Definitely Has a Side Hustle!

Pokémon: [Luxray]

Attribute: [Electric-type]

Gender: [♂]

Ability: [Fighting Spirit]

Level: [61]

Item: [Magnet]

Moves: [Charge, Thunder Shock, Howl, Electric Terrain, Spark, Roar, Thunder Fang, Thunder Wave, Discharge, Crunch, Wild Charge, Fire Fang, Protect, Charge Beam]

The Luxray lying limp like a puddle on the floor was a Gym Level Pokémon!!!

Su Hao's gaze swept over the remaining five Pokémon. Though they were not Gym Level, all five had reached Professional Level.

The Pokémon in this cat café were definitely suspiciously high-level, but Su Hao had no intention of asking about it.

This shop owner definitely had a side hustle!

After leaving the cat café, Su Hao planned to go home and check on Carbink and Incineroar's training results for the day.

Li Hua was very well-informed, so Su Hao already knew that the entire day would be academic classes.

Rather than letting Carbink and Incineroar stew inside their Poké Balls, he might as well leave them at home with some independent training assignments.

When he got home, Su Hao found Carbink and Incineroar in the backyard.

At that moment, Incineroar's entire body was wrapped in crimson flames as he tried to break through the Reflect Carbink had created.

A closer look revealed that Incineroar's move list now contained Flame Charge.

Flame Charge could raise the user's speed while attacking, broadening Incineroar's current combat options.

Wrapped in crimson flames, Incineroar kept circling Carbink, trying to find a gap in Reflect. Yet before the watertight defense of Carbink, he could not find an opening.

For Carbink, she had long mastered Reflect and Light Screen to the point where she could deploy them wherever she wanted.

Unable to break through Reflect for the time being, Incineroar grew somewhat impatient.

"Meow..." Incineroar lightly scraped his claws against the firm ground. Wrapped in flames, he had no idea where to begin.

[Su Hao is back!]

The instant Su Hao stepped into the garden, Carbink noticed him.

"I'm back."

Seeing Incineroar's predicament, Su Hao pondered slightly before saying, "Try Shadow Claw."

Against Psychic-type moves, Ghost-type, Bug-type, and Dark-type moves all had type advantages.

Incineroar had yet to evolve into Incineroar, so he was not proficient with Dark-type moves.

At this point, he could use Shadow Claw or U-turn to break through Psychic-type moves.

Shadow Claw was released through Incineroar's two powerful forepaws, making it more powerful than U-turn and suitable for breaking Reflect.

Su Hao gestured for Carbink to keep Reflect before her, then had Incineroar attack with Shadow Claw.

"Meow! Meow!" As Incineroar ran, dark violet energy formed a huge claw over his right paw.

Incineroar leaped high into the air and swung his claw down with all his strength.

The dark violet Shadow Claw collided with the pink Reflect, and a piercing impact rang out from where the moves met.

Screech----------.

Before long, under the sustained force of Shadow Claw, the Reflect without further energy support finally began cracking from its center.

Having finally broken through Reflect, Incineroar did not continue attacking.

Shadow Claw vanished instantly, and Incineroar landed lightly on the ground.

[That was amazing!] Carbink hopped in front of Incineroar and praised him sincerely.

"Meow~" (I still have a long way to go.) Incineroar did not become smug just because he had broken Reflect.

Reflect was, at most, the first layer of defense Sister Carbink had set up.

"Alright, that's enough training for today." Seeing the two Pokémon stop, Su Hao clapped his hands and announced the end of training.

Carbink and Incineroar must have been tired after training all day, so Su Hao planned to make them a feast as a reward.

[Class 1, Third Year Grade]

[Liang Hua]: Notice: Starting tomorrow, the Third Year Grade battle tournament will begin. The battle format will be two versus two, with no restrictions on switching Pokémon.

[Liang Hua]: Your results in these battles will be recorded in your school files. Please take this seriously, and remember to bring your Pokémon starting tomorrow.

[Li Hua]: Received.

[Feng Xiuming]: Received.

[Xin Lang]: Received.

[Jiang Chengcheng]: Received.

[Su Hao]: Received.

After receiving the battle notice from their homeroom teacher in the main class group that evening, the students in the grade's smaller group chat all came out to chat.

:Did everyone get the notice?

:Got it. Battles start tomorrow, right?

:Two versus two... I still haven't properly trained my Starter Pokémon. How am I supposed to fight?

:Same here, same here. My Butterfree is still at the Novice Level Mid Stage. I have no idea how to fight those monsters who are already Normal Level.

:Who do you think will take first place?

:Su Hao, probably? After all, he's the son of our city's Rising Sun Gym Leader.

:I'm not so sure. I heard some insider news—Su Hao's Starter Pokémon isn't Fire-type. It's Rock-type.

:Huh? His family specializes in Fire-type Pokémon, so why did he choose Rock-type?

:Who knows? I think Wen Hao from Class 2 has a pretty good chance instead.

:Wen Hao's Starter Pokémon is a Squirtle, one of the Starters. His family even prepared a Heracross for him! Heracross is already in its final evolution when born, and its Combat Power is exceptional.

:Maybe Su Hao will become stronger later, but at least Wen Hao has seized the initiative for now!

:That actually makes some sense...

:There's also a girl in Class 5. Apparently, she's a Psychic user and has already been accepted as the disciple of a Psychic Master!

Su Hao had no idea what the Third Year Grade group was discussing, because he had not joined the group at all.

The next day, Li Hua came over and told him about it.

Li Hua said that Brother Su had already taken down an Elite Level Scizor, so there was no way he would take a mere Squirtle and Heracross seriously.

Su Hao smiled. He was not particularly interested in such disputes. The truth would be revealed in battle.

[Ding! Task triggered!]

[System Task: Obtain first place in Yangcheng High School's Third Year Grade competition!]

[Task Reward: Litten Candy x20, System Currency x5000!]

[Litten Candy: Feed it to a Pokémon from the Litten family to increase its HP, Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed, and total energy by 1 point each.]

[Upon completing the task, Carbink Candy and Litten Candy will be added to the System Mall!]

Candy!?

Su Hao remembered that before he had transmigrated, Pokémon GO, the mobile game operated by Game Freak, had Candy items that could strengthen specific Pokémon.

Candy could enhance the overall attributes of the Pokémon that consumed it. It was an extremely useful item!

Since the System Task had been issued, and he had already planned to show his strength anyway, then he absolutely had to take first place!