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Wisdom? What Wisdom?
Chris didn't quite understand the meaning.
"My quiet calligraphy and painting were left behind by a Urshifu. They contain the ability to calm living beings. If a Pokémon immerses itself in them, it may comprehend some of the Urshifu's techniques," Tony explained.
"Your Smeargle is not immersing itself in the quiet calligraphy and painting but is instead prioritizing its natural painting instinct over them.
"If it can truly capture the essence of Urshifu's static calligraphy paintings, it will be greatly beneficial to both you and your Pokémon."
Urshifu's static calligraphy paintings?
Chris was surprised.
Urshifu was also a Legendary Pokémon. However, unlike most Legendary Pokémon that hide in dangerous regions and rarely appear before humans, Kubfu—the unevolved form of Urshifu—actively seeks out humans, learning, growing, and battling alongside Trainers and other Pokémon.
Kubfu's ultimate goal is to develop its own unique Fighting style.
This world isn't like the games or anime, where a visit to the Tower of Darkness or Tower of Water would instantly determine its evolution.
A Kubfu must integrate everything it has learned, refine its combat style, and evolve accordingly.
Even after evolving into Urshifu, it continues its journey, seeking out masters, challenging the strong, and battling its way to the top. Because of this, it is known as the strongest Fighting-type Legendary Pokémon in existence.
It was entirely possible that an Urshifu had studied human calligraphy and left behind these static calligraphy paintings.
As for the claim that a Pokémon could comprehend moves simply by looking at them...
If it weren't for Tony's presence, Chris would have already pulled out his Pokédex to check if any new moves had appeared in his Pokémon's move lists.
After a long wait, Hariyama was the first to react. It stood up, clasped its palms together in front of its chest, and bowed respectfully toward the calligraphy and painting, as if it had gained some enlightenment.
"Your Hariyama seems to have understood a move. You should return it to its Poké Ball and send out a Dark-type Pokémon instead. The Urshifu that created these calligraphy paintings followed the Single Strike Style," Tony advised.
Kubfu's evolution into Urshifu depends on the techniques it learns. There are two possible forms:
Single Strike Style, a Fighting/Dark type with the exclusive move Wicked Blow. Rapid Strike Style, a Fighting/Water type with the exclusive move Surging Strikes.
Since the Urshifu that created these calligraphy paintings followed the Single Strike Style, Pokémon with the corresponding Dark typing should be able to comprehend moves from them.
Even Normal-type Pokémon could potentially benefit, as their versatility allows them to learn from different fighting styles.
Chris retrieved Hariyama and sent out his Greninja.
Greninja sat cross-legged, quietly absorbing the techniques hidden within the static calligraphy paintings.
Once Blaziken finished comprehending, Chris replaced it with Tyranitar.
Tyranitar, however, seemed confused. Sitting on the ground, it tilted its head while staring at the calligraphy and painting. After a while, its middle head turned to Chris, its eyes filled with uncertainty.
"Tyranitar? (Why did you send me out, Master?)"
"This one doesn't seem to resonate with the technique," Tony said with a chuckle.
Chris sighed and silently recalled Tyranitar, confirming that this Pokémon wasn't suited for such opportunities.
After some time, Greninja finished its comprehension, followed by Vigoroth, while Smeargle was still diligently painting the static calligraphy. It had already recreated hundreds of them, prompting Chris to step out halfway through to buy more paper.
While he was at it, Chris checked his Pokédex to review his Pokémon's skill updates.
Hariyama had gained Reversal, a move that increases in power as the user's HP decreases—a perfect match for its battle style.
Blaziken had learned Detect, a move that enhances its ability to evade attacks.
In the games, Detect functions similarly to Protect, completely blocking an opponent's attack.
However, in reality, the move Detect is not that simple.
While it does allow a Pokémon to defend by reading the opponent's attack trajectory, it can also be used for more than just defense.
It enables dodging and counterattacking!
With enough proficiency in Detect, as long as the opponent doesn't possess overwhelming speed and strength beyond Blaziken's ability to handle, Blaziken can use Detect to counter incoming attacks.
In other words, Detect is considered a top-tier move in close combat!
Blaziken had comprehended Detect, and Chris was very satisfied.
Greninja, on the other hand, had learned Sucker Punch.
This was also an excellent move—its effect required Greninja to attack before the opponent, but it would only succeed if the opponent was also using an attacking move. Otherwise, it would fail.
In real battles, this effect remained relevant, but it required the Trainer to predict the opponent's command correctly.
If the prediction was accurate, the Pokémon could land a preemptive strike!
However, Chris was still somewhat wishfully thinking—since Greninja was also a Dark-type Pokémon, he had hoped it might comprehend Wicked Blow, Urshifu's exclusive move.
But now, it seemed that exclusive moves weren't so easily learned.
Lastly, there was Vigoroth.
The move it had understood was Foresight.
Chris recalled his past battle against his teacher's Machamp, where his teacher had emphasized that one essential move for close-range Pokémon was Foresight.
Mastering Foresight was akin to unlocking a heightened perception.
With Foresight, a Pokémon could perceive its surroundings with 360-degree vision, making it immune to any visual obstructions, such as smoke screens or blinding techniques.
Its practical application value even exceeded Detect.
Originally, Chris hadn't placed high expectations on Vigoroth. After all, Foresight was an extremely difficult move to learn, and he had planned to train Slaking to rely on sheer overwhelming power instead.
But unexpectedly, Vigoroth had been lucky enough to grasp Foresight through the static calligraphy and paintings left by the Martial Arts Bear Master.
All four Pokémon had learned powerful moves from the calligraphy and paintings—Chris was very satisfied.
"Let's stop here for today," Tony said, sounding a little tired.
"Your Vigoroth needs to learn Mega Punch and Body Slam, right?"
"Then let it stay here. Come back in a week to pick it up."
"Smeargle can also stay, but make sure someone brings it paper regularly. If it starts drawing all over my courtyard, I'll throw it out immediately."