He knows Pokémon better than me.

"Hey, lately only that girl Xiao Zhao comes here a lot~"

Berry felt quite gratified when she thought of the scene where Hikaru had been diligently practicing his moves here.

I didn't expect to have an interested outsider here today!
"Hmm? Let me see. Is Tatto an electric mouse? It's a bit difficult to master the moves of this kind of Pokémon."

Without saying a word, Bellila moved closer to Ash and began to examine him:
"Or do you want me to teach Pikachu some moves?"

Ash raised an eyebrow. "They even teach you moves here?"

Bellila pulled out a notebook and flipped through several pages before finally finding Pikachu's information at almost the bottom.

"Well, not many people breed Pikachu, but the information is still complete. In addition to the moves it can normally learn, I have a list of moves that can be trained."

"For example, Iron Tail, Stand, Headbutt, Electric Net, Thunder Punch, Charm Voice, and Chain Slap."

Ash's eyes lit up; there were some moves that Pikachu didn't actually know!
Moves like headbutts and repeated slaps are useless.

Pikachu's reach is too short for Thunder Punch, so it's not very effective in actual combat.

But... a seductive voice!

He even heard a fairy-attribute technique!

Although it's just the lowest power Fairy move, it's enough, since he still has the Z-Ring, which is enough to support Pikachu in unleashing a Fairy Z!
"Please, please teach Pikachu 'Charm'!"

Xiao Zhi quickly and sincerely said, "I didn't expect there to be such a pleasant surprise!"

"Pikachu."

Pikachu scratched its head sheepishly. It had seen the Charm move before and even tried to steal it, but it just couldn't learn it.

Could it possibly be that this place can help it gain enlightenment?
"No problem!"

Bellila grinned and held out her hand to Ash:

"For this move, I only need three Mastery Seeds."

"Proficient in seeds?"

Ash was taken aback. Was it some kind of special tree fruit? He'd never heard of it before.

Seeing Ash's bewildered expression, Bellila also paused for a moment.

That shouldn't be the case. People from the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce travel all over the world and are very knowledgeable. They shouldn't be unaware of the expertise in seeds.

However, she had a favorable bias towards all trainers who liked to train their Pokémon, so she didn't suspect anything. Instead, she took out a seed that looked like a black melon seed from her pocket, with two vertical stripes, one blue and one red, on its surface.

"This is Master Seed! Wild Pokémon in the Green region usually have a chance of carrying it, but the probability is not high."

Based on a 1/5 probability, a trainer usually needs to defeat 15 wild Pokémon to teach them a low-power move.

Of course, you can also use a "thief" tactic to steal items, which is more efficient.

"I see."

Ash raised an eyebrow; he had basically never battled wild Pokémon found on the roadside.

The boss Pokémon was defeated quite a few times, but no one went up to search him.

However, we dug up quite a few of these things when we were treasure hunting on Moon Bear in the Red Lotus Wetlands.
He thought they were useless tree fruit seeds, so he didn't take them and left them with the Pearl Team.

Tell me earlier!
Bellila noticed Ash's financial difficulties, and could only helplessly shrug her shoulders.
"Without mastering the seed, I can't help you with anything, whether it's teaching you moves, helping you recall moves, or even mastering the most powerful moves."

Previously, Xiao Guang was skilled at scattering seeds all over the ground.

As a member of the research team who works such a crazy field job, she would never lack proficient seeds. She has basically filled up her Pokémon lineup here with Owl, Lupus, Kryptonite, and other Pokémon!
"Master of the moves?"

Ash was taken aback. He seemed to have heard Dawn mention this term on the phone before. At the time, he thought it was just the literal meaning, referring to mastering a move. But it seemed to be from the Green Region, so was it a proper noun?
Is it even more important than recalling or teaching techniques?

"Huh? You don't know that either?"

Bellila frowned. If Mega Evolution was the most important battle mechanic in the Kalos region, Z-Moves were in the Alola region, and Dynamax was in the Galar region.
Therefore, the most important combat mechanic in the Seishi region is mastering the moves.

For people in the Ginkgo Chamber of Commerce, this should be common sense, right?
"Let me explain to you. There are two types of mastery techniques."

Bellila was still very enthusiastic, and even released a Twintail Pokémon hand in return, ready to explain and demonstrate at the same time.

"The first one is the move Swift! It allows Pokémon to act one step ahead, or even act twice in one turn! But the cost is that the power and additional effects of the move will be reduced."

She suddenly pointed to the large raccoon tree stump next to her and commanded:
"Twin-tailed Pokémon, use Swift Fire Punch!!"

"Hehe~!"

The two-tailed monster understood, chuckled, and then its body was covered in a layer of flowing light as if it were enchanted, and it shot out.

One of the tailed monsters clenched its fist, igniting flames, and slammed it down.

boom! boom! !

The tailed monster on the right quickly followed up with a second punch, knocking the raccoon tree stump over.

"Is this what a swift technique is?"

Ash raised an eyebrow, feeling that with proper training, Apokolips should be able to perform Double Punch, right?
However, just as he thought of this, the Twintail Monster threw out two more punches in quick succession, with almost no delay between them.

"This is the swift move of my Twintail Hand!"

Beryl stood with her hands on her hips, smiling smugly, while the Twin-Tailed Monster not far in front of her made the same smug gesture.

Ash also dropped his dismissive look and nodded:

"I see."

Indeed, it's faster than a normal continuous attack.

It can indeed significantly boost the combat power of Pokémon during battles.

Berry then raised a second finger, her voice becoming louder as well:

"The second type of technique you're proficient in is powerful and fierce!"

"Twin-Tailed Hand, use Fierce Fire Punch!!"

The two-tailed monster nodded, and flames ignited on one of its tailed hands.

"Drink!!"

As Twintails raised its arms and roared, the flames suddenly surged, as if it had entered Infernape's fiery state.

The enormous fire fist slammed out, its power visibly increased, even igniting sparks on the surface of the raccoon tree stump, as if it were burned.

"This is the effect of powerful moves; it can increase the power, additional effects, and hit rate of moves!"

If the original Flame Fist only had a 30% chance of burning the target, then in the Fierce state, the probability increases to 50%!

Even with low-accuracy skills like the "Big Fireball" skill, the hit rate can be increased to 95%.
It's safe to say it's become a completely new move!
"But as a trade-off, the stamina required to use the move will double, and the Pokémon will then be unable to move."

While it won't completely immobilize you like with Hyper Beam, it will essentially become a slow, turtle-like creature, and might even be forced to watch helplessly as its opponent attacks twice in a row.

Ash looked at Apokolips, and sure enough, after Ash unleashed a powerful Fire Punch, the latter's movements became noticeably stiffer! (End of Chapter)