In the afternoon.
After welcoming Cynthia and her Pokémon with Teacher Azure's secret recipe sandwiches, Aiden and Cynthia quickly got down to business.
The main purpose of Cynthia's visit to Paldea this time was to participate in the Dragon-type Master Tournament.
As the first high-level Ultra Ball competition she entered after winning the championship, it should be crucial for her, possibly even affecting how Sinnoh is perceived around the world.
For this reason, regarding the training of Cynthia's second Dragon-type Pokémon, Kommo-o, Aiden felt he should contribute a bit.
However...
Staring at the imposing and majestic Kommo-o in front of him, Aiden suddenly started to doubt life.
"How long has it been since you caught Jangmo-o? How did it evolve so soon???"
From the last message she sent him, it had only been about ten days!
How could it have evolved?
This touched on his blind spot of knowledge.
According to the game, Kommo-o's three-stage evolution would take at least level 45.
Even with Cynthia's champion-level skills, boosting a Pokémon's strength so quickly was still quite absurd.
"This Jangmo-o had excellent potential. After being coached by Garchomp for a few days, it evolved on its own into this."
Cynthia smiled faintly, then her expression turned somewhat regretful.
"It was so cute before evolving, but now that it's grown up, it's completely lost its cuteness."
?
Kommo-o raised its head and slowly showed a question mark.
But it was immediately glared back at by the nearby Garchomp, instantly lowering its head again, standing like a lackey.
Its position within the team was clear as day.
With this explanation, it made more sense.
After all, the strengths of wild Pokémon vary greatly; some were already on the verge of evolution, just needing that final push.
However, being able to unlock a Pokémon's potential in such a short time was still incredible.
In Aiden's memory, the fastest trainer in terms of cultivation speed was Blue from the manga.
After taking over the mess left by the Viridian Gym, Blue trained a team of Ground-types capable of serving as frontline gym members in just one month.
Cynthia's pace didn't seem much slower.
Though it could be explained. After all, both Cynthia and Blue were special cases.
Although they appeared to be ruthless people who won championships in just one year, they had both been helping out in research labs before becoming trainers and had extensive experience with Pokémon from a young age.
Seemingly a one-year champion, but in reality, it was the result of years of accumulation.
If we talk about absurdity, didn't even Blue, who graduated from a formal Pokémon training school with maxed-out talent, fail to beat Red, the true one-year champion?
Indeed, the "Fighter" was the most terrifying.
It could only be said that the gap between people was just too vast…
After pulling his thoughts back together, Aiden looked at this well-disciplined Kommo-o.
Soon, part of its information appeared before his eyes.
[Kommo-o (Female)]
[Type: Dragon + Fighting]
[Ability: Soundproof]
[Moves: Clanging Scales, Screech, Outrage, Clangorous Soul, Belly Drum, Dragon Claw, Close Combat...]
[A somewhat naive nature.]
After a quick look, the setup was pretty good, and it had a full set of moves.
As he had previously told Cynthia, Kommo-o was capable of being a mixed attacker.
Its two signature moves were more oriented towards Special Attack, but thanks to the presence of Belly Drum, its Physical Attack also had fighting power.
Although neither side was particularly strong, if it could seize opportunities during battles, it still had the potential to sweep teams.
"How's that? Isn't this child handsome?"
Seeing Aiden staring at her Kommo-o, Cynthia chuckled and teased.
If Aiden liked Dragon-type Pokémon, perhaps she could help find one for him as a thank-you gift for staying here these days.
"Mm, after all, it's a noble Dragon. How could it not be handsome?"
Aiden nodded.
"However, fully training it in such a short time is still somewhat difficult."
"If I'm not mistaken, this Kommo-o probably hasn't learned Clangorous Soul yet, right?"
"And there are other moves like Dragon Dance and Drain Punch—it'd be best to teach those as well."
Whether it was Belly Drum + Drain Punch or Dragon Dance to increase speed, these were quite important for Kommo-o.
"Kaaoo?!"
Upon hearing a certain keyword, Garchomp suddenly twitched.
As everyone knows, due to certain reasons, there were many jokes about Garchomp (specifically referring to Garchomp) in this world.
Actually, Garchomp originally didn't know about these malicious reviews.
But because someone often nagged things like "Why haven't you learned Dragon Dance yet?" and "If you don't run faster when you're young, you won't even make it into Sandstorm teams later!" since childhood…
Garchomp now became extremely sensitive to these words.
What's wrong with not learning Dragon Dance?
Will my speed decrease under Sandstorm weather?
Do you want me to bite you to death?!
Recalling the miserable childhood memories, Garchomp glared fiercely at Aiden.
"..."
Looking at Garchomp, Aiden fell silent.
Although he indeed loved making jokes about Garchomp in his past life, this time he really didn't mean anything by it.
I am truly innocent!
"By the way, aside from sandwiches, Paldea actually has another specialty that Garchomp might like."
Aiden gave an awkward smile and took out a few discs from his bedroom.
Knowing that Cynthia was coming today, he naturally made the appropriate preparations.
Since Paldea had the most Pokémon species among all regions, the number of moves available for Pokémon to learn was also quite large.
For example, Dragon Dance—a move that most Pokémon in the Dragon and Monster egg groups could learn—had already been open-sourced in Paldea and Galar.
In theory, Garchomp should have had ways to learn Dragon Dance a long time ago. Shouldn't it have fulfilled its dream by now?
Even in the Scarlet and Violet games, the materials for crafting Dragon Dance discs included scales from Gible.
It was full of cruel humor.
So, shouldn't this Pokémon be able to learn the noble Dragon Dance?
Not necessarily.
If it can't learn, it simply can't.
"Kaaoo?!"
Why didn't you bring this good thing out earlier? Our relationship wouldn't have deteriorated to this extent!
Staring at the disc in Aiden's hand, Garchomp's eyes revealed a hint of desire and directly snatched it with its claws.
If I learn Dragon Dance, won't I also be able to teach this somewhat silly Kommo-o?
It's all the same!
Seeing the TM being taken by Garchomp, Cynthia chuckled:
"In that case, the training plan for Kommo-o over the next few days will be handed over to you, Garchomp."
"Kaaoo!"
Garchomp nodded vigorously and immediately brought Kommo-o to the TV in the living room.
I'm so eager to improve!
Seeing this scene, Aiden could only utter a sigh:
"So, even a champion's team can learn independently without the trainer…"
"How self-disciplined!"
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