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Fang Yuan arrived at school, clearly in a good mood.
One must admit, institutions like the Heavenly Flow Dojo and the Wind Fist Flow Dojo, with their legacies, all have their unique aspects.
If opportunities weren't so scarce, Fang Yuan really wished to visit several more dojos to study and learn.
However, Fang Yuan also understood that even if he learned many things, they wouldn't be his own. To go further down the path of a Trainer, he still needed to create his own Moves Secret book.
"Fang… Fang Yuan?"
As Fang Yuan walked on the campus path, he was suddenly called out.
This time of day might be when classes end, and there were quite a few people near the laboratory building. Although Fang Yuan wore a hat that covered most of his face, someone still recognized him.
"Shh!" Fang Yuan spoke sternly to the girl holding books, "Keep it down."
"It really is you." The girl was very surprised and immediately took out her phone, saying, "Fang Yuan junior, can I add you as a friend?"
Fang Yuan looked around; perhaps because the girl's voice was quite low, she didn't attract the attention of others.
"Alright," Fang Yuan nodded, looking at the girl in a plaid overcoat who was somewhat short and had a very rosy complexion.
This was near the laboratory building of the Research Series, and Fang Yuan, having been commended in the department again a few days ago due to his timidity in publishing a paper, was well-known there.
In the entire Elf Department, students of the Combat Series might not recognize Fang Yuan, and those of the Cultivation Series might not know him either, but Research Series students, no matter their year, would be somewhat familiar with the name Fang Yuan.
Even if they hadn't met him, recognizing Fang Yuan from the photos in online interviews wasn't impossible.
Fang Yuan, although not a big celebrity who would be randomly asked for a photo by strangers, often gets asked for contact information by classmates.
The shyer ones might just add him as a friend on a messaging app, while the more daring ones would directly ask for Fang Yuan's phone number.
Nearly every day, Fang Yuan would receive a large number of friend requests.
Fang Yuan wasn't particularly averse to this, firstly because he understood the nature of this place. As one of the top institutions in Hua Nation, Demon Capital University had students who were all elites – either from extraordinary backgrounds or self-driven and intelligent. Making simple acquaintances couldn't hurt, as they might become valuable connections in the future.
"Added you, goodbye."
The girl in front of Fang Yuan smiled and waved after adding him as a friend, then left.
"Odd character…"
"Jiang Nuo?" Fang Yuan glanced at the remark casually, then continued walking toward the dormitory, while subconsciously scrolling through the other person's social feed.
This senior appeared to be a senior year student and had even become an intern researcher, and even now, had started developing her own ideas.
Her social feed was filled with her hypotheses on various issues.
"Ah, so annoying, why did I choose to research Poké Balls?" That was her signature...
Quite interesting... After looking for a while, Fang Yuan couldn't help but smile.
Or rather, one should indeed not underestimate anyone.
The Research Series students at Magic City University are almost all walking treasures.
For example, this senior, Jiang Nuo, had raised a century-old problem.
Kangaskhan as a Pokemon, theoretically counts as two individuals, a mother and child. The child in the pouch would grow up and leave the mother after about three years.
So, the question arises, why can a single Poké Ball contain both mother and child?
Bang!
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"This is a question I absolutely would not bother to learn about," Fang Yuan returned to his dorm, slamming the door shut and immediately let Eevee out.
"Bwoo~~" Eevee, who had been asleep in the Poké Ball and felt somewhat suffocated, perked up immediately after coming out. It shook off its fur, took a deep breath, and then its gaze fixated on Fang Yuan's backpack. To it, the outside was still more comfortable.
To be precise, it was more comfortable outside cuddling with a smartphone.
Fang Yuan shrugged.
So, rather than the unsolved mysteries of Kangaskhan, Elf Tools on their bodies, Fang Yuan was more curious about when a smartphone could, like Elf Tools, be carried by Pokemon and simultaneously enter a Poké Ball.
If that were possible, then Eevee might not resist the Poké Ball anymore...
Which researcher could turn a smartphone into an energy-containing Elf Tool? If no one, then... once he learned how, Fang Yuan would have to do it himself.
"Eevee, come here, let's conduct an experiment," Fang Yuan had a sudden idea and called out to Eevee.
At this moment, Eevee's paw had just reached for Fang Yuan's backpack and had not yet pulled open the zipper when it abruptly paused, puzzled, and looked at Fang Yuan.
Fang Yuan held Eevee's Poké Ball, weighed it in his hand, and said, "Try creating a little Substitute and see. Do you know Kangaskhan? Right... that parent-child Pokemon. Imitate it, and let me see if I can collect both you and the little Substitute into the ball at the same time."
Eevee blinked and let out a big question mark.
This Trainer, always with a new idea, can't he just relax for a moment?
But, as Fang Yuan commanded, Eevee dared not disobey... it obediently did as he asked, and a Substitute half its size, looking like a newly born Little Eevee, appeared on Eevee's back, drowsily propped there.
"Great! Take this!" Fang Yuan pressed the button on the Poké Ball to recall.
The next moment, a red light shot out, engulfing both Pokemon, and Eevee along with its Substitute disappeared from Fang Yuan's sight.
Damn...
Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment and then wondered if this was really OK?
The next second, he quickly pressed the button to release them, and both Eevee and the Substitute Eevee appeared on the floor again, calmly looking at him.
"How did it feel?"
Both Eevees yawned and shook their heads. Apart from the space being more cramped, it was the same as before.
After shaking its head, Eevee looked at the dumbfounded Fang Yuan.
In Fang Yuan's eyes now shone a sudden burst of bright light.
The Poké Ball's judgment of the Substitute seemed to be similar to that for combination Pokemon, as well as Elf Tools, all of which could be collected into the Poké Ball at the same time.
Until today, Fang Yuan hadn't really looked into this matter, but now it wasn't too late.
"Eevee, starting from today... we're going to dig deep into the potential of the Substitute move!" Fang Yuan took a deep breath and clenched his fist as he spoke.
The Substitute Technique... it truly was amazing. Maybe in the future, with a new type of Poké Ball, we could devise some special tactics.
Tap! Tap! Tap!
Eevee hopped onto the chair, then the table, and started to search for the phone again, undisturbed by Fang Yuan's musings, who just shook his head at the sight.
Indeed, it seems... I have to rely on myself for the bigger picture.
After evolving, Eevee would have three main attack moves: Psyshock, Shadow Ball, and Fire Awakening, along with Substitute and Helping Hand. As well as multitasking skills that could upgrade Shadow Ball to Spiral Shadow Ball. It would have power even greater than Psyshock. It might now seriously injure someone at the Professional level. But, is this really all there is to Substitute, Helping Hand, and multitasking skills?
Eevee's use of Substitute was so proficient, Fang Yuan always felt that using it in such a way was a bit of a loss; he wanted to explore more uses.
Fang Yuan was frank about it, he yearned to make his opponents curse, "Oh! Shit! It's a Stand-in Attack!"