Old Man Fuji frowned slightly at his granddaughter's question.
Then, he walked while deep in thought.
After a moment, he replied, "Currently, I still think Tokiwa Power is better."
"Because Jiang Fan's ability, rather than being able to instantly determine the number of skill training sessions, I think it's more like being able to instantly see a Pokémon's various abilities and potential.
Otherwise, he wouldn't be able to tell at a glance which skills a Pokémon can learn and which it cannot.
Also, his arrangement for Charmander, having Charmander repeatedly practice already learned skills when not battling, and clearly specifying the number of repetitions, obviously means he saw something.
This ability should help him maximize the potential of any Pokémon."
"Grandpa, isn't that great?" Li Nai asked, puzzled, "Maximizing the potential of any Pokémon, I feel that's better than the Tokiwa Power you mentioned, Grandpa."
Old Man Fuji shook his head.
"No, Li Nai, if you had seen a user of Tokiwa Power, you wouldn't think that way."
"Compared to maximizing a Pokémon's potential, Tokiwa Power, in addition to the three abilities I mentioned last night, can also allow Pokémon nurtured by Tokiwa Power to break through their own species limits."
"My old friend, he cultivated an extremely powerful Beedrill with this ability, and the power of that Pokémon was unlike anything I've ever seen."
After hearing her grandfather's words, Li Nai's small mouth slightly opened, a bit amazed.
She knew her grandfather's insights, so if her grandfather said it was powerful, then that Beedrill must be incredibly powerful.
Finally, she couldn't help but sigh:
"What a pity, I was thinking that if Jiang Fan's ability was even stronger than Grandpa's old friend's, then maybe I could have a friend who could become a Pokémon Master in the future."
Old Man Fuji heard his granddaughter's words, couldn't help but raise an eyebrow, and after gazing for a few seconds, he chuckled.
"Li Nai, what Grandpa said isn't necessarily completely correct. I only observed for one morning. Jiang Fan might have some surprises I don't know about.
Moreover, Pokémon battles, besides looking at whether a Pokémon is strong or not, depend more on the Trainer's command ability. Jiang Fan's command ability, I can only describe with two words right now: excellent."
As they chatted, Old Man Fuji and Li Nai returned to the Pokémon House.
At this time, volunteers were busy preparing lunch for the Pokémon, and the two joined in.
"Grandpa, I'm going to find Charmander's Poké Ball."
After they finished their work, Li Nai remembered her grandfather's instructions and left after a greeting.
At the Pokémon House, Charmander was one of the few Pokémon that still had its Poké Ball when it was brought in.
And Old Man Fuji was petting a Psyduck, merely waving his hand at his granddaughter's departure.
After petting for half an hour, Old Man Fuji noticed that his granddaughter had not returned for a long time.
"Have any of you seen Li Nai?"
Old Man Fuji asked the volunteers.
The volunteers all shook their heads.
With doubts, Old Man Fuji walked towards the room specifically for storing Poké Balls.
He pushed the door open; the room was empty.
All that was there was an envelope with an 'R' logo that caught his eye.
.....
Night fell.
Jiang Fan and Charmander returned to the Pokémon House just in time for dinner.
"Charmander, don't sneak out to practice tonight. You should get some good rest."
"Excessive hard work is overdrawing your body, and your strength doesn't need to be rushed at this moment. There's still plenty of time."
While the human and Pokémon were eating together, Jiang Fan thought of something and reminded him.
"Rua~"
Charmander sat on the ground, holding food in one hand and throwing it into its mouth, while nodding.
Seeing it nod, Jiang Fan said no more and buried his head, continuing to eat.
Psychology teaches that excessive reminders only provoke a rebellious mindset.
After a while, Jiang Fan noticed that Old Man Fuji and Li Nai were nowhere to be seen tonight.
Normally, they would be in the house with the volunteers.
"Xiao Ya, where are Grandpa Fuji and Li Nai? Why haven't I seen them tonight?" He turned to ask the volunteer closest to him.
The volunteer, addressed as Xiao Ya, said:
"Grandpa Fuji is in the office. He suddenly locked himself in there this afternoon for some reason, and when Philia went to ask him at dinner, he said not to bother him, looking quite upset.
As for Li Nai, well... after distributing lunch to the Pokémon at noon today, she seemed to have said something about going to find Charmander's Poké Ball and hasn't been seen since."
Jiang Fan frowned slightly upon hearing this.
This sounded like something had happened.
And the Charmander eating at his feet, hearing someone was looking for its Poké Ball, immediately looked up.
A few minutes later, Jiang Fan finished his meal and walked towards Old Man Fuji's office.
