Pokémon: The Climb

After confirming Haruhiko's level, Tomioka took him to the side of the house where the Tomioka family's ancestral tree fruit elf ball was made.

Since the furnace has not been turned on all year round, it has been abandoned for a long time.

However, from the amount of space and tools here, we can still see how prosperous this place was during the heyday of the Tomioka family.

"Grandpa, please sit outside for a while, and I'll go in and clean it up first."

Yang Yan helped Tomioka sit down, picked up the tools he brought and walked in with Aunt Quan.

It took more than an hour to finally clean the inside.

After that, Yang Yan helped Tomioka walk in. He could see the complicated look in Tomioka's eyes.

Tomioka probably didn't expect that after so many years, this place would one day be operational again.

"Grandpa, do you need me to help you take a good look at this place?"

Tomioka waved his hand and said: "No, I still remember every place here clearly. I can just sit here and you go get the tools!"

Aunt Quan knew that what Tomioka wanted to teach Yang Yan was a very important inheritance, so after cleaning the place, she went back directly with the tools.

Yang Yan first moved the chairs outside before going to get the tools Tomioka mentioned.

The tools are wrapped in oil paper and placed in a special iron box, so even if they have not been used for such a long time, they still look like new.

"Child, let me introduce these tools to you first. Each of them has a very important purpose. You must remember it!"

"Yes, Grandpa!"

Yang Yan has seen these tools in books, but he has experience in making energy cubes. He knows that there is a big difference between what he sees in books and the actual objects. He has eaten these before. Unfortunately, I wasted a lot of materials before I became proficient in all the energy block making tools.

I don't know if it was because of this foundation, but Yang Yan mastered these new tools faster than he imagined.

Tomioka even lamented that Yang Yan was as good as the people he saw as a child who were called geniuses by their elders.

This made him very happy, and he even felt that Yang Yan's arrival was specially arranged by God to fulfill his long-cherished wish.

Yang Yan himself is not very proud. He is just familiar with the tools. It is not even a prelude. It is really not worth getting excited about.

"Okay, put everything down, kid, go and light the fire in front, let the stove heat up first!"

"Okay grandpa!"

If you want to make a Tree Fruit Elf Ball, the most important thing is the process of baking in the oven. If you master this step well, you will have mastered 5% of the whole step. If you don't master it well, the materials may be completely destroyed, or the whole process may be damaged. Fryer.

Of course, the latter is only an extremely unlikely event.

But this step is the most critical, but there is no doubt about it.

Yang Yan took a lot of dry firewood from outside, put some into the stove, and then asked the little fire horse to light it.

"Okay, let's ignore the stove for now. The next step is to process the orange fruits. You should carefully review the steps first. When you are ready, start doing it. I will pay attention to you throughout the process."

Tomioka was very serious when he said this. It seemed that from the moment he came in, he was no longer the old man who could only lie down most of the time, but a stern elder who had regained consciousness.

Yang Yan could even feel Tomioka's completely changed aura, watching him faintly.

Taking a deep breath and adjusting his breathing, at this moment, he seemed to have returned to the state he was in when making the energy cube. His whole person became extremely focused, as if from this moment on, there was nothing else in his eyes except the things in his hands. !

Tomioka nodded, extremely satisfied with Yang Yan's current condition.

Take out the tangerines prepared in advance and observe them carefully in your hands.

He was observing the lines of the entire fruit, feeling everything about the orange fruit, and imagining how it would eventually become a Poké Ball...

Suddenly, Yang Yan took out a special knife and slashed in the direction he was looking for!

Just when Tomioka thought that the tangerine fruit was about to be split into two, Yang Yan stopped with extremely precise movements!

Close the knife and perfectly preserve the last part of the joint.

This is the most critical part of the beginning, where vision, wrist strength and control are all indispensable.

Yang Yan is just a beginner now, and the tree fruit split into two is not something Yang Yan can handle.

This is the warning given by Tomioka’s ancestors to future generations.

"The pulp needs to be removed next and then injected..."

Yang Yan murmured in a low voice, repeating it over and over again as if he was afraid that he would forget.

Taking out the pulp is the simplest step, of course, only in comparison.

What needs to be paid attention to in this step is to remove all the pulp without damaging the skin.

All it takes is patience and caution.

Slow down, don't be impatient, don't be greedy and don't fight, so as to achieve a calm mind, and eventually practice makes perfect.

Yang Yan completed this step very beautifully, and even Tomioka couldn't fault it.

But he didn't praise Yang Yan because this was just the beginning.

After taking out the pulp, Yang Yan closed the two shells, looked back and forth, nodded after confirming that there were no gaps, and then started the next task.

Next, he needs to inject a special potion evenly into every part of the shell.

The recipe of this potion is mentioned in the book, and it is used to strengthen the nut shell.

Of course, this potion was not made by Yang Yan, it was given to it by Tomioka in advance.

Not much, but enough for him today.

If Yang Yan wanted to make it later, he would have to prepare it himself in advance.

Without this potion, even if the Poké Ball is made, it will be just a waste product that can be broken into pieces and cannot be used.

But a nutshell is a nutshell, and even if such a potion existed, it would still be completely inferior to a modern elf ball made of pure steel.

This is also an important reason why the Tree Fruit Poke Ball was eliminated.

Of course, there is no problem in daily use of the elf ball that has been filled with potion. It is also no problem if it is accidentally stepped on or dropped to the ground hard, and it is not that easy to break.

This step requires the use of an extremely small injection needle, and the maker needs to plan the injection point and the amount required for each injection in advance.

It can neither be less nor more, and it also needs to be done without damaging the outer shell.

After this step is completed, in most cases, no problems can be seen from the appearance alone, and the next step of inspection is required.

That’s baking over a fire!

During the baking process, the fruit shell also needs to be rotated at a constant speed to ensure that the liquid is evenly covered in every part of the fruit shell.

In the past, people could only operate it manually by themselves, so every maker who learned to make a tree fruit elf ball needed to go through a long period of repeated practice to do it.

It is not necessary now, because modern machines can directly replace humans, and it is guaranteed that as long as there is electricity, there will be no accidents.

Tomioka is not a rigid person. He has such a tool at home, so he will not prohibit Yang Yan from using it.