Crossover Anime: Starting with Adopting the Homeless Melon God

"Of course, the most important thing is that Magikarp is quite picky about its opponents. It needs to be a pure physical attack type Pokémon to bring out the advantage of its tough skin and body. Once it encounters a type attack, it won't work."

"But there aren't many Pokémon that are purely physical attackers."

"Just like Pidgey and Beedrill, which seem to only have physical attacks, their Hurricane and Microneedle attacks actually have wind and poison attributes respectively, which are essentially elemental attacks."

As it spoke, as if it had crashed into a large rock, the force of the impact made Rattata dizzy and disoriented. It activated its Guts attribute, shook its head twice, got up from the ground again, and then launched another attack on Magikarp.

"Huh? Why is it rushing over so recklessly?" Ilya asked, puzzled.

"While wild Pokémon can understand human speech, their intelligence level is only about that of a five- or six-year-old child. And since they haven't undergone any training, they will naturally continue to attack their target when they are injured or angry," Kitagawa Yu explained with a smile.

"Trained Pokémon not only have improved intelligence, some even reaching the level of normal adult humans, but also possess systematic combat experience. Therefore, their combat power is often much higher than that of wild Pokémon of the same level, allowing them to challenge opponents of higher levels."

Before he finished speaking, Rattata had already rushed in front of Magikarp again.

However, rat-type Pokémon are known for their cleverness and intelligence, so having learned its lesson, it didn't launch a full-force ramming attack this time. Instead, it seized the opportunity, opened its mouth, and bit the struggling Magikarp. Then, a white light flashed from its two large front teeth, and it activated the move Crunch.

"Huh, isn't Crunch a skill that can only be mastered at level 22? This little Rattata's level is way too high!" Elena couldn't help but exclaim in surprise upon seeing this.

"Most importantly, I saw in the Pokédex that Rattata can evolve into Rattata at level 20, right?" Chizuka added.

“As you said, it’s ‘can’ rather than ‘must’ or ‘certain’. In fact, Pokémon can choose whether or not to evolve,” Kitagawa Yu explained.

"After Rattata evolves into Rattata, although all its attributes are improved, and its base stats have increased from 253 to 413, this is not without its side effects."

"First of all, after Rattata evolves into Rattata, its size increases significantly, its body becomes larger, and its four legs become shorter. Its straight-line speed is improved compared to Rattata, but its agility is not as good as Rattata's."

"Furthermore, and this is also very important for wild Pokémon, is their food requirement. An adult Rattata needs five to eight times more food per day than a baby Rattata, which means it will need even more food after it evolves."

"It's not a domesticated Pokémon that has a stable food supply from humans, so this is definitely a problem we need to consider."

As they were speaking, another shattering sound rang out. It turned out that even the strongest front teeth on Rattata's body couldn't bite through Magikarp's copper skin and iron bones, and instead broke its own teeth.

"Squeaky-"

The little Rattata was in so much pain it seemed to have springs in its body; it covered its mouth with its two paws and bounced up from the ground, tears streaming down its face.

"puff--"

"That little Rada is so unlucky!"

Ilya and Chitsuka couldn't help but burst out laughing.

However, they weren't too worried about Rattata's injuries, since according to the Pokédex, Rattata's teeth can grow continuously and very quickly.

A broken tooth isn't a big deal for it; it will heal naturally in a few days.

However, after discovering that even its strongest move was useless against the Magikarp that was still flailing around aimlessly, as if it were taunting the Magikarp, Rattata became increasingly angry, but also felt a little afraid, after all, it was indeed not very brave.

After landing again and baring its teeth at Magikarp, Rattata finally decided to flee. It quickly glanced at Kitagawa Yu and the others not far away, then decisively turned around and darted into the nearest bushes, disappearing from sight.

Kitagawa and his six friends didn't care at all. After all, they looked down on such a weak Rattata, and the Rattata was far inferior to the cute Pokémon they had, so they had no intention of catching it.

"I didn't expect Magikarp to actually win. I guess this counts as a win?" Artoria couldn't help but murmur, a sense of realization creeping into her heart.

Meanwhile, Kitagawa Yu had already walked up to Magikarp with a Poké Ball, praising it with a smile: "Well done, Magikarp! You beat that Rattata. You proved with your strength that you are not the weakest or most pitiful Pokémon!"

