Chapter 242: Paldea Specialty: Dragon Dance TM

Afternoon.

After welcoming Champion Zhulan and her Pokémon with his secret-recipe sandwiches, Qingyu and Champion Zhulan quickly got down to business.

Champion Zhulan's main purpose for coming to Paldea this time was to participate in the Dragon-type Master Tournament.

As the first Great Ball-tier tournament she had signed up for since becoming Champion, it was of vital importance to her, and might even affect how the world viewed Sinnoh.

It was precisely because of this that Qingyu felt he should contribute some effort toward the training of Champion Zhulan's second Dragon-type Pokémon, Kommo-o.

However...

Staring at the imposing, majestic Kommo-o before him, Qingyu suddenly began to doubt reality.

"How long has it been since you caught Jangmo-o? How did it evolve already???"

Counting from the last time she sent him a message, it had been ten days at most!

How did it evolve?

This was now in his blind spot of knowledge.

Logically, the three-stage evolution of Kommo-o requires at least level 45 in the games.

Even for Champion Zhulan, who already possessed Champion-level strength, making a Pokémon's power climb like a rocket this quickly was absurd.

"This Jangmo-o had excellent potential. After being guided by Garchomp for a few days, it evolved into this on its own."

Champion Zhulan smiled slightly, then her expression seemed to become a bit regretful.

"It was so cute before it evolved, but after growing up, it's become completely un-cute."

?

Kommo-o raised its head and slowly tapped out a question mark.

But it was immediately glared back down by the Garchomp beside it, instantly lowering its head again, standing like a lackey.

The hierarchy within the team was clear at a glance.

Put that way, it was much more reasonable.

After all, the strength of Pokémon encountered in the wild varies; some are already on the verge of evolution, needing only a final push.

Still, being able to stimulate a Pokémon's potential in such a short time was already outrageous.

In Qingyu's impression, the fastest trainer was Green, the trainer from the manga.

After taking over the mess that was the Viridian Gym, Green only took a month to train a Ground-type team capable of serving as the gym's frontline main force.

At Champion Zhulan's speed, it didn't seem much slower.

But it made sense; after all, Champion Zhulan and Green were quite special.

Although they both seemed like ruthless people who became Champions in a year, they had both been helping out at research institutes before becoming trainers, so they had dealt with Pokémon since they were young.

Seemingly a one-year Champion, it was actually the result of accumulation since childhood.

If one really wanted to talk about absurdity, didn't Green, a monster with formal training and maxed-out talent, lose to Red, a Champion who truly debuted a year ago?

That battle-hardened person was the most terrifying.

One can only say the gap between people is still too large...

Withdrawing his wandering thoughts, Qingyu looked at the Kommo-o that was being kept in line.

Soon, some of its information appeared before his eyes.

【Kommo-o (Female)】

【Type: Dragon + Fighting】

【Ability: Soundproof】

【Moves: Clanging Scales, Screech, Outrage, Clangorous Soul, Belly Drum, Dragon Claw, Close Combat...】

【Naive nature.】

A quick glance showed the setup was quite good, and the moves learned were comprehensive.

Just as he had told Champion Zhulan before, Kommo-o was a Pokémon with dual-attacking capabilities.

Its two signature moves leaned more toward Special Attack, but on the Physical Attack side, due to the existence of the Belly Drum boosting move, it also had the strength to fight.

Although the strength on either side was relatively average, as long as it could seize the opportunity in battle, there was still a possibility of sweeping the team.

"How is it? This child is quite handsome, right?"

Seeing Qingyu staring at her Kommo-o, Champion Zhulan smiled and teased.

If Qingyu liked Dragon-type Pokémon, she would help him scout for one as a thank-you gift for letting her stay these past few days.

"Mm, after all, it's a noble dragon; how could it not be handsome?"

Qingyu nodded.

"However, wanting to cultivate it into a perfect form in such a short time is indeed still a bit difficult."

"If I'm not mistaken, this Kommo-o shouldn't have learned Clangorous Soul yet, right?"

"There are also some other moves like Dragon Dance and Drain Punch that would be best to arrange for it as well."

Whether it was Belly Drum with Drain Punch or Dragon Dance to increase speed, both were quite important for Kommo-o.

"Garchomp?!"

Hearing a certain keyword, Garchomp suddenly shuddered.

As everyone knows, for certain reasons, there are many jokes in this world about Garchomp.

Actually, Garchomp originally didn't know about these malicious reviews.

But because someone had been nagging it since it was young, saying things like "Why haven't you learned Dragon Dance yet?" or "If you don't work hard to run fast when you're young, you won't be able to get into a Sandstorm team in the future!"...

It resulted in Garchomp being extremely sensitive to these words now.

So what if I can't learn Dragon Dance?

Does my speed decrease in sandstorm weather?

Believe it or not, I'll bite you to death!

Recalling the terrible childhood memories, Garchomp glared fiercely at Qingyu.

"..."

Looking at Garchomp, Qingyu fell silent.

Although he really liked telling Garchomp jokes in his past life, he truly had no such intention this time.

He was truly wronged!

"Speaking of which, Paldea actually has another specialty besides sandwiches that Garchomp might like."

After a sheepish smile, Qingyu took out several discs from his bedroom.

Since he knew Champion Zhulan would come today, he naturally made corresponding preparations.

Because Paldea has the most types of Pokémon of any region, the number of moves recorded for Pokémon to learn in Paldea is also quite large.

For example, Dragon Dance, a move that most Pokémon in the Dragon and Monster egg groups can learn, had long been open-source in Paldea and Galar.

Logically, Garchomp should have had a way to learn Dragon Dance long ago; it should have fulfilled its dream, right?

In the Scarlet and Violet games, the materials for making the Dragon Dance disc even included Gible scales.

It could be said to be full of dark humor.

So, surely this Pokémon would be able to learn the noble Dragon Dance, right?

Actually, not so.

If it can't learn it, it can't learn it.

"Garchomp?!"

Why didn't you take this good stuff out earlier? Our relationship wouldn't have reached this point!

Staring at the disc in Qingyu's hand, Garchomp's eyes revealed a bit of longing, and it reached out its claw and snatched it away.

As long as I learn Dragon Dance, can't I teach this slightly silly Kommo-o too!

It's all the same!

Seeing the move disc taken away by Garchomp, Champion Zhulan smiled:

"In that case, I'll leave Kommo-o's training plan for the next few days to you, Garchomp."

"Garchomp!"

Garchomp nodded like a pounding pestle and brought Kommo-o directly to the TV in the living room.

I want to improve so badly!

Seeing this scene, Qingyu could only sigh:

"So, a Champion's team can learn autonomously even without a trainer..."

"So self-disciplined!"

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