Pokémon: The Genetic Researcher Just Wants to Slack Off.

Three seconds later, the electric discharge stopped, and Pikachu began to pant, only to find that the Digletts were unharmed.

My eyelids started to feel heavier and heavier, indicating that the high-intensity release of energy and the sleep powder were gradually taking effect.

Pikachu shook its head frantically, trying to clear its head.

With concentrated energy, he used the Shadow Clone Technique, instantly creating more than a dozen clones that scattered and pounced on the moles.

Everyone turned around and saw one of them use Quick Attack repeatedly, stepping on the heads of seven gophers in succession to jump out of the encirclement.

There was no other way; the average height of the gophers is only 0.2 meters, and their numbers are limited. Even if all the gophers from the vendors' homes were mobilized, they could only barely form a wall seven stories high.

But Pikachu's ability to climb walls is also part of the plan.

I haven't replenished my energy since yesterday. I used a high-intensity AOE attack and then used Lightning Flash repeatedly because of the glue and the heavier fruit bag on my back.

After being overwhelmed by the successive attacks, Pikachu finally couldn't hold on any longer and stopped at the entrance of the market, causing the bag of berries to fall to the ground.

Step four, exhaust energy, successful!

But Pikachu wasn't asleep. It shook its head, ran to the box by the door, leaped up, and used Quick Attack again!

call out!

In a flash, Pikachu bumped into a boy in a red hat by the door.

Because of the overwhelming force, the boy ended up rolling around in a ball with Pikachu in his arms.

Natsuno didn't have time to see who it was; he was only worried that Pikachu would run away, so he quickly shouted loudly at the boy.

"Quick, catch him with a Poké Ball! Don't let him get away!"

The boy reacted extremely quickly, and with a flick of his wrist, a Poké Ball appeared in his palm. He then swiftly patted it into his arms.

A flash of red light, and Pikachu was sucked into the Poké Ball. The button on the Poké Ball flashed red, and the entire ball began to sway rhythmically from side to side on the ground.

One tap, two taps, three taps, "beep," all sounds cease, the taming is successful.

Seeing that he had successfully subdued it, Natsuno looked at the other's face, which was crimson.

Red released Pikachu and stuffed a berry into its mouth, waking it from its sleep state.

"Little one, wake up quickly."

Looking up and seeing everyone staring at him, Chi Hong wasn't intimidated and confidently raised his head.

"Guys, on my way here yesterday, I heard a guy say that there's a really powerful Pikachu in the market. He got lost and just found his way here."

"I don't know what happened, but it just bumped into my arms, and some people even told me to subdue it. Now that I've subdued it, is it appropriate? Do I need to return it to you?"

Everyone took off their equipment and headed towards Crimson.

Natsuno smiled and said, "It's Akane. I never expected to see you here."

"It's okay. This guy caused trouble in the market. If you take him away, I don't think anyone will object."

The group of people at the market nodded in agreement: "Yes, you can take the child with you, we don't need him."

Seeing everyone nod, Crimson released Pikachu from its Poké Ball.

From now on, I'll call you Ka.

"Pikachu~!"

"Let's have a competition..."

A flash of light, and her crimson hair exploded as Mei Mei was struck by an electric shock.

"The power is strong enough, I like it!"

Chi Hong exhaled a puff of black smoke, revealing his large white teeth.

Chapter 38 Reencounter in the Forest, Rescuing the Kangaskhan

Pikachu jumped down from Crimson's arms, grabbed the bag of berries from the ground, and ran towards the Evergreen Forest.

The speed was unbelievable; no one had time to react.

Natsuno snapped out of his daze and bid farewell to the crowd at the market: "Everyone, Akane and I are going to chase after them. You can go back to your normal lives now."

Then, amidst the cheers of everyone in the market, he dragged the crimson figure in the direction where the pickup truck had disappeared.

Akane watched as the pickup truck disappeared from sight in a few seconds, then looked at Natsuno.

"Natsuno-kun, what's going on? Pikachu is missing."

Xia Ye calmly took out his phone, opened an app, and a simple map popped up. A red dot was flashing on the map, and its location was changing rapidly.

"Don't worry, it can't escape. I've prepared a backup plan; there's a tracking device in the fruit bag."

"This is the final plan. Let's go with him and see what's really going on."

"This guy goes to the market and steals a whole bag of berries every day, which is already incredible for Pokémon living in the forest."

“Something must have happened in the forest. Let’s go after them and see.”

Reaching the edge of the Evergreen Forest, Natsuno swallowed hard as he watched the red dot rapidly moving inward.

"Hey, Akane, you know I'm a researcher, so I don't have much combat ability."

"How have you been growing these past two or three days?"

