Greatest Pokémon Trainer

Originally, the Stump Training Method for Eevee served not only to train its fundamental qualities but also its predictive ability, namely the Dangerous Premonition trait.

Now, Fang Yuan had restarted this training method, primarily because it could also develop Rock Puppy's traits.

Rock Puppy's trait is Indomitable Spirit, an interesting quality where each time it flinches, the spirit of perseverance ignites, boosting its speed.

However, sometimes Fang Yuan found this trait quite awkward...

Was it truly an Indomitable Spirit?

After getting scared, its speed increases, are we sure it's not just being timid and speeding up to run away?

Fang Yuan planned to investigate this further...

"Woof, woof, woof!!!" At this moment, Rock Puppy had already reached one side of the field under the watchful eyes of Fang Yuan and Eevee.

Seeing this scene, Fang Yuan immediately thought of Eevee's first special training.

Back then, Little Eevee was too afraid of pain, resulting in a timid and hesitant approach to each sprinting drill, and it took a long time to adjust.

Now, Rock Puppy was about to replicate that scene. Once it felt the pain, Rock Puppy's Indomitable Spirit trait might be quickly unearthed, especially since at the Fang Yuan Institute, Fang Yuan not only provided it with Energy Blocks but also nutritional supplements like special trait enhancement capsules.

...

"Bang!!!"

Rock Puppy charged swiftly.

It used a Collision move right from the start.

Fang Yuan forgot to tell Rock Puppy that it could simply run faster without using any moves in the beginning.

But now it was too late for that, having not even made it half a meter, Rock Puppy smashed head-on into a thick and hard rock, the "bang" making Eevee blink fiercely, just looking at it hurt.

"Owww... whimper... whimper." At this point, Rock Puppy was a bit dazed, hugging the rocky column and seeing stars, the pain from the recoil gradually brought it back to sense, and soon it was grimacing and crying out, even shedding tears.

"Not bad, a pretty good start. This should make Rock Puppy flinch soon. Eevee, use an Illusion Technique in a moment to invoke its fear."

"Bwoo," Eevee nodded. Though that's the case, treating a kid this way seems a bit... Please intensify it!!!

Seeing Rock Puppy undergoing the same experience as it did at birth, Eevee's mouth curled into a smile, finding it quite enjoyable.

Embrace the fear brought on by the Stump Training Method, Bwoo!!!

Then, with Eevee's encouragement, Rock Puppy glared angrily and stubbornly charged at the rock column again, not knowing what it meant to flinch, to be scared, or to feel pain—it just wanted to seek revenge for that bump.

Howl, howl, howl, howl, howl!!! Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!! Since when has Rock Puppy suffered such an injustice!!!

The continuous screams and collisions kept coming, and Eevee was stunned, standing still. Wait a minute, this isn't the right script, you're just a child, right? Can't you show some respect for Ditto, maybe show a little fear towards the special training?!

Fang Yuan was also taken aback for a moment and said, "Wait a second, Rock Puppy, this is comprehensive quality training, you're not supposed to just train physical strength... You can't follow Monferno's example, you need to learn from Eevee..."

As Fang Yuan finished speaking, Rock Puppy had already lost consciousness. In its desperate struggle against the rock column transformed by Ditto, it used up all its physical strength and collapsed onto the ground in a daze, without the timidness Eevee had displayed at the time. Instead, just like what Eevee encouraged, it was all-out brash.

Seeing this, Fang Yuan knew it was time to change the training method...

............

Afternoon.

After finishing their meal, a group from Qin Island University came looking for Fang Yuan.

By this time, Fang Yuan had already stopped the Rock Puppy's training, mainly because it had just been born not long ago. Although Milotic had healed its injuries in an instant, the spiritual fatigue remained. It was better to let the Rock Puppy sleep in its Poké Ball.

Bored, Fang Yuan pulled Rotom out from his phone again, planning to train it. Since they hadn't been able to take a photo together at the World Championship, Rotom had been wanting to exercise itself, and Fang Yuan had no objections. After all, if Rotom's basic strength, such as its spiritual power quality, could be improved, maybe its computational capability would also increase, which would be beneficial for research.

