Sorry, I did not get time to publish yesterday, so here is a bonus chapter besides the daily 2 chapters.
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Courting Death In The Ninja World
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In just one evening, Gastly had already wielded the Substitute move skillfully.
This made Lu Ye's expression strange.
Though Substitute was indeed quite simple, other Pokémon at least needed three days to learn it.
How did it get solved in one night for you?
The headache-stricken Lu Ye rubbed his temples.
Calm down!
Although Gastly indeed condensed Substitute, this might just be a defective version, not necessarily practical.
But the system's move list clearly displayed the Substitute move, still leaving Lu Ye somewhat dazed.
"Holy crap, you really learned it?!"
Gastly still wore a weak expression, but its mouth corners couldn't help curving upward, showing a smug smile.
Lu Ye patted Gastly's head, sighing, "You worked hard!"
Since Gastly trained moves, consuming massive stamina, Lu Ye used Aspear Berries to craft new Poké Blocks.
[Aspear Berry Block: Can restore Pokémon fatigue after using moves, moderately increasing Pokémon training duration.]
In games, Leppa Berries restored Pokémon's PP, meaning move usage count.
Reality had no PP value concept, only a maximum threshold for Pokémon move usage count.
Moves like Stone Edge and Earthquake, with enormous energy consumption, without abundant Aspear Berry support, could barely train several times daily.
Making Poké Blocks also moderately improved Aspear Berry nutritional efficiency.
"Ah, open wide!"
Gastly grinned widely, 'ahwoo' swallowing the sweet-sour Aspear Berry block, immediately shuddering, showing an incredibly blissful expression.
Gastly: (*≧▽≦)
Lu Ye smiled. "Alright, go sleep after eating..."
Before finishing, Gastly resumed training.
A turbid gas mass flew out from Gastly's black mist again.
Two Gastly formed in mid-air, emitting 'kekeke' strange laughter.
Gastly retracted Substitute freely, playing joyfully!
"You can have this much fun training moves?!"
"Kekeke!"
Gastly had its own small persistence in its heart.
Since the Master said group stage opponents couldn't handle it at all, then it should train harder, striving to advance to the finals!
Gastly: (๑´ㅂ`๑)
Over the next two days, Gastly began researching how to coordinate with Substitute.
Sometimes, like a deflated balloon flying around the room, sometimes like a wooden post, completely motionless.
Unable to endure the disturbance, Lu Ye couldn't help pointing out a few things to Gastly.
"You can't train like this." Lu Ye said seriously. "If the main body and the Substitute use the same move, it's meaningless."
"For example, even simultaneously using Confuse Ray only causes confusion."
"But the main body using Will-O-Wisp, Substitute using Confuse Ray can cause double status conditions."
Lu Ye chuckled. "Once you master Double Team later, maybe you can cause four, no, five status conditions!"
Sleep, paralysis, burn, poison, confusion...
Thinking about all these status conditions stacking together, Lu Ye felt somewhat excited.
Lu Ye felt sympathy for opponents.
Adding SubToxic tactics, Gastly could possess amazing combat power before evolving!
"Kekeke!"
Gastly's eyes lit up, as if opening a new world's door.
Holding a pencil, Gastly spread white paper on the floor, excitedly taking notes.
Watching the enthusiastic Gastly, Lu Ye's expression was strange.
"I only mentioned it once..."
"It won't actually figure out SubToxic, right?"
Currently, Gastly had only mastered the budget version of SubToxic.
The Toxic could be replaced with Will-O-Wisp.
But the most critical Protect move was still missing.
Official genuine Protect Move Machines cost at least 100,000 yuan market price.
This also proved the pay-to-win degree of the trainer profession.
With only 10,000 yuan in assets, Lu Ye was quite strapped for cash.
In the system shop, Protect Move Machine required 10,000 BP.
Though more economical than reality, it wasn't affordable for the current Lu Ye.
Lu Ye couldn't help sighing, "The trainer path is long and arduous!"
"I'll just honestly be my gaming section UP master!"
Teacher Lu Teaches You Battle series, episodes 03 and 04's view counts already broke through two million, heading straight for three million.
As for 01 and 02, due to crude editing plus insufficient dirty tactics, obsessive Lu Ye deleted them.
In one month, Lu Ye's fan count also successfully broke through 700,000, continuing to grow at an astonishing speed.
Each view provided Lu Ye with minimal BP points; overall, 100,000 views roughly equalled 100 BP.
Though slower than battling, the risk was far less than Pokémon battles.
[Remaining BP: 2380]
Lu Ye originally wanted a ten-pull, but thinking of diligently training Gastly, he hesitated momentarily.
"Better wait until accumulating 10,000 BP to exchange for a Protect Move Machine."
Time flew. Saturday morning, the Group A group stage first round officially began.
As the rumoured protagonist, Lu Ye's Gastly immediately became the centre of attention upon its appearance.
What surprised audiences more: even in the group stage, Gastly's trainer didn't attend!
"We can see Lu Ye still hasn't appeared!" the announcer said in surprise.
"His opponent in this battle is also a Battle Department freshman, Jiangnan University's Wang Hao!"
Gastly floated in mid-air, constantly sticking out its tongue at the Vigoroth before it, making faces, maximising provocation.
Hot-tempered Vigoroth couldn't tolerate this, roaring angrily, waving its arms menacingly.
Wang Hao also didn't expect to face a Pokémon without commands.
Amid surrounding whispers, Wang Hao's expression was strange.
"This Lu Ye looks down on people too much, right?"
"Maybe he's confident in Gastly's strength?"
"Holy crap, this speed is too fast!"
Once the match began, black mist approached Vigoroth like a phantom.
The black mist formed a grinning Gastly mid-air. Three pitch-black Will-O-Wisp clusters swirled around, whistling toward Vigoroth!
Wang Hao panicked, shouting, "Vigoroth, Pursuit!"
"Kaao;!!"
Spirited Vigoroth crossed its arms, enduring Will-O-Wisp while sharp claws suddenly slashed out!
"Dark-type Pursuit poses a deadly threat to Gastly!" the announcer roared.
Before finishing, pitch-black mist separated from Gastly.
Vigoroth's claws slashed toward the mist but passed straight through, shocking Vigoroth wide-eyed.
Simultaneously, two identical Gastly floated in mid-air, emitting 'kekeke' sinister laughter!
"Dodging damage using Substitute formation moment?"
"Damn, which big shot's Pokémon is this?!"
Alluring light shone on the Substitute. Vigoroth had no choice but to close its eyes.
Meanwhile, Gastly teleported behind Vigoroth. Three surging Will-O-Wisp clusters 'whoosh' rushed toward Vigoroth!
[Received amazement from passersby, BP+1, BP+1, BP+1...]
[Gastly, dodge quickly! BP+10]
[Obtained battle victory, Rating: That's it (BP+50)]
Right now, Lu Ye was editing videos at home painfully rubbed his forehead.
Sitting at home, blame falls from the sky.
Already advanced to the group stage.
And still won?!
Please vote~!!