Chapter 28: Does Not Die Bare Hands
Eleanor Vance was incredibly excited when she saw that the popularity had returned. She couldn't wait to find Arthur and ask him to log into Star Blog to post something. But when she came to the room next door and knocked on the door, she found that Arthur hadn't returned to the hotel yet.
"I'm training Froakie at a nearby Pokémon training center. I won't be back for dinner tonight, Eleanor. Please eat first."
This was the reply she got after sending a message on WeChat.
Seeing this message, Eleanor Vance calmed down a lot.
As her emotions cooled down, she even felt a little guilty.
She had initially said she would support Arthur in becoming a trainer, but in reality, she had never taken Arthur to a Pokémon training center, a place that trainers often needed to visit.
Instead, this kid had found this training ground, which specialized in battling Pokémon, on his own.
She also told Arthur about the video on WeChat, but Arthur's reaction was as calm as ever.
"Oh, I know about that. A girl added me on WeChat on the last day of the preliminary selection and said she wanted to make a video for me. I also sent her some of my live stream recordings."
Eleanor Vance thought for a moment and sent a voice message, "Remember to thank that girl later, her video helped increase your popularity a lot."
Arthur's reply came quickly, just a brief one-second voice message.
"Okay, Eleanor."
As expected, it's that kid's style - Eleanor Vance listened to the voice message on WeChat and couldn't help but smile wryly.
He's clearly an internet celebrity, but he doesn't care at all about things like traffic, popularity, and fame.
Now she, the manager, was so excited, but the main character's response was just those formulaic four words.
She believed that Arthur would go thank the girl, that kid always kept his promises.
But similarly, she was even more convinced that that kid didn't care at all whether he became popular again because of it.
It's hard to imagine that a fifteen-year-old would have no strong desire to be famous or to show off, so Buddhist-like as an old man who has seen through the world.
At this moment, Eleanor Vance suddenly realized that this might be the reason why that kid could break everyone's expectations and miraculously rush headlong into the main competition in just one month.
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At the same time, in a large Pokémon training center somewhere in the city, Arthur calmly put down his phone.
Just as Eleanor Vance guessed, he didn't care about the video.
He was currently using the center's modern equipment to do intensive training with Froakie.
Nearby, a noisy Rotom kept mocking him for being an appliance idiot, and he couldn't even talk back.
Pokémon training centers were places that didn't exist in his era. He was encountering many of these high-tech training devices for the first time. He had to admit that some of them were things he really didn't know how to use.
Human technology had made great strides in the two hundred years since his time, especially the Pokémon-related industry, which had developed rapidly and was an eye-opener for Arthur.
For example, the Pokémon beside him: Rotom.
Arthur had seen this kind of Pokémon before. It's a small Pokémon with a teardrop-shaped body surrounded by electric arcs, and its type is Electric and Ghost.
In his era, Rotom was just an unpopular Pokémon that mainly lived in areas with frequent thunderstorms, attracting little attention and rarely seen in the human world.
But now, he learned for the first time: Rotom Pokémon can possess man-made appliances, and after possessing them, they can freely transform into various forms and even freely manipulate the appliances to a certain extent.
It was the reconciliation between humans and Pokémon that allowed this kind of Pokémon to enter human society in large numbers.
At the same time, it was the progress of human technology that created a wide variety of advanced appliances that this kind of Pokémon could possess.
These conditions were all lacking in the era Arthur lived in.
So it was normal that he had never seen them.
But this also led to the fact that when Rotom mocked him for being ignorant, he couldn't even argue...
Fortunately, while being mischievous and sharp-tongued, the Rotom here had professional ethics.
Don't underestimate them, they are also employees of this training center.
After laughing, Rotom also explained the usage of several pieces of equipment to Arthur.
"This is a Dark-type energy generator. Pressing this button on the remote control will generate Dark-type energy around the ball, which can be used to train the Pokémon's related skills. At the same time, this ball has good toughness, so the most common method is to have the Pokémon hold this ball in its mouth to practice the Dark-type Bite and Crunch."
It has to be said that technological progress has indeed brought about many miracles and conveniences.
Arthur weighed the tennis-ball-sized generator in his hand and couldn't help but sigh at the greatness of the new era's technology.
The technology to generate Pokémon energy by technological means was completely unimaginable in the era he lived in.
Back then, when he trained his Arcanine to use the Crunch move, there was no equipment to help. He could only have Arcanine gnaw on wooden stakes every day. It was inefficient and often injured the Pokémon's mouth.
Thinking about it this way, the dogs of the new era were really lucky. They could train efficiently by just wearing a muzzle.
But today he wasn't here to train Froakie's teeth.
His goal was another Dark-type move: Thief!
The move effect is very simple: pick up anything at hand and throw it out, while adding Dark-type energy to the object to increase its power.
It's roughly: Froakie doesn't die from bare hands!
This move can greatly supplement Froakie's currently lacking long-range attack methods.
At the same time, practicing this throwing technique can also lay a good foundation for Froakie's shuriken skills, so that he can better master his signature move after evolving into Greninja: Water Shuriken!
As a Heavenly King, even though Arthur had never trained a Greninja himself, he had heard about this Pokémon's signature move.
Almost every Greninja can use "Water Shuriken," just like almost every Scyther can use "Fury Cutter." It's their signature move.
And "Thief" can be considered a precursor skill to "Water Shuriken" to some extent, so it was naturally better to practice it sooner.
So Arthur threw the generator in his hand to the ready Froakie.
"Alright, let's start!"
"Ribbit!"
Froakie gave a very energetic reply.
Training had just started, and he was still full of vigor at this moment.
"Alright, let's start. Try to get used to the energy in your hands as much as possible, and then concentrate on throwing it at the target in front of you."
While speaking, Arthur pressed the switch on the remote control in his hand.
The ball in Froakie's hands immediately turned pitch-black, and even exuded a flocculent black mist.
"Croak!"
At that moment, Froakie couldn't help but cry out in discomfort.
Dark-type moves, in general, are not easy to learn, because Dark-type energy, just like the name of the type, is not pleasant to touch at all.
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