Pokémon: Master System.

Skill: unknown

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Not this one.

As Xia Yu was searching for the Pokémon with the potential to become an Elite Four member, a loud howl suddenly came from inside the cave.

A purple figure flashed by like a ghost and pounced towards Xia Yu.

"Vulcan Moth, Flame Vortex!"

A wave of heat surged forth, and Charlotte immediately noticed the purple figure. She commanded Volcano to release a vortex of blazing fire that swept towards Xia Yu, protecting him.

"Charizard, stop them!" At the same time, Charlotte took out a Charizard Poké Ball from her waist and summoned Charizard to deal with the Crobat that suddenly appeared.

【Cross-shaped Bat】

Gender: male

Attributes: Poison, Flying

Qualification: Overlord Level

Characteristic: Penetration (can penetrate enemy barriers or substitutes to attack)

Skills: Absorb, Wind, Ultrasonic Wave, Hypnosis, Bite, Air Blade, Cross Poison Blade, Air Slash, Life Steal, Venomous Fang, Black Gaze, Fright, Quick Defense Black Mist, Venom Impact, Wing Attack, Mind Blast

The dense array of skills makes it seem less like a wild Pokémon and more like one carefully bred by humans.

After its attack missed, the Crobat flew back to its nest at the other end of the cave, its red eyes scanning the Charizard and Volcarona without immediately launching an attack.

"Jiji."

The cross-bat's voice is high-pitched, constantly emitting high-pitched ultrasonic waves that travel outwards through the cave entrance.

"Hey, Xiaoyu, have you made your choice? This Crobat is already calling for help. If too many Zubats come later, I won't be able to handle it."

As Charlotte's voice fell, the sound of flapping wings came from all directions of the cave entrances, and thousands of supersonic bats surged in from all the cave entrances, rushing towards Charlotte and her brother.

"Coming soon." Xia Yu was also a little anxious, but there were just too many Pokémon eggs in front of him, and he was dazzled and couldn't find the Pokémon egg with the Champion-level potential: "Almost there, just wait a few more minutes."

"Hurry up," Charlotte said helplessly. In fact, these superbats posed almost no threat to him, but their sheer number meant that one or two might slip through and launch an attack on Xia Yu.

Xia Yu dared not waste any time and buried himself in the search. Finally, when he found the last area, he found the Elite Four-level Pokémon egg.

【Elf Egg】

humming bat

Gender: male

Attributes: Flying, Dragon

Qualification: King level

Ability: Telepathy

Skill:? ? ?

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found it!

Xia Yu glanced at the Pokémon egg, and after confirming that he hadn't picked up the wrong one, he hugged the Pokémon egg to his chest and stepped back to his older brother Xia Luo's side.

The moment the cross-bat saw the egg, it let out a high-pitched roar, its voice unusually angry, and flapped its purple wings as it swooped towards Xia Yu.

"Charizard, spit fire!"

Blazing flames erupted from the Charizard's mouth, intercepting the charging Crobat.

"Have you chosen?"

Charlotte didn't look at Crobat, but instead looked at Xia Yu, her gaze falling on the Pokémon egg in Xia Yu's arms. This Pokémon egg had a slightly different pattern from the other Pokémon eggs, and judging from its appearance alone, it didn't look like a Zubat Pokémon egg.

"Mm." Xia Yu nodded.

"You've made your choice, let's prepare to leave." Charlotte shielded Xia Yu behind her and ordered Volcano, "Vulcano, unleash your most powerful heatwave!"

A scorching, sweltering wind surged forth, and the sudden burst of heat forced all the supersonic bats back. Large numbers of supersonic bats could not withstand the powerful heat and fell to the ground.

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Chapter 3 Family

Like Zubat, Nodot is a bat-type Pokémon, as is Woobat. Their signature move is the disgusting Ultrasonic Wave.

Nombat resembles a purple bat, possessing bat-like wings and remarkably sensitive ears. However, it also exhibits some reptilian features; its ears are even larger than its head, with multiple layers, and it has a prominent pattern between its eyes. It is highly sensitive to sound and belongs to the sound wave type of Pokémon.

