vncnus Chapter 259: Training in the Back Mountain
Chapter 259: Training in the Back Mountain
Evening comes especially quickly in Pallet Town.
Dinner ended with Xiaozhi's enthusiastic "One more bowl, one more piece", and only empty plates and a few burping Pokémon were left on the table.
When Serena helped Hanako clean up the dishes, Hanako quietly tied a bow on her apron and whispered in her ear, "It's windy at night, remember to wear an extra layer."
This made Serena almost drop the plate into the sink.
Xiaozhi was carrying a bulging backpack filled with energy cubes and rice balls stuffed into his mouth by his mother; Serena changed into light denim shorts and tied a motorcycle jacket around her waist, while Eevee followed at her feet, staring at her hungrily.
"Then let's go to the back mountain to train first!" Xiaozhi turned and greeted Maehanako.
"Well, don't just focus on training, you must also eat and sleep. Also, as a boy, you must take good care of Serena!"
"Don't worry, Mom!"
Looking at the two people and the Pokémon walking away, Hanako couldn't help but smile.
"Really? I could have stayed home longer... But, this is Satoshi."
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Back Mountain of Pallet Town · Evening 18:47
The mountain breeze, carrying the sweet scent of green grass, blew across the meadow. The setting sun cast long shadows, like a red carpet leading to the Quartz Conference.
Xiaozhi put his backpack on the rock and zipped it open. Inside were the rice balls and energy cubes Hanako had stuffed in, as well as the "training menu" she had prepared specifically for Xiaozhi's Pokémon.
He raised his finger as if to name a dish:
"1 attribute coverage - let Iron Warrior fight against Infernape;
2 Speed Correction - Forest Lizard races with Iron Bag;
3 Underwater Maneuvers - Is the Thorn Dragon King taking the Ironclad Rhino for a deep dive? Is this really okay? The Ironclad Rhino is a Ground and Rock type, and is four times weak to Water!
4 Actual Combat Simulation - Monkey + Gengar 2v2 Pikachu + Charizard;
5Finally…”
He looked at the Eevee at his feet. "Eevee's 'imitation' exercise. The goal is to learn all the Pokémon's skills properly?"
Looking at this extremely strange "menu", even Serena beside her had a big question mark in her mind.
However, being entangled and hesitant is not Xiaozhi's style. He has to try it to know whether it is useful or not, so he immediately started special training.
His last Pokémon, Froggy, could only watch enviously as his companions started to get busy. Although his strength had reached the elite level, it was not enough to participate in the upcoming Quartz Conference.
However, Xiaozhi also made an agreement with him that after the Quartz Conference, he would take him and Pikachu with him on the next journey and battle, so he was not discouraged and did some simple training on the side.
Serena began to set up the camp. After all, they would be staying here for a long time. Of course, the dirty and heavy work would be contracted to Xiaozhi and the idle Pokémon.
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The back mountain, which used to be quiet, became particularly lively at this moment.
In the open space, Flame Monkey and Iron Warrior stood opposite each other.
Xiaozhi raised his hand: "Remember to stop when you're done!"
Infernape took the lead in attacking, and its "Flash Charge" turned into a fire meteor that hit the Iron Warrior's chest.
The Iron Warrior's wrists crossed with shining blades, his superpowers surging. His "spiritual blade" split the waves of fire, and the collision of steel and flames exploded into golden and red ripples. Infernape took advantage of the momentum and somersaulted, landing in a "close combat" with a flurry of punches.
The Iron Warrior slid backward, his body gleaming with the silver glow of an "Iron Wall." He took three punches head-on, then swung back with his double-edged blades. "Leaf Blades" unleashed a breathtaking burst of Grass-type energy! A green light sliced through the air, slicing a tuft of Infernape's chest hair, startling it into a backflip and creating distance.
Xiaozhi whistled, "Stop!"
He turned to Pikachu who was recording and shouted, "Iron Warrior Steel Wall + Leaf Blade can offset the suppression of close combat. It works."
The starting rock faces are a hundred meters apart, and the finish line is an old oak tree with a red flag hanging on it.
Serena pressed the timer: "Three, two, one—"
The forest lizard turned into a green afterimage in a flash, leaving shallow pits on the rock surface with every step; the ice nozzles at the tail of the iron bundle were fully opened, and it flew close to the ground in a "jet glide", leaving frost on the grass wherever it passed.
