The familiar blue screen flickered into existence before Ed's eyes, a solitary window into a world only he could see. "Yes," he murmured, a silent answer to the daily prompt. The giant wheel spun, its ethereal glow illuminating the bus interior, though no one else seemed to notice. It landed on "Hold items," then twirled again.
A flash of light. "Congratulations! You have received a Heracronite."
A genuine, unburdened smile touched Ed's lips. A Mega Stone! This was genuinely rare, outside the predictable cadence of his monthly or yearly rewards. "I'm really lucky today," he thought, a wave of pleasant surprise washing over him. The morning had started with an unexpected cancellation of classes due to an emergency faculty meeting. Lunch had brought another stroke of luck: free food for him and all his friends. He patted his still-full stomach, a wistful thought of takeout briefly crossing his mind.
But then, the system's glow became a bitter reminder. His "golden finger"—the supposed cheat, the fantastical boon of every protagonist in games and manhuas—was a complete dud. He couldn't claim a single item. Not even a simple "fresh water," which was literally just mineral water here, or "leftovers," described as an apple core remains which is only useful to Pokémon. He kept logging in, day after day for nearly five years, hoping beyond hope to retrieve something, even a shard.
He ranted internally, reading the useless descriptions again. They were nothing like their game counterparts. This "fresh water" wasn't a potion; it was just a bottled mineral drink. The "leftovers" were simply an apple. Was this the system's revenge for that drunken night, years ago, when he'd disregarded it as a hallucination? He'd only had one glass, but the memory was hazy.
If he wasn't going to be transported to the Pokémon world, or even get usable items, why not a system that could help him in his actual life? With his academics, for instance? He'd dreamed of being Isekai'd since childhood, overjoyed when this system first appeared, a fan who'd bought every game, watched every anime. Only to be utterly, brutally disappointed.
The system was a beacon of hope, but also a daily torment. 1,819 days. Almost five years of logging in. Five years of senior high and college hardships, successes, failures. The breakdown that forced a course shift. The fear he'd overcome. Losing loved ones. Nearly dying from sickness. These challenges, these raw experiences, had anchored him to his current life in Davao City. He no longer yearned for another dimension; he wanted to live and thrive here.
What was the point of overcoming all that, if he still wanted to escape?
It wasn't that he was unhappy with the system entirely. His collector's spirit, deeply rooted in his Pokémon fandom, found a strange satisfaction in collecting every item, even if they were just digital ghosts. No Pokémon here, just items. His first prize, an Anorith fossil, had ignited a brief, fleeting joy, quickly extinguished by the realization he couldn't use it. He'd even tried to find a use for it in the games, to no avail.
Days blurred. Poké Balls, Premier Balls, Luxury Balls, Ultra Balls, Rare Candies, evolutionary stones, even a Master Ball after 30 consecutive days. The collection grew, a monument to his futile hope. He'd always held onto the idea of "dungeons" or "sky cracks" appearing, like in the novels he read, bringing Pokémon into his world. But now, in his second year of college, soon to be third, the world remained stubbornly normal.
Forget Pokémon. A cultivation cheat, maybe powers from Lord of the Mysteries—with no side effects, please! That would be better.
No! I'm happy to receive this golden finger, but why can't I use it?!
Ugh, never mind. Market cases are almost due.
"Hey, Ed!"
The voice cut through his thoughts. He looked up. It was his friend, standing beside him.
"Yes?"
"Are you going home?"
"Well, yeah, why?"
"They're going to the coffee shop for a group study. But I'm heading home; it's already late. How about you?" his friend asked.
"Sigh, it can't be helped. Besides, are you sure you're really going to a coffee shop? I doubt it."
"No, you're wrong this time! We're actually going to a coffee shop. Or rather, a Cat Cafe."
"What! A Cat Cafe?! Why didn't I hear of it?" Ed blurted out, surprised.
"It just opened recently. Not very popular yet."
"What's not popular? It's a place full of lovable cats!"
"Well, you know how it is. Most students prefer to show off going to a bar rather than a cat cafe. This outing was supposed to be just for our friends, but I'm sure dozens of students are already there."
"Ugh… Damn, why do I always have zero luck!" Ed cursed, remembering his looming assignments.
"Why?" his friend asked.
"I need to go home. It's my mom's birthday tomorrow, and I also need to rush my case study."
"Oh, come on, bro, you really don't have luck, do you? Tomorrow was supposed to be our day off, and you can't join us. Oh well, family first. Good luck, bro!"
"Well… yeah, thanks, you too. Why does that sound like you're implying something, like a curse?"
"Are you crazy?"
"Hahahaha… Bye."
"Goodbye."
Ed grumbled to himself on the bus ride home. "Damn it! Bad luck! Why doesn't my phone have any battery left!" The screen flickered, showing 2%. He sighed, watching the city lights of Davao pass by. Bored of the familiar view, he turned his attention back to his system inventory. He wanted to daydream, to lose himself in fantasy, but all he could think about were the upcoming tests and projects.
-Ball item-
x300 PokeBall
x80 Premier Ball
x 80 great ball
x 80 ultra ball
x50 Friend Ball
x40 Luxury Ball
x60 Lure Ball
x20 Heavy Ball
x10 moon ball
x 30 Fast Ball
x60 love ball
x41 Nest ball
x30 dusk ball
x30 Heal ball
x 40 quick ball
x 30 timer ball
x 10 beast ball
x 5 master ball
Pokeballs are one of the main themes in Pokemon as it is where humans put their Pokemon to rest, hide, and also a form of making contracts as the owner of the pokemon. Each pokeball had their own catch rate which the normal Pokeball was the most common has the catch rate of one and Master ball as the rarest pokeball as it can catch any pokemon without fail. In each of his day sign in if he can get a pokeball most of it he can get 100 normal pokeballs or 5-10 of different pokeballs and the master ball will only be luckily drawn during his monthly sign in.
