.

A burst of white light suddenly appeared in the breeding house.

“Luba~ luba luba~ lubaba~”

When the light faded, a lively Pokémon began to dance energetically.

“Bwee?”

Seeing this, Eevee hurried over.

It loved such energetic companions.

Soon, Ludicolo and Eevee were performing a samba dance together.

Kyoji, of course, recorded the video on his phone.

After some editing, he uploaded it to a short video platform.

Previously, Eevee’s dance videos hadn’t gained much traction, which left Kyoji feeling helpless.

Before entering the Pokémon Contest, it was best to build some popularity.

Otherwise, it would be hard to pass the first round on the Contest’s grand stage.

Back in the yard, the other Pokémon failed to recognize Ludicolo at first.

Upon learning Ludicolo was an evolved form of Happiny, Sentret nearly fainted.

“This change is just too drastic!”

Rattata, meanwhile, bounced on the spot, cracking its knuckles.

“I want to evolve too!”

...Rattata challenged Eevee...

Eevee glanced at the troublemaker and kicked it with its hind leg.

Rattata lost its fighting ability...

Caterpie spun silk, wrapping itself up as if it had evolved into Metapod.

Kyoji looked around at the Pokémon in the yard and realized they hadn’t just been freeloading.

In fact, they had been secretly training.

While serving as sparring partners for Eevee and Shellos, their own levels had also risen somewhat.

Sentret had made the most progress, reaching level eleven.

Rattata was at level eight.

Caterpie didn’t even need to pretend it was Metapod anymore; it was already level six and close to evolving.

As for the Happiny, some were level three, others level four, all clearly improving.

Even the hardworking Diglett, always digging silently, had reached level two.

“So, what’s going on with you two?” Kyoji’s facial muscles twitched as he glanced at the two Carvanha.

Splashing around endlessly, both still at level one?

Couldn’t they make any progress?

“Caru Caru!”

“Caru Caru...”

The two clumsy fish kept splashing crazily, though their splash speed was noticeably faster.

Kyoji sighed helplessly.

By evening, the old lady who had bought the Meowth egg earlier actually returned with her fellow card players to buy more Pokémon eggs.

They were elderly, not needing high-quality Pokémon.

They chose common-grade Pokémon eggs.

A total of three common-grade eggs were sold.

Kyoji was naturally happy to help them hatch the eggs, though the hatching incubators were limited to two units.

They were willing to wait.

At night, Kyoji donned a mask and went back to the egg gambling market.

Due to military training these days, Kyoji had been so exhausted after returning home that he barely visited the egg gambling market.

He knew the egg gambling market was where he made big money—he needed to go more often.

To keep his identity hidden, this time he wore a mask resembling Snorlax’s face.

Upon arriving at the market, Kyoji was surprised to find that the shop he had gambled at last time was closed.

After inquiring, he learned that the shop had been closed since the day after he gambled there.

“Did I really gamble them out of business? Sorry about that...” Kyoji clasped his hands apologetically.

He then went straight to another egg gambling stall.

First, he spent 400,000 League Coins and got eight high-quality Pokémon eggs from the basic tier.

Then, he spent another 400,000 League Coins and got two Elite Trainer-grade eggs from the intermediate tier.

What Kyoji didn’t know was that this new shop would also close the next day...

…(To be continued)