Pokémon: Starting with a Pokémon Ranch.

Chapter 75 Fruit Milk Jelly

"You've learned the air slash technique?"

Hearing what the caterpillar said, Su Yu asked in surprise.

He remembered that Caterpie's Air Slash was almost entirely self-taught, and he only occasionally asked Tropius for advice while learning the move.

"Hiss hiss~!" Upon hearing this, the caterpillar nodded proudly.

For a caterpillar like it, mastering Flying-type energy is indeed quite difficult. Even with the system template's ability to modify moves, which is like a move cheat, it can learn almost all moves.

However, learning how to perform an air slash is not an easy process.

After all, that energy completely counters its own. For a Bug-type Pokémon like Caterpie, Flying-type energy is like a natural enemy.

The most complex part of the entire self-learning process was sensing and mastering flight-type energy. Fortunately, after a long time, Caterpie finally learned it.

Su Yu fell into deep thought upon hearing this.

In his vision, learning to master Flying-type and Dragon-type energy are two processes that Caterpie must go through.

After all, Rayquaza, the dragon of the sky, is of the dragon and flying attributes.

Among these, mastering Flying-type energy is the most important. This is related to Rayquaza's powers and characteristics; as a sky dragon, it naturally has a close relationship with Flying-types.

In particular, its unique feature, the "airlock," represents Rayquaza's absolute mastery over the realm of the sky.

According to Su Yu, Rayquaza's signature move, "Dragon's Eye," is Rayquaza's unique understanding of the fusion of Dragon-type and Flying-type energy.

That's why Su Yu deliberately added a strange "Air Slash" move when giving advice to Caterpie.

This suggestion from Su Yu was made only after Tropius, a Flying-type Pokémon, was already on the ranch. At least when Caterpie couldn't do something, Tropius could help guide it.

As for Dragon-type Pokémon that can guide Caterpie in Dragon-type moves... Su Yu's ranch doesn't have a single one yet, so there's nowhere for Caterpie to learn if Su Yu wants to.

Perhaps, Su Yu will only have a chance when he encounters a Dragon-type trainer or a Dragon-type Pokémon in the future.

"In that case, try learning the [Flying] and [Tailwind] techniques."

If you teach Caterpie Air Slash, the difficulty should be reduced considerably if you teach it these two moves.

The most important of these is the Flying move, because it's a very important and special move. If Caterpie could learn this move... then it would be able to fly!

In the game, flying is a move that allows game characters to move quickly, enabling them to travel freely between cities.

This move can actually be used to fly.

As for the move "Tailwind," it's simply used to enhance Caterpie's proficiency in Flying-type moves. Su Yu remembered that Caterpie's evolved form, Butterfree, could learn this move.

"Oh, right, there's also 100,000 volts, you can try that too."

Su Yu suddenly remembered that his Caterpie seemed to have a talent for Electric-type moves.

Caterpie's use of the electric net was truly masterful. Building on that, learning Thunderbolt shouldn't be too difficult for Caterpie.

One must eat one bite at a time, and Caterpie still has a long way to go before it can evolve into Rayquaza. Currently, Caterpie is still worlds apart from Rayquaza, like a grain of rice compared to the brilliance of the sun and moon.

Therefore, sometimes it is quite necessary to learn some other techniques to enhance one's own strength.

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After returning to the cabin.

After Wooloo evolved last night, it seems like the whole Pokémon community has become quite proud.

At this moment, it was telling Growlithe and Farfetch'd about the various changes brought about by evolution, which made Growlithe eager to participate.

However, both of these Pokémon seem to be still some distance from evolving. Especially Growlithe, which hasn't accumulated enough power yet to evolve into Arcanine.

Once Growlithe has accumulated enough resources, Su Yu will have to take it back to Officer Jenny's family.

Previously, Yang Wen's cousin had specifically instructed that each Growlithe in the family must go back to its ancestral home before evolving, which seemed to be a custom of the Officer Jenny family.

Just as the woolly horned sheep was talking non-stop, the tropical dragon and its mount, the little sheep, returned.

After a busy day, the tropical dragon finally cleared most of the snow from the ranch. Meanwhile, the little sheep used "Grassy Ground" to dig a large pit big enough to hold all the snow.

This crater was only just big enough because the tropical dragon used its "Blow Away" move to compact the snow. Otherwise, who knows how big the crater would have had to be.

Seeing this, Su Yu said:

"Thank you for your hard work. We'll have a big meal tonight as usual. You're so busy on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so you should eat well."

"Meow~!" Hearing that there would be delicious food again tonight, the little sheep mount nodded excitedly.

Tropius wasn't interested in these things; it shared a similar taste with Alcremie, both Pokémon having a particular fondness for sweets. Tropius wasn't interested in anything other than sweets.

"Of course, there are desserts too," Su Yu said with a smile.

"Huh~?" Upon hearing this, the tropical dragon looked over, appearing quite interested.

It is said that tropical dragons grew fruit on their necks because they loved eating sweet tree fruits so much.

Seeing the tropical dragon's enormous reaction, Su Yu's expression turned serious. It seemed... he would have to use his real skills to make this dessert...

Immediately, Su Yu took out MooMoo fresh milk, sugar, tree fruits, and other ingredients, and carefully made a fruit milk jelly. When making this dessert, Su Yu used a lot of oranges and mangoes to increase its sweetness.

After refrigerating the fruit milk jelly for a while, Su Yu took it out. To his surprise, the dish had a special effect.

"Fruit Milk Jelly: A delicate dessert made with MooMoo fresh milk and various tree fruits, created as the maker's understanding of desserts deepens."

"After consumption, it can restore the user's physical strength and grant the user a special effect [shrinkage] according to their wishes, effective for 18 hours."

Ignoring the system's seemingly pleased comment, Su Yu looked at the results. Shrink?

This was originally a Pokémon move, usable only by a very few Pokémon. And it seems that even ordinary Pokémon can shrink after eating this dish.

The most suitable recipient of the dessert that Su Yu had in mind was a tropical dragon. Because of its enormous size, the tropical dragon couldn't even enter the hut and had to stay outside every day.

Tropical dragons are not even allowed to enter the mall; their excessive size has always been a problem for them.

Su Yu could almost imagine how happy the tropical dragon would be to learn that its size could be shrunk.

He immediately took the fruit and milk jelly and went outside.

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(End of this chapter)