-Medicines -
x60 antidote
x50 awakening
x50 burn heal
x 40 Calcium
x 40 Carbos
x 80 Casteliacone
x 20 elixir
x 50 energy powder
x 30 energy root
x100 fresh water
x 60 full heal
x 40 full restore
x 10 genius wing
x 15 heal powder
x 50 hyper potion
x 50 ice heal
x 25 iron
x 60 lava cookies
x 80 lemonade
x 5 max elixir
x 10 max revive
x 400 moomoo milk
x 50 paralyze heal
x200 potion
x20 pp max
x5 pp up
x 25 protein
x 60 revive
x 80 rare candy
x 60 revival herb
x 5 sacred ash
x 80 soda pop
x 60 super potion
x25 zinc
Medecine is one of the main items used in pokemon games but rarely shown in the pokemon anime. With these items the player can change any outcome of the battle as it can heal or give power up to their pokemons or if outside the battle they can strengthen their pokemons.
-Berries-
x70 cheri berry
x 70Chesto
x70 Pecha
x70 Rawst
x70 Aspear
x70 Leppa
x 100 Oran
x70 Persim
x70 Lum
x70 Sitrus
x40 Figy
x40 Wiki
x40 Mago
x40 Aguav
x40 Iapapa
x40 Razz
x60 Bluk
x40 Nanab
x60 Wepear
x70 Pinap
x30 Pomeg
x30 Kelpsy
x30 Qualot
x30 Hondew
x30 Grepa
x50 Tomato
x 50 Magost
x50 Rabuta
x50 watmel
x50 Nomel
x50 Durin
x50 Belue
x10 Occa
x10 Passho
x10 Wacan
x10 Rindo
x10 Yache
x10 Chople
x10 Kebia
x10 Shuca
x10 Coba
x10 Payapa
x10 Tanga
x10 Charti
x10 Kasib
x10 Haban
x10 Colbur
x10 Babiri
x10 Chilan
x 10 Liechi
x10 Ganlon
x10 Salac
x10 Petaya
x10 Apicot
x10 Lansat
x10 Starf
x5 Enigma
x10 Micle
x10 Custap
x10 Jabocca
x10 Rowap
x10 Roseli
x10 Kee
x10 Maranga
Berries, just like the berries in the real world, were food for people and pokemon but they have additional effects that can help pokemon during battle. Some can cure poison such as Pecha berries, Sleep with Chesto, Paralysis with Cheri, and normal healing like Oran or Sitrus berry.
-Hold Items-
x 2 ability capsule
x 1 Abomasite
x 6 absorb bulb
x 1 Beedrillite
x1 Big root
x1 Binding Band
x 1 black belt
x1 Black sludge
x1 Blastoisinite
x1 Blazikenite
x 10 bright powder
x 60 bug gem
x Buginium Z
x 50 Charcoal
x2 Damp Rock
x 20 Dark gem
x 1 Electrium Z
x1 Galladite
x1 Garchompite
x1 Gardevoirite
x 1 Glalitite
x1 Grassium Z
x Ghostium Z
x 10 Grassy Seed
x1 Heracronite (New)
x1 Lucky Egg
x1 Loppunite
x1 manectite
x1 mawilite
x1 medichamite
x 1 Metagrossite
x1 Miracle Seed
x 1 mystic water
x 1 Big never melt ice
x Normaliul z
x Pidgeotite
x1 poisonium Z
x1 quick claw
x1 Sceptilite
x1 Scizorite
x Sharpedonite
x Slowbronite
x1 spell tag
x 1 Soothe bell
x Swampertite
x Venusaurite
x 60 honey
x 1 Lustrous Orb
x 1 adamant orb
These items are not only can be used in battles but also outside of it. They had different effects, some are items that need to be held by certain pokemon like Abomasite that could help a pokemon named Abomasnow mega evolve. Some could be used by a person.
-Evolution Stones-
x60 Water
x65Fire
x60thunder
x60 shiny
x50 dusk
x65 leaf
x50 moon
x50 sun
x 50 dawn
x30 ice
User's Item/ Key items
-Special bag for the user
-Trainer bag
-Rocket Researcher's bag (with files)
- Ancient Documents (???)
Evolution stones could help certain pokemons evolve. It was different from mega stones because even though mega stones could help pokemon mega evolve it was just temporary.
Watching his inventory he only smiles as he wants to achieve collecting all the mega evolution stones and Z crystals even though he can't use them.
Hmm.. Now that I think of it there are two stones for Charizard but I can't even get one. Also for the long time that I have signed in I didn't get some key items such as a bike or a rod but I got a keystone well I couldn't use them anyways. But I want to try those berries. Well not that I could eat them. Speaking of eating, I really want to taste Casteliacone and moomoo milk but I can't take it away from the inventory. Damn, even fresh water can't be taken.
As he reached his stop and got off the bus, a shining blinking light floating above got his attention.
Ed turns all his focus to the light as it forms a figure.
'Tha, That figure, that star figure'
His mind went short circuited as he shouted
"Jirachi!!"