Chapter 51: A Genius Simulator Who Would Rather Update with a Job System Than Redefine His World
Litten Wants to Deal Damage, What to Do?
Incineroar, while affectionately called "Tiger God" and "Universe's Number One" by players, isn't valued for its damage output.
Its strength lies in its excellent durability and skill pool for disruption, making it a superior Pokémon to Arcanine, the Paralympic champion, with powerful utility.
While its damage output is strong, it's secondary.
If we use a MOBA analogy, Incineroar is a tanky warrior-type top laner with built-in teleport and some initiation potential.
It's not that a pure damage build is impossible, but a tanky build is more cost-effective…
However, Link chooses to respect the Pokémon's wishes and trains it towards a carry-oriented, all-around top laner that benefits from increased resources.
After all, he aspires to surpass the champion and become a legend, striving for perfection.
Speaking of which—after intensive training, he finally successfully unlocked his psychic talent!
According to the remote instruction from the Calyrex, the superpower Link gained after training is called "The Force," a skill mastered by humans called "Psychics" about ten thousand years ago.
These psychics can make their bodies living conductors of natural energy, thereby harnessing elemental energies in nature and unleashing power similar to Pokémon moves.
Generally speaking, the power of human moves is far inferior to that of Pokémon, but their technique is superior.
For example, the three Forces Link possesses:
"Basic Water Psychic": The ability to create, purify, and manipulate water, with a force equivalent to the normal exertion of a person with similar strength and physique.
"Water Slam/Frost Strike": Creates flowing water/frost to impact the target.
"Psychic Healer": Heals living beings, overload (1).
As for why the effect was so clear… it was all thanks to Link's simulator.
After sensing that he had become a Psychic Master through training his psychic abilities, the simulator urgently updated to include a job system, displaying his personal information.
But even so, why would this simulator rather urgently update to include a job system than acknowledge that the world he was in wasn't actually a Game World?
!
Link couldn't understand!
"Could it be that the Alpaca (Arceus) is making fun of me…"
This thought only flashed through his mind for a moment before being suppressed.
Impossible, absolutely impossible!
That's the creator god who created this half-utopia of the Pokémon world! How could he be so bored, so twisted in his senses?
It must be a bug in the simulator itself!
Let's take a look at the job system updated in the simulator:
[Name: Link]
[Race: Human]
[Gender: Male]
[Age: 16]
[Attribute: Psychic/Water]
[Strength/Agility/Constitution: 12/12/12]
[Intelligence/Perception/Charisma: 12+2/14/12]
[Job: Psychic Apprentice (Level 1)]
[Overload: 0/9]
[Force]
[Basic Water Psychic: Omitted.]
[Water Burst: Omitted.]
[Psychic Healer: Omitted.]
That's the basic situation...
With the assistance of the Calyrex, Link successfully became a reverted psychic (Psychic Master), but the attributes and abilities he possessed were somewhat subtle.
Leaving aside why a trainer focused solely on the Sunny Day team would somehow acquire the ability to control water, the effect of "Psychic Healer" also overlapped with the "Healing Wine" randomly generated by the simulator.
What was this? Was he destined to be a healer?
"Sigh, a healer is a healer, just consider it being chosen by Evergreen Forest and granted power."
"Fennekin?"
The Fennekin, who was meditating nearby, noticed the trainer's tone of disappointment mixed with amusement.
"Fennekin, I've learned a move too, let me demonstrate for you."
Link grabbed the Fennekin, concentrated his mind, and converted the water-type energy in nature into a life-giving force, using the Force "Psychic Healer" on it.
As the trainer diligently demonstrated, the Fennekin barely felt a trace of life force flowing into its body along the other's hand, attempting to heal its injuries and activate its body's self-healing ability.
But the effect was merely a negligible, feigned healing, far inferior to Chansey's "Healing Pulse."
It truthfully told the trainer what it felt.
The latter awkwardly scratched his head and fell silent.
Training superpowers requires intelligence, while using them requires physical strength.
Just as Link used "Psychic Healer" to treat the Fennekin, he could clearly feel his stamina rapidly depleting, and his "Overload" level had reached 1/9.
If he wasn't mistaken, when the "Overload" level reached 9/9, he would fall into a coma due to exhaustion.
Not only did the effect mimic the Viridian Power (Evergreen Power), but even the side effect of frequent use leading to unconsciousness was the same.
Link looked at the gold coins he had accumulated over the past week, and the [Stamina Crystal] that he could just afford in the simulator's shop, feeling somewhat hesitant.
However, considering that he was leaving for Fire Island tomorrow, any improvement in combat power and logistics was necessary, so he still splurged on the crystal, which added +2 to his physique, bringing his physique to 14 points.
His physical health was finally comparable to that of an ordinary minor in this world!
"Try it again this time?" Link used "Psychic Healer" on the Fennekin again.
"Fennekin!"
This healing power is now almost half that of Chansey and four times that of Healing Wine!
Hearing this, Link was satisfied. After spending another 20,000 Bits to raise his Constitution to 14, he could at least be considered a qualified healer, and wouldn't have to worry about his Pokémon's healing even outdoors.
Under the moonlight, Link repeatedly tested "Water Jet" against the backdrop of the falling snow outside the window, concluding that his maximum output was equivalent to "Water Gun."
His "Basic Flowing Water Psychic" could create a cube with sides of about half a meter and maintain its shape, allowing Finizen (Dolphin Pokémon) to swim freely inside.
"Perhaps my psychic power was awakened to take care of Pokémon."
Link recalled the wish he made to Calyrex a few days ago—[to train his psychic powers to help Fennekin]—and couldn't help but smile knowingly.
Well, what kind of trainer would think about being the main attacker (C) all day? Healing, support, communication, water creation, fire starting, and other supportive Force abilities were what he really needed.
At least he still had a "water gun" to avoid arson and life imprisonment—it could at least provide some relief, right?
Relieved, he got up to pack his materials; it was time to prepare dinner for the Pokémon.
Just then, a knock came at the dormitory door, accompanied by a slightly familiar voice.
"Link, it's me, A-Liu."
Since they had agreed to go to Fire Island together, A-Liu knew his temporary address and came to his door: "Guess what I heard? Cynthia is going to Fire Island for vacation tomorrow too!"
Cynthia?
Link stopped in his tracks, almost dropping the berry in his hand. Was A-Liu referring to Cynthia, the Sinnoh champion, a direct descendant of the ancient Sinnoh people from Celestic Town, the scholar?
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