Chapter 154: Hospital Stay for Examination_1
"Little buddy…"
Fang Yuan helplessly covered his head at Eevee's smug expression, Do you even realize what you've been through?
You were almost gone for good!
And now you're acting like you've just stumbled upon a big advantage, are you serious?
"Bwoo…"
Just then, Eevee covered its face: (つд⊂)
It remembered how it had accidentally hurt Fang Yuan in its confused state, and although Fang Yuan didn't mention it, Eevee felt extremely guilty and began to tearfully apologize: .･ﾟ･(つд`ﾟ)･ﾟ･
"I'm fine, as long as you're okay."
Fang Yuan smiled faintly, he of course didn't care about such things, especially since it wasn't Eevee's intention at the time.
"Bwoo Bwoo!!" Eevee burrowed into Fang Yuan's arms, rubbing against him energetically.
The next second, Eevee recalled Fang Yuan sleeping in front of it, guarding it, and suddenly felt… it couldn't remain idle any longer; it had to work harder to repay Fang Yuan.
Even with two bodies, it shouldn't slack off, but… was training both bodies at the same time a bit too cruel to itself?
"Bwoo!!" Eevee disregarded those thoughts and resolved to be obedient, more obedient, and then even more obedient.
Watching Fang Yuan and Eevee interact happily, Xie Qingyi left the place, taking note of this interesting pair of trainer and Pokemon.
…
It's worth mentioning that.
Although they needed to stay at Jinling General Hospital for further scrutiny over an extended period, Fang Yuan and Eevee enjoyed a relatively free range of movement.
Upon Fang Yuan's earnest persuasion, Father Fang and Mother Fang left early, leaving him and the Pokemon alone in the hospital.
Not long after, Dr. Li Qing from Mo Da came to Jinling to conduct a more comprehensive physical examination on Eevee and gave Fang Yuan a piece of advice.
"Eevee's DNA has changed, and it doesn't seem to be a problem for now, but as with the initial inspection report, unless its genes revert back to a normal Eevee, I wouldn't recommend that you let Eevee evolve."
"Since there's no precedent, no one can be certain what reaction Eevee's solidified genes will have after being exposed to the radioactive energy from an Evolutionary Stone. It might evolve smoothly, or it might lead to some unforeseen consequences. You'll have to weigh this decision yourself."
Fang Yuan listened attentively to Dr. Li Qing's advice.
But this advice...
Fang Yuan really didn't know what to say about it.
This piece of advice was both helpful and gave him a difficult problem to solve.
The provincial high school Pokemon battle competition was approaching, and the Trainer Association prepared Evolutionary Stones for him and Eevee for better performance. Fang Yuan truly didn't know how to refuse.
Having Eevee evolve into Fire, Electric, or Water-types was not what Fang Yuan intended.
But now, with Dr. Li Qing advising against using the Evolutionary Stones, what other choices did he have?
Only… every evolution changes the DNA, and since Eevee's DNA is solidified, doesn't it mean that if it evolves, whether as a Solar Spirit or Moon Spirit, it would face unknown risks?
What the risks were, Fang Yuan didn't bother to ponder; at least for now Eevee was safe and sound, and that was enough. Whether to evolve was no longer as important to him; it was something to worry about in the future, not something to trouble himself with at the moment.
In the following period, since they had to undergo comprehensive examinations to assess Eevee's condition in various scenarios, the hospital didn't restrict Fang Yuan from training Eevee or having it engage in battles. In fact, they even required it.
This suited Fang Yuan just fine. During the inspection period, he began to treat Jinling General Hospital as his home and used the resources of the Trainer Association to continue with their daily training routines.
As the innocent victim of this incident, Fang Yuan received quite a few consolation gifts, especially the resources provided by the Pingcheng Trainer Association for training his Eevee and Little Magnetic Monster, which fully satisfied Fang Yuan's nurturing needs.
"I definitely can't catch up with the start of school and the school team's training, I just don't know if I can catch up with the provincial high school league..."
Fang Yuan came here every day to the training field provided by the general hospital.
