Pokémon Dimension: Fooling Groudon from the Start

Su Yi had pretty good luck this time. The Battle Drop Function had unlocked!

It had copied and dropped all the good stuff Luo Jing had on him.

[ Ding! Congratulations, Host. The Battle Drop Function has been unlocked. You have obtained 560,000 Gold Coins, 1 Evolution Key Stone, 4 Antidote Potions, 3 Paralysis Potions, 2 Recovery Potions, and 3 Advanced Pokeballs! ]

Oh!

What a generous benefactor!

There was no need to mention the 560,000 Gold Coins. Luo Jing still had to give him another 500,000 in a bit. The main thing was that Evolution Key Stone!

Luo Jing actually had an Evolution Key Stone on him, and Su Yi's Battle Drop Function had copied it over.

An Evolution Key Stone would fetch at least several hundred thousand Gold Coins!

Su Yi already had one Evolution Key Stone, so he could just sell this one to the Pokémon League.

One Evolution Key Stone was enough, after all. They were shared.

What, were you going to have six Pokémon capable of Mega Evolution and wear six Evolution Key Stones strung around your neck like a necklace?

Can you picture it or what!

Su Yi: →_→

In other words, that blockhead Luo Jing had just brought Su Yi over 1.5 million Gold Coins!

Sweet!

Su Yi was over the moon, while Luo Jing was on the verge of tears.

Damn it! Little Lion had only just beaten Dewott and evolved into Fire Lion, and now Fire Lion had become Su Yi's stepping stone, helping Combusken evolve into Blaziken.

And the most important thing was the 500,000 Gold Coins!!!

Luo Jing was already wondering how he was going to explain this to his dad.

Go to his dad for sympathy and help?

Not a chance. His upbringing had taught Luo Jing one thing: if someone took advantage of him, he had to take it back himself!

In his heart, Luo Jing had already made Su Yi the person he had to surpass!

Su Yi: →_→

He'd already lost to Su Yi, and he still wanted to surpass him?

Not a chance.

With the teacher and the students watching from around the battle field, Luo Jing took a deep breath and transferred 500,000 Gold Coins on the spot.

Five hundred thousand wasn't enough to cripple his family. After all, his dad had been an established Elite for years, unlike Su Yi's sister, Su Xiyan.

Su Xiyan had only become an Elite recently.

After the remaining million or so, plus another million here, Su Yi's Gold Coins had once again passed two million.

"Su Yi, you came in first in the first Class Battle Competition for Class One's new students. Our class was the last to decide its winner, and the first-place students from all ten classes receive the same reward. Jingtian Academy has prepared a Pokémon Egg for you."

The teacher explained as she led Su Yi away from the battle field.

A Pokémon Egg? Sure, it was free. No reason to turn it down.

The Pokémon Eggs offered by Jingtian Academy had to be at least Green Qualification, right?

Su Yi: Groudon, heh heh. It's your turn to do the honors again.

Groudon: MMP. I'm the God of the Earth, and you make me handle all these trivial matters every time!

Su Yi: Do you not like the feeling of flying anymore, or do you not want to fly?

Groudon: Leave it to me!

The teacher led Su Yi away.

Luo Jing didn't look toward Yan Yuzhu again.

He couldn't even beat Su Yi in Pokémon battles. Luo Jing felt like something was seriously wrong with him.

He needed to think things through.

Before long, most of the people had dispersed. Everyone went back to their dorms or classrooms, but two people unconsciously walked a little slower.

Yan Yuzhu and Qiao Yueyue.

Yan Yuzhu and Qiao Yueyue fell behind the others.

When they'd cheered Su Yi on just now, both Yan Yuzhu and Qiao Yueyue had noticed the other.

As beautiful trainers who both had goddess-like looks, they couldn't help comparing themselves to each other!

Yan Yuzhu: She looks quite delicate, but her overall entrance exam score ranked in the top two hundred nationwide. I can't underestimate her.

Qiao Yueyue: Yan Yuzhu seems so gentle. No wonder she and Su Yi seem to get along pretty well.

The two girls both noticed the other sizing them up. They paused in surprise, then nodded to each other and headed toward their respective classes.

Following the female teacher, Su Yi arrived in front of the Spirit Tower at Jingtian Academy.

There were already nine teachers and nine students there.

When they saw the teacher from the first-year Class One bringing Su Yi over, the other nine teachers all nodded.

Just as expected, just as expected!

"All right, everyone. Jingtian Academy's first-year students hold a Class Battle Competition every month. At the end of the first-year term, there'll be a final team competition between all the classes. Every student who comes in first will receive a Pokémon Egg. These ten Pokémon Eggs are your rewards this time."

The female teacher from Class One spoke, pointing at the ten Pokémon Eggs in the cooler on the table.

Su Yi and the other nine first-place winners stepped forward. The other nine looked at one another, but none of them was the first to go up and choose.

Su Yi wasn't going to hold back.

He patted the Master Ball in his pocket. Groudon, inside the Master Ball, could sense what was happening outside.

