Zzz...
As Beedrill enveloped its Double Needle with Electric energy, a bright yellow electric arc sparkled on the polished needles.
But the Electric energy came and went quickly.
"Sss-Bee?"
Beedrill looked puzzled, holding its breath and attempting again.
However, the outcome was the same as before, with the Electric energy flickering for a moment before vanishing instantly.
"Sss-Bee!"
Beedrill seemed unwilling to accept the failure.
It wanted to try again, but Natsuhiko reached out to stop it.
"Don't rush. Although you can skillfully use the Power Grid and have some techniques for using Electric energy, ultimately, you're not an Electric-type Pokémon, so don't hurry. You can try applying the Electric energy to the Power Grid first and then transferring it to the Double Needle."
Natsuhiko comforted the somewhat impatient Beedrill, suggesting a method that seemed to have a higher success rate.
"Sss-Bee."
Beedrill nodded, recalling the application of Electric energy when using Power Grid, and then spat out a charged web from its mouth, covering one of its Long Needle.
It then tried to use external electric currents to stimulate and induce internal currents.
Buzz... Buzz...
Indeed.
Adding an intermediate step made it succeed.
Beedrill excitedly raised its Double Needle, now covered with a dense electric flow that made them look like two golden rods.
Natsuhiko smiled and patted its head.
"This is a training method, adding just one step in the middle can help you better adapt to using Electric energy. Once you're proficient, you can try skipping this step and directly enveloping the Double Needle with electric currents."
Pokémon are so amazing. Although they have their own attributes, it doesn't mean they can't master techniques and energies of non-inherent attributes.
The most typical examples are Nidoking and Nidoqueen, which are Ground and Poison-type Pokémon, but they can learn techniques of various attributes, giving them a very broad attack range.
If Beedrill can skillfully harness the Electric energy bestowed by Zapdos, it would at least have a countermeasure when facing Flying-type Pokémon that restrain it, thereby increasing Beedrill's attack range to some extent.
And it's not just for facing Flying-type opponents.
Imagine this.
If every attack from Beedrill could carry Electric energy, combining the paralysis effect of Electric energy with its own toxic effect, wouldn't it become even more terrifying?
Of course, this is just Natsuhiko's current speculation. To reach this level, Beedrill still needs a considerable amount of time to train and adapt.
"Alright, you can try this slowly in the future. I'll talk about today's training content."
As he spoke, Natsuhiko called over Pidgeotto and Ditto, which had transformed into a Beedrill.
"Beedrill, from today on, Pidgeotto will be your sparring partner."
Natsuhiko initially shared his arrangement.
Pidgeotto, being a Flying-type Pokémon, inevitably has a certain attribute advantage over the Insect-type Beedrill.
Though its strength is not as high as Beedrill's, it can still serve as an excellent training partner.
"Pidgeotto's trait is Sharp Gaze, allowing it to lock onto targets better with its sharp eyes. Although this is a Pokémon trait, I hope you can try learning Pidgeotto's vision capability. I don't expect you to achieve a similar level of Sharp Gaze, but I hope you can use it to better find each opponent's weakness."
"Sss-Bee?"
Beedrill looked puzzled.
It understood the previous arrangement, but finding the weaknesses of different opponents requires those opponents to actually appear, right?
Then Natsuhiko turned to Ditto. "Ditto, there are quite a few types of Pokémon you can transform into, right?"
Ditto didn't speak.
But as its body continued to twist and change, a Nidoking soon appeared in Natsuhiko and Beedrill's view.
Immediately after, Ditto transformed again into Nidoqueen's form.
Can it really switch genders at will?
"Excellent." Natsuhiko clapped his hands as a signal for it to stop.
Turning his head towards Beedrill, "Understand? Battles are ever-changing; anything can happen, and timing is crucial. But the prerequisite for identifying an opponent's weakness is having enough knowledge about that type of Pokémon."
Beedrill's trait is Sniper, a trait that can be divine if used well or trash if not.
