After Eddie put away the Sun Stone, Chikorita finally found the opportunity to talk to him.
"Ckik~Chikor~"
"You want to show me some stunts?" Eddie thought that Chikorita was just saying this for fun, so he nodded and said, "Okay, can you show me?"
"Chi~korita~"
Chikorita stamped her feet, indicating that it was not possible here.
"Are we going to the flower fields?" Eddie asked doubtfully, "Okay, okay, but you have to hurry up, we still have work to do!"
Hearing Eddie's words, Chikorita was very happy. It ran happily and turned back to urge Eddie to go faster.
Eddie shook his head helplessly, then said to the Heliolisk beside him: "Let's go and see what stunts this little guy is going to perform!" After that, he walked towards the flower field.
"Lisk~"
The Heliolisk nodded and followed Eddie hopping.
By the time Eddie and the Heliolisk arrived at the edge of the flower field, Chikorita had already burrowed into the flowers. Its small body was hidden by the dense leaves of the special flower preferred by the Flabébé line, with only its tiny head showing.
"Chiko~Chiko~" Watch out everyone, I'm about to start!
Chikorita stretched her neck and shouted to Eddie who was standing at the edge of the flower field.
"Okay, we're watching!" Eddie waved at it.
Hearing Eddie's return, Chikorita's big eyes instantly narrowed into crescents, and then it hummed a few times, and a green light emerged from its body.
"It's Grassy Terrain!"
Eddie recognized Chikorita's moves instantly, but he didn't understand why Chikorita showed him this move that he had seen countless times. Could it be that Chikorita developed a new way to play on the Grassy Terrain?
Just when Eddie was wondering, he suddenly saw that with the Chikorita as the center, all the special flower buds preferred by the Flabébé line bathed in the Grassy Terrain were swaying and slowly opening their petals. The scene was very beautiful.
The place where Chikorita performed was specially chosen by it. The special flowers preferred by the Flabébé line in this area were basically not in full bloom, and most of them were buds about to bloom, so it gave Eddie such a strong visual impact.
Not only did the special flower preferred by the Flabébé line bloom, Eddie even noticed that the entire plant seemed to be more energetic.
After the display, Chikorita was the first to jump out of the flower field, ran quickly to Eddie, and raised her head waiting for Eddie's praise.
However, Eddie had not yet recovered from the shock and was still staring blankly at the blooming special flower preferred by the Flabébé line.
"Chiko~Chikorita~"
Seeing that Eddie didn't praise it, Chikorita became unhappy and bit Eddie's pants to urge him on.
Eddie finally came back to his senses. He asked in surprise, "Chikorita, when did you become so powerful?"
Eddie's reaction pleased Chikorita. It raised its little head proudly with a smug look on its face. Eddie suspected that if it continued to raise its head back, its little neck might not be able to hold on.
Seeing that Chikorita refused to tell him, Eddie guessed, "Could it be that Enamorus or the Landorus helped you?"
Now the only people in the family who can help Chikorita suddenly gain new abilities are these two great gods.
Hearing Eddie's words, Chikorita looked at Eddie in surprise, with the words "how did you know?" almost written on his face.
Sure enough... when Eddie saw Chikorita's expression, he knew that he guessed right.
It seems that he will have to thank the Landorus and the Meloetta when he returns.
"Even without help from others, you are already very capable, Chikorita. I am proud of you!" Eddie still praised Chikorita very seriously.
Hearing Eddie's praise, Chikorita instantly returned to her previous "I'm amazing" expression and walked behind Eddie with her head held high.
After watching Chikorita's display, Eddie called all the Pokémon at home to go to Mystic Mountain to work together.
On the road, Brionne looked at the way Chikorita walked and looked at the sky, and asked the Heliolisk in confusion: "What happened to it? Did it get a stiff neck while sleeping?"
When Heliolisk heard this, it couldn't help laughing out loud. But before it could answer Brionne's question, it saw that Chikorita in front of it had not looked at the road and tripped over a rock. It fell to the ground with a "bang" and its four legs were facing the air.
Heliolisk's expression paused for a moment, and then it burst into laughter again.
When it explained the reason to Brionne, Brionne also started laughing.
Eddie turned around and glared at the Heliolisk and the Brionne. The two Pokémon instantly shut up, but the smiles on their faces could not be wiped away.
The fall did not affect Chikorita at all. It got up quickly, ran quickly to Eddie, and continued to walk forward with its head held high.
Once they arrived at Mystic Mountain, everyone started working under Eddie's arrangements.
The five Ground-type Pokémon, including the three Diggersby, Nidoking, and Nidoqueen, are specifically responsible for digging fruit trees out of the ground with their roots.
