After the party, Natsuhiko returned home.
Apart from spending 100,000 Poké Currency on that Senior Level Muk product, he also sold the Nidoking he caught not long ago.
A Senior Level Nidoking with a Poison Sting trait, coupled with moves like Flame Fist, Falling Rock, Raid, Electric Shock Wave, and other techniques from different attributes, gave it a broader attack range.
Although not as valuable as a Nidoking with Forced Traits, it still sold for 350,000 Poké Currency.
After reaching the final evolutionary stage, its training value drastically decreased.
He calculated carefully.
After renting an apartment, Natsuhiko still had 90,000 Poké Currency. He earned 100,000 from the Dragon Fire Fruit, 350,000 from Nidoking, plus 80,000 from the Club's tasks, and 30,000 from the upcoming paper publication fee, totaling 650,000 Poké Currency.
After deducting the 100,000 for the Muk product, Natsuhiko still had 550,000 Poké Currency.
He finally broke the 500,000 mark. For the short term, he wouldn't need to run around for money. He could now focus on nurturing his Pokémon, as Abra was about to finish its growth period, allowing it to access the resources.
He picked up the still-sleeping Abra from his clothes.
The little guy held onto Natsuhiko's clothes tightly even while asleep. It took quite some effort to pull it down.
"Kathy?"
Abra rubbed its sleepy eyes, calling out softly.
Good fellow, anyone who didn't know it could think its eyes were still shut, like a tiny slit.
Natsuhiko threw out a Pokeball to summon Beedrill.
"Kathy!"
After coming out, Beedrill greeted Abra and then looked at Natsuhiko.
Abra hadn't fully woken up yet, and in a daze, used its psychic abilities to hover and sit atop Natsuhiko's head.
It fluffed his hair, managed to style it into a bird's nest, and then sat down, content.
Natsuhiko: "..."
Others comb their hair like adults; he made his hair look like a bird's nest.
Natsuhiko no longer wanted to pull it down. Putting on gloves, he carefully took out a lump of Black Mud.
"Kathy!!"
Immediately, the spreading stench woke Abra completely, making it almost fall off Natsuhiko's head. Fortunately, it grabbed a few strands of hair just in time and barely managed to sit steadily.
It covered its nose, turning its head away as if unable to look directly, making Beedrill want to laugh a bit.
"Kathy?"
Are you guys playing with poop?
Beedrill: "..."
Beedrill's laughter abruptly stopped.
Natsuhiko's forehead bore dark lines.
But to be honest, it was indeed quite smelly; he instinctively covered his nose.
"Beedrill, eat it."
"Kathy?!!"
Abra looked shocked.
However.
To Natsuhiko and Abra, something a bit smelly seemed quite delicious in Beedrill's eyes, perhaps similar to the taste of stinky tofu.
"But while eating, be mindful. It has mixed in some other things; I trust you can sense them. Remember to identify them," added Natsuhiko.
Beedrill nodded.
It could feel this lump was very enticing but seemed not merely limited to the residues of the Poison-type Muk.
Beedrill had experience eating poison sacs during its Weedle stage, and now with enhanced strength, consuming this wasn't painful.
Bite by bite, as though it were honey.
Furthermore, each bite in its stomach made Beedrill's abdomen circles of dark purple patterns begin to flicker.
This time consuming a toxin product from a Poison-type Pokémon wouldn't drastically enhance its toxicity but could serve as a supplement while slightly improving its toxin strength.
The benefits might not manifest instantly, but with ongoing training and development with Beedrill and Natsuhiko, the advantages would be lasting.
The most apparent improvement would be the enhanced power of Poison-type techniques and accelerated progress.
"Hiss-peep?"
After eating for a while, Beedrill suddenly paused and curiously turned its head.
It spat out some sparkling powder.
Natsuhiko's eyes lit up, "That's it."
Meanwhile, Abra's focus shifted. Covering its eyes with its little hands, unable to look directly, yet its fingers opened a gap, looking at Beedrill's mouth stained with mud, showing pity.
So pitiful.
Luckily, Beedrill ignored Abra's expression.
It was eating happily.
Most importantly, watching those continuously spat out sparkling powders made it feel refreshed.
As the mud gradually entered its stomach, the amount of powder increased, soon amassing into a small pile.
Gathered together, unaffected by the mud, they shone brighter.
The amount was decent.
Natsuhiko nodded satisfied.
After eating all the mud, Beedrill happily burped.
Comfortable.
Its gaze fell on that pile of sparkling powder.
Abra let go of the hands covering its eyes, tilted its head curiously.
What is this?
Natsuhiko cautiously cradled the powder, smiling as he explained, "This is Silver Powder, even though it's not a complete batch, it's still valuable."
Silver Powder: It can enhance the power of Insect-type Pokémon's Techniques.
Extracting this Silver Powder from Muk's residues wasn't easy.
Of course, precise instruments could achieve this, but such equipment is expensive and not easily accessible.
Natsuhiko's method was simpler.
As an Insect-type and Poison-type Pokémon, Beedrill could absorb the mud, and with its instinctual sense of Insect energy, extract the Silver Powder from it.
To other Poison-type Pokémon, this could just be Muk's toxic mud, but to Beedrill, it held two treasures.
Poison-type Pokémon couldn't sense the Silver Powder, while Insect-type Pokémon could sense but not extract it. Only dual-attribute Insect and Poison-type Pokémon were most suited.
This was why Natsuhiko paid beyond its market value to purchase.
"After all, studying is beneficial; otherwise, missing out on valuable things before one's eyes would be a shame," Natsuhiko couldn't help but remark.
Although the amount was small, its effects remained.
Natsuhiko carefully smeared the Silver Powder on Beedrill's body evenly.
Quickly.
These Silver Powder emitting silvery light lost their sheen, seemingly merging entirely with Beedrill's body, eliminating concerns about it falling off during battles.
Of course, shining a strong light on Beedrill would reveal sparkling silver reflections.
"Hiss-peep!" Beedrill felt its internal Poison Energy fermenting and sensed the external Silver Powder's slight cooling Insect energy.
Truly experiencing the saying 'fire and ice coexisting in harmony.'
In a friendly 'fire and ice' way.
Furiously rubbing its Double Needle seemed quite excited.
Natsuhiko noticed it certainly wouldn't sleep, amusingly saying, "Since that's the case, why not strike while the iron is hot? Let's train."
"Hiss-peep!"
Just as Beedrill wished.
"Proceed with speed and technique-combined training, aiming to increase the power of techniques by leveraging speed during fast movement or maneuvers. First, boost the speed to its limit...."
Beedrill still hadn't grasped many speed-oriented techniques; thus, this could not only enhance its power but possibly guide Beedrill to grasp some speed-based techniques like "High-speed Movement," "Aerial Ace," or "Rapid Return," etc.
Including techniques like "Deadly Needle Stab," or "Direct Charge Drill."
"Beedrill, try rotating during impact, akin to executing the Shield of Retribution..."
Rotation can also amplify power.
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