Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 117 Are you interested in opening a dojo?

On the battlefield, after Su Yu commanded the use of the Grass Field, it was clear that...

The little sheep immediately began its summoning, and a large amount of grass-type energy surged from its body and flowed into the ground.

One by one, thick, ferocious plants sprouted from the soil at the call of the little lamb mount. They grew around the master weasel, trapping it firmly within them.

It looked as if a bunch of crazy tentacles had surrounded a Pokémon.

Moreover, these ferocious plants are very strong. When Master Itachi used the Tile-Splitting Technique to cut them, he could only leave a small gap.

Such a small wound was completely healed by the slightest movement of the ferocious plant. These plants were born from grass-type energy, and as long as grass-type energy was present, they could recover quickly.

This is completely different from the scene just now where the little sheep and the master weasel were playfully fighting.

Luo Sheng hadn't expected Su Yu's little sheep to perform like this, and upon seeing this, he secretly marveled:

"This little sheep mount is so strong, its strength must have reached the level of a gymnastics gymnast, right? In fact, it's not just an ordinary gymnastics gymnast."

"With this level of strength, he's already capable of opening his own dojo. That Yang Wen guy even said her cousin's strength was still weak and asked me to look after him. What's there to look after? He's almost stronger than me, what's there to look after? Are you just making fun of me?"

However, Luo Sheng had actually misunderstood Yang Wen. After all, Yang Wen had instructed Luo Sheng to take care of Su Yu more than a month ago. At that time, Su Yu's main force consisted of only one tropical dragon.

Back then, Su Yu was definitely weak in front of Luo Sheng. Yang Wen never expected that in just over a month, Su Yu would have grown to this level.

Seeing that his master, Itachi, was completely trapped inside the "mad plant," Luo Sheng gave the order:

"Try a flying knee kick!"

Flying Kick, a Fighting-type move with a power of 130 in the game, is arguably one of the most powerful moves that Fighting-type Pokémon can master.

Upon hearing this, Master Itachi nodded and, after using the Brick Breaking Technique to cleave away the ferocious plants that were entangled around him, leaped high into the air and unleashed a Flying Knee Kick.

The power of this attack was immense; it pierced through the wall formed by three or four layers of ferocious plants and broke out of their encirclement.

However, this doesn't mean much to the little sheep mount. If the ferocious plant is smashed, it can simply be summoned again; it's no big deal.

"It seems that the current mount, the little sheep, is invincible against gym-level opponents, at least for the four minutes it lasts on the grassy field."

"Unless the opponent's Pokémon can directly attack and target the Eyjafjalla, they should be unable to do anything to it for the next four minutes."

"But once four minutes have passed, the little lamb mount loses all its strength and is completely helpless. In this respect, it's as short-lived as a certain light..."

Su Yu thought to himself.

However, this might be because the master itch wasn't strong enough. Su Yu didn't know how strong those top gym-level Pokémon could be.

Perhaps, for them, breaking through the wall formed by the ferocious plants would be a piece of cake?

Having fought to this extent, the strength of the little sheep mount had been tested sufficiently. Seeing this, Su Yu quickly told the little sheep mount to stop to conserve some mana.

Seeing this, Luo Sheng also put away his master Itachi, walked up to Su Yu, and said with a smile:

"Young man, you're quite strong. With just this little sheep mount, you can already defeat most gym-level opponents."

"Are you interested in opening your own dojo someday?"

Do you want to open your own dojo?

Su Yu remembered that it required three Gym Leader level Pokémon to open, right?

However, the Pokémon he has, such as his mount, Eyjafjalla, can only be considered pseudo-Gym level. They can only maintain Gym level combat power for four minutes, which is not true Gym level at all.

The battle had lasted less than four minutes, so Luo Sheng was unaware of the true situation.

However, Su Yu also became somewhat interested in opening a dojo. When he was young, he had dreamed of opening his own dojo and waiting for challengers to come and challenge him every day.

So Su Yu asked Luo Sheng a lot of questions about opening a dojo, and Luo Sheng was very happy to answer them.

The two had a friendly conversation for a long time, and finally, Luo Sheng said that he had to go back to continue teaching his apprentices, which stopped them.

However, Su Yu also stayed behind to audit one of Luo Sheng's classes with the apprentices. Luo Sheng was, after all, a gym leader who had grown up on his own, and his insights into Pokémon were indeed very profound, from which Su Yu learned a great deal.

Finally, Su Yu also rode a tropical dragon and left the gym.

As they left, Squirtle rode on Tropius's neck, glanced back, and seemed to have memorized the location of the gym.

……

……

We returned to the ranch.

Su Yu first went to get some grass cakes to replenish the energy of his little sheep mount.

Afterwards, he fed the Magikarp and the Feebas.

In today's feed, Su Yu added some energy cubes that he had just bought in town that were suitable for Water-type Pokémon.

These energy cubes are blue in color. After being sprinkled into the fish tank, Magikarp and Feebas swam over and ate the food.

"Why do I feel like... Uglyfish's eyes are much more lively than when I first caught them a few days ago?"

While feeding him, Su Yu asked in confusion.

Pokémon also have a period of confusion; they are not necessarily born with independent self-awareness.

Just like human infancy.

This is even more common with wild Pokémon. Some wild Pokémon may live their entire lives without ever developing intelligence.

Yes... I'm talking about Magikarp, the most typical example in Pokémon.

Seeing that Feebas seemed to be showing signs of intelligence, Su Yu glanced at Magikarp and couldn't help but sigh, "..."

"Why does this Magikarp still look so silly? It hasn't changed much at all."

"Is there any chance it will evolve into Gyarados like this?"

Damn it, Magikarp, where is your anger? Where is your salty rage?

Getting Magikarp to evolve is indeed no less difficult than a scientific research project. No wonder Magikarp is so common, yet only a very few can evolve into Gyarados.

"Perhaps we should give Magikarp a 'Kick of Evolution'?"

Su Yu looked at his feet and said this.

Just as Su Yu was pondering how to evolve Magikarp, Squirtle approached him once again.

After hearing Squirtle's request, Su Yu snapped out of his reverie, nodded, and said:

"Oh, you want the dish I promised to make for you? Sorry, I've been so busy these past few days that I forgot."

"Wait here, I'll go and think about it and see if I can make it for you."

With that, Su Yu headed towards the kitchen.

(End of this chapter)