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Chapter 122 Superpowers are Freedom

After entering the house, Yi Shu acted completely at ease, even taking the initiative to ask Chen Mu, "Do you have any red wine here?"

After receiving a "no" reply, he clicked his tongue regretfully. "Then give me a cup of tea. I like black tea, preferably the latest seasonal brew from Manulife Manor."

Chen Mu could only express his regret and apology.

"No, I only have tea bags from the convenience store downstairs. Which of these two brands do you prefer?"

He took out two tea bags from different brands and showed them to Yishu.

Yishu's expression froze for a moment, and his noble demeanor shattered for a fleeting instant.

"Hehe, Adu mentioned to me that you are quite frugal, but I didn't believe it before I came."

It seems he believes it now, even though Ichiki didn't say it outright.

Chen Mu could only shrug helplessly.

Because he's really not rich. His sudden rise to fame only happened in the last few months. Before that, his economic situation could only be described as middle class.

After unexpectedly becoming a hit, they didn't immediately start live-streaming sales to solicit donations from their "family." Instead, they invested a lot of resources in the two Pokémon. It's normal for them to be temporarily strapped for cash.

Besides, this brand is already the most expensive in the convenience store downstairs, okay?

"I'm quite surprised. If you're short of money, why don't you just join Team Rocket? Sabrina can actually guide your Gardevoir's training. Although that woman has an eccentric personality, even I have to admit that her psychic talent is truly rare in this world. In a few years, her achievements may not be inferior to mine."

After sitting down and taking a sip of tea, Yishu casually asked.

Chen Mu thought for a moment and said, "It's probably because I encountered Crimson first in Viridian Forest a few months ago, instead of Sakaki."

Yishu laughed, "That's an interesting answer. You're quite honest."

Most other people would probably find some righteous excuse.

However, Yi Shu felt that Chen Mu's honest answer was more genuine.

As he spoke, Yishu put down his teacup, took out a box from his pocket, and pushed it toward Chen Mu.

"It seems A-Du's plan worked out by accident this time. Here, these are all for you, worth nearly 60 million in total. Our sincerity this time is no less than that of the Rockets, right?"

Chen Mu opened the box, and inside lay four skill discs.

This is one more than the three cards that A-Du agreed to yesterday when she was forced to surrender under the onslaught of the Hua Lan sisters.

Perhaps sensing his confusion, Ichiki explained, "The three cards are to thank you for saving Cerulean City, and the other one represents A-Du's personal friendship."

"Isn't this a bit inappropriate? It's far too expensive."

Despite saying that, Chen Mu still quickly picked up the instruction manual on the skill disc.

Yishu swirled his teacup, managing to make even the cheap tea bags from the convenience store taste like premium dry red wine.

"If you think it's valuable, that means that silly dragon has hit the nail on the head. Remember one thing: never be polite to those dragon riders. That family is full of rich bastards! Not to mention that guy is now a champion!"

It's clear that Kazuki and Watari have a pretty good relationship in this world.

The disc inside the box doesn't reveal what skills it contains.

Fortunately, there are instructions below.

Chen Mu picked it up and looked at it. The four skills were: "Mental Field", "Wide Area Combat Power", "Magic Flame" and "Trick Space".

These are all very advanced and highly practical moves in combat.

Yishu then said, "I came here today to guide your Gardevoir in learning these four skills. These skills are of a very high standard. Even with the memories recorded on a CD, it is not easy to master them completely."

Let me make it clear beforehand: even with my assistance, whether you can master it depends on your Gardevoir's comprehension.

Upon hearing this, Chen Mu looked at Gardevoir beside him.

Gardevoir was looking at the tree with great imposing presence!

Gardevoir is fearless as long as the other party doesn't expose its past as a hypnotist trainer!

It's just a skill; if it's Chen Mu's wish, she can do anything!

Although he didn't know the reason, Chen Mu breathed a sigh of relief seeing Gardevoir so determined.

"So when do we start?"

Yishu put down his teacup: "I'm available anytime."

He then picked out one of the four discs, saying, "Let's start with this one."

He selected the "Mental Field" skill disc, inserted it into the player, and the memories engraved on it immediately began to be transmitted outward in a special frequency that was difficult for humans to understand and capture.

Sitting in front of the player, Chen Mu could only hear a slight "rustling" sound, which sounded like the turning of pages in a book.

But when the same frequency reaches a Pokémon's ears, it delivers a complex and vast memory.

Gardevoir immediately sat down on the spot, her white skirt spreading out on the floor like flower petals.

She has begun to receive memories.

About fifteen minutes later, she opened her eyes, and Yishu immediately signaled Chen Mu to turn off the player temporarily, interrupting the loop playback.

