At this moment, the field surrounded by ginkgo trees was silent, and only the words of the electrical expert rang in my ears.
Pichu's hearing has always been sensitive, but at this moment, the voice is as hazy as a layer of fog, and he can't hear it clearly. His brain's reaction has also become slow, and he can only barely distinguish between his trainer and the person opposite him who are communicating in a serious tone. What.
"Did you tame your Pichu in a place where thunder often strikes?"
"Yes, it comes from Thunder Mountain in Kanto."
"That's no wonder."
Xiaojia sat on the ground on the soft ginkgo leaves and motioned for the young man to sit down too.
"Do you know what Pichu needs to do to evolve?"
"Increase the intimacy with the trainer."
Xiaoye answered quickly, but the electrical expert just shook his head when faced with the standard answer in the textbook.
"Before that, there is one more crucial thing that all Pokémon must do to evolve - accumulate energy and stimulate their bodies."
Seeing that the young man was already paying attention with his eyes wide open, Xiao Xian flipped the pointer in his hand and began to speak.
The Electric-type expert's words are concise and clear, and even a novice trainer can easily understand it - as we all know, Pokémon's initial form is very fragile. They need to continuously absorb nutrients, grow taller and gain weight, and at the same time increase their body's energy reserves. Until this energy becomes powerful enough, which in turn supports the weak body to continue to grow, the young Pokémon can be considered to have touched the basic threshold of evolution.
This is not a harsh condition. As long as you don't do crazy things like "using evolution stones on newborn Pokémon", any healthy Pokémon will naturally cross this threshold as it grows, so that even Textbooks will not specifically list it as a clause.
And here lies the problem.
Piqiu was born in Jianglei Mountain and has often been struck by thunder in nature since he was a child. This is undoubtedly extremely dangerous - even adult electric Pokémon will become sick if they absorb too much lightning. Countless Pokémon are dying of this every year during thunderstorms, not to mention that Pichu was still a child at the time.
It was lucky enough to survive the baptism of thunder and lightning. As a result, its body was forced to get used to excess current, but its potential for evolution was also overdrawn in advance.
Today's little guys don't take any thunder and lightning seriously, which means that if you want to stimulate the body through electricity, you must accumulate energy that surpasses the thunder of nature - for a baby Pokémon, this is nothing short of a fantasy.
"If we use external force..."
"Impossible. Do you want to kill it by throwing it into a high-voltage motor?"
The humans were still speaking incomprehensible words, but Pichu felt that the air was getting more and more stuffy, making him not want to stay any longer. The electric mouse silently broke away from the trainer's arms and rushed into the distance.
The two people under the tree didn't panic, nor did they try to stop it. They just watched Pichu's little figure disappear into the golden sky. It wasn't until she saw it leaping into the fence of the nursery that Xiaoye turned her questioning eyes to the manager.
"It's okay, let it vent." Xiao Xian shook her head.
"In short - you'd better give up the idea of forcing Pichu to evolve, it's as unrealistic as asking Charmander to swim."
"I understand, thank you."
After receiving such bad news suddenly, the young trainer surprisingly did not persist in his pursuit. Her speech was still polite and restrained, and she didn't look anxious or frustrated. This made Xiaojie, who was used to seeing children acting recklessly and rolling around, raise her eyebrows.
"Besides that, I have some questions I'd like to ask - is that okay now?"
"you say."
The electric expert watched as the purple-haired girl took out a book and opened it. It was densely written, full of move names and diagrams - it was obvious that this was a tactical note that had been prepared for a long time.
A few hours later, the red sun sets.
It was not until the dim light was no longer enough for people to see the writing on the paper that the two trainers ended their conversation.
"I'm really sorry for you today."
The young man from Kanto bowed respectfully to his senior. The people of the Orange Islands couldn't stand this complicated etiquette, so they waved their hands violently to signal the other party not to launch mental attacks.
"No need - let's go see your Pichu."
The two left the huge shadow of the ginkgo tree crown and walked towards the nursery.
She thought it would be difficult to find a small electric mouse, so Xiao Sasa even called Dian Haiyan to help look down from the air. Unexpectedly, after taking just a few steps, they saw an exhausted Pichu lying on the ground beside the bushes - as well as several similarly scarred electric beasts lying on the ground unwilling to move.
"!?"
The trainers in Kanto froze when they saw this. She twisted her neck like a puppet and looked at the owner of the nursery in horror.
"Please, how much compensation should I pay to the guests..."
Seeing that the child who had been calm and composed all afternoon and whose emotional management skills were full of Kanto style finally lost his luster, and the fear in his eyes was no less than that of the student who was dragged away by the Babu landhog, Xiao Sasa couldn't help but laugh out loud.
