After Charmeleon evolved into Charizard, however, Heath gained another option for getting around. Charizard had learned Fly on his own, which came as a pleasant surprise to Heath. He had been wondering whether he needed to visit the department store to buy the move.
Some moves in the Pokémon world could be learned by Pokémon on their own, or Pokémon could try mastering them directly through Technical Machines. Of course, learning a move on their own was certainly the most convenient option. Buying Technical Machines was rather expensive, after all.
Knowledge was power, and Heath had never underestimated that.
Some Technical Machines in the Pokémon world, particularly those for extremely difficult moves, carried very hefty price tags. The department store sold Fly Technical Machines too, but their price generally held steady at around a hundred thousand League Coins. They were hardly cheap, so most people chose to learn through privately run classes instead.
But classes had their own drawback: there was no guarantee that every student's Pokémon would learn the move Fly and acquire the ability to use it. That depended on how bright the Pokémon learning it was, so many of those who enrolled in Fly classes were people who had some confidence in their Pokémon's intelligence.
"Actually, I don't really understand why Flying-type Pokémon need to learn Fly separately when they can already fly." Heath had been rather puzzled. He had asked this question before, directing it to Sister Ling. After all, Sister Ling was also the smartest member of the Officer Jenny Unit in Viridian City. She knew a great deal and was someone everyone relied on heavily.
She was like a living encyclopedia, an extremely dependable person. Whatever the question was, it seemed that asking Sister Ling would get you an answer.
"Because ordinary flight and