Magikarp continued to thrash about, but its previously dull eyes now seemed to have gained a different kind of sparkle.

"Come back, Magikarp! Go back to your Poké Ball and rest well! There are many more battles waiting for you, and I believe you will continue to win for me!"

After saying that, Kitagawa Yu's Poké Ball shot out a red light, and he put Magikarp away again.

This made Elena and the others smile involuntarily when they saw this.

"I thought you bought Magikarp to evolve it using the method described in the Pokédex~" Chizuka said with a grin as she walked over and hugged his arm.

“I did have that idea,” Kitagawa Yu said, shrinking the Poké Ball and hanging it on his special belt. “But then I thought about it, and even if it evolved into Gyarados, it would most likely rebel. Even if it didn’t, I’d have to fight it and catch it again. Plus, after thinking about it carefully, Magikarp doesn’t seem so bad, so I changed my mind.”

Next, the group of six abandoned the road and went straight into the forest, where they encountered a large number of Pokémon along the way.

Soon they had all experienced battles between Pokémon, and Chizuka even caught a Pidgey that looked pretty good, probably around level seventeen or eighteen.

However, since Chizuka and Elena weren't in a hurry to level up, they handed over all the battle work to Artoria's Charmander and Ponyta, as well as Kitagawa Yu's Magikarp, which caused the experience of these three Pokémon to grow rapidly, like a rocket.

However, just like in the anime, the Pokémon in this world have very poor stamina and are not good at prolonged battles. Even without using skills, they can only fight for seven or eight minutes before disengaging. If they use skills, they may not even last three minutes, which makes Artoria very helpless.

"Yu, after they've trained and evolved, will their stamina increase to the point where they can fight for long periods of time?" Artoria couldn't help but pull Kitagawa Yu aside and ask in a low voice.

This isn't mentioned in the Pokédex because humans in this world use Pokémon for arena battles, not for waging war.

“It should be possible,” Kitagawa Yu thought for a moment and said, “At least I know that after training, Ponyta can run at full speed for two or three hours with a person on it in complex terrain. In fact, in another wild Pokémon reserve before entering the Pokémon Safari Zone, a Pokémon racing competition is held every year. The race is over a hundred kilometers long and the terrain is extremely complex. And a Ponyta has been the champion of the racing competition for the past few years.”

Kitagawa Yu was referring to the Pokémon racing competition featuring the Lalamo tribe from the anime.

"That's great!"

Artoria breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.

If Charizard and Ponyta still only have this much stamina after training and evolution, then her plan to train them into battle pets and mounts to enhance the strength of her Knights of the Round Table will be in vain.

"By the way, Yu, are there really no Pokémon that look like lions in this world?" Artoria suddenly remembered this question and asked.

"You really can't forget your lion~" Kitagawa Yu suddenly remembered the chibi version of Artoria he had seen in his previous life, dressed in a lion mascot costume, and couldn't help but smile.

"However, as far as I know, the storyline doesn't seem to have any Pokémon that look like lions."

Chapter 217 Combination Techniques?

Because of the time spent fighting monsters, Kitagawa Yu and his group did not travel very fast. It took them two days to travel in a straight line through the forest and arrive at a vast grassland.

It's worth mentioning that, perhaps because the world is different, they hardly see any ordinary mosquitoes in this world. So even though they didn't prepare tents, sleeping bags, or other equipment, camping in the wild at night wasn't as bad as they had initially worried.

"Rumble, rumble—"

A sound like muffled thunder rang out, and the earth suddenly trembled slightly. Looking up, one could see hundreds of Tauros running in groups across the grassland, causing chaos and commotion wherever they went.

"Tauros, the Great Bull Pokémon, is energetic and has a fiery personality. Once it starts running, it won't stop until it crashes into something. When it spots its prey, it charges straight at its opponent while whipping its body with its tail."

Information about Tauros began playing from the Pokédex in Chizuka's hand.

Others couldn't help but gasp in amazement at the sight of hundreds of cattle stampeding.

"My God! So many Tauros!"

"There are so many! If we defeat them all, Artoria's Charmander could probably skip levels and evolve into Charizard, right?"

"Unfortunately, Charmander's strength is simply not enough to defeat so many Tauros at the same time."