This was vividly demonstrated in the match between the Beedrill of Natsuhiko and Drifloon.
Both Beedrill, both at Senior Level, were in the same position, yet only Natsuhiko's Beedrill seized the opportunity, found the weakness, combined with the properties and added effects of Flying Technique Acrobatics, achieved a one-hit knockout.
Actually, the damage at that time was definitely over the top, but Natsuhiko wanted this kind of extreme attack.
Beedrill is originally a glass-canon assassin; the longer the battle lasts, the more it gets entangled, the more disadvantageous it becomes.
Moreover, the reason they could find Drifloon's Beedrill's weakness was that Beedrill was relatively familiar with such Pokémon; it might not be effective with a different Pokémon.
Therefore, Natsuhiko now wants to enhance Beedrill's knowledge base.
"Today's training content is just like this, go ahead." Natsuhiko waved his hand.
Beedrill already had training deeply ingrained in its bones, able to proceed with training even without Natsuhiko.
While he had more important things to do.
Sitting under the eaves in the yard, he pulled over a table and set up a newly acquired laptop.
He installed software bought from the black market for anti-intrusion and anti-hacker purposes while mixing up IP addresses.
This software came at a high cost to Natsuhiko.
He planned to create a dedicated document on the computer, storing detailed information about Beedrill and his other Pokémon to constantly adjust their training and growth directions in the future.
Of course.
That's not why he pulled out the computer today.
Logging into the alliance's official website.
He casually browsed through several videos uploaded by numerous people, including some quite good battle videos.
For instance, the video "Master Devon Zfuchi Flint of the Hoenn Region VS Zhulan of Shenhe Town, Sinnoh Region" had incredibly high views and likes.
After briefly pausing on the homepage, Natsuhiko entered the section dedicated to researchers from various regions.
Among them, the pinned topics are authored by some very familiar names.
For example, Professor Oak, Professor Elm, and others such as Dr. Oda and Dr. Yamanashi.
And Natsuhiko silently registered an account for himself.
"What name should I use..."
After some thought, he gently tapped his fingers.
Got it.
Dodo!
A subtle yet meaningful name.
He then created a separate topic named...
"On the Possibility of New Eevee Evolutions Beyond the Three Existing Types"
After careful consideration, this is the topic he proposed as his entry point into the researcher world.
Because this topic wouldn't cause a sensation, and many researchers have attempted this.
Having confirmed that Eevee can evolve into Flareon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon upon contact with Fire Stone, Water Stone, and Thunder Stone, many have tried to use other types of Evolution Stones to induce different Eevee evolutions, yet no results have emerged.
Hence, many have posted similar topics, sparking no special attention.
Gradually and incrementally developing the subject's thought process and guiding others to attempt similar experiments, as long as one person discovers a different Eevee evolution beyond Flareon, Vaporeon, and Jolteon, this topic would be deemed successful.
Given that it will likely occur eventually, and while few might notice now, people might dig it up, much like excavating old threads in a forum years later.
Natsuhiko is in no hurry. He can generate more such conclusions over time; for instance, another evolution type for Slowpoke or stating that Electabuzz can further evolve into Electivire.
Once these topics get validated one by one, he would instantly rise to fame.
Thus, having these longstanding topics and hypotheses would prevent them from seeming abrupt.
In addition, he will also publish some more easily verifiable topics, such as describing hidden traits of some Pokémon.
To earn a bit of money.
Thus, Beedrill trained with the help of Pidgeotto and Ditto, while Natsuhiko articulated several of his reasonable "hypotheses" and various conditions to substantiate them.
Time glided by swiftly.
The sun dipped west, and the moon rose east.
Just as Natsuhiko finished writing this "thesis-like" topic, a noise from the living room caught his and Beedrill's attention.
Because they discovered that the Pokémon Egg in the Incubator had developed cracks!
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The fourth update! An additional chapter for the reward from the esteemed Bluegu. The extra chapter for vote reward should be available tomorrow, with one chapter remaining; thank you all for sparing this dog's life!