Special Training Begins

The ninth day of surviving on the deserted island, cloudy, no rain.

The weather was quite good today. Yu Hai woke up very early. Just as the horizon was showing the first light of dawn, he was already up.

Perhaps after the fever broke, he couldn't fall back asleep. He merely shifted his upper body slightly, leaning against the trunk of a tree about the size of a plastic basin, quietly watching the rising sun on the horizon.

At this hour, the campfire had long since died out. He hadn't forgotten Poliwag either. The little Poliwag was sleeping soundly by his leg, even drooling crystal-clear saliva. He guessed it must be having sweet dreams.

He couldn't bear to disturb the little Poliwag, letting it continue to sleep.

To avoid waking Poliwag, he moved with great care. Yesterday had been really tough for the little guy.

It was unimaginable for him that a little Poliwag would be running around taking care of him.

This was perhaps the miraculous aspect of the Pokémon World. As long as it was a Pokémon, its intelligence was extremely high, basically on par with a human teenager.

In his past life, even the smartest human pets only had the intelligence of a child.

Gazing at the slowly rising sun, Yu Hai chewed on salty seaweed, replenishing some of his energy. He waited for the sun to fully rise, and his body gradually grew warmer.

But at some point, a drop of dew slid from the tree canopy and landed on Poliwag's nose, waking it up.

"Yo," Poliwag mumbled, opening its eyes. It also saw the rising sun on the horizon and felt its body warming up. It even patted the grass beside it with its tail.

But Poliwag quickly came to its senses. It hadn't patted Yu Hai with its tail; it clearly remembered sleeping right beside Yu Hai, so where had Yu Hai gone?

Thinking this, Poliwag instantly sobered up, quickly jumped up, and scanned its surroundings. It finally spotted Yu Hai by the tree trunk.

"Yo yo, yo yo..."

Seeing Yu Hai smiling at it, Poliwag excitedly hopped towards him and landed on his body.

"Cough, cough, gently, gently," Yu Hai almost died when the twenty-odd-pound Poliwag leaped onto him. His body hadn't recovered yet, and he couldn't help but cover his mouth and cough.

"Yo yo, yo yo," Seeing Yu Hai cough, Poliwag knew it had made a mistake again. It retreated to the side a bit sheepishly, not daring to make any more sudden movements.

After recovering some strength and stopping his coughing, Yu Hai didn't blame Poliwag. Instead, he raised his hand and stroked Poliwag's blue head.

Poliwag, like a child who had made a mistake, didn't dare to nuzzle Yu Hai proactively. It just blinked its innocent, big, dark eyes, afraid of hurting Yu Hai again.

"It's okay, Poliwag, let's cook breakfast," Yu Hai soothed Poliwag, then used his hands to support his weak body with difficulty. He went to the campfire and picked out the leaves from the stew pot.

He poured the water from the stew pot into a plastic bottle, then dumped out the mud and sand at the bottom of the pot. Only then did he pour the clean water from the plastic bottle back into the stew pot.

Afterward, he used some plastic and some of the leftover broken wooden boards from last night to reignite the campfire, then placed the stew pot back on the fire to boil water.

He also picked up the seaweed from the grass, rinsed it with the clean water from the plastic bottle, and put it into the stew pot to cook.

Compared to eating raw seaweed, which was salty and fishy, he preferred it cooked.

"Yo yo, yo yo..."

Hearing Poliwag's call, Yu Hai turned his head. It turned out Poliwag had found some broken wooden boards from somewhere and placed them by his feet.

"Poliwag, you can even pick up wooden boards? That's amazing," Yu Hai praised Poliwag.

"Yo yo, yo yo," Praised, Poliwag's tail was almost wagging to the sky. It was incredibly proud and even happier.

Yu Hai could naturally tell that the little Poliwag was so happy its tail was spinning like a propeller. While he could be gentle now, he was strict during training.

As the water in the stew pot boiled and the seaweed cooked, he and Poliwag each took a leaf bowl. They also made chopsticks temporarily and used them to pick up the boiled seaweed to eat.

Poliwag had a great appetite today. Yu Hai only ate three or four strands of seaweed before he was almost full. The mountain of seaweed was almost entirely eaten by Poliwag.

"Is the seaweed delicious, Poliwag?" Yu Hai asked, seeing Poliwag eating happily.

"Yo yo, yo yo," Poliwag nodded. As long as it was eating with Yu Hai, it was happy eating anything.

"Heh heh," Yu Hai chuckled helplessly, patted Poliwag's head, then poured the slightly salty hot water from the stew pot into a metal cup and slowly drank it to moisten his throat.

His fever had completely subsided. He could feel that the only remaining issue was his sore and itchy throat, which could also be resolved by drinking hot water.

Actually, when doctors say to drink more hot water, it can truly cure illnesses. Most inflammations in the body can be healed by drinking hot water.

But in his past life, drinking hot water became a derogatory term. Who could blame it when it was a universal cure? Some men with "male chauvinism" would only say, "Drink more hot water."

"Poliwag, are you full? Starting today, we're going to officially begin special training. Are you ready?" Yu Hai put down the metal cup and asked Poliwag, who was chewing on seaweed.

"Yo yo, yo yo," When Poliwag heard "special training," it knew it meant getting stronger.

It desperately wanted to become stronger, strong enough to help Yu Hai. Its eyes burned with a fierce fire, and its bright little gaze became even more determined.

"Your fighting spirit is very strong. Let me check your Water Gun move proficiency," Yu Hai opened Poliwag's proficiency panel. It had barely changed from last time.

[Poliwag]

[Type: Water]

[Gender: Male]

[Potential: 31%]

[Level: 7.01%]

[Ability: Damp/0.53%] [Hidden Ability: Swift Swim/1.53%]

[Known Moves: (Mind Reader/0.21%) (Ice Ball/0.31%) (Soothing Mist/0.51%) (Water Gun/1.31%) (Hypnosis/0.52%) (Chain Slap/2.64%) (Tackle/0.51%) (Water Gun/2.52%)]

"Your Water Gun move proficiency is currently 2.52%. Your special training task for this morning is to raise your Water Gun proficiency to 4%," Yu Hai said after checking Poliwag's panel, having assigned Poliwag its training plan.

"Yo yo," Poliwag chirped, bouncing off the ground and rushing toward the sea upon hearing it was time to train Water Gun.

"Poliwag, be careful and don't go too far. If you encounter danger, dive into the sea..."

"Yo yo, yo yo," Poliwag responded, its calls seeming to say, "I know, I'll train hard..."

Seeing this, Yu Hai was still a little worried about Poliwag. He refilled the teacup with hot water and added fresh water to the pot to continue boiling. Only then did he use a tree trunk to support himself as he stood up, picked up a branch from the ground to use as a walking stick, and slowly made his way to the seaside.

At this moment, his condition had slightly improved. As long as he avoided contact with cold water or prolonged exposure to the scorching sun, he would recover soon; it was only a matter of time.

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