Halfway through, the forest lizard suddenly turned towards the rock wall and used its powerful jumping force to accelerate again in the air; the iron bag predicted the route and threw out the "freezing wind" in advance to block the sky.
Green light and icy wind intertwined, and the forest lizard's leaf blade spun and split the ice curtain. It did not stop after landing, and its speed increased again, and finally crossed the finish line with a 0.4-second advantage.
Serena clapped her hands and said to Xiaozhi beside her, "The Forest Lizard has reached a top speed of over 37.8m/s, and the drift stability of the Iron Bag Ice Track is very good!"
The deep pool is forty meters in diameter and fifteen meters at its deepest point.
The Thorn Dragon King first used "Tide Vortex" to draw a rotating vortex on the water surface; the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros took a deep breath, and sand and dust sprayed out from the cracks in its rock armor. The "Quicksand Hell" formed a sand cloud at the bottom of the water to reduce buoyancy.
"start!"
The Thorn Dragon King swooped down, its tail whipping up a spiral stream of water; the Armored Rhinoceros used all four limbs and fired a series of "Rock Blasts", using the recoil force to "swim" in a straight line in the sand cloud.
Ten seconds later, the Iron-Armored Rhinoceros bit the tail fin of the Thorn Dragon King and rushed out of the water. At the same time, the cannon holes on its back swung out a "sharp stone attack" into the sky - the water columns and rocks exploded in the air into a crystal rain.
Xiaozhi wiped his face and said, "Quadruple Weak Water? Is the Alliance's record wrong?"
Serena smiled and wrote down: The underwater movement speed of the Armored Rhino has increased by 65%, the sand cloud reduction scheme is effective, and its resistance to water may be gradually improved.
Finally, it’s time for the actual combat showdown.
There is a natural stone forest on the back mountain, with stone pillars of different heights, and the moonlight casts knife-like shadows.
Gengar fired three Shadow Balls in quick succession, their trajectory erratically deflected by the stone pillars. Pikachu used Lightning Flash to zigzag, and Charizard swooped down to sever the spheres with Air Slash.
The Forsaken Monkey took advantage of the opportunity to teleport behind Charizard and punched it with the "Absorbing Fist". The Charizard's tail flame rolled up and the "Dragon Claw" hit back. The two forces exploded in the air and a piece of the top of the stone forest was flattened.
Gengar extends its giant tongue from the shadows and uses "Lick" to attack Pikachu; Pikachu uses "Electric Net" to counterattack, and the electric arcs form a trap.
The Forsaken Monkey used the stone pillar as leverage to make a double jump, his resentment condensing into the shadow of a giant fist, and slammed the "Shadow Fist" into the ground—gray debris flew everywhere, obscuring his vision.
In the smoke and dust, Pikachu stepped on Charizard's back to gain leverage, and "One Hundred Thousand Volts" pierced the night sky and struck Gengar directly; Gengar's "Same Fate" curse pattern lit up, trying to lock his blood.
At the critical moment, Charizard's "Jet Flame" swept across, and the fire column and lightning merged into a thunder and fire storm, swallowing up both the Forsaken and Gengar at the same time. When the storm dissipated, the Forsaken knelt on one knee but did not fall down, and Gengar turned into a shadow and returned to Xiaozhi's shadow.
Serena raised the flag: "Pikachu and Charizard team up for victory! Thunder and Fire fusion technique successful!"
After watching each training session, the seat is given to the last member.
Eevee took a deep breath, and its fur exploded——
"Buyi!"
Lightning, flame, darkness, purple ball, four kinds of energy condense in turn at the tip of its tail. This is not a skill, but the guidance of energy of various attributes. Although it has little power, it can deepen the use of moves.
Finally, she kneaded the four energies together and threw out a mini "rainbow ball" that exploded into heart-shaped sparks in the air.
All the Pokémon cheered in unison. Froggy's eyes lit up as he watched from a distance, and he clenched his shuriken even tighter.
Serena took out her notebook and muttered, "This trick might be useful in the glamour competition."
.........
The bonfire lit up, and Xiaozhi tossed the last orange fruit to Infernape, then turned to look at the clipboard:
"Resistance, speed, underwater, actual combat, imitation—remarkable progress."
Serena closed her notebook, stretched, and then took out a basket: "Let's have some midnight snack first, it's strawberry pancakes."
"marvelous!
"Pickup!"
Pikachu immediately raised his hand—he wanted a double.
The firelight cast shadows of the two people and a group of Pokémon on the rock wall, like a painting.