"Don't worry, those are all my Pokémon."
"Then...how much compensation should I pay you?"
"..."
The electrical expert couldn't help but roll his eyes, even speaking in the southern dialect.
"Come on, they're strong. If they get beaten up by one of your electric mice, they're better off staying here."
While talking, Xiaoye was already hurriedly approaching to check the physical condition of all the Pokémon. I was relieved to see that everyone was just resting because of excessive physical exertion - or they thought it was fun to lie in a ball, and the injuries were indeed not serious.
Sensing the sound of someone's footsteps approaching, Pichu's ears twitched.
It vaguely caught a glimpse of the familiar trouser legs, and immediately struggled to get up. Before the little guy could stand upright, a pair of hands had already picked it up firmly.
"Are you okay?" The trainer's voice rang in his ears, and his fingers gently stroked the painful scar on the mouse's head.
Pichu stuck out his head and pointed his tail eagerly at the group of electric beasts.
"Master, look at Qiu!"
It twisted restlessly in the human palm, and its thin and soft voice directly expressed its anxiety through telepathy.
"That big, tall, strong guy—I beat him!"
Hearing this, Xiaoye couldn't help but take a second look in surprise - the electric beast lying on the edge was indeed seriously injured. There were still rat teeth marks on the tip of its tail that had not faded away. It was ravaging the bushes listlessly. of branches and leaves. Shino Sasa, who was taking care of the Pokémon, seemed to have noticed something. She stared at the electric beast for a long time and slapped it firmly on the head.
"Shameful thing!"
"Ouch qwq..."
The trainer looked away and looked into Pichu's shining eyes.
"You're so awesome, Pichu."
"Of course!"
The electric mouse's little paws subconsciously grasped the trainer's cuffs and refused to let go.
"Although...even though I'm not as tall or strong as them, I can still beat Qiu! I can run so fast that even stupid and big guys can't catch up with me, so..."
Pichu mustered up his courage and raised his head to look into the trainer's familiar purple eyes.
"I can come in handy...right?"
The evening wind blew through the ginkgo forest, drowning out the breathing of humans and Pokémon with the rustling of leaves. Pichu felt that the moment seemed very short, and yet it was as long as an entire summer. After a long time, the human voice slowly flowed into his ears.
"Pichu, what do you think is more important - evolution or great strength?"
"...?"
The electric mouse's expression as if he was waiting for the death sentence froze, and he suddenly showed a dull face with a rat brain overloaded.
"In other words, which one do you want more, evolving into Raichu or having an electric attack that can defeat Raichu in one move?"
Pichu pondered along Xiaoye's thoughts for a while, then hesitantly stretched out his little paw to make signs.
"Then, the electric shock must be more powerful?" The little guy grabbed the trainer's fingertips and asked worriedly, "Is there really such a powerful electric shock? It can defeat Raichu and the electric beast in one go. ?Or that prairie dog hill?”
"certainly."
The human girl smiled at it, as calm and composed as usual.
"Teacher Shinozisa and I were discussing this matter just now. If there was a way for you to use such a powerful electric shock that could defeat your opponent in one move, would you be willing to try it?"
"..."
The electric mouse huddled in the human's hand in a daze, seemingly unable to realize what the trainer was saying.
"But, that method is difficult. It must be a dexterous and smart Pokémon like Pichu. It also requires hard practice day and night. It's normal that you don't want to try it-"
"……mound."
A small voice trembled.
Taking advantage of the last rays of the setting sun, Xiaoye saw the electric mouse that had been pretending to be calm just now with its mouth flattened. Big tears flowed out of its eyes and fell on the palms of humans, as hot as fireballs in the sky.
"I do...I do Qiu!"
When Pichu calmed down, the electric beasts that joined in the fun had already dispersed. After cleaning up the "embarrassing things", Xiaojie had already gone to patrol the forest, and only asked Xiaoye to remember to lock the entrance to the fence before leaving.
When the trainer returned to the entrance, he saw a messy pile of debris piled under the fence - a closer look revealed that they were several unopened move machine CDs, with a note among them.
[I’ll give you a 30% discount, remember to pay tomorrow—Xiao Sasa]
The young man suddenly laughed. She picked up the CDs scattered on the ground one by one, and after making sure that the fence was locked, she walked all the way to the campsite that had been prepared in the early morning.
"Pichu, do you want to have a revenge battle with that Babuto?"
"mound!"
"But you also know that we will stay here until tomorrow night at most - one day is not enough training time, so we can only train all night."
