Chapter 187:
October 12th.
It was a sunny day .
A rare day with clear and bright sunshine.
The road construction had reached its final stage.
By now, the work Dragonite needed to do for the road was mainly using Rain Dance.
Casting Rain Dance on the already-built road was done to prevent the freshly dried cement from cracking under the sun.
After this period, it would be time to lay asphalt and have Pokémon that could remove odors sprinkle powder on the road.
Then, it would be complete!
Meanwhile, Hayashi Kaede was in his room refining the challenge rules for the Sky Challenge and the Nostalgia challenge.
Though called two challenges, it was essentially just the Sky Challenge.
This challenge could effectively improve a Pokémon's evasion and accuracy in battle, making it the best training method aside from some guaranteed-hit moves.
Hayashi Kaede hadn't set any rewards before, so he was now designing them.
"The first level... might be a bit difficult for new Trainers.... But it shouldn't be hard for Trainers who've been on their journey for a while. This should be the reward~"
[B+ Grade Salac Berry Energy Cube – Made from Salac Berries. Long-term consumption can greatly improve a Pokémon's speed.
Culinary Effect 1: Long-term consumption can slightly increase a Pokémon's individual Speed value.]
This was for the first level.
To be honest, the Energy Cubes for clearing the first level were also sold at the Breeding House, just at a relatively expensive price.
They were Energy Cubes he casually mass-produced using psychic power.
The effects were quite good.
"For the second level, double the amount... third level, quadruple... fourth level, A-grade...."
"The final level... grand prize... hmm, haven't thought of it yet. No rush, since no one can clear it anyway..."
"And a consolation prize..."
Hayashi Kaede fell into thought regarding the consolation prize.
This is because Kaede faced with a dilemma: the Pidgeotto in his Berry Plantation clearly all had the potential to evolve into Pidgeot.
Which meant, for future Sky Challenges, participants would definitely be facing Pidgeot.
So, he needed to specially train the Pidgeotto to present varying difficulties against different opponents.
"For the consolation prize... how about offering some Bounsweet juice? Might make them feel better?"
This thought flashed through Hayashi Kaede's mind, and he couldn't help but laugh.
This was to keep those Trainers who kept losing from crying too hard.
Maybe throw in a bottle of Moomoo Milk too.
But speaking of Bounsweet juice.
Hayashi Kaede grew puzzled.
Pokémon that provided ingredients in his Berry Plantation usually saw their ingredient quality slowly improve after being raised for a while.
You could reference the Miltank: the Moomoo Milk they produced now had reached A-grade, on par with the milk produced by Elite Four-level Miltank at the Miltank Ranch.
But in reality, the few Miltank had only recently reached around level 30.
It was hard to imagine what quality their milk would reach at Elite Four level.
Another issue was, as milk quality improved, so did the price.
A-grade Moomoo Milk already cost several thousand on the market.
This led to a problem.
It was simply too expensive, sometimes, the Moomoo Milk couldn't be sold out.
After all, Aogiri City was still a small town. Few families were well-off enough to have Pokémon that could drink such high-quality Moomoo Milk daily.
Fortunately, the Berry Plantation now raised more Pokémon.
Unsold Moomoo Milk could be given to the former Combusken, now Blaziken, Goodra, and others to finish.
There are also Honey.
Honey quality was also slowly improving. Although there hadn't been a grade change yet, Hayashi Kaede could feel the quality subtly getting better.
On the other hand, Bounsweet juice, aside from tasting a bit sweeter, hadn't seen significant quality improvement.
This made Hayashi Kaede wonder if the Everstone was inhibiting it?
Bounsweet also didn't want to evolve, so he can't do anything about it.
"It is a bit of a headache..."
Rubbing his forehead, Hayashi Kaede didn't want to dwell on it too much.
If it didn't want to evolve, then it won't. It wasn't like he was short on juice.
After handling these matters, Hayashi Kaede planned to find Rotom and have it promote the challenges through his video channel when the time was right.
However, when he reached the Breeding House, he discovered that the two high school students from last time had come again. They were consulting Indeedee at the entrance about the challenges.
Indeedee (big brother) wasn't familiar with these challenges and was about to have Alolan Vulpix, resting nearby find Hayashi Kaede to clarify.
Coincidentally, Hayashi Kaede emerged from his room just then.
"Mr. Hayashi? We're here to try the Sky Challenge again."
Rikuchi Homura, Suzuki Takeshi.
The two's eyes lit up upon seeing Hayashi Kaede, and they hurried over.
Last time's challenge, in just one day, had significantly raised their Pokémon's rankings in class battles.
Having tasted success, the two discussed and decided not to immediately spread the word about the Sky Challenge at the Breeding House. When classmates asked, they modestly said they had intensified their Pokémon training lately.
They planned to sneak over for a few more challenges themselves, or perhaps tell their classmates after clearing the first level.
After all, they were still students. Considering the cost of another challenge and the Energy Cubes needed during the attempt. They had only saved up enough funds now.
"Here for the challenge? Sure, I'll take you over."
Hayashi Kaede nodded, thinking it was a good time to also tell the Pidgeotto about implementing difficulty levels for future challenges.
It would also help them practice energy control... and perhaps acting skills?
Leading the two to the pine tree, Hayashi Kaede called out, and soon, the same two Pidgeotto from before flew down.
Although it had only been a one-day experience, the two were somewhat "acquainted" with these Pidgeotto.
So, they quickly followed the Pidgeotto to their designated spots.
Hayashi Kaede glanced over but didn't pay too much attention, turning back toward the Breeding House.
He still needed to figure out how to develop the "Dream Experience."