"Frogadier, my Viridian Blessing cultivation level has already surpassed yours by two levels now—so you'd better keep pushing yourself."
"And Pichu, you're only LV.13 at the moment. You're still nearly ten levels behind Frogadier, so you'll need to work even harder from here on out."
Looking at the two Pokémon, Ash gave them a bit of gentle encouragement, even though both of them were already training with exceptional diligence.
Time passed astonishingly fast—
in the blink of an eye, an entire week was gone!!
By staying in Pallet Town and not venturing out recklessly, Team Rocket posed no threat to Ash. Life gradually settled into a peaceful, orderly rhythm.
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Daily Schedule
6:30–7:30 / 8:00–11:30
Pokémon training, physical conditioning, and visits to the Pallet Town riverside to help Gyarados improve its potential
13:00–17:30
Studying Pokémon-related knowledge
19:00–21:00
Aura Power meditation and cultivation
Viridian Blessing cultivation:All day
Skill Web Shop operation:All day
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Following the plan he had set early on, Ash went out every morning at 6:30 for an hour of morning training.
The mornings were devoted to more comprehensive work—sometimes move training, sometimes fundamental physical conditioning, and sometimes grinding wild Pokémon levels in the grasslands.
However, as Pichu and Frogadier continued to level up, the wild Pokémon in the grasslands provided less and less experience after being defeated.
Fortunately, by opening free clinics at Stone Bridge and Dashiwan Valley, Ash had established extremely broad connections within the wild Pokémon community. Through these connections, he could ask higher-level wild Pokémon to spar with Pichu and Frogadier in real combat.
As a result, their leveling speed was not significantly affected.
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[Pokémon: Pichu]
Level: LV.19
Type: Electric
Nature: Timid
Ability: Static
Hidden Ability: Lightning Rod
HP: 20
Attack: 40
Defense: 15
Sp. Atk: 35
Sp. Def: 35
Speed: 60
Overall: 205
Potential:Gold +0.33%
—Favored by the world's fortune, bearing an unbelievable miracle power!!
Moves (Copyable):
Proficient (1/1000): Thunder Shock, Thunder Wave, Wish
Skilled (1/500): Play Nice, Sweet Kiss, Nuzzle, Tail Whip
Novice (1/100): Nasty Plot
After a week of persistent, unwavering training, Pichu's level rose from LV.13 to LV.19.
Most of its move proficiencies had reached Proficient or Skilled levels. The only move still at the Novice stage was Nasty Plot, which it had only learned yesterday.
Beyond raw combat strength, Ash continued to infuse Source Cleansing into his Pokémon every single day to enhance their potential. Pichu's potential improvement had now reached 0.33%, which still appeared quite small at first glance.
However, considering that Pichu's base potential was already Gold-tier, each infusion of Source Cleansing only increased progress by about 0.03% per day. Reaching this level in just over a week was already no easy feat.
[Pokémon: Frogadier]
Level: LV.26
Type: Water
Nature: Serious
Abilities: Torrent, Protean
(Heaven-Gifted Ability: Bond Phenomenon)
HP: 54
Attack: 63
Defense: 52
Sp. Atk: 83
Sp. Def: 56
Speed: 97
Overall: 405
Potential:Purple +2.3%
—Favored by Kalos' destiny, shouldering the mission of saving the Kalos region from a future catastrophic crisis!!
Moves (Copyable):
Proficient (1/1000): Water Shuriken, Aqua Ring, Water Pulse, Quick Attack, Rain Dance, Smokescreen, Pound, Bubble
Skilled (1/500): Growl, Lick
Novice (1/100): Round
Pichu's growth was explosive, but Frogadier had certainly not remained idle.
Over a little more than a week, its level increased from LV.22 to LV.26.
Just as Ash had anticipated from the very beginning, the higher the level, the more experience was required to advance. Gaining only four levels in a week might sound modest, but in reality, this pace was already quite fast.
After all, Gary's two Pokémon were still hovering around LV.12 even after training for the same period.
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Aside from level growth, move proficiency training remained a top priority.
At present, most of the moves in Frogadier's move pool had already reached the Proficient tier. However, even among moves of the same proficiency level, their strategic importance had shifted considerably.
Early damage-oriented moves like Bubble and Pound had been downgraded in importance, while Water Shuriken, Aqua Ring, and Water Pulse had become core techniques with extremely high priority.
Even support moves like Rain Dance and Smokescreen, which provided no direct damage, were now highly valued due to their immense usefulness in arena battles and real-world pursuits or retreats.
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Potential growth also saw noticeable progress over the week, though the time span was still too short for dramatic, visible changes.
Here, however, a common misconception needed correction:
Every single time Ash infused Source Cleansing into a Pokémon, its potential did increase.
It wasn't the case that nothing changed until progress reached 100% and broke through to the next tier.
For example, the League-issued starter Pokémon for new Trainers all possessed Red-tier (Elite) potential. Even though they hadn't advanced to the next tier, the regional starters were still clearly superior to ordinary starters.
Everyone passed the 60-point threshold, but 70 and 80 were undeniably different—the latter was simply better.
Each infusion of Source Cleansing strengthened a Pokémon's potential by a tangible amount. The enhancement was real and cumulative, not something that only mattered at a full breakthrough.
Because Pichu and Frogadier already possessed extremely high base potential, the improvements appeared subtle.
But for Pokémon with lower initial potential, the magnitude of improvement would be far more obvious.
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A week passed.
Both Pokémon grew significantly stronger—
and Ash, as their Trainer, had grown just as much.
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Ascension Trainer System (Severely Damaged)
Host: Ash
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Strength: 6 (Adult average: 10)
Constitution: 10
Intelligence: 10
Charisma: 10
Talents:
Viridian Blessing LV.28
Aura Power LV.11
Pokémon: Pichu, Frogadier
Item: Soothe Bell
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Quiet days.
Steady progress.
No dazzling battles—yet every single step carried Ash closer to true strength.
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