Pokémon: I picked up a reborn Eevee at the start of the game

[Meditation Fruit: Consuming this fruit grants the user the ability to meditate.]

It worked! It really is a Technique Fruit!

And it's the meditation technique!

Soroya felt a surge of joy.

In reality, Zoroia is capable of learning the meditation technique, so she is not happy for herself; her goal has never been to exchange techniques for herself.

Zoroya spared no effort to kill that psychic-type soul entity, all to obtain a psychic-type technique fruit for Xia Chen!

And now, we finally got it!

Soroya clutched the fruit tightly, a strange light gleaming in his eyes.

…………

Back in the real world, Zoroah realized a serious problem...

How can we get Xia Chen to consume this technique fruit?

Squeeze tree juice into him and trick him into drinking it?

But what if doing this renders it ineffective?

Similarly, cutting it into pieces and mixing it into the fruit bowl seems to follow the same principle.

After much thought, the only way to get Xia Chen to accept this fruit that doesn't exist in this world is through his trust in me.

Thinking this, Zoroya walked over to Xia Chen, who was playing a two-player game with Senbu on the computer.

"Buyi—(Watch your positioning, don't keep getting sucked into this washing machine!)"

"Buyi! (How can your hands be so clumsy? I'm better at playing with silk than you are!)"

Xia Chen, who was thoroughly humiliated by Sylvanas, caught a glimpse of Zoroa looking for him out of the corner of his eye and casually tossed the controller aside.

"Wait a minute before playing, Zorua needs to talk to me."

Xianbu rolled her eyes, took the handle Xia Chen threw to her, and started playing the two-player game by herself, using both her hands and the silk.

The level that had been stuck for them for so long was cleared instantly by Xianbu alone.

Xia Chen pretended not to see it, turned his head without blushing or skipping a beat, and picked up Zorua, who was patiently waiting for him.

After sniffing the little fox's soft, fluffy body for a while, Xia Chen asked, "What's wrong? Is something the matter?"

"Yo~"

Solomon nodded, took out a pinkish-purple fruit from his pocket, and handed it to Xia Chen.

Xia Chen took it subconsciously, but suddenly realized a problem: where did this come from?

Zoroah didn't take anything when he first arrived...

And this kind of fruit... I've never seen it before?

Because of his research on energy cubes, Xia Chen had a very deep understanding of tree fruits, but he had never seen this particular tree fruit before.

Undoubtedly, these doubts can only be explained by one reason: the secrets hidden by their own elves!

And today, will we finally know what's hidden behind the veil of mystery?

Calming his somewhat excited emotions, Xia Chen asked, "So, this fruit is for me to eat?"

"Yo~"

Soroya nodded somewhat nervously.

Will Xia Chen believe in himself?

Chapter 173 Xianbu: It's our turn to train you!

Xia Chen discovered early on that each of his Pokémon possessed unique skills.

Exceptionally precocious, like an omnipotent Eevee.

Milotic, with its earth-shattering water cannon and butterfly dance, is a creature that can also unleash devastating water attacks.

Kirlia grows extremely fast and can always learn moves on its own.

Zoroa, whom Carlos captured during his travels, is just as good as his older brothers and sisters, and every day there's a moment when he looks like he's just finished intense training.

It's one thing if one Pokémon is acting strangely, but when all four Pokémon are like this, Xia Chen can't help but have doubts.

What do they have in common?

Undoubtedly, the only thing these four Pokémon, born from completely different sources and of completely different species, have in common is that they share the same trainer.

Although he still didn't know the reason, Xia Chen became much more accepting of his troublesome little spirits after figuring this out.

Moreover, no matter what, the feelings between the elves and themselves are genuine and cannot be faked.

So when Zoroya handed him the fruit that exuded an enticing aroma, Xia Chen took it without hesitation and ate it.

The fruit was tasteless, but upon tasting it, Xia Chen could clearly sense a wondrous aura emanating from within the fruit and coursing through his bloodstream.

As if struck by a sudden enlightenment, Xia Chen's mind instantly became much clearer, but apart from that, nothing seemed to have changed.

After eating the fruit, Xia Chen belatedly asked Soroya, "What did you give me to eat?"

