Chapter 113: Iron Fist! Slakoth!
Slakoth
Level: LV.11
Ability: Truant
Potential: E+
Slakoth
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To blend in better, Kenji also grabbed a pile of leaves. While feeding the Slakoth, he searched for his target.
Finally, after feeding who knows how many Slakoth, Kenji found the first one that met his criteria.
Slakoth
Level: LV.9
Ability: Truant
Potential: A
Since this was the wild, Kenji didn't expect to find an S-Rank Slakoth.
Finding an A-Rank potential Slakoth was enough to satisfy him.
Target identified. Kenji pointed at it, signaling Ninetales behind him.
Ninetales didn't make a sound. She silently walked over, grabbed the Slakoth by one arm, and dragged it away across the ground.
The other Slakoth lying nearby struggled to roll their eyes. Seeing their companion being abducted, they had no reaction other than scratching their heads.
And even that scratching motion was agonizingly slow.
Kenji couldn't watch anymore. He followed Ninetales to a secluded spot.
Once they were far enough away, Kenji took out a Pokéball and tapped it on the Slakoth's head.
With a pop, the Pokéball opened and sucked the Slakoth inside.
Without any resistance, the capture was successful.
Slakoth were too lazy. Too lazy to think, too lazy to fight.
Such Pokémon were simply not born for battle.
Pocketing the Pokéball, Kenji didn't rush to synthesize. He continued scanning the tribe for more Slakoth.
He wanted to see if there were any with potential higher than A-Rank.
Unfortunately, there weren't.
Kenji found two other A-Rank Slakoth and a few A- ones.
But he chose not to capture them.
Now that he had the Secondary Hero Replicator, he didn't need to catch so many high-potential Pokémon. Just one was enough for cloning.
However, Kenji wasn't rich enough to use Secondary Hero Replicators for the entire Star Up process to 4-Stars. So, he quietly captured some low-level, low-potential Slakoth as fodder.
The capture operation went surprisingly smoothly.
Ninetales's Illusion ability was simply too broken. If any other trainer dared to wander around a Dominant Pokémon's territory so brazenly, they would have been chopped into mincemeat by patrolling Vigoroth long ago.
Confirming there were no higher potential Slakoth in the tribe, Kenji called it a day. In the afternoon, he and Ninetales hurriedly left.
Leaving the Red Zone, Kenji finally released the Slakoth from its Pokéball.
He exchanged Gold for four Secondary Hero Replicators and first cloned the A-Rank Slakoth. Then, he began the Star Up process.
"Ding! Slakoth has awakened its second ability: Solid Rock!"
Solid Rock: Reduces the damage taken from super-effective attacks.
But the problem was, Slaking only had one weakness!
If it had awakened Wonder Guard, that would be amazing. But Solid Rock? Forget it.
Pass!
"Ding! Slakoth has awakened its second ability: Flame Body!"
Flame Body. As a breeding enthusiast, Kenji was very familiar with this one.
Effect: Contact with the Pokémon may burn the attacker. Also speeds up egg hatching.
Pass!
...
"Ding! Slakoth has awakened its second ability: Synchronize!"
"Ding! Slakoth has awakened its second ability: Lightning Rod!"
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"Ding!! Slakoth has awakened its second ability: Iron Fist!"
Hm?
Kenji paused.
Slakoth (2-Star)
Sex: Male
Level: LV.9
Type: Normal
Base Stats: 340
Abilities: Truant, Iron Fist (Boosts the power of punching moves.)
Moves: Hammer Arm, Slash, Body Slam, Scratch, Yawn, Encore, Slack Off
Potential: S
Iron Fist ability? Kenji raised an eyebrow.
Not bad. Although it wasn't the top-tier abilities like Huge Power, Pure Power, or Wonder Guard that he dreamed of, it was the most suitable one he'd found so far.
Having used up five Secondary Hero Replicators, Iron Fist was the only decent ability he got.
Kenji didn't push his luck.
He decided to use this Iron Fist Slakoth as the base for the Star Up.
Ten minutes later...
Slakoth (4-Star)
Sex: Male
Level: LV.17
Type: Normal
Abilities: Truant, Iron Fist
Base Stats: 460
Moves: Hammer Arm, Slash, Body Slam, Scratch, Yawn, Encore, Slack Off, Headbutt, Amnesia
Potential: S+
The 4-Star Slakoth looked as ordinary as ever, lying on the ground half-dead. Kenji stared at it for a long time but couldn't spot any peculiar changes.
After observing for a while and seeing nothing, Kenji gave up.
He troubled Ninetales again, asking her to use Teleport to return the remaining Slakoth he had captured back to the outskirts of the tribe's territory. Then, Kenji began his descent from the valley.
As for the Seedot and Oshawott clans, Kenji had no interest in them. He chose to bypass them, descending via the path he came up and going around the Red Zone to continue his journey.
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"Scraggy!!—"
Kenji had just descended the mountain when he heard Scraggy's voice nearby.
Kenji frowned. This Scraggy was truly reckless. This was the outskirts of a Red Zone. Did it have a death wish?
Following the sound, Kenji investigated.
He saw several Nuzleaf surrounding and attacking Scraggy.
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