The Goal Is to Become a Pokémon Master!

After burning incense, bathing, and praying to every deity he could think of, Uchiha Mai opened the one-and-a-half-star prize pool, paid 1,000 Style Points, and made a single pull.

The card pool began to spin. After a dazzling burst of light, a card appeared at its center. Uchiha Mai tapped it to inspect it.

[Litwick's Ember · One-and-a-Half-Star Special Item

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Litwick is a Pokémon from the Pokémon World. It likes to light dark places and guide people, but in truth, it uses its candle flame to absorb life energy.

On the distant African savanna, every sixty seconds that pass, one minute passes. For humans around Litwick, every minute of life lasts only fifty-nine seconds, or even less.

Use this ember to gain a growth-type flame capable of absorbing life energy.]

Uchiha Mai was slightly stunned. Had the damn system changed its ways? This reward was visibly powerful.

So this was what the one-and-a-half-star prize pool gave? Damn, this was ridiculously awesome.

Uchiha Mai remembered an episode from Pokémon the Series: Black & White. Ash and the others had arrived at Litwick Manor, and the Pokédex's description of Litwick had been vague and incomplete.

Team Rocket's two humans and one cat had shown up as usual and angered Litwick. Litwick had then beaten them senseless with all sorts of moves, including Shadow Ball and Inferno, aging them by more than ten years on the spot.

Uchiha Mai took out the reward. The faint blue ember danced in his palm, and a strange gust of wind blew in from nowhere, giving him an eerie sensation that his life was slipping away.

"How do I use this ember?" Uchiha Mai asked.

A moment later, the system panel gave him the answer:

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