Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Blaziken nodded slightly, indicating that it understood.

Tetsuya seemed to be deep in thought. Come to think of it, Pokémon also had the ability to control Aura Missiles.

Then Blaziken can teach it.

"Candy~"

"What are you saying? I don't understand," Snivy said, its big eyes looking at the man and the two Pokémon. It puffed out its cheeks and wrapped its vines around Tetsuya's legs.

It saw Blaziken use Aura the last time, and later asked its trainer about it out of curiosity, but it couldn't learn it and was quite unhappy.

Tetsuya squatted down, smiled, and patted its head.

A moment later, Togepi jumped off his arms and started playing with Snivy.

The two little ones had a lot of fun because they were close in age.

Walking along the paths of Matsumo Town, Tetsuya opened a nearby map and began planning his next route.

To the right of Matsumo Town is Dark City, where the Dark Gym is merely an informal gym, and the badge is of no help to him in participating in the tournament.

Moreover, although it is called a city, Dark City does not actually have any distinctive industries, and its ranking is also very low. If it weren't for the current Dark City Gym Leader's decent strength, the city's ranking would be almost at the bottom.

Tetsuya remembered clearly that the Dark City would become even more desolate in the future, and the current Dark Gym would probably disappear, replaced by two other privately established gyms—Kazu Gym and As Gym.

This is perfectly normal. After all, unless you are an official gym, an unofficial gym still has to rely on the gym leader to develop it, and going out to explore the wild and do missions to raise funds is inevitable.

If one is not careful, dying in the wild is something everyone prepares for in advance, but it is the local residents who suffer the most.

Tetsuya shook his head. What did this have to do with him? He couldn't possibly become a prophet, and he knew very little about it anyway.

As for Songzao Town, if you go to the left, there is a fishing paradise - Lake Hakron.

Of course, the naming was just a gimmick; since its inception, no one has ever been heard of catching a Dratini or Dragonair.

It is famous because the lake is connected to many other waterways, so you can occasionally catch many creatures that are not seen in the Kanto region.

For example, the Hydro-type Lanternfish, the Aquatic-type Lilycove, or the Pure Water-type Soldier Lobster.

At this stage of Tetsuya's life, the connections between the alliances in different regions are far less close than they will be in the future.

It may be necessary for future transportation to become more convenient and for people to travel more frequently before ordinary residents can become familiar with the common Pokémon in other regions.

Moreover, importing Pokémon from other regions is also a troublesome matter. You have to consider the issue of the wild food chain. It's fine to capture a few occasionally, but if they really develop into a population in the wild, many problems will arise.

For those who love Pokémon, what could be more enticing than seeing rare Pokémon? So it's no wonder this place is so popular.

However, there was no need for Tetsuya to go there.

The north was the direction of St. John's Town, where he had just arrived, so it seemed that Tetsuya only had one choice left.

He traced his finger across the map, pointing to a city—the nameless city.

Next to it, there's a bracket that marks the featured attractions – the Coconut Forest and the Magic Troupe performance area.

So this is the next target, Zhe made the decision happily and put the map away.

The name of this unnamed city is actually this, not that it has no name in the true sense, so don't be too surprised.

Tetsuya snapped his fingers toward the sky, and Pidgeot obligingly emerged from its deluxe ball; it understood.

He recalled the other three Pokémon, climbed onto Pidgeot's back, and patted it to indicate that they were ready to go.

Yes, Tetsuya has improved. He no longer has to lie on Pidgeot's back, but sits instead, which is truly a cause for celebration.

If that armored bird hadn't picked him up with its claws and flown away without warning last time, he wouldn't have lost his composure.

"Beep~"

The eagle let out a soft cry and its somewhat large body steadily took to the sky, attracting the attention of the villagers.

"Wow!" The children's mouths dropped open. What a huge bird!

A little girl stood in front of the pharmacy that Tetsuya had just visited, also feeling curious.

"Qingmei, stop looking outside and come back to grind the medicinal herbs," came Grandma Lei Xi's voice.

