Chapter 57: Two Months Pass

Time has swiftly passed by, and two months have elapsed peacefully.

In these two months, newcomers were able to become fully familiar with the environment and life within the academy and make many new friends. However, for Darren, he lived a very secluded life during these two months, fully immersed in his own world and seldom communicating with the outside world.

He did not attend any of the training courses or exams during these two months, and Mr. Umura, the teacher of the training class, even specifically approached him about it. But after Darren showed him his "Junior Breeder" certificate, Mr. Umura's attitude toward him did a complete 180-degree turn.

He gave Darren his full support in everything he did.

"The breeding class is about to produce a genius that will shock the academy!" Mr. Umura was very excited. He knew exactly what a 10-year-old breeder represented. For Crown Academy, this could be the "secret weapon" to redeem the face lost when the academy was defeated by a young girl two months ago.

Only a few high-level officials knew about Darren's background and information. As for the other students in the training class, they only knew that a strange transfer student had arrived. After the initial introduction, Darren mostly kept to himself.

Even if they met, they just exchanged a normal greeting, and Darren disappeared immediately after that.

As a result, Darren was given the moniker of the "the reclusive transfer student."

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"It seems like I'm not going in the right direction..." Darren frowned, feeling very upset.

In the past two months, both the Swablu and Beautifly had made rapid progress in all aspects. Darren had racked his brain to find the most suitable nutrition and food, and the most reasonable training plan for them, all for the purpose of helping them grow perfectly. In fact, in just two months, Darren had invested 600 study points into the two Pokemon, which could not be described as anything but extravagant.

Only students from affluent families dared to waste their study points like this.

Darren dared not let the Beautifly and Swablu undergo devilish training, even though he was constantly replenishing their nutrition. He only let them grow up normally to avoid any negative impact on their future development and to prevent them from losing steam.

Mastering the control of air currents was a fundamental ability for Beautifly, and it was consistently enhancing with each passing moment. By assimilating undisclosed methods through repetitive training and skillfulness, Beautifly had accomplished the levels of "Mega Drain" and even started on "Giga Drain", optimizing the potency of its absorption capability. This had been the primary focus of Beautifly's training during the previous two months.

Moreover, these two months of care and nursing had made the Beautifly even more stunning, emitting an elegant aura all over its body, and even gained a highly effective and attractive move as a result.

As for the Swablu, its growth rate is several levels faster than the Beautifly, thanks to its recent birth and its incredible talent.

Swablu loved cleanliness and will use its cotton-like wings to clean any dirty things it came across. Darren is also very attentive to its hygiene, and over time, Swablu has gained a new powerful move.

In addition, with its outstanding Dragon-type talent, from "Natural Gift" to "Hidden Power" it has been learning and comprehending the Dragon energy within its body. Now, Swablu has even successfully mastered Dragon Pulse!

Its Dragon-type talent was really impressive, and with the replacement of Hidden Power by Dragon Pulse, combined with its growth in the past two months, it can now safely use the Dragon Rush.

Provided that the adversary is not a tank like Aggron or Golem, Dragon Rush could serve as the move for Swablu, capable of determining the outcome of the battle.

In other words, Swablu has now passed its infancy and can now participate in high-intensity battles.

The advancements made by both Beautifly and Swablu are truly remarkable, but unfortunately, Darren's personal "Book of Secret Moves" has not made any headway whatsoever.

Despite having a lead on the "Mega Drain and Morning Sun" moves for Beautifly, there seems to be no feasible approach to implement it.

Beautifly's perception of sunlight is not bad, but its body affinity is too poor, and it cannot accumulate solar energy continuously. Darren wanted Beautifly to learn the Solar Beam move first and even specially exchanged for the Solar Beam move TM. They have been continuously analyzing, researching, and imitating... but according to Beautifly's reaction, the flow rate of solar energy in its body is very fast, and it is very difficult to accumulate it for a long time to form the Solar Beam.

Even after watching the detailed analysis of the move TM, the process of comprehension is also very difficult, and deliberate learning... probably requires even more time.

Darren also tried to let Beautifly directly use Mega Drain to rob the sun's nutrients and convert them into its own physical strength, but it simply did not work.

Darren realized that his ideas were too simplistic.

Although the effect of the "Morning Sun" move is similar to that of "Photosynthesis," the mechanism seems to be different.

Under the "Morning Sun" move, solar energy functions more like a catalyst, influencing the rate of health recovery.

On the other hand, "Photosynthesis" directly converts solar energy into another substance for health recovery, which falls under energy conversion.

However, this type of energy conversion is exclusive to Grass-type Pokémon.

The reason why Beautifly fails is due to its lack of affinity towards sunlight, and its body does not possess the special substance required for energy conversion.

Therefore, the fusion version of "Photosynthesis" planned by Darren is temporarily declared a dead end.

While conducting his research, Darren scrutinized the distinctive moves of various Pokémon. Despite being unique individuals, they were capable of executing identical moves and even moves that were contrary to their elemental types.

Drawing upon his prior knowledge, Darren reasoned that just as all objects consist of fundamental particles, the energy stored within the bodies of Pokémon also comprises of a distinctive substance that exists freely in nature.

The root of this energy may lie in the arrangement and structure of this substance, which, when combined with various Pokemon, creates a new type of energy. This energy could be the power of dragons, psychic abilities, control over water, fire, and electricity, or even something like a catalyst for moves like "Photosynthesis".

Perhaps the move "Fling" is a technique that randomly disrupts the energy structure within the body, hence its unpredictability and lack of direction.

But ultimately, it was all just speculation, and no matter how much Darren banged his head, he could not verify the truth. The "Secret Move Of Beautifly" plan was declared a failure, and Darren had to put the blame on the inability to construct a specific "energy conversion" catalyst.

This catalyst, which is the unique energy structure of grass-type Pokemon, means that even if Beautifly could master Morning Sun and was capable to Absorb it, it could still never become Photosynthesis.

On the other hand, The problem facing Swablu is that it has been unable to learn the move "Mirror Move".

Following Darren's speculation, if "Fling" is a technique that disrupts the energy structure within the body and can randomly produce different moves, then "Mirror Move", which can copy most moves, is also worth studying.

The Mirror Move Theorem: 1. If a specific move is to be copied by Mirror Move has not been used by the opponent, it will fail.

Moves that do not hit cannot be imitated, but moves that hit but have no effect can be imitated.

In other words, Mirror Move is a move similar to the mechanism of "memory alloy". It senses the energy structure changes of the opponent's moves upon being hit, triggers a deep memory in the Pokemon's brain, rapidly copies the energy structure changes it feels, and then imitates the move.

When he came up with this theory, even Darren himself laughed at how far-fetched it sounded. But upon careful consideration, it seemed plausible. He did not know if anyone else had thought of this, but as a Transmigrator, he was naturally curious about the unknown.

Swablu's inability to learn "Mirror Move" is probably due to its brain not developing fast enough to keep up with its body since it's only been a few months since its birth. In other words, to learn "Mirror Move," Swablu's brain needs to have the ability to memorize at a high frequency. Apart from gaining experience through getting beaten up, it also needed to "boost its brain" by eating some nuero-boosting food.

This is what Darren has come up with in the past two months to address the inability of Beautifly and Swablu to develop their "Secret Moves" based on his knowledge from a previous life and breeder theories... Two months of nutrient supplementation have reached their peak, and they are no longer suitable for such frequent supplementation. They have already reached a state of "nutrient overload".

Next, Darren decides to start squeezing time.