At this moment, Gardevoir had its eyes open, but its eyes were filled with a clear sense of bewilderment.

Clearly, the learning difficulty of "Mental Field" is much greater than that of "Meditation" and "Moon Power" before.

Yishu was not surprised at all.

"Do you feel confused and bewildered?"

Gardevoir nodded blankly.

Yishu laughed, "It's right to be confused. Ground-based skills are never easy to learn because they touch on the core rules of the corresponding attributes."

However, correspondingly, once you master terrain-based skills, your mastery of all skills related to that attribute will systematically improve.

Yishu continued, "It will be difficult for your Gardevoir to learn this move because she evolves too quickly and has too little past experience. However, this is also an advantage, because her thinking has not been limited by her past experiences of fighting like weaklings."

Gardevoir pursed her lips slightly, her cheeks puffed out, turning into two little buns.

She disliked how the other party so casually dismissed all the battles she had experienced in the past as a mere squabble between noobs.

But Gardevoir quickly forgot about being angry.

Kazuki simply asked, "You and Gardevoir can think about this question together: What is a superpower? What is the most essential commonality among the various superpowers?"

Chen Mu was also drawn into the thought and began to think as well.

Because he also possessed psychic powers, he quickly connected with himself.

Coupled with the unrestrained imagination characteristic of time travelers, he quickly and boldly guessed: "Superpowers are about interfering with reality with willpower?"

Yishu paused for a moment, then smiled.

"Not bad, no wonder he is a great scholar who saved an entire city."

"—Stop teasing me."

"I'm serious, your comprehension is definitely better than that blockhead dragon Adu's! I heard you also have the power of the Everlasting Stone. In the future, at least in the field of extraordinary abilities, you absolutely mustn't lose to that rich dog from the Dragon Tamer's family!"

"..." Chen Mu was at a loss for words.

It's clear that Ichiki and A-du have a very close friendship.

It's obvious that this is the kind of friendship where the guy is afraid his brother is suffering, but even more afraid his brother is driving a Land Rover.

After giving A-Du a piece of his mind, Ichiki continued, "You're right. So-called superpowers are a kind of power that uses one's own will to interfere with reality!"

So when you pass the professional level and start striving for higher levels, you should understand: superpowers do not have a fixed form of release!

Back when you were still very weak, there was a formula for releasing the "Psychic" move. Ninety-nine out of a hundred Pokémon were used to using the form of an air cannon to launch "Psychic," using kinetic shockwaves as the main source of damage.

It's not fair to say they're wrong, because for beginners, releasing "psychic power" in this way is indeed faster, more powerful, and more versatile.

However, if you have higher aspirations in the future, then my advice is: start now and forget about those novice battle experiences from the past!

Telekinesis doesn't need a fixed form!

There's no absolute formula for superpowers!

Your will is the only criterion!

That's why the explanation of the "Mental Field" skill includes so much seemingly abstract content—because essentially, none of it matters!

As Yishu spoke, he raised his hand.

He was simply sitting there calmly, and with a simple wave of his hand, he effortlessly created a breathtaking miracle.

He said, "Healing can be a superpower."

He snapped his fingers, and even though no Pokémon appeared around him, he summoned a simple "Healing Pulse".

Chen Mu was utterly stunned at that moment!

This was the first time since he transmigrated that he had witnessed humans using Pokémon skills on their own!

No, it's still somewhat different from Pokémon skills. Chen Mu could sense that the effect of this "Healing Pulse" was probably not as good as that of a professional Pokémon like Chansey, which specializes in this skill.

But that's impressive enough!

He never even dared to dream of having this ability before.

In fact, Chen Mu had felt envious yesterday when he witnessed the astonishing power of Ronis's Word of Truth, and saw that even a Lord-level wild Tentacruel and a professional trainer's giant flying fish could not resist the spell of the Word of Truth.

The power of the truth was beyond his imagination!

In comparison, although his psychic powers also belong to the five superhuman abilities, the effects he displayed seemed to be far inferior to his opponent's.

Aside from neutralizing the opponent's mantra effects, their offensive capabilities were completely outmatched in yesterday's battle.

However, seeing Yishu's live demonstration today, Chen Mu finally realized that what he lacked was not spiritual power.

The only thing lacking is his personal development progress!

The demonstration by Yishu is still ongoing.

Then he hooked his index finger.

"Gravity can also be a superpower."

The table in front of me seemed to have instantly lost its grip on gravity; the teacups, tea bags, and the liquid inside all began to float involuntarily.

Yishu's gesture changed again, and he spread his five fingers wide.

"Traction can also be a superpower."

The next moment, his cup suddenly accelerated and flew over with a "whoosh," automatically landing in his palm.

