Chapter 1507: Chapter 1503: The Calm After the Chaos
Not long ago, Cain had used a special method of power enhancement—originally belonging to the Sacred Church and improved through the system—to increase his Pokémon’s strength to a certain extent. However, that enhancement had also affected their foundations, so that moment was perfect for consolidating them through training.
In the short term, he could not leave; or rather, it was completely impossible to get out.
Cain had only learned from Marcus the method to enter, but he did not know any way to leave.
Theoretically speaking, the mountain’s barrier should have melted away and disappeared completely after absorbing Giratina’s reverse scale. However, due to a series of accidents, Dialga and Palkia appeared at the same time, forcing Cain to follow the Unown’s suggestion and destroy the barrier by force.
Thinking about it, Cain looked at his wrist.
"If those little guys were awake, they could probably give me some hints... or point me toward a path," he murmured.
Unfortunately, at that moment Cain had completely concentrated the Unown’s energy, and now, having been exhausted, they were in a state of hibernation. In the short term, there was no chance they would wake up.
Even so, Cain was not in a hurry. After all, he could not leave for now, so he might as well calm down and train his Pokémon. In the worst-case scenario, when the League’s trial period ended, once they were summoned through the spatial stones they carried, they should be able to drag him back.
"Let’s first look into how to process this precious reverse scale of Giratina," Cain said.
With a turn of his hand, a box containing Giratina’s damaged reverse scale appeared.
During the rounds he had made earlier, Cain had already been reflecting on how to handle that scale.
Previously, Darkrai had suggested trying the method used to deal with Giratina’s energy within his own body.
That is, the same method employed when manufacturing the recovery medicine for Darkrai. After considering that suggestion, Cain asked the system to analyze the probability of success, and the result was that it was not low at all.
At that moment, Giratina’s reverse scale was like an extremely valuable and complex material. For a cook, dividing a complicated ingredient and turning it into usable portions was never an easy task.
In Cain’s eyes, this reverse scale had to be divided into three main components: Ghost-type energy, Dragon-type energy, and, most importantly, the reverse scale itself.
The Ghost-type energy could be expelled using the same method he had used to solve the problem of Ghost-type energy in Darkrai’s body. However, simply expelling it would be a waste, since it was Giratina’s energy, whose intensity could be considered among the highest in the world. The benefit to Cain would undoubtedly be terrifying.
Of course, it could not be absorbed lightly; Darkrai’s current physical condition was the best example of that.
But Cain was not lacking candidates. After all, his Gengar already had experience absorbing Giratina’s energy. Although this time the energy would be far more powerful, the current Gengar was no longer the same as before. If Darkrai were not counted, its strength already far surpassed the rest of Cain’s team.
As for the Dragon-type energy, Cain did not, for the moment, have a clear method to extract it.
In reality, the most important thing was still the reverse scale itself. After removing the Dragon-type and Ghost-type energies, the scale itself was the true treasure.
"Let’s take it step by step. At least we’re not completely out of options," Cain murmured, taking out a series of special tools.
At that moment, he truly lacked nothing: materials, resources, food, or special tools. He was missing no ingredients at all. As an Advanced-level breeder, he could manufacture almost anything he needed by himself.
Even if all his Pokémon used top-tier items, Cain felt he could sustain that expense for at least an entire year.
And within a year, with the help of such valuable items, how far his Pokémon could grow was something impossible to calculate.
Even so, before that, Cain had already laid out a plan: the first step would be to improve aptitude.
At that moment, he already had quite a few Pokémon that had reached the Champion level, but among them, Pokémon such as Honchkrow, Drapion, and Weavile only possessed a Light Purple color quality.
Theoretically speaking, even a Light Purple color quality had a certain probability of surpassing the second barrier of the Champion level.
But 99% was a probability, and 1% was also a probability. As for the actual probability of Light Purple color quality... there was no need to say much—clearly, it was not high.
For a long time, Cain’s Pokémon had been using Pokéblocks capable of gradually and imperceptibly improving quality. Unlike the old quality-enhancing potions, this method was extremely slow, but with prolonged use, there was always a chance of improvement.
Pokémon like Honchkrow were already on the verge of a quality evolution; Cain simply had not had the time to deal with it calmly before. Now, this moment was perfect.
With no external pressure, he finally had time to take care of these matters.
"It seems there really are quite a lot of things to do," Cain said.
Without hesitation, he began taking out materials and crafting them one by one.
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Meanwhile, in the Pokémon world.
In the main hall of the League’s General Council at Mt. Silver, under the chairmanship of the League’s supreme leader, the presidents of the regional leagues, the Champions, and the representatives of various giant families were seated in their respective seats.
Although they were all projections, it was almost as if they were present in person.
At the same time, several seats were empty, such as those corresponding to the Champions of Kanto and Johto.
However, some positions that had been vacant for years were now occupied. For example, the seat of the Hoenn Champion, vacant for an extremely long time, now had a person sitting in it. Facing him was Juan, president of the Hoenn League.
(End of Chapter)
