Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 128 Ranch Power Outage

Just as Squirtle unleashed its Power Punch, Lawson returned with the [Dark Strike Weakness] manual. He had also witnessed Squirtle's earlier attack and confirmed:

"It is indeed a strengthening punch. This move involves the application of essence, energy and spirit, so it is generally not wrong."

"Your Squirtle does have good talent in Fighting-type moves. However... it can only learn a few Fighting-type moves, so its future development is destined to be limited. How did you come up with the idea of ​​making Fighting its main type?"

That's not necessarily true. After all, Urshifu has the attributes of Water and Fighting. How do you know that the path Squirtle is taking will inevitably limit its future development?

Su Yu thought to himself.

However, the reason Squirtle chose this path was ultimately its own decision. Therefore, Su Yu replied:

"Because Squirtle likes it."

Upon hearing this, Luo Sheng shook his head helplessly. Well, there really isn't much to say.

Respecting the opinions of Pokémon is also a choice made by some trainers, so Luo Sheng naturally wouldn't speak out on such matters casually.

He handed Su Yu a copy of the "Ambush on Vital Points" manual and explained to Su Yu a few points that needed attention in the manual.

Then he gave the instructions:

"Because this secret manual was given to me by my friend, strictly speaking, it cannot be shared with others. You should keep it to yourself and not show it to outsiders."

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded and replied:

"OK."

After accepting the manual, Su Yu immediately prepared to leave.

Seeing this, Luo Sheng said:

"Are you leaving so soon? Aren't you going to stay at the gym and look around a bit more?"

"You left in a bit of a rush last time, and I didn't have time to show you the whole gym. We recently installed a brand new gravity chamber in the gym; would you like to bring your Pokémon to try it out?"

Gravity chamber?

Su Yu looked at Luo Sheng in confusion, "Why did you install this?"

Luo Sheng then explained:

"It's for the assessment to upgrade to a Level 2 Gym. To upgrade to Level 2 Gym, it's not just that the Gym Leader needs to be strong enough; the completeness of the facilities within the Gym is also one of the assessment criteria."

"Basic facilities like gravity chambers are a must-have for Fighting-type gyms. Besides that, I'm also thinking... should we install a Cryo gym to help hone one's willpower?"

Upon hearing this, Su Yu nodded, feeling enlightened. He hadn't expected that building a dojo would involve so many considerations.

Then, Su Yu looked at the tropical dragon with an inquiring gaze and asked it if it was interested in the gravity chamber.

"Hey~"

Tropical dragons were naturally willing to give it a try.

Seeing this, Su Yu had no choice but to ask Luo Sheng to lead the way.

Upon arriving at the gravity chamber... looking at this enormous gravity device, the space inside was large enough to hold two tropical dragons.

If it were a normal-sized Fighting-type Pokémon, it might be able to fit a dozen or so.

"Such a large gravity chamber must have cost a lot of money..."

The price might start at tens of millions.

As Tropical Dragon went inside, a gym apprentice nearby turned on the gravity switch.

Gravity gradually increased, and at first, the tropical dragon felt that everything was normal.

Gradually, it began to feel the sluggishness. This discomfort caused it to flap its wings and take flight, trying to alleviate the sluggishness in this way.

However, as gravity increases again, the height that tropical dragons can fly at is constantly decreasing.

Seeing this, Su Yu didn't know why he became nervous, as if he really didn't want to see the tropical dragon being pressed to the ground.

The tropical dragon naturally didn't want to see that happen either. It kept flapping its wings, stirring up gusts of wind, and tried its best to increase its height even further.

Then, under even stronger gravity, it was gradually pressed towards the ground.

However, before the tropical dragon was completely pressed back to the ground, a sound suddenly came from the control platform in the gravity chamber.

The dojo apprentice operating the gravity device also leaned out to indicate that the gravity chamber had reached its set limit and could not be increased any further.

Upon hearing this, Su Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the tropical dragon, after adapting to the gravity inside, also flew out.

"Seems like it's actually quite fun?"

I'll buy one of these gravity chambers sometime and bring it home for my little sheep to play with.

Su Yu thought to himself.

Luo Sheng, who was standing to the side, was also lost in thought as he watched this scene.

So it seems... this tropical dragon that picks up and drops off Squirtle every day is also at the gym level?

The strongest gravity this gravity chamber can produce is generally used for training professional-level Fighting-type Pokémon. Tropius maintaining flight under this gravity is significantly more difficult than normal training.

"As expected, Su Yu has more than one Gym Leader-level Pokémon."

Yang Wen really kept this from me for a long time. She even asked me to look after Su Yu? Pshaw!

Next time we meet, I'm going to make you pay dearly for deceiving your old friend like this.

……

We lingered at the gym for a while with the tropical dragon.

In the end, Su Yu returned to the ranch with Squirtle.

By this time, Zheng Ya and her classmates had already left.

Back at the ranch, Squirtle immediately resumed practicing its Fighting-type moves.

Su Yu glanced at the time, and just as he was about to prepare dinner, suddenly all the lights in the room went out.

Seeing this, Su Yu said in astonishment:

"What's going on? The power's out?"

After confirming with Yang Hao via message, Su Yu dejectedly put down his phone and said:

"There was definitely a power outage."

Fortunately, Su Yu had previously purchased a power storage device, which he had been using to power the fish pond. At least some electricity was still remaining in it.

After taking Squirtle with him to bring back the battery storage device, Su Yu returned to the house and continued cooking dinner.

Even after they finished dinner, the power had not been restored to the ranch.

Seeing this, Su Yu found a flashlight in the hut and shone it on his way to the orchard.

At this moment in the orchard, the Oddish grasses, having slept well during the day, were just beginning to prepare for their activities. Seeing someone arrive, the Oddish grasses looked at Su Yu curiously.

Su Yu explained that he was just out inspecting the ranch and happened to come and check on the animals.

"Speaking of which, although we took in these Oddish plants to make perfume and protect the orchard, it seems that their fighting ability is not very strong."

Although Grass-type Pokémon are easy to raise, you still need to spend resources on them to train them well.

These walking grasslands were chased around by various Pokémon when they were in the forest, and their combat strength didn't seem to be very strong.

"I'll buy some special fertilizer another day and see if it can help them learn tricks like poison powder."

When talking about Oddish, one cannot help but mention the various powder moves it can learn.

Putting aside everything else, Oddish can learn all the powder moves like poison powder, paralysis powder, and hypnotic powder, which is enough to prove the high caliber of the first generation of powder masters in the Oddish clan.

If you learn these three powder moves, you won't be able to roam freely in the forest, but at least few Pokémon will dare to mess with Oddish or similar Pokémon.

After inspecting the orchard, Su Yu then went to Moon Lake and the duck shed.

The Gracidia flowers are growing well, and the fishpond is now ready to provide a stable supply of fish to the restaurant.

As for the duck shed...

Before raising ducks, Su Yu had consulted Uncle Yang. Uncle Yang said that ducks usually start laying eggs about four months after they are born.

Su Yu has only been raising these ducks for less than two months, which means it will be a long time before they start laying eggs.

"I wonder if feeding them green onions will speed up their growth."

Su Yu thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)