In the pitch-black tunnel.
A pixelated Pokémon that looked like a nymph burst into brilliant light.
A moment later.
A golden cicada beat its wings rapidly.
The Ninja Boy in front of it pulled a Poké Ball from his pocket, as if checking something.
[Your Nincada evolved into Ninjask and Shedinja.]
The result matched the description in the Ninja's Book. Delighted, he raised the Poké Ball and struck the classic pose of a game character picking up an item from the ground.
"Five... so there's one left."
Baimu nodded slightly.
From what he had seen, the subjects in the Simulator generally raised no more than six Pokémon.
Those who chose the Elite System talent invariably raised exactly six. Only subjects with the Well-Bred talent might have a whole crowd of Pokémon.
After all, to reach the tournament stage and perform well within a year, they needed to focus on raising relatively few Pokémon, strengthening them and expanding their move pools.
As for training Ninjask and Shedinja...
[You are delighted to discover that Shedinja and Ninjask are also adept at ambushes and stealth. You quickly decide which ninja techniques to teach them.]
The narration made it clear that ambushes really were the Ninja Boy's specialty. He had won most of his earlier Gym battles with ambush tactics.
The two newcomers were undoubtedly better suited to that approach than Swalot.
Still.
The Ninja Boy's main reason for catching Swalot was to use its bodily fluids.
[Using Weezing's toxic smoke and Swalot's venom, you follow a recipe in the Ninja's Book to create a new toxin, slightly increasing the power of Poison-type moves.]
Increasing a move's power by making the poison more potent...
Baimu's only Poison-type Pokémon was Gengar, but Gengar usually used Ghost-type moves. He had