Chapter 401: Metronome
Of course, although this new little guy was defined as a "big trouble" by Kaito, the necessary tests are still necessary.
At least they need to know what this little guy can do, so as to avoid letting this little guy that masters "all the skills of Pokémon" cause any terrible disaster in the future.
However, this little Pokémon always behaves indifferent towards Kaito's orders.
Although he looks enthusiastic on the surface, it's more like facing a fun playmate.
On the contrary, even though he was sometimes reluctant to follow Blue's orders, he would eventually obey them.
"What is this? My vassal's vassal is not my vassal?"
Kaito complained speechlessly to the still noisy little Togepi.
But Blue was very happy about this.
He was actually teasing the little guy and covering his mouth with his hands while laughing.
However, as Kaito tested Togepi more deeply, he was more and more shocked by the terrifying abilities of this little thing.
At first Kaito only thought that although this little fellow had mastered the divine skill "Metronome", he was only using the skill randomly after all.
It is not an excellent skill either from the perspective of practicality or safety.
In fact, considering the huge uncertainty of this skill, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a negative ability.
However, after the actual test, Kaito and Blue, the man and the frog, realized what the real "Emperor of Europe" was.
Although this little guy cannot control what moves he releases each time with his "Metronome".
But every move that appears can usually achieve the most beneficial effect for this little guy.
For example, every time Kaito throws stones at Togepi.
This little thing glows when he shakes his fingers gently.
Or just teleport and disappear on the spot (Teleport).
Or he would simply summon balls of soft cotton (Cotton Guard), rock walls (Wide Guard), translucent force fields (Barrier) and other random things out of thin air to block in front of himself and intercept all attacks.
After Kaito took the little guy into the air, he pretended to drop it by mistake.
Wings made of wind (Fly), whirlpools made of water (Whirlpool), and ramps made of grass (Grassy Glide) will appear.
In short, Little Togepi always finds ways to land safely.
The most outrageous thing was when Kaito was a little "angry and embarrassed" and used the "Gigantamax: Phantom Ghost" to scare the little guy.
Little Togepi happily shook his finger again, and transformed directly into a golden giant (Guardian of Alola) that was also more than 20 meters tall, and jumped forward to "play" with Kaito's "Gigantamax: Phantom Ghost".
"This isn't right! This isn't right!"
After Blue took little Togepi away with some resentment, Kaito sat alone on the training ground and fell into deep thought.
'The amount of chakra in this little guy is pitifully small, which is consistent with its characteristics as a newborn.'
'From what I can see so far, it seems that he has only demonstrated Metronome move, and the consumption of Metronome is negligible.'
Kaito even felt that the chakra consumed by the little Poké would probably only be just enough to maintain the glowing effect on its finger when using the 'Metronome'.
However, the moves that Togepi actually released were obviously not that simple.
Although in terms of attack, he doesn't know if it's because Togepi doesn't have a strong intention to attack, resulting in most of the attacks, whether it's water, fire, wind, or thunder, being playful.
Not to mention causing harm, even destroying a lawn is a bit difficult.
But in other aspects, not to mention the 20-meter-tall 'Guardian of Alola', even ordinary 'teleport' or 'fly' does not seem to consume so little.
What's even more outrageous is that little guy has the ability to get whatever he wants.
Or maybe it's not 'whatever he wants'.
After all, Togepi was only a few hours old, and he probably didn't even know what he wanted.
This ability is more like "God thinks he wants something, and God will give him what he wants"!
"Serene Grace? Super luck?!!"
Thinking of the two possible abilities of Togepi in Pokémon, although Kaito has not guessed which one it is, judging from his performance, it is enough to make his face twisted with jealousy.
'If I had this ability, wouldn't I be able to dominate the entire ninja world?'
Kaito even suspected that even without the "Metronome" move, with Togepi's luck, no attack would be able to cause the slightest damage to him.
'So where does the energy come from?'
After figuring out why the little guy can do whatever he wants, this is also the thing that Kaito cannot understand the most.
Just when Kaito had begun to doubt whether this was a pure prayer skill for divine intervention, just like his own 'Revival Blessing'.
Little Togepi, who was being teased by Blue, shook his finger again.
Afterwards, countless beautiful and vivid petals quietly appeared around Blue, and the dancing flowers looked very beautiful.
Combined with the original green grass in the 'secret space', it is full of a natural atmosphere.
'Flowers? Nature? Fairies?'
Kaito silently recited these words, and suddenly his pupils dilated, and thoughts flashed in his mind.
"Natural energy?!"
"Fairy attribute? Sage attribute?!!"
Kaito suddenly realized that Togepi's Fairy attribute had another name: Sage attribute!
"Could it be that the energy Togepi consumes when using its moves is natural energy?"
In the ninja world, Senjutsu involve extracting natural energy and fusing it with chakra to launch attacks.
And if it were a Senjutsu, directly drawing natural energy from the environment, the caster's own consumption wouldn't be as significant.
'However, the ratio of natural energy to chakra in Togepi's case seems absurdly high!!'
'So, is Metronome, a Normal-type move, actually a Fairy-type move in essence? Or is it only like this when Togepi uses it?'
The more Kaito thought about it, the more outrageous it seemed.
But the most critical issue was that Togepi's "Metronome" was like a complete black box—it offered Kaito no answers whatsoever.
This left him, who wanted to learn and mimic it, without the slightest clue.
"Forget it. I don't have Togepi's incredible luck. Even if I learn this trick, I'll probably only end up hurting myself."
Kaito could only comfort himself in this way at this moment.
"But if it really is natural energy, I can do some research on it."
"Maybe I can develop a Senjutsu that's unique to me!"
(End of this chapter)