Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"However, if you want to carry out extreme training, you need an important prop!"

Grandpa Jiji stood up and took out a silver crown from the cabinet on the wall.

"This is it, the silver crown - this is where I got the inspiration."

It was called a crown, but Wang Yao felt that it looked more like an enlarged silver bottle cap.

"How do I use this thing?" Wang Yao asked curiously.

"It's simple, just wear it on your head and then do your normal special training." Extreme Grandpa immediately put it on himself to demonstrate.

"Um, this thing is worn on the Pokémon's head - right?" Wang Yao asked hesitantly.

"Yeah, what else do you think?" asked Grandpa Extreme.

Wang Yao muttered in his heart: "Just put it on, will it work?"

But he didn't express his doubts after all.

"Come on, go to the yard and let the Pokémon out and try."

"But my special training is very strict, and only elites are accepted to join!" said Grandpa Extreme seriously.

"no problem."

……

In the field, five Pokémon stood in rows.

They are Wang Yao's Giant Claw Crab, Chimp, Arbok, and Shizuka's Swampert and Psyduck.

"Why does it need special training too?" Wang Yao stretched out his finger and poked Psyduck's fat belly.

"Quaa?"

Psyduck held his head, looking stupid.

"Because Psyduck's level is also very high, of course I have to give it a try." Shizuka put her hands on her hips, obviously very optimistic about Psyduck.

"But doesn't Dai Dai need special training?" Shizuka asked about Wang Yao's Dai Dai King.

"What kind of special training is this? In my case, the logistics personnel don't need to fight."

Wang Yao waved his hand and spoke in a brisk tone.

Although he often sends Daidai to fight, that guy's talent is not in this area.

And if it really has to fight... when Dai Dai takes out the Rocket Team's telekinetic floating cannon, the enemy will know what modern warfare is.

However, it seems that it is not yet Wang Yao and Shizuka's turn to choose.

"This one is not good enough, and this one is almost there too." As he spoke, Grandpa Extreme had decisively kicked Chimp, Arbok, and Swampert out of the special training team.

The only ones left on the field were the Admiral Crab and a stupid duck.

"Don't you have your big Steelix with you?" asked Grandpa Extreme with a regretful tone.

"I don't even need to look closely at that guy, he must be a good candidate for extreme training!"

"It... ate too many metal ores, so it temporarily went back to sleep deep underground." Wang Yao scratched his head. He wanted to bring Steelix with him this time, but it was a bit unfortunate.

That creature has a very long lifespan. After eating and drinking a lot and sleeping for a while, you might have to wait half a year before you can see a snake again.

"I'll send it back when it wakes up," Wang Yao promised.

"Okay, then go to the special training location with me."

"But... the special training items required by Giant Crab and Psyduck are different. Which one do you plan to do first?" asked Grandpa Extreme.

"Well..." Wang Yao cast a puzzled look at Shizuka.

"Let's let the giant crab go first." Shizuka said without hesitation.

A few people packed up the equipment needed for special training, went straight out the door, and headed into the mountains and forests.

Not long after, a pool of water surrounded by huge rocks appeared in front of them.

"We're here." Grandpa Extreme took a breath and continued, "Although your giant crab is quite powerful, it is actually born with deficiencies. I'm afraid that when you first tamed it, it was not as big as the others of its kind, right?"

"It seems that's right." Wang Yao recalled his encounter with the giant crab.

At that time, he had just gone out for a trip and encountered many giant crabs resting on the shore of a lake.

The other giant crabs were too fast. When they saw him, they jumped into the lake and ran away. He couldn't catch them at all.

Only the smallest one was caught up by him and kicked over, and he successfully subdued it with the ball.

"Come on, try it on!" Grandpa Extreme put the silver crown on the giant crab's head and tore out some waterproof tape to stick it on.

"Guji?!"

The giant crab was cheered up and suddenly felt endless power surging in his body.

"It works! Okay, quickly dive into the pool and move the boulder!" Grandpa Extreme shouted to the giant crab.

Hmm? Carrying boulders from a waterhole?

A big question mark suddenly appeared on Wang Yao’s forehead.

Why does this special training technique seem so familiar?

As expected... Master Sheba is not human.

The way it taught Xiaogang and I to practice, couldn't it be based on this Pokémon's extreme training method! ?

"Guru Guru~"

The special training began as the giant crab dived underwater and climbed back to the shore holding a large stone with its claws.

……

Seven days later.

"According to my experience, the giant crab's physical strength has been increased to its maximum!"

"If you still want to continue special training, you have to change the method and choose other abilities to improve."

After a few days, the giant crab had been moving stones according to the requirements of Extreme Grandpa, and finally passed the special training.

"It seems there is no change." Wang Yao looked at the giant crab carefully, but found that its size did not increase at all.

"Guji..." But the giant crab suddenly raised its claws and grabbed the crab shell. It seemed that something was wrong with its current condition.

Click!

As soon as the pliers touched the carapace, a cracking sound came from above its head.

"Huh?!" Wang Yao was startled, but when he looked carefully, he found a layer of soft new shell under the broken crab shell.

"Giant crab, are you molting?" Wang Yao asked in surprise.

Then he stepped forward to help, peeling off the other's old shell bit by bit.

The way they shed their shells is somewhat different from that of ordinary crabs. They do not completely emerge from the old crab shell, but only after the new shell grows out will they break the old shell and free their bodies.

"Guji..." The giant crab that had just shed its shell felt limp all over and had no strength to move.

After all, its new shell had not yet completely hardened, and it waited another half an hour before it had the strength to stand up.

Looking at it now, it is much taller than before it shed its shell.

Wang Yao compared it with his own height and found that the highest bone spur on the giant crab's shell was more than two meters long, and its claws were much thicker and larger than before.

"Great! This is powerful enough!"

Wang Yao praised the giant crab generously, patting its claws and speaking loudly.

"You must shed your shell a few more times, and it would be best if you could grow a few meters taller!"

"Guji!" The giant crab held its head and shell upright, looking very majestic.

"That's impossible..." Grandpa Extreme poured cold water on him.

"Usually only the first extreme training session will result in such a noticeable change in body shape, and after that only strength will increase."

"After all, special training itself is to improve the individual, and it does not have the miraculous power of evolution." Extreme Grandpa explained.

"That is to say, this body size can actually be achieved by the giant crab clan itself?" Wang Yao concluded.

"You can say that, but like I said, this should be considered the individual limit of the giant crab clan. It will be difficult to improve further." Grandpa Limit nodded and said.