He knows Pokémon better than me.

"How's Lucario going? Any new developments?"

Ash walked to the manufacturing area on his left and finally had time to put down his luggage.

However, he always felt a bit uneasy whenever he saw the CNC machine tools and mechanical transport tracks in this area!

That's so professional!
"Luca!"

Lucario nodded. Compared to Shaymi's childlike nature, Lucario was a mature and steady master.

However, its research and development achievements are no less than those of Shemi.

Hey!
Ash caught the blue and white Poké Ball that Lucario threw to him. It had white wing patterns on it and felt very light.

"This is... a shuttlecock?"

Lucario shook his head. This is a higher-level wing ball!
The range of a shuttlecock is only 50 meters, but if you throw a winged shuttlecock, it can fly straight forward for 100 meters, achieving the effect of catching it from a distance.

Ash's eyes lit up as he stared at the Wing Ball in his hand.

There are three types of handmade Poké Balls in the Seishi region, and the materials are basically "Berry + corresponding gem".

There's not much to say about Poké Balls, Great Balls, and Heavy Balls; they still exist in modern times.

In fact, modern Poké Balls are clearly of higher quality and have a higher catch rate.

Besides the Flying Badminton series!
The technology behind Poké Balls, which can be launched straight and long distances with a light toss and have an extremely high speed, is completely unavailable in modern technology.

Surprisingly, Lucario was successfully built!

"Luca~"

Lucario shrugged and, relying on the crafting materials list given by Ash, followed the process to make the item. Actually, it wasn't that difficult.

The difficulty lies in needing a material called "Sky Blue Jade," which is what gives the winged ball the ability to defy the laws of physics and shoot out like a bullet.

It only found two or three azure jade stones among the large pile of miscellaneous ores that Ash had collected before, so it cannot be mass-produced yet.

"Blue ore?"

Xiao Zhi remembered that he had dug up quite a lot of these ores when he was mining in the second mine.
He thought they were useless and threw most of them away, only taking two back to collect as part of his "collection."

This is not something rare, which means there will be a continuous stream of shuttlecocks, or even winged shuttlecocks, in the future!
As for the common adventure items in the Xicui region, such as smoke bombs and sound bombs, they are easy to replicate. It's just that the raw materials are hard to find, and they need to be planted in Shemi first.

However, these things are not really legal in Pokémon battles and are not very meaningful.

And Lucario has already handcrafted the most important mastery pill.

These difficulties are not particularly high; the biggest challenge is finding the raw materials to make these things in modern times.

"Hmm, it seems we'll still have to rely on Shaymi."

Ash nodded and sighed, watching Lucario conjure two "Swift" and two "Powerful" Mastery Pills with his fresh hands. He then released Dracovish and tried to use them.

Ash carefully placed the "Swiftness" pill into the Dracovish's mouth, giving it a gentle reminder:

"Remember, after swallowing it, all you can think about is using your jaw-biting technique as fast as possible!"

According to the procedure at Xicui's place, a senior Pokémon needs to demonstrate a mastered move, while another Pokémon eats a mastery pill and imitates it.
So how did the first Pokémon master a move?

It is entirely possible to achieve this through independent understanding.

Seeing that the gill taur had swallowed the mastery pill, its eyes widened, looking as if it had been enlightened and suddenly understood.

boom!
Ash immediately released his Shellder and quickly began giving commands:
"Armored Dragon, Iron Wall three times in a row!!"

The armored dragon understood, steadied itself, and its body flashed with a metallic sheen, greatly increasing its defensive capabilities. It then turned its head and shouted towards the other side of the farmland:

"Shami, give me a Sunny Day!"

Shemi is still actively spreading knowledge and skills to people in his hometown; he's completely addicted to it.

Without turning his head, during a break in his lecture, Shemi seamlessly raised his head and spat out a sun-like ball of energy into the air.

The dazzling light made Dr. Yamanashi and the others on the other side of the screen squint.

What the heck? Who's using a flashbang?
As the sphere of light spread out, the sky, which was already somewhat dim in the evening, suddenly shone with dazzling sunlight, and the temperature rose considerably.

"Hmm, that should be enough."

Ash nodded in satisfaction. The Dragon-type Pokémon's resistance to Water-type moves, combined with the defensive boost from Iron Defense and the reduced damage from Sunny Day to Water-type moves.

In addition, the power of Swift Cheek Bite itself will also decrease somewhat.

Even with the highest damage output, the cheek bite can't deal any more damage.

So he waved his hand and shouted:

"Now! Use your gill bite on the armored dragon!!"

The ichthyosaur suddenly charged out, its jaws turning aquamarine, and then it bit into the hard body of the armored dinosaur.

*Swoosh!*
In an instant, the water mist burst open, but the armored dragon remained unmoved and almost unharmed, while the gill dammer's jaws snapped open.

"Keep going, bite down on your cheeks!!"

Xiao Zhi continued shouting, "The speed just now was only slightly increased, far from reaching the level of 'swift'!"

We must try as many times as possible before the effects of the mastery pill wear off.

"Gills~!!"

The ichthyosaur immediately pounced again, and this time its movements were indeed much faster.

Then there will be a third, and a fourth time.
Since the Armored Dragon was in a state of Iron Defense throughout and did not attack, each of its cheek bites had a double damage increase effect.

As soon as the first pill wore off, Ash immediately gave him a second one.

He finally heard a "crack! crack!" sound when he bit down on his cheek for the eleventh time.

The ichthyosaur's body blurred into afterimages, accompanied by ink-wash painting-like afterimage effects, its speed suddenly increased, and it bit out at an extremely fast speed.

Crack!
Before the first bite was even finished, a second bite immediately followed, and the water vapor burst open instantly.

Two consecutive gill bites that doubled the damage hit, and even with its greatly increased defense and damage reduction, the baby dragon still frowned in pain, being blasted back several meters by the burst of water mist for the first time.

"Success!!"

Seeing this, Ash was overjoyed and couldn't help but hug the Dracovish to celebrate.

"Luca."

Lucario, who had been watching from the sidelines and was quite knowledgeable, also realized what was happening.

The gill bite of the ichthyosaur is unmatched, but its only drawback is that it is "difficult to strike first". Therefore, its mastery of the move "swiftness" is naturally a major killing move!

A preemptive bite is far more important than the tiny bit of force sacrificed for speed!
Lucario's lips parted slightly, and his expression gradually became serious.

It wasn't a perfectly sunny day, so without using the Iron Wall...
Even for it, a bite like that to the cheek would be somewhat dangerous! (End of Chapter)