Chapter 205: Golden Egg!!
After selecting his Pokémon, Kenji left the Imperial Breeding Center.
...
After treating the Mankey, Kenji returned to his room at the Phoenix Nest Battle Arena, locking the door firmly with a click.
Confirming he was alone, Kenji summoned the System interface with a thought.
The familiar gacha interface appeared.
But this time, the Prismatic Hex Core draw count, which used to be zero, was now one.
[Do you wish to draw a Prismatic Hex Core?]
"YES!!! —"
After some eager hand-rubbing, Kenji mentally confirmed his choice.
The Prismatic Hex Core draw wheel materialized.
Icons for powerful augments like High-End Shopping, Hedge Fund, and Final Ascension flashed rapidly across the screen—familiar yet distant icons from his TFT days.
A few seconds later, the wheel slowed to a halt.
The selected Prismatic icon depicted a large, oval egg.
Ding!!! Prismatic-tier Hex Core drawing...
Ding!! Congratulations Host! You have obtained the Prismatic Hex Core: Golden Egg!!!
Golden Egg!!!
He hadn't mistaken it; it was indeed that augment!!!
[Prismatic Hex Core: Golden Egg]
Effect: Gain a massive Golden Egg. The egg takes 12 months to hatch. Upon hatching, it provides a huge amount of loot. Winning a provincial-level (or higher) tournament accelerates the hatching time.
Looking at the familiar Hex Core, Kenji's mind raced with possibilities of what the egg could drop.
Champion Duplicator (Greater Neeko)!! 5-Cost Units!!! Artifacts!!! Radiant Items!!!
Just thinking about it made him salivate.
Among them, the Champion Duplicator (Greater Neeko) and 5-Cost Units were undoubtedly what he wanted most.
With a Champion Duplicator, he could duplicate any Pokémon he wanted.
From a Caterpie all the way up to Rayquaza. A 2-Star Legendary Pokémon... just the thought was enough to make his blood boil.
As for 5-Cost Units, Kenji guessed they would be adapted into pseudo-legendary eggs or even Legendary Pokémon hatchlings.
After all, only pseudo-legends and Legendaries were worthy of the "5-Cost" status.
In short, Kenji was extremely satisfied with this draw.
A few days later.
"Kenji, aren't you coming back to Metropolis Academy with us?"
In front of the private jet, Director He asked.
Kenji shook his head. "No thanks, Director. I need to continue my Gym Challenge journey."
Although the National League had just ended, Kenji's schedule was packed. He didn't have time to return to Metropolis.
Director He nodded and didn't insist. He signaled for the other Metropolis contestants to board.
"I'm about to start my Gym Challenge journey too! See you at the Huaxia League Conference!!"
Before boarding, Xie Mu shouted back.
Kenji smiled and waved goodbye.
With Xie Mu's current strength, he was more than ready to travel and collect badges.
Bai Bai remained quiet. She simply waved a brief goodbye to Kenji before disappearing into the cabin.
Her results in the National League were disappointing, so she was likely holding onto some frustration. But Kenji knew her well enough to know she wouldn't stay down.
On the contrary, knowing Bai Bai, this setback would only make her train harder.
...
After seeing off Director He and the team, Kenji returned to his private training ground at the Phoenix Nest.
"Come on out!!"
POP POP POP!! —
Streams of red light shot out from his belt, materializing on the ground.
Except for Arbok, all eight of Kenji's other Pokémon appeared in the training field.
Including Mankey.
[Mankey] (1-Star)
Gender: Male
Level: 8
Type: Fighting
Ability: Defiant
Base Stats Total: 305
Moves: Close Combat, Focus Punch, Reversal, Meditate, Night Slash, Payback, Counter, Foresight, Low Kick...
Potential: S
As a Pokémon born with S-Rank potential, Mankey's move pool was luxurious. At only Level 8, it already knew heavy hitters like Close Combat and Focus Punch.
However, knowing a move and using it effectively were two different things.
An Level 8 Mankey obviously couldn't unleash the true destructive power of these ultimate Fighting moves yet.
"Mankey..."
The moment Mankey materialized, it kicked off the ground and launched itself at Kenji, attempting a headbutt right off the bat.
But before it could reach him, Electivire's tail shot out from behind Kenji. With practiced ease, the tail wrapped around Mankey's long tail and hoisted the little pig-monkey into the air.
Mankey flailed its limbs helplessly, dangling upside down.
Kenji looked at Mankey with amusement.
Over the past few days, he had figured out Mankey's attitude. It held a grudge over how it was caught, but it acknowledged Kenji as the trainer who defeated it. It wouldn't truly hurt him.
But every time it came out of the ball, it felt compelled to try and tackle him at least once.
Despite being only Level 8, Mankey was incredibly strong. Even without using elemental energy, a physical headbutt was enough to knock Kenji flat on his ass.
Kenji still remembered the first time he let Mankey out. He ended up pinned to the ground in a mirror image of how he had caught it.
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Mankey. A Generation 1 classic with a three-stage evolution line.
Mankey → Primeape → Annihilape.
Mankey was a bizarre species. It was the only Pokémon Kenji knew of whose evolution method involved literally dying from anger.
Yes, dying from rage.
That was the requirement to evolve from Primeape to Annihilape.
To put it nicely: Its rage breaks physical limits, transcending the flesh to gain greater power.
To put it simply: It gets so angry it dies, turning from a pure Fighting type into a Fighting/Ghost type.
After a few days of getting to know each other, Kenji was finally ready to start upgrading Mankey to 4-Stars.
He had prepared for this.
Unfortunately, Mankey's base stats total was 305, just 5 points over the 300-point limit for the Lesser Neeko (Lesser Champion Duplicator).
Otherwise, Kenji could have easily starred Mankey up using just the loot from his [War's Treasures] augment.
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