Slowpoke Department Store is the largest Pokemon department store in Xingyuan City, encompassing a wide variety of Pokemon-related goods.
Berries, Pokemon food, items, TMs, and Pokemon sales are all available. Ling You and Lin Qiuyu came to the TM section on the second floor this time.
There are all kinds of TMs classified into different areas according to type and survival series. Even though it was already evening, there were still many people in the store.
At the same time, various Pokemon could be seen. The mall did not restrict releasing Pokemon, but most people tacitly avoided releasing large Pokemon like Onix.
Ling You and Lin Qiuyu went to the Grass-type and Fighting-type sections, respectively. The shelves were filled with dazzling TMs sealed in transparent plastic boxes.
"Sprigatito, is there any move you want to learn?" Ling You looked at the TMs, unsure what to teach Sprigatito, and couldn't help but ask for Sprigatito's opinion.
"Meow!"
Sprigatito was stunned when she heard Ling You's words, then excitedly cried out, remembering the Ursaring that spewed a purple beam from its mouth.
"Hyper Beam, Sprigatito can't learn that," Ling You quickly understood Sprigatito's thoughts and smiled helplessly.
"Meow?" Σ(￣ロ￣lll)
Sprigatito was stunned, incredibly shocked that she couldn't learn such a cool move.
"Don't be discouraged, Sprigatito. Your final evolution is Meowscarada, a Pokemon that focuses on flexible combat. While Hyper Beam is powerful, its drawback of being unable to move afterward isn't suitable for you," Ling You took out his rotom phone, found Meowscarada's data, and showed it to Sprigatito.
"Meow~"
Sprigatito couldn't help but be stunned looking at the Meowscarada on the screen. So, my evolution, Sprigatito, is this beautiful? Hehehe, I'm already the cutest Sprigatito now, and if I evolve, my beauty will be unrivaled.
"Sprigatito, you're drooling," Ling You put away his rotom phone and smiled, reminding the narcissistic Sprigatito.
"Meow!"
Oh no, my perfect image in front of my Trainer is about to be shattered. Simple Sprigatito always forgets that Ling You can hear her thoughts. Sprigatito has no perfect image in Ling You's mind.
"Sprigatito, try this," Ling You took out a Grass Knot TM. Although it's a special attack move, it has important tactical significance for Sprigatito.
If she faces enemies with high physical defense and low special defense in the future, Grass Knot is also a surprising move. If she can flexibly control the vines created by Grass Knot, it can, in a sense, compensate for Sprigatito's inability to learn Vine Whip.
"Meow meow~"
Although I don't know what it is, as long as it's chosen by my Trainer, I have no objections. Sprigatito didn't know what Ling You chose, but she nodded anyway. How could Ling You harm a pure and cute cat? Sprigatito thought so.
"Let's go, let's look at others. Because you have the Protean ability, learning more moves of different types will make you more flexible in battles," Ling You took Sprigatito to the Flying-type section. There weren't many people in the Flying-type section. At a glance, besides Ling You, there was only one girl with a Froakie.
The girl held a TM in one hand, looking left and right with a troubled expression, while the Froakie beside her shook its head helplessly.
"Bubble, should I choose Aerial Ace or Acrobatics? I'm so conflicted!" The girl looked at the two TMs in distress. With her financial resources, she could only choose one, so she was naturally in a dilemma.
"Choose Aerial Ace. Froakie probably hasn't learned Fling or isn't holding a one-time item, right?" Ling You, seeing the girl's distress, couldn't help but offer his opinion.
"No," The girl shook her head. Indeed, without an item to cooperate with, Acrobatics simply couldn't compare to Aerial Ace. The girl's indecisiveness vanished instantly. She put Acrobatics back on the shelf and said to Froakie with a smile, "That's great, Bubble."
"Froakie?"
Froakie scratched its head. What does that have to do with me? I'm just a little frog, I don't know anything.
"Thank you very much for your suggestion," The girl turned and thanked Ling You again.
"You're welcome, we're all Trainers, just helping each other out," Ling You said, picking up the Acrobatics TM that the girl had put back. There was no other choice for Sprigatito, but in a way, it also saved him from his own dilemma.
"Um, my name is Tang Xinyue, from Haixia High School. This is my partner, Froakie, Bubble," Tang Xinyue introduced herself.
"Quack."
"Ling You, from Xingyuan High School. This is Sprigatito, my partner," Ling You said, and Sprigatito jumped down from Ling You, walking in front of Froakie.
"Meow~"
Sprigatito extended her small paw to greet Froakie, then reached for Froakie's Bubbles. They were soft, and Sprigatito couldn't help but poke them a few times, then glanced at Froakie.
"Meow meow~" (Are you angry?)
Sprigatito looked curiously at the expressionless Froakie, meowing twice.
"Quack~" (No.)
Froakie answered calmly, still expressionless.
Sprigatito suddenly showed a joyful expression, grabbing a large clump of Bubbles from Froakie's neck and playing with them in her hand.
"I said, Sprigatito, you can't bully Froakie," Ling You helplessly held his forehead. It must have been this guy who provoked Ursaring and got kicked out of the forest, right? Why do I feel like my Sprigatito is a bit simple-minded?
"It's okay, it's okay. These will grow back," Tang Xinyue didn't mind, only finding Sprigatito quite cute. It could only be said that Sprigatito's appearance made her pranks seem cute. If it were a Drowzee doing this, the other party would probably be angry.
"It's getting late. Bubble and I need to go back quickly. See you next time, Ling You," Tang Xinyue picked up Froakie and left in a hurry.
"Let's go, Sprigatito," Ling You was still planning to buy the last TM. Sprigatito dropped the Froakie Bubbles in her hand and followed.
He happened to meet Lin Qiuyu, who had just come out of the Ice-type section. Lin Qiuyu was holding a stack of TMs, and even Riolu was carrying a large pile of TMs.
"Are you stocking up?" Ling You couldn't help but be surprised. Buying so many TMs at once, although not ridiculously expensive, must have cost hundreds of thousands.
"It's rare to come here, so I'll stock up a bit," Lin Qiuyu replied casually, as if accustomed to it.
"Alright, I'm still planning to buy an Attract TM," Ling You said, walking into the nearby Normal-type section, while Lin Qiuyu went to check out first.
Ling You took the Attract TM and went to check out. The three TMs cost a total of 30,000 yuan. They were all relatively low-power moves, so the price was not expensive. However, because they needed to be used together, Ling You spent a lot of money to buy a TM teaching device, specifically designed to work with TMs to greatly increase the success rate of learning.
For efficiency, Ling You unhesitatingly chose the best-configured version, spending another 200,000 League Coins. Fortunately, there were still 2,000,000 in the card his father gave him, so he wouldn't be unable to pay.
Tang Xinyue's image reference picture