Groudon was Ground Type right now, but he was a Legendary Pokémon, after all. He could still sense which Pokémon Egg contained the most energy.

Following Groudon's instructions, Su Yi chose the Pokémon Egg that Groudon sensed had the strongest energy.

After greeting the ten teachers, Su Yi left with the Pokémon Egg.

Back in his dorm room, Su Yi closed the door.

"Come on out, Groudon, and everyone else."

Su Yi called them all out.

"Koo kah!"

"Cha mo!"

"Mm..."

All six Pokémon and Groudon looked at Su Yi.

"All right, I know you've all been itching for a fight after this past month. Greninja, especially you. You haven't had a proper battle since you evolved."

Su Yi looked at the first four Pokémon he'd gotten.

"Koo kah!"

Greninja nodded, standing ramrod straight.

It really had been a long time since he'd had a proper battle.

Over the past month, he'd only had one good battle, when he evolved from Frogadier into Greninja.

"Larvitar, your situation is better than Beldum's. Beldum, you've spent this whole time battling only Larvitar. From now on, Beldum, you'll have more and more opponents!"

Su Yi looked at Larvitar, then at Shiny Beldum.

"Cha!"

Beldum nodded firmly, floating in the air.

Next was Groudon.

"Groudon, don't look at me like that... You'll get the chance to battle other Legendary Pokémon soon. My destination this time is the Kunlun Mountains!"

Su Yi hadn't forgotten what the Legendary Pokémon Traces Scroll said:

Legendary Pokémon Traces Scroll description: The Kunlun Mountains. A volcanic eruption. A Legendary Pokémon appears!

He'd been keeping an eye on the area for a month or so, but the volcano hadn't erupted. However, the Pokémon TV station in the Kunlun Mountains had already started reporting signs that a dormant volcano might erupt.

So Su Yi had decided to head there and take a look.

The pocket-sized Groudon floated in the air. Hearing Su Yi say he'd have a chance to battle other Legendary Pokémon, Groudon's eyes lit up. He'd finally get to show the other Legendary Pokémon what he could do—and finally get to fly, too?!

Excellent!!!

"As for this Pokémon Egg..."

Su Yi looked at the Pokémon Egg still in his arms, unsure whether he should hatch it.

If he didn't hatch it now, the Pokémon inside wouldn't have much of a connection with him, and they wouldn't be especially close.

But if he spent some time with it, then used the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator to hatch it, Su Yi figured he probably wouldn't be able to bring himself to sell it to the Pokémon League or anyone else.

The Pokémon Egg was pink and white, a color similar to Ampharos's fur.

Groudon had picked it, so its Qualification was probably Blue.

In the end, Su Yi decided to hatch it.

The color of the Pokémon Egg had given him a few guesses about what Pokémon might be inside.

He connected to the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator in Spatial Storage, then placed the Pokémon Egg in the incubation slot.

[5,000 Gold Coins required.]

Right. Larvitar, with Purple Qualification, only cost 100,000 Gold Coins, so 5,000 was already plenty to speed up the hatching of this Pokémon Egg.

After deducting 5,000 Gold Coins, he saw that the Pokémon Egg Hatching Accelerator was now speeding up the hatching process. The progress display jumped from 0% to 1%. Su Yi then put the accelerator back into Spatial Storage.

Having something like this sure was convenient.

Su Yi tidied up his dorm room, packed everything he needed, and set off.

Before leaving Jingtian Academy, Su Yi hesitated, but in the end he didn't message Yan Yuzhu or Qiao Yueyue. He didn't tell them he was heading to the Kunlun Mountains.

It took several hours to travel from Shangjing City to the Kunlun Mountains by high-speed rail.

Su Yi used those few hours on the train to send Dr. Du Chen the Pokémon Research Summary he'd already written on his laptop, The Unknown Evolutions of Known Pokémon.

Over the past month, he'd gotten to know Dr. Du Chen. He was a man who truly wanted to devote everything he had to researching Pokémon evolution.

The material Su Yi had written contained a great deal of information about Pokémon evolution, along with methods for proving his theories.

Dr. Du Chen had sought Su Yi out several times over the past month, saying that if anyone gave him trouble, he had to tell him. He would never allow a genius with such talent for Pokémon evolution to be bullied.

Repay grudges and return kindness—one of Su Yi's principles for life.

Su Yi: →_→

A few hours later, Su Yi arrived in Kunlun City.

Jingtian Academy.

Just moments ago, Dr. Du Chen had, for the first time, called Gu Tianyuan, Gu Yu, and Gu Yuanfang together.

Gu Tianyuan, Gu Yu, and Gu Yuanfang had been in charge of Jingtian Academy in the past, the present, and the future, so Du Chen knew he needed their agreement to make sure this matter was taken care of.

Of course, even though Old Man Du was already over sixty, he understood the situation perfectly. Before calling the three of them over, he'd already been seventy or eighty percent certain they would agree.

"Old Du, why did you call the three of us together all of a sudden? Has there been a decisive breakthrough in Pokémon evolution research?"

Gu Tianyuan sat at the table, drinking tea.

He and Du Chen went way back. They were old friends.