He knows Pokémon better than me.

After Sonia left, Officer Jenny sealed off the entire ranch, putting up banners around it and temporarily blocking it off.

Soder and Syldi's breeding program has once again failed.

The eight Thunder King Kongs were also temporarily taken away by Yalo and placed in his Grass Road Arena. He planned to book a special ship to send them all back.

As a Grass-type trainer, Yalo's honest and easygoing personality meant that the group of Raptors didn't dislike him, and they surprisingly followed along obediently.

At the main gate, only Ash and Zarude remained—

It was only now that Ash realized that the little Zarude was actually the other party's little brother.

No wonder they were in such a hurry, traveling all over mountains and rivers to search for it alone.

"So, where are you going next? Will you stay with Mr. Yalo for now and then take a boat back together?"

Ash stroked Zarude's head and looked at Zarude, asking a question.

It's only because I'm still young that I can still masturbate.

If it were the Zarude of his younger days, and he dared to touch his head, he would probably have been attacked by a claw by now.

So how did Zarude cross the sea and arrive in the Galar region?
“Saru, Saru”.

Sarud shook his head; he had no desire to be with that bunch of spineless apes.

As for how it crossed the ocean, it was quite simple; it didn't surf across the ocean.

Instead, they would look for opportunities at the dock, sneak onto a cruise ship, and then come over.

Completely freebie!
Now, naturally we should go back using the same method.

"Are you leaving so soon? Why don't you stop by my castle for a while?"

Ash tried to persuade him to stay, saying that it was a rare encounter with a mythical beast and he wanted to stay a little longer.

Upon hearing the suggestion, Sarud immediately shuddered as if in response to a stress reaction, then shook his head violently.

Thinking back to not long ago, I was subjected to a relentless barrage of attacks by that group of people.
I'm never going to that awful place again!

“Saru?”

Little Saruud tilted its head; it was quite interested in something that could make its older brother so afraid.

After being rescued, its personality quickly returned to normal, without any post-stress effects.

"So, are we just going to leave? Doesn't Little Zarud need to rest?"

Xiao Zhi asked with concern.

However, Zarude shook his head again. They had their own special ability, Jungle Healing, so there was no need to worry about their health.

Moreover, although those two upper-class nobles were undergoing grueling training, they were given the maximum amount of high-end nutritional supplements, medicines, private massages, and nutritious meals every day.

This is something that Flame Ace deeply appreciates.

During that period, we literally fed the nutritional supplements like plain water!

While carrying little Zarud on his back, Zarud even felt that the latter seemed to have become much heavier.
"Alright, we'll say goodbye here then."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Zhi lowered his eyes, somewhat regretful.

Sarud frowned, opened his mouth, but hesitated to speak.

It means we won't go to the watchtower castle, but it didn't say we can't go to the dock together!
However, since Ash has already said so, the proud Ash naturally wouldn't take the initiative to say, "Then let's travel together for a while longer."

Fortunately, when it flew by holding onto the Steel-Armored Raven's claws, it had already surveyed the area. There was a coastal dock just over the low hill next to it.

Grass Road Town is adjacent to the Galer First Mine. With so much ore, it's impossible to rely solely on trains for transportation, so a prosperous port is located behind the Second Mine.

Before leaving, Zarude hesitated for a moment, then turned around and suddenly raised his hand towards Ash.

"?" Ash was taken aback, thinking it was another claw attack, and instinctively raised his hand to block.

However, the red light of the Tear Claw did not appear. Instead, the vines wrapped around Zarude's wrist slowly emerged, their surfaces glowing with green energy.

Hey!
Bright green vines stretched out and, under his questioning gaze, wrapped themselves around his wrist.

However, it only wrapped around his wrist twice, and the width automatically shrank to match the thickness of his wrist, as if he had an extra dark green woven wristband.

The light gradually stabilized, returning to its normal dark green vine shape.

“Saru!”

Sarud turned his head, touched his nose, and let out a low growl.

That's right, it's perfectly reasonable for a Dark-type Pokémon to give a "parting gift"!

Xiao Zhi realized what was happening, and his expression immediately turned to surprise and delight:

"Haha, is this a gift from you? Thank you very much, Zarude!"

It seems that Zarude has become quite humane.
I touched it with my palm; it was very supple, quite a nice piece of jewelry.

"Saru? Saru!"

However, Sarud needs to explain this carefully: this is not just an ornamental wristband, but a special vine it created by concentrating its own power—

Besides "preserving freshness" and maintaining the normal texture of the plant,
You can even use it as a basis to create the Pokémon move Vine Whip!
The target isn't just Pokémon, but humans themselves using the Vine Whip!

Ash paused for a moment, then realized that he seemed to be able to understand Zarude's meaning now.

"Use the rattan whip?"

He instinctively shook his hand, trying to flick the vine whip.
Nothing happens.

I increased the force and shook it from every angle, but there was still no reaction.

Ash immediately gave it a suspicious look.

"Really? How could a human possibly use a Pokémon move? No, it's not impossible."

He interrupted himself halfway through his sentence.

On second thought, he is the counterexample to Lucario's wave missile.

However, the power of wave guidance, or other superpowers, are exceptions, right?

"Saru!"

Sarud, on the other hand, crossed his arms, as if to say, "Don't underestimate it."

Without rigorous training, they naturally cannot unleash the "forest" power unique to the Sarud race.

It's not just "jungle therapy," but also the use of the resilient "jungle vine whip." Its flexibility far surpasses that of ordinary "vine whip" techniques!

"Saru~!"

Behind him, Little Sarud nodded in agreement.

Verifiable facts—

The Sarud in the Great Forest of Okoya are not limited to just these two brothers.

There was a Zarude tribe living next door who adopted a human child and lived with him as one of their own.

The child can now use the wrist vines given to him by Zarud to unleash his vine whip technique, swinging and leaping freely and flexibly through the jungle.

As Ash listened to the two brothers' story, his eyes gradually lit up.
Can I also use the vine whip technique?
Sarud really gave us a superb "parting gift"!

He decided to practice even harder when he got back, hoping that next time he returned to the backyard of Pallet Town and saw 002, he could give it a real fright by using his vine whip! (End of Chapter)