Chapter 13

These questions are all very specific and cannot be underestimated. Breeders need an extremely in-depth understanding of Pokemon. Superficial knowledge is far from enough.

Perhaps these pieces of knowledge may not seem so impressive, but they are merely the basic skills of a novice breeder. To cultivate a Pokemon well or to make a living through this means requires much more effort than this.

In every city or town, the minimum requirement for a Pokemon nurse at the Pokemon Center is to reach the level of an intermediate breeder.

The knowledge required for the novice breeder's exam does not represent much.

Compared to the knowledge of those Master Breeders, these are just child's play.

Next, Darren continued to answer the questions. Very quickly, he completed ten fill-in-the-blank questions without wasting too much time. Only 20 minutes had passed, and Darren had already answered the last two argumentative questions.

The argumentative questions require a discussion of no less than 150 words. Generally, the questions are quite practical and require many pieces of knowledge to be connected together. They often exceed the current level of the exam, which is equivalent to raising the bar for the exam takers.

The maximum score for each question is 20 points. The examiners will score based on the points answered by the exam takers. Generally, a score of more than 10 points is considered a good result.

The exam questions are of varying difficulty. The last two major questions are the key to testing the level of the exam taker.

Argument [attached picture]: The white area on Marill's stomach is light green and shows extreme pain. How should this be handled?

Even Darren paused when he saw the first argumentative question, starting to organize his thoughts. Argumentative questions are different from the previous multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank questions, as they are not solely about understanding one type of Pokemon.

The novice breeder's argumentative question involves two types of Pokemon. Fortunately, this is only a written exam. After many years of experience in making exam questions, some people have figured out the answer to the questions.

Darren has looked at past exam questions and their analysis multiple times, so he has roughly figured out the thought process. This exam philosophy is not much different from the one in his past life.

However, a written exam is still just a written exam. If breeders encounter real situations, whether they can take emergency measures is another matter.

Marill, light green, pain.

After thinking for a few minutes, Darren finally began to write. Starting from the performance and symptoms, if it shows pain, it may have been injured or it may have fallen into an abnormal state, such as paralysis, poisoning, burning, etc.

Marill's stomach is light green, so something may have changed its physical condition. Perhaps it has fallen into an abnormal state. When Darren saw the image, he did not find the corresponding points at first.

The knowledge tested in the Junior Breeder Assessment is not too difficult, generally only testing on common small Pokemon. In Darren's memory, both the poison and paralysis status can cause pain to Marill.

Marill usually likes to play in the water and most of them live in forests. Therefore, Darren can focus on some Bug-type and Grass-type Pokemon.

At first, Darren thought of the Wurmple family of Pokemon, but then he quickly ruled them out.

The paralysis powder of the Beautifly is brownish-yellow, the toxin brought by bug bites is brown mixed with purple, and the toxin of poison sting is deep purple.

Dustox is similar, and the symptoms caused by its toxin are reddish-purple, which also doesn't match this situation.

As for Grass-type Pokemon, such as Oddish and Shroomish, their habitats and characteristics don't seem to match either.

However, after sorting out the habitats and characteristics of other small Pokemon, Darren finally focused on Shroomish.

Although Shroomish's paralysis powder and poison powder have differences from this symptom, Shroomish has its own characteristic, which is its unique spores.

These spores, different from poison powder and venom, are often cherished by Shroomish and are only released in very dangerous situations. These spores also contain some toxins, eventually forming a unique powder that only Shroomish has.

These spores can be used against enemies and can also be used to make some medicines, making them a good medicinal material.

Most importantly, the damp soil in the forest is what they like to eat the most, so they love damp places.

With this in mind, the train of thought became clear: Marill and Shroomish are the key to solving this problem.

Next, this question is only half answered. Knowing the reason, the breeder needs to know how to deal with it.

People who don't have a clue would probably write down answers like using an antidote, but the question certainly wouldn't be that easy. If treatment is started without thoroughly understanding the situation, it often causes secondary harm to the Pokemon.

The answer that Darren wrote down was: first let Marill stop moving, then gently squeeze its tail until Marill's stomachs turn dark green. Then, use a Persim Berry or a Lum Berry for detoxification, followed by an antidote. If there is no preparation, Marill should try to conserve its energy, avoid using special moves, and find the detoxifying medicine as soon as possible. After detoxification, Marill needs to release its energy to exhaustion, which is the safest way.

The round and plump tail of Marill stores enough nutrients needed for growth. After being poisoned, the toxin will invade its tail first, and these nutrients will also be infected. In order to prevent the toxin from invading deeper and affecting Marill's future growth, Marill needs to first stop moving its tail, allowing the toxin to remain in a mild state. Then, massage the tail. Using the special elasticity of its tail, most of the foreign toxins can be squeezed to the stomachs, which is the first and most effective point of action for detoxifying medicine.

Next, the task is not yet completed. At this point, not all of the toxins have been completely eliminated. Although Marill is no longer in danger at this moment, just to be safe, it is necessary to let Marill continuously release special moves, consume energy, and release as much of the invading toxins in the energy as possible. Only then can the problem be considered solved perfectly.

Of course, each toxin and each Pokemon's poisoning requires different methods to solve. This is the challenge that tests breeders.

After writing these down in a more rigorous manner, Darren breathed a sigh of relief. It was obvious that doing such a big problem was also very mentally taxing for him.

Without wasting time, Darren immediately looked at the second question.

How to teach a Meowth the following moves? Please choose one to answer: Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Foul Play, Double Team or Aqua Jet.

This is another type of question that involves training Pokemon moves. Similarly, this is also a fundamental skill that breeders and trainers share.