The girl answered crisply, "Grandma's here," and then dashed inside.

Unlike the small town of Songzao, Wuming City was much smaller. After flying for a short while, Tetsuya looked down from the air and saw a fairly prosperous city.

The eagle slowly landed outside the city.

"Okay, thank you for your hard work. Take a rest first, dinner will be ready soon." Tetsuya slid off Pidgeot's back and patted it.

Pidgeot nuzzled him with its head, and with a flash of red light, it returned to its Luxe Ball.

Upon arriving at the Pokémon Center in the nameless city, I first took care of my own meal, and then went to the training area at the back to feed my Pokémon until they were full.

Do some post-meal exercises to aid digestion.

After all this, it was already 1:30 in the afternoon.

Tetsuya led his companions toward the Coconut Forest.

Exeggutor Forest – the forest in the Kanto region known to have the most Exeggutor and its evolved form Exeggutor.

Because of the presence of Psychic-type Pokémon, many people are still very interested in Pokémon like Exeggutor, which has attracted many trainers to the area, and consequently boosted the overall development of Nameless City.

However, due to the special nature of the superpower type, neither the League nor the city dared to control this forest, fearing that it would cause the Exeggutor to riot, attack the city, and bring unpredictable disasters.

Fortunately, Exeggutor and Exeggutor are relatively gentle Pokémon, and with some protection, they can coexist with humans.

Besides, the most intriguing aspect here is that there must be many Leaf Stones in this forest.

This is something everyone can deduce.

Since Exeggutor must use a Leaf Stone to evolve into Exeggutor, if there were no Leaf Stones here, how could there be so many Exeggutor?

However, as mentioned before, Pokémon with superpowers are still too dangerous. Although you may be able to defeat them through Pokémon battles, you cannot prevent them from posing a direct threat to trainers in large groups.

Therefore, entering the Coconut Forest to search for the Leaf Stone is still very dangerous.

At this moment, Tetsuya was accompanied by Gamboo and Blaziken, carefully traversing through the forest.

"Da~"

An egg rolled past Tetsuya without even glancing at him. Humans, you know, get boring after a while.

The egg is more like a creature made of plant seeds than, as it appears, the egg of six different creatures.

Especially since one of the five eggs surrounding the perfectly smiling egg in the center has its yolk showing, it looks even more like a living egg.

Don't be fooled by the cracks on the eggs; they are very hard and difficult to separate. Generally speaking, when the cracks reach a certain level, it's the best time for them to evolve using a Leaf Stone.

Each of its individual eggs possesses a unique telepathic connection, and they inevitably gather in groups of six, which may be proof that they possess superpowers.

Ignoring the egg, Tetsuya continued to explore and move forward in the forest.

He came here hoping to try his luck and see if he could find one or two Leaf Stones.

Although he is not particularly short of evolution stones right now, no one would complain about having too many assets.

"Na Xi~" "Na Xi~" "Na Xi~"

From afar, you can hear the calls of the Exeggutor tree.

These are its three heads expressing their thoughts, and their voices are extremely harsh.

However, unlike typical multi-headed Pokémon where each head thinks independently, such as Dodrio or Deino, the three heads of this Pokémon have a very good relationship and do not quarrel; they just have rather divergent thinking.

It is said that when the Exeggutor tree is fully developed, one of its heads will fall off and transform into one of the six eggs that make up the egg.

Then they would go and find the egg that was missing one egg, and piece it together.

This also explains why some eggs in the wild, when one egg is missing, will always be restored to their original state by the next morning.

Of course, this is just hearsay; anyway, most normal eggs come from Exeggutor and other Pokémon eggs.

"Flame Jet!"

Tetsuya commanded Blaziken to knock down an Exeggutor that was blocking his way and threatening him; this was probably one of the more temperamental ones in the group.

Due to the difference in level and the advantage of elemental advantage, Exeggutor quickly lost its ability to fight.

This is why Tetsuya didn't choose to subdue an Exeggutor.

After all, Exeggutor is known as a walking rainforest grass and a psychic dual-type Pokémon. With its unique three heads that can think independently, it can multiply the power of some of its moves. Exeggutor is still very strong.

