Chapter 268: Call to Chaos!!!
With Primeape sent flying by that single punch, the outcome of the battle was decided.
It ended with Annihilape achieving a perfect 1v3 sweep. Kenji effortlessly earned the Green City Gym Badge.
Just as Kenji was about to leave, Bartel suddenly called out to him.
Kenji flinched, thinking his identity had been exposed. But to his surprise, Bartel rubbed his hands together and asked with a serious face, "Excuse me, is there any secret to evolving Primeape into Annihilape?"
Bartel's own Primeape, at early Elite level (Level 52), was only a mid-tier member of his team.
Not too weak, but not particularly strong either.
But if it could evolve into Annihilape, its strength would skyrocket, potentially becoming one of his top aces.
That was why Bartel swallowed his pride to ask for advice.
Kenji didn't really have a "secret method" for evolution, so he told the truth.
But Bartel wasn't satisfied. He pressed on, "Then... how do you usually interact with your Mankey?"
Seeing Bartel's persistence, a mischievous glint flashed in Kenji's eyes. "Do you really want to know?"
Bartel nodded vigorously.
Kenji fought back a smirk, pretending to think deeply.
After a long pause, he slapped his thigh as if realizing something. "Ah!! I remember now!"
Bartel's eyes lit up. "What is it?!"
"Do you know when a person is most vulnerable?" Kenji asked cryptically.
Bartel paused, confused by the question. He thought seriously for a moment before guessing tentatively, "When they're sleeping?"
"No, no, no..." Kenji wagged his finger. "It's when they're on the toilet!"
"Huh?" Bartel looked bewildered.
"Exactly!! When relieving oneself, that is when a person is most vulnerable."
"And Pokémon are the same as people. So..."
By the time Kenji finished his "explanation," Bartel's expression had turned incredibly strange.
It seemed that whenever a conversation veered into toilet humor, people tended to lose their minds a little...
"He probably won't take it seriously..."
Leaving the Green City Gym, Kenji rubbed his nose and muttered to himself.
Surely not. His method was so ridiculous. Unless Bartel was an idiot, he wouldn't actually try it.
After Kenji left, Bartel fell into deep thought and conflict.
Good news: He got an answer from Kenji.
Bad news: This answer looked suspiciously like a prank.
After finishing his work for the day, Bartel pulled up the challenger records.
Booking a gym battle required registration with ID.
Normally, with so many challengers daily, a Gym Leader wouldn't bother checking unless there was a special circumstance.
"Kenji!!! —"
Bartel gasped, rubbing his eyes in disbelief as he stared at the challenger's profile on the screen.
On the left was Kenji's photo. On the right was his basic info: Gender, Age, Academy Affiliation, and Badge Count.
Both the photo and the info matched the genius young trainer whose name was currently resounding across all of Huaxia—the National League Champion.
It was him...
Bartel was shocked. Thinking back, Kenji had kept his hat and sunglasses on the whole time.
No wonder he was called the strongest trainer of the new generation. None of his Pokémon were simple.
Having witnessed Kenji's Mankey evolve twice in a row into Annihilape with his own eyes, Bartel felt immense respect for this genius.
Combining this with Kenji's true identity... Could it be... that method actually works?
Bartel's internal conflict deepened. After a while, he gritted his teeth. He decided to trust Kenji.
...
"Achoo..."
On the other side of the city, Kenji was packing his bags, preparing to head to the Western Regions to challenge the Western Region Gym.
Mid-packing, he sneezed suddenly.
Kenji rubbed his nose, puzzled. Am I catching a cold?
After finishing packing, Kenji suddenly remembered something. By successfully challenging the Green City Gym and earning the badge, he had earned a Silver Hex Core draw.
He didn't have high hopes for Silver Hex Cores.
Most Silver augments were no longer very useful to him at this stage.
Summoning the System interface in his mind.
With a thought, the Hex Core wheel began to spin rapidly.
Ding! Hex Core drawing...
Ding!!! Congratulations Host on successfully obtaining the Silver Hex Core: [Call to Chaos]!!!!
"Holy sh*t??!!"
The system notification hit Kenji's brain like a sledgehammer.
What the hell???!
Call to Chaos?!
It had been so long since Kenji transmigrated that his memory of the TFT game from his past life had faded. He mostly remembered the popular, representative augments like High-End Shopping or Level Up!.
But this Silver Hex Core, Call to Chaos.
If he remembered correctly...
With trembling hands and a pounding heart, Kenji slowly clicked open the description.
[Silver Hex Core: Call to Chaos]
Effect: Gain a random powerful reward.
(System Adaptation: The next Hex Core drawn will be randomly rerolled into another Hex Core, and the tier of that rerolled Hex Core will be increased by +1!!! [This effect does not apply to Prismatic Hex Cores] )
Seeing the description, Kenji's eyes widened, followed by a rush of ecstasy.
With Call to Chaos, after he challenged the Western Region Gym, the Gold Hex Core reward he was due to receive... would be upgraded directly into a Prismatic Hex Core!!!
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