Su Bai

Biodata

Power Progression

Su Bai’s documented gains include system-granted skills, supernatural powers, and improvements to his Pokémon. The numerical levels below belong to Pikachu, not Su Bai.

Background / History

Su Bai arrives in the Pokémon world three days before his sophomore final examination. He inherits the memories of a failing J University student with the same name, whose speech and habits closely resemble his own. The original student has no surviving family and treasures the Pikachu left by his mother 1 2.

His inherited father, Su Zhe, was a Dragon Nation mythology scholar who died in ruins when Su Bai was eight. Both parents died in the line of duty, securing their son a place in the university’s Pokémon Department. Su Zhe’s close friend Qi Shijun subsequently looked after him 2 3.

Su Zhe also arranged Su Bai’s childhood engagement during a study trip to Sinnoh and gave Cynthia a Pokémon egg as a first-meeting gift to his future daughter-in-law. Su Bai initially rejects Qi Shijun’s offer to introduce his fiancée, only to discover that she is Cynthia 2 3.

The original student neglected his father’s research materials. After transmigrating, Su Bai begins reading them to understand his new world, staying up late enough that Cynthia mistakes his urgent self-education for a longstanding scholarly habit 7.

Appearance

• Face and bearing: Cynthia considers him handsome, with refined features and a composed manner 3.
• Family resemblance: Qi Shijun observes that his eyes resemble his mother’s 48.
• Typical presentation: Frequently carries Pikachu in his arms or on his shoulder 1 2 8.

Personality

Su Bai is practical, witty, and openly motivated by useful rewards. Academic credits are especially important to him because they serve both graduation and system progression. He refuses unnecessary varsity assessment battles until learning that starters receive more opportunities to earn credits, then immediately volunteers to lead the team’s battles 2 32 37.

He treats Pokémon as living companions rather than possessions. He prefers raising a small number well, worries that a large team could leave some partners neglected, and dislikes making Pikachu endure Volt Tackle’s recoil. His declaration that Growlithe should choose its own Trainer is sincere in principle, although his crawfish-versus-tissue “choice” is comically stacked in his favor 8 11 26.

His empathy can override caution. During the forest-fire disaster, he joins the rescue because he cannot bear the thought of doing nothing while people and Pokémon suffer. After attacking Liu Feng, he still completes his entrusted feeding duties before visiting the injured Eevee 42 47 48.

He is protective of Cynthia and capable of holding grudges. Wang Dalin’s crude remarks about her lead Su Bai to insist on battling his team, but he abandons the punishment rather than hurt Togepi. He also takes teaching seriously, believing that hardworking students deserve meaningful help 23 30 34.

Abilities & Skills

Randomization System

Su Bai’s system can randomize Pokémon, personal skills, and items, while missions provide additional rewards and randomization progress 1 2 21.

• Pokémon modification: Can change stats, individual values, abilities, held items, and moves, as demonstrated by Pikachu 1.
• Chosen Lucky One randomizations: Provide exceptionally favorable results; accumulated randomizations and academic-credit rewards help him reach further uses 2 27 30.
• Evolution risk: Evolution is also randomized and may make a Pokémon stronger or weaker. The system recommends using a Chosen Lucky One randomization during evolution 2.
• Input quality: Su Bai notices that more valuable inputs seem more likely to produce valuable results, but recognizes that this is not guaranteed 20.
• Scanning: Displays Pokémon statistics, individual values, level, ability, held item, sex, and known moves 22.
• System Shop: Supplies Berries, Pokémon food, Moomoo Milk, and other purchases 7 16.

Viridian Force

Also called forest’s favor or the forest’s blessing, this power lets Su Bai draw strength from forests and interact more closely with Pokémon 45 46.

• Communicates directly with Pokémon, including a near-Elite Four-level Aggron encountered in the mountains 46.
• Uses supernatural energy to strengthen himself or heal Pokémon 45.
• Heightens his sensitivity to Pokémon nearby, allowing him to recognize Eevee’s presence upon entering the Day Care 46.
• Helps calm Eevee’s fear, but does not immediately restore its trust in the outside world 49.
• Remains usable even though Su Bai does not understand its operating principle 46.

Battle Knowledge and Tactics

His knowledge from his previous life helps him recognize moves, abilities, and strategies unfamiliar to people around him. He explains Body Press and predicts Qi Shijun’s use of Counter while watching an Elite Four battle 3.

• Speed accumulation: Uses Pikachu’s durability to buy time for Speed Boost, allowing it to become progressively faster 1 49.
• Move combinations: Creates Volt Tackle from Quick Attack and Thunderbolt; later charges through Fire Spin with an electrically shielded attack 4 26.
• Terrain control: Uses Surf to suppress Gible’s Sandstorm, even when Gible evades the wave with Dig 24.
• Matchup exploitation: Defeats He Liang’s oversized Quagsire with Grass Knot, turning its deliberately increased weight into a weakness 19.
• Improvised attacks: Has Growlithe strike levitating stones with Iron Tail to bombard Voltorb before finishing with Dig 26.
• Concealed coverage: Plans to exploit opponents’ assumptions about Gengar by combining strong physical attacks with special moves 29.

Languages and Ancient Scripts

System-granted mastery makes Su Bai fluent in the Sinnoh language and highly proficient in ancient writing 2.

