Pokémon: Master System.

What's going on? Does the Dragon King know? Should we tell the Dragon King?

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Xia Yu went straight to the training ground and began training. Long Yanning returned to her dormitory, quickly changed her clothes, and took a hot shower.

She looked at the swimsuit still in the laundry basket, feeling the warm water hitting her body, her face flushed. Remembering the way Xia Yu looked at her that morning, she cursed him as a pervert in her heart.

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Xia Yu, who was severely sleep-deprived, was in a bad mood, but he was very excited. His weekend plans went very smoothly and he had gained a lot. Now he just needed to keep training and wait for the Doron Mesia to hatch.

With only five months until the start of the High School Cup, Xia Yu felt a sense of urgency. He planned to spend most of his time training Pokémon over the next five months, and a small portion of his time catching his fifth Pokémon.

He desperately needed the six A-rank dragon scales awarded for the five Pokémon. These scales would greatly accelerate the growth of Dragon-type Pokémon, providing significant assistance to Xia Yu and increasing his chances of reaching the finals.

Xia Yu is currently focusing all his energy on these two things, and he has to temporarily give up on scientific research.

The intensive training begins now!

Chapter 95: Plans for the Remaining Five Months

With five months to go before the start of the High School Cup, Xia Yu has other training plans besides ensuring that several Pokémon reach the Lord level.

First, there's the special training plan for Buzzbat. Xia Yu has his own ideas about Buzzbat's role in Xia Yu's team.

Noboo's stats are currently the worst in Xia Yu's team, but as Xia Yu's starter Pokémon, Xia Yu has a special feeling for Noboo. Therefore, Xia Yu has carefully and repeatedly made detailed plans for Noboo's future training.

Firstly, Noibat is definitely not as good as Sceptile and Charizard in terms of special attack, so it is undoubtedly not suitable as a main special attacker. In addition, Noivern has the unique ability Telepathy.

Therefore, Noivern is best suited for supporting harassment and supplementing some special attack output, making it extremely suitable for doubles battles.

With the positioning clear, Xia Yu's future training of Weng Fu should lean towards this direction.

First, the Tailwind skill is a must-learn; second, Feather Rest restores stamina; and finally, the Rage Fang skill, as a very unique offensive move, can also be learned.

Of course, you also need to learn the standard support skills like Guard, as well as the Taunt and Switch skills. The Dragon Tail skill, which forces a character swap, is also very important to learn.

Only by mastering so many skills can one successfully become a support player.

As for special attacks, Nombat should prioritize learning Dragon Pulse, Draco Meteor, and Air Blade and Hurricane, two powerful STAB moves, before learning various STAB moves such as Psychic, Dark Pulse, and Shadow Ball, which Sceptile and Charizard cannot learn, to fill in any gaps in its offensive capabilities.

Noivern isn't particularly strong in special attack, but its deep move pool is a highlight. Besides the two STAB moves, Draco Meteor and Hurricane, it also has the powerful non-STAB move, Sonic Blast, which is quite impressive.

However, Xia Yu's team has too many special attack Pokémon, so Noivern must also serve as a support and harassment Pokémon.

The skills that support characters need to master all require money to purchase, and skills like Flamethrower, Shadow Ball, and Dark Pulse also require money to purchase. Moreover, these are all extremely popular skills, with a single learning costing over 500,000.

As for the prices of "Defend" and "Provoke," they are even more expensive. So, just training a Sonic Dragon to learn the Light skill would cost several million.

Money, money, money is so important.

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After planning the training program for the buzzing bats, the next step is the forest lizards.

The Forest Lizard's role in Xia Yu's team is as the primary dual attacker, excelling in both physical and special attacks. While its physical attack isn't as strong as its special attack, it boasts a deep move pool. Conversely, while its special attack is stronger, its move pool is shallower.

Only by doing both can we achieve success in both areas. The future Sceptile will definitely become an all-around character, capable of fighting against all Pokémon except Ice-type Pokémon.

