Pomegranate Pavilion.
Training Room 1032.
Several middle-aged men in black suits stood around a delicate-looking young woman, their expressions intense.
Anyone who didn't know better might have thought this was a case of campus bullying—or the filming of some strange movie.
"Who was using this training room earlier?"
The man in the lead—the Director of Pomegranate Pavilion—stared at the battle data still flashing on the monitors, his tone serious.
"Director, it was a freshman named Chen Ran," the young staff member replied nervously.
This was the first time she had ever seen the director this… angry.
She couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for Chen Ran.
When the pavilion director got angry—
Someone was going to pay.
"Chen Ran?"
"A freshman?"
The director's eyes widened slightly in disbelief.
"You're telling me the Pokémon that caused this kind of damage belongs to a first-year student?"
To be honest—
He didn't believe it.
Unless…
The director took a deep breath as a rare possibility crossed his mind.
"Unless that Pokémon has exceptionally high talent."
At that thought, his eyes lit up.
If his guess was correct—
Then Jiangnan Pokémon University had just gained another monster-level Trainer this year.
"This has nothing to do with you. You can go."
He waved the staff member away, then turned to the men in black suits behind him.
"You all heard that, didn't you?"
The lingering heat in the room was still unmistakable.
"Keep an eye on this freshman. Especially his ace Pokémon."
"He might be a dark horse in the upcoming freshman field training."
The others nodded in agreement.
"There are very few Pokémon capable of smashing reinforced wooden dummies like that."
"Let alone a newly hatched Pokémon."
"Looks like this year's freshman class has another top-tier talent."
"Pay close attention during the training exercises."
"…"
—
Back at the dormitory.
Chen Ran had no idea what had happened after he left the training hall.
He only knew one thing—
As long as a freshman didn't deliberately demolish the facility, the school would cover the damages. There was no need to worry about compensation.
"Now I know Charmander's moves and their power."
"The only thing I don't know… is its level."
That puzzled him.
So far, Chen Ran had no clear idea what level his Charmander was.
"Normally, newly born Pokémon start at Level 5. When they level up, there's a visible glow…"
He opened the Pokémon app and browsed the section on Pokémon levels.
Even so, it felt inconvenient.
"It'd be great if I had something like a Pokédex."
The moment those words left his mouth—
It was as if the system had heard him.
The next day, a new item appeared in the Flash Shop.
—
[Insight Glasses] (Green)
Effect: Allows the user to view detailed information about Pokémon and items
Flash Sale Price: 9.9 credits
—
"Holy—!"
"Is it really this responsive?!"
Chen Ran stared in disbelief.
He'd just been thinking about identification tools yesterday—
And today one appeared?
"I'll take it!"
Without hesitation, he bought it instantly.
He also picked up two White-grade Energy Cubes.
Soon, a plain-looking pair of glasses appeared in his hand.
"So these are the Insight Glasses?"
He put them on.
For a split second, his vision blurred—
Then the glasses vanished.
"Huh?"
"System, what's going on?"
Chen Ran blinked in confusion.
Did the item just disappear?
Was he scammed?!
"Ding! Host, please note."
"To prevent item loss, the Insight Glasses are now bound to the host, rendered invisible, and cannot be dropped or removed."
"…"
That explanation cleared everything up.
"I knew it."
Chen Ran chuckled.
"Alright—let's check Charmander first."
It was still early morning.
His roommates were fast asleep.
Carefully, Chen Ran released Charmander.
"Shh—"
He made a quiet gesture.
Charmander immediately covered its mouth and copied his movements, squinting dramatically.
It looked ridiculously funny.
"Char~"
"Good morning."
Chen Ran smiled, narrowing his eyes.
Information instantly appeared in his vision.
—
Charmander
Level: Lv.5
Type: Fire
Ability: Solar Power
(During Sunny Day or intense sunlight, Special Attack is increased to 1.5× with no drawbacks)
Individual Values:
HP (Max) | Attack (Max) | Defense (Max) | Sp. Atk (Max) | Sp. Def (Max) | Speed (Max)
Talent: God-Tier
Moves:
Scratch, Growl, Ember, Fire Punch, Blaze Kick, Bulldoze
—
Unreal.
Absolutely unreal.
If he had to summarize Charmander's talent in one word—
It would be:
Invincible.
Chen Ran nearly stopped breathing.
"I remember Solar Power normally drains HP…"
"But this god-tier talent completely removes the drawback!"
"That means Charmander can permanently maintain 1.5× Special Attack!"
"That's insane!"
This wasn't just overpowered—
It was outright cheating.
"A total plug-in."
"In the future, when Charmander evolves into Charizard…"
"Or even Mega Charizard…"
"The damage output will be astronomical."
Chen Ran could already imagine it—
A single Eruption evaporating an entire lake.
A casual Flamethrower rivaling a volcanic explosion.
"Invincible."
"Absolutely invincible."
"…"