Not to mention it can also master the support skill Grassy Terrain, which makes Psychic-type moves even more useful in many situations.

However, its attributes are severely suppressed.

Including the Steel and Dark types that have been discovered so far, Exeggutor is weak to a total of seven types, with Bug-type being particularly effective against it.

Even though it has many type advantages, Exeggutor is not a Pokémon known for its defense, so it is undoubtedly at a great disadvantage in a battle.

Sure enough, if it were a Psychic-type Pokémon, Gardevoir or Alakazam would be better, Tetsuya thought to himself, still thinking about it.

Chapter 167 Speculation

"Giant Rock Monster, Quicksand Hell, Gravity, and then Power Gem."

Tetsuya commanded Pang Yan Guai with a rather unhurried manner.

"Blizzard, Flame Vortex, then close in with Flame Punch; Pidgeot, Hurricane Preparation, Double Jump, then Aerial Ace."

Of course, this series of commands also indicated that his situation was not as good as he had imagined.

The person and four pets were surrounded by seven coconut trees.

But Tetsuya remained completely calm; he even felt he could still shout, "You're surrounded!"

If it weren't for Togepi's relatively weak self-defense capabilities, he would have liked to let it out and move around a bit.

Seven two-meter-tall, tree-like coconut palms, each with three heads and leaves sprouting from them, almost completely blocked out the surrounding light.

For a moment, even the sky seemed to darken.

Unfortunately, they weren't strong enough.

Of the seven, only three reached the elite level; the rest were ordinary.

For ordinary trainers who have the same Pokémon as Tetsuya, they naturally cannot handle him. Unfortunately, his Pokémon generally have higher aptitude.

At this stage, high aptitude means better mastery of skills, higher energy intensity, and greater strength.

And don't forget, Blaziken also has a very effective item on it—charcoal.

Zhe was very confident, stating that he had a cheat code.

Of course, even so, he still hid behind Pang Yan Guai without hesitation.

These Exeggutor superpowers aren't strong enough to target enemies outside their field of vision; the Giant Rock Monster's massive body is enough to completely obscure him.

It gives me a great sense of security.

Pang Yan was also the busiest, sometimes replenishing a quicksand hell on the ground, and sometimes sensing whether his gravity arrangement had expired.

Intermittently, light would emanate from the energy crystal on its forehead, allowing it to attack using the Power Gem skill.

Fortunately, Exeggutor doesn't have the same resistance to Rock-type moves as Ground-type moves, so its damage is still quite considerable.

As for the fact that Pang Yan Monster's physical attack ability far surpasses its energy attack ability, Tetsuya said that it's best not to let it charge up for now.

Pidgeot and Blaziken launched continuous attacks on the seven Exeggutors from both the sky and the ground.

Their long-standing adventures fostered a tacit understanding that allowed them to quickly unite and target the same Exeggutor tree, then defeat it one by one.

Oh, and there's also Snivy. The little guy is sitting on Tetsuya's shoulder, occasionally using Magic Leaf to bother him.

It can only be used for harassment. Although Snivy's attack ability is not weak and its level has increased to level 15 in the past month, almost to the point of evolution, it is still far behind the seven Exeggutor in front of it.

Moreover, being a Grass-type, its attack is rather weak compared to its predecessors when it has the same type resistance.

Once the first elite-level Exeggutor fell, the outcome of the battle was no longer in doubt.

One after another, the coconut palms fell down, a total of seven, covering the ground nearby.

Tetsuya revealed a villainous smile: "Hmph, is that all?"

At the same time, it carefully instructed its adorable Snivy to attack each Exeggutor tree again with its vine whip to make sure they were indeed unconscious before it boldly walked out from behind the Giant Rock Monster.

The Snivy, perched on his shoulder, shook its head helplessly. Why bother?

“Let me tell you, little guy, this is called being cautious.” Tetsuya said, squeezing through the gaps left by the fallen Exeggutor while gesturing for the other Pokémon to follow.