manynovel Chapter 18: Checking the starter Pokémon, is there an idea?
Chapter 18: Checking the starter Pokémon, is there an idea?
Upon arriving at the front gate, one sees a young man wearing a breeding institute uniform, a baseball cap, and with his head down.
The other party handed the delivery slip to Xia Ye, deliberately lowering their voice: "Hello, this is from the Liuli Breeding Center. Six Kanto starter Pokémon are here. Please sign for them."
Xia Ye took it and, noticing the other person's head was constantly down, asked curiously, "Brother, what's wrong? Why are you keeping your head down?"
Xiao Cai, standing next to her, looked up and immediately recognized the other person's face because of their height, exclaiming in surprise, "Tururu Tu, Turu (Ruri Tomohiko, it's you)!"
The other person quickly squatted down and hugged Xiao Cai tightly: "Surprise! Xiao Cai, long time no see! Did you miss your Grandpa Fu Yan?"
Upon hearing the other person's voice, Natsuno angrily slapped off their hat, revealing a familiar face.
"Ruri Tomohiko, get lost! You're more like Tomohiko's younger brother!"
The visitor was none other than Ruri Tomohiko, one of Natsuno's college roommates, whose family owned a breeding center. Natsuno and her other roommate were used to calling him by his name, Tomohiko.
Because the other two roommates felt that Xiaocai was being cared for by Xia Ye more like his daughter, and based on the conjugate father-son relationship in the male dormitory, they considered themselves to be Xiaocai's grandfathers, and were then beaten by Xia Ye.
"You almost fooled me. I should have checked the Pokémon's condition before confirming receipt. What if I had been cheated by you, you heartless breeder?"
"Come in with me. If you dare to try and trick me, you'll be in big trouble later."
Natsuno handed the signed receipt back to Tomohiko, switching to a fierce expression.
Xiao Cai thoughtfully picked up the hat that had just been knocked off and put it back on Fu Yan.
A diamond-encrusted luxury ball flew out of Fuhiko's pocket, and a long, pink, snake-shaped Pokémon appeared.
As soon as it came out, it gently wrapped its tail around Natsuno and Aya, its big nose touching Aya's nose, and made a happy noise.
Xia Ye touched the other's smooth body and smiled, "Little Pink, it's been a long time. I've missed you too."
Then Natsuno turned to Tomohiko and said, "You brought the Everstone, right? Make sure Pink doesn't evolve to its third stage, okay? Remember that!"
Fuyan nodded repeatedly: "I brought them. A dozen Everstones are a must when I go out, since shiny Dragonite just doesn't suit my taste."
"The important thing is that Little Pink doesn't want to become that ugly color either; he likes his current color very much."
That's how kids from wealthy families are; their starter Pokémon are all late bloomers. Cynthia's starter is Gible, and Richmond's is even more outrageous—it's a shiny Dratini.
However, since his family runs a breeding center, getting exotic colors is indeed easier for him than for the average wealthy family.
Natsuno gestured for Pink to release them, and inwardly he grumbled, "Who would name their male dwarf dragon Pink? They don't care about other people's feelings at all! Unbelievable!"
On the way, Fu Yan asked a strange question: "By the way, what about that girl from your research institute?"
Natsuno asked, puzzled, "What little girl?"
"It's just a young girl. She came to our Changqing branch a couple of days ago to inquire about her order. I saw how much she was urging us, so I delivered it ahead of schedule."
Natsuno asked doubtfully, "There are no women in our research institute. Are you sure you're not mistaken?"
Fu Yan scratched his head, realizing he hadn't seen any women along the way: "Maybe they made a mistake down there. Never mind."
The group arrived at the laboratory area and the testing room. Xia Ye even called Qing Lü for help, since the latter was more experienced.
After a brief introduction, Fu Yan took out six red and white balls from his pocket, each labeled with a different color: water, fire, or grass.
Natsuno said that given their friendship, there was no need for an inspection, but Tomohiko flatly refused.
"Our personal relationship should not interfere with business matters. They are two separate things. We cannot break the rules. Even if my father were to hand over the package today, I would still make him check it first before he can sign for it."
