After obtaining Sprigatito's training materials, Aarav completely lost the motivation to attend classes, edit videos, or even stream.
He simply posted an update: "No stream today."
Then he spent the entire afternoon and evening immersed in studying the two training guides.
He had to admit—there was a reason why Geeta was Paldea's top Champion and Kofu was known as a beginner-friendly Gym Leader.
The quality of their training materials was noticeably different. Geeta's guide displayed far more ingenuity and depth of thought.
Kofu positioned Meowscarada as a high-speed assassin.
Geeta, on the other hand, believed that Meowscarada possessed the extremely rare Ability Protean and could be developed into a warrior with both offensive and defensive capabilities.
Neither approach could be called strictly superior or inferior.
The former focused on maximizing strengths and avoiding weaknesses.
The latter started from the Pokémon's Ability.
Both made sense.
But Aarav leaned more toward Geeta's training philosophy.
The reason was simple—
He had cheats. So he could afford to be willful.
At this early stage, even without fully activated Bonds, the boosts provided by Bonds and equipment were already absurd. In the future, they would only become more terrifying.
Moreover, Sprigatito also had the Grass-type Bond that provided sustained combat capability.
Not turning it into an all-round warrior would be a waste.
In fact, Aarav's previous two equipment choices had already pushed Sprigatito toward the path of an all-purpose fighter.
Still, as an experienced Gym Leader, Kofu's insights were far from useless.
In the end, Aarav decided to use Geeta's guide as the core, supplement it with Kofu's ideas, and then adjust everything according to Sprigatito's actual situation—forming a unique training path tailored to his own Sprigatito.
Since he had already purchased most of the necessary training supplies earlier, Aarav didn't go on a massive shopping spree after organizing the materials.
Well, mainly because he was broke.
Top-tier Trainers like Geeta used only the best resources—something Aarav simply couldn't afford right now.
Fortunately, things should improve next month.
After all, this month's spending in his livestream—led by his top supporter Iono—had been pretty intense.
Come to think of it, in less than half a year of making videos and streaming, Aarav's account on the Piplup platform had already nearly reached five hundred thousand followers.
It was nothing short of a miracle.
Of those, fewer than a hundred thousand followed him because of his history series like Secrets of Legendary Beasts and Regional Myths.
The majority were livestream fans.
Especially after his encounters with Iono and Raihan, his follower count doubled almost overnight.
He had officially entered the ranks of mid-tier creators.
And because he had deliberately used his identity as a student from a prestigious Shanghai university, combined with his good looks, to attract appearance-based fans during his early streaming days, Aarav's reputation on campus had risen as well.
Ignoring the curious looks from passersby—he had always had a high head-turn rate due to his appearance—
the most obvious change was that over the past few days, several fellow students had started approaching him for conversations and photos.
If he didn't spend most of his time locked in his dorm editing videos or streaming, the frequency would probably be even higher.
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In any case, by the time Aarav finished organizing Sprigatito's training materials, he suddenly realized that it was already past midnight.
Donghuang Time, Alliance Calendar Year 224, December 1st.
The day he usually released his monthly update in the Legendary Pokémon Myths series.
Following the philosophy of "staying up late is bad for health, so I might as well pull an all-nighter,"
he decided to give his video—
Genesis of Arceus (Part One): The Origin of the Universe and the Material Dragon Trio—
a final round of polishing.
Thinking was one thing.
Doing was another.
"A little bit of editing" inevitably turned into "a ridiculous amount of editing."
By the time dawn broke outside the window and the eastern sky turned pale, Aarav finally clicked "Publish" with satisfaction.
After preparing Sprigatito's breakfast and brunch, along with a berry platter, he yawned and crawled into his warm bed.
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Meanwhile, in the Sinnoh region—Celestic Town.
While the Donghuang region was welcoming the rising sun, thousands of kilometers away, it was still the quiet depths of night.
As the town closest to Mount Coronet, the heart of Sinnoh, this was the place where one could most vividly feel the majesty and awe of that towering mountain range.
At this moment, inside a softly lit house not far from the Celestic Historical Research Institute—
a slender blonde beauty sat quietly at a desk, reading.
Behind her, a Togekiss had assumed the role of a hairdryer, gently blowing warm air from its mouth to dry her damp golden hair.
Outside the window, the silhouette of a powerful half-shark, half-dragon Pokémon appeared faintly in the darkness.
Celestic Town, Togekiss, Garchomp—
all the elements were present.
The woman was none other than Cynthia.
"Ding~"
A crisp sound suddenly rang out beside her bed.
Cynthia put down her book, stretched lazily, and the graceful curves beneath her simple black sleepwear became faintly visible.
"Roserade, help me get my phone."
The gentlemanly Roserade nodded slightly.
"Rade~"
From beneath its blooming roses, a vine extended, delivering the phone from the bedside table into Cynthia's hand.
No one had messaged her.
It was just a notification from an app.
"The creator you follow, [Shui Ye Shui Ye], has just uploaded a new video!"
Cynthia raised an eyebrow slightly.
That procrastinating guy updated this early this month?
As a passionate mythology and history enthusiast, Cynthia had followed "Shui Ye" back when his very first video went viral.
A veteran fan, you could say.
She occasionally watched his livestreams, but due to the time difference, she didn't tune in often.
However, she never missed a single one of his history videos.
They were interesting, innovative in perspective, and although some parts were impossible to verify and likely improvised—
they weren't meant to be serious academic content anyway, so that wasn't really a flaw.
In the previous video's ending, "Shui Ye" had asked viewers which region they wanted him to cover next.
Cynthia had commented with a secondary account:
"Could you talk about the myths of the Sinnoh region?"
Unexpectedly, her comment had been upvoted to the top.
So this episode was about Sinnoh mythology?
Curious, Cynthia tapped into the video.
Then she saw the title—
Genesis of Arceus (Part One): The Origin of the Universe and the Material Dragon Trio
…Hah.
What an ambitious title.
Her first reaction was skepticism.
Compared to previous topics like Ho-Oh and the revived Legendary Beasts of the Burned Tower, or Lugia and the Legendary Birds, this topic wasn't just a step up—it was on an entirely different level.
Creation?
The origin of the universe?
Was he trying to establish a whole new school of thought?
Based on currently unearthed murals, statues, relics, and verifiable historical documents,
Arceus, Dialga, and Palkia were confirmed legendary Pokémon that had existed and were worshipped by the ancient people of Sinnoh.
But the claim of "creation"—
where did that come from?
And what evidence was there for the origin of the universe?
Filled with questions, Cynthia unconsciously straightened her posture and pressed play.
The video began.
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