Special Training

Above them was a layer of blue, block-shaped machinery.

Eichi had checked the manual earlier. It was an aerial pool.

Once activated, it could quickly form a pool in the air, allowing Water-type Pokémon to swim freely inside.

Some Water-type Pokémon could only unleash their full strength in water. On land, their power might instantly be reduced by fifty or sixty percent.

Dratini was in exactly that situation. It was extremely uncomfortable on the ground and could not even bring out half its strength.

That was why it needed a watery environment to maximize the effects of its training.

Eichi pressed the switch on the wall. The blocks opened, shooting out smaller blocks that quickly covered the sky above half the training ground.

They lined up neatly, and then clear water began flowing from the block machinery, rapidly filling the area covered by the small blocks.

It looked only half a meter deep, but that was more than enough for Water-type Pokémon.

Dratini consciously leaped up and jumped into the pool floating in the air.

It swam rapidly inside as Eichi began to think.

Dratini currently only knew five moves: Bind, Leer, Thunder Wave, Dragon Breath, and Dragon Dance.

Dragon Breath and Dragon Dance had been inherited from its parents, but it could not use them yet.

So Dratini could currently use only three moves.

Eichi adjusted the height of the aerial pool, lowering it to about a person's height.

Then he said to Dratini, "Dratini, start with twenty laps as a warm-up."

Dratini answered and quickly began swimming.

Before evolving, Dratini's Speed among its six stats was only 50, lower than Wimpod's 80.

So it was not as fast as Wimpod had been.

Of course, Eichi did not need it to be especially fast. The main purpose was to