Off to Silver Town (Thanks to Brother Asuka, Who Loves Drums, for the Almighty Certification)

For the next half month, Chen Shi stayed home training his Pokémon, even setting aside his potion-making.

For him, improving his Pokémon's strength was undoubtedly more important now.

He even tempted Mew with two cases of ice cream, getting him to help out as a coach.

Mew worked remarkably hard for that ice cream, constantly transforming into different Pokémon to explain the finer points of using various moves to Florges and the others.

With help from Mew and the Mystery Realm Core Shard, Florges and the others improved by leaps and bounds over those two weeks.

Not only did they execute their moves noticeably faster, but their levels also soared.

Dragapult was now level 63, just shy of the middle Senior Elite King stage, while Swampert was level 61, also in the early Senior Elite King stage.

Thanks to Xerneas's horn fragment, Florges had already broken through to the Senior Elite King tier, and her potential had reached Champion.

Togekiss, Leafeon, and Charizard had also reached the peak Gym tier.

Unfortunately, breaking through to Senior Elite King was not so easy. They would probably need some more time.

Metagross lagged a little behind, having only reached level 58 that day, not yet at the level 59 peak. The Mystery Realm Core Shard had also been completely depleted, crumbling into a pile of fragments.

Still, Chen Shi was more than satisfied. So what if it had crumbled? It had served its purpose.

Next, it was time to head to the Kanto region.

On the morning of October 16, Chen Shi brought Pheobe to the entrance of the Devon Corporation in Rustboro City.

A young gentleman in a smart suit with short silver hair was already waiting there. Seeing them, he smiled and approached.

"Old Chen, Pheobe, you're here."

"Steven! It's