Pokémon: The Rise of the Bug King
Chapter 25

Eichi's Special Ability (Please Bookmark, Please Vote)

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Looking at the familiar place, Eichi smiled at Beedrill. "It's been a month since we trained. Did you miss this place?"

After joking around, Eichi had Beedrill fly in circles.

First, Eichi had Beedrill fly one lap at its fastest speed. It took a total of thirty seconds.

That was five seconds faster than an ordinary Beedrill. Then he had Beedrill circle the Small Woods until it could no longer fly.

Eichi stood at the entrance to the Small Woods, counting Beedrill's laps.

In the end, Beedrill flew fifty laps in total. Counting them nearly made Eichi's head spin.

Beedrill was far too strong now. It could maintain its top speed for twenty laps, only beginning to slow down gradually after that.

Eichi checked Beedrill's condition, then took out a Pokéblock and fed it to Beedrill. After Beedrill finished the Pokéblock, they tested some other data.

A few days ago, Eichi had decided it would be better to stay home and prepare for Silver Academy's Entrance Assessment.

He discussed it with Teacher Arno, who also believed Eichi should stay home and prepare for the Entrance Assessment.

So Teacher Arno helped Eichi request ten days of leave. Yesterday, Eichi had done nothing but rest properly at home.

Eichi also needed time to recover from what had happened the day before yesterday, so he did not go out and stayed home all day.

Moreover, Eichi had not told his father about what happened, afraid that he would worry.

Today was mainly for warm-up exercises, allowing Beedrill to properly adapt to its body.

Then he would take some measurements and formulate a new training plan.

Just as they finished training, Eichi received a message from Officer Jenny, telling him to come to the police station.

Only after arriving at the police station did Eichi learn that it was about his reward.

Eichi's reward this time was one hundred thousand in cash. That might have been a great deal of money to ordinary people.

But it was rather little to Eichi. His Metapod had now evolved into a Beedrill.

As a result, the cost of raising Beedrill had increased. This money would at least help with the immediate need.

After leaving the police station, Eichi went on a major shopping spree. He had money in his pocket again.

He took the opportunity to buy some of everything Beedrill needed.

He arrived at the Department Store, the same one as last time.

This Department Store was called Lianfang Department Store.

The store consisted of a four-sided building, entirely blue in color.

Inside, it resembled the shopping malls from Eichi's previous life, with elevators and escalators on every floor.

This Department Store had six floors, each selling different goods.

The first floor sold Pokémon food and drinks.

The second floor sold Pokéblocks.

The third floor sold Poké Balls.

The fourth floor sold Berries.

The fifth floor sold items and medicine.

The sixth floor sold TMs.

Why had he come back to this store?

It turned out that, last time, the sales clerk had seen how much Eichi spent.

She suggested that Eichi get a membership card. After considering it, Eichi thought it was a good idea and got one.

And now, here he was again!

Beedrill could now more or less use Advanced Pokéblocks.

Eichi browsed through the Pokéblock counter. As he did, he suddenly activated the energy within his body.

He spread it over all the Pokéblocks prepared for Bug-type Pokémon.

Then, whenever the energy in his body touched a Bug-type Pokéblock, it produced a slight reaction.

Eichi discovered that three types of Pokéblocks caused a stronger reaction from the energy within him.

He had come up with this method on the spot. In fantasy novels from his previous life, whenever the protagonist went treasure hunting,

their cheat ability would react whenever there was a treasure, and then the treasure would end up in the protagonist's hands.

Eichi had merely wanted to try it, but he never expected it to actually work!

In high spirits, Eichi took those three types of Pokéblocks and bought several of each.

He spent thirty thousand. Who knew how long these Pokéblocks would last?

Next were drinks. Ordinary MooMoo Milk was no longer useful for Beedrill.

However, MooMoo Milk had an upgraded version. The upgraded MooMoo Milk still had some effect on Pokémon that had reached their final evolution.

Then there was honey. It was still useful for Beedrill, so he could continue buying it.

Next was Pokémon food. Today, Eichi intended to carefully select the Pokémon food most suitable for Beedrill.

At a small Pokémon food shop, Eichi used the same method, controlling a strand of energy to see whether it would react to the Pokémon food.

He tested them one by one and finally found it in a corner.

Eichi noted down the brand, then took several large bags of that brand of Pokémon food.

Though this brand was not famous, it was still a major Pokémon food brand.

The price was not pretty either—two thousand per bag. After finishing his shopping, Eichi had fifty thousand less in his pocket.

Eichi began to feel troubled. He was spending money far too quickly!

Being a Trainer really was a money-burning profession!

After shopping, Eichi returned home.

The sun and moon turned, and night soon fell.

That evening, Eichi first drafted a new training plan for Beedrill at his desk.

After finishing the plan, Eichi got into bed.

He crossed his legs and sat in meditation, sensing the energy within his body like a character from a novel.

Then Eichi sensed that the air was filled with energy of all kinds of colors.

Among them was azure energy—no, not energy, but particles!

Eichi guessed that these azure particles might be Bug-type energy particles. After absorbing them, they became a form of energy especially useful to Bug-type Pokémon.

Sure enough, heaven had sent him here to become a Bug-type Champion!

Eichi carefully used his will to pull those azure particles into his body.

To his surprise, they came to him on their own. The azure particles around him actively gathered into Eichi's body.

Eichi accepted them all in wild delight, and an hour passed just like that.

Eichi's legs had gone numb, so he ended today's cultivation. He felt as if he were cultivating immortality.

After lying down, Eichi tried absorbing azure particles again, and then a miracle happened.

He could absorb them while lying down too. Which bastard had decided that cultivation required sitting cross-legged?

Eichi felt as though his intelligence had been deceived. He could do it lying down as well, though the absorption rate was slightly slower if he did not concentrate.

Then Eichi lay in bed without worry, while Beedrill slept in its own nest.

After evolving into Beedrill, Eichi had stopped sleeping with it, afraid that he might accidentally get pricked by one of its stingers. Eichi recalled his special ability. It was somewhat like Viridian Power and allowed him to communicate with Pokémon.

It could heal Pokémon and raise their levels. But it seemed to work only on Bug-type Pokémon!

Everyone else's special abilities had names, like Viridian Power, Dragon Taming Power, psychic powers, and Aura.

His special ability needed a name too. What should he call it?

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