Wang Yao's Pokémon Journey

Wang Yao gently pressed and rubbed his fingers until a circle of fine bubbles appeared on the Zapdos's head, and then he began to comb the feathers of other parts.

The feathers of the Zapdos when they grow up are very resilient. Wang Yao applied conditioner on a long-handled bath brush and started a major project to renovate the Zapdos!

It’s a big project indeed!

After all, it is a three-meter-long bird, and because of its experience in the wild, Zapdos doesn't take very good care of its feathers.

Wang Yao took a large bath brush and rubbed the front and sides! After rubbing the sides, he rubbed the back!

By the time Wang Yao had washed all the feathers on the Zapdos' body, even the water in the hot spring pool had turned black!

Fortunately, the water in this pool is also running water. The upstream is a branch that flows down from the top of the rock mountain. There are gaps at the bottom of the pool, and when it is full, the water will gradually flow away.

Just wait one night and the water in the pool will be refreshed by itself, and Wang Yao won't have to clean it anymore.

After scrubbing, rinsing was much easier. Wang Yao directly called the giant crab - it could absorb the hot spring water with its claws and then shoot it out!

This is a magical ability unique to water-type Pokémon! Even Wang Yao just learned about this move!

"No wonder we were on the deserted island before! Your water gun sprayed out salt water!" Wang Yao looked at the giant crab that could suddenly use the [Hot Water] move and suddenly realized.

The rinsed Zapdos seemed to want to soak for a while longer, so Wang Yao wiped its head dry and put the King's Certificate back on it.

Of course, before putting it on, Wang Yao would definitely use a mirror to look at the newly grown fur of the Zapdos.

Then he pretended to exclaim: "Wow! The potion given by Dr. Nanbo is so effective! Zapdos! Look, it has grown a layer of fur!"

"Fuwu!" What he got in return was naturally the surprised and grateful attitude of Zapdos.

The plan to capture Zapdos, current progress - 76%!

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After working hard for a long time, I finally managed to take care of the Zapdos.

At this time, most of Wang Yao's Pokémon had enjoyed or were enjoying the hot springs.

But Wang Yao himself hadn’t had time to enjoy it yet!

Otherwise, how can we say that Yao is a good and responsible trainer! Pokémon comes first for all good things!

Wang Yao picked and chose and found that the water temperature in the pool where the sharp-toothed fish stayed seemed to be most suitable for him.

Wang Yao took off his shirt and wore only shorts, with a hot towel on his head, and slowly immersed his body in the pool.

The pool was not deep, only about one and a half meters in the middle. When Wang Yao stood up straight, half of his shoulders were still visible.

"Li~" The Sharptooth Fish swam forward affectionately, wanting to play with the trainer.

"Come! Let me see how you've grown!" Wang Yao stretched out his body in the water and reached out to hug the sharp-toothed fish.

Grabbing the round body of the sharp-toothed fish, Wang Yao gently cleaned its scales with a towel.

Wang Yao's Sharptooth Fish has a rare acceleration characteristic, so it discarded its original rough scales in exchange for a smooth and delicate feel.

To put it simply - the sharp-toothed fish is slippery and easy to play with.

"Li~Li~" The sharp-toothed fish lay in Wang Yao's arms, gently flapping its fins, feeling very relaxed.

Obviously, he is a ferocious bully at sea, but at this moment he is as obedient as a doll.

"I wonder if Shizuka is asleep..." Wang Yao suddenly thought while soaking in the hot spring.

He raised his wrist. Since the instant communicator was waterproof, he didn't take it off even when he was soaking in the pool.

I'm free anyway, so I might as well find someone to chat with... and we've said before that we'll keep in touch regularly.

"...Oh! Ten twenty! It seems like I haven't slept yet." Wang Yao glanced at the time displayed on the communicator.

He remembered that Joey's work hours were until half past ten.

It's a good time to check on Joey and see if he's slacking off or leaving early!

After pressing the switch, Wang Yao selected the Vermilion City Pokémon Center using the knob and pressed the communication button.

A small screen popped up on the side of the watch, showing Wang Yao's image.

Because he was not wearing any clothes, Wang Yao moved the camera image slightly upwards, leaving only his head exposed.