As for TMs, you must learn the Sword Dance skill during these five months, and try to learn skills such as Earthquake, Rock Slide, Thunder Punch, and Cross Scissors to increase your attack range.

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Next up is Charmander. Xia Yu has been hesitant about Charmander's training plan. With its powerful Solar Power ability, Charmander is undoubtedly more suited to a special attack build.

With the Solar Power ability and Torkoal, nicknamed "Little Groudon," as a Sunny Day setter, it has the ability to dominate the battlefield. In addition, if it carries Charizard Mega Stone Y, after Mega Evolution, the Solar Power ability can serve as a second Sunny Day setter.

Therefore, from any perspective, Charmander is more suited to a special attack route, and specializing in one aspect can definitely train Charmander into an extremely terrifying special attacker.

However, this would result in Xia Yu's team having too many special attackers. There's also another problem: if Xia Yu obtains Charizard Mega Stone X instead of Charizard Mega Stone Y, what will happen to Charmander? It will only be able to take the physical attack route.

How to choose?

Xia Yu fell into deep thought, truly undecided whether to let Charmander specialize in one aspect. He had considered many things. A Charmander specializing in Special Attack had a higher potential; if it didn't encounter Pokémon that countered Charmander Y, such as a Special Defense Pokémon like Chansey or Blissey, it would be extremely powerful. However, a Charmander specializing in Physical Attack X was a better fit for the team, compensating for any weakness in Physical Attack, and also allowing for a dual-attack build, making it more versatile.

Xia Yu was really hesitant. At this point, since both options had their advantages and disadvantages, Xia Yu decided to ask Charmander for his opinion. Sometimes, the Pokémon's own wishes are also very important.

For example, if a male Kirlia prefers close combat, it is undoubtedly more suitable to evolve into Gallade; if it prefers ranged attacks, then it is undoubtedly more suitable to evolve into Gardevoir.

When faced with such a choice, humans often only raise Pokémon according to their own wishes, ignoring the Pokémon's own feelings.

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As for the unhatched Draco Mesia, Xia Yu's only requirement for it was to evolve as quickly as possible. Before evolving into Draco Mesia, its combat power was pitifully weak. Skills and such could be put aside; the only thing that needed to be done was to accelerate its growth.

After making the plan, Xia Yu looked at the three Pokémon beside him, walked over to Charmander, and said, "Charmander."

"Ugh."

After spending a month together, Charmander and Xia Yu have become very close. Upon hearing the call, Charmander immediately ran to Xia Yu's side, its eyes fixed on him.

"Charmander, let me ask you a question. Do you prefer to charge in and fight other Pokémon up close, or do you prefer to use fire to attack enemies from a distance?" Xia Yu said, keeping a close eye on Charmander. He said seriously, "Charmander, this is a crucial question. I hope you will answer me seriously. If you prefer close combat, raise your claws. If you prefer ranged attacks, wag your tail."

Upon hearing Xia Yu's question, the little fire dragon began to think seriously. If it were newly born, it would definitely enjoy close combat with its enemies. However, after being educated and beaten by the buzzing bat, it gradually realized something.

That is, sometimes physical strength is not enough to win. For example, the Noisy Bat can rely on its two cheating skills, Ultrasonic Wave and Shadow Clone, to torment its enemies and win.

Sometimes, you can win a battle without even having to make contact with the enemy. Little Charmander gradually began to envy this way of fighting, and it was no longer willing to be a reckless brute.

"Woo." The little dragon wagged its tail and made its choice.

Xia Yu was slightly surprised when he saw this answer. He had always thought that Charmander would prefer close combat, but he did not expect it to choose the special attack path.

"Are you sure? Charmander, I hope you make a careful choice."

"Ugh."

The little dragon nodded firmly; having made its decision, it naturally wouldn't regret it.

"Okay, I understand. Then we'll have to train even harder from now on, little dragon!"

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Chapter 96 Hatching, Doron Mesia

Since Charmander has decided to go for a high-damage, single-target attack strategy, the most suitable team composition for it is a Sunny Day team with Torkoal, and it must also learn the Solar Beam skill.