The Leavanny is responsible for using the X-Scissor move to separate the trunks and branches of the fruit trees, placing the trunks on one side and the branches on the other.
Encouraged by Enamorus, these fruit trees have grown tall and big. The trunks are all good wood, which can not only be sold for money, but also be kept as building materials in the future.
As for the trimmed branches and leaves, they will be piled up, sprinkled with special materials to make them ferment, and then used as compost.
The Purrloin is responsible for using its Shadow Claw move to cut the branches into short and small pieces, which can speed up the decay of the branches and shorten the composting time.
Selene took Gastly, Haunter and Litwick and used their psychic powers to move the thick and heavy tree trunks to suitable places.
As for Brionne and Heliolisk, they were responsible for helping out everywhere.
Eddie couldn't do physical work himself, so he could only be responsible for overall planning.
As for the little guys like Chikorita and Larvitar, they could do nothing but run around in the orchard, chirping non-stop.
Everyone worked together and quickly, and soon a space was cleared.
Eddie was directing everyone to work in an orderly manner. Suddenly, he saw a large piece of wood moving by itself. Selene and the Ghost-types had already left with the wood and were not here at this time.
Eddie was frightened by this strange phenomenon at first, but when he looked carefully, he was surprised to find that the person holding the big wood was... Salandit.
It was because its petite body was obscured by the thick trunk that Eddie didn't notice it at first.
Salandit easily lifted a piece of wood that was who knows how many times bigger than itself and swung it around, almost making Eddie drop his jaw.
He had always known that Salandit had extraordinary strength, but he had never expected it to be so exaggerated. He looked like a cute little gecko, so how could he actually be an extremely powerful strongman?
Looking at the Salandit running fast with the wood held high, Eddie suddenly thought that he should check its body. Maybe there was really something special about the Salandit's body!
When Salandit came back after delivering a piece of wood, Eddie waved at it and said, "Salandit, come here."
Salandit was stunned when he heard this, and then he jumped to Eddie in confusion.
"Let me check your body." Eddie sat on a wooden stake, held Salandit on his knees and said.
Although Salandit didn't understand why Eddie suddenly wanted to examine him, he still nodded obediently.
Eddie controlled the energy of the Golden Finger and slowly penetrated into the body of Salandit, examining its body bit by bit.
Except for Selene, Brionne, Heliolisk, Larvitar and Chikorita, Eddie rarely gives detailed physical examinations to the Pokémon employees in the orchard.
Especially after he was able to use his psychic powers to multitask, he could organize the energy for his employees faster. In order to speed up work efficiency, Eddie would not carefully explore the physical conditions of the Pokémon.
Although he would take the Pokémon to the Poké Center for regular checkups, that only checked the health issues of the Pokémon and other abnormalities could not be detected.
Because of his careful examination, Eddie quickly found the abnormality in the body of Salandit.
Part of the hidden energy circuit of Salandit has been lit up!
Not only that, compared to the hidden energy circuits of other Pokémon, the hidden energy circuits of Salandit are obviously brighter.
In the detection of Eddie's Golden Finger, the hidden energy circuits of ordinary Pokémon are dim and difficult to be discovered without careful inspection.
But the Salandit is different. Its hidden energy circuit is very conspicuous.
If the area where the Pokémon's hidden energy circuit is located is likened to a dim environment, then in ordinary Pokémon, you can only vaguely see the outline of the hidden energy circuit.
But Salandit's situation is like lighting a candle in this dim environment. The location of the candlelight is the hidden energy circuit that has been illuminated, and the surrounding energy circuits can also be seen clearly under the illumination of the candlelight.
In other words, this Salandit is a gifted creature.
The hidden energy circuits of the Salandit are on its legs and ears, and a part of each position has been lit up.
Eddie suddenly felt that when he helped Selene and the others light up their hidden energy circuits in the future, he might as well bring Salandit along. He wondered what would happen to this Pokémon that was born with a partially lit hidden energy circuit after all its hidden energy circuits were lit up.
After figuring out the reason why Salandit was so powerful, Eddie put it down and said, "Come to my room after dinner tonight."
Salandit didn't understand what Eddie was going to do, but he still nodded and agreed with a pair of puzzled eyes.
"Okay, just continue working!" Eddie said to Salandit with a smile.
"Sala~"
Salandit responded and suddenly thought, could it be that the boss saw that I was working hard and wanted to give me a special health care?
Thinking he had guessed the answer, Salandit grinned and skipped away happily.
Seeing that it was getting late, Eddie told the Pokémon to finish their work and go home. They could continue the rest tomorrow.
After returning home, Eddie personally prepared dinner for everyone and gave everyone a health check-up, saying that everyone had worked hard that day.
This move confused Salandit. Everyone else has health care? What about me? What should I do at night?