“Beep-beep!”

"Haa... hello... this is the Vermilion City Pokémon Center..." It can be heard that Joey seemed to be about to fall asleep and he yawned while talking.

"Hello~ Miss Shizuka - I'm at the hot spring!" Wang Yao greeted with a smile.

"——Really? You really don't know what time it is now!" Seeing that it was a harassing call from Wang Yao, Qiao Yi Shizuka put aside her gentle nurse attitude and replied irritably.

"You are so dedicated, Miss Shizuka~" Wang Yao praised.

"...Okay, okay! Got it! If there's nothing else, I need to go to sleep!" Although she said this, Joey Shizuka still perked up a little and didn't hang up the phone directly.

"Don't worry, the hot springs here are great! Even the little fire pony likes it!"

"It almost fell asleep in the pool!" Wang Yao and Joey shared the funny story.

At least that's what he thought was funny.

"What--!" Joey Shizuka's voice instantly rose an octave!

"You actually let the little fire horse go to the hot springs!"

"Don't you know that Fire-type Pokémon are afraid of water?!" Joey Shizuka's sleepiness instantly disappeared, and she was very angry at Wang Yao's stupid behavior.

"But - hot springs are different, right? That pool is 100 degrees hot! And look -!" Wang Yao turned the camera slightly and just happened to record the little fire horse playing the [Bubble Pop] game with the giant crab.

The little fire horse in the picture is very active, without any of the tired look from before.

"After taking a bath in the hot spring, the little fire horse became very energetic! Even the flame became stronger!" Wang Yao presented facts as evidence.

“……” Joey Shizuka was silent.

To be honest, even though she was a top student who graduated from a regular school and a nurse at the Pokémon Center, Miss Joy didn't know whether the high-temperature hot spring water had any therapeutic effect on fire-type Pokémon.

"You're lucky this time!" Joey was unwilling to admit that it was his own ignorance, so he had to stubbornly attribute it to Wang Yao's bad luck.

"Yes~Yes~" Wang Yao hugged the sharp-toothed fish, leaned against the edge of the pool, and adjusted himself into a more comfortable posture.

"How about... Miss Shizuka, the busy lady, take some time to come to the Mole Forest to soak in the hot springs?" Wang Yao suggested.

“……” Joey Shizuka was silent for two seconds.

"...Do you know how many days off you get in a year when you work at the Pokémon Center?" Joey Shizuka did not directly answer Wang Yao's question, but instead asked Wang Yao a new question.

"Um... you don't seem to have weekend holidays, so you should have annual leave, right? Ten days?" Wang Yao thought about it and guessed a number.

"The answer is - zero! That means not even a single day!" Joey Shizuka threw out a desperate number.

"...So exaggerated?" Wang Yao was indeed a little shocked.

"It seems that high income also comes at a price." Wang Yao sighed.

Most of the Joeys are still minors, right?

Isn’t this definitely exploitation of child labor?!

"I now seriously suspect that your Joey family is a tool cloned by the Alliance." Wang Yao joked seriously.

"Otherwise, why do all the Joeys look the same and yet can work all year round!" Wang Yao summed up the Joeys' pattern.

"You're trying this again..." Qiao Yi Shizuka didn't want to pay any attention to Wang Yao.

Although the Joey family does look the same, they all have parents, right?

"Have you ever considered changing jobs? I remember Joey became the league's... gym inspector? That's the name, right?" Wang Yao recalled the plot in the animation.

"I think you're talking about the Pokémon Inspectors! They'll regularly inspect and investigate the work going on at gyms across the country." Joey Shizuka was surprised that the country bumpkin A Yao actually knew that the Alliance had established this position.

"My cousin has been preparing for the Inspector's exam recently... What you said exists! But..." Joey Shizuka introduced.

"…If I want to pass the test, I need to test my Pokémon's ability in battle, but I only have Chansey and she's not good at fighting." Joey Shizuka frowned, obviously very unconfident.

"Battle?" Wang Yao thought there was a chance.

"What kind of battle...are you randomly assigning Pokémon during the exam, or are you using Pokémon you cultivate yourself?" Wang Yao asked.

