Night.
Eevee got her wish—she obtained Minato's phone and, wrapped in the Silk Scarf, began watching anime.
Meanwhile.
In the same room, Minato was silently updating Eevee's basic quality data, planning the next phase of special training.
Before the special training began, Eevee had failed in every aspect—stamina, body strength, speed, explosive power, and coordination. Her mastery of moves wasn't impressive either.
But now, she had made tremendous progress.
Stamina, body strength, speed, explosive power, and coordination—these basic qualities, after a week of training, were now satisfactory in Minato's eyes.
Although they might still be ordinary without any particularly outstanding aspects, Eevee finally had the capital to participate in battles. She was no longer that weak.
As for moves, Eevee has mastered five: Tackle, Tail Whip, Growl, Sand Attack, and Quick Attack.
Minato didn't plan to continue training Tackle, Tail Whip, and Growl.
Eevee's energy was limited. They had to maximize the use of their month-plus timeframe.
The Quick Attack move contained the power and explosive force of Tackle, combined with speed exceeding Eevee's normal limits. It was currently her strongest offensive means.
One could say that Quick Attack had completely replaced Tackle.
For the next few days of special training, Minato planned to focus on three aspects simultaneously.
Quick Attack, Sand Attack, and Anticipation!
Compared to her normal speed, Eevee was still somewhat unfamiliar with the changes brought by Quick Attack. If, within this month, Eevee could use Quick Attack's speed to shuttle through the intricate, dense forest without hesitation, then in terms of movement speed, reaction speed, coordination ability, stamina, and explosive power, Eevee would absolutely surpass Pokémon of the same stage. At the same time, her mastery of Quick Attack would become quite proficient.
Of course, merely improving basic qualities wasn't enough. She also needed more battle tactics.
Compared to Growl and Tail Whip, Sand Attack had greater tactical value. Minato didn't want Eevee to waste this first move she had comprehended.
If used properly in battle, even Sand Attack could play a crucial role.
Then there was the Ability.
"Training Abilities is also closely related to tempering body strength," Minato thought.
As Eevee grew, she was crashing into tree trunks less and less frequently. The clever little Eevee had already mastered certain patterns. While this was a good thing, Minato wanted comprehensive training.
So at this point, he was already planning to start Eevee's Ability mastery practice. This way, she would crash more often, tempering her body strength and willpower.
"Ability training will intersect with Quick Attack training. The method is to sprint at full power through the dense forest with eyes covered, without using Quick Attack."
In this training, Eevee's number of collisions with tree trunks would increase again. The key to dodging would lie in her Ability—Anticipation.
Although crashing into tree trunks wasn't fatal, it still hurt. After a few times, Eevee couldn't stand it either. Through previous experiences, Minato had already understood that reality and games were completely different matters. Abilities and moves were definitely not as rigid and singular as their game effects.
It was worth mentioning that at this point in time, Abilities had not yet been comprehensively summarized. Ordinary Trainers still had vague concepts about Abilities.
Only Professional Trainers had the energy to research special abilities beyond Pokémon moves. The reason was simple: Abilities were more mysterious than moves, and harder to thoroughly understand.
Anticipation was relatively easy to understand.
Because of this Ability, Eevee had a deeper sense of danger than other Pokémon. That's why she had hesitated so much during the previous training.
Over these few days of training, Eevee had consciously overcome the instinctive reactions brought by the Anticipation Ability and had succeeded. This was enough to show that she now had the qualifications to begin attempting to master this special ability.
If Eevee could master its Ability within a month, it would be equivalent to having a danger radar. The effect this would have in battle would be terrifying.
Regarding Ability training, Minato temporarily only planned to do this much. He hadn't even considered whether Abilities were something a new Trainer like him should be dealing with. Ultimately, he simply had too many bold ideas in his head.
In the upcoming Little Ho-Oh Cup, Minato might be the first, and only, new Trainer who has already begun training his Pokémon's Ability.
The next day.
Minato and Eevee went out as usual. However, neither of them noticed that a figure was quietly following them, heading toward the dense forest together.
Once the special training began, it was evident that because she had something to look forward to every night, Eevee's mood had improved considerably...
"Don't slack off. Everything is for victory in the Little Ho-Oh Cup. Then the 100.000 ₽ prize will all be yours—good food and drink won't be lacking... Oh, right, and I can buy you a computer and a phone. You can play however you want, watch whatever you want."
To prevent Eevee from becoming lazy due to a little progress, Minato was really going all out. He even proposed such outrageous operations as buying Eevee a computer and phone.
The key...
Eevee actually fell for it.
Hearing Minato's promised conditions, Eevee's eyes nearly shot out Hyper Beams.
"Pokémon with internet addiction... is the most fatal," Minato thought with black lines across his face.
And while Minato and Eevee were training, the figure who had been following them finally revealed himself.
This was a tall, middle-aged man with a gentle complexion, wearing a white coat. It was easy to associate him with a professional doctor.
"So this is the student who goes to the Pokémon Center every day recently."
Recently, there had been a strange phenomenon at Minami Town's Pokémon Center. Every day, they received a very bedraggled Eevee. Although the Pokémon Center had medical services, you had to understand that in rural areas, the Pokémon Center might not see a Trainer for several days. Occasionally, when one came, it was usually for business matters. Very few came to treat injuries due to battles or training. Someone like Minato, who brought an injured Eevee to the Pokémon Center every day, was hard not to notice.
Especially that intern nurse, who even suspected Minato of abusing his Pokémon under the guise of training...
Regarding this matter, Dr. Hiro, the surgical Pokémon doctor at Minami Town Pokémon Center, was also curious. Taking advantage of his day off, he specifically looked around the areas suitable for Pokémon training and indeed discovered the early-rising Minato and Eevee.
"Interesting, this student. He's actually making reasonable use of this kind of place for special training..."
"Checking the physical indicators that improved every day during Eevee's examinations, so this is how they were trained."
Dr. Hiro watched Minato and Eevee training and commented. He could naturally tell that Eevee had just been born. It was precisely because of this that he was curious.
You had to understand, there was too little fun in the countryside. Even Pokémon doctors got bored out of their minds.
Watching for a while, Dr. Hiro walked out, wanting to chat with Minato.