Pokémon Doctor

Night.

Eevee got Fang Yuan's phone as it had wished and curled up in its Silk Scarf to watch anime.

Meanwhile.

In the same room, Fang Yuan silently updated Eevee's basic stat data and drew up a plan for the upcoming special training.

Before undergoing special training, Eevee had been lacking in stamina, Body Strength, speed, explosive power, and Coordination Ability. Its command of moves had not been very good either.

But now, it had improved greatly.

After a week of training, its basic qualities—stamina, Body Strength, speed, explosive power, and Coordination Ability—were considered passable in Fang Yuan's eyes.

Though it might still be rather ordinary, without anything particularly outstanding, Eevee at least now had what it took to participate in battles and was no longer so weak.

As for moves, Eevee currently knew five: Tackle, Tail Whip, Growl, Sand Attack, and Quick Attack.

Fang Yuan did not intend to continue training Tackle, Tail Whip, or Growl.

Eevee's energy was limited, and they had to make the most of the little over a month they had.

Quick Attack contained the power and explosive force of Tackle, as well as speed beyond Eevee's normal limits. It was currently its strongest offensive method.

It could be said that Quick Attack could completely replace Tackle.

Over the next few days, Fang Yuan planned to conduct special training around three areas at once.

Quick Attack, Sand Attack, and Anticipation!

Compared to its normal speed, Eevee was still somewhat unfamiliar with the changes brought by Quick Attack. If, within this month, Eevee could use Quick Attack's speed to dash through the tangled forest without restraint, then in terms of movement speed, reaction speed, Coordination Ability, stamina, explosive power, and more, Eevee would definitely surpass Pokémon at the same stage. At the same time, its mastery of Quick Attack would become quite proficient.

Of course, merely improving its basic qualities was not enough. It also needed more battle tactics.

Compared to Growl and Tail Whip, Sand Attack had greater tactical value. Fang Yuan did not want Eevee to neglect the first move it had learned.

If used properly in battle, even Sand Attack could play a crucial role.

Then there was its Ability.

"Ability training is also closely tied to tempering Body Strength," Fang Yuan thought.

As Eevee grew, it crashed into tree stumps less and less often. The clever little Eevee had long grasped a certain pattern. That was certainly a good thing, but what Fang Yuan wanted was all-around training.

So at this point, he planned to begin training Eevee's control over its Ability. That way, Eevee could crash more often, tempering its Body Strength and Willpower.

"Ability training will alternate with Quick Attack training. The method will be to blindfold yourself and sprint through the forest at full speed without using Quick Attack."

With this training, the number of times Eevee crashed into tree trunks would rise again. The key to avoiding them would be Eevee's Ability, Anticipation.

Though crashing into tree trunks was not life-threatening danger, it still hurt. Eevee could not stand it after doing it too many times. Through their earlier experiences, Fang Yuan had already realized that reality and games were fundamentally different. Abilities and moves were definitely not as rigid and one-dimensional as their effects in games.

It was worth mentioning that at this time, Abilities had yet to be comprehensively categorized. Ordinary Trainers still had only a vague concept of them.

Only Professional Trainers had the energy to study special powers beyond Pokémon moves. The reason was simple: compared to moves, Abilities were more mysterious and harder to fully understand.

Anticipation was considered one of the easier Abilities to understand.

Because of this Ability, Eevee sensed danger more deeply than other Pokémon, which was why it had hesitated during its earlier special training.

Over the past few days of training, Eevee had consciously begun overcoming the instinctive reactions brought by its Anticipation Ability, and it had succeeded. That was enough to show it was qualified to begin trying to master this special power.

If Eevee could also master its own Ability within a month, it would be like having a built-in danger radar. The effect that would have in battle would be terrifying.

For Ability training, Fang Yuan only planned to do this much for the time being. He had not even considered whether Abilities were something a Rookie Trainer like him should be dealing with. In the end, he simply had too many bold ideas in his head.

In the upcoming Little Phoenix King Cup, Fang Yuan might be the first Rookie Trainer to begin training a Pokémon's Ability.

The next day.

Fang Yuan and Eevee went out as usual, but neither of them noticed a figure quietly following behind them toward the forest.

After the special training began, it was clear that Eevee was in an even better mood because it had something to look forward to every night...

"Don't slack off. Everything is for victory in the Little Phoenix King Cup. When the time comes, the 100,000-yuan prize money will all be yours. There'll be no shortage of good food and drinks... Oh, right, I can also buy you a computer and a phone. You can play however you want and watch whatever you want."

To keep Eevee from becoming lazy over a little progress, Fang Yuan was really going all out. He had even brought up such outrageous ideas as buying Eevee a computer and phone.

The key was...

Eevee actually fell for it.

Upon hearing Fang Yuan's promised conditions, Hyper Beam practically shot from Eevee's eyes.

"A Pokémon with an internet addiction... that's the most lethal thing of all," Fang Yuan said with black lines all over his face.

While Fang Yuan and Eevee were undergoing special training, the figure that had been following them finally revealed himself.

He was a tall, mild-mannered middle-aged man in a White Coat, making it easy to associate him with a certain profession: doctor.

"So this is that student who has been going to the Pokémon Center every day lately?"

Over the past week, a strange phenomenon had occurred at Nanwu Town's Pokémon Center. Every day, it received a particularly bedraggled Eevee. Though the Pokémon Center provided medical services, Trainers rarely came to a rural Pokémon Center once every several days. Even when one did come, it was usually to handle some business. Cases of injuries from battles or training were rare. Someone like Fang Yuan, who brought an injured Eevee to the Pokémon Center every day, was bound to attract attention.

The Little Nurse intern in particular even suspected that Fang Yuan was abusing Pokémon under the guise of training them...

He Haifei, the Surgical Pokémon Doctor at Nanwu Town's Pokémon Center, was also curious about the matter. When his vacation came around, he deliberately looked around places nearby that were suitable for training Pokémon, and sure enough, he discovered Fang Yuan and Eevee, who had gotten up early.

"Interesting. This student actually made reasonable use of a place like this for special training..."

"So that's how all those physical indicators that improved across the board every day during the examinations were developed."

As a Pokémon Doctor, He Haifei watched Fang Yuan and Eevee training and sighed with emotion. Naturally, he could tell that Eevee had only been born recently, but that was precisely what sparked his curiosity.

After all, there was too little to do in the countryside. Even Pokémon Doctors could get bored out of their minds.

After watching for a while, He Haifei stepped out, wanting to have a chat with Fang Yuan. (End of Chapter)