After putting the two held items away, Peter opened the mission panel.
Main Quest 1: Sinnoh Gym Challenger
Main Quest 2: Silver Specialist
Main Quest 3: Perfect Lineup
Requirement:
A true Master allows no flaws in their roster. Assemble a perfect team of six Pokémon, each with different primary typings, and with same-type offensive coverage spanning at least 12 different types.
Reward:
Choose one battle system:
Key Stone & Mega Stone
Z-Ring & Z-Crystal
Dynamax Band
Tera Orb
(P.S. Each battle system will be explained in detail when applied—no worries if you're not familiar yet!)
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"Thump… thump…"
Peter stared at the panel again and again, his heartbeat accelerating.
Mega Evolution!
Z-Moves!
Dynamax!
Terastal phenomenon/Terastallization!
Every single term made his blood boil with excitement.
At the current point in the timeline:
Mega Evolution hadn't yet been developed by Professor Sycamore in Kalos.
Dynamax only existed in Galar—and even there, it wasn't fully controllable.
Z-Moves and Terastallization were still strictly regional phenomena, not widely adopted.
In other words—
If Peter obtained any one of these systems right now, he would possess an overwhelmingly advanced combat framework.
Whether it was the all-around stat amplification of Mega Evolution,
the decisive burst of Z-Moves,
the weather and field dominance of Dynamax,
or the type-shifting mind games of Terastallization—
At this stage of the world, any one of them could decide critical battles.
Winning across two full tiers wouldn't even be impossible.
Because in real combat, the most terrifying thing wasn't raw strength—
It was absolute information asymmetry.
Imagine this:
Your opponent launches an Electric-type attack—
and in that very instant, you Terastallize into a Ground-type, completely nullifying the move and seizing total control of the battle.
Or worse—
After fully understanding your opponent's move pool, you Terastallize into a type outside their offensive coverage, locking in your advantage to the maximum.
If he truly mastered these systems, Peter's strength would undergo a qualitative leap.
Of course, once he used such tools in official battles, attention would inevitably follow—forcing the rapid development and spread of these systems.
So the advantage would be temporary.
In the long run, only his own strength would matter.
Exhaling slowly, Peter opened the Training Panel.
Back when Dolliv first reached its species talent cap, the system had already notified him:
Only fully evolved Pokémon that had reached their species talent limit could unlock the Surpass Species Limits function.
This time, Lopunny met all the conditions perfectly.
Talent Training
Allocate Talent Points
Surpass Species Talent (Selectable: Lopunny)
…
Peter tapped the second option.
[Ding! Surpass Species Talent unlocked. Target selected: Lopunny!]
A dazzling new interface unfolded before his eyes.
Surpass Species Talent
1. Break the Limit
Break a Pokémon's species talent cap through training.
Requirement: Pay to unlock—1,000,000 Poké Dollars per attempt.
Fair pricing. No scams.
2. Extreme Talent Allocation
(Available after breaking the limit)
Up to 600 Talent:
10 Talent Points or Master Points = +1 Talent
600–680 Talent:
100 Talent Points or Master Points = +1 Talent
680–720 Talent:
1,000 Talent Points or Master Points = +1 Talent
Alternative:
Training physical stats or move proficiency to Transcendent tier grants a chance to increase Talent naturally.
Note:
A maximum of 20 points can be allocated per session.
No further allocation until the Pokémon fully adapts.
"????????"
"…So it's all about the money, huh?!"
Peter's face twitched violently.
He did a quick calculation.
According to the system's exchange rate,
10,000 Poké Dollars = 1 Master Point.
That meant:
First limit break: 1,000,000 Poké Dollars
480 → 600 Talent: 120 points × 100,000 = 12,000,000
600 → 680 Talent: 80 points × 1,000,000 = 80,000,000
680 → 720 Talent: 40 points × 10,000,000 = 400,000,000
Total:493,000,000 Poké Dollars
"…Four hundred and ninety-three million."
Peter stared blankly.
"…You blood-sucking, money-grubbing system…"
Then his eyes lit up.
"Wait—if I grind cross-tier battles for Talent Points instead…"
"In theory, as long as I'm willing to grind hard enough, I can raise six Pokémon to 720 Talent—"
"And without spending a single Poké Dollar!"
"Rounded up, that basically means—
I freeloaded six Creator Gods."
…
Wait.
Actually—
"One Pokémon needs tens of thousands of cross-tier battles…
Six Pokémon means hundreds of thousands…"
"One day, three battles…
That's almost 100,000 days…"
"…Over two hundred years…"
"…Light—
ly—
easy—
my a$$—!!"
Peter finally snapped.
After a long, cathartic rant—
He fell silent.
Truly a case of silenced and shattered.
"…Forget it. I'll just make money and whale it."
Sighing, he accepted reality—this was both a grind and a pay-to-win system.
Evolution Stones didn't fit his lineup anyway. Selling them for fast growth made more sense.
"Spending my future wife's money is… totally reasonable, right?"
He pulled out the three full premium evolution stone sets.
Even the most common Premium Water Stone sold for 300,000 Poké Dollars.
The rarer Sun, Moon, Dawn, Dusk, Ice, and Shiny Stones could reach 500,000 each—and were often impossible to find.
"…She must've been saving these for ages."
Warmth flickered in Peter's eyes as Whitney's cheerful face surfaced in his mind.
Clenching his fist, he whispered:
"I'll work harder."
He wasn't carrying just his own dreams anymore.
With renewed resolve, Peter strode back to his room and entered the Dream Space with his three partners.
…
Johto Region — Goldenrod City — Moomoo Farm
"What?! You're going to Unova—with no set return date?!"
DJ Mary stared at Whitney, mouth agape.
Just moments ago, Whitney had asked her—her so-called "guide dog"—to accompany her to Unova.
To capture a Pokémon as elusive as Zorua.
"How is that a problem…?" Whitney counted on her fingers, looking pitiful.
"I just want to give Peter a surprise. And it's not like we won't come back—maybe we'll find it in two days!"
"I—!"
DJ Mary's chest heaved violently, eyes nearly popping out.
"My dear lady, could you maybe use your brain for once?!
Did all your nutrients go somewhere else?!
That's ZORUA! Some people spend their whole lives without seeing one!
Do we look like the kind of people who'd find one?!
Honestly, we should skip 'return date unknown' and fast-forward straight to dying abroad!"
…
Far away—
A storm was already quietly gathering.
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