"Qiuwu!"
"Also, you have to learn several new moves. Even with the help of a move machine, it will be very hard."
"Qiu Aao!"
Looking at the adorable appearance of the electric mouse, which was full of energy and energy, the trainer couldn't help but stretched out his hand and rubbed its furry little head until it was so dizzy that the little guy fell into the hood with a thud. .
"Then - let's start tonight?"
The next day, afternoon.
It was just after lunch break, and the Pokémon in the nursery were drowsy. Even the most bellicose Pokémon showed no interest in fighting and was enjoying the tranquility and peace in the fields covered with ginkgo leaves.
On the other side, Xiao Sasa raised her eyebrows at the belated knocker.
"Excuse me. Thank you for the move machine. I'll pay for it." The young man said honestly.
"Just pay?"
"Well... there is one more thing I want to trouble you with."
Xiaoye raised her eyes to observe the expression of the electricity expert, and said cautiously: "My Pichu wants to fight your Babu Dog again - how much does it cost?"
"..."
Shino Sasa felt a headache when she saw the polite faces of the Kanto people, and said angrily: "If you win, you won't receive any money. If you lose, you'll give me 100,000!"
"!?"
The trainer and the Pokémon immediately looked at each other when they heard this - at that moment, the tragic scene of living on the streets and eating wild fruits at the beginning of the journey, unable to afford food, flashed through their eyes, and finally turned into The determination to fight against the odds.
…Can’t lose.
You can lose your life, but you can't lose this battle!
To the east of the courtyard, at both ends of the empty space with few trees, two electric rats, one big and one small, stood facing each other.
"Come on, let me see what you can accomplish in just one day's work." Xiaoxiao walked up behind Babu Tudou with a smile.
"Yes, please give me some advice!"
The apprentice who was caught working overtime acted as a temporary referee. The moment the colorful flag was waved, Xiao Xian immediately took the lead.
"Babu woodchuck, thunder!"
The big man's eyes, which were slightly narrowed due to sleepiness, suddenly widened. The round electric capsules on both sides of his cheeks sparkled, and the next moment they turned into flaming dazzling thunder, pointing directly at Pichu.
"Charge!"
The little electric mouse gave up its proud dexterity and stood still in the face of the approaching lightning, its body almost melting into the dazzling orange light.
On the sidelines, Xiaoye calmly observed Pichu bathing in lightning strikes and did not rush to issue the next command.
Trainers have always regarded Pichu's sharpest weapon with nearly unlimited electric shock endurance - whether it was in the past when evolutionary obstacles were unnoticed, or now when the truth is clear. Under Xiao Sa's admiring gaze, the inconspicuous little guy stood calmly. The extremely destructive electric current did not hurt it at all, but turned into wisps of light, silently seeping into Pichu's body and becoming it. source of power.
In fact, Xiaoye had been thinking about Pichu's new fighting method before the Quartz League game.
It's just that such an idea is too unreasonable and too harsh. Once Pichu evolves into a taller and heavier form, it will immediately become a useless idea. Therefore, the trainers at that time did not polish these ideas in depth until the end of the Quartz League competition. They went through several special trainings, fighting the lava in the Valley of Flames, and defeating the ice and snow in the Snowy Mountains. Pichu, who still had not evolved, made Xiaoye feel something. The uneasy thoughts are getting stronger and stronger.
To this end, she thoroughly investigated Pichu's move pool and drew up several feasible combat plans by referring to the game videos of well-known electric trainers.
However, it is not easy to make up for the weak strength of baby Pokémon. The nonsensical tactical notes were full of unfamiliar moves that Pichu had not learned, as well as unrealistic combinations and arrangements. Even the creator himself was not sure of their feasibility. Fortunately, the enthusiastic electrical expert in front of him was not stingy in teaching and solving doubts - after hours of talking, Xiao Ye finally came up with a rugged and dangerous path to light.
"——Discharge!"
After the words fell, the short electric mouse released a golden light that was more dazzling than the sun. After absorbing the opponent's power, a huge electric current rolled in with a shock wave. The momentum seemed to swallow up the entire nursery. Babu Tuhu subconsciously raised his hand to block it in front of him, but the seemingly ferocious electric shock was... Didn't fall on it.
Babu looked around and found that the ground beneath his feet was oozing with glittering light. Even the scattered ginkgo leaves were like falling stars, which together with the random arcs of electricity illuminated the battlefield.
Electrical site.
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small theater:
Shino Sasa: We will put up a sign outside the nursery tomorrow, and visitors are not allowed to use honorifics!
