Cain cast his gaze upon the exchange list, scouring it for the moves that would aid him in his quest. "I want these two," he announced, his finger tapping upon the coveted items.
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Move: Protect
Type: Normal
Category: Status
Power: 0
Description: Forms a protective shield around the body that completely blocks the opponent's attack for a certain period of time. It cannot be used continuously and has a cooldown of ten minutes once used.
Price: 5000 points
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Move: Substitute
Type: Normal
Category: Status
Power: 0
Description: Reduce your own health and create a clone/decoy to take an attack for yourself.
Price: 4000 points
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The cost of these two moves was a steep 9,000 Team Rocket points, but as fate would have it, Cain had obtained a valuable green Pokémon Egg, thus rendering the cost a mere trifle. Without this stroke of luck, he may not have been able to trade for a Protect TM even at the end of this trial.
The staff member's eyes flicked with surprise as he watched Cain's emotionless face trade for TMs at such a high price. He couldn't help but think the young man didn't understand the true value of points.
With deft fingers, the staff member unlocked the safe containing the TMs and retrieved two items that shone with a brilliant white light. He handed them to Cain with care.
For Cain, these points were but a drop in the ocean. Without being converted into effective combat power, they were nothing more than a pile of useless data. But when converted, they held immense value.
With the acquisition of both Protect and Substitute, Murkrow's chances of survival in battle were greatly increased. Coupled with his already impressive speed, as long as he did not encounter an opponent of vastly superior level, Murkrow would be a formidable force to be reckoned with.
With 11,000 Team Rocket points still at his disposal, Cain set his sights on obtaining Murkrow's dark-type moves. Without hesitation, he redeemed the powerful 'Dark Pulse' move, spending a further 3,000 points.
As a dark-type special move, Dark Pulse possessed impressive power, a high hit rate, and the added bonus of potentially causing the opponent to flinch.
Cain pondered for a moment before deciding to save the remaining 8,000 points.
He could have traded for more moves, but it would have been fruitless. The difference between learning and mastering a move was vast. What Murkrow needed now was not to learn more moves, but to master the ones he had learned, so that they could be employed with ease in battle.
Cain pondered for a moment before speaking, "I require a training device for flight-type Pokemon, one that can be freely controlled in weight, with an upper limit of 25 kg." Such a device would be ideal for Murkrow's training regimen.
Murkrow had been using wood as a weight-bearing tool for some time, but as the bird grew stronger, it became increasingly difficult to find heavier wood to tie to his wings. Team Rocket's scientists had come across research on such a device, and while they had not been able to replicate the exact device, they had created one that allowed for free weight control. It had become one of Team Rocket's various training devices.
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Pokemon Chronicles of Darkness
AdventureFor Cain, the promised land of the Pokémon World was not the idyllic paradise he had hoped for. Instead, he found himself cast into the depths of darkness, a captive of the nefarious Team Rocket on the infamous Purgatory Island. But even in the dark...
