"It should be very weak. Misty usually dislikes Psyduck." Ash said with one hand on his chin.
"I don't dislike Psyduck, I just think this Psyduck is stupid, different from the Psyduck I've seen before." Misty said.
"Then Misty, do you know more about Psyduck?" Gary asked as before.
"I don't know." Misty responded a little embarrassedly. She dreamed of becoming a water Pokémon master, so she naturally had to understand all water Pokémon. She didn't really know what Psyduck was about.
Although Misty liked water Pokémon, she preferred cute and adorable water Pokémon. She didn't like stupid Pokémon like Psyduck.
"Although Psyduck is a water-type Pokémon, it has a very high Psychic talent and strong psychic power. The stronger the psychic power of Psyduck, the more headache it will have and the dumber it will look. The dumber the Psyduck is, the higher its potential is." Gary introduced.
"What! Is there such a thing!" Ash was shocked. He let Misty capture Psyduck because he saw how dumb it was.
And Ash knew how powerful Psychic-type Pokémon were, so he immediately regretted letting Psyduck go.
"Really?" Misty looked at the Psyduck she was holding with a look of enjoyment on her face, and she didn't hear what Gary was talking about just now.
Just based on the silly attitude, this Psyduck is not a normal dumb one. If it is so dumb, it must have high potential.
"Sabrina, you are a Psychic, you should be able to sense the psychic power of this Psyduck." Gary said.
Misty immediately looked at Sabrina. She knew that Harry was a psychic, so his daughter must be a psychic too. Sabrina had used psychic to figure out why Diglett wanted to sabotage the reservoir construction.
"Miss Sabrina, is it true?" Misty asked.
"Let me help you check."
Sabrina approached Psyduck, put her hand on Psyduck's head, and sensed Psyduck's mental power.
You don't know until you sense it. Once you sense it, Sabrina's pupils widened a little.
"Miss Sabrina, what's wrong?" Seeing Sabrina's face change, Misty asked curiously.
"This Psyduck has a strong mental power and great potential. It will be no problem to grow to the Elite level." Sabrina said.
Sabrina felt that Psyduck's mental power was not inferior to her Abra.
Regarding the differentiation of Pokémon's potential, before Pokémon grows up, only three levels can be detected: normal, elite, and gym.
The potential above the elite cannot be detected for the time being.
We can only see whether the Pokémon can grow up and to what extent it can grow to determine its potential.
However, Psychic Pokémon are different. Their talents can be detected through mental power. Sabrina's Alakazam has Elite potential. The mental power of this Psyduck is not inferior to that of Alakazam during the Abra period. It is at least Elite potential, and may even be champion potential.
"Really!"
Misty was surprised. She had been having a headache about how to treat Psyduck before. She didn't expect Psyduck to have such high potential.
Ash and Brock were also very surprised. They didn't expect that the usually stupid Psyduck had such high potential.
"But even if the potential is very high, how to train Psyduck?"
"Yes, it's a good thing for Pokémon to have high potential, but if you don't train it, it can't grow up."
Ash and Brock asked and answered each other. "This...!"
Misty immediately withdrew from the joyful mood, frowned, and had a headache about how to train Psyduck.
Because Misty's Psyduck potential is too high, if she wants to release Confusion, she can only release the mental power accumulated in her brain when she has a splitting headache, but during the release process, Psyduck will be in a Contest Condition of sleep.
Under this Contest Condition, Psyduck will become sleepy after releasing its mental power, but it does not remember the process of releasing its mental power.
"If you want to train Psyduck, there are two ways. One is to let Psyduck evolve into Golduck, so that you can completely master the mental power in your brain."
"The second method is to hypnotize Psyduck to help Psyduck become familiar with the way to control mental power. After a long time, you can also master it."
Gary gave two solutions.
These two solutions were not said casually by Gary, but the conclusions he reached after discussing with Professor Oak.
"What else can Psyduck evolve into?" Ash wondered, and took out the Pokédex in his yukata pocket to check.
"Golduck, a duck Pokémon, is the evolution of Psyduck. The webbed feet on both hands can be used as power, and it moves the fastest in the water among all water Pokémon."
The Pokédex briefly introduced Golduck's information and showed Golduck's photo.
"Golduck is so cool." Ash exclaimed.
It's hard to imagine that Psyduck can evolve into such a cool form. You can't judge a duck by its appearance.
"It's so cool!" Misty also came over and was attracted by Golduck's handsome appearance. She became a fan instantly.
"Misty, your Psyduck is not at a high level. If you want to evolve into Golduck, there is still a big gap." Brock reminded.
"Uh...what is hypnosis training?" Misty asked.
"Hypnosis training is to use Hypnosis to make Golduck enter the hypnosis Contest Condition, and at this time give Psyduck training instructions, so that Psyduck can use Confusion under the hypnosis Contest Condition. Long-term training like this can relieve Golduck's headache." Gary said.
"Hypnosis training, there is such a method." Ash was amazed.
Not only Ash, but also Brock and Misty heard of this training method for the first time, which was unheard of.
"Of course there is, there is even a Pokémon that is born to be trained by this method. If Psyduck can master the Sleep Talk method, it will be more convenient to train." Gary said.
"Then Gary, how to do it specifically?" Misty asked modestly.
Since she knew that Psyduck had extraordinary potential, Misty, as a trainer, naturally had to breed Psyduck well.
"Sabrina, your Hypnosis should be able to give Psyduck subconscious commands." Gary said.
"I'll give it a try."
Sabrina didn't refuse, she pinched Psyduck's duckbill and pointed Psyduck's head towards herself.
"Psyduck?"
Psyduck had a question mark on his face. He didn't take what everyone said just now to heart. No one knew what to do with him.
Sabrina's eyes flashed blue.
"Psyd...!"
Psyduck's eyelids immediately drooped halfway, and his eyes became lost. Then, Psyduck's body floated on the water, and the water seemed to him like a flat land.