Pokémon Court

Chapter 867: Two Months, "Using War to Sustain War"

Because he carried the expectations of the Pokémon Contest faction, the strength of the opponents he encountered increased gradually, giving him ample time to prepare. This was all thanks to the faction’s arrangements.

These three Pokémon were Terrance’s main training focus during the Champion League. There had originally been a fourth, Carbink, but unfortunately Carbink had fallen into a deep sleep and could not participate.

After finishing the third battle of the Champion League, Terrance continued to build up his foundation.

The primary task of his main Pokémon was to fully absorb the Genetic Potion and integrate the benefits gained from it into their battle systems.

For example, Altaria trained its Flame of Life and vocal techniques, as well as practiced Sunny Day alongside Arcanine...

Terrance himself was not idle either. All the supportive work for his Pokémon’s training was handled by him—food, nutritional supplements, maintenance, medical care, real combat, and even entertainment.

He obtained resources through real combat against illegal organizations, invested all those resources into his Pokémon, and then continued fighting.

Of course, before deploying his main forces, Terrance’s primary focus was tempering Togepi.

Aside from that, Terrance did not allow Togepi to come into contact with Altaria’s Fairy Aura too early to prematurely unlock its potential.

Altaria’s Flame of Life perfectly resolved this flaw, allowing Terrance to confidently use this rapid training method. After battle, not only were the Pokémon unaffected by injuries, but by bathing in the Flame of Life and receiving nourishment from life energy, their bodies became even healthier.

During these two months, Togepi and Froakie underwent a transformation in strength, all gained through real combat. Terrance did not set specific developmental paths for them.

And Froakie, after two months of fighting, gradually became accustomed to Togepi’s Super Luck Ability, frequently striking enemies’ vital points in the heat of battle.

Because Froakie had experienced the destruction of its homeland and the cruel taming process of poachers, the dramatic upheavals in its life had forged outstanding willpower, resilience, and mental fortitude. Of course, while this quality was nothing extraordinary in Terrance’s eyes—merely something an excellent Pokémon ought to possess—for a growing Froakie, it was an exceptionally rare starting point. If it wished to grow stronger, these qualities would allow it to avoid many unnecessary detours.

These were the matters Terrance most often discussed with Togepi and Froakie.

Causing trouble was Togepi’s favorite pastime. Now, Terrance kept providing it with one hellish hurdle after another that seemed impossible to clear. Though Togepi resisted during the first two attempts, its competitive spirit was slowly ignited.

Froakie changed as well. Personally rescuing many Pokémon who had suffered the same fate as it had was the root of its shift in mindset. And after every fierce battle, Terrance’s meticulous care and gentle treatment only deepened Froakie’s attachment.

How could wild Pokémon possibly withstand the bombardment of "sugar-coated shells"?

Every time they completed a mission, Terrance would prepare several new kinds of delicacies. Over time, the two tsundere-like Pokémon accepted this arrangement.

The fundamental reason the two Pokémon willingly indulged in this life, however, lay in something Terrance once said:

This explanation was easier for the two Pokémon to accept. As time passed, the "evil" Togepi became less interested in making trouble for Terrance and instead, for the sake of snacks, went to even more ruthlessly torment the poachers.

Poacher gangs across various regions mostly operated along coastal areas and preferred committing crimes across regional borders, making it difficult for local authorities to track them. Thus, apprehending such criminals had always been the responsibility of the International Police.

Terrance’s swift and decisive actions had forced these criminal organizations to halt their operations entirely, some of them had even stopped committing crimes altogether.

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