Meanwhile, Noibat also has the lowest base stats among all Dragon-type Pokémon in the game, with a total of only 245 points. Its evolved form, Noivern, is also not considered powerful in the game.

Even so, Xia Yu was still quite satisfied with his first Pokémon. After all, reality is different from the game. In the game, everyone has a complete Pokédex and a Shiny Rayquaza. In reality, let alone legendary Pokémon, even pseudo-legendary Pokémon are rare. Xia Yu getting a Dragon-type Pokémon was already quite good.

"Xiaoyu, remember to take good care of your Pokémon egg." After returning home, Charlotte instructed, "This Pokémon egg doesn't look like a Zubat egg. I can't tell what kind of Pokémon it is either. We'll only know once it hatches. I'm on vacation these few days, so Volcarona can help with the hatching."

Charlotte's words were full of doting affection for Xia Yu. Volcarona, with its Flame Body ability, would undoubtedly be a great help in hatching eggs, speeding up the process. Charlotte's willingness to lend his ace Pokémon to Xia Yu for egg hatching demonstrates his deep affection for his younger brother.

"Okay. Thanks, brother." Xia Yu picked up the Pokémon egg and carried it to the incubator at home. He gently placed the egg inside and smiled as he looked at the purple patterns on the eggshell.

"Hatching Pokémon in real life is different from in the game. In the game, you can hatch simply by walking around. But in reality, hatching eggs requires taking into account the right temperature and humidity. If possible, you can also supplement them with nutrient solution to improve their physical condition. If you are particularly wealthy, you can even supplement them with nutrient solution that has specific attributes."

Xia Yu looked at the Pokémon eggs in the incubator, but in his mind he was thinking about where to get a bottle of nutrient solution that mixed Dragon and Flying types.

The price of a regular nutrient solution is around 150,000 per bottle, and one bottle is usually enough to hatch a normal Pokémon.

Nutrient solutions with specific attributes are even more expensive, ranging from 750,000 to 1.5 million depending on the energy attribute. For example, the Dragon-type and Flying-type nutrient solutions needed by the Buzzbat cost 1.5 million and 1.1 million per bottle, respectively. Even if you compromise, they still cost 1.2 million.

This price left Xia Yu speechless. A huge sum of 1.2 million could easily buy a decent starter Pokémon. To be honest, Xia Yu couldn't bring himself to spend so much money on energy culture fluid.

Although his family was considered wealthy, they weren't quite at the level of nouveau riche. After all, compared to truly powerful families, his family's wealth was still quite limited. His grandfather's generation were just ordinary people, and it wasn't until his father seized the opportunity to become the gym leader of Starlight City that they entered the ranks of the rich.

"I'm short of money," Xia Yu couldn't help but complain. Sure enough, whether in his past life or this one, money was extremely important. "Where can I make money?"

Xia Yu began to think about ways to make money. The most profitable things in this world are none other than those related to Pokémon, such as Poké Ball manufacturing, berry cultivation, and Power Cube manufacturing.

Xia Yu's father contracted a large area of ​​mountain forest to grow fruit trees and produce energy cubes.

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"Click."

The door opened, and Xia Yong and his wife entered.

Xia Yong is fifty-three years old this year, with slightly graying temples and a robust build. The middle-aged woman next to him is Lin Xuemei, Xia Yu's mother in this life. She is a Pokémon nurse and serves as the vice president of the largest Pokémon Medical Center in the city.

Upon entering the room, the person looked at Xia Yu, who was lying next to the incubator, and frowned slightly. They noticed a purple Pokémon egg in the incubator and asked, "Where did this Pokémon egg in the incubator come from?"

"I brought this back from the wild today," Xia Yu explained. "It's my starter Pokémon."

"Yours?" Xia Yong asked in surprise. He had tried to give Xia Yu a starter Pokémon several times before, but Xia Yu had refused each time. He didn't expect that Xia Yu would suddenly take the initiative to catch a Pokémon today: "Old Lin, come and see what kind of Pokémon egg this is."

