The dream of becoming a Pokémon master

After answering a question, Professor Oak moved his chair back to his computer and continued working.

Kyosuke stood quietly to the side, processing what had just been said.

By the time Kyosuke came to his senses and wanted to ask another question, the professor had already stood up.

"The Q&A session this morning is over," the professor said to Kyosuke, stretching.

"Huh? Sigh..." Kyosuke said, a little annoyed.

"However, the 'morning' Q&A session is over, which means there's still the afternoon session, and tomorrow's session, right? Hehehe, Doctor, you underestimate my stamina."

As Professor Oak left the storage room, Kyosuke chuckled.

Professor Oak shivered.

After lunch, Professor Oak, being an elderly person, took a nap, while Kyosuke, being a young person, had to go outside to train the Pokémon.

As soon as Professor Oak woke up, Kyosuke immediately ran to his side, excitedly asking, "Professor, what should I do this afternoon? Leave it all to me, I'll take care of it in no time!"

Professor Oak rolled his eyes at Kyosuke: "This afternoon is Pokémon research. What can you do? Turn into a Pokémon?"

"What can I do... help retrieve the Pokémon...?" Kyosuke felt like he had lost his faith.

"But since you're here, let's check your Pokémon this afternoon," Professor Oak said reluctantly.

"Alright!" Kyosuke is back to life!

Following the doctor, we arrived at the ball storage room, where, after some operation, the equipment was turned on.

"Let's proceed in the same order as before." After setting up the equipment, Professor Oak said to Kyosuke.

Kyosuke nodded and threw a Poké Ball: "First up, Medium Flame!"

Charmander roared excitedly as it emerged, but then realized there were no enemies and stared blankly at Kyosuke.

"Ahem, the reason I called you out this time is to assist the professor's research, not for fighting." Kyosuke was also a little embarrassed. Before, he only thought about Charizard when fighting, except for eating and sleeping. He had never done or been introduced to these kinds of physical examinations.

"Anyway, just do as the professor asks!" Kyosuke said, and Charizard didn't dare to do anything wrong. It was about to go out for training, so it said goodbye to the professor, "Then, Professor, I'll be going out now."

The professor stopped Kyosuke: "Kyosuke, don't go either. Come with me and do research."

"I can't," Kyosuke said helplessly.

His knowledge of Pokémon comes from the internet and watching TV. Although he knows a lot, much of it is just imaginative speculation, and he doesn't really understand the actual knowledge, since Kyosuke has never attended any related schools.

"That's why you need tutoring, precisely because you don't know how." Professor Oak didn't care about any of that, simply grabbed another stool and placed it beside him, saying nothing more, but the meaning was clear.

Professor Oak had a very high opinion of Kyosuke. Although his personality was a bit eccentric and he seemed to have some social anxiety, his love for Pokémon was a sincerity Professor Oak had rarely seen in all these years. While Ash's feelings for Pokémon were no less than Kyosuke's, in other aspects, Kyosuke simply couldn't compare.

From the few phone calls they made, Professor Oak sensed that Kyosuke had his own unique insights into Pokémon. In academic circles, these immature, or even strange, ideas might cause a great stir.

Although Professor Oak knows that Kyosuke has the potential to become a Pokémon Master, he also hopes that Kyosuke can make achievements as a scholar.

"Kyosuke, a Pokémon Master from Pallet Town, is also a PhD in Pokémon research!" Professor Oak was a little excited just thinking about it.

As for personality flaws? Isn't it normal for a scholar to have personality flaws?

Looking at Kyosuke sitting down quietly, Professor Oak smiled with satisfaction: the plan worked.

"Charmeleon, lie down here," the professor said, pointing to the scanner.

Charmander looked at Kyosuke, who nodded, and he reluctantly lay down.

The scanner started working normally, and Professor Oak also began operating it as usual. His eyes fixed on the screen, he casually asked, "Kyosuke, as Charmeleon's trainer, how much do you know about Charmeleon?"

Kyosuke, who had been pretending to be engrossed in watching the screen, subconsciously answered Professor Oak's question: "Charmeleon, a fire-type Pokémon, the evolution of Charmander, which evolves into its final form Charizard at level 36. Although I still don't know how to tell a Pokémon's level."

After making a comment, Kyosuke came to his senses and continued to add his knowledge: "It likes spicy food, dislikes damp places, and doesn't like its tail dragging on the ground, probably because it's afraid of extinguishing the flames. It has a gentle personality (Charmeleon glared at Kyosuke), but I heard that it will change a lot after evolving. After all, once it gets a Flying type, it wants to fly. I heard there have been cases of Charizard killing its trainer."

Professor Oak was surprised, but his expression remained unchanged: "Yes, your summary is very good, especially the part about the personality change when Charmeleon evolves into Charizard, which many people don't know. In some ways, among Squirtle, Bulbasaur, and Charmander, Charmander is the most difficult. However, you're wrong about one thing. The incident of Charizard turning against its trainer happened decades ago; that was just Charizard not recognizing its trainer. After so many years of artificial breeding, even if Charmander, as a starter Pokémon, evolves into Charizard, it won't do such a terrifying thing anymore. At most, it will just disobey its trainer's commands. So, do you know why Charmeleon can use fire-type moves?"

Kyosuke was confused: "Isn't it common knowledge that Fire-type Pokémon can use Fire-type moves?"

"How are flames produced in everyday life? Combustible materials react with oxygen. So how do Pokémon produce flames?" Professor Oak chatted, but his hands remained completely still.

Yes, since they are all creatures of this world, there must be a reason why they use skills!

So, why does Charmeleon use Fire-type moves?

Store flames inside the body and then unleash them? No, flames shouldn't be able to be stored.

It merely serves as an ignition point, setting off flames in the air? This doesn't explain why some are more powerful than others.

Is it a flamethrower-like structure? Or a flint and steel?

"Doctor, just tell me the reason! I really can't figure it out." Every guess has a lot of reasons to refute it, and Kyosuke really can't understand it.

"The reason? I don't know either!" Professor Oak replied.