He knows Pokémon better than me.

While Dawn fought in front, Ash quietly observed from behind as his teacher, and ultimately concluded:
"As expected, your Rowlet still needs to evolve."

Previously, Hikari had wanted to maintain Owl's cute demeanor, just like him.

However, his Rowlet possesses rare assassin talent, enabling him to launch attacks without anyone noticing, and he also has the unique advantage of a sleeping state, as well as the guidance and inheritance from the master, Komaru.
It took a combination of various factors, as well as a long period of training, to ensure that Rowlet remained in its original form as its optimal state.

After evolving, they actually lost these traits.

But Xiao Guang's Wood Owl is completely different from his, and its fighting style is more rugged and direct.

Especially when prioritizing speedrunning, evolving into a Fighting-type Decidueye and using powerful Fighting moves, combined with its signature move Triple Shot, is the best approach.

"Yes, I think so too."

Xiao Guang sighed helplessly.

Indeed, normally speaking, good looks and talent are mutually exclusive.

"Mugu?"

Rowlet tilted its head, looking at the two curiously.

However, the current target is that "King of the Forest".

"I've heard Miss Starmoon mention it; it's a Rock-type Pokémon that can unleash dangerous slashes."

As Xiao Guang described it, Xiao Zhi raised an eyebrow, feeling that it sounded somewhat familiar.

"Rock properties?"

He looked at Hikaru's three current generals, and it seemed that none of them could gain any advantage against Rock-type opponents.

Perhaps we should add another powerful Pokémon?
Just then, the two returned to the shallow river where they had come from, and Xiao Guang suddenly clapped his hands, his eyes shining.

"Oh right, then I'll catch another Water-type Pokémon!"

"Oh? You already have a target?"

Ash looked around and saw common Water-type Pokémon such as Swim-ring Weasel, Psyduck, and Shell Gastrodon on both sides of the riverbank. Occasionally, he could also see a few Magikarp swimming in the river.

Xiao Guang then mysteriously pulled out his Rotom phone and brought up the interface:

"Hehe, this is my goal!"

Ash leaned closer and saw that it was an enlarged map, which should be the Obsidian Plains where they were currently located.

They are currently on the northeastern side of the plains, heading south along a river.

What's special is that the picture has Pokémon images marked in several places. For example, there's a Rapidash image marked on the way they arrived.

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"Wait a minute, could this be a map showing the distribution of Boss Pokémon?"

Xiao Zhi exclaimed in surprise.

Xiao Guang nodded with a smug smile:

"This was given to me by Dr. Laben. There isn't much information on the distribution of leaders in other areas yet, but we have information on the leader Pokémon in Obsidian Plains, which is closest to Zhuqing Village."

For example, the leader she previously subdued, the Speaker Cricket, was located on this small island on the riverbank in the middle.

Xiao Zhi immediately became very interested and began to examine it carefully.

The map marked not only with common Pokémon like Bibarel and Staraptor, but also with Infernape, Alakazam, and Heracross!
"Among them, the leader Infernape and the leader Alakazam are the highest level. According to Dr. Laben, any member below five stars who goes to the vicinity will basically be one-shotted."

Of course, even if a five-star player went, they would basically be defeated in a few rounds.

As for the boss that Xiaoguang captured, the Speaker Cricket, it is the weakest of the bosses, and it is somewhat like a gift given to a newcomer.

"Then who are those marked with a black cross?"

"Naturally, they've already been captured by other Survey Corps members." Hikaru spread his hands, explaining that those that weren't marked with an X were either high-level and had always been difficult to capture.

Either they've only recently appeared and haven't been stolen or captured yet.

The members of the Survey Corps share intelligence, and when they discover a new leader Pokémon, they report it back to headquarters to jointly create this almost real-time distribution map.

"That's right!"

Xiao Guang quickly crossed out the Flaming Horse icon above.

Ash nodded, then looked at the Pokémon on the river next to the map.
"So your next target for taming is that leader, the Floating Weasel?"

They are not far away; just follow the river to a depression in the river bend and you will see them.

Dawn chuckled softly. Back when they were traveling in the Sinnoh region, Ash had caught a Floatzel. Its cool and dashing battle stance made her realize that she had long had the urge to catch one herself.

Perfect! It can also be used to counter the Rock-type Forest King!
So the two of them adjusted their mindset, looked at the map, and immediately headed towards the concave riverbank.

In less than ten minutes, you can see from afar that many dead trees and branches have been erected at the entrance of the small river bend, forming a low-lying beach similar to a dam.

A nearly three-meter-long snorkeling weasel with bloodshot eyes was resting on the beach.

Upon noticing the approach of humans, the leader, the snorkeling weasel, immediately stood up, glaring angrily as if it were about to launch a water jet attack at any moment.

"Ash, you just watch from the sidelines, leave the rest to me~"

Hikari wasn't intimidated by the large size of the Floating Weasel. Instead, she calmly went to meet it and immediately summoned Rowlet to fight.

According to Dr. Laben's intelligence, this boss, the Floating Weasel, is not of a high level.

If Infernape and Alakazam are the most dangerous bosses in the first tier, then Krillin is a roadside boss in the sixth tier.

So, Floating Weasel would be in Tier 5, while Rowlet should be fine.

"Flying Leaf Blade!!"

Rowlet immediately became serious, flapping its wings to shoot out countless flying leaves.

Phew! !
The leader, the Floating Weasel, puffed out its cheeks and sprayed water that directly dispersed the Leaf Blade.

"It's not a water cannon, it's just a water gun."

Ash immediately judged that it was probably not as good as his Rapidash, which had even mastered Flare Blitz.

It should be ranked as the second-tier leader after Infernape.

"Owl, use U-turn!!"

This time, Hikari closed the distance to fight, while Floating Weasel covered its entire body in water and suddenly charged forward as a water arrow.

Just before impact, Owlman leaped upwards, dodging the spray of water.

Then, turning 180 degrees, the swallow circled and landed directly beneath the snorkeling weasel.

Whoosh! Bang!
The sharp Swallow Return Strike struck the snorkeling weasel squarely in the abdomen, shattering the water flow and sending it sprawling to the ground in a sorry state.

"Now! Flying Leaf Blade!"

Rowlet immediately spread its wings, and countless sharp leaves covered and swept across the snorkeling weasel.

Outstanding effect!

"Well trained, this Woodrow."

Ash nodded in approval, noting that this Rowlet was a completely different fighting style from his own Rowlet, being much more direct and aggressive.

Are the Pokémon from the Green Region just this primitive and wild? (End of Chapter)