"Furthermore, when a higher-level player battles a lower-level player, the greater the level difference, the less experience they will gain."

"Most importantly, this place is already a protected area for wild Pokémon, right?"

"It's okay, as long as no one sees, it's fine. Besides, we can say it was self-defense~"

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Chizuka and the others chattered away, appearing quite relaxed since Tauros wasn't running in their direction.

Only Artoria, looking at the group of Tauros in the distance and then at her own Charmander that had just reached level 16, couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

There's no way around it, this is a massive charge of hundreds of Tauros! Not even Charizard could do that, let alone Charmander, unless it evolves into a Charizard that has aerial advantage.

As for Ponyta, even if it evolves into Rapidash, it's impossible for it to charge head-on against hundreds of Tauros, right? That would be practically suicide.

Kitagawa Yu, however, looked at the Tauros, stroked his chin, and had a thoughtful expression on his face.

"Magikarp's copper skin and iron body should be able to withstand Tauros's stomp, right?"

In just two days, more than twenty battles have fully demonstrated that Magikarp's Copper Skin and Iron Bones are truly indestructible, with bones harder than steel. Tauros, on the other hand, is just a bull and shouldn't be able to crush such a large lump of steel.

Meanwhile, the undefeated streak in more than twenty battles has given Magikarp a lot of experience and confidence. Now its level is higher than Charmander and Ponyta, which take turns fighting. It has reached level 19 and is just one step away from evolving.

"If Magikarp can defeat one or two more Tauros, it should be able to break through level 20. At that time, with the 'Invincible Momentum' it has raised, it should be able to evolve into Gyarados naturally, right?"

As for defeating Tauros, if a large rock is suddenly thrown into a group of Tauros charging forward, it should almost certainly cause a stampede.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Yu no longer hesitated. He quickly told Elena and the others what to do, and then activated Thunder Breathing, transforming into a golden bolt of lightning to catch up with the group of Tauros.

then

"Go, Magikarp! You're the one!"

Kitagawa Yu struck a baseball-throwing pose and hurled the Poké Ball at the group of Tauros.

With his immense power, the Poké Ball landed like a cannonball near the front of the group of Tauros, and then with a snap, the Energy Ball opened, revealing the still energetic Magikarp on the grass with a red glow.

"Flap flap flap~"

The summoned Magikarp was filled with intense confidence and fighting spirit. Despite the completely unfavorable environment on land, it had maintained an undefeated record in more than twenty consecutive battles, which made its originally dull eyes seem to sharpen.

He looks like a battle-hardened and powerful warrior.

However, it was dumbfounded the next second.

If it could speak human language, it would definitely be swearing by now: "Holy crap! So many Tauros?!"

Unfortunately, it can't swim fast in water, let alone on grass.

At this moment, although it wished it could grow two little wings and fly away desperately, it could only watch helplessly as a cow hoof the size of a sandbag stomped on its body.

then

With a crisp crack, because it was so hard and its scales were so smooth, the hoof of the cow that was stepping on it slipped and broke.

The massive body crashed to the ground with a thud, then flew off, skimming the grass.

Just as Kitagawa Yu had predicted, the Tauros behind them were caught off guard by the sudden turn of events and couldn't brake in time. One by one, they stepped on the thrashing Magikarp, and the entire Tauros group turned into a scene of massive car crashes. More than a hundred Tauros overturned, and the dust and grass kicked up were sent flying more than ten meters high.

"hiss--"

"My goodness!"

"Yuta actually succeeded?!"

Chizuka and Elena watched this scene from afar, and they were all dumbfounded, their mouths involuntarily forming an "O" shape.

And Magikarp, standing at the scene of a massive car crash, was even worse off; its two eyes, each bigger than a fist, were practically bulging out of their sockets.

From its perspective, it saw cow hooves clattering down on it, followed by Tauros flying overhead, then a series of loud rumbling sounds, accompanied by a huge cloud of dust rising up.

When the smoke and dust cleared up a little, I saw a large group of at least two hundred Tauros lying in front of me, screaming and howling.

"This...this...this really is something I made?!" The thought involuntarily popped into Magikarp's head.

However, besides this group of Tauros, there's only this one in this entire area. If it wasn't this one that did it, then who else could it be?