Chapter 48: Charmander: All Heavenly Spiritual Roots Are Like This
Could it be that Charmander’s qualification dropped because of me?
Lu Li thought about his frequent alchemy these past few days, but the problem was he was only alchemying nearby, not alchemying Charmander’s Pokémon Egg, so there was no reason it would affect Charmander in the incubator.
It couldn’t be that Charmander’s Spark is also an egg move, right? But even counting Spark, that’s only two inherited skills, which still doesn’t make sense.
Yu Lili puzzledly asked: “Why is your Charmander’s ability Flash Fire? If the Pokédex isn’t wrong, then there’s something wrong with your Charmander.”
If Charmander’s inherited skills were just a bit strange, then this Flash Fire ability could only be described as outrageous.
The outrageous degree of this ability, even in the Anime World, was second only to that Charizard with the ability Water Storage.
And in the Real World, for Charmander to have this ability was outrageous among the outrageous, outrageous among the outrageous.
As everyone knows, the Charmander line only has two abilities: either Blaze or the hidden ability Solar Power.
This was like how a human naturally knows how to walk and breathe, but now suddenly a human is born who doesn’t need to breathe—that’s pretty outrageous.
Charmander tilted its head looking at its trainer and Yu Lili; it didn’t know why this woman was making such a fuss.
“Could it be that I’m too excellent?” Charmander excitedly thought in its heart.
The innocent Charmander hadn’t seen others of its kind, so it still didn’t know it was abnormal.
Worried that the Pokédex was malfunctioning, Lu Li reminded: “How about you scan it again? See if it scanned wrong.”
Yu Lili nodded, then scanned Charmander with the Pokédex again, unwilling to give up.
But the result was still the same as before: Charmander was very healthy; the only things off were the ability and the color.
In the end, Yu Lili came to a conclusion: Charmander’s Shiny talent meant its ability had mutated.
Lu Li also agreed with this conclusion; after all, the only difference between this Charmander and a normal one was the ability.
“But I don’t know if this ability is good or bad; after all, Charmander’s Blaze and Solar Power are both pretty good, but changing to Flash Fire…”
Yu Lili didn’t finish her words, because what came next was a bit harsh.
If the Flash Fire ability wasn’t suitable for Charmander, that meant Charmander had one less ability than a normal Charmander, so this Shiny talent would be a negative effect.
Lu Li’s mouth curved up slightly, then he confidently said: “Flash Fire is pretty good; as long as we confirm Charmander has no problems, that’s fine.”
He had already figured out how to nurture Charmander; a Charmander with Flash Fire talent was stronger than one with Blaze talent.
A Charmander with Blaze talent needed life energy depletion to trigger the ability, but Flash Fire didn’t; he just needed to absorb Fire Energy.
“No problem then, but your luck really is outrageous; casually getting a Starter Pokémon that’s Shiny talent.” Yu Lili said enviously.
Lu Li shrugged, then requested: “Whether it’s a blessing or a curse isn’t certain yet, but I hope you can keep this matter confidential.”
“Don’t worry; even if my parents ask, I’ll only say Charmander is a Shiny Pokémon; I won’t mention the Shiny talent.” Yu Lili nodded.
Charmander’s Shiny couldn’t be hidden, after all; its skin was different from a normal Charmander’s, so as soon as Lu Li let it out, it would be noticed.
But the Shiny talent could be hidden, because others wouldn’t be in prolonged contact with Charmander.
“Thanks!”
Lu Li thanked her.
“If there’s nothing else, I’ll head back first; call me if something comes up.” Yu Lili said as she released her Bidoof.
Yu Lili definitely didn’t have a Flying License, but as Gym Leader Yu’s daughter, no one in Qingfeng City would dare stop her.
Yu Lili had originally wanted to stay for a casual meal—after all, Lu Li’s cooking was really good—but considering Charmander had just been born and Lu Li and Charmander needed to nurture emotion and build a bond, Yu Lili tactfully left.
After Yu Lili left, Lu Li looked down at Charmander: “Charmander, come show me the moves you know.”
Charmander confidently nodded, then under Lu Li’s gaze, it crouched slightly; as if its whole body was tensing, Charmander charged up for a while before Fire Energy instantly permeated its entire body.
Charmander, covered in flames, heavily rammed forward.
Seeing this, Lu Li’s eyes widened, and he shouted: “Tropius! Quick! Quick, block it!”
Seeing what little bro was aiming to crash into, Tropius was a bit speechless, then hurriedly blocked in front of Charmander.
“Boom!!”
Charmander heavily crashed into Tropius; Tropius staggered back several steps before stopping.
Seeing Charmander’s Flame Charge blocked, Lu Li felt relieved while complaining: “You kid are really wild!”
This unlucky kid’s Tackle target was actually the nearby Razz Berry Tree; if Charmander had really hit it, he’d lose at least a hundred thousand or so.
A fruit tree that could produce Masterpiece Grade Razz Berries sold for ten thousand each, and plenty of people would want to buy; even double that, some would still want it.
Realizing it had almost caused trouble, Charmander nervously looked at Lu Li.
“Fire?”
Charmander called out, a bit grievance and a bit nervous.
Lu Li didn’t blame Charmander, just instructed: “It’s fine; your Flame Charge is great, but the fruit trees in the yard are all valuable, so don’t use moves to attack those fruit trees, okay.”
Charmander nodded, then eagerly called out, as if saying it still had a killer move to show.
Lu Li nodded.
What Charmander was about to show next was definitely the Spark move; for this move, Lu Li had no expectations.
It was just a basic move for Fire-type Pokémon; almost all Charmanders could learn it right after birth.
Charmander excitedly condensed a flame in front of its chest; this flame was slowly pushed out by Charmander, then burst open in the sky, instantly transforming into a huge flaming Charmander.
Then this Spark condensed back into a fireball; Charmander sent the fireball into the sky, and finally this little fireball bloomed fiercely, huge flames instantly enveloping the sky above the yard.
After the flames disappeared, the blue sky reappeared.
But Lu Li was already numb.
Lu Li, his mind full of question marks, confusedly looked at Charmander.
I’m a professional Breeder and Trainer, but Charmander, are you seriously telling me this is Spark?
Don’t think I don’t know! This is clearly the Flame Manipulation Art!
Shocked and confused, Lu Li asked: “Charmander, is this your Spark?”
Charmander naturally nodded, then seriously called out.
“Fire~”
（Of course! I remember a Pokémon using this move right next to me, and it used it every day recently; my senses are right.）
Confirmed.
Lu Li could now confirm that Charmander had secretly learned it, and it had done so while still in the Pokémon Egg.
But the question was, why?!
Although the Flame Manipulation Art wasn’t some profound spell, just the Pokémonfication part alone—even he, who had cultivated the Flame Manipulation Art to Master Level, had put in a lot of effort to succeed at Pokémonfication.
Why could Charmander learn this move just from feeling it in the egg?
Even if you’re a Fire-type Heavenly Spiritual Root, you can’t be this wild, right? This cheat is more outrageous than this transmigrator’s cheat.
Charmander: All our Heavenly Spiritual Roots are like this.