With its Grass/Fire coverage and sufficiently high Special Attack, Charizard can pose a threat to many Pokémon. Aside from the Chansey family and Pokémon like Latias and Latias, its powerful Special Attack makes it capable of handling most Pokémon.

After finalizing all the training plans, Xia Yu began to strictly train each Pokémon according to the plan, while also keeping an eye out for various TMs.

Currently, Xia Yu's favorite moves are Noctua's Taunt and Grovyle's Swords Dance. As for Charmander's Solar Beam, he's not in a hurry for now, because Charmander can't learn Solar Beam until it evolves into Charizard.

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The morning training session passed quickly. After changing the training plan, Charmander shortened the physical training time in the morning and focused all his energy on training his special attack skills.

During lunch, Su Muzi was still at the same table as Xia Yu, chattering away with him. Recently, she had been battling Xia Yu. After Milotic learned the Mystic Guardian skill, Xia Yu's Grovyle had a hard time defeating Milotic.

"Xia Yu, what did you do this weekend?" Su Muzi asked curiously, resting her chin on her hand and looking at Xia Yu.

Xia Yu, with dark circles under his eyes and feeling drowsy, could only make up a reason when he heard Su Muzi's reply: "I had something to do over the weekend and didn't sleep well."

After saying that, Xia Yu couldn't help but yawn. He hadn't slept enough last night. Even if Xia Yu were an iron man, he couldn't withstand staying up all night like that.

"Then you should get some rest." Seeing that Xia Yu was really sleepy, Su Muzi said.

After lunch, Xia Yu returned to his room and checked the learning costs for the Provocation and Sword Dance skills.

The Taunt skill is alright, only 800,000! This price is almost three times that of Water Pulse, such a powerful transformation skill is ridiculously expensive.

That's not even the most outrageous thing. The most outrageous thing is the Sword Dance skill. You can't even buy the Sword Dance skill learning machine. Moreover, in the past month, the lowest transaction price was 1.5 million, and the average price was over 2 million.

Xia Yu was truly speechless. These people were really rich. Was it really worth it for a Sword Dance skill? However, after thinking about it, Xia Yu realized that as the top physical attack enhancement skill, 200 million was actually not expensive.

However, for Xia Yu, 200 million is a huge sum of money. As the old saying goes, having money doesn't guarantee you'll become an excellent trainer, but not having money guarantees you won't become one.

After checking the price, Xia Yu's plan to learn the moves had to be put on hold for the time being. He also took a rare break, taking a nap for an hour before continuing his training in the afternoon.

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Time flew by, and Friday arrived in the blink of an eye. Xia Yu had been sticking to his special training and adjusting his schedule every day for the past few days.

Xia Yu, who was in an energy training class, suddenly received a call from Long Fan, who told him that Duolong Mesia was about to hatch and that he should hurry to the hatching room.

Xia Yu quickly put away the three Pokémon and rushed to the hatching room, where he saw that Dragon King and Dragon Yan Ning were already standing to the side.

"We're here. If we had been any later, we might have missed it," Long Fan said kindly.

Long Yanning, who was standing to the side, simply nodded to Xia Yu. Ever since she returned from her trip with Xia Yu last week, she and Xia Yu had always maintained a cold demeanor and kept their distance from each other when there were outsiders present.

Only when they went to the forbidden area every night would Long Yanning give him serious, meticulous, and responsible guidance, reverting to her familiar demeanor. This puzzled Xia Yu; they weren't an underground organization, so why all the secrecy?

After giving a brief greeting to Long Fan and his daughter, Xia Yu immediately turned his attention to the elf egg.

The Doromia Pokémon egg had begun to shake slightly, and fine cracks appeared on the shell. If Xia Yu had been any later, the Doromia would probably have already hatched.

Xia Yu released three Pokémon, intending to let them all witness the hatching process of Dragapult, thus deepening their bond.

"Crack!"

The eggshell broke, and the seemingly silly golden dragon Mesia crawled out from the crack.

【Elf Egg】