Chip Activation

"Indeed, when I first arrived in this world, this chip came with me!"

Even Larry, accustomed to composure, couldn't help but get excited.

In his previous life, the primary reason he could advance to the level of a pseudo-Elite Trainer was because of this very chip.

However, in the previous life, he had activated the chip by chance, and by that time, he had already been distanced from others.

Even with the chip's assistance, catching up had proven exceedingly difficult.

"Chip, scan!" Suppressing his excitement, he silently spoke to the Murkrow beside him.

Almost instantly!

[ Ding! ]

A three-dimensional holographic image appeared before his eyes, visible only to him.

...

[ Pokémon]: Murkrow (Green)

[ Gender ]: Male

[ Level ]: 8

[ Types ]: Dark, Flying

[ Ability ]: Prankster (Can use status-changing moves with priority)

[ Held Item ]: None

[ Inherited Moves ]:

- Punishment (Power = 60 + stat boost level * 20, Dark, Physical)

- Feint Attack (Power = 60, Dark, Physical, guaranteed critical hit)

- Roost (Power = 0, Flying, Status, lands, restores half HP)

[ Base Moves ]:

- Peck (Power = 40, Flying, Physical)

- Astonish (Power = 30, Ghost, Physical, may cause flinching, 30% chance)

- Pursuit (Power = 40, Dark, Physical, deals double damage if target switches out)

[ Learnable Moves ]:

- Snatch (Power = 0, Dark, Status, steals recovery moves or stat boosts)

- Tailwind (Power = 0, Flying, Status, boosts speed for 4 turns)

[ TM Compatibility ]: None

...

A series of detailed data appeared in the image, describing all of Murkrow's abilities and moves.

Larry's eyes sparkled gradually.

Detailed data! In his previous life, when he first opened the chip, it was a blank slate.

He had to gather data through various means, categorize it meticulously, and only then could he achieve such a detailed result.

For this data, he had accessed almost all of Team Rocket's databases under his jurisdiction, and even breached some League branches' databases at great risk to obtain unauthorized information.

For a civilian trainer, knowledge was paramount.

Only with knowledge could he precisely train various Pokémon to fully utilize their innate talents.

So, upon seeing all this detailed data about Murkrow, even someone like Larry, who had faced death, couldn't help but feel excited.

He never expected that the chip's data had come along with him!

As expected, the green color next to the Pokémon's name indicated its innate talent.

And Larry's Murkrow possessed a green potential.

The ranking order of talents followed the complete rainbow spectrum: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and purple.

Green potential was in the middle of all the potential levels.

Don't assume that green potential was low; in the wild, most Pokémon were either red or orange potential.

Even if a yellow potential Pokémon occasionally appeared, trainers would snatch it up due to its uniqueness.

So, green potential was already quite rare.

According to Larry's estimation, among the Pokémon distributed by Team Rocket this time, there wouldn't be more than 10 Pokémon with green potential.

Even so, these Pokémon were handpicked by Team Rocket, an early investment for the new members.

In his previous life, Larry, relying on the Murkrow with a green potential, had only managed to reach the 34th position.

It was evident that his survival on Trial Island was entirely reliant on Murkrow's talent, with the trainer's abilities going unnoticed.

Taking a deep breath, he calmed himself down slowly. In this life, he absolutely wouldn't be weak! Weakness was the original sin!

On this trial island, the only rule for survival was the law of the jungle: survival of the fittest.

To become stronger, he needed to first improve his Pokémon's strength.

The first step he needed to take now was to make up for the early deficiencies of Murkrow.

Normally, a Murkrow had an average height of about half a meter.

However, his Murkrow's height was only around forty centimeters.

First, he needed to restore its diminished body to prevent wasting its talent and enable better training.

"Let's go, Murkrow! We're going to find food." Larry patted his shoulder, signaling for Murkrow to perch on him.

Murkrow hesitated and glanced at Larry.

The current Larry, due to malnutrition, didn't resemble a fifteen-year-old at all.

It was worried that it might crush the young boy if it took off.

After a moment's hesitation, it flew onto Larry's shoulder.

Feeling the weight on his shoulder and the deeper footprints left in the sand, Larry slowly walked towards the forest.

As a Rocket Team member who had climbed up from the bottom, Larry possessed wilderness survival skills, to say the least.

He knew which berrys were edible, which were poisonous, which could quickly restore energy, and which could cure status ailments.

After giving a few ripe orange berrys to Murkrow, he took a bite of the slightly unripe berry in his hand.

The sour juice dripped from his lips, but he endured the discomfort and chewed slowly, swallowing the flesh.

This was the most common berry in the wild for restoring energy.

Since there were so many wild Pokémon here, ripe berrys were scarce.

After giving them all to Murkrow, he could only eat some slightly unripe ones.

Although they were less effective, they still had some benefit.

"Murkrow!" After swallowing several berrys, Murkrow looked at the berry in Larry's hand, and there was a hint of warmth in its eyes.

It didn't know why, but this person it had known for only a day was giving it the delicious berrys while he ate the unripe ones.

It was a feeling it had never experienced since leaving its parents—a sense of being cared for.

"Murkrow, have some of these berrys first. I know you usually eat meat, but this is all we have for now." Larry's voice carried a trace of apology.

"Murkrow..." It gently pecked Larry's cheek with its beak, as if to say it was okay.

With a faint smile, Larry's memories of the person he had vowed to protect at all costs, even if it meant his life, and the current Murkrow perched on his shoulder slowly merged.

It was a bond called "attachment." What he had abandoned in his previous life was now what he most wanted to have in this life.

Walking slowly on the forest path, leaving behind a trail of shallow and deep footprints, Larry finally stopped in front of a dense thicket.

According to his experience, these thickets often harbored small animals, and, of course, Pokémon.

This world did have some animals, and these carnivorous Pokémon's food source was precisely these animals.

Generally, Pokémon were not considered food in this world.

"Swoosh!"

As Larry had expected, a gray wild rabbit dashed out of the thicket.

"It looks like this will be our dinner today!" Larry's lips curled slightly, and he said, "Murkrow, use Peck!"

Seeing the prey and hearing Larry's command, Murkrow didn't hesitate at all.

It took off and pecked the wild rabbit fiercely with its sharp beak.

Wild animals couldn't withstand the attack of a Pokémon and perished on the spot.

Just as Murkrow was rejoicing, a purple figure darted across the ground, and the wild rabbit disappeared without a trace.