Chapter 36: Subdue Charmander
Perhaps it was because Ash was using his identity as a professor to seek help for the first time, but Jenny came rushing over on her Arcanine, leaving a trail of Flamethrower and lightning.
"Officer Jenny, this person is the Trainer who abandoned their Pokémon, and this Charmander..."
Ash briefly described Charmander's condition when he first encountered it.
"Additionally, these people are witnesses; they all personally heard this person abandoning Charmander."
"I understand, Professor Ash." Officer Jenny was very perceptive; she merely glanced at the Pokémon involved and understood almost the entire situation.
"Professor Ash, we will definitely deal with this person severely and strengthen supervision..."
"With Officer Jenny personally overseeing it, I'm at ease. I will report this matter to the Alliance later and request the revocation of his Trainer qualification. Furthermore, I'd like Officer Jenny to help investigate where this person received their starter Pokémon..."
Ash knew that being merciful to enemies was being cruel to himself. When it came to offending people, either don't do it, or go all the way, ensuring these people can never cause trouble again.
"Professor Ash, just report it. Nurse Joy and I will follow up on the rest. Don't worry, we won't let any lawbreakers get away with it. You'll have results as soon as you reach Vermilion City, Professor Ash."
Officer Jenny knew that if this matter was handled well, befriending Ash would not be a problem.
"Then I'll leave this matter to you."
Ash was happy to see someone willing to take over.
"Charmander, your strength is not weak at all; it's just that fellow named Damian who was incapable," Ash said, crouching down and stroking Charmander's head.
Officer Jenny saw Ash's intention and feigned difficulty, "Professor Ash, this Charmander has psychological trauma. It might be very difficult for us to help it regain its confidence. Could I trouble you to take care of it?"
"I have no problem with it, it's just whether this Charmander is willing to follow me." Ash took out a Luxury Ball and looked at Charmander.
Charmander didn't expect this human to not only heal its injuries but also stand up for it, and now didn't even dislike it. So, it proactively extended its small paw and pressed the button on the Poké Ball.
Ash raised the Poké Ball in his hand: "I caught Charmander!"
"Kirlia!!"
"Pika Pikachu!"
"Congratulations, Ash!" Misty and Brock congratulated him.
[Pokémon: Charmander]
[Gender: Male]
[Level: Excellent Low-tier]
[Ability: Blaze]
[Aptitude: Quasi-Legendary]
[Skills: Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen, Dragon Rush (Inherited), Dragon Breath, Dragon Dance, Flamethrower, Slash]
[Description: This is a Charmander with congenital deficiencies. Its flaws can be compensated by feeding it food containing Fire-type or Dragon-type energy. Additionally, this Pokémon is extremely picky about Trainers. A Trainer with insufficient ability cannot unleash its full combat power and may even disobey Trainer commands.]
Holy cow!
As expected of Charizard, even with congenital deficiencies, its aptitude can reach the Quasi-Legendary level. If these deficiencies are compensated, it would at least have Secondary God aptitude.
It's just that the description afterward is too accurate. The kid named Damian just now was clearly incompetent and couldn't unleash Charmander's combat power. In the original work, idiot's own level was too low after Charmander evolved, and it became rebellious starting from Charmeleon.
Ash increasingly felt that when Charmander evolved into Charizard, he would have to roll up his sleeves and personally fight it.
"Ding, detected Host captured Charmander, received reward: 2000 points, Elite Fire Stone 1, Elite Dragon Scale 1."
Seeing the reward content, Ash felt a bad premonition and thought, "The food that can compensate Charmander's congenital deficiency wouldn't be Fire Stone and Dragon Scale, would it?"
Both of these items are very expensive. According to Ash's previous understanding, even the cheapest Fire Stone sells for 500,000 Alliance currency, and elite ones can go up to tens of millions. The price in the system's shop is even higher than this, but the quality will be slightly better. This might be the system preventing Ash from exploiting bugs and earning profit from price differences.
The next day, early morning.
Ash took advantage of Misty and Brock still being asleep to begin a new day of training.
He released all his Pokémon in the battle arena behind the Pokémon Center.
A yellow-skinned mouse, a blue-haired humanoid Pokémon, a bird, a fish, a golden chrysalis, two snakes of different forms, and a toad with a garlic bulb on its back—these 8 Pokémon directly occupied most of the field. Of course, the largest one was undoubtedly the Giant Onix, followed by the Venusaur that had used the Overlord Essence.
After using the Overlord Essence, Bulbasaur was slightly larger than a normal Venusaur.
"Everyone, let me introduce you to a new friend." Ash held out the Poké Ball containing Charmander to the group of Pokémon. "Come out, Charmander."
"Char!"
As soon as Charmander came out of the Poké Ball, it ran to hug Ash's leg.
"Charmander, come and meet your other friends."
Ash pointed to the other Pokémon behind Charmander.
Charmander obediently turned its head, and what came into view was a hideous stone head, scaring it into retreating repeatedly.
That's right, that big head belonged to the Giant Onix. Yesterday, when Ash caught Charmander, the Pokémon in their Poké Balls could actually sense the entire process, and they were also curious about the new friend.
"Charmander, don't be afraid. Onix is saying hello to you. From now on, everyone will be partners."
Ash quickly comforted it.
After more than ten minutes of coordination, with the help of Pikachu and Kirlia, Charmander also integrated into the team.
"Alright, now it's time to start training."
"Bulbasaur, use Vine Whip, Razor Leaf, Leech Seed, and Seed Bomb to spar with Onix, making sure to control your strength."
"Onix, while creating vibrations, attack Bulbasaur with Rock-type moves."
Onix is 4x weak to Grass, but there's a huge level difference between Bulbasaur and Onix. The Grass-type damage exists but isn't high. Ash wants Onix to improve its Grass-type resistance. Besides feeding it berries, he can only conduct adaptive sparring to speed it up.
As for evolution, he's not considering it for now. Evolving into Steelix would compensate for the 4x Grass weakness, but Onix's potential hasn't been fully excavated yet. Evolving too early would require more time to compensate later, which isn't worth it.
Lt. Surge of the Vermilion City Gym is a typical example. His Raichu evolved using a Thunder Stone as soon as Pichu evolved into Pikachu, essentially skipping an intermediate form, which resulted in Raichu being weaker in terms of speed than normal.
Ash would never do something like leaving weaknesses for his own Pokémon.
"Pikachu, Pidgeotto, you two will spar, focusing on speed. Pikachu is restricted to using Iron Tail, and Pidgeotto will use Steel Wing."
"Kirlia, your training is the same as before."
"Milotic, Feebas...."
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