"Wow, is that Rotom and Ditto??"

Fang Yuan, who was in the midst of training, was bumped into by the Qin Island University group that had rushed over. Fang Yuan had, of course, noticed their approach but didn't care.

Once separated from the phone, Rotom's main body was in a plasma state, with an orange core that was the heart of Rotom, surrounded by blue, semi-transparent ions that could solidify to form Rotom's hands.

As a dual-type Electric/Ghost Pokémon, Rotom's combat potential was actually very strong. However, having graduated from Rotom Academy and always focused on the scientific path, it had never developed in that direction.

But whether in the games or on Earth, trainers have proven that even a Rotom on a scientific path can battle.

Because Rotom can infiltrate various household appliances and change into different forms like a microwave, washing machine, refrigerator, fan, and lawnmower... After changing form, Rotom's attribute changes accordingly, meaning it can master moves of various types. This ability is incredibly powerful.

Just now, Ditto had transformed into a fan, and Rotom had infiltrated it, training skills with Ditto's help. The marks of Fujin on the ground were the masterpieces of the two Pokémon.

"Good afternoon," Fang Yuan said to the four people who were approaching.

"Rotom~~~" "Busy busy~~~" Greeting the newcomers, Rotom and Ditto casually said hello.

As for Eevee, it leaned against a tree in the distance, playing a video game.

"Aren't you going to eat, Senior Quartz?" Chen Hao asked peculiarly; unlike going to the villager's house for a meal, Fang Yuan had run over here to train, which seemed quite diligent.

"I've already eaten," Fang Yuan said with a smile. Not wanting to join the crowd, after separating from the others, he had ridden his Dragonite to the county town to eat a basket of buns before starting his training.

Thinking Fang Yuan brought his own food, the others didn't ask any further.

"Can't you guys learn from Student Quartz?!" At that moment, the Professional Trainer Lin Feng reproached his students with frustration. Fang Yuan was already so skilled, yet still striving hard, while his students... sigh.

It's not other people's talent you should fear, but when someone more talented than you also works harder than you.

"Understood." "Okay." "Got it." Urged by Lin Feng, the three nodded continuously, then asked Fang Yuan if they could also prepare for battle here since the nearby area was quite open and suitable for it.

"Of course you can," Fang Yuan said nonchalantly.

To wait for the nightfall, besides Fang Yuan, the other four didn't dare to overexert themselves physically. Their so-called preparation for battle was actually just warming up, discussing strategies against Ghost-type Pokémon, and once again using the five captured Ghost-type Pokémon as subjects – to be precise, as sparring partners for research.

With the Professional Trainer Lin Feng watching, there was little chance of trouble.

As for Fang Yuan, he did not interact with them, continuing to accompany Rotom and Ditto as they switched between appliance forms, and was beginning to preliminarily determine that the two Pokémon, Ditto and Rotom, could exhibit nearly Master Level combat power when cooperating.

Flame, Ice, Hurricane, Thunder and Lightning – as Rotom unleashed move after move into the sky, it left Lin Feng, Chen Hao, and the rest astonished.

However, this powerful appliance-Rotom still stood no chance against Fang Yuan's Gengar.

Each time, Gengar effortlessly defeated a new appliance form of Rotom, winning with ease.

Watching throughout the afternoon, Lin Feng grew increasingly convinced that he was right in his assessment: Fang Yuan was definitely a trainer of professional caliber.

"Why is that?"

Meanwhile, Fang Yuan had his own new question. He had been commanding his Glutton, controlling its strength to battle different appliance forms of Rotom. With each victory from the Glutton, a faint glimmer of light would peek through from the Mysterious elf egg inside the backpack. If not for Fang Yuan's Wave Guide, it would have been hard to notice.

After six battles, having been dominated six times by the Glutton, Fang Yuan had finally confirmed that the presence of battle nearby could influence the state of the elf egg. Although the flashes of light weren't as strong as before, they were real; the elf egg had changed...