However, that Jade Liya later became a member of the Elite Four. Right now, Shirane should still be able to restrain her.
"Okay, Shirane told me before that after the competition ends, and you have time, we'll come find you." Jade Liya had no objection to this.
Natsuhiko nodded.
There are actually many ways to boost the Trainer's affinity, but it depends on how much willingness Jade Liya shows.
"So then..."
What about his reward?
Just as Natsuhiko was about to speak, a gentle but incredibly strong psychic power swept over him.
So strong that Natsuhiko felt like a lone boat on the ocean.
"Match this frequency." Jade Liya's voice resonated in Natsuhiko's mind.
Immediately, Natsuhiko gathered his thoughts, struggling to align his psychic frequency with Jade Liya's.
"Your control passed." Jade Liya even offered a compliment.
Was passing considered a compliment?
But Natsuhiko couldn't respond, he could only grit his teeth and persist.
After a long while.
Natsuhiko's forehead was covered with sweat, his back soaked, and his complexion seemed pale.
Jade Liya, however, appeared unaffected, taking another small sip of the coffee in front of her.
"Try again."
The voice echoed again in Natsuhiko's mind.
Natsuhiko took a deep breath and controlled his psychic frequency to match what Jade Liya had demonstrated earlier.
"This is..."
His voice also echoed in Jade Liya's mind.
Telepathy!
So telepathy is actually just a brainwave at a certain frequency, simulated through psychic power, which makes the speed of telepathic communication extremely fast.
But still...
Couldn't you explain the principle without being so forceful...
Natsuhiko wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The gap between Superpower Users is really huge.
Natsuhiko's current psychic ability was at a Senior Level among Psychic-type Pokémon, yet in front of Jade Liya, he still felt like a child.
"Your psychic power has already tried merging with a Psychic-type Pokémon, hasn't it?" Jade Liya suddenly asked.
"Yes."
"I don't know any other methods to enhance psychic power, I've never enhanced mine."
Do you hear what people are saying?
Jade Liya continued speaking.
"But I know one of the most straightforward, and also the most effective. It's slightly dangerous, but since your psychic power has already merged with a Psychic-type Pokémon, the danger is relatively small."
"Dangerous?"
"Yes."
"What method?"
The two communicated directly through telepathy, with Shirane standing by their side, smiling obliviously to the content of their exchange.
"Have your Pokémon use psychic power to oppress your psychic power, the more pressure, the better the effect." Jade Liya did not hold back.
Oppress?
Is it that simple?
But the simpler the method, the more dangerous it is.
"Are you sure... it won't be a problem?"
Natsuhiko felt it was unreliable, as if a small mistake could render him an idiot.
"It might be risky, but as long as it's controlled well, there's no issue. Moreover, since you've already merged with a Psychic-type Pokémon, and you're familiar enough with each other, the danger is minimized."
Jade Liya spoke with confidence.
"Have you done it?"
"Yeah, I often train my Pokémon this way."
Natsuhiko: "..."
So, Jade Liya uses her psychic power to train her Psychic-type Pokémon.
While Natsuhiko needs Alakazam's psychic power to train himself?
The more he thinks, the more unreliable it seems.
Can a Pokémon's endurance match a human's?
"If you don't trust me, I could let you try it."
Jade Liya's eyebrows twitched slightly, she felt Natsuhiko was doubting her abilities.
"No, no, it's fine, I'll try it slowly when I get back."
Natsuhiko decisively refused.
Just joking, during the brief period of learning telepathy, he felt he could be crushed in psychic power.
And that was with Jade Liya unable to fully exert her power to prevent losing control; it's hard to imagine the scene if she lost control.
No wonder the league would agree to let Shirane, a dignified Battlefront Territory leader, become Jade Liya's steward — she's a key protection target, isn't she?
After Natsuhiko and Shirane exchanged contact information, he left.
No matter whether Jade Liya's method worked or not, at least he had learned the "Telepathy" he'd long coveted.
Though the learning process was not exactly pleasant.
Still, Natsuhiko somewhat agreed with the method Jade Liya mentioned.
His recent enhancements in psychic power were through the memory fragments left on the Death God Plate.
It seemed like a test of willpower to enhance psychic power, but was it not also a form of mental pressure?
Now with his psychic power growing stronger, becoming more familiar with the residual memory images and fragments on the Death God Plate, the enhancement of psychic power had slowed down considerably.
Perhaps Jade Liya's method might become a new direction for him.
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Honestly, I don't know how to divide this plot into chapters, so I'll keep it as one~~ Thank you all for waiting~~