Chapter 337: Swinub Stole The Cabbage

Chapter 337: Chapter 337: Swinub Stole The Cabbage

Thanks to his sharp instincts, Love_Is_Like_Raising_Flowers narrowly escaped disaster.

He had clearly only wanted to share his happiness with everyone. He did not understand why everyone’s reaction had been so intense.

There had actually happened to be someone in the same internet café calling out his username.

Looking at the muscular man’s build, the Trainer worried that if he exposed himself, he might not escape alive.

Only after the muscular man returned to his seat did the Trainer obediently finish watching the Contest replay. He even checked the location of the next nearby Contest before finally getting up to leave.

After standing, the Trainer clenched his fist.

"Target: Akebi Town. Akebi Contest, here I come!"

His convincing act successfully deceived the muscular man.

After walking out of the internet café, the Trainer immediately rushed to the Pokémon Centre as quickly as possible and met up with his girlfriend, who was both a Breeder and a Coordinator.

"Babe, I checked. Akebi Town is holding a Contest. Let’s make that our next destination."

His girlfriend smiled sweetly.

"No problem. Did your challenge at Veilstone Gym go smoothly this time?"

The Trainer looked left and right, confirming that no one was paying attention to them.

"This isn’t a good place to talk. We’ll discuss it after leaving Veilstone City."

His girlfriend did not understand why a Gym challenge had made him react so dramatically.

Then she suddenly thought of something and lowered her voice.

"Babe, you didn’t steal Veilstone Gym’s Badge, did you?"

The Trainer hurriedly explained, "I didn’t! I earned the Badge fair and square!"

Just as he was about to continue, several Trainers walked out of the Pokémon Centre’s computer room.

One of them said angrily, "Don’t let me find out who this Love_Is_Like_Raising_Flowers is. If he isn’t as fast as that Wind-Chasing Boy from last time..."

"I’ll definitely make him understand how powerful I am!"

The Trainer immediately shrank his neck.

Meanwhile, Julian was still welcoming new challengers.

He had no idea what kind of story the latest hot post on the Trainer forum was telling.

Only after he finished his work and planned to check the forum for anything interesting did he suddenly feel as if the sky had collapsed.

"Kai, go put up a notice. From tomorrow onwards, Veilstone Gym will return to its normal reception standard. One challenger in the morning, one in the afternoon. Trainers urgently trying to gather enough Badges should challenge other Gyms instead."

Kai, who had been running on his hands, immediately flipped upright and went to put up the notice.

Julian switched to his other alt account.

He had to clarify things.

[SwinubStoleTheCabbage:Love_Is_Like_Raising_Flowers challenged Veilstone Gym four times in total. During that period, his Pokémon received a large amount of high-intensity training]

[SwinubStoleTheCabbage:He also consistently displayed an excellent fighting spirit. If everyone wants to trigger the golden touch like he did...]

[SwinubStoleTheCabbage:I don’t think what you need is to challenge Veilstone Gym again and again, hoping to increase the chance by raising the number of attempts]

[SwinubStoleTheCabbage:What you should really do is improve yourself and improve your Pokémon. If an ordinary Trainer has a five percent chance, then Love_Is_Like_Raising_Flowers had fifty percent]

Julian had already given up trying to explain that there was no golden touch at all.

Because even if he said it, these Trainers who hoped to improve by relying on an external help would not believe him.

He could only change the way he said it.

[SinnohInsider:This guy is right. You still need a solid foundation of your own. The golden touch isn’t that easy to trigger]

[SinnohInsider:I counted the hundred Trainers who challenged Veilstone Gym this time. Thirteen Trainers triggered the golden touch, and almost all of them had undergone strict training]

The one Sinnoh Insider did not mention was simply lucky.

He himself had not worked hard, but his luck was good enough that he had caught hardworking Pokémon.

With SinnohInsider helping speak, everyone’s attention immediately shifted to improving their Pokémon.

Someone immediately asked a question.

[Totally_Stressed:May I ask how we should train Pokémon to maximise the chance of triggering the golden touch? Has anyone summarised it?]

SinnohInsider replied almost instantly.

[SinnohInsider:If you have a Pokémon you’ve raised for a long time that still hasn’t evolved, or if you’ve been training a move but still haven’t managed to master it, then you can try Veilstone Gym]

Julian saw this and nodded in satisfaction.

If it was this kind of Trainer, Julian very much welcomed them to challenge his Gym.

[Totally_Stressed:So basically, if I train a move for a while and want my Pokémon to master it, I can challenge Veilstone Gym and make my Pokémon learn that move, maybe even greatly increase its strength]

Reading this, Julian became very unhappy.

[SwinubStoleTheCabbage:If you come with that mindset, I don’t think Gym Leader Julian would welcome you as a challenger]

[SwinubStoleTheCabbage:Veilstone Gym’s official site has already been updated. The Gym currently only accepts two challengers a day, and they must first pass a screening by Gym Leader Julian’s apprentice]

[SinnohInsider:Exactly. If too many Trainers ignore their own situation and only think about triggering the golden touch, Veilstone Gym may reduce the number of challengers even further]

[SinnohInsider:If it really becomes like that, everyone can forget about triggering the golden touch. I suspect the activation of the golden touch is also related to Gym Leader Julian’s attitude towards the challenger]

[SinnohInsider:If you can earn Gym Leader Julian’s approval, the chance of triggering it should increase. As for how to earn his approval, I don’t think I need to say more]

Julian nodded in satisfaction.

If he really had a golden touch, and this SinnohInsider came to challenge him, he would definitely tap him a few extra times.

Julian got up and found Kai, who was doing frog jumps in the back garden.

"Kai, from tomorrow onwards, you’ll be responsible for screening challengers. Don’t just arrange challenges based on who arrived first."

Kai immediately nodded excitedly.

"Yes, Master. Graveler, Machoke, and I have been itching for a fight!"

For a Pokémon like Machop, as long as there was a passionate Trainer leading the way, it was very easy to increase it’s strength and evolve into Machoke.

Kai also knew that as long as he continued training Machoke and Graveler further, they could evolve again.

But he had not allowed the two Pokémon to evolve for now.

Kai was very smart.

He knew that Machoke and Graveler still had a lot of room to grow.

Evolving them now would be a complete waste of their potential.

Just like Lt. Surge, who had evolved Pikachu into Raichu too early and lost quite a bit of potential, only to be defeated by Pikachu using speed.

Impatient Trainers like Totally_Stressed on the Trainer forum were the majority.

A grounded type like Kai might start a little slower, but he could go further.

That was why using Kai to screen challengers was perfect.

Tomorrow, there would only be one challenger, and Kai would need to screen them.

So tonight, Julian personally cooked a feast to reward him.

After all, Julian only had to receive the challengers.

Kai had far more to consider, such as when to arrange the next challenger and what they should eat for lunch.

Cleaning the Gym and repairing the battlefield were also handled by this apprentice.

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