Little Poliwag's Persistence

The tenth day of surviving on the deserted island, cloudy.

Last night, he saw Poliwag's potential increase by 0.01 and was so excited he couldn't sleep all night. He desperately wanted to figure out how Poliwag's potential had increased.

If it could increase once, it could increase a second time. Even if Poliwag leveled up to eight and Water Gun proficiency reached five percent, it wouldn't be a surprise. The potential increase was the biggest surprise.

Considering Poliwag had been by his side these past few days and hadn't eaten anything special, eating the same things as him.

The only special thing was, what did Poliwag eat after he fainted? Did it eat anything strange? Something he didn't know?

"Poliwag, what did you eat the day I fainted?" Yu Hai asked as he thought of it, immediately inquiring of Poliwag. This matter was very important to Poliwag, concerning its future.

"Yo?" Seeing Yu Hai's anticipation, Poliwag thought hard for a while before finally shaking its head, not understanding what Yu Hai was talking about.

Yu Hai was helpless about this. He knew this would be the result. Poliwag still couldn't understand certain unfamiliar or complex and difficult-to-understand words.

However, he could roughly guess that Poliwag hadn't eaten anything special. Although the natural resources here were abundant, there were no special resources.

If he had to say what Poliwag had eaten during this time, he knew it best.

Kelp, shells, snails, fish, Caterpie meat, Metapod meat.

If there was anything special, it was that it ate its fill.

Regarding the improvement in potential, he actually had another guess: Poliwag's body was slowly recovering.

Poliwag's potential was likely more than 31%. It had previously suffered from poor development and malnutrition due to hunger, and its potential might have dropped. Now that its body was slowly recovering, it had risen back, albeit by a small margin.

If that were the case, it was truly difficult for the little tadpole. Once potential dropped, it was hard to raise it again.

Alas, a little tadpole with mediocre talent, a fisherman surviving on a deserted island.

No matter how much was said, they were just two unfortunate brothers in arms, relying on each other.

Regardless of how Poliwag's potential improved, he should be able to figure it out through future observation. No need to rush, take it slow.

"Poliwag, it's time for morning practice. Are you ready?" Yu Hai interrupted Poliwag, who was still deep in thought, calling it to exercise with him.

He had almost recovered today, finally free from the torment of fever and illness. Starting today, he would strengthen his body and adhere to exercising.

This was necessary to avoid getting sick again.

Moreover, when he played games in his previous life, the game mentioned information about Poliwag. Poliwag's newly grown legs were not good at walking on land.

Compared to walking on land, Poliwag preferred swimming or hopping.

To train Poliwag's land walking, he wouldn't train Water Gun this morning. He would have Poliwag run with him, practicing land walking, preparing for its evolution into Poliwhirl and its Swift Swim ability.

Poliwag's leg flexibility was crucial for practicing this ability. If it couldn't even walk steadily, how could it develop its ability?

"Yo?" Hearing Yu Hai utter new words again, Poliwag didn't understand and tilted its head in confusion.

"Like this," Yu Hai decided to demonstrate himself. He got up and ran in a circle on the sand in front of their makeshift shelter, showing Poliwag.

"This is running, Poliwag..."

"Yo yo," Poliwag understood and started running too.

But as it ran, Poliwag's blue feet were tripped by the small stones on the sand.

Compared to running, Poliwag still preferred slow walking or hopping.

"Take it slow, I'll practice with you slowly. Let's start with walking," Yu Hai stopped, helped up the fallen Poliwag, and brushed the sand off its blue skin.

"Yo," Poliwag didn't want to be outdone by Yu Hai, and a fighting spirit ignited in its eyes for some reason.

Seeing the fighting spirit ignite in Poliwag's eyes, Yu Hai secretly nodded. Although this little tadpole's talent was not great, as long as it was willing to work hard, its potential could break through.

He was afraid of Poliwag having mediocre talent and not working hard; that would be truly hopeless.

"Run, Poliwag," Yu Hai ran ahead, quickly surpassing Poliwag by one lap, two laps, three laps...

Poliwag also slowly went from a slow walk to a brisk walk, and then to a run...

After half an hour of jogging, Yu Hai was tired and stopped to rest, drinking some Lukewarm Water to recover his energy.

Poliwag, however, was still running with "yo ho yo ho" sounds until it fell again. Yu Hai went forward and carried Poliwag back.

"Poliwag, stop running, let's rest a bit..."

After carrying Poliwag back to the shade of the trees, its skin was a bit dry, no longer moist as before. This was because Poliwag had sweated a lot, and it was dehydrated to maintain skin moisture.

Poliwag needed to rehydrate. He immediately brought Poliwag a cup of Lukewarm Water, which was fresh water he had heated earlier.

"Here, drink this first, we're still exercising..."

"Yo ho, yo ho," Seeing Yu Hai bring water, Poliwag immediately gulped it down. It had been thirsty for a long time, being a Water-type spirit after all.

This morning, one person and one tadpole spent it running. They ran for half an hour, rested, drank water to rehydrate and recover energy, and then continued running until the sun became increasingly intense, and they finally stopped exercising.

After running all morning, Yu Hai felt very tired, truly exhausted, with bloodshot eyes.

His body was already in a sub-healthy state. Suddenly starting to run, especially a slow jog all morning, was inevitably a bit uncomfortable.

However, exercising was a must. To become a Trainer, one must exercise; not running was not an option.

Poliwag was also exhausted from this run, completely worn out and lying in a bucket.

To cool Poliwag down and restore moisture to its dry skin, he sacrificed a bucket of fresh water for Poliwag's bath.

Next, he couldn't rest yet; he still needed to sort out lunch.

The ingredient was the Caterpie he'd caught in the grass yesterday. He nipped off the head and tail, boiled water, and cleaned it in one go.

Then, the Caterpie was placed in the Stew Pot to cook.

He wouldn't be grilling today. Too much grilled food made him heaty, and he'd already gotten blisters on his lips.

Besides, without iced beer and seasonings, grilling wasn't much fun. Cooking it was better; drinking some soup would be nice too.

The Poliwag's diet also included fish and bug Pokémon.

Specifically, Magikarp and Caterpie, along with other fish and bug Pokémon, were on the Poliwag's menu.

After the Stew Pot boiled and cooked for a while, they were ready to eat. It was boiled white meat, with a hint of saltiness.

You can imagine the taste. Anyway, he had to eat it. As long as he could fill his stomach, he couldn't worry about so much.

"Poliwag, it's time to eat..."

"Yo yo..."

As soon as it heard "time to eat," the Poliwag instantly perked up. It quickly jumped out of the water bucket and stood guard by its Frying Pan "bowl," waiting for Yu Hai to feed it.

Whether this book can take off and level up depends on everyone's continued reading. Continued reading, continued reading, continued reading... Thank you