• Deciphers inscriptions concerning the Adamant Orb and legends of time and space 5.
• Provides the Secret Technique used to teach Cynthia’s Garchomp Dragon Dance and guides Pikachu through Volt Switch practice 8 9.
• Correctly summarizes Professor Carolina’s lecture on Dialga and Palkia, then provides simultaneous interpretation 32.
• Cannot bypass every biological restriction through secret teachings; knowing a technique does not mean an incompatible Pokémon can learn it 9.

Pokémon Care and Teaching

Su Bai uses system-provided rearing knowledge to treat Growlithe’s wounds and prevent infection 11.

• Assesses Ming Tai’s Caterpie and identifies its potential through system scanning 22.
• Helps Caterpie evolve into Metapod through controlled practice against Pikachu 30.
• Teaches a student’s Ducklett to counter Thunderbolt with Aqua Ring 30.
• Handles feeding and daily health records for the university Day Care’s teaching Pokémon 40.

Cooking and Pokéblock Production

Su Bai has mastered dessert making and cooking, and prepares food accepted even by Cynthia’s picky Pokémon 2 7 15.

• Prepares premium yellow Pokéblocks made with Sitrus Berries for Garchomp 15.
• Cannot legally sell Pokéblocks privately without a license in the Dragon Nation 18.
• Uses leftover university Berries as ingredients, reducing his Pokémon-raising costs 40.

Pokémon Companions

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Poké Balls: Carries Pikachu’s ball at his waist and later uses balls for his other partners 2 20.
• System TMs: Teach moves instantly, unlike ordinary instructional Skill Discs. He pays 200 yuan to convert a Thunder Fang disc into a system TM for Growlithe 25.
• TM86 — Grass Knot: A single-use system reward used on Pikachu before the group final against He Liang 19.
• Berry Blenders: Obtains a household blender for Pokéblock production and a second blender after completing a Contest Battle-related mission 15 26.
• Black Market Ball: An unnumbered, unmonitored Poké Ball he keeps as a possible means of concealing a future powerful Pokémon 15.
• Metal Coat: Reward from Wu Zhong after Su Bai attracts private-lesson customers to Origin Gym 20.
• Blue Flute: Obtained by randomizing a Gym Badge; useful against Hypnosis 21.
• Special Attack Potions: Receives ten bottles for completing “Press Onward” 27.
• Legendary Pokémon trial card: Used to summon Lugia during the disaster-related events 45.

Academic Credits and Employment

Su Bai inherits nine failed courses and a −180-credit balance. Graduation requires 200 credits, leaving him 380 credits short when the system issues its original academic mission 2.

Relationships

• Cynthia — Arranged fiancée whose respect grows through his battle tactics, scholarship, and care for Pokémon. Their relationship becomes affectionate during her J City visit, and they maintain regular contact after her return to Sinnoh 3 4 11 15 18 35.
• Su Zhe — Deceased inherited father and mythology scholar. Leaves research materials, arranges the engagement, and entrusts Su Bai’s welfare to Qi Shijun 3 7 33.
• Qi Shijun — His father’s close friend, J University president, and Dragon Nation Elite Four member. Su Bai calls him “Uncle Qi”; he provides protection and guidance 2 27 48.
• Professor Carolina — Cynthia’s grandmother. Approves of his honesty and knowledge, asks him to call her “Grandma” privately, and fiercely protects him as her grandson-in-law 32 33 35.
• Li Rui / Director Li — University official and varsity coach who recognizes his talent, helps screen potential endorsement offers, and encourages his varsity participation 1 27 36 37.
• Wu Zhong — Origin Gym Leader and employer. Provides training guidance through Steelix’s Iron Tail demonstration and rewards Su Bai with a Metal Coat 17 20.
• Wang Dalin — Former classmate and eventual friend. Receives help approaching senior students, suffers Su Bai’s retaliation for remarks about Cynthia, and later brings Togepi to cheer him on 31 34 37.
• Bai Ze — Health Cup final opponent and trainee Gym Trainer from Ji Province. Parts with Su Bai on friendly terms and invites him to visit and challenge his gym 27.
• He Yuan — A dismissive upperclasswoman whose Glameow is decisively defeated by Su Bai at Origin Gym 16.
• Old Gao / Teacher Gao — College advisor who pressures Su Bai to surrender to He Liang; Su Bai refuses 19.
• Wang Officer Jenny — Police captain involved in the aftermath of his fight with Liu Feng. Su Bai helps arrange a dinner for her and Qi Shijun 47 48.
• Team Rocket trio — Opponents he defeats and helps expose through wanted notices exploiting their tendency to recite their introduction when asked who they are 10 11 14.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Notable Quotes

“Rather than catching more Pokémon, I'd rather raise the ones I have as well as I can.” 8

“Pokémon are living beings of flesh and blood too. We can't force them.” 11

“Then why don't you go persuade He Liang to surrender to me?” 19

Trivia

• Su Bai calls Cynthia “my Valkyrie” while encouraging her to win the Sinnoh championship 15.
• Pikachu strongly supports his relationship with Cynthia, even attacking a Vulpix Trainer who tries to entice Su Bai into surrendering 17.
• He dreams of marrying Cynthia with an Arcanine carrying the rings; this is a dream, not an actual wedding or a confirmed evolution of Growlithe 48.
• He treasures food and dislikes waste. His initial disapproval of Xiao Yuer’s large order disappears when she proves capable of eating it 50.