Golden Finger

"Gary!"

Just as Gary stepped out of the Player Tunnel, he heard a familiar voice by his ear, making him stop his hurried steps.

"Grandpa?"

Gary stopped and looked in surprise at the elderly man who seemed to have been waiting at the exit of the Player Tunnel for some time—his grandfather, Professor Oak.

"Grandpa, why are you here?"

Although he had long known that Professor Oak was in Silver Town, Gary was still somewhat surprised and caught off guard to see him standing before him at this moment.

"Well..." Professor Oak glanced at Gary before hesitantly saying, "I came to check on you."

After hearing Professor Oak's words, Gary immediately understood why his grandfather had appeared here.

Likewise, after feeling his grandfather's concern and comparing it to his previous life, when he had no family in the entire world, Gary's heart warmed slightly.

It feels so good to be cared for!

After a brief daze, Gary smiled and said to Professor Oak, "Grandpa, I'm fine."

"Really? That's wonderful!"

Seeing that Gary did not seem to be lying, Professor Oak immediately put his worried heart at ease.

Professor Oak had originally thought that the proud and arrogant Gary would lose confidence after this battle, and he had already prepared words to console him.

However, seeing no disappointment on Gary's face, Professor Oak realized that his worries had been unnecessary.

"By the way, Gary, what are your plans for the future?" Professor Oak then recalled his other reason for coming and asked Gary.

Seeing that there was something behind his grandfather's words, Gary was momentarily distracted, but he quickly understood Professor Oak's meaning.

Professor Oak wanted Gary to inherit his legacy and become a Pokémon Researcher.

However, that was not Gary's dream, so he naturally refused.

"Grandpa, my dream of becoming the Strongest Trainer won't stop here."

Gary firmly expressed his thoughts to Professor Oak.

"Is that so? I understand."

Hearing Gary's resolute words, Professor Oak understood his determination and did not try to persuade him further.

Since Gary had other urgent matters to attend to, he did not continue chatting with Professor Oak. After having his defeated Pokémon treated at the Pokémon Center, he hurried back to his room.

After closing the door, Gary immediately sat on the sofa in his room and closed his eyes, seemingly resting with his eyes shut.

But in truth, Gary focused his mind within his own consciousness.

Seeing this, I imagine every dear reader already knew what was happening.

After all, for every transmigrator and reborn individual, a Golden Finger was indispensable. Naturally, Gary was no exception.

With his eyes closed, Gary was currently learning about the system that belonged to him.

After keeping his eyes shut for several minutes, Gary learned what he wanted to know and the system's functions through the information it transmitted to him.

It turned out that after Gary died in his previous life, the system had chosen him. At the cost of an enormous amount of energy, it brought Gary to this Pokémon-filled world and reincarnated him as the current Gary.

However, because the mental strength of an adult was too much for the newborn Gary to bear, it spent more energy to seal Gary's memories.

The system had also consumed too much energy and fallen dormant. It was only when Gary awakened the memories of his previous life that it awoke from its slumber.

The system Gary carried was not like the ones he had imagined, where one grew stronger through daily check-ins or had countless missions to complete.

Its function was very simple. After combining with some of the rules of the current Pokémon World, it had formed a straightforward ability: Become Stronger by Capturing.

That was right. You heard correctly—it was a Become Stronger by Capturing system. As long as Gary captured Pokémon in this world, he could receive rewards.

Of course, he could not receive rewards simply by capturing any Pokémon. There were countless Pokémon in this world; if that were the case, wouldn't Gary be set for life?

There were restrictions on the Pokémon Gary captured if he wanted to receive rewards from the system.

To obtain rewards, the Pokémon Gary captured had to possess at least Elite Four Level potential. Pokémon with potential below Elite Four Level could not earn rewards.

Simply put, the system just could not be bothered with Pokémon whose potential was too low.

What delighted Gary even more was that the higher the potential of the Pokémon he captured, the more generous the system's rewards would be.

If he captured a Legendary Pokémon and gained its recognition, wouldn't he strike it rich?

At that thought, Gary, who had already been somewhat excited, became even more thrilled and could not help bursting into laughter.

Fortunately, Gary was not outside. Otherwise, passersby might have thought he had gone mad.

After learning about some of the system's details, Gary was quite satisfied.

Unfortunately, his system had no intelligence and no sweet or cool system spirit to guide him. It only had its own operating program.

What also dissatisfied Gary somewhat was that upon activating the system, he had not received a Newbie Gift Package like the ones described in system novels from his previous life.

Inside Gary's System Space, there was only empty nothingness.

Although he had not gotten a Newbie Gift Package, Gary was already content with obtaining a system, so he did not force the matter.

"I already have a system, so why am I still thinking about a Newbie Gift Package? There'll be bread and milk eventually."

After sorting out his thoughts, Gary let go of his obsession with the Newbie Gift Package and continued studying the system's functions.

Very quickly, Gary, who had been somewhat dejected over the Newbie Gift Package, cast off his previous disappointment and became happy and excited instead.

He had just learned from the system that although there was no Newbie Gift Package at the start, Pokémon Gary captured after awakening could still earn rewards.

Upon seeing that there were rewards, Gary's eyes immediately lit up. He then focused on the system in his mind, wanting to see exactly how many rewards he could obtain.

After the system inspected all of Gary's Pokémon, it determined that among his large number of Pokémon, only three possessed Elite Four Level potential or higher.

"Only three?" Seeing the system's assessment, Gary immediately felt somewhat disappointed.

After all, among the dozens of Pokémon he owned, only three met the requirements. The number of rewards had suddenly plummeted—how could Gary not feel disappointed?

Fortunately, there were still three rewards, which gave Gary some comfort.

After pulling himself out of his low mood, Gary began checking the information recorded by the system on the Pokémon whose potential had reached Elite Four Level or above.