They checked each one in turn. As Qinglu checked them, she soothed the little ones who had come to this unfamiliar place in a gentle tone, while Xia Ye learned from the side.
After the Pokémon's physical examination was completed, Qinglv placed a Charmander on a special instrument. Five seconds later, all the data was displayed on the screen next to it.
Charmander, male, with the Solar Power ability.
Overall level: Lv5, including physical level: Lv5 and energy level: Lv5.
Body Level Lv5: HP Lv5, Physical Attack Lv5, Physical Defense Lv5, Speed Lv5
Energy Level Lv5: Energy Lv5, Special Attack Lv5, Special Defense Lv5, Move Mastery Lv5
Moves: Scratch, Cry, Spark, Bite, Belly Drum, Primal Power...
Note 1: All data annotations adopt a general regional standard, i.e., overall level: take the lowest of the two. Detailed level: remove the highest and lowest values, and take the lowest value.
Note 2: Real-world battles are not turn-based games. The data annotations are for reference only. Please do not take battles dogmatically.
Seeing the detailed data, Natsuno nodded: "The power of science is truly amazing!"
Pokémon bred from the breeding center have one thing in common: they have all their inherited moves.
After all, achieving perfect genetics isn't difficult. Even for a creature like Charmander with eight genetic moves, it's just a matter of breeding it for a few more generations.
Qinglv input commands on the keyboard below the screen, and targets rose up 1 meter and 10 meters in front of the little dragon.
These targets have different shapes. At 1 meter, there is a Geodude-shaped target, at 10 meters below it is an Oddish, and 2 meters above the Oddish is a Zubat. At 10 meters, there are two moving targets.
"Charmander, use Ember on the Oddish target 10 meters away!"
Pokémon from breeding farms have another characteristic: because they start interacting with humans as soon as they hatch from their eggs, they are the ones that are closest to humans.
Upon hearing the command, Charmander faced the target, opened its mouth to gather fire energy, and two seconds later, a burst of sparks erupted, hitting the target.
Three seconds later, text began to appear on the screen.
[Hint: A moving ground target 10 meters away has been attacked by a special attack, Spark, Energy Level Lv4]
Qinglv issued the same command twice more, and the result was exactly the same as the first time.
He then ordered Spark to attack the supersonic bat target three times, and it hit the target all three times.
[Hint: The moving aerial target 10 meters away has been attacked by a special attack, Spark, Energy Level Lv4]
"Ranged energy-based attacks, targeting both ground and air units, with a 100% hit rate for all three attacks, and precise control over energy output."
Recording complete, Azure gave another order: "Charmander, use Grab on the Geodude target 1 meter away!"
Three more hits, with the same data all three times.
[Hint: The ground target 1 meter away is under attack by a physical attack, a grab, energy level Lv4, covering the bullseye.]
"Melee physical attack, hits the bullseye 3 times, with precise energy output control."
"Responds within 1 second of receiving the instruction, and the accuracy rate of instruction execution is 100%. Overall rating: Excellent."
After Qinglv checked the three with hidden abilities, she left the remaining three to Natsuno.
Natsuno carefully recalled every step of Aoki's process and perfectly completed the check on the remaining three ordinary characteristics.
When the last one was inspected, Natsuno suddenly thought of something and had Aomine and Tomohiko give commands to the Bulbasaur.
As a result, this little guy will obey orders no matter who gives them.
Upon seeing this, Natsuno's eyes lit up: "Hey! If I give commands to someone else's starter Pokémon during a battle, will it obey?"
Green nodded: "Yes. This is also the only drawback of the Pokémon in the breeding center, so we will remind newcomers not to rush into battle after getting them, but to first cultivate the synergy between them."
Then, looking at Natsuno with a strange expression, he said, "Natsuno-nii, trainers are supposed to focus on giving commands to their Pokémon. Nobody gives commands to the other person's Pokémon."
"This only applies to newly acquired starter Pokémon. Those with a certain level of synergy with their trainers will not be affected."
Natsuno looked regretful: "Ah, what a pity."
"The champion's career ended prematurely."