"Of course it has to be cultivated by myself...otherwise why would I mention Jigglypuff!" Joey Shizuka complained to Wang Yao.

"…and I heard from my cousin that it's a 3V3 comprehensive battle, and the candidates must at least be at the level of the top eight players in previous tournaments to pass..." Joey Shizuka recalled.

"If you, Ayao, go, you will only be beaten miserably!" Qiao Yi Shizuka stepped lightly on Wang Yao.

"That's because you don't know my true strength!" Wang Yao was too disdainful to argue with the little girl.

"If you were to be a trainer, what type of Pokémon would you like?" Wang Yao suddenly asked, changing the subject.

"Need I say more? I'm a girl after all! Of course I'm a Pokémon that's cute and strong!" Joey Shizuka said without hesitation.

This answer did not surprise Wang Yao.

Come to think of it - he knew a few Pokémon that were both cute and nasty.

As for why [strong strength] was directly translated into [dirty means]... I can only say that this is the general consensus of Pokémon players.

Chapter 31: Diglett Cave! And the Samurai Boy!

Wang Yao chatted with Joey for another half an hour until the low-battery indicator lighted up on the communicator, and then he hung up the phone.

"Is it because I haven't charged it in a long time..." Wang Yao fiddled with the communicator with a black screen.

Chairman Masuda told him that this thing was solar-powered and it was probably kept in a drawer before.

He had only been wearing it for two days, so the battery probably wasn't fully charged yet.

Wang Yao came back to his senses after talking on the phone with Joey and found that his Pokémon were already sleeping in groups of three or four next to the wooden house.

I don't know when Zapdos came out of the pool and hid back in its Poké Ball to rest.

Stinging jellyfish and octopus barrels rest together in a cold water pool far away from the spring.

Even the sharp-toothed fish that Wang Yao had been holding in his arms squinted its eyes and snored evenly.

"I think it's time for me to go to sleep..." Wang Yao scratched his head and carefully let go of the sharp-toothed fish.

Wang Yao climbed out of the hot spring pool, dried himself with a clean towel, changed into new clothes and went into the cabin.

The cabins built by giant crabs have walls on only three sides, the roof is two meters high and covers a total area of ​​more than ten square meters.

Although it is called a cabin, it actually looks more like a large wooden box with an opening on the side.

The floor of the wooden house was covered with a layer of dry leaves, and there was a small bed made of thick logs in the inside.

Arbok was already curled up in a corner of the cot. Because its evolved body had become too large, a small part of its tail was resting on the head of the bed.

"Cha~Bop~" The sleeping Arbok was still smacking his lips, as if he was dreaming about delicious food again.

In another corner of the cabin, a gull used the carapace of a giant crab as a bird's nest. The two Pokémon were close together, and it looked like the giant crab had a gull-shaped hat.

Only Charmeleon was lying alone beside the fire. As a fire-type Pokémon, Charmeleon's higher body temperature made it more afraid of the cold at night, but the flames on its body prevented it from huddling together with other Pokémon in the cabin.

The sleepy little fire horse had to stay alone with the burning fire.

Wang Yao naturally would not leave the little fire horse alone, and he was also afraid that the little fire horse would catch a cold after the fire went out in the second half of the night.

Wang Yao took out the Poké Ball and took back the Charmer, and also added some new firewood to the fire.

Wang Yao looked around with the Cowardly Bug's Poké Ball again, but couldn't find any trace of this guy.

But Wang Yao knew that with the cowardly bug's style, it would most likely hide in a place it thought was safe and comfortable, so he no longer paid attention to its whereabouts.

"Ha~ah~" Wang Yao yawned.

I walked in the mountains for half a day in the afternoon and took a hot spring bath in the evening. I felt relaxed physically but mentally tired.

He took out a waterproof mat from his backpack and spread it on the wooden bed, then took out a blanket to keep himself warm at night.

Wang Yao adjusted the tip of the monster's tail that was placed on the head of the bed so that it could serve as a pillow under his head.

As Wang Yao wrapped himself tightly in the blanket, his first night in the Gopher Forest passed like this.

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"Crack!"

As Wang Yao slowly woke up, Arbok finally pitifully retracted the tip of its tail that had been numbed by being pressed.