I'm a Pokémon Master from School City (by mistake)

Ash's Pikachu was carried out.

It was delivered to the Pokémon Center via express courier.

Chiyo didn't go immediately.

But...

"You must have made a lot of money, right?"

Standing at the doorway, Chiyo crossed her arms, as if asking the air a question.

"Hey hehe~"

Two people and a cat quickly emerged from the roadside bushes.

Rockets.

However, it's worth noting that the two Rockets players weren't wearing Rockets uniforms but rather regular clothes.

“Indeed, meow.” Meow’s eyes were full of gold coins as she smiled. “Thanks to the boss, we made a fortune this time.”

"What do you think of Ash and his Pikachu?" Chiyo didn't respond to that question but instead asked in return.

"Hmm." Kojiro thought for a moment and said, "He's not as good as the boss, but he's grown a lot. This challenge is a hurdle for him. If he can overcome it, his future is limitless."

“We want to give him a little encouragement,” Musashi said earnestly. “You can see that Pikachu is very motivated and energetic, but Ash is still lacking a bit; he seems a bit hesitant.”

"Trainers and Pokémon influence each other. If Ash can't get through it, his Pikachu won't be able to either."

Chiyo nodded, somewhat surprised, and asked, "Why would you take the initiative to help them?"

Because of his involvement, Team Rocket's interest in Pikachu was far less than their interest in the Boss and Legendary Pokémon he possessed.

If it weren't for him, the Rockets would most likely have been chasing him instead of Pikachu.

"Meow~ Boss wants us to be whetstones." Meow said solemnly, "Meow also wants to become stronger. If our whetstones stop here, then we will not improve."

"Besides, since the boss is with them, they must have something that the boss values."

"We learn from each other and grow together. Ash is a worthy opponent, meow."

Chapter 103 Special Training and Analysis

“Hmm.” Chiyo did not object to Team Rocket’s idea at all.

The relationship between Team Rocket and the main characters is actually quite delicate.

They can be enemies or friends; they can be adversaries who attack each other, or they can be a team that unites together.

It could be said that this is due to the influence of children's anime, where there are no purely evil characters.

You could say this is just human nature; the hostility stems from work, but once they're not working together, there's no real animosity between them.

“Speaking of which,” Chiyo suddenly said, as if a question had occurred to her, “you didn’t come all this way just for this, did you?”

"how to say?"

Meow Meow thought for a moment and said, "Boss Sakamoto wants to ask why, even though the plan was almost complete, you gave up in the end?"

'That's it?'

Chiyo was a little surprised; she had thought the Rockets' management would pay attention to the matter of Kyogre.

“Because it got out of control.” Chiyo said directly, “I wanted to expel them, not kill them. Some people didn’t act as I expected, so there was nothing I could do.”

"So there was no other way but to stop it."

"I see." Meow Meow didn't seem to press for more details.

"Is that all?" Chiyo asked, looking at the two of them.

That's it?

Is that all? She was even planning to put on a show, saying something like, "My affairs are none of your business," or "Look at your own position, look at my position."

The result didn't seem to go as I expected at all.

"Yes." Musashi and Kojiro both nodded.

That's all the questions they asked; they didn't ask anything more.

"In that case..."

Chiyo said, "Then I'll be going now."

The Rockets are, after all, a criminal organization, even though these two are disguised.

But this disguise...

It can only be said that a few are better than none.

Chiyo quickly went to the Pokémon Center and waited outside for a while before going in to find Ash and Pikachu.

When I arrived at the ward, I saw a Thunder Stone on the blanket.

"It seems a decision has already been made?" Chiyo nodded.

They don't need themselves, nor do they need time travelers. As the protagonists, they themselves possess a resilient heart and a tenacious fighting spirit.

Once inspired, they will forge ahead bravely.

"Chiyo!" Ash walked up to Chiyo and said solemnly, "Could you give me and Pikachu some special training?"

"please!"

Even though Chiyo wasn't much older than Ash, at this moment Ash had put aside all his psychological burdens and those unnecessary concerns about saving face, and he solemnly asked Chiyo for advice.

"Okay," Chiyo replied. "We'll start tomorrow."

"Huh?" Ash was a little surprised. He said somewhat eagerly, "Can't we start today?"

"No." Chiyo glanced at Pikachu and said, "Rest is also a form of training. Only with a healthy body can one have a full mental state, and these are the true foundation of training."

"And since it's special training, I need to gather some key and targeted information."

The next day, Ash, Misty, and Brock gathered in Chiyo's room.

Ash and Pikachu both looked very serious, while Misty and Brock were quite curious about what Chiyo's special training would be like.

"Let's get straight to the point." Chiyo turned on the TV and said, "Becoming stronger is a long and arduous process. The gap between Pikachu and Raichu cannot be bridged by intensive training."

"It's not simply a difference between evolved and ultimate forms."

This is reality. Anime can be a good reference, but you can't follow it exactly. Besides, Chiyo doesn't remember the specific details very well.

But that's okay, she's been through a lot of special training, so she knows how to do it.

Chiyo, on TV, said during a battle between her Pikachu and Raichu: "In terms of electricity alone, if my Pikachu's Electric Attack Power is 100, Raichu's Electric Attack Power is probably around 50, while your Pikachu's is probably only 10."

"So low?" Ash was immediately a little disappointed.

Even though he was mentally prepared, he still

“Yes.” Chiyo nodded and said, “If we consider level 100 as the maximum level, my Pikachu is already level 100 and all the attributes that can be enhanced are fully enhanced, while Raichu is equivalent to level 50 and mainly enhanced in terms of attribute attack. Your Pikachu is probably around level 20 and hasn’t been enhanced yet.”

"Well... that's not quite right. It's more accurate to say that it enhanced vitality."