After dinner, the employees returned to the dormitory one after another. Since Salandit lived with the Heliolisk, he did not have to leave with the other employees.
With a heart full of doubts, it cleaned up the dishes with Selene and the others, and then walked into Eddie's room with a nervous look on its face.
Eddie was reading in the room. When he saw Salandit coming, he stood up happily and said, "Salandit, you are here. Come with me."
Having said that, he walked out.
After hearing this, Salandit had no choice but to follow Eddie.
Salandit followed Eddie all the way to the room that Selene and the others usually used to light up the hidden energy circuits, and was surprised to find that his good friend, the Heliolisk, was also here.
"Helio~"
When Heliolisk saw Salandit come in, it grinned and waved at her.
After Salandit came in, Eddie told it the reason why he called it over.
Salandit was very surprised after hearing this. Am I really a genius? This is the first time it has heard of such a thing in its life!
However, it readily agreed to light up the hidden energy circuit. Since the Heliolisk has been doing it, it should do it too. Wouldn't it be the same as the Heliolisk?
o(▽)qHehehehe…
Thinking of this, Salandit glanced at the Heliolisk quietly. The Heliolisk was also looking at it, and the two Pokémon smiled at each other.
⊙▂⊙Eddie:. . .
Eddie noticed their little movements and felt like a third wheel.
"Ahem..." Eddie coughed lightly, interrupting the ambiguous atmosphere between the two Pokémon at an inopportune time. "Okay, today we will help Salandit light up the hidden energy circuit for the first time!"
Heliolisk:
Salandit:
Soon, the Salandit lay down on the bed, and the Heliolisk was ready to give it electromagnetic waves.
Because the anesthetics that Eddie bought from Nurse Joy were all in fixed quantities, Salandit could only use the electromagnetic waves of the Heliolisk to light up the hidden energy circuit for the first time.
Eddie did not let the Heliolisk use electromagnetic waves on the Salandit at the beginning. He first used the Golden Finger to test the hidden energy circuit of the Salandit.
"Salandit, how do you feel?" Eddie asked.
"Sala~" It hurts a little.
"Just a little?" Eddie asked in surprise.
You know, when Selene and the others lit up the hidden energy circuit for the first time, they were in excruciating pain because they didn't use any paralyzing means.
I didn't expect that it was only "a little" for the Salandit. Could it be because the Salandit has a stronger ability to withstand stress?
Eddie tried again.
"What about this time?" he continued.
"andit~" Same as before.
Salandit answered. Although it had an uncomfortable expression on its face, it seemed to be within the tolerable range.
It seems that the hidden energy circuit of Salandit is really different from that of other Pokémon, and it is not a problem of its endurance.
"Can you bear it?" Eddie asked.
"Saland~" No problem.
After hearing this answer, Eddie thought about trying to see if he could complete the experiment of lighting up the hidden energy circuit of the Salandit without resorting to paralysis.
Although paralysis methods are safe, Eddie still thinks it is better not to use them if possible.
"Salandit, I'm about to start officially. If it hurts you too much, be sure to tell me in time and I will stop immediately." Eddie instructed Salandit.
"Sala~" Okay.
Salandit nodded and replied.
As Eddie's Golden Finger energy began to stimulate Salandit's hidden energy circuit, Salandit gradually began to clench his teeth.
An hour passed in the blink of an eye, and Eddie finally stopped.
This time it is not only to help Salandit light up the hidden energy circuit, but also a process for Eddie to explore and familiarize himself with its hidden energy circuit. Only by figuring out the structure of the hidden energy circuit first will Eddie be able to operate it more easily next time.
Different Pokémon have different hidden energy circuits.
During the whole process, Salandit gritted its teeth and persevered without making a sound. After it was over, Eddie found that its fur was wet with sweat.
"Salandit, are you still awake?" Eddie asked.
"Salan~Salandit~" I...I'm fine...
Salandit opened his eyes.
Sala... "Is it over?"
"Yeah, how do you feel?"
Eddie stretched his arm next to the Salandit and let it sit up with the help of his arm. Seeing this, the Heliolisk also hurriedly supported the Salandit's body with both hands.
"Sa...Salan..." Fortunately, I can hold on.
"That's good." Eddie breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.
When Salandit recovered, Eddie said to the Heliolisk, "Heliolisk, please take Salandit back to the room."
"Hey~" Okay.
The Heliolisk nodded, then picked up the Salandit and went back to the room together.
After the two Pokémon left, Eddie thought for a while and went to Landorus and Enamorus to express his gratitude to them for helping Chikorita gain new abilities.
Enamorus accepted Eddie's thanks, but also told Eddie that it and Landorus would set off to return to the Unova region tomorrow.