The little fox seemed a bit scratching its head; how should it answer this question?

The Move-Move Fruit seems to be a magical thing that violates the laws of the Pokémon world; as long as Groudon eats it, it can learn to fly.

But Xia Chen is human, so Soloa couldn't be sure whether it would work.

She recalled the situation after she ate the [Energy Accumulation Flame Attack Fruit], as if she was circulating the energy in her body, and then the method of using this move appeared in her mind.

So what's important now is to guide Xia Chen to circulate the energy within his body?

…………

Instead of answering Xia Chen's question directly, Soloar bit Xia Chen's sleeve, trying to get him to come to bed with her.

Despite his doubts, Xia Chen followed Soroya.

The little fox patted the soft mattress with its front paws, gesturing for Xia Chen to sit down.

Xia Chen obediently did as instructed.

Then, Zoroya sat down opposite him, her eyes naturally closed, intently concentrating, seemingly... meditating using a technique?

Xia Chen found it somewhat amusing. What was this little guy trying to do? Was he going to teach him how to use meditation?

Besides Ash, who else can use Pokémon moves in a human body?

Soroya heard Xia Chen's barely suppressed laughter, opened her eyes and glared at him, her gaze exactly like a teacher seeing a student daydreaming in class.

Xia Chen shook his head helplessly and had no choice but to follow Teacher Soroya's instructions.

Close your eyes, hold your breath, concentrate, and empty your mind.

It seems no different from just spacing out normally. I always thought, how could a human possibly learn Pokémon moves...?

Just as Xia Chen had this thought, he suddenly felt a strange energy surging out of his body, flowing upstream and tirelessly nourishing his brain.

What followed was a wonderfully exhilarating feeling that Xia Chen had never experienced before.

If he had to describe it, Xia Chen felt like a small boat drifting on a vast, boundless sea.

You don't need to think about anything, you don't need to do anything, just quietly feel the boundless ocean.

…………

Kirlia, who was skilled in meditation, was the first to notice Xia Chen's unusual behavior. She frowned, opened her mouth slightly, and looked at Xia Chen, who had entered a meditative state, with disbelief.

Is he... meditating?

Meditation is a rather unique technique, as it can be used in two forms.

Quick meditation during battle allows the user to boost their Special Attack and Special Defense stats for a short period of time, with a noticeable effect similar to most power-up moves.

Meditation, rather than meditation during combat, is an important means of training and enhancing mental strength and superpowers.

In short, Pokémon that have learned the Meditation move have more or less mastered superpowers.

In other words, Xia Chen possesses superpowers?

But why didn't he show any of that before?

Kirullian was somewhat bewildered. She looked at Zoroya, who was also meditating and sitting opposite Xia Chen.

She knew that this matter was definitely related to her.

Kirlia rushed to Sylvanas's side, who was still playing games. "Kirlia—(Stop playing games! Look at Xia Chen!)"

"Buyi?"

Xianbu turned his head in confusion, and then saw a scene that made him even more bewildered.

She was even more shocked than Kirullian, because she knew that Xia Chen from the other timeline had not shown any signs of having superpowers in the next ten years.

While superpowers aren't as determined by birth as the Power of Tokiwa, they still heavily rely on talent, especially for humans.

How could Xia Chen suddenly gain superpowers in just a few minutes of playing games?

Isn't this a bit too far-fetched?

Sinbu couldn't help but look at the person in charge of this matter, Zorua.

What Kirlia, Sylvanas, and even Zoroah himself didn't know was that the principle behind the Technique Fruit that Xia Chen ate was similar to the law of causality.

Regardless of whether the person who consumes the food previously possessed superpowers, after consuming it, because they must master the technique of meditation, the prerequisite of possessing superpowers will definitely be fulfilled.

…………

After an unknown amount of time, Xia Chen slowly opened his eyes.

At this moment, he felt more refreshed and invigorated than ever before in his life; the time of enlightenment was nothing compared to this, like the difference between a firefly and the moon.

Is this what meditation is?

Xia Chen was stunned by the moment when his mind was at peace.

No wonder those cultivators in legends can go into seclusion for three to five hundred years at a time. Although meditation sounds boring, it is a very satisfying experience.