Chapter 47: The Suspicious Charmander
Charmander sucked on milk while stuffing his own eggshell into his mouth.
Milk mixed with egg shards, delicious and healthy.
After eating and drinking his fill, Charmander happily patted his cream-colored belly.
“Fire~”
（I’m full!）
After being born, Charmander did not show curiosity like Tropius about whether Lu Li was his dad or mom.
Perhaps due to prenatal education, or maybe the alliance’s special nurturing techniques, the newly born Charmander already understood his relationship with Lu Li.
Lu Li took a blank Poké Ball from his belt, then carefully held the Poké Ball and extended it in front of Charmander.
Lu Li asked expectantly: “Charmander, are you willing to become my companion, to get stronger with me, and grow together?”
Charmander naturally nodded, then gently touched the switch on the Poké Ball with his claw.
Charmander instantly turned into a red light and entered the Poké Ball. Lu Li gripped the Poké Ball tightly, suppressing the urge to laugh out loud.
Lu Li, with the corners of his mouth slightly upturned, whispered: “I caught Charmander!”
Charmander!
The legendary starter Pokémon, whose final evolution is Charizard, is almost a T1-tier existence in the Pokédex.
（This world’s Pokédex does not record divine beasts.）
After catching Charmander, Lu Li hurriedly released him again.
After reappearing on the bed, Charmander also showed immense curiosity. His blue eyes only lingered on Lu Li for a moment before constantly exploring the surroundings.
Lu Li stared intently at Charmander’s skin, unable to believe it, and even reached out to gently touch it.
“Red? This color…”
Lu Li opened his phone again to search for pictures of Charmander.
After confirming it was not a mistake, Lu Li looked at Charmander with a complicated expression.
“It’s really shiny.” Lu Li sighed lightly in his heart.
At this moment, Lu Li didn’t know how to describe his luck—shiny Charmander.
In the game, Charmander’s shiny form is yellow, but in the real world, the shiny form color of Pokémon is actually not fixed.
Lu Li had even seen black Machamp and yellow Machamp online, as well as green Magikarp, and even white Pikachu.
Of course, these are not the point.
The point is the shiny talent.
A doctor who specializes in researching shiny Pokémon once published a paper stating that shiny forms do indeed have one extra special talent compared to normal forms.
And this special talent could be positive or negative; it’s pure destiny, with a fifty-fifty probability for positive or negative.
What Lu Li was worried about now was his own Charmander’s situation. If the shiny talent was positive, that would be fine, but if it was negative, Charmander might be ruined.
Lu Li had no thought of abandoning Pokémon. Even if Charmander really had some defect, he would not give up on him.
Because he was the first person Charmander saw after coming to this world; this was a choice, a destiny, and also a responsibility.
After forming hand seals to activate telepathy, Lu Li nervously asked: “Charmander, do you feel any discomfort anywhere on your body?”
Hearing this, Charmander tilted his head and looked at Lu Li.
Something wrong?
After thinking for a long time with his head tilted, Charmander shook his head full of confusion.
Charmander felt he was quite normal, with nothing wrong.
After observing for a long time and finding nothing wrong, Lu Li breathed a sigh of relief, then comforted: “As long as there’s nothing wrong, that’s fine.”
But the fact is, having nothing wrong is the biggest wrong.
Shiny Pokémon have special talents; this has been scientifically proven, so it’s impossible for his own Charmander to be the exception.
Still somewhat worried in his heart, Lu Li hesitated, wondering if he should take Charmander to the hospital for a check-up.
“Right!”
Lu Li suddenly remembered Yu Lili. She had a Pokédex, which had many functions, including checking a Pokémon’s status.
If Charmander had a problem, the Pokédex might be able to detect it.
As for going to the Pokémon hospital for a check? Lu Li worried that his Charmander’s data would leak, which might cause some unnecessary disputes.
Although this world, due to the bond between Pokémon and trainers, rarely has cases of people stealing others’ Pokémon.
But the problem is that those research maniacs wouldn’t care about that. What if they took a liking to Charmander? Those people are not trainers, nor do they think about nurturing Charmander, and they won’t consider bond issues.
Although this probability is one percent or even one in a thousand, if there was no other way, Lu Li really didn’t want to gamble. Even if the risk was extremely low, a risk is a risk; he couldn’t let Charmander take risks.
Unless they were really at the end of their rope…
Lu Li called Yu Lili and explained Charmander’s situation.
Compared to the crowded and nosy hospital, Lu Li preferred to trust Yu Lili.
After hearing Lu Li’s words, a scream instantly came from the phone: “What!!!”
“You just said shiny Charmander? The Charmander you got from the Pokémon Center is shiny?” Yu Lili asked in disbelief.
Lu Li calmly explained: “Yes, but now I don’t know if Charmander’s shiny talent is positive or negative.”
Yu Lili, whose mind was full of shiny Charmander, said impatiently: “Don’t worry first, I’ll come over to take a look right now.”
She arrived in less than half an hour.
Yu Lili rode over on Bidoof. After landing in the yard, she recalled Bidoof, then excitedly shouted at the top of her voice: “Lu Li, where’s Charmander? Let me see him quickly.”
Hearing the noise in the yard, Lu Li helplessly walked out from the bedroom, with a red Charmander following beside him.
Upon seeing the Charmander next to Lu Li, Yu Lili’s eyes lit up.
“It’s really shiny, and this red looks so badass.” Yu Lili, with shining eyes, circled around Charmander, constantly examining him.
Charmander, unaccustomed to being scrutinized by a stranger like this, unhappily bared his teeth.
Seeing Yu Lili somewhat lost in the moment, Lu Li frowned and reminded: “Yu Lili, don’t forget why I called you over.”
Coming back to her senses, Yu Lili smiled embarrassedly, then hurriedly took out her phone.
Ding~ Pokémon energy fluctuation detected, collecting data… Data collection complete.
After the scan succeeded, Lu Li quickly leaned over, staring fixedly at the phone in Yu Lili’s hand.
Charmander
Ability: Ignite???（This data has a common sense error.）
Energy: Newborn Stage
Status: Healthy
Mastered Skills: Spark, Flame Charge
Looking at the data displayed on the phone, Yu Lili frowned in surprise: “Something’s wrong! Your Pokémon is nine-tenths wrong!”
First is the inherited skill. As a carefully nurtured starter Pokémon from the Pokémon Center, how could it have only one inherited skill?
But you say Charmander has poor qualification? Yet that one inherited skill is the fire-type big move Flame Charge. Normally, since Charmander could inherit the fire-type big move Flame Charge.
A Charmander that can inherit such a fire-type big move shouldn’t have only this one inherited skill.
