Chapter 87: S-Rank Potential! Oddish!
Vulpix (1-Star)
Sex: Female
Level: 38
Type: Fire
Base Stats: 299 (HP: 38, Attack: 41, Defense: 40, Sp. Atk: 50, Sp. Def: 65, Speed: 65)
Ability: Drought
Moves: Hypnosis, Confusion, Confuse Ray, Will-O-Wisp, Fire Spin, Flamethrower, Safeguard...
Potential: A+
Despite being a Fire-type Pokémon, the Psychic-type moves in Vulpix's move pool had noticeably higher proficiency. In contrast, its Fire-type moves seemed to have relatively low mastery.
It seemed Vulpix was more interested in, or perhaps more gifted at, controlling Psychic energy than Fire-type moves.
...
Arriving at the Flying-type Breeding House, Kenji presented the gold card Director He had given him and stated his purpose.
The staff member at the Breeding House immediately and cheerfully led Kenji into the facility's Incubation Room.
Inside the Incubation Room, Pokémon eggs were placed in individual incubators, submerged in a fluid designed to promote hatching.
Below each incubator was a small electronic screen displaying the egg's identity, as well as the level, ability, and potential of both parents.
Using his Data-Eye, Kenji scanned the eggs resting in the incubators.
Pidgey (Unhatched)
Level: LV.0
Ability: Keen Eye
Potential: D-
Noibat (Unhatched)
Level: LV.0
Ability: Infiltrator
Potential: C
...
The potential of the parent Pokémon could influence the potential of the offspring to some extent, but those that inherited a potential of B-Rank or higher were still the minority. Most hovered around D-Rank.
Kenji scanned every egg in the Flying-type Breeding House with his Data-Eye. Unfortunately, he did not find any S-Rank potential Pokémon.
However, Kenji was only mildly disappointed, as he had mentally prepared himself.
Just as Director He had said, even the Breeding Houses at a top-tier academy like Metropolis Academy couldn't guarantee breeding an S-Rank potential Pokémon every year.
After some careful choosing, Kenji finally selected a Noibat egg with A-Rank potential.
Since Kenji now had Vulpix to be his future mount, he had no intention of raising this Noibat himself. He planned to give it to Melody, who was currently at Imperial Academy.
Although Imperial Academy was no less prestigious than Metropolis Academy, with Melody's current strength, getting an A-Rank potential Pokémon would not be as easy for her as it was for him.
As the saying goes, "adding flowers to a brocade is not as good as sending charcoal in the snow."
Marcus and Leo's family had sent him charcoal in the snow, giving him a lot of help when he was just starting out.
Kenji naturally wanted to find a way to repay them.
As for Leo, he already had a Pidove, so he didn't need another Flying-type Pokémon.
And though Leo had also entered the Trainer Program, his university was an average one, so his resources couldn't compare to Kenji's.
Therefore, a Bug-type Pokémon, which generally consumed fewer resources than other types, would be the most suitable choice for Leo.
Kenji left with Vulpix in his arms, started the shuttle, and continued on to the next Breeding House.
An afternoon passed quickly.
Kenji had visited several Breeding Houses. At the Bug-type facility, he selected a Scolipede egg with A- potential and the Speed Boost ability for Leo.
Speed Boost was a top-tier ability. Its effect was that the Pokémon's speed would continually increase throughout the battle.
Scolipede's final evolution, Scolipede, was also quite formidable, with a 100 base Attack stat and 112 base Speed.
...
At the Grass-type Breeding House.
Kenji expertly pulled out the gold card. After showing it, he followed the staff member into the Incubation Room.
Kenji's expression was already growing numb. He mechanically scanned the "Potential" column beneath each Pokémon's status panel.
The scene reminded Kenji of his past life, staying up all night to breed 6IV Pokémon.
(6IV means all six individual values are maxed at 31 points.)
He remembered that when he was young and watched the anime, he always questioned Paul's strength-at-all-costs mentality, only catching Pokémon with good talent.
But it wasn't until he started playing the game himself that he truly understood Paul.
No 6IV, no. Bad ability, no. Bad nature, no. Wrong gender, also no...
He had truly gone from questioning Paul to understanding Paul, becoming Paul, and now... surpassing Paul...
Kenji reminisced about his life before crossing over while scanning the eggs' potential.
Suddenly, Kenji, who was halfway down a row, abruptly froze, then quickly backtracked.
He stopped in front of an egg with a green pattern.
Oddish (Unhatched)
Level: LV.0
Ability: Run Away (Mastered the art of escape; can easily evade predators in the wild.)
Potential: S-
Kenji rubbed his eyes first, confirming he hadn't misread it. Then, his eyes widened, his breathing quickened, and an uncontrollable look of wild joy appeared in his expression.
He hadn't been wrong! It really was an S- potential Oddish!!
Oddish, a Pokémon that had existed since the first generation, had two final evolutionary forms.
One was Vileplume, which evolved with a Leaf Stone, existing since the first generation.
The other was Bellossom, which evolved with a Sun Stone, introduced in the second generation.
Kenji was a bit of a stickler for aesthetics. Between the two, he definitely preferred the cuter Bellossom.
Kenji picked up the incubator holding the Oddish egg and walked out of the Incubation Room.
Kenji had already learned the specific purpose of the gold card from the staff.
Simply put, it was used to redeem Pokémon from the academy's Breeding Houses.
One gold card could be exchanged for three A-Rank potential Pokémon, six B-Rank potential Pokémon, and as for B-Rank or lower... theoretically, there was no limit.
Kenji could take as many as he wanted from the academy's Breeding Houses.
For most people, this wouldn't be very useful, as no one would waste time training Pokémon with poor potential.
But for Kenji, who needed a large quantity of the same species for Star Up, it was extremely practical.
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