Gardevoir's Giant Spoon

"How about it? Do you want your Charizard to learn the move Fire Pledge?"

Hu Yang immediately nodded at the question.

It was absolutely worth it if he could have Charizard master a new move without having to sleep for twelve hours.

At the same time, he realized that the old man before him was one of the Move Teachers from the games.

Move Teachers were people who had mastered secret Pokémon techniques and could teach them to other Pokémon.

Dragon Granny, whom Hu Yang had met in Sinnoh and who taught Draco Meteor, also counted as a Move Teacher.

"Can it learn it now?" Hu Yang asked.

The old man shook his head. Glancing at the pitch-black scene outside the window, he replied, "Not yet. We have to wait for the rain to stop. Learning a move indoors isn't a wise choice."

"Besides, your Charizard looks very spirited. It's been raised perfectly. It must be very strong, right?" The old man examined Charizard by the firelight.

Hu Yang modestly replied, "It's all right."

Just then, dinner was ready.

With rain pouring outside, the two ate their hot dinner while continuing their previous conversation.

The old man said, "To successfully use Fire Pledge, a Pokémon needs to fuse its spiritual energy with its own Fire-type energy."

"Spiritual energy?"

The old man nodded. "It's a wondrous energy born from Pokémon. It appears when they encounter humans. The Normal-type move Return is one extension of it."

At that, the old man glanced at Charizard and continued, "In other words, the closer it is to you, the easier it will be for it to comprehend that move."

Hu Yang nodded thoughtfully.

After all that, it was basically the friendship system from the games.

He checked the friendship between himself and Charizard and thought