My electronic Pokémon came true?

"Haha, I'm just a little curious."

Professor Oak argued.

"Now that we're here, you guys make your Poké Balls, and I'll observe the Pokémon I'm interested in. Isn't that reasonable?"

Although Professor Oak and Steel have known each other for many years, the two old men's interests and hobbies are obviously not so compatible.

Gangtie originally thought that Professor Oak's visit was for the mandarin orange balls made by his apprentice. These days, he has been studying the Nanxianliu mandarin orange balls, and the more he looks at them, the more he finds them exquisite.

Professor Oak just happened to arrive to state his purpose, so Nan Xian must take out the Moon Ball to broaden the old guy's horizons and praise him well.

Gangtie had a lot of things he wanted to say to brag about his apprentice, but he didn't expect that the old man had a hidden agenda. He pretended to come to get the moon ball, but in fact he wanted to see the evil spirit that Nan Xian was carrying.

snort!

It's just a Pokémon, even if it's a species I've never seen before, so what's so strange about it!

Nan Xian knew his master very well. When he saw the old craftsman's angry look, he knew that he wanted a clear explanation from Professor Oak.

——This is not possible.

It's a rare occasion for Professor Oak to visit, and the two old men have been friends for decades. How could they have a conflict over whether to see the Eruption or the Moon Ball?

In just a few seconds, Nan Xian had an idea in his mind.

"Master, I came to the workshop today and didn't know there were any guests coming, so the plan in my mind was still before that."

The girl's voice was as clear as jade, attracting the attention of the two old men.

Seeing that all eyes were focused on him, Nan Xian struck while the iron was hot and continued speaking.

"I'm already prepared to make a new type of Poké Ball, and I don't want to focus on other things. Otherwise, let me make the Poké Ball first, and then we can consider other things."

After Nan Xian finished speaking, the atmosphere in the workshop stagnated for a few seconds.

"it is good!"

Steel suddenly spoke loudly.

"Well said, we don't have time to worry about Pokémon and the Moon Ball right now. The most important thing is the Sky Blue Jade!"

Professor Oak felt a little regretful after he spoke just now.

He did know that his old friend had a stubborn temper, and while he didn't hate Pokémon, he certainly didn't want to stray from the topic when talking about Poké Balls.

Professor Oak realizes that he is a guest, so he still has to follow Steel's thoughts. It's okay for Eruption to visit later.

"Sky blue jade, what is that?"

Professor Oak showed interest, and Steel answered casually.

"That was obtained by Nan Xian by chance. It seems to be a jade material from the Xicui area. It was also the material used by craftsmen to make Poké Balls at that time."

"Oh?"

Now, there is no disguise in Professor Oak's interest.

——Jade materials from Xicui area!

Professor Oak discovered that there seemed to be far more interesting things around Nan Xian than he had expected.

"Humph."

Professor Oak understands steel, and steel also understands Professor Oak.

The old craftsman's previous anger was because he noticed Professor Oak's true thoughts, and took advantage of the time when Nanxian was cleaning tools and sorting materials.

Steel, who was holding his breath, spoke in a deep voice.

"Nanxianliu's tangerine fruit balls are not the cheap stuff you imagine. If you don't pay close attention, you won't even understand how she made the balls!"

“When the time comes, don’t lose face for your elders or let Nan Xian look down on you!”

"...Alright, alright, I know it was my attitude just now that was wrong."

Professor Oak was speechless.

But if Professor Oak kept Steel's bad temper in mind, it was obvious that the two of them would not be able to remain friends for so long. Professor Oak apologized verbally and focused his attention on Steel's other words.

"Did you just mention the Nanxianliu Mandarin Fruit Ball?"

The concept of a school of thought cannot be expressed casually.

The Artisan Association in the Johto region only organizes several ancient mandarin orange ball making techniques that have been passed down to this day, and gives the names of the schools of craftsmen who have inherited them.

