Chapter no.246 IVs or Pokémon Stats

[ POV Change ]
Once Austin and the others were in entrance building, they looked around at the large room before them. In corner of the room, a large picture of a young man holding a Dratini in his arms was shown. That must be the picture Nurse Joy was talking about.
" Looks like the reputation of the Heralds of Gods still holds." Lucario said as he glanced at the portrait.
" Heralds of Gods ? Are you talking about Dratini ?" Austin asked curiously with Yellow listening in.
" Yes, a group of Pokemon whose strength on the battlefield was legendary. People of my Era called them the Heralds of Gods." Luacrio said as he remembered his days on the battlefield.
" Well, we call these pokemon pseudo legendaries in the Era, Old man." Austin answered with a smirk as his words irritated Luacrio.
" Ash, what are Pseudo legendaries? " Yellow curiously asked.
Austin thought about it for a moment as he couldn't give the game definition.
" Well, a pseudo legendary Pokémon are a special group of pokemon that have to meet a special criteria. Dratini is one of those pokemon."
" Oh," Yellow said before innocently asking," Do you know what that criteria is ?"
" I don't." Austin answered back.
Yellow puffed out and said," Come on, tell me. You always know everything."
" Haha, i don't always know everything, yellow." Austin said but he couldn't stop himself from smiling. To think he was perceived in such high regard.
Austin glanced at Lucario while he rubbed his nose.
" Luacrio, I forgot to ask but where were you after the festival?"
" Well, this old man was thinking about what you said and I think I have found a way for you to start your aura training."
" Awesome."
The staff came in to explain the rules and told them that they would have three hours to catch as many Pokemon as they could. Once the three hours were up, they would need to pay again to have the session extended. The only catch was they were not allowed to use Pokemon to battle the wild Pokemon. They were only allowed to use special types of Pokemon called Safari Balls. That meant a lot of their captures would be based on luck.
They also had to wear the staff uniforms so that they don't attract any of the attention of the reporters who are sneaking around the Safari Zone.
"So where do you think we should start, guys?" Yellow asked Austin and Lucario who were looking at the dense forest fauna all around them.
" Did they built this over a forest ?" Luacrio asked as Austin looked at his Pokedex while saying," Says here that the entire Safari Zone was built artificial by the Indigo league 20 years ago with the help of grass and flying type pokemon."
" Praise Mew, to think humans and pokemon cooperating could built something so beautiful." Lucario stated as he shed a tear.
Yellow and Austin sweatdropped as something began to move in Austin's backpack.
Pikachu popped out with a yawn.
" So, that's where Pikachu was." Yellow said before looking back at Austin.
" What should we do?"
" Well, Lucario, remember the plan." Austin said as he threw a chocolate bar towards Luacrio who happily caught it.
" You drive a hard bargain." Lucario said as he quickly ate the chocolate bar.
Placing his palm of the ground, Lucario asked," So which pokemon is first ?"
" Let's start with Chansey."
Lucario nodded as he closed his eyes and began focusing, the appendages on his head beginning to rise slightly.
'Aura is with me,' he thought as his vision was replaced with a rather ghostly landscape, focusing his Aura throughout the Safari Zone, moving through artificial forest and plains, eventually coming to overlook a massive meadow filled with Pokémon of every shape.
Lucario opened his eyes as he looked towards Austin whose aura spiked.
Lucario could see a hope in Austin's eyes.
Why ?
Then it clicked in Lucario's head.
Austin's loss of his friend had made the human jaded and now with the chance he had to capture a healer, of course he would have hope. Hope that with the healer no one of his family would get hurt.
" There seems to be a problem."
" What is it ?"
" I have found the healer."
" So what's the problem ?"
" There seems to be only one in this entire area."
" No problem, let's go." Austin said
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As everyone followed Lucario, they spot a giant gray rhinoceros Pokemon with a stone body.
"Hey, guys. Look! It's a Rhyhorn!" Yellow said excitedly as she pointed to the rock rhinoceros Pokemon eating some grass nearby.
"I am going to capture it," Austin suddenly stated catching Yellow and the others offguard.
" Pika !"
" Ash, aren't we going after Chansey ?"
" Yes! I have a theory, you see. I bet if I can show this Rhyhorn how gentle and caring I am, I can coax it to come onto my team. I think it would be a lot more effective than throwing a Safari Ball at it."
"Sounds like a great way to die." Lucario asked with a raised eyebrow. " Rhyhorn can get pretty aggressive."
"Don't worry, Lucario. I have a plan." Austin replied.
"If you say so but if you die, can I get your secret stash of chocolates," Lucario muttered.
" What are you talking about ?"
" Don't play dumb, that ghost has already revealed your secret."
Lucario's words caused everyone to look at the shadow beneath Austin's feet that was giggling.
" Lucario, I think that was a joke."