His five fingers then continued to contract.

"Compression and explosion can also be superpowers."

The ceramic teacup collapsed inwards in an instant, was violently crushed and compressed into a solid sphere, and then exploded with a "bang," the fragments expanding into a spatial sphere with a radius of one meter.

Chen Mu instinctively leaned back, trying to dodge, but then discovered that all the fragments lost their kinetic energy and froze in mid-air after touching an invisible boundary.

Finally, with a gentle wave of the tree.

"Even time can be a kind of superpower."

All the fragments were pulled back in reverse and, in the blink of an eye, they were reassembled into a complete teacup.

Chen Mu was utterly dumbfounded.

Finally, the tree concluded, "Therefore, superpowers should be free, understand?"

Chen Mu nodded blankly, suddenly feeling a sense of clarity that the future was bright.

It turns out he didn't need to envy others' power of truth!

After demonstrating all of this, Yishu gave him a couple of flamboyant winks.

At this moment, Chen Mu suddenly suspected that the other party had already seen through the fact that he also possessed spiritual abilities.

"Practice hard. Although my superpowers are all-encompassing, when it comes to offensiveness and lethality, I am still far behind that Rockets executive, Natsumi. That woman's talent in this area is unreasonable. If the league clashes with the Rockets again in the future, if you can grow up, you can help me share a lot of the pressure."

Well, after hearing what Yishu said, Chen Mu was basically certain that the other party had already guessed that he possessed two extraordinary abilities.

The guidance that A-Du arranged for him seemed to be more generous and sincere than he had imagined.

This is no longer just guidance brought in for Gardevoir.

In the following period, Chen Mu and Gardevoir both began their respective training under the guidance of Yishu.

Later, even Eevee came over out of curiosity to listen in, since Eevee also has psychic evolutionary paths, and Eevee's evolutionary path is not unique, so listening in certainly wouldn't hurt.

By the afternoon, Gardevoir, though still not having mastered "Psychic Terrain," unexpectedly grasped it on its own based on Kazuki's demonstration.

"Healing fluctuations".

Then, that evening, she mastered the "illusion ray" on her own, without any instruction.

When she woke up the next morning, she had even mastered "Light Screen" and "Reflect," two moves that were not originally in Gardevoir's natural skill pool.

After grasping the core principle that psychic powers should be about freedom, Gardevoir can now deduce and learn many moves that might have previously required the use of skill discs!

Just like when you learn martial arts, once you gradually understand the general principles and core concepts, you can slowly figure out the remaining moves on your own.

At this point, Chen Mu finally began to understand why the masters and kings of this world often specialize in a particular attribute.

Just as Misty mastered the secrets of water, all her Pokémon used water-type moves with greater power than beginners, making the base power of the moves almost a deception when applied to her Pokémon.

The same applies to Yishu now. After mastering the core secrets of attributes, it is conceivable that all the Psychic-type Pokémon he has will be far superior to the same type Pokémon held by ordinary trainers!

This extreme dedication to a single attribute is enough to help them offset the disadvantage of Pokémon having only one attribute in battles.

Just like yesterday when Xiaoxia defeated Ronis's Serpent Lord in one move despite the reverse attribute!

However, the next day, when Chen Mu, with this insight, asked Yi Shu whether he should specialize in a particular attribute, the other party smiled mysteriously and shook his head.

"It's too early for you to be thinking about these things. Besides, people can always be more ambitious. Do you know why A-Du has never been able to beat Crimson?"

"You really can't stand not teasing Adu every day," Chen Mu thought to himself.

"Because crimson is too comprehensive?"

Yishu nodded, "Yes, it's because Crimson is too well-rounded. Specializing in one attribute can certainly help you take a shortcut, but if you really want to climb to the highest peak, you will eventually need to have more attributes."

So, when you're young, it's perfectly acceptable to have dreams. Don't be like that rich kid who became a dragon tamer. He had such a good background, yet he took the shortcut of specialization at a young age. No wonder he was completely dominated by a woman back then.

Hmmm. Chen Mu guessed that the woman was most likely referring to Connor.

After all, it is well known that Dragon and Flying types are four times weak to Ice, and Lorelei happens to be the Elite Four member who specializes in Ice.

"Isn't Awata also considered to have multiple attributes?"

"Huh? Him?"

"Isn't he majoring in flight and minoring in dragon-type skills?"

After a moment of stunned silence, Yishu suddenly burst into loud laughter, bending over with laughter.

"Hahahaha! I'll remember that. I'll definitely tell it to Lance next time we meet! Just for that, I promise I'll teach you and Gardevoir in the next three days! You really make me so happy! Hahaha!"