The Kingdom of Loque has arrived, and this sparring partner is so awesome!

Chapter 46 The Substitute's Probing

West Gate Gymnasium, training area.

Lin Chong watched the two cats undergoing their physical training, silently planning their future training program.

Since evolving into Meow, all six of its attributes have seen a surge, with the key three dimensions—HP and both defenses—both exceeding 200, and the remaining attributes also increasing by ten points to around 160.

But this is far from the limit for Meow. It has only just evolved. Continuous high-intensity physical training can steadily improve its six stats.

As for the little black cat, there hasn't been much change. Its physical attack attribute is both its current strength in combat and its weakness among its six stats, so it can be strengthened by focusing on improving it.

According to Li Weize, he will apply to the academy in the near future to provide Lin Chong with at least a sufficient amount of magic dust for the little black cat's evolution.

This also means that the "leadership power" he once obtained has a practical use, because the black cat is a two-stage evolutionary spirit, and evolving once to become a black cat wizard will satisfy the leadership conditions.

Therefore, the first principle of training is obvious: to realize the little black cat's current potential as much as possible and transform it into a black cat wizard in its most perfect state.

"If those researchers are right, the black cat has the opportunity to learn skills from all departments, so expanding its skill pool is definitely necessary..."

Watching the little black cat constantly ramming into the specially made mannequin with its own body, Lin Chong rubbed his chin and opened the online store.

This week's item refresh was unlucky; there were no cocoa fruits or special items like effort fruits, and most of the skill stones didn't match the cat's attributes...

There is one move called "Pour Out," which is extremely valuable—provided the little black cat can actually learn it.

Lin Chong started doing the math—the Skill Stone cost 5000 Kingdom Coins, which he could barely afford.

As a strategic move that almost everyone carries in the game, "Pour" can counter all mark teams such as poison teams and meteor teams, and it also holds a remarkable position in the high-level arena of this world.

In Lin Chong's team composition plan, he originally intended to find a "Fox Fairy" or a "Lightbulb" to serve as the team's attacker. However, if the little black cat could learn this skill, it would not only catch the opponent off guard, but also make the team composition much more flexible...

After much deliberation, Lin Chong finally redeemed "Pour".

Even if the little black cat can't learn it, he can leave it to the Pokémon that joins the team later. As long as he keeps moving forward with the goal of becoming a "professional trainer", he will always encounter opponents using Team Emblem in high-level competitions.

A stone slab appeared in his palm. Lin Chong used his body to block the surveillance camera's view and summoned the black cat.

Upon seeing the stone, the little black cat's eyes lit up. It remembered how much more difficult Miao Miao's defensive skills had become after Lin Chong gave her a stone slab.

Now it's finally my turn!

Without Lin Chong urging it, it touched the stone slab with its forehead, and the white light from the stone slab merged into the black cat's body, and a mechanical sound rang out.

[The player used the skill stone "Pour Out," and the sprite "Little Black Cat" is currently learning it.]

[Black Cat's Affection +10]

Strangely enough, Lin Chong would often hear the "affection level increase" notification sound when he spent time with the little black cat, but Miao Miao never did.

He once speculated that it might be because the black cat still had a long-term, high-level wish: "not to be abandoned," and the standard for fulfilling that wish was the level of affection.

The sprite panel doesn't offer a function to check favorability, but Lin Chong estimated it had increased by twenty or thirty.

Theoretically speaking, newly captured Pokémon will have some initial affinity. If it's 50, then the little black cat's affinity is now around 70.

But this is just an assumption; the actual figure may be lower.

Lin Chong stroked his chin and murmured softly, "I wonder when this wish will come true, and what the reward will be..."

A few minutes later, he looked at the little black cat that had reopened its eyes and couldn't help but smile.

The stone slab in his hand shattered, which meant that the little black cat had successfully mastered the skill of pouring out, and it really had the ability to learn all kinds of skills!

The thought of facing a black cat with an evolved leader and mastery of eighteen types of moves on the field one day in the future makes Lin Chong unable to suppress his laughter.

At that moment, the black cat raised its front paws, curiously examining itself, and exclaimed in surprise.

I've learned a new move! But why does it feel... a bit weak?

Lin Chong was amused. In the black cat's eyes, there was probably not much difference between "pouring out" and "impact".

He rubbed the black cat's head and laughed, "This move is very powerful; you'll see later."

"Go train."

The black cat responded and ran off to continue crashing into the mannequins.

Lin Chong watched as Er Mao trained methodically, when just then, a familiar voice rang out from behind him.

"Um... Lin Chong, junior? May I call you that?"

Lin Chong turned his head, and the person who came was Xiao Yun.

She walked over with Zuo Youyou, followed by the gluttonous mole.

Xiaoyun said apologetically, "I'm sorry, we didn't mean to say anything bad about you behind your back. I hope you don't mind."

Lin Chong didn't mind. He knew very well that people are creatures who love gossip, and often they would unconsciously use inappropriate words while chatting. Even he himself would occasionally make this bad habit.

"It's alright, senior. Please take care of me in the future."

Seeing that Lin Chong was very polite, Xiao Yun breathed a sigh of relief, while Zuo Youyou, who was standing next to her, was instantly happy.

She pulled Xiaoyun along, saying happily, "I told you, Lin Chong seems like a magnanimous person. I'm very good at judging people!"

Xiao Yun glared at her, then turned to face Lin Chong and put on a friendly smile.

"Junior, is this your first time in Mudu? There are three gymnasiums here, and the one we're in is called the West Gate..."

Xiaoyun and Linchong introduced many of the college's facilities and equipment, as well as precautions to take after enrollment. Most of these were things Linchong had already researched online, but there were also quite a few lesser-known rules that only students at the college would know.

As a listener, Lin Chong perfectly played the role of the "straight man," nodding in response from time to time and picking up where Xiao Yun left off.

After chatting for nearly five minutes, Xiaoyun seemed to feel that the relationship between the two had eased a lot, and pretended to eavesdrop unintentionally.

"By the way, the coach just took you to the assessment room. How did it go? Is it convenient for you to tell me?"

Lin Chong glanced at her, shrugged, and said, "It's convenient. The coach said my Pokémon has good talent and told me to put more effort into training it."

As a specially recruited student in Mudu this year, how could Lin Chong's elf talent be bad?

Xiaoyun was well aware of this, and she continued to probe relentlessly.

"I just happened to walk by over there and I think I heard Coach Li yelling inside? Is that true?"

Lin Chong squinted, pretending to recall something. Two seconds later, he nodded as if suddenly realizing something: "You mean this? Some senior girls, some."

Xiaoyun's eyes lit up: "Why did he get angry? Can you tell me?"

"That's convenient." Lin Chong smiled and said happily, "He said my elf talent is too high, and he was so jealous that he wanted to go crazy, and then he got angry."

"Once things calm down, you absolutely must make me a key player on the college team."

Xiaoyun: !!

Zuo Youyou: !!