Gangtie started from scratch, but now he has become the most prestigious craftsman in the Johto region. The tangerine ball manufacturing craft school he founded is Gangtie-style.

Only after Nan Xian became an apprentice was he officially allowed by Gangti to call the mandarin orange balls he made "Gangti Liu Mandarin Orange Balls". For experienced buyers of mandarin orange balls, these mandarin orange balls made by famous craftsmen are the most popular type.

Although this was the first time that Professor Oak met Nan Xian in real life, he had heard Gangtie brag about his apprentice countless times, and he had also had a video conversation with Nan Xian when Erguiyan was in Kitakami Township.

It was amazing that an eighteen-year-old girl could inherit the iron craft and become a master.

Every profession has its specialties. If we look at Nanxian from the perspective of a trainer, Nanxian's status in the craftsman world after completing his apprenticeship is the same as that of a gym owner in the eyes of a trainer.

As long as time passes and Nan Xian creates a new skill, the girl who has inherited the steel style will achieve even greater things than steel.

But who could have imagined that Nan Xian would return with new skills less than a month after he started his apprenticeship?

"Isn't it natural for the apprentice to surpass the master?"

The old craftsman picked up the hot tea that the girl had just brought over and took a sip slowly.

"——Nan Xian has completed a new technique for making mandarin orange balls. Although I haven't fully understood the principles behind it, the results are in front of me. I just need to encourage her to keep going."

Ever since he took over Nanxian, Gangtie had foreseen this scene.

The old craftsman felt ashamed that he could not comprehend his apprentice's achievements at the moment, but deep down in his heart, Steel was excited by the possibilities that Nan Xian showed him.

Even at this age, I can still see a completely new technique for making tangerine balls, and the person who created this technique is none other than my apprentice who inherited all my skills.

Steel is very proud of this, which is why he can't bear to see Professor Oak look down on Nan Xian.

My apprentice, she is a master among masters!

With just a few words, Professor Oak finally understood Steel's attitude and what he almost missed just now.

"It's incredible."

The old man, who was still wearing a white coat, calmed down and echoed the sigh.

“This is a brand new technique for making mandarin orange balls. It really requires you to calm down and savor it slowly.”

After cleaning the tools, Nan Xian came back with the white cones he had just picked from the cone tree and the evil spirit outside the door. Seeing the two old men talking happily, he still didn't know what had happened when he left.

…I was afraid that there would be a quarrel inside, so I specifically told Ergui to be quiet for a while and at the same time fulfill the wishes of the two elders.

But as long as the two old men, whose combined ages are almost ten times older than Nan Xian, stop making a noise, the girl can calm down and focus all her energy on the new type of Poké Ball that she is about to make.

"White cones and sky-blue jade."

Nan Xian placed the most important materials on the work table. Not far away, two elderly people were several meters apart, giving her ample space to work.

"Next, I'll use them to make Poké Balls."

The girl let out a long sigh, raised her head, and saw the old craftsman looking straight at her and nodding slightly in an encouraging gesture.

"——Then I will begin."

Chapter 105: Professor Oak's Advice

Compared with the jade commonly used by modern craftsmen, the energy contained in sky blue jade is as blue as the sky.

Nan Xian, whose waveguide sensing ability is stronger than before, can determine that the energy in the sky blue jade is extremely active. Once it is used to make materials, the strong characteristics of the sky blue jade are enough to change the performance of the cones.

If you randomly choose a combination of fruits and they don't match, the creation of the Poké Ball will fail.

The materials currently available to Nanxian, apart from the sky blue jade, are white cones.

The white and smooth white cones are the cones that Nanxian has come into contact with the most.

When she was an apprentice, she had to process cones every day, but it took her nearly a hundred white cones to be able to help her master make a semi-processed cone shell.

If there wasn't a white cone tree at the doorstep of Tietie's house, and the cones could be stored for a long time if stored well, Nan Xian would still feel a little heartbroken just calculating the cost of the wasted cones.

