Chapter 507: Stingy Yang Ming
"Go ahead, what do you want to ask?" Cattleya found a chair and sat down, looking like a female teacher.
"It's like this. Actually, I had some special abilities before, but I suddenly can't use them recently..." Yang Ming explained the whole story, but concealed the fact that he possessed the power of Changpan, and only said that it was a special ability he obtained by chance.
"I see." Cattleya lowered her eyelids, looking drowsy. "Put out your hand."
Yang Ming extended his hand as Cattleya said. Cattleya gently placed her hand on his wrist, and she let go of Yang Ming's hand after a moment.
"You do have a very special power in your body, but it's not a superpower. It's something of a higher status," Cattleya explained.
"It's still in your body now, but because you overused your ability before, it's almost exhausted."
"Ah?! Can it be recovered?" Yang Ming asked tentatively.
"Well... I can actually help you awaken some of your abilities," Cattleya nodded slightly, "but you can't use your abilities like before for the time being."
"That's fine," Yang Ming nodded. Even if he couldn't strengthen his Pokémon like he did in the Paulownia Forest, just being able to share vision and heal Pokémon was already a very practical ability.
"But I can't help you for nothing," Cattleya straightened up, "It would be very exhausting to channel the power dormant in your body. Even I would find it a bit overwhelming."
"What do you want?" Yang Ming's heart suddenly tightened. Given the other party's identity, he was afraid that he did not have the ability to pay.
"I remember you're not married yet?" Cattleya said carefully, "I have a twin sister who is as sweet and lovely as me, and she has a very good personality. If you are willing to marry into my family..."
"I reject!"
"...Uh, is it that straightforward?"
Yang Ming said calmly: "I have worked hard to get my current position. I have only believed in my own skills and fighting spirit throughout my life. It is against my nature to rely on marrying into the wife's family or forming an alliance to gain power and status."
"Besides, I don't want to get married to a woman I don't know, so let's end this topic here."
After saying that, he stood up and was about to leave. Although he did not get the desired result, he had obtained the information he wanted from Cattleya. The next step was to find another way himself.
"Please wait a moment!" Cattleya hurriedly stopped him, "I was just joking with you just now. In fact, this is not the condition I want to propose."
Yang Ming's eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't expect that there would be a turn for the better.
"I have only one condition: after I channel the power for you, you must help me do three things in the future," Cattleya said solemnly, "Don't worry, these three things will not endanger the lives of you or those around you, nor will they harm your interests. They are just help between friends."
Yang Ming thought about it and felt that this condition was acceptable, but he did not budge: "Three things are a bit too much, right? I can only help you with one thing at most."
“You’re such a stingy miser!” Cattleya was almost amused by Yang Ming’s stubborn attitude. “Do you know how difficult it is to channel the power in your body? You know, that power is…”
"But what?" Yang Ming suddenly interrupted.
"...No, nothing." Cattleya realized that she almost let the cat out of the bag and quickly changed the subject. "Anyway, helping you with this will bring a great burden to me. Doing three things for me is not an excessive condition."
"But I still feel a little bit wronged," Yang Ming still refused to give in, "I will only accept one thing."
"No, you have to have three, not one less!"
"I think one is enough..."
“You have to have three!”
"One piece!"
After some bargaining, the two finally reached a consensus. After Cattleya helped him recover some of his abilities, Yang Ming had to help her do two things, provided that they did not endanger Yang Ming's own interests and life.
"...Huh, I finally convinced this stingy guy." Cattleya secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Then let's get started. Stretch out your hand first, then close your eyes. Don't open them until I say something."
"Okay." Yang Ming did as he was told. He only felt his hand touching a flat object, which felt like a steel plate, but had some temperature.
"Maybe Miss Cattleya used her superpowers to condense it into substance?" Yang Ming thought to himself.
After an unknown amount of time, Yang Ming felt a familiar power rising in his body again. He was immediately delighted. He quickly used this power to sense the thoughts of the Pokémon nearby, and he succeeded in one go!
Now he can overlook the sky above the city through the Pidgeot on the roof, and use Pidgeot's perspective to observe other wild Pokémon, and then use the perspectives of these Pokémon to expand the detection range, forming a detection network with no blind spots.
Apparently, Cattleya had successfully helped him recover some of his abilities.
At this moment, Cattleya coughed lightly, signaling Yang Ming to open his eyes. Yang Ming slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of gratitude, "Thank you, Miss Cattleya."
Cattleya waved her hand: "But I can't fully restore your abilities. You may need the power of legendary Pokémon, or 'God', to recover to your pre-injury level."
"But I don't know which gods to look for specifically. It all depends on your own luck." Cattleya stood up. "I'm very tired today. Please help me arrange a place to stay. I really want to sleep..."
Before she finished speaking, her eyelids drooped and she fell to the ground. Yang Ming rushed forward to check and found that she had just fainted on the spot, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
"No wonder she is called Sleeping Beauty. She can sleep so well."
Looking at Cattleya lying defenseless on the ground, Yang Ming shook his head helplessly, and then shouted towards the empty room: "Friend, you have been following us for a whole day, it's time to come out and say hello to me."
There was silence all around. This was the Rocket Team's branch in Manjin City. The walls were made of extremely strong super alloys, and there were also Rocket Team members on duty guarding the area. Even a quasi-king-level warrior could not invade here silently.
After a while, a figure appeared out of nowhere in the room. He was tall and handsome, wearing a sophisticated black tuxedo. He walked forward and saluted Yang Ming.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Yang Ming, the ruler of Manjin City. I am Shi Lan, Miss Cattleya's housekeeper. I apologize to you for my lady's rash behavior today."