Lin Xuemei was not only beautiful when she was young, but also had a doctoral degree. More importantly, her mother's whole family were highly educated. For example, Xia Yu's eldest uncle was a Pokémon researcher, and her maternal grandparents were both Pokémon PhDs. It could be said that they were a family of scholars.

Xia Yong's father was incredibly lucky to marry Lin Xuemei, a lady from a prominent family. Their marriage caused quite a stir at the time. Xia Yong himself said that the proudest thing in his life was marrying Lin Xuemei. After their marriage, the couple naturally had a very good relationship.

"Xiaoyu?" Lin Xuemei put down her bag and looked at Xia Yu in surprise. Why did this child change his mind today? Didn't he always not want to be a Pokémon Trainer?

Although Lin Xuemei was surprised, she didn't ask any questions. Instead, she encouraged Xia Yu, "There's still a year until the college entrance exam. If you want to become a trainer, it's not too late. I want to see what kind of Pokémon egg this is."

Lin Xuemei walked to the incubator and carefully examined the elf egg inside. The purple patterns paired with black lines were a rather unusual color scheme.

The egg is full and round, with a crystal clear and glossy shell. The patterns on the eggshell are thick and bright. Judging from the appearance of the egg alone, this Pokémon is quite good.

"Where did you get this elf egg?" Lin Xuemei asked, already having a rough idea of ​​what it was.

"I got it from a cave in the Thousand Mountains, two hundred miles away." Charlotte, who was lying on the sofa, couldn't help but interject. "I met a Crobat in the cave. It was quite strong. This Pokémon egg should be a descendant of that Crobat, but it doesn't look like a Zubat egg."

“This is definitely not a Zubat egg,” Lin Xuemei said with a smile. “This is a Noibat egg. You’re in luck; this is a rare Dragon-type Pokémon. Dragon-type Pokémon are already rare, so this Noibat must have excellent potential.”

"Noivern, the evolved form of Noivern, is an excellent Dragon-type Pokémon, especially strong in battles at night and in dark places. Noivern is aggressive and hot-blooded. However, if given ripe fruit that it loves to eat, it will become surprisingly friendly. Even Hydreigon will fear it in the dark and avoid battle before nightfall. It is fierce and ruthless, and invincible in battles in the dark."

"Old Xia, bring me that bottle of nutrient solution. This is my son's first Pokémon, so we must lay a good foundation for it."

Chapter 4 Tai Jinghua

Xia Yu was more spoiled by her parents than she had ever imagined. Sure enough, only family would give so much without expecting anything in return. They used up more than a million units of energy nutrient solution without even blinking an eye.

With the use of the energy nutrient solution, the little guy inside the Pokémon egg continues to grow stronger, and the shaking of the Pokémon egg becomes more and more obvious.

A week later, with a crisp sound, the eggshell cracked and a purple buzzing bat hatched.

"Welcome to this world." Xia Yu looked at the hatched Nombat with a smile in his eyes. He took out a prepared Poké Ball, put Nombat into it, and captured Nombat immediately. Then he released Nombat and fed it the Energy Cube he had prepared beforehand.

The little Noibat looked at Xia Yu with a hint of affection in its eyes. Although Noibat is not a gentle Pokémon, it was still quite friendly to Xia Yu when it first saw him. In addition, the fragrance emanating from the Energy Cube made Noibat even more affectionate. It couldn't wait to climb onto Xia Yu's hand, pick up the Energy Cube, and start to eat it with gusto.

"Hidden quest [Starter Pokémon] has been completed."

[Starter Pokémon]: Catch one Pokémon. (Progress 1/1)

Reward: Rare Item Grade B [Dragon Scale]

Tier B [Dragon Scale]: A powerful dragon scale shed by a Dragon-type Pokémon, containing surging energy. When worn by a Dragon-type Pokémon, it can accelerate its growth and improve its control over Dragon-type energy.

The tiered system for items is also a feature of the real world. After all, items in games are not graded. For example, in games, all Water Stones can evolve Eevee into Vaporeon, but this is not the case in reality.