Chapter 52: People and People's Physique Can't Be Generalized
Although Justin was very unwilling to believe this shocking scene, the subsequent reality repeatedly refreshed his understanding.
Three days later, while his Pidgeotto was still practicing moves with the headband, Froakie, who had stopped attending classes, was already successfully creating clones under Arthur's guidance, and even started expanding the number of clones he could create at once, attempting to create multiple clones simultaneously.
Even Ghost-type and Dark-type clone moves were being practiced by Froakie with some success.
This often made Justin wonder if this seemingly same-aged teenager had devoured a few coaches.
Watching Froakie's progress in move practice quickly surpass his Pidgeotto's, even though he had stopped attending classes, Justin couldn't help but feel jealous.
But this jealousy completely vanished in less than a day.
Because Arthur said to him: "Attend the classes for two more days. Once Pidgeotto can create static images without the headband, I'll teach you the rest."
"Okay, bro. No problem, bro!"
The formerly arrogant teenager instantly became a bootlicker, calling Arthur "bro" with such enthusiasm that it almost gave Arthur goosebumps.
In reality, Justin was nearly a year older than Arthur.
But Arthur didn't mind the "bro" address.
Because he never really thought of himself as a fifteen-year-old.
After that, Justin was able to save the two hours of free courses each day, using that time to take Pidgeotto to the next stage of lessons, while the Double Team training was completely handed over to Arthur.
The coach teaching this course was initially puzzled.
Why did two trainees leave halfway through the course in the past few days? Their Pokémon weren't untalented either, and they were practicing well before, so why did they suddenly give up?
He never imagined that someone was secretly learning his teaching methods.
These coaches had been teaching at the Sea Carp Club's youth training camp for several years. They had seen many talented trainees, but no one had ever been able to steal their techniques until now!
Teaching Pokémon a move and teaching a trainer the teaching methods are completely different concepts, with a difficulty gap comparable to the difference between Caterpie and Rayquaza.
Besides, they relied on this to make a living, so they would naturally hold back some information, and some content was only for the Pokémon participating in the course, not visible to the trainees.
So when Justin took Pidgeotto to the next course about the "Brave Bird" move, he once again realized that stealing teaching methods was completely unrealistic.
He only managed to understand for three minutes before his head started spinning, and he felt like he had spirals in his eyes. In the end, he could only tell Pidgeotto.
"Just do what the coach says, don't try to understand, just feel it..."
Going back and watching Arthur calmly guiding Froakie to create clones with different energy attributes in the youth training camp's private training room, he felt that this world was increasingly unreal...
What's even more unreal was that he gradually discovered that Arthur seemed to be teaching more than just moves.
He could even teach combat skills.
"The Ghost-type Shadow Sneak and the Normal-type Double Team are similar, but their core is completely different. The focus of this move is a sneak attack. Since it's a sneak attack, you shouldn't release it so predictably, and then—"
Before the "do it again" could finish, Froakie had already launched the attack!
The suddenness of it scared Justin, who was watching from the doorway, into a scream.
This Froakie is too honest, using a sneak attack after being told to sneak attack?
Arthur is probably going to get hurt!
But the next moment, that thought of Justin's was instantly silenced by the unbelievable scene before his eyes.
Froakie clearly launched the sneak attack from behind, but Arthur seemed to have eyes in the back of his head.
In a split second, he shifted his feet, slightly turned his body, and with minimal movement, swiftly dodged the attack.
Then, he reached out with one arm and lightning-fast, grabbed the attacking Froakie by the neck!
At the same time, his other hand followed up quickly.
In a scream that almost shattered Justin's eardrums, he cleanly and neatly snapped the neck of this "Froakie" in his hand, as easily as killing a chicken.
A second later, Justin noticed that the Froakie "killed" by Arthur wasn't the real one, but a shadow that was gradually fading away.
Ghost-type move: Shadow Sneak. This move can either hide the user's body in the shadows to quickly approach the enemy, or create a realistic clone from the enemy's shadow to launch a surprise attack.
In reality, moves aren't rigid data. Many moves have multiple different uses. This was also a mandatory lesson for the youth training camp trainees every morning.
And since Arthur's teaching was an extension of Double Team, he was naturally teaching the second application mentioned above.
But Justin couldn't believe that Arthur could so calmly deal with such a seemingly perfected move with his bare hands!
He clearly remembered that in the mandatory morning course, "Shadow Sneak" was classified as a priority move: a move that is launched extremely quickly, making it almost impossible for the enemy to react in time!
Can humans even dodge such a move?
And why are your neck-snapping techniques so practiced?
Even after accomplishing all this, Arthur's tone of teaching didn't change at all, as if what just happened was a trivial interlude.
"Good, that was a significant improvement. You're starting to grasp the timing for this move. But the shadow's formation is still too slow, and the clone's attack is sluggish. This kind of sneak attack is harmless. Again."
Listening to Arthur's words, Justin's heart was gradually becoming numb.
That sneak attack just now had almost scared the soul out of him.
You have to know that Pokémon's move attacks are all infused with energy. Even the seemingly harmless Bubble and Water Gun can cause significant damage to humans.
If that Shadow Sneak had really landed, it wouldn't have killed, but it definitely would have knocked someone out instantly.
Harmless?
"Hehe..."
Justin let out a stiff and polite laugh.
This also made Arthur, who was immersed in training, finally notice him.
"Oh, you're here. Froakie, stop for a bit. We'll practice Shadow Sneak here today. Next, let's continue practicing Double Team. By the way, Justin, do you want me to help Pidgeotto learn some combat skills? You said before that her Wing Attack and Air Cutter are always used too rigidly?"
"Uh, about that..."
A few minutes ago, Justin really wanted to cling to this powerful thigh and get a free combat skills course.
But now, he suddenly started to worry—
If I leave Pidgeotto to you, will she accidentally get killed?
He had always believed that humans couldn't fight most Pokémon with their bare hands, except for Magikarp and the like.
But now he suddenly realized that people and people's physique might not be the same...
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