"Phew~ What a day."
Night fell. Satoru turned off the lights, plunging the room into darkness. He lay on his bed, closed his eyes, and let his thoughts drift.
Beside him, Froakie and Raichu lay quietly.
The air in the room seemed to have frozen; the only sounds were his own breathing and that of his Pokémon.
Because of Taki, he and Anon didn't get to visit the gym. They decided to handle the situation with Tomori first and visit another time.
To be honest, Satoru's mind was still in a state of chaos.
Waking up with memories of a past life after hitting his head had made his current memories less clear; he had partial amnesia.
For example, he knew he had a fiancée, but he didn't know her name.
His family was apparently quite wealthy, with cars, houses, and a younger sister. If he couldn't become a Pokémon Trainer, he would be forced to inherit the family fortune.
Absolutely not!
Satoru was firmly against it!
Inheriting the family fortune? If he couldn't travel, wouldn't he lose one of the greatest joys of being in the Pokémon world?
He would never accept that.
But Satoru truly loved this world. His memories of school were still clear, and he had an impression of the events of the past few years, so he was quite fond of it.
The school was full of Pokémon and trainers, and the teachers taught about abilities and types.
It wasn't quite like the Orange or Grape Academies from Scarlet and Violet; it was more like a fusion of a real-world school and the Pokémon world.
That didn't really matter. What was more important was the team Chihaya Anon had mentioned.
Chihaya Anon and Takamatsu Tomori, who sat beside him, were not very strong. From his rough assessment...
His own class was genuinely pathetic.
Caterpie, Kricketune, Raticate, Weedle, Pidgey, a Kangaskhan without a Mega Stone...
Not to mention the Treasures of Ruin or the countless Rain team members... none of them were impressive.
Could these Pokémon even fight? Other than an evolved Butterfree and the 490 base-stat-total Kangaskhan, none of them were viable.
Satoru began to suspect his class was just to fill admission quotas.
Like filling a Pokédex.
"Next up is building the team, right? The maximum size is 10, and the minimum is 3. Do I really not know anyone?"
Satoru replied to a message on his phone while thinking about the team.
[Host, not to be rude, but am I not a person? Hmph~ You ignored me.]
"You're really not."
Satoru recalled the day's events and felt a headache coming on.
This Miss Furiko was just too unhinged.
Crazy and chatty, but the fact that he could complete missions and get items by talking to her was a plus.
Especially the reward for beating the teacher: the Ability Patch.
Ability Patch: When used, changes a Pokémon's ability to its Hidden Ability.
From what Satoru gathered, the Ability Patch seemed to be extremely important in this world.
Unfortunately, both of his Pokémon already had their Hidden Abilities, so he couldn't use it yet.
He could just save it for later.
"Only 500 points for beating a teacher once? Isn't that a bit low?"
Looking at his 1,500 points, Satoru felt the urge to go and thrash that teacher a few more times.
But the next time would probably be much harder.
I have to get stronger!
Satoru thought of many ways to get stronger, boiling them down to two points.
First: Improve the raw power of himself and his Pokémon.
Second: In short, cheats!
Mega Evolution, Z-Moves, Dynamax, Terastallization—these external power-ups could drastically affect the outcome of a battle.
Except for Mega Evolution, the other cheats had already been gradually discovered by people in this world.
And Satoru was a Kanto native in Kanto, and a Galar native in Galar.
If he were in the Galar region, Satoru would choose Dynamax without hesitation.
For no other reason than it was strong. Doubled HP + Max Moves made it arguably the strongest system.
The unbeatable Leon also relied on this system, though his raw power was also world-class.
But this wasn't Galar; it was Kanto.
The only cheats available were Mega Evolution and Z-Moves.
Kangaskhan, Gengar, Salamence, Blaziken—their power levels were all meta-breaking.
Of course, that wasn't the main point. Satoru didn't really care that much; he already had Battle Bond Greninja, which was on par with Mega Evolution.
What he wanted was for his future opponents to become stronger as well. That would make Pokémon battles more interesting.
"Furiko, are there Mega Stones in the mission rewards?"
Suddenly, the thought occurred to Satoru.
[Umm... System-chan can only assist~ I can't directly help you. I'm so sorry. （＞﹏＜）]
"Is that so~ What a shame." Satoru sat up, not too bothered.
Too bad. I can't spread Mega Evolution and battle stronger opponents.
[But if Host gets close to girls, I might just explode with jealousy and create such a mission. Like with that Anon and Tomori you met today (┬＿┬)]
"How could they possibly fall for me..."
This is all so ridiculous. If he could, Satoru really didn't want to hear these things from his system.
From his investigation today, he did learn something.
After school, it seemed a girl was following him. Satoru had casually looked into it and found it was Nagasaki Soyo.
Nagasaki Soyo was a friend of his. They had met yesterday, and she had specifically sought him out to play for a while. They even had an arm-wrestling match.
Why is she following me?
Could it be that she wants to battle me? I have to invite her tomorrow!
Considering he had crushed the teacher today, Satoru suddenly felt this was a very reasonable conclusion.
Nagasaki Soyo was a student in the Pokémon Breeding Department. They often ran into each other, so Satoru knew she loved Pokémon battles. It was perfectly reasonable that she would want to battle him after learning what happened today.
"Soyo must want to battle me."
[What an idiot. ?(￣△￣?)]
"Furiko, you really need to work on your social skills. You don't even understand Soyo's intentions."
[Rage!]
Satoru ignored the emotionally unintelligent Furiko and started messaging Soyo.
Satoru: You there?
He started with the high-EQ opener, "You there?"
On the other side, Soyo's azure eyes widened, her body trembling with an indescribable excitement.
Her Whimsicott looked at her, confused.
"Fu fu"
"Quiet, Whimsicott, I'm texting my boyfriend."
"Fu? (What boyfriend?)"
Soyo agonized over her phone.
This was the first time her boyfriend had initiated a conversation. She had no idea how to respond.
Normally, Soyo was a talkative "normie," but when it came to Satoru, her tongue would get tied, just like her friend Wakaba Mutsumi.
How should I reply?
Soyo broke out in a cold sweat. Talking to her boyfriend was so hard.
Helplessly, Soyo began to type with great difficulty.
Soyo: Yeah, I'm here... Did you need something? ?
She even added a heart emoji to the message, trying to convey her feelings to the "idiot" on the other side.
Why does she like using heart emojis in her messages?
Is her favorite Pokémon Luvdisc or something?
Satoru learned something new about Soyo, though he wasn't interested at all.
Satoru: Tomorrow, want to hang out?
"Hang out... go out... is this a date... a date... or is he asking me out?!!"
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