Chiyo adjusted the battle scene in the TV series and said, "I asked my Pikachu, if she were your Pikachu with her current strength, how long could she fight?"

"Her answer to me was that I might be eliminated in the first round."

"Pikachu~"

Chiyo's Pikachu nodded in agreement with Chiyo's statement.

"So now we need to train in a more targeted way," Chiyo said, pointing to the screen. "Now, Ash, what can you tell from this video?"

Chiyo juxtaposed images of her Pikachu using Quick Attack with Raichu using Quick Attack.

“This…” Ash looked at it carefully and then said, “Pikachu’s Quick Attack is faster, while Raichu’s Quick Attack is much slower.”

That makes perfect sense. It took about ten seconds for Raichu to complete his Quick Attack after Chiyo finished.

“Yes.” Chiyo nodded and said, “Look at these battles.”

Chiyo collected not only her own battles with Machi City, Ash's battles with Machi City, but also many other battles between Machi City and other people, with Raichu's battles being the main focus.

Chiyo finished showing each battle and then asked, "What are your thoughts after watching these battles?"

Ash shook his head, and Brock thought for a while and said, "It seems that Raichu in Machi City doesn't often use physical attacks."

“That’s true,” Xiaoxia said, noticing the issue as well. “But when battling Xiaozhi…”

“You’re right.” Chiyo switched to another video and said, “What you’re seeing are the ones I selected. You can take a look at this one.”

"Raichu! Use Thunderbolt!" "Raichu! Use Body Slam!" "Raichu! Use Thunderbolt Punch!"...

"Look," Chiyo asked, pointing to the screen, "Have you noticed anything wrong?"

“This…” Ash looked at it carefully and said, “This looks a lot like the battles I’ve had.”

“Yes.” Chiyo said affirmatively, “Mashiichi has a characteristic: if he finds that his opponent is not as strong as himself, he will underestimate him and use close combat to toy with his opponent.”

"And these battle videos you see, where Raichu mainly uses elemental attacks, show a record of 6 wins, 5 losses, and 11 losses."

Chiyo tapped the screen and said, "In these battles, Mashi City's opponents are all quite tough. They are either evenly matched with him or not much worse. Especially in the 11 defeats that I specifically picked out, it is clear that in these 11 battles, Mashi City's Raichu tried to maintain the distance between himself and his opponents, while his opponents did their best to close the distance with Raichu."

"Based on these videos, we can draw a conclusion."

"In other words, Mashichi's Raichu is a type specializing in elemental attacks and not good at melee combat. Mashichi's personality is such that he tends to get cocky when things are going well."

Chiyo showed a video and said, "Watch this battle: Raichu from Mashi City versus a boy's Primeape."

"The boy's tactics were clear from the beginning: first use a ramming attack but miss, because at this time Mashi City was unsure of the boy's strength, so he ordered Raichu to dodge and keep his distance, and use electric shocks to test the waters."

"The young Fiery Monkey pretended to be hit and was defeated, but secretly used his defense to block the attack as much as possible."

“Watch closely,” Chiyo said, pointing to the upcoming battle. “Mashichi thought the boy was nothing special, and seeing static sparks on the Primeape’s fur, he confirmed that the Primeape was paralyzed, so he ordered Raichu to use a physical attack.”

"But this boy had his Primeape take the antidote beforehand, and Primeape suddenly recovered and started to fight back, defeating Raichu directly."

Here, using various status effects or healing items is common in Pokémon battles. In the game, this means the player cannot attack that turn, but in reality, it reflects the Pokémon's holding mechanic in the game.

Before a battle, Pokémon trainers can have their Pokémon carry a recovery or healing potion, which can be used at a crucial moment to turn the tide of battle or launch a surprise attack.

But this is subject to certain conditions.

First, whether it's healing, dispelling, enhancing, or even tree fruit, you can only bring one and use it only once.

Second, trainers cannot command Pokémon to use certain skills; only Pokémon can use them based on their own will or judgment. Any explicit or implicit indication of such use will result in the Pokémon losing.

This puts the trainer's ability to devise tactics and the Pokémon's adaptability to the test.

This makes the battle very unpredictable.

Just like the battle Chiyo is showing now, the Primeape used the antidote very accurately, waiting until Raichu was almost pressing down on it before using it, dodging and then counterattacking.

Its trainer must have carefully studied Maslow's fighting style and personality traits before the battle, otherwise it would not have been possible to have Primalmon carry the antidote in advance.

“What we need to do now is the same as this one,” Chiyo said. “Since Raichu specializes in type attacks, my Pikachu will train your Pikachu in special close-combat techniques. Secondly, she will teach your Pikachu some techniques and skills on how to spread out Electric Shocks. Ash, we now have an advantage.”

"The advantage is that you've already lost once."

"Huh?" Ash pointed to himself in surprise and said, "This...this is considered an advantage?"

“Of course!” Chiyo said, “I saw it at the dojo today. Mashi City is very busy and doesn’t have much time to care about the situation of a defeated opponent. Even if he knew you would challenge him again, he wouldn’t care.”

"Because you've already lost once, and lost completely, in his eyes you're just trash, so he won't go all out against you. He'll let Raichu use melee attacks against your Pikachu."

“As long as his Raichu makes the first move, I’m confident I can make him trip over the same stone again.”

Chapter 104 Tactics

Special training comes in many forms.

Some training focuses on identifying and addressing weaknesses, others on strengthening strengths, and still others on specific training aimed at specific goals.

Pikachu and Ash are currently undergoing targeted intensive training under Chiyo's guidance.

Chiyo's Pikachu, along with Ash's Pikachu, went into battle for intensive training.

Reality is not a game, and animation cannot become reality.

You can't just eat some items to increase your stats, nor can you go out for a while to level up and then come back to fight.