Pokémon: Reborn as Lucario

Chapter 133: Next Stop, Yuanqi City

Early this morning, Xiao Yu and her three Pokémon excitedly ran to the hotel.

"Rio, Ruru, Big Sister Xiao Zhao, I've come to play with you!"

The little kid shouted before even entering the room.

However, what met her eyes was a group of people (and Pokémon) who had already packed their luggage and were ready to depart.

Xiao Yu grabbed Míng Rìzhào's hand, looking quite reluctant to see them go.

"We've gotten the badge, so it's time to start a new journey," Míng Rìzhào squatted down and said with a smile, patting Xiao Yu's head. "I'll come back to play with you when I have the chance, Xiao Yu."

"Then let's pinky swear."

"Okay."

While the big girl and the little girl were making their reluctant promises here, over there, Plusle and Minun were also sadly pulling on Rio. "(Pokémon Language) Are you leaving too, Rio?"

"I'm a Pokémon destined to walk the Champion Road. How can I just stop here?"

Rio cockily placed his hands on his hips and said boastfully.

"Besides, we're bound to meet again if it's meant to be."

Plusle nodded in conviction. After all, the brave battle performance of this Pokémon before it had just been displayed a few days ago.

"(Pokémon Language) Then it's a promise. You have to come back and play with us."

Minun and Electrike nodded in agreement.

Rio also patted their heads.

"Alright, I know. Let's say our final goodbyes."

Rio opened his arms, wanting to give the few Pokémon a hug to express a friendly farewell.

However, he forgot that these two electric rabbits, Plusle and Minun, when expressing friendship, would...

"Hey, wait, you two, don't press your cheeks against me! Don't rub! You're leaking electricity... Ugh, ahhhh..."

In the end, under the embarrassed gazes of the three electric Pokémon, Rio, dragging his numb body, limped onto Míng Rìzhào's maglev motorcycle, and then waved goodbye to Zidian City.

This maglev motorcycle was a custom model gifted to Míng Rìzhào by the motorcycle dealership after they learned that she had stepped forward to resolve the great crisis in Verdant Leaf City. And thanks to this newly acquired motorcycle, Míng Rìzhào no longer needed to take long-distance buses to her next destination city but could personally drive the motorcycle and enjoy the scenery along the way.

Since the difficulty of riding a maglev motorcycle was far lower than that of the previous clumsy two-wheeled one (when returning the two-wheeled motorcycle to Miss Misa, the three little ones didn't even dare to look directly at Miss Misa's heartbroken eyes), Míng Rìzhào could ride it steadily by herself. As for Ruru, because she didn't particularly like riding on vehicles, she had returned to her Poké Ball. This left only a single Riolu on the back seat, looking around left and right with great interest.

"Where are we going next?"

Rio poked Míng Rìzhào's waist and asked loudly.

He had to be loud. After all, the motorcycle was quite fast, so the sound of the wind rushing past was also particularly noisy.

"To Yuanqi City, to see if we can find some new companions."

The girl's voice came from the front of the motorcycle.

In the Pokémon world, there was no rule on the maximum number of Pokémon a trainer could capture. However, when trainers traveled and battled, there were strict regulations on the number of Pokémon. Generally speaking, a trainer could not carry more than six Pokémon on their person. It was said that this rule was established to prevent trainers from endlessly summoning Pokémon during battles.

Therefore, for many trainers, how to cultivate and combine their own Pokémon team was also a very important part.

As for any extra captured Pokémon, they could be sent, along with their Poké Balls, to a designated ranch for care via the Pokémon Center's unique Pokémon Transfer System. The designated ranch could be a private Pokémon ranch or a free ranch provided by the League. After a Pokémon is sent to a ranch, it will be cared for by private or League Pokémon breeders. And before a battle, trainers can also re-acquire the Pokémon they want from the Pokémon Transfer System to add to their team.

The Pokémon Transfer System was truly a great invention that benefited the entire Pokémon world.

Being able to convert a living creature into data and then transmit it was truly black technology.

"Yuanqi City, I think I've heard someone mention it... A new companion, huh? I'm quite looking forward to it."

Rio thought to himself.

However, the daily growing Ruru, and the new companion who was about to join, still made Rio feel a little anxious.

"No matter what, I have to evolve soon, otherwise my strength will not be able to keep up..."

Rio's strength improvement had already begun to slow down. Not long ago, he had defeated the strong enemy Manectric, yet it wasn't even enough to raise his level by one. If this continued, let alone defeating those legendary Pokémon and standing at the top of the world, he didn't even know if he could beat his own teammates. After all, in the end, whether in the human world or the Pokémon world, strength was what commanded respect.

Since leveling up was no longer as easy as before, Rio decided to find other ways.

"The 'Battle Progress' in the [Pokédex] has completed another stage. Let me see what the reward is..."

