Pokémon: The Sims.

Chapter 75 Blue Dumplings
The next day.

Just as Wu Ge predicted.

The egg that was placed in its nest is indeed about to hatch.

"Solai?"

Scyther looked at the Pokémon egg that was flashing in Wu Ge's arms with a look of anticipation.

The other five Scythers watched from the sidelines, whispering amongst themselves about what kind of Pokémon it would be.

"She will probably be born today."

Wu Ge observed the frequency of the egg's flashing.

He guessed that the egg had started flashing last night while everyone was sleeping.

Within 24 hours of hatching, a Pokémon egg will begin to flash white light rhythmically, and the frequency of the flashing will increase over time.

To be honest, Wu Ge doesn't really want to stay here any longer.

But it won't do if I'm not here to keep an eye on things.

Because Scyther and its companions have sharp scythes in both arms, they can't even do the most basic thing like holding an egg, let alone taking care of a Pokémon about to hatch.

Even within their own group, Scythers will not easily touch Pokémon eggs or baby Scythers.

They usually put the eggs or babies in a nest of grass and let them play and grow on their own.

Scythers only begin to interact affectionately with their young once the baby scythes have grown out of their juvenile stage and their exoskeletons have hardened.

This is largely thanks to the fact that Scyther is not the kind of Pokémon that naturally requires a lot of care.

Otherwise, if it were Eevee, Togepi, or Jynx, Pokémon that require extreme care, they could be raised to death in the Scyther family.

Time passed slowly, and it gradually came to afternoon.

The flying mantises went to the nearby forest to hone their mantis arms.

Daily training helps them maintain the sharpness of their arms, preventing their combat ability from declining.

Wu Ge, feeling somewhat restless being alone in the cave, wagged its tail.

The temperature of the Pokémon egg in my arms was gradually increasing, and the frequency of its flashing was also increasing.

Sudden.

The light became continuous, and the whole egg seemed to turn into a light bulb.

Wu Ge immediately raised his head.

He knew the egg was about to hatch.

The oval egg gradually deformed, and the dazzling light began to dim.

"Sizzle!"

popping.

A strange cry rang out first, followed by the sound of something slapping the ground.

"Hmm? This?"

Wu Ge squinted as the light faded, and then he saw the little guy in his arms.

A supersonic bat.

Despite being only 0.4 meters tall, the Zubat is actually quite small.

Because, like scorpions, half of their height is in their tails, and they are only 20 centimeters long from head to buttocks.

Because it is a newborn, its height is only half of what is shown in the encyclopedia. As it grows, it will likely far exceed the encyclopedia's height.

Zubat is a Pokémon that does not have eyes; it relies on ultrasonic waves to detect its surroundings.

At this moment, the supersonic bat was using ultrasonic waves to sense the environment in the cave and Wu Ge's presence.

'Ultrabat.'

Wu Ge looked down at the little thing, whose appearance couldn't be described as pretty, and fell into deep thought.

The final evolution of the Zubat lineage is the Crobat.

If we were to ask what Crobat is most famous for, it would probably be its unique 'Poison + Flying' typing in all of Pokémon.

Scorpius's 'Flying + Ground' type configuration is unique among Pokémon, aside from Legendary Pokémon.

If we include legendary Pokémon, then we should also add Landorus. Crobat is truly unique; even including legendary Pokémon and Ultra Beasts, there is no other Pokémon with this attribute combination.

And this attribute configuration is quite powerful.

It is twice as weak as four attributes, but not four times as weak.

It has 2x resistance to 2 attributes, 4x resistance to 3 attributes, and is also immune to one ground attribute.

Even without the [Steel] attribute, it's already quite impressive to have this level of resistance.

Crobat has a total base stat total of 535, which is extremely high for a regular Pokémon.

It is higher than the third stage of most starter Pokémon.

Its greatest strength lies in its speed, with a base stat total of 130 points, only 15 points slower than Mega Beedrill.

However, these are the only advantages of the Crossbat.

His base stats are extremely balanced across the other five categories, but balance doesn't necessarily mean it's a good thing.

The cross-bat is a typical example of a bat that is the same thickness from its neck to its rump, but has exceptionally long legs.

In Generation VII and earlier, Crobat was a super utility soldier. Its high speed could still produce pretty good results, making it a popular choice on the battlefield.

However, after Generation VIII, with the emergence of super-fast Pokémon like Regigigas, Crobat, which originally had decent base speed, began to fade into obscurity and gradually lost its place in battles.

However, these are all from a game perspective.

From a practical perspective

Crobat is definitely a Pokémon worth training.

The biggest difference between reality and games is that combat is not turn-based!
High speed and high mobility mean strength.

In the time it takes Beedrill to launch one attack, Crobat might already be launching its third.

Not only can it launch multiple attacks in succession, but it can also greatly increase its evasion rate, allowing moves that are marked as "100% hit" in the game to be dodged in the real world.

This can be seen from Ash's particular fondness for training his Pokémon's speed.

Ash was so focused on speed that he steered his potentially powerful Turtwig in the wrong direction during his Sinnoh trip, causing it to suffer for a long time after evolving into Torterra.

Other notable figures who have bred Crobats include Brock, the Gym Leader of Pewter City; Anzu, the Gym Leader of Fuchsia City; and Giovanni.

"Sizzle~"

The supersonic bat seemed to have sensed and memorized Wu Ge's presence, and regarded Wu Ge as its most important family member.

"Hello, little one."

Wu Ge lowered his head and gently touched the little blue ball of dough, then sighed.

Although becoming Zubat's adoptive parents was not his original intention, he was initially somewhat reluctant to have this little burden with him.

But there's not much to say now.

Since he had unexpectedly taken on this responsibility, he would do his best to raise the little guy.

then
Give it to Liz to raise.

"Sizzle~"

The supersonic bat nestled against Wu Ge's belly and let out a pitiful cry.

"Hungry? Hmm... how about you try this?"

Wu Ge frowned as he looked at the four tender baby teeth inside the supersonic bat's mouth and picked up a fruit with a relatively soft skin from beside him.

He was somewhat at a loss when it came to raising Zubat, a Pokémon.

Because Zubat is quite different from other Pokémon.

In the wild, Zubats primarily feed by sucking the blood of animals or other Pokémon.

Their ability to suck blood is quite remarkable; the prey doesn't even feel pain when their teeth pierce its body, so it's impossible for them to notice immediately.

Although human-bred supersonic bats do eat special food or hard objects prepared by breeders, newly hatched supersonic bats like these obviously cannot eat things like tree fruits.

Because the teeth of supersonic bats are too small to perform the task of 'chewing'.

Wu Ge could only try to get the supersonic bats to suck the sap from the tree fruit.

　The thought of the book going on sale tomorrow gave me nightmares during my afternoon nap. I dreamt that my readership would only reach 100 after the release, which woke me up in a fright. ┭┮﹏┭┮
　　
　
(End of this chapter)