Chapter 212 - 212: How to Make Money with Grimer
"Oh, right." Cain suddenly remembered something important.
He took a Poké Ball from his pocket, which contained the yellow Grimer he had captured in the Diglett cave, the one with the ability to absorb to evolve its quality.
According to the system's calculations, it was estimated that in three days, Grimer would have absorbed all the energy, and its potential would evolve to a dark yellow color.
Moreover, during this time, Cain had let Grimer out to absorb some corpses, so it hadn't completely exhausted the energy in its body yet. However, according to the system's scan, it had already successfully become a dark yellow-potential Pokémon.
"Its potential really has evolved, even if only to dark yellow." Cain looked at the Poké Ball in his hand, observing through the transparent part how Grimer rested quietly inside, absorbing the energy without showing any signs of resistance.
Grimer wasn't foolish. Being able to rest comfortably while enjoying a never-ending source of energy and occasionally going out to feed was ideal for a soft-bodied Pokémon like him. The environment inside the Poké Ball was quite comfortable.
"System, analyze Grimer's current data, as well as the possibility of improving its potential. If further improvement is possible, compare the resources needed with those for a Grimer whose potential is already naturally dark yellow." Cain left the analysis to the system, which quickly responded.
"Beep! According to the calculations, if energy is sufficient, the next potential improvement for Grimer is estimated to take ten days and require twice the resources compared to a Grimer whose potential is already dark yellow."
The system quickly presented a summary of the data and displayed two comparative tables of resources and time in front of Cain.
With this direct comparison, Cain realized that Grimer, which had just reached dark yellow potential, would require more than double the resources and time for a new improvement. And once its potential improved, the cost to continue upgrading would increase exponentially.
This meant that, theoretically, Grimer had unlimited potential to improve, but the cost would be astronomical. Cain didn't even want to imagine what that would entail.