In the training field, Eevee was proud while Little Magnetic Monster turned into a sullen gourd.
Eevee's spiritual power suddenly surpassed that of Little Magnetic Monster, making Eevee quite smug and also stimulating Little Magnetic Monster; every time, it would feel upset when Eevee mentioned this.
The Substitute Technique became Eevee's favorite move after the change in its spiritual power.
Being able to control two bodies at the same time offered many fun possibilities.
"Now that I can use Substitute skillfully, why don't I take advantage of this period and try out the idea of Spiral Shadow Ball..."
Aside from basic training and common move training, Fang Yuan couldn't think of any other training that would be more suitable for Eevee and Little Magnetic Monster right now.
The Spiral Shadow Ball became the only training challenge that needed to be overcome.
Fang Yuan's initial idea was...
Eevee's original body and the Substitute would create the same Shadow Ball together, one body controlling the energy in high-speed rotation and the other maintaining the overall structure of the Shadow Ball stable, using the tremendous tearing force generated by the energy rotating at high speed within a small area to replace the impact force produced by the Shadow Ball's explosion, a technique for using the Shadow Ball.
The power bestowed by rotation could turn Sand Splash, a move with no lethality, into a move good for both offense and defense, and Fang Yuan didn't know what effect it would have when applied to Shadow Ball.
However... after trying, Fang Yuan discovered that he might have been thinking too simply—just being skilled with Substitute wasn't enough to achieve the effect of Spiral Shadow Ball.
Two bodies sharing one mind faced no significant obstacles in creating a Shadow Ball together, speeding up the condensation of the Shadow Ball and getting the energy to rotate, but this was only reflected in the speed of energy condensation and the mastery level of the move. After Eevee became skilled, it too could achieve this with just one body.
The problem lay in the fact that the second body's role in maintaining the stability of the overall structure of the Shadow Ball wasn't being utilized effectively.
The continuously rotating Shadow Ball was even worse than the flawed Shadow Ball Eevee created initially—it couldn't even be thrown but would tear apart right in front of Eevee.
The tremendous tearing force generated by the rotation of energy indeed surpassed Fang Yuan's imagination; even as a Normal type Pokémon, Eevee was slightly injured by its own Shadow Ball.
The immense power of the Spiral Shadow Ball left Fang Yuan speechless, but an uncontrollable powerful move was not what they needed.
This made Fang Yuan realize that the use of Substitute might have gone in the wrong direction...
The two bodies controlling Ghost Energy simultaneously could indeed create more energy quickly and compress the energy in two directions to make it rotate faster, but what they needed was... stability!
...
This problem troubled Fang Yuan for a month before it was resolved when Eevee spontaneously learned the move Helping Hand.
Helping Hand: A move that assists other Pokémon, with the helped Pokémon's move power increasing more than usual.
The so-called Helping Hand was a special application of General Series energy, usually used to assist companions. However, in Eevee's case, it achieved "helping itself" through the Substitute and divided attention.
The original body focused all its attention on sensing the changes in the Shadow Ball's rotation, while the Substitute helped the Shadow Ball become more stable by sharing perception with the original body. With this as a basis, Eevee finally managed to use the Spiral Shadow Ball, although the distance it could be thrown was still short.
"We've found the right direction."
Looking at the Spiral Shadow Ball, which exploded a few meters away from Eevee, forming a huge devouring tearing force like a vortex, Fang Yuan, Eevee, and Little Magnetic Monster all showed excited expressions.
If they could become more skilled with Substitute and Helping Hand, this distance could increase, adapting it perfectly for normal competition fields.
Unfortunately, without the use of Substitute, Eevee could not use Shadow Ball and Helping Hand simultaneously due to limitations in controlling energy with one body. Therefore, to use Spiral Shadow Ball, Substitute was still necessary, which was the only slight disappointment...
In addition, the hit rate and attack distance are also concerning for the time being, with a large chance of accidentally hitting a teammate.
But Fang Yuan suspected that if it successfully hit an enemy, even the Pokémon of the teachers at Ping Middle School might not withstand it. However, with this prerequisite for use, it would likely be taken down before it could attack...