The next morning.
Ethan took Lucario to see President Beckett.
"You want me to help you find a Medicham that is skilled in yoga techniques?" President Beckett asked in surprise.
"Yes. Medicham is a Fighting and Psychic type. In a way, Lucario's current development path is quite similar. That's why I want Lucario to learn Medicham's special method of using the move Calm Mind."
Ethan nodded, explaining his idea after having carefully considered it.
"Alright, no problem."
President Beckett looked deeply at Ethan and took out a Poké Ball, releasing his own Medicham.
Medicham is a humanoid Pokémon, slightly shorter than an adult.
The top of its head, its legs, and its lips are a bright red with some pale yellow spots, while the rest of its body is white.
Its upper body is slender and its lower body is more robust; it has long, flexible arms, three fingers on each hand, and black pupils. Oval structures protrude from its head.
"Is that your Medicham, President?"
Ethan was surprised. He had only asked for help finding a competent one, but President Beckett had summoned his own.
"I'm also very interested in your ideas. I have the feeling that if my Medicham follows you, it might obtain some unexpected gains."
President Beckett spoke with complete seriousness.
Despite being a Champion-level trainer, he was very curious about the special developments Ethan managed to achieve with his Pokémon.
Moreover, Champion Leo had mentioned Charizard's instant Solar Beam technique to him, which had made him somewhat envious.
Therefore, when he learned that Ethan was planning something new, he immediately thought of his own Pokémon.
"Uh... President, you're joking."
Ethan waved his hands quickly.
He knew President Beckett was speaking in a light tone.
He didn't believe that a Champion-level trainer needed his advice.
Laughing, Ethan took President Beckett's Medicham and began the next stage of training.
At the training field, he released Lucario.
Then he looked at Medicham and Lucario, recalling the specific content of the training.
Medicham can learn to use the move Calm Mind through practicing yoga; its sixth sense becomes extremely sharp.
It can merge with nature, hide its presence, predict the opponent's movements with psychic power, and fight with movements as elegant as a dance.
It could be seen that Medicham's training essentially focused on yoga, and after speaking with President Beckett, Ethan knew that its level in this discipline was very high.
The plan was for Lucario to learn Medicham's Calm Mind method in order to strengthen its mental energy and master psychic power.
However, Medicham's Calm Mind technique was practiced together with the move Meditate, which made it impossible for most Pokémon to learn it.
But Ethan's Lucario was different.
It had mastered the extremely rare move Copycat.
Therefore, Lucario could use the move Copycat to learn the move Meditate and perfectly replicate Medicham's special method of using Calm Mind.
The effect of the move Meditate was to awaken the latent power deep within the body, increasing Attack.
In addition, in the anime, Ethan had seen a Medicham use that move.
In the episode "Pros and Con Artists," a Medicham appeared.
That Medicham adopted a meditation posture while floating in the air; when it began to concentrate, its body became enveloped in a light blue aura, and the objects around it were also surrounded by the same light and began floating in the air.
In that episode it was the first time Medicham appeared, and Ethan had formed a very deep impression of it.
From this, it could be deduced that Medicham's Meditate move, evolved into its special Calm Mind method, was a dual cultivation technique, both mental and physical, whose main purpose was to awaken the sleeping power deep within the body.
One of the reasons why Ethan chose Medicham as a reference for Lucario's training was precisely because of that.
Perhaps, through the Calm Mind method, Lucario's physical defect could be compensated. Although it might not necessarily restore it to its original state, it could at least bring some improvement.
Of course, making Lucario successfully master that special way of using the move Calm Mind was only the first step of Ethan's complete plan. The second, third, fourth, and even fifth steps would depend on the results of the initial training.
If, as he suspected, training through the special use of the move Calm Mind truly helped Lucario compensate for its innate physical defect, then Ethan would go one step further and have Lucario cultivate the ability Pure Power.
Pure Power is Medicham's characteristic ability, whose effect is to double the power of physical attacks thanks to the strength of yoga.
In the real world, moreover, the ability Pure Power also represents a special training method that, through the practice of yoga, greatly increases physical condition.
In terms of results, it was even more powerful than the move Bulk Up, which also strengthens the body; something similar to the ability Huge Power, capable of granting a Pokémon an terrifyingly powerful physical condition.
However, since Pure Power is an ability unique to Medicham, its cultivation is extremely difficult, as it requires training together with the move Meditate and the move Calm Mind.
Regarding this, Ethan thought of the move Skill Swap.
The effect of the move Skill Swap is to use psychic powers to exchange one's own ability with that of the opponent, and it is also a move that Lucario can learn.
With the move Copycat, Ethan could find a Pokémon that had mastered the move Skill Swap and allow Lucario to copy it, also using aura power to assimilate it quickly.
As he remembered, the director of the Ability Research Institute had an Alakazam that had mastered the move Skill Swap. With the relationship Ethan had with him, it would not be difficult to ask to borrow that Alakazam.
Once the move Skill Swap was learned, combined with the move Copycat, Lucario could perfectly copy both the move Meditate and Medicham's Pure Power ability.
That would be the second step of Lucario's Calm Mind training.
As for the third step of Ethan's plan, it was also related to Medicham.
(End of chapter)