Chapter 14: Future Road Choices

That night,

"Really evolved?" Lukas clearly couldn't believe it.

Aron took out the Luxury Ball, pressed the button, and a white light bloomed. Combusken appeared in front of the two elders.

"Com-busken!"

Combusken was full of energy, its bright eyes shining.

"Meow?"

Delcatty walked slowly toward Combusken, circling around it with a strange light in its eyes.

Seeing the evolved Combusken, Mary's expression instantly became serious. She squatted down and leaned in front of Combusken to observe it carefully.

"Combusken?"

Combusken tilted its head, looking confused.

"It's okay, let me check your body for you." Mary gently stroked Combusken and smiled softly.

After a long time, Mary stood up straight again. She met Lukas's questioning gaze and said softly, "This child is in very good health."

"It wasn't stimulated to evolve early."

Lukas nodded slightly, understanding what Mary meant, and immediately muttered under his breath, "As expected of my son."

Mary glanced at him lightly, then turned her head to look at Aron and said carefully, "Little Aron, you have the talent to be a good breeder."

Immediately afterward, Mary seemed to return to the classroom, facing hundreds of students. Her eyes glowed with confidence as she spoke in a calm tone, "a Breeder is closely related to training, but many people tend to ignore the role of Breeder."

"But you have to remember,a good Breeder is the as important as a good trainer."

At this time, Lukas seemed to remember something. He stared at Aron and said slowly, "Little Aron, you haven't decided yet whether you'll become a Pokémon researcher or a trainer in the future."

After a pause, he smiled and added, "Of course, these two don't conflict."

"If you choose to become a trainer, you need to plan your future path. That is, whether you will specialize in a single Attribute or develop a balanced team with multiple Attributes."

He continued in a deep voice, "Your grandfather and I are both trainers specializing in the Psychic type, and there are pros and cons to it."

"The benefits are better tactics and easier training, among others."

"The downside is that it's very vulnerable to being targeted by opponents."

Aron nodded thoughtfully.

"Although we are a Psychic family, we don't have strict requirements for you. You can choose either path," Lukas added.

The essence of the Psychic family is reflected in the passionate blood running through their veins, in their unique Psychic powers. Unlike regular trainers, who often only catch two or three Pokémon due to various factors, such as training challenges and high training costs.

A trainer who can assemble a team of six Pokémon is likely from a family with a strong background.

Gym owners like Lukas typically have more than one Pokémon team and often have two to three teams to deal with challengers.

"I will think about it carefully," Aron nodded.

Hearing this, Lukas and Mary smiled at the same time.

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It was almost night.

In the bedroom.

"It's fine if you become a Psychic Trainer. After all, Psychic-type Pokémon have unpredictable abilities in the real world," Aron thought as he lay on the bed.

"But all the famous champion trainers don't specialize in a single Attribute."

For instance, even though the Dragon family is known for their mastery over Dragon-type Pokémon, their teams often include many Flying-type Pokémon.

"So, a Trainer who specializes in a single Attribute might become an Elite, but it's much harder to become a Champion!" Aron muttered to himself, eyes sparkling.

"Besides, now that I've captured Combusken, its potential is great, and it will definitely become my main Pokémon in the future."

"In that case..."

"Balanced development is the way to go!"

With these thoughts, Aron began to plan his next training strategy.

"Battle is the primary focus, training comes second."

He gained a lot of experience in the battle club with Combusken today, and also learned a lot about battle tactics.

"The next goal is to help Combusken become Intermediate level as soon as possible, and Beldum will also work towards reaching Intermediate level."

Yes, in his next plan, Aron intends to have Beldum start battling.

This means exposing Beldum to the attention of the staff at the battle club.

Beldum is precious, but after staying in the class group for a while, Aron noticed that many students have rare Pokémon, including quasi-legendary ones.

While other Pokémon, like Riolu, Aron,and Larvesta, although aren't as rare as quasi-legendaries, they're still quite valuable.

(T/N:Aron here is Pokemon not the mc)

After all, they are students at a prestigious school, where only the rich or noble can attend.

And each class has only ten students, taught by a famous instructor.

Of course, shiny Beldum is far more precious than an ordinary Beldum.

Aron remembered something Lukas and Mary had said:

"Little Aron, once you enter the school, you don't need to hide your identity deliberately, but you can't be too high-profile either. Just let things develop naturally."

This was also Lukas and Mary's philosophy in life.

To put it simply: don't be afraid of trouble, but don't take initiative to cause trouble either.

Since Hugh Smith had given him shiny Beldum, Aron figured that Hugh must have already considered all these factors, so he didn't need to worry too much.

After all, this was within the territory of Easton, a southern Riverland city guarded by Elite Psychic-type trainers, so there was no need to worry about trouble.

On the other hand, if an ordinary trainer from a less prestigious family were to receive a shiny Beldum, they would have to hide it until they had the means to protect themselves.

Aron thought about all of this and slowly drifted off to sleep.

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The next day,

Training at the gym went as usual in the morning. After lunch, Aron headed to the battle club again.

This time, he chose to battle a training partner for two hours.

His sparring partner today was a stocky young man wearing loose clothes.

The young man smiled and looked at Aron with only a slit in his eyes. "Let's start."

When the referee waved down the flag, both trainers threw their Poké Balls simultaneously.

"Go, Electrike!"

"Go, Beldum!"

Beldum and Electrike appeared on the field as beams of red light landed.

[Pokémon: Electrike (Electric type)

Ability: Static

Qualification: semi-Gym

Level: Lv11 (normal level)]

There was no Attribute disadvantage between these two Pokémon.

As Aron was thinking about his battle strategy, the referee and the young man stared at Beldum, which looked like a copper bell.

"Shiny... Beldum," the referee said in a hoarse voice, swallowing hard.

He had served as a referee for years and had seen many quasi-legendary Pokémon, but it was the first time he had seen a Shiny Beldum.

Many thoughts raced through the young man's mind. He raised his eyes to stare at Aron, suddenly feeling a sense of pressure.

His palms were already sweating.