[You served Misty. You received Water-type Pokémon affinity.] [You served Giovanni. You received "An Actor's Self-Cultivation."]
"?" Heath slowly typed a question mark. The reward for serving Misty was fairly standard, but why had the reward for serving Giovanni turned so bizarre? Heath was a little bewildered. He had just been thinking that receiving Water-type Pokémon affinity from Misty was perfectly normal. After all, Misty herself was a Water-type Gym Leader. Although her strength was who knew how far below Wallace's, she was still a very impressive Trainer compared with ordinary Trainers.
But he had never expected serving Giovanni to earn him a copy of "An Actor's Self-Cultivation." That really was rather baffling. Heath scratched his head. From what he understood of his system, books like "An Actor's Self-Cultivation" generally required him to read and study them himself. Heath felt that this wasn't very good. After all, other systems poured knowledge straight into people's brains, letting them master it immediately, yet he still had to study.
It was like walking through a mall, spotting a piano, and wanting to give it a try. If you happened to have some impressive skills at that moment, such as playing a piano piece like "Hedwig Variations" on the mall's piano, or performing something from Pirates of the Caribbean, earning envious looks from the people around you, how wonderful would that be? At times like that, many people regretted not signing up for piano lessons back then, completely ignoring whether they would have found the ordeal unbearable if they had.
Heath's expectations of his system were much the same. How nice would it be if it could simply give him mastery of piano playing, without any need to learn? Although Heath knew the chances were slim, people had to have dreams. Besides,