That night.
After dinner at Elite Four Zhi Mi's restaurant, Li Wei returned to Cynthia's villa.
"You'll need to work hard tomorrow afternoon, Lucario!"
Lucario nodded vigorously.
"Luca!"
Lucario looked at Metagross, Arcanine, and Dragapult. (Please continue to train me!)
The pressure from Arcanine and the others was already sufficient.
"Quack quack!"
(I'm going to cheer you on!)
Lucario and Arcanine chose to train at Lumiose City's park.
Soon, only Li Wei was left in the house, like a lonely old man.
"I need to work hard too…"
The match was tomorrow afternoon, which meant Li Wei could help Lucario adjust his condition tomorrow morning.
Li Wei's backpack was out of Berries, but it wasn't a big problem. In Lumiose City, he wouldn't have trouble buying Berries.
Li Wei immediately ordered various Berries online and chose to have them delivered to his home tomorrow morning.
In addition, he also needed to go to the morning market tomorrow morning to buy some ingredients for his special dishes.
Although Lucario had already eaten all of Li Wei's successful special dishes, and the permanent stat boosts were already applied.
However, eating a special dish would also provide a corresponding temporary battle ability boost.
This might be the key for Li Wei to win against Siebold tomorrow.
Li Wei already knew which Pokemon he would use tomorrow, and both sides had already revealed their intentions.
But Lucario's temporary stat boost would be Li Wei's secret weapon to win the match.
In addition, Li Wei still had two Pokemon item lottery tickets that he hadn't used yet.
He got these yesterday after completing Dr. Platanus's task. Because his schedule was quite busy and he had been chatting online all last night, he temporarily forgot to use them.
Now, as he was thinking about how to get a boost, he remembered them.
[Use]
After using the two Pokemon item lottery tickets, a shimmering white light flickered on the chessboard.
[Ding, congratulations! You have drawn a Gold Bottle Cap.]
[Ding, congratulations! You have drawn a Lucky Egg.]
Gold Bottle Cap?!
This was a good item; even within the League, Gold Bottle Caps were rare.
Li Wei first looked at the Gold Bottle Cap, which looked like a bottle cap but was actually chocolate.
The reason it was called a Gold Bottle Cap was because the outer packaging had a golden crown printed on it.
[Gold Bottle Cap]: After consumption, all abilities are slightly boosted (I want them all).
[Lucky Egg]: When holding a Lucky Egg, a Pokemon's growth rate will be faster.
Looking at the piece of chocolate in his palm,
"I'll give it to Lucario when he gets back from training."
There was no need to share it equally. Li Wei would give other Pokemon other good items when he drew them in the future.
The main thing was that tomorrow's battle was against Siebold's main Pokemon, so he wanted to boost Lucario as much as possible.
As for the Lucky Egg, it was more suitable for Shaymin, as it would help Shaymin grow quickly.
"We're back, Rotom!"
The Rotom Dex had gone out to record their training.
Lucario and the others trained until 10 PM. They still had energy to go later, but it would disturb the residents.
Also, they had an official battle tomorrow afternoon, so they needed to conserve their energy and have a battle with Siebold without regrets.
Li Wei also handed the Gold Bottle Cap to Lucario.
"Eat this; you should get stronger."
Looking at the Gold Bottle Cap in his palm,
Lucario chose not to eat it all himself.
Instead, he chose to share it equally.
Even Milotic got a small portion.
Li Wei did not stop him. When Li Wei gave the Gold Bottle Cap to Lucario, the right to dispose of it was his.
Getting stronger was important,
But Lucario believed that family was more important.
Lucario even prepared a portion for Li Wei.
"This thing is useless if I eat it."
In reality, it could be eaten,
But Li Wei really didn't need to eat such a small amount.
Considering his high-intensity work and training, and how his body hadn't broken down yet,
His Super True Human physique was excellent.
In the chat group,
Li Wei asked, "I'm battling Elite Four Zhi Mi tomorrow. Any good suggestions?"
A Jin: "Oh my goodness, you're already challenging an Elite Four!"
Li Wei sneered, "Who was it who said Elite Four Zhi Mi was a famous chef?"
Although he often made fun of Kalos daily, Siebold was still a Water-type Elite Four.
In a formal battle, there was a high possibility that A Jin would lose to him.
After all, A Jin's skill points were mostly focused on wild battles, and his main Pokemon, Typhlosion, was type-disadvantaged.
Red: "Elite Four Zhi Mi… I haven't battled him."
Lance also popped up: "I've battled him in the World Tournament. His two main Pokemon are Blastoise and Clawitzer."
Qinglv then asked, "Who are you sending out? And who is Siebold sending out?"
Li Wei: "I'm using Lucario, and Mr. Siebold is using Blastoise."
Qinglv said honestly, "The chances of winning aren't high."
Qinglv recalled Lucario's condition when they last met, and then thought of Siebold's Blastoise.
There was a class difference in strength between the two sides.
However, Lucario's type wasn't super effective against Blastoise; only Thunder Punch was useful.
Although Li Wei was very skilled at training Pokemon, the time he had spent training Pokemon was still too short.
Siebold was, after all, an Elite Four in his thirties, even if he had spent a lot of time practicing cooking...
But wasn't Li Wei the same?
In Qinglv's opinion,
Li Wei was very talented.
But his talent was difficult to directly translate into training Pokemon; he couldn't do it like him.
Qinglv's talent was in training speed.
He could quickly build a powerful team with the perseverance of a hardcore gamer.
The advantage was speed, but the disadvantage was difficult to improve.
Li Wei's talent was learning ability,
But learning ability didn't provide a significant boost to Pokemon in the early stages. To explain it in four words:
Accumulate to erupt.
Qinglv's training was fast, fully utilizing a Pokemon's strengths and specialties.
Li Wei's training was comprehensive, able to make up for a Pokemon's biggest weaknesses and elevate those abilities.
For example, Dragapult's role was a fast assassin, with defense and HP as its weaknesses...
But Li Wei could slowly improve these with his special dishes, Energy Cubes, and Poffins...
As long as Li Wei was given enough time to develop and learn...
He could turn his team into well-rounded, six-stat warriors.
In Qinglv's view, Lucario was already showing the initial signs of this.
But Blastoise's advantage in time still existed.
If Li Wei were given another one or two years, Lucario would completely surpass Blastoise.
Unfortunately, that wasn't possible.
This was also why Qinglv believed that Li Wei would find it difficult to defeat Siebold now.
Li Wei chuckled, "After all, he's an Elite Four. If I go all out, losing isn't a loss, and winning is a huge gain."
Steven: "That's a very good mindset. Keep it up."
Qinglv nodded slightly: "Then give it your all. I'll be cheering for you."
Lance said loudly, "You're someone who can draw with me; don't look down on yourself."
The next day, in the afternoon.
Li Wei and Siebold's battle was about to begin.