Opening the [Backpack], besides the new travel items that had been stuffed in by Míng Rìzhào and Ruru, there was a new item that made his eyes pop.

"A Rare Candy!"

This item, as its name suggested, was a candy with magical abilities. Rio, being familiar with the information from the games of his previous life, naturally knew its effect—very simple and crude, it directly raised a Pokémon's level by one. Whether it was a low-level Pokémon or a high-level Pokémon, as long as it ate this candy, it could easily level up.

Furthermore, this magical item was also very rare in the games of his previous life, and the methods to obtain it were also rather special. After all, in the eyes of the game designers, an item that could break the game's mechanics should definitely be as scarce as possible.

But for the current Rio, it was undoubtedly like a pillow being delivered when he was sleepy.

Although there was only one "Rare Candy."

Rio happily took out the candy from his [Backpack] and was just about to pop it into his mouth.

He suddenly remembered something.

"Wait, I defeated Manectric before. Although I didn't level up, I should have gained a lot of experience. If I eat it at this time, doesn't that mean I'm using very little experience in exchange for this 'Rare Candy'? That's not a good deal!"

After all, the effect of a "Rare Candy" was to raise the level by one, regardless of whether the current level's experience was at its lowest value or about to level up.

Thinking of this, Rio forcefully resisted and put the "Rare Candy" back into the [Backpack].

"Endure it. It will be better to eat it after leveling up. It's rare to obtain such an item; I can't just waste it like this."

Rio continued to check his light screen.

The "Rare Candy" was the first reward he obtained. As for the second, it was the [Iron Tail] TM he received after completing the "Obtain a Badge" quest.

However.

"How the heck do I use this thing???"

Rio was completely puzzled.

He held a thing that looked like a round disc in his hand, looking completely baffled.

"Can't eat it, and there's nothing to watch." Rio examined this so-called TM from top to bottom. "Do I have to break it, and then I'll be able to learn this move... But it doesn't feel like that's how it's supposed to work..."

Rio fell into deep thought. Míng Rìzhào was also concentrating on driving the motorcycle. For a moment, they were both silent.

The maglev motorcycle carried them through a forest path, across a bridge, and finally stopped in front of a lake.

"Alright, let's take a rest. We'll camp here for today."

During a journey, besides seeing the sights of the city, enjoying the scenery of the wild was also a very important part of the adventure.

Míng Rìzhào stopped the motorcycle, took off her helmet, and as she raised her hand to wipe her sweat, she found her little companion still sitting on the back seat with his head down, not moving.

"What's wrong, Rio?" Míng Rìzhào leaned over. "Huh, how do you have a TM in your hand?"

Rio was startled out of his deep thought.

"Ah, this... it was that person, yes, it was Uncle Wattson who secretly stuffed it to me."

It was really hard to explain the origin of this TM, so Rio decided to tell a lie to fudge it.

"Leaving aside the origin, do you know how to learn from this thing?"

And divert the topic while he was at it.

Míng Rìzhào's train of thought was also diverted by Rio. She didn't probe further as to why Wattson would privately stuff a TM to Rio.

She thought for a moment and said, seemingly a little unsure, "I remember it was mentioned in the academy's curriculum before, that you need to download some application to use it... Let me look for it."

As she spoke, she took out her phone and operated it for a bit.

"Ah, found it!"

The girl happily showed her phone to Rio. A new app named "Pokémon Move Tutor" had appeared on the phone's interface.

"Let me see the instructions... This software not only allows Pokémon to learn new moves through TMs, but it can also adjust move sets by making Pokémon forget some moves... Let's give it a try."

Rio was noncommittal and handed over the disc in his hand.

Míng Rìzhào tapped the disc with her phone. As if reading the information inside the disc through wireless induction, the move [Iron Tail] immediately appeared in the app.

Clicking to open it, what appeared was a very detailed instructional video on how to perform the Iron Tail move. Its level of detail was such that probably even a Psyduck or a Slowbro could easily learn it after watching.

Moreover, this instructional video was generic, which meant that besides Rio being able to learn this move, other Pokémon who were capable of learning this move could also learn it—after all, how could a Pokémon without a tail learn [Iron Tail]?

"So that's how it is."

Unexpected, yet within reason. Rio felt that a very puzzling question from his previous life had been resolved.

So that's why TMs looked like discs—because in the old days of his previous life, CD-ROM drives were used to read discs. Now, with high technology that could directly read the contents of a disc wirelessly, a device like a CD-ROM drive was no longer needed. It was just that out of habit, TMs had retained the appearance of a disc.

It was also Míng Rìzhào's first time using a TM, so the person and the Pokémon began to enthusiastically study how to learn [Iron Tail]. As for Ruru, who had no tail, she was busy setting up the tent on the side.

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