Before I knew it, the sun had set in the west.
After fighting for most of the afternoon, both Selene and the Fletchling were exhausted and lay on the grass in all directions.
Eddie sat next to them and gave them massages one by one with his golden fingers, which not only relieved their fatigue but also purified the original energy in their bodies. It can be said that it had many benefits.
Compared with Selene, the Fletchling have much less original energy in their bodies, so it is naturally much easier for Eddie to comb and purify it. He finished the health care for all the Fletchling in a short while.
The Fletchling flew up and chirped to thank Eddie; obviously, they were very satisfied with the "salary" Eddie gave them.
"Will you come tomorrow? If so, you will be treated the same as today." Eddie asked the Fletchling.
Exercise requires perseverance. The Fletchling performed very well today. Eddie was very satisfied with their working attitude, so he intended to sign a long-term contract with them.
When the Fletchling heard about this good thing, they immediately agreed excitedly and made an appointment with Eddie to meet here tomorrow.
At this moment, Selene had lost all desire to live. When she thought about having to go through this every day in the future, she felt that there was no hope for her life.
When Eddie got home, he happened to meet Eli coming back from school. Eli saw Eddie and Selene coming back from the hillside, so he asked, "Eddie, did you and Selene go out for training?"
"Yes." Eddie nodded, stuttering a little.
Eli asked casually, "Does Eddie want to be a trainer in the future?"
Eddie shook his head honestly: "I don't know... I haven't thought about it yet."
Eli nodded without saying anything else and walked into the yard with Eddie. However, there was a hint of envy in his eyes when he glanced at Selene unintentionally.
During dinner, Director Eleanor asked Eli, "Eli, I heard that your school is going to fill out a future intention form recently. Have you decided what you want to do in the future?"
Eli is about to turn ten years old. Ten years old is one of the most important dividing points in the life of children in the Pokémon world, because they have to face the choice of whether to become a trainer in the future.
Most children will complete their primary education at the age of ten, and if they want to continue their secondary education, they will face career choices.
If you aspire to become a trainer (trainer here is a general term, including traditional trainers, coordination trainers, breeders, etc.), you can either choose to travel and play competitions with Pokémon, or stay in school and choose the Pokémon Department to learn more in-depth Pokémon knowledge.
If you want to work in another industry, you can choose to continue studying general subjects until you graduate from secondary school and then go out to work. If you want to have a higher degree and learn more professional knowledge, you can also work hard to enter a higher education institution for further study.
For the general residents of the Pokémon world, primary and secondary education are compulsory and must be completed by everyone who is not a trainer.
Now Eli, who is almost ten years old, is facing such a life choice.
"I've already made up my mind. I want to choose general subjects and then graduate early and go out to work." Eli answered Director Eleanor without hesitation.
Director Eleanor warned him, "This concerns your future, you must consider it carefully."
Eli nodded: "I know, I have thought about it for a long time, don't worry."
At this time, Arthor, who was trying hard to eat, suddenly looked up and said with a confused look: "Brother Eli, didn't you tell us before that you wanted to become a trainer like the Elite Four in the future?"
Looking at the rice grains on Arthor's face, Eli gently helped him wipe them clean, and then explained: "Those were just jokes when we were kids. It's not that easy to be one of the Elite Four."
Arthor said in a childish voice: "Oh, then I will definitely become one of the Elite Four in the future. I'm not kidding."
Eli did not say anything after hearing this. Instead, he turned to look at Eddie who was sitting diagonally opposite him and said, "Eddie, practice speaking well. When you have no problem communicating with others, I will take you to school."
"Well, thank you... Eli." Eddie nodded.
At this time, Director Eleanor said with satisfaction: "Our Eli is becoming more and more like a big brother."
Hearing this, Eli, who had always had a blank expression on his face, showed a rare hint of shame on his face.
In the blink of an eye, another week passed. During this week, Eddie took Selene to the grove behind the hillside every day to fight with the Fletchling. Selene's progress was quite obvious.
At first, facing the attacks of more than ten Fletchling, she could only fight back in a panic. After each battle, she was covered with scars and exhausted.
But as time went on, as she became more and more proficient in the few skills she knew, her performance in combat became more and more comfortable.