Red smiled shyly: "Ah, we've probably fought forty or fifty times. With the candy you gave me, Fire Dragon and Quick Swim have grown very quickly."

Xia Ye gave a thumbs up: "I knew I hadn't misjudged you. I'll lead the way, and you remember to protect me."

The two followed the Chaser through the forest, moving left and right, and were very lucky, as they didn't encounter any wild Pokémon along the way.

But Natsuno had a vague feeling that something was very wrong, and he slowed down his pace of following.

Stopping in front of a large tree that had been torn apart by a tremendous force, Natsuno looked to his right and was taken aback.

Large numbers of trees collapsed and were torn into pieces, and there were messy, unclear footprints on the ground.

If you lie down and examine them closely, you can see footprints from small Pokémon like Oddish and Bellsprout, as well as some relatively larger ones, which extend deeper to the right.

Moreover, Natsuno and Akane's ears twitched suddenly, and a sound came from a distance on the right.

The forest was very quiet without Pokémon, which made any noises quite noticeable.

Natsuno looked at the map in his hand. The red dot was moving rapidly to the left, which was his and Akane's initial target.

Now both of them noticed the huge commotion on the right, couldn't help but look at each other, and then spoke at the same time.

"The right side is more urgent; I suggest we go to the right side first!"

"We have a tracker; we'll find it on the left eventually. Let's go to the right first!"

Seeing that they had reached a consensus, Natsuno quickly stuffed his phone into his pocket and ran along the trail of destruction with Akane.

As they went further away, the noise became louder and louder.

Along the way, you can also see some Pokémon with panicked expressions, running away in all directions.

The two quickened their pace and arrived at a circular area that had been cleared out.

A marsupial is confronting a tortoise.

The Kangaskhan was covered in wounds, roaring wildly to the sky, its eyes bloodshot as it stared at Wartortle.

"You're quite strong, buddy. Use your strength for my own purposes."

A boy wearing a green shirt slowly walked out from behind Squirtle, speaking in a calm and unhurried tone.

Natsuno's eyes widened: "Little Green? What are you doing here?"

He was quite surprised: Holy crap, it evolved Squirtle into Wartortle in just three days? No wonder it was created by the breeder.

Qinglu noticed the two of them and greeted them, "Xia Ye-ge, what brings you here? I heard some noise at the edge of the forest and came here."

“Crimson, you won’t be so lucky this time. Once I’ve tamed this Kangaskhan, we’ll have another fight.”

Seeing that Kangaskhan had already charged towards Wartortle, Green quickly gave the command.

"Water Ripple! Once the opponent gets close, retreat into your shell and move away!"

Energy surged around Wartortle, and as it opened its mouth, a blue ring rippled outwards towards Kangaskhan.

The Kangaskhan's eyes turned red, and it made no attempt to dodge, lunging straight at Wartortle.

The body was stopped in place by the water wave, and after the water wave attack dissipated, Kangaskhan continued to pounce on Wartortle.

Wartortle remained calm, retracting its entire body into its shell, with green energy shimmering on its surface, enhancing its defensive capabilities.

Then the entire tortoise shell rolled away into the distance, creating more space.

"The final ripples in the water!"

With the green command, energy surged around Wartortle once more, and a blue ring was launched.

The already wounded Kangaskhan could no longer withstand the blow and slowly collapsed to the ground.

He pulled a miniature Poké Ball from his waist with two fingers, pressed to enlarge it, and threw it at Kangaskhan.

Just as it was about to crash into the Kangaskhan's body, it was swatted away by the Kangaskhan's paw.

Green catches the Poké Ball that bounces back, and, not believing it, throws it under Kangaskhan's body, out of reach of its hand.

Kangaskhan's eyes were fixed on the green, and with a flick of its tail, it bounced the Poké Ball back again.

The series of defeats made Qinglu's eyes light up: "You still have strength? You are really strong. I need you. Come on, don't resist anymore."

"Wartor, use Water Pulse!"

Upon hearing Green's command, Natsuno anxiously shouted, "Green, stop! You can't force a wild Pokémon to be captured! There must be something we don't know!"

Crimson's actions were faster than Natsuno's voice; the instant Azumi gave the order, Crimson had already thrown a Poké Ball.

At the same time, he quickly ran towards the Kangaskhan, issuing the command: "Fire Dragon, use Dragon Breath!"

A flash of red light appeared, and a Charizard appeared in front of the Kangaskhan, gathering energy in its mouth.

"Roar!"

The energy transformed into dragon breath and surged forth, meeting the water ripples of Wartortle.

With a "crack," the energies of the two attacks canceled each other out and eventually dissipated in mid-air.