Chapter 1

Inside the Aqua Team's Ruri City Beach Base.

The room was pitch black, filled with a pungent, fishy smell reminiscent of stinky feet.

The harsh environment was so bad that even a Kingdra wouldn't want to stay here, and only some hardy mosses could barely survive.

In this wretched room, about fifty teenagers, mostly around fifteen or sixteen years old, lay scattered.

Suddenly, a door opened, and the dim light shone like the sun.

"Get up, get up! Today is the day you can change your fate. Whether you can seize the opportunity and become a great member of the Aqua Team depends on your luck!"

With the newcomer's shout, the drowsy teenagers groggily got up.

These teenagers were from the lower class of the Pokémon world, or more accurately, they were blacklisted.

Only those who could pay taxes were considered citizens, and this group clearly didn't have that status.

"Huh? Where am I? Didn't I die during an exploration, framed by the League?"

Jianyi groggily opened his eyes and quickly accepted the reality that he had traveled through time again.

"Hehe, hehe, hehe! I actually get another chance! It seems I've returned to the point of my first time travel!"

In his previous life, he was an ordinary otaku from Earth, who mysteriously traveled to this Pokémon world.

In his last life, he used his system and knowledge of the Pokémon world to slowly rise within the Aqua Team, then successfully infiltrated the League, becoming one of the officially recognized top ten advanced trainers.

Later, the Aqua Team self-destructed, and the entire organization was almost wiped out.

At that time, Jianyi thought that with the Aqua Team gone, he could smoothly infiltrate the League and become a core member.

After all, he didn't have any grand ambitions; he just wanted to root himself in the Pokémon world.

In the future, he could have a child who could receive one of the starter Pokémon at the age of fifteen and become a core trainer.

However, he underestimated the factional struggles within the League.

When the League's upper echelons discovered through some channel that he was actually an infiltrator, even though he was a high-level trainer and beneficial to the League, he was still abandoned by all sides for the sake of factional interests.

The official reason for his elimination was also reasonable and selfless: he was a remnant of an evil organization and an infiltrator.

"Who would have thought I'd get a third chance? This time, I won't underestimate anyone, and I won't entrust my fate to anyone! Trainers ultimately have more say than breeders; only strength can ensure everything."

High-level breeders indeed have a high status, but they only have status when needed. If not needed, they are nothing.

Relying on others is not as reliable as having one's own strength.

In this regard, he can't compare to powerful trainers.

Reborn in the Pokémon world, Jianyi swore to seize every opportunity and become the strongest, never giving others a chance to harm him.

He was the last to wake up but the first to leave the room.

Behind him, the others followed in a scattered manner.

Soon, a group of people, led by an Aqua Team grunt, walked into a very spacious hall.

The hall could accommodate two thousand people.

At this moment, apart from some Aqua Team grunts maintaining order, there were only about two hundred teenagers, like Jianyi, who had voluntarily joined the Aqua Team.

Jianyi, or the other teenagers, found survival in this world difficult, and the only chance to stand out was to join an underground organization and seize a bit of opportunity.

Becoming a member of the Aqua Team might have a high mortality rate, but living in the wild had an equally high mortality rate.

They had nothing, so they had nothing to fear.

"You are the new recruits who plan to join our Aqua Team. Joining us is not that simple. From now on, you will undergo our tests. Only those who pass the tests will have the qualifications to become members of the Aqua Team!"

Hearing the opportunity to become a member of the Aqua Team, the teenagers immediately perked up. After all, even becoming the lowest-level grunt in the Aqua Team meant having a full stomach every day.

"Now, the first test begins. There are enough Pokémon here for each of you to choose one!"

The Pokémon provided by the Aqua Team for the new recruits included four types: ten Lantern Fish, thirty Zubats, thirty Krabby, and nearly two hundred Sharpedo.

The names of the four Pokémon were clearly labeled on the stands.

Seeing these Pokémon, even the lower-class individuals in this world, who didn't know which Pokémon were better, could tell which to choose based on the numbers.

Immediately, chaos ensued as everyone rushed to the Lantern Fish, Zubats, and Krabby.

Only a few who considered themselves weak chose the Sharpedo.

After all, even for the lower-class citizens of the Pokémon world, capturing Sharpedo was relatively easy.

Spending a few hundred League dollars on a sturdy net and a few dozen League dollars on some meat, one could catch dozens of Sharpedo with good luck.

To some extent, the value of Sharpedo was similar to that of Magikarp.

However, Jianyi walked to the Sharpedo without hesitation.

The next moment, the system's appraisal function appeared.

Pokémon: Sharpedo

Trait: Speed Boost

Potential: Advanced Beginner

Level: Advanced Beginner

Skills: Water Gun, Leer, Poison Fang

Teachable Skills: None

A very simple introduction, with nothing but the Speed Boost trait, and both potential and strength were at the bottom.

The strength of a beginner-level Pokémon was already the weakest, with no exceptions.

Jianyi didn't care about the weakness of the Sharpedo at all and directly took the Poké Ball containing the Sharpedo.

He chose this weak Sharpedo for no other reason than it being the weakest.

No one competed with him, so Jianyi easily obtained the Sharpedo and quickly moved away from the crowd to the edge.

After a chaotic scramble, even with some people getting into fights and drawing blood, everyone eventually got a Pokémon.

Without a doubt, those who got the Sharpedo were dejected, feeling they had a worse starting point than others.

After everyone had their Poké Balls, the elite Aqua Team member above them smiled and said, "Good, since you all have your Pokémon, the second test begins. The test is to make your Pokémon obey your commands."

As he spoke, three Poké Balls appeared in his hand: "Since it's a test, there will be rewards. The first three to tame their Pokémon can choose one of these three starter Pokémon from the Hoenn region. You have half an hour to tame your Pokémon, starting now!"

Whether or not the Pokémon were tamed, of course, had a standard: they needed to command their Pokémon to attack a target set up by the Aqua Team.

Jianyi was the first to act. As soon as the elite Aqua Team member finished speaking, he released his Sharpedo.

The others quickly released their Pokémon as well, but it was obvious that a group of people gathered together was very chaotic.

Some threw their Poké Balls at others' faces.

And making their Pokémon directly enter others' arms or appear on their heads was very dangerous.

Ah, ah, ah!

In an instant, countless people screamed. Untamed wild Pokémon had a strong desire to attack, and many teenagers were injured by others' Pokémon.

Jianyi, being at the edge of the crowd, had no such concerns and focused solely on the Sharpedo in front of him.

"In my last life, no one in this base could tame a Pokémon within half an hour and get a starter Pokémon. In this life, I must do it!"

The starter Pokémon were too important, as they could save him several months of effort, and the gap of several months would be infinitely magnified in the future.

"Sharpedo, physical taming does require some skill!"