The old mother's character is indeed lazy, but it has to be said that Pokémon like Gardevoir are indeed excellent in nature. As long as it is properly supervised, it can take off no matter how lazy it is.
Moreover, the strength of the Fletchling is not static. With Eddie helping them purify and condense their original energy, the strength of the Fletchling has also improved by leaps and bounds.
Their appearance has also changed. The most notable feature is that they are more energetic and their fur is brighter and more lustrous. Their beauty is very eye-catching among small birds.
After the battle that day, Eddie used his golden finger to help the Fletchling relieve their fatigue as usual. At the same time, he suddenly had an idea and thought to himself:
Hey~ I have this golden finger, isn't the most suitable career for me to be a massage technician? With my skills, it would be unreasonable not to charge 9999 for each session, right? How about... opening a large health care center in the future?
Just when Eddie was daydreaming, a strong white light suddenly emerged from the Fletchling in his hand, which scared him so much that he was distracted.
But he soon realized that the Fletchling was about to evolve.
Evolution again?
Eddie couldn't help but think of Magikarp, who also worked under him. Could it be that his golden finger also had the effect of promoting the evolution of Pokémon? Otherwise, it couldn't be such a coincidence, right? After all, Pokémon can't evolve just by saying it.
The other Fletchling also noticed the situation here with Eddie. They gathered around and landed on Eddie's head, shoulders, thighs... They chattered about the situation of their friend, and their words were full of excitement.
The size of the Fletchling in the white light grew larger and larger, and in the blink of an eye it was more than twice as large as before. When the white light completely dissipated, a more heroic bird-shaped Pokémon appeared in front of everyone.
Fletchinder!
"Ah~Gu~"
The Fletchinder excitedly flew up from Eddie's body, flapping its wings and circling back and forth in the air, venting the unspeakable excitement in its heart.
Seeing this, the other Fletchling all flew up from Eddie, surrounded the Fletchinder, and kept expressing their blessings and envy to their companion.
After venting, Fletchinder landed on the ground and solemnly expressed his gratitude to Eddie.
"Fletchinder, let me check your body!"
As he spoke, Eddie squatted down, placed his hand on the Fletchinder, and input his golden finger energy.
The most significant change after the Fletchling evolved into the Fletchinder is that the energy circuit in its body has become larger and more complex, and its efficiency in absorbing energy from the outside has also become higher.
In other words, the energy circuit has also evolved!
At this moment, Eddie suddenly thought that the Pokémon in the game in his previous life had base stats. Is the energy circuit here a reflection of the different base stats?
In the game, the base stats of Raticate and Gardevoir are different, and their energy circuits are also different in reality. The energy circuit of Gardevoir with higher base stats is obviously larger and more complex, and its efficiency in autonomous energy absorption is higher, and it can store more original energy.
In the game, the base stats of the Fletchling and its evolved Fletchinder are also different. Similarly, in reality, the energy circuit of the Fletchinder has become larger and more complex.
Eddie guessed that the energy circuit is not static. Pokémon can promote the growth or evolution of the energy circuit in the body through evolution, training, development, etc., so as to achieve the goal of becoming stronger.
For example, Raticate's energy circuit is definitely inferior to that of a stronger Pokémon innately, but if Raticate's energy circuit is developed to the extreme and allowed to evolve continuously, will Raticate be able to surpass a stronger Pokémon one day?
Thinking of this, Eddie became extremely excited. His golden finger could help him see the structure and operation process of the energy circuit in the Pokémon's body. Wouldn't he have an advantage when helping the Pokémon develop energy circuits?
At this moment, Eddie simply wanted to kneel down and worship the God of Time Travel. This golden finger was too powerful! Starting on a deserted island, with an unknown background and living in poverty, these were nothing. As long as there was a chance to become stronger, everything else could be slowly fought for by oneself.
It's worth it to have this golden finger!
Restraining his excitement, Eddie gave the remaining Fletchling a thorough health care, then started to do the same for Selene.
Whenever she is exhausted, Selene looks forward to a thorough health check, otherwise it is hard to say whether she can hold on for the next few days.