Austin's words caused Lucario to turn to stone from shock.
" Is he going to be alright ?" Yellow asked while poking the shocked Lucario.
" Don't worry, just feed him the chocolate bar from my backpack. Pikachu, you stay with Yellow."
" Pika, Pi."
" Don't worry, I am going to be fine."
Austin answered as walked over to the Rhyhorn who was still eating and stood behind it. Everyone else waited a safe distance behind a bush to see how it would play out meanwhile Lucario was happily eating his chocolate.
"Hey, Rhyhorn. How are you today?" Austin asked it with a friendly smile.
The Rhyhorn looked up from the grass it was eating and gave Austin a curious expression.
Austin then sneakily diverted his attention to a scratch on the Rhyhorn's leg that he had noticed earlier. While he really disliked manipulating others, he knew that if he wanted to destroy team rocket then he would need some serious fire power.
Currently his team wasn't strong enough to battle the entirety of Team Rocket especially not Giovanni.
He had a few discussions with Professor Oak and Bill about Pokemon stats which were essentially a numeric analysis of a Pokemon's genetic potential.
IVs or individuals values were also a term that he had recognized from the two scientists but unlike the real world where IVs were used t determine competitive play. In this world, IVs were are term used to describe the genetic potential a person had or as Bill puts it, IVs are like the God Gifted Talents for pokemon but it could also depend on a pokemon species for example many ace trainer's uses Nidoking because of it's natural high occuring stats due to the environment it was raised in.
Geater your pokemon stats or IVs, it has greater potential to get stronger in a shorter amount of time but for long terms, IVs or pokemon stats don't matter that much since a Pokemon can learn, grow and become much stronger over the years.
Now with his goal of destroying Team rocket, he needed pokemon who could grow stronger in a much shorter amount of time. He had bill send him a list of pokemon with high naturally occuring IVs or stats.
Austin gave Rhyhorn a sympathetic expression. "I see that you've hurt your leg before. I could patch that up in a jiffy for you if you want."
The Rhyhorn continued to stare at Austin, not saying anything.
Taking its silence as a sign to go on, Austin reached into his backpack and pulled out a few Pokemon medical supplies. They consisted of a Potion and some disinfectant. He then kneeled down next the Pokemon to get a better view of the scratch.
"Hold still," Austin ordered gently as he sprayed the disinfectant on the scratch. The Rhyhorn growled softly in pain but held fast.
Brock then sprayed the potion on the wound and gave a smile to the Rhyhorn. "There you go! You're all fixed up now!"
The Rhyhorn hadn't let its eyes off Austin the entire time. Is this kid crazy? It still watched as Austin went and put back the supplies in his backpack before pulling out a Safari Ball and holding it in front of him.
" You know, Rhyhorn? I bet we could make a great team together. What do you say? Will you come with me?" Austin asked while giving the Rock type a warm and inviting look. His methods and theories were flawless according to anime logic. This is how Ash alway got his Pokemon. He formed a bond with them.
The Rhyhorn continued to stare at Austin curiously. The Pokemon and human were eye-to-eye. Rhyhorn then began to move closer to Brock. It looked like it was going to accept the offer, and then…
" Woah!" Austin cried in alarm as the Rhyhorn tried to go up and thrust Austin upwards with its horn.
( ~ Boom ~ )
Rhyhorn was thrusted face first into the ground as Haunter held the Rock type.
" Kekeke."
" Quite the aggressive one aren't you, I like you. Why don't you join my team ?" Austin said as he started at Rhyhorn dead in the eye.
The Rhyhorn stared back defiantly at him.
The pokemon and human had a starting contest for a few minutes. Austin's eyes had gotten red yet he didn't give up just as Rhyhorn closed his eyes in submission.
Rhyhorn was willing to follow such a human who had such strong will and determination.
This was the way the Rhyhorn chose their trainers as they only follow those whose will can make the Rock type close their eyes.
' Looks like Plan B worked, I really have to thank Bill for that Book he sent me.'
Tapping the Safari Ball onto Rhyhorn before it landed on the ground and began to shake several times. After a while, the ball "dinged" to show Rhyhorn was captured.
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𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄, 𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻'𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗲, 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗺𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼, 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝘁𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀, 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗻 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗱, 𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗱, 𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗺 𝗴𝗲𝗼𝗱𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝘀𝗲𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲. 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆, 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲; 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻-𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗽𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗿𝘆 𝗹𝗮𝗿𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗱𝗶𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝘂𝗹𝘁, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗱𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹, 𝗜𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗲𝘁-𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗿𝗲; 𝘁𝘆𝗽𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗳𝗲𝘄 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘂𝗽, 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝘂𝗶𝗹𝘁 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗼𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗺𝘀. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗮𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗱𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻, 𝘄𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗲𝗿𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗸 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻. 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝗵𝘂𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗯𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝘆 𝗮 𝗻𝗲𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗼𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝗸𝗲𝗺𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗶𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗼𝗼𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗿 𝘂𝗻𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