Charmander followed behind him.
Soon, Jiang Fan arrived at Old Man Fuji's office.
Old Man Fuji was standing by the window, seemingly deep in thought, completely unaware of Jiang Fan's arrival.
"Grandpa Fuji?" Jiang Fan called out tentatively.
The sound startled Old Man Fuji, who turned and, upon seeing Jiang Fan, immediately showed a kind smile.
However, to Jiang Fan, this smile still seemed a bit stiff.
"Is something wrong, Jiang Fan?" Old Man Fuji said.
Jiang Fan said directly, "I just heard Xiao Ya say that you've been in your office since this afternoon, Grandpa Fuji, and haven't eaten dinner, so I came to check on you and see if there's anything I can help you with."
As his words fell, Jiang Fan's pupils constricted, because he noticed a red envelope with an 'R' logo on the desk.
"Li Nai's disappearance is related to Team Rockets?"
Jiang Fan immediately made a guess in his heart.
"No, I'm not hungry, and there's nothing I need help with. Thank you for your concern, Jiang Fan." Old Man Fuji refused with a stiff smile.
Jiang Fan raised an eyebrow.
He felt that the other party was very likely being threatened by Team Rockets.
Because if he remembered correctly, Old Man Fuji disliked Team Rockets.
After all, one side selflessly takes in abandoned Pokémon, while the other specializes in capturing Pokémon for profit, sometimes even killing Pokémon; their ideologies are completely different.
And at this moment, Old Man Fuji saw that Jiang Fan had noticed the Team Rockets envelope on the table.
He quickly walked over to put the envelope away.
But Jiang Fan picked up the envelope before him: "Grandpa Fuji, did Team Rockets kidnap Li Nai and threaten you to do something?"
Old Man Fuji's expression changed.
"How did you know?" he asked, surprised.
Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan understood that he had guessed correctly.
He immediately put on an act, making himself appear very desolate.
"My parents died because of them," he said in a low, slightly hoarse voice.
"Rua~"
Charmander, seeing Jiang Fan like this, let out a comforting cry.
"I'm fine, Charmander." Jiang Fan looked down with a bitter smile, then looked at Old Man Fuji, "So, Grandpa Fuji, if you need any help from me, please tell me."
Old Man Fuji looked at Jiang Fan.
Thinking about Team Rockets' way of doing things.
Finally, he stepped forward and patted Jiang Fan's shoulder, while also being frank.
"You're right, Team Rockets kidnapped Li Nai. They want me to hand over a certain research result from the past."
"They gave me five days to consider. If I don't go to the exchange location and give it to them in five days, they said I'd never see Li Nai again. But that thing was already destroyed when I left the research institute."
"At the same time, they warned me not to contact the Pokémon police. If they find out, they'll immediately kill her. Jiang Fan, what do you think I should do?"
Jiang Fan fell into thought after hearing this.
After a brief moment, he said firmly, "Grandpa Fuji, leave this matter to me. In five days, I'll go to the meeting place for you and bring Li Nai back."
"You go?" Old Man Fuji was very surprised, "Can you do it, Jiang Fan?"
"I can." Jiang Fan still said firmly, "Charmander and I will bring Li Nai back, but I hope you can give me Charmander's Poké Ball first."
"Rua~" Charmander immediately responded.
It believed that with its awakened talent, under Jiang Fan's command, it could be invincible.
Old Man Fuji shook his head: "Charmander's Poké Ball should be with Li Nai now. When I was looking for Li Nai, I noticed that the place where Charmander's Poké Ball was stored was empty."
Jiang Fan's determined expression stiffened slightly.
A Poké Ball can increase a holder's Pokémon affection by 30 points. Charmander's affection for him is currently 12 points.
If he had the Poké Ball, the affection could immediately reach 42 points.
From -25 points to 42 points, the increase would be 67 points, and he could immediately unlock Charmander's first reward layer.
Although he didn't know if it could solve this predicament, coming from the system, it shouldn't disappoint.
"What's wrong, Jiang Fan, having second thoughts?" Old Man Fuji saw that Jiang Fan was a bit off.
"No, Grandpa Fuji, just leave it to me." Jiang Fan patted his chest confidently.
Charmander's Poké Ball is with Li Nai, so even if he didn't want to go, he had to. Rather than being timid, it was better to show his confidence to increase Old Man Fuji's trust.
Soon, Jiang Fan left the office with Charmander.
"Charmander, get a good rest tonight. In the next few days, you're going to have very rigorous training. Do you have confidence?"
"Rua~"
"Excellent, worthy of being the super genius I've chosen."
