9 Chapter 9: Daily Training

"Treecko, use Bullet Seed!"

Rina commanded Treecko.

"Tailow, dodge, then counter with Aerial Ace!"

Tailow easily dodged Treecko's Bullet Seed and then swooped towards Treecko with Aerial Ace.

"Treecko, use Vine Whip!"

In the end, Tailow's Aerial Ace collided with Treecko's Vine Whip.

Unfortunately, Treecko's hastily executed move couldn't match the power of Tailow's Aerial Ace, causing Treecko to be knocked back and hit the wall directly.

"Alright, stop now, Tailow!"

Seeing that Treecko was already injured, Rex stopped Tailow from continuing the attack.

"Ah, I lost again!"

Rina sighed in frustration.

"Rina, your Treecko has made great progress in strength. You don't have to be too upset!"

Seeing Rina looking downcast, Rex hurriedly comforted her.

These days, Rina came to him every day for battles.

Although the results of each battle were the same, Rex could feel intuitively that Treecko's strength was rapidly increasing, and their understanding of each other was also improving.

Of course, Rex and Tailow were not idle either. In order to be able to hit Tailow while it was flying, Treecko specifically learned the move Bullet Seed, while Tailow also learned Aerial Ace from their battles.

"It seems that there's still a gap between my strength and yours. I've been staying here for several days now, so I plan to continue my journey tomorrow. When my Treecko's strength improves, I'll come back to challenge you again!"

Rina said earnestly to Rex.

"Alright, I'll be waiting for you!"

Rex didn't expect Rina, who was introverted, to be so competitive. Perhaps this was why Professor Birch valued her and gave her the initial Pokémon and Pokédex. Only with such an indomitable spirit could one go further on the path of a Pokémon Trainer.

In the past few days, although Tailow battled Treecko every day, the amount of training they received was much less compared to training in the forest.

Previously, due to lack of funds, relying solely on the food provided by the Pokémon Center was not enough to meet Tailow's energy needs for training.

However, yesterday he received compensation of 500,000 Alliance coins. Even after deducting the 400,000 Alliance coins for buying the farm, he still had 100,000 Alliance coins to spare, so Tailow's training could begin.

He had already purchased enough Energy Cubes from the Pokémon Mart to train Tailow for a week. Of course, with Tailow's current strength, using basic Energy Cubes would suffice.

The Energy Cubes sold at the Pokémon Mart in Fallabor Town were all non-attributed Energy Cubes. If you wanted Energy Cubes corresponding to a Pokémon's type, you would have to find a Pokémon Breeder to customize them, or buy them from Pokémon Marts in large cities.

This was one of the drawbacks of living in a small town—resources related to Pokémon were relatively scarce.

Of course, Rex also bought a set of essential equipment for Trainers. He was very impressed by the technology of this world, such as the Space Backpack, which was very common in this world.

Of course, thinking that small Poké Balls could capture Pokémon of various sizes made it less difficult to understand.

There were also tents for wilderness camping, pots and pans for cooking, and so on, all of which could be directly stored in the small backpack.

Of course, the Space Backpack he purchased was only the most basic one, with an internal space of about 1 cubic meter, but it was completely sufficient for him now.

Of course, he also bought some Poké Balls from the Pokémon Mart. Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to capture any Pokémon he encountered in the future.

All these items cost Rex 12,000 Alliance coins.

Rex couldn't help but feel deeply moved. If he hadn't received compensation, how long would it take for him to earn so many Alliance coins? Moreover, once he had more Pokémon in the future, the daily expenses would be considerable.

Of course, if Pokémon were just kept as pets, the expenses might not be too high. However, if you wanted to quickly improve your Pokémon's strength, you needed to invest a lot of resources.

The most basic requirement was to provide enough energy for the Pokémon. Generally speaking, being a Pokémon Trainer was a career that consumed a lot of money.

After making these preparations, Rex took Tailow to the outskirts of Fallabor Town to the Orange Forest.

Yes, the forest that trapped Rex for nearly a month was the Orange Forest, a vast forest that surrounded many towns in the Hoenn region, and Fallabor Town was one of them.

Rex trained Tailow in a deserted area, as he couldn't afford to let others see, thinking he was abusing Tailow!

Tailow hadn't trained for a week, although it had been battling frequently during this time, its strength hadn't improved as fast as before.

"Screaa!"

Tailow didn't find the training too difficult; on the contrary, it was very excited.

It had been itching to train like this for a long time.

This time, instead of using stones, Tailow was wearing a weight-training item purchased from the Pokémon Mart. It could adjust the weight according to the Pokémon's strength, so Rex didn't need to look for suitable stones everywhere.

The weight was just right at the limit of Tailow's endurance. Tailow could only barely fly by vigorously flapping its wings.

However, its flight was unstable. After flying for a while, Tailow was already sweating profusely. But it didn't give up; it continued to persevere in training.

To know, Rex weighed only 35 kilograms now. If Tailow's physique improved a bit more, it could fly with him early.

Generally, only after Tailow evolved into Swellow could it possibly carry a Trainer during flight.

It seemed like it was trying to make up for the missed training, as Tailow trained exceptionally hard today, exhausting all of Rex's three healing opportunities before finally resting.

At this point, the setting sun's afterglow had spread over their faces, and Rex stopped training for the day.

At this time, he was also soaked in sweat, but he didn't need to worry about Tailow's training. So, he was also doing physical training.

"Rex, why are you like this?"

Rina looked at Rex, who was drenched, and couldn't help but ask.

"Good evening, Rina. Tailow and I were training Pokémon this afternoon, and the exercise was a bit intense, so it ended up like this."

Rex explained to Rina.

"Oh, I see. Training should be moderate and not forced!"

Rina admonished.

"Thank you for your concern. I will take it easy!"

Knowing that the other party was caring for him, Rex could only reply in accordance with Rina's words.

"By the way, Miss Jenny came to look for you this afternoon, but you weren't here. She asked me to tell you to go to the police station at 9 a.m. tomorrow."

Rina seemed to remember something and said to Rex.

"Okay, I got it. I'll go there on time tomorrow. Thank you, Rina!"

Rex knew that Miss Jenny must have come to talk about the farm's matters since she asked for him. It just happened that he was out training.

After dinner, Rex and Rina went straight back to the dormitory. After taking a shower, he went to bed and fell asleep immediately. After all, he had expended too much energy today.

The next morning

After a night's sleep, Rex and Tailow were rejuvenated. However, today they had to go find Miss Jenny, so they probably wouldn't be able to train.

After breakfast, Rex bid farewell to Rina for the last time.

"It's a pity you don't have a mobile phone; otherwise, we could add each other's contact information, and we could keep in touch more often!"

Rina said somewhat embarrassedly.

"It's okay, you can leave your contact number, and I'll call you later when I buy a phone!"

Rex also intended to buy a phone, but because he didn't know the situation of the farm, he needed to save some Alliance coins to maintain the farm, so he temporarily gave up.

After taking the paper handed over by Rina, Rex solemnly put it in his pocket.

"Rex, then I'll leave first. Goodbye!"

"Goodbye, Rina!"

Rex watched Rina walk away.

(End of this chapter)