Sneasel's Pokéblocks were also quickly completed.
After letting the eager Sneasel try one, Cain stored all the Pokéblocks and tools.
Checking the time on his phone, he realized that a full three hours had passed in the creation of those two types of Pokéblocks.
Cain took out the Poké Balls containing the two Grimer, and after scanning them with the system, he found that during this time, both Grimer had slightly improved their potential.
However, the improvement was not very noticeable, likely due to the digestion speed.
Suddenly, Cain had an idea. "System, track the improvement speed of these two Grimer's potential and analyze the possibility of unlimited growth. Is it possible for their potential to continue improving indefinitely?"
Cain thought that if, after every battle, he let the two Grimer absorb corpses, could their potential keep improving? If that were feasible, then Cain would have found a way to make a significant amount of money.
Imagine if he could raise a Grimer with green potential and then sell it. Although Grimer isn't a popular Pokémon, if its potential is high enough, it would surely attract many buyers.
After all, not everyone is swayed by appearance; many are pragmatic. If Grimer is strong enough, it wouldn't be a bad Pokémon.
However, Cain had no plans to use Grimer or Muk on his team, unless he found one with green or higher potential, for instance, one with blue potential. In that case, Cain wouldn't rule it out, as his priority is strength. But for now, it's unnecessary.
It's not just because of Grimer's unpleasant appearance or smell; it's also because Cain already has Gastly and Skorupi, both Poison-type, so he doesn't need to add another Poison-type Pokémon at the moment.
Moreover, both Grimer and Muk are pure Poison-type Pokémon. While single-type specialists can be stronger in that attribute, in Cain's current team structure, there's no room for another Poison-type Pokémon. Perhaps in the future, after training his other Pokémon, he'd consider it.
For now, these two Grimer represent a possible large source of income, so Cain decided to monitor them closely.
Of course, if in the future he recruits suitable subordinates who are interested in these improved Grimer, Cain would have no issue assigning them.
After all, both Grimer and Muk are useful Pokémon, even if they're a bit slow and smelly.
Following Cain's orders, the system established an analysis task, where the most important focus was the improvement speed of Grimer's potential and whether there was a possibility of unlimited growth.
Soon after, by gathering some data on potential fluctuations, the system was able to calculate Grimer's potential improvement speed.
A complete analysis chart and data wave graph appeared before Cain.
According to the system's analysis, a Grimer with yellow potential could increase to dark yellow potential in three days. As for the Grimer with dark yellow potential, it could improve to light green potential in five days.
However, whether they can continue evolving, the system couldn't provide an exact answer. Nevertheless, the system's calculations indicate that even if indefinite evolution were possible, the resources required would be too much for Cain to support. By that time, it would be more productive to train other Pokémon.
Furthermore, the system yielded another result: the Grimer with yellow potential had absorbed forty-nine Zubat and two Golbat, which should be enough for its potential to improve to dark yellow.
However, the Grimer with dark yellow potential, which had absorbed fifty-two Zubat and two Golbat, wouldn't meet the evolution standard; it would only meet one-third of the requirements.
This means that the Grimer with dark yellow potential would need triple the resources to evolve to light green potential, compared to what the yellow-potential Grimer needed to evolve to dark yellow.
If this continues, each evolution would require three times more resources. For a Grimer with light green potential to evolve further, it would need thousands of Pokémon corpses!
Of course, the energy converted from common Pokémon and high-level, high-potential Pokémon would differ, but the number would be roughly that.
That's terrifying. Although Cain is determined and ruthless, he's not a typical killer.
After a while, the data obtained by the system wasn't just that. Based on its calculations and analysis, the yellow-level Grimer's potential limit would be light green, while the dark yellow-level Grimer's limit would be green.
Of course, these are just preliminary results, and the process could vary. This would need to be observed over time.
However, the system also guessed the reason behind Grimer's potential improvement.
Grimer is special because it has an organ that can decompose ingested waste and extract its energy, forming special crystals within.
These crystals have already been discovered by human researchers, but so far they haven't managed to decipher how they are generated or what their function is.
If scientists could solve this mystery, they could completely resolve the waste degradation problem.
The system detected that the Zubat consumed by Grimer were also decomposed by this organ, forming those unknown crystals. However, during the decomposition process, some energy is released, which allows Grimer's potential to improve by enhancing the quality of its sludge.
With the improvement in its physical condition, Grimer's potential would naturally improve as well.
As to why no one had discovered before that Grimer could improve its potential by consuming Pokémon corpses, there are several key reasons.
First, Grimer and Muk have always been associated with garbage. Even if they occasionally come across Pokémon corpses in dumps, these aren't enough to make a significant difference.
Even if someone tested Grimer's potential before and after it consumed corpses, with the current technology in the Pokémon world, potential can't be measured that precisely, so this hadn't been discovered.
Moreover, Grimer isn't a popular Pokémon; not being despised is already a big achievement.
In short, Cain had discovered a new way to make money.
During his time in the wild, Cain would come across wild Pokémon corpses, which he used to simply bury. Now, he could make better use of them.
After all, these are Pokémon that attack or provoke him, and Cain feels no sympathy for them.
(End of chapter)