May 13th.
In the morning, Li Wei stretched lazily after a long time, and Lucario and the others were already gone.
He pulled open the curtains, and sunlight streamed into the room.
Li Wei also saw Lucario training in the yard and the busy figures of the staff.
The Breeding Center had been closed for two days, and it was time to return to busy work.
Li Wei looked at the new decoration in his room, a glittering trophy.
"24th Youth Breeder CompetitionChampion"
Last night, the Youth Breeder Competition concluded.
In the finals, Li Wei brought out a perfect Energy Cube.
It couldn't compare to his Super Aromatic Pokémon Puff, but it was enough to surpass Lalami, who had revealed her trump card in the semifinals.
Ultimately, he won the Breeder Competition this year with 9.3 points, beating Lalami's 8.8 points.
Shion also defeated Ge Li, securing third place.
Professor Oak delivered a speech, "You all have very broad futures. I look forward to your futures."
At the same time, Li Wei's side quest—Raise Fame—was also completed.
"Ding, because the host overfulfilled the quest and won the Youth Breeder Competition Championship,
You have received the special cooking recipes—Boiled Cabbage (S-rank), Spicy Poké Curry (S-rank), and 4 random item lottery tickets."
Boiled Cabbage (S-rank):
Fresh and elegant, with a rich yet refreshing aroma. After consumption, Pokemon will permanently increase their stamina (only once).
Subsequent consumption will fully restore stamina, remove all abnormal statuses, and have a certain chance of attracting rare Pokemon.
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Spicy Poké Curry (S-rank):
Beyond Charizard-level, Moltres-level. After consumption, the power of Fire-type moves is permanently increased (only once).
Subsequent consumption can temporarily increase the power of Fire-type moves and has a high chance of attracting Fire-type Pokemon.
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Li Wei currently couldn't make either of these dishes. The Moltres-level Poké Curry was fine.
In fact, what was missing wasn't the technique, but the ingredients.
Boiled Cabbage required technique.
Spicy Poké Curry focused on ingredients.
Fortunately, Li Wei still had four Pokemon item lottery tickets, which he hadn't had time to use last night due to time constraints.
And at the celebration banquet last night, Li Wei drank too much. He didn't even know when he returned.
Cynthia: [Congratulations! Next time I visit your home, I want to eat your Super Aromatic Pokémon Puff.]
This was a congratulatory message from early morning last night.
But Li Wei had already gone to sleep.
Li Wei replied while brushing his teeth: [No problem.]
After washing up, Li Wei scrolled through his phone.
In the group chat, the discussion surrounding the Youth Breeder Competition had not yet stopped.
Qinglv suddenly called.
"You picked up so quickly; looks like you're awake."
Li Wei rubbed his head.
"I'm awake, just a bit of a headache."
"We'll be over this afternoon. Professor Professor Rowan also wants to see you, so he'll be coming too."
Li Wei nodded: "Okay."
Qinglv chuckled: "Then I won't disturb your rest. We'll talk this afternoon."
While he still had free time, Li Wei used the remaining four Pokemon item lottery tickets.
[Moomoo Milk (High Quality)]
[Attack Enhancer (Potent Version)]
[Sun Stone]
[Soul Dew]
???
The first three weren't particularly special.
Li Wei had more or less drawn their substitutes before.
But Soul Dew...
If Li Wei remembered correctly,
This item was something only the legendary Pokemon, Latios and Latias, would use.
And that was indeed the case.
Soul Dew: When held by Latios or Latias, the power of Psychic and Dragon-type moves is increased.
Although Li Wei knew that both Latias and Latios could hold a Mega Stone to Mega Evolve,
unless it was an official competition, no one would care how many items a Pokemon held.
If Li Wei truly had Latios or Latias, he could carry both a Mega Stone and a Soul Dew.
Latios and Latias, huh...
Li Wei really liked these two legendary Pokemon.
And speaking of items that could be drawn from the system,
the Eon Flute and the Soul Slab were both items that could help find Latios and Latias.
It should be in the Hoenn region, right...
Li Wei made a note of this matter.
The Youth Breeder Competition had concluded, and Li Wei's next goal was the Starry Sea.
....
Noon.
They held a serious staff meeting.
In addition to recruiting more staff, they also needed to conduct new business training and prepare to sell Pokemon.
Currently, the three types of Pokemon being bred had started hatching eggs.
There were also newly hatched Shinx eggs, but Shinx were really not suitable for novice Trainers; they had too much of a temper.
And Luxray might not agree either.
The current LuxrayFamily had a population of no more than twenty. It wouldn't be too late to discuss this later.
Piplup and Turtwig didn't need to be managed; the Alliance would send people to select them, and the rest would be handled by them directly.
As for Eevee, they would have to sell them themselves.
Fortunately, Eevee were not difficult to sell, and their procedures were legitimate and legal.
The old man looked around at everyone, and said seriously:
"Everyone, remember, Pokemon and Trainers are a two-way choice. Trainers also need to be selected."
"It's not about selling to someone just because they offer a high price; you have to see if the Eevee likes them. The Pokemon's own will is very important."
"Xiao Wei, hand these out."
The old man pushed a thick stack of papers in front of Li Wei. Li Wei and Da You stood up and handed them out.
"These are the key points I extracted from the Eevee Breeding Manual. Trainers who wish to purchase an Eevee must first study and pass an assessment."
Shion raised her hand, "Do we have to take a test to buy a Pokemon? Won't that be too much trouble?"
The old man replied, "People who truly want to raise an Eevee will never find it troublesome. On the contrary, they will study it carefully. Don't you remember who wrote that manual?"
"Oh right, I forgot!"
This breeding manual was originally compiled by Professor Oak and Qinglv, and the old man had simply extracted the key points.
"It only mentions the key points: what Eevee likes, what it doesn't like, what it can eat, and what it cannot eat."
"We don't expect Trainers to raise Eevee to be incredibly strong or amazing after buying them, but we do expect them to be able to take good care of Eevee.
If they can't even do that..."
The old man snorted, "Then it's better not to sell."
Such situations are not uncommon in the Pokémon world.
After all, Pokemon, aside from not being able to speak—with some special exceptions like Meowth—have intelligence no less than humans.
Pokemon and Trainers are a two-way choice.
In fact, when the Alliance distributes Pokemon to novice Trainers, they don't just pick randomly.
It must be someone who truly loves Pokemon.
Of course, since it's chosen by people,
people make mistakes.
Alliance staff also have moments when they misjudge.
But overall, the starter Pokemon distributed by the Alliance to novice Trainers mostly end up in the hands of suitable people.