Tetsuya wandered around the Pokémon Department Store in Evermere City. He was mainly checking whether there were any suitable and cheap TMs.
In fact, none of his Pokémon currently needed to learn any new moves, but he thought that if he could pick up some discounted TMs to keep for future use, it would still count as a good deal. More than that, it was also a way for him to relax a little.
Deep affection does not last long, and extreme intelligence often leads to harm. His nerves could not remain tense all the time. Occasionally loosening up was also necessary…
Ditto's training had always focused on basics. Now it had the best basics among all his Pokémon. Every day consisted of training stamina, Speed, and agility. For now, Tetsuya still positioned it as a utility Pokémon. Although this was unfair to Ditto, he truly did not yet have a good idea for bringing it into the realm of high level battles.
When facing some ordinary Trainers, relying on his "abundant knowledge", as long as he used Ditto he could almost say victory was assured. However, such short lived brilliance could not reach higher peaks. Instead, it would make Ditto even more disappointed. It was better for it to calmly serve as support for now.
Haunter, who had been training at the glacier falls, had already dominated quite a few moves. Its current focus was strengthening its psychic force, linking its moves together in combat, and combining its psychic power with Night Shade for both offense and defense.
Most of the moves Piloswine knew were Ice-type moves. Of course, only Ice-type moves could truly bring out its strengths. The other moves merely served as preparation for its Ice-type tactics. Therefore, Piloswine's training did not involve linking moves together.
Since they were all Ice-type moves, they were simply different ways of using Ice-type energy. Moreover, Piloswine's Ice-type energy was extremely abundant. Although it had not yet reached a flawless level, it was already something of a bug.
Golett had also learned many different moves, but it merely knew how to use them in a basic sense. At present, its body could hardly even be considered fully its own, let alone using its moves effectively…
When Golett would finally be able to participate in battle was still unknown. As for linking moves together… that was even more unrealistic. Therefore, Tetsuya would not let Golett learn any more moves in the near future. It would only add unnecessary burden.
After walking around for a while, he really did not find anything worth buying, so Tetsuya left and wandered aimlessly around the city. He had originally planned to sit in the central park and get some fresh air, but to his surprise the entire park was packed with people. From time to time waves of shouting could be heard.
After walking closer, Tetsuya realized that it was actually a Pokémon battle.
"Alright, my Snorlax has already achieved ten consecutive victories. Does anyone still want to challenge my Snorlax!? The registration fee is only 1,000 Pokédollars~
If you defeat Snorlax, you can get the Rest and Sleep Talk TMs in my hand. These two TMs are worth 20,000 Pokédollars!"
A boy about thirteen or fourteen years old was loudly calling out. Beside him stood a Snorlax. Judging from this Snorlax's physique and the luster of its fur, this Trainer had raised it very well.
Looking again at the boy, Tetsuya felt that he seemed somewhat familiar, but his mind suddenly stalled and he could not recall.
He then heard the whispers of passersby.
"Tch, this Travis really isn't simple. His family is so poor, yet he still managed to raise such a strong Pokémon… That Snorlax has been here for half a month already and no one has been able to defeat it!"
"It can also be considered someone from our Evermere City. Hopefully in the future he can achieve something and bring honor to our city!"
"That's right. Even Elite Four Pryce has opened the Battle Park in our city. I wonder how our mayor can even face that, hahahaha."
Hearing the name "Travis," Tetsuya finally remembered!
After all, when he had known him in his previous life, both of them were already over forty years old.
This Travis would later open a Gym in Evermere City and become a Gym Leader.
He had originally been born into the lower levels of society. This Snorlax was his ace. In order to raise this Snorlax, Travis had not caught any other Pokémon for about five or six years.
He could only rely on earning money through battles to maintain Snorlax's food expenses, and even then there was nothing left over. It was not until he discovered that Snorlax liked Tangrowth vines the most that Travis caught two Tangrowth.
By relying on the vines that grew every day, he reduced his financial burden, and only then did he have the opportunity to train other Pokémon. It was also ten years later that he officially registered as a "League Trainer".
For a Pokémon like Snorlax, Tetsuya truly did not dare to raise one. It needed to eat four hundred kilograms of food a day!
That was nearly half a month's rations for Piloswine. No matter how well one could earn money, it would still be impossible to keep up with that level of consumption.
One had to admire that Travis relied on this one Snorlax and five barely useful Pokémon to win a Johto League tournament championship.
Because of Travis winning that tournament, it even sparked a wave of people raising and training Snorlax.
Snorlax's Rest, Sleep Talk, and Curse had already become synonymous with it. After using Curse, Snorlax's Attack and Defense would increase greatly. Although its Speed would decrease, it hardly mattered since Snorlax was already slow.
In that state, it was already very difficult to defeat Snorlax. Even when facing a powerful opponent, if after some exhausting exchanges Snorlax realized it could not win, it could immediately use Rest and fully recover its energy. Snorlax would return to its original state, while the opponent would once again have to face a Snorlax in full condition…
Although it was in the process of sleeping, Snorlax could still use Sleep Talk, which did not affect its offense at all. With this strategy, Snorlax could easily hold a defensive battle for a very long, looong time.
The combination of Rest and Sleep Talk was simply a perfect match. Tetsuya had the intention of letting Piloswine learn them, because Piloswine's current battle tactics were too monotonous, relying entirely on its own Ice-type energy.
Coincidentally, Piloswine could also use the move Curse. However, because of its current physical conditioning, Tetsuya had not hurried to let Piloswine use Curse yet. Almost all boosting moves placed very high demands on physical conditioning.
In simple terms, boosting moves temporarily stimulated one's hidden potential, which required a sufficiently strong body to withstand such power.
Without adequate physical conditioning, these boosting moves could not reach their full potential.
If one forcibly used boosting moves while ignoring the limitations of the physical condition, it would cause great damage to the body, and future abilities would be greatly reduced.
Therefore, these boosting moves had to be used with caution. This was also the reason why Tetsuya had always emphasized physical and stamina training. All battles were built upon the base of physical conditioning.