But it was also because of the large number of Poké Balls made of white ball cones sold during his apprenticeship that Nan Xian now has his own little treasury, and he doesn't feel sorry about spending it on himself and Erkui.

Holding the white fruit in her hand, she couldn't even count how many she had processed. The girl let her thoughts wander for a moment, and then her hands naturally carried out the processing.

Nanxian does have a certain special feeling for white ball fruit.

However, when Gangtie suggested using white cones to match the sky blue jade, Nanxian agreed and had his own unique considerations.

The white cones have no odor, and the juice made from the pulp has a light taste.

In Nan Xian’s eyes, the white ball fruit was just like himself before the system was activated. Although it looked special, it was actually bland and tasteless.

If Erguiliang hadn't been by his side, Nan Xian would never have mustered the courage to pursue his dreams.

The same should be true for the combination of cones and jade.

The mediocre white cone and the sky blue jade that unexpectedly appeared in modern times, two seemingly unrelated things, may unexpectedly produce changes that would astonish ordinary people when combined.

Nan Xian touched the inner wall of the cone with his fingers, his fingertips touching the complex and dense veins. He closed his eyes slightly, and at the same time, he was sensing the "emotions" of the white cone in his heart.

——It is ready.

Not surprisingly, the girl came to this conclusion.

So far, Nan Xian has made far more Poké Balls than any other Poké Ball that an average trainer has touched. So naturally, there will be no accidents when he is repeating the process with the white Poké Balls.

But Nanxian still followed the rules and made his own deduced method, preparing to use the special manufacturing process named "Nanxian Style" by his master to make this Poké Ball.

……

Nan Xian concentrated his attention and ignored the movements around him, but Professor Oak watched the girl's movements carefully and found that she was holding the shell of the white ball fruit in her hand and staring at the inside for several minutes.

"Ok?"

Professor Oak was amazed.

"What is Nan Xian doing? Is there something special inside the white cone?"

Professor Oak's knowledge of Pokémon far exceeds that of the average person, and the same is true when it comes to the handmade crafting of Poké Balls.

It is precisely because of this understanding that Professor Oak feels puzzled.

It would be fine if ordinary craftsmen were slow in processing the cones, but Gangtie had just finished boasting about Nanxian's achievements, and now the girl started to show something strange as soon as she reached the stage of processing the cones.

Could it be that this old friend is fooling me?

"Humph, what do you know?"

Gangtie was also observing Nanxian's movements carefully.

Although he didn't understand what Nan Xian saw, the old craftsman, who knew that Nan Xian had superpowers, carefully investigated and discovered that there was a faint golden light flashing in the girl's eyes.

This strange appearance has proved that Nanxian is working seriously on it.

Steel does not have super powers, so he really has no way of understanding the world as seen by a super-powered person, but he still has to concentrate and try his best to see!

"If you don't understand, just watch! Don't interfere with my learning of the craft!"

Not only that, the old craftsman also scolded his old friend in a low voice.

One never stops learning, even though he is old, steel never admits age.

The old craftsman was too embarrassed to ask Nan Xian to repeatedly demonstrate his special production techniques, so he needed to cherish this rare opportunity, watch carefully, and learn seriously.

——Even if I don’t have super powers, I still have decades of experience and hands that have touched tens of thousands of cones!

Although my production speed may never catch up with Nan Xian, at least in terms of experience, I can't give up!

Professor Oak was speechless after being taught a lesson by Steel for no reason.

He just wanted to take this opportunity to chat more with his old friend, but why was he interrupted when he was talking about a topic that interested him? Could it be that old men's tempers get weirder as they get older?

Professor Oak feels that he is perfectly normal, the only thing that is weird is Steel.

Of the three people present, only Professor Oak had a lot to say and was unable to communicate. He could only shake his head and secretly look at Eruption.

"Boni~Boni~"