"Sha~Nai~" Letting out a satisfied sigh, Selene felt that all the beatings she had received these days were worth it.
After the health care, Eddie took out the can of energy cubes that Officer Jenny gave him, poured out two of them and fed them to Selene. After that, he looked into the bottle and found that there were less than ten cubes left.
He had to find a way to make money! Otherwise, he would not be able to afford his mother's needs! Unfortunately, he was too young and no one wanted him when he went out to find a job.
After Selene had eaten her fill, Eddie said to her, "Why don't we go and look for some fruit nearby? Otherwise, you'll be hungry when you finish eating the energy cubes."
"Shanai~" Okay!
Selene nodded. Ever since Eddie regained consciousness, she had become accustomed to listening to her son in everything.
After the break, Eddie, Selene, and Fletchinder said goodbye and started to look for fruit in the grove. However, fruit was not so easy to find. After searching for a long time, they did not even see the shadow of a fruit tree.
Just when the mother and son were at a loss, a Bunnelby suddenly popped its head out of the soil. It turned its head and looked around, and the moment it saw Eddie and the others, it immediately retracted its head back into the burrow.
Selene was quick-eyed and quick-handed, and directly controlled the Bunnelby with her Psychic.
"Shanai~Shanai~" Let me ask you a question, do you know where there are fruit trees nearby?
Bunnelby trembled and shook its head vigorously, but said nothing.
"Shanai~Shanai~" Hey~ If you don't tell me, I'm going to hit you! It said this and raised its tender green little fist. (﹒﹒)
Bunnelby continued to shiver without making a sound.
Selene was so annoyed by it that she used her Psychic to pull it out of the hole.
"Sana...Sana?" Can you please say something? It's so annoying!
At this time, Bunnelby finally pointed in a direction with trembling hands.
"That's more like it!"
Selene nodded with satisfaction, and then released the Bunnelby, which ran away in a flash.
The mother and son followed the direction pointed by the Bunnelby and walked out of the grove. A large meadow appeared in front of them, and not far from them stood a big tree full of round blue fruits.
Eddie walked over and looked at the fruit on the tree and said in surprise: "These should be Oran Berries, right? There are too many of them."
"Shanai~Shanai~" Baby, let's pick them quickly, there are so many fruits!
As a mother who once raised a cub alone in the wild, Selene knew the importance of food. When she saw so much food, she couldn't help but get excited.
Selene had just picked a fruit with Psychic when she suddenly heard an angry roar from behind her. The mother and son looked back and saw a Diggersby appearing from nowhere, looking at them angrily.
Oh no! This fruit tree has an owner!
At this time, the Diggersby had already launched an attack, and a large ball of mud was controlled by it and shot towards the mother and child. If they were hit, the mother and child would be buried directly on the spot.
"Selene, Mystical Fire!" Eddie shouted quickly.
"Sana~"
Selene drew a circle in the air with both hands, and suddenly a column of red fire erupted from each of the two circles, instantly submerging the mud ball launched by the Diggersby.
Under the huge impact of the fire column, the mud ball lost its momentum and fell directly to the ground.
∑(o_o;) The Diggersby was frightened by Selene's attack and made an emoji. He thought: So strong! Where did these two guys come from? They seem a bit hard to deal with!
As the "king" of the area, Diggersby claims to be a smart Pokémon. It decisively chose to give up the attack and pointed at Eddie and Selene, chattering and accusing them.
The general meaning is that the two of them have no moral principles and only do all kinds of sneaky things. It took a long time to cultivate the fruit tree to be full of fruits, but they dared to pick peaches. It is so hateful!
Eddie realized that they were tricked by the Diggersby and quickly explained: "We didn't know this tree was yours. We apologize. Here, we'll return the fruit to you." As he said that, he took the fruit in Selene's hand and returned it to the Diggersby.
The Diggersby took the opportunity to back down, took the fruit and swallowed it in one gulp, then pretended to be generous and said that he forgave the mother and son's rude behavior.
At this time, Eddie suddenly saw a small sapling swaying in the wind next to the Oran Berry tree, and it seemed to be the sapling of the Oran Berry tree.
An idea flashed through his mind, and he suddenly thought: I can grow fruit trees myself!