Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Tetsuya, regaining his senses, chuckled at the sight.

He walked over to the two elves and squatted down.

The cricket instinctively took a step back.

Zhe didn't pay any attention.

"Now that your companions have scattered to different corners of the forest, what are your plans?" he asked.

"Plans?" The forked horn of the worm wobbled.

It doesn't look like it.

As an elf, it simply lived a simple life.

If it weren't for Team Plasma's appearance, it would probably have evolved into a Knight Snail guarding its clan in the snow by now.

"Then, how about becoming my partner? Let me be your trainer." Tetsuya extended his hand in invitation. "Although it's a long way off, I'd be happy to help you beat those guys up in the future."

"Xia Mo"

Blaziken nodded in complete agreement.

The daemon doesn't quite understand what a trainer is, but it does know what a partner is.

Those human companions are just too powerful.

Although the scorpion thought it was already very powerful, it still believed that it was no match for its opponent.

“gaygay”

It was trying to dissuade the person who had saved it from doing so, saying it was very dangerous.

Tetsuya laughed: "Well then, if you don't mind, how about you witness its power?"

He tilted his head back at the Blaziken.

The cricket looked over curiously.

Blaziken stood up from the ground, its entire body covered in intense fire energy.

"boom"

The dark figure, wreathed in flames, crashed directly into the target in the training room.

Fragments of material flew and burned everywhere in the small space.

"gay!"

The scorpion opened its eyes wide.

It took a few steps and ran towards the target.

"puff"

The sap beetle spat its acid onto the target.

Apart from having a few more black spots, the target remains unchanged.

“gaygay”

The worm immediately turned around and nodded; it was now quite willing to become this human's partner.

For most elves, the temptation to become stronger is irresistible; if there is any temptation, it's the allure of food.

"Then, welcome to the team."

Tetsuya extended his hand again.

This time, the cricket jumped up naturally.

At 0.6m tall and 7kg, it's perfectly manageable for Tetsuya.

"Guys, see our new friends!" Tetsuya called out.

A red light flashed, and all the Pokémon except Pidgeot came to the outside of the Poké Ball.

Pang Yan Guai twirled the rocks on its body, thinking, "The frequency of new companions joining lately is a bit too high."

Ice Six-tailed Fox curiously greeted the Cover-up Bug with its claws.

The scorpion, feeling the familiar warmth emanating from its body, happily moved closer.

It's been a long time since I've felt this cool and refreshing.

After the usual introduction, Tetsuya took out various Poké Balls and let Gadgetzan choose.

After some explanation, the beetle roughly understood that this was a process of choosing a home.

It pointed and selected a Poké Ball that was green on top and white on the bottom.

This is a yo-yo ball, which looks quite similar to a park ball, but works very well.

It can effectively increase the affinity between the Pokémon and the trainer.

This coincided with Tetsuya's idea.

The experience of the sapling ultimately left a scar on its heart.

Friend Balls can greatly help to bring trainers and Pokémon closer together.

After manipulating the Pokédex, he transferred the binding of the Gekkopf's Poké Ball to the Buddy Ball.

"Then, come back, Gadgetzan!" Tetsuya shouted, holding up the Friend Ball.

The worm transformed into a streak of red light and returned to the Friend Ball.

About seven or eight minutes later, the worm finally emerged from the ball of friends with an excited and happy expression.

It seems quite satisfied with the environment inside.

Tetsuya was also very happy.

Such a resilient, intelligent, and exceptionally talented Gadgetzan is the best choice for his main Bug-type unit.

Moreover, the Knight Snail is highly compatible with his team.

The current potential of the shrew is still a question mark, but the normal ability of molting and the hidden ability of no defense make Tetsuya feel that its potential is at least at the level of a near-elite one.

Most importantly, this combination of characteristics will result in a hard shell armor and dust protection after evolving into the Knight Snail.

That's right, it's the combination of characteristics that Tetsuya envisioned for Cloyster.

Moreover, unlike Cloyster, the Knight Snail, which excels in both physical and energy defense, can to some extent compensate for the current lack of special defense setters in the team.

Not to mention, the Knight Snail's physical attack capabilities are also not to be underestimated.

Those long lances made it a truly powerful heavy knight, capable of both offense and defense.

Of course, this was achieved at the cost of an incredibly slow pace of long-distance travel.

Compared to its attacks and reactions, the Knight Snail's speed is truly just like its name.

But it doesn't matter.

Tetsuya wouldn't ride a knight snail to be a knight.

Besides, it would be quite amusing if anyone actually thought that the Knight Snail couldn't unleash extremely fast speeds.

However, because its entire body is covered in a steel shell, the Knight Snail cannot move at high speeds continuously, as that would consume too much of its energy.

If it were just a battle, the Knight Snail could easily use the momentum of its high-speed dash to lift its spear and pierce the enemy's body.

The kind that involves multiple thrusts back and forth.

The only problem is, as Walnut just mentioned, how the worm evolved into the Knight Snail is a big question.

According to research, when the two Pokémon, Slug and Slug, are linked and traded, the former will wear the latter's armor and evolve into Slug, while the latter will shed its shell and evolve into the speed-focused Slug.

In the wild, the scaly beetle usually eats the small snail and then fuses with its shell to evolve into the knight snail.

Of course, if the scabbard accidentally knocks off the shell of the small snail during predation but fails to kill it, the agile worm will be born, and the fate of the scabbard is self-evident.

The food chain and evolutionary chain of elves are truly unique.

These two mortal enemies are actually key to each other's evolution.

Even food in its early stages can become a good hunting partner once it reaches its final form.

Although there is no clear evidence that the aptitude of the two parties involved in the evolution will affect the aptitude after the evolution, Tetsuya felt it was better to be on the safe side.

It's not that I'm worried about the Knight Snail's shell being smashed by the enemy during battle, turning into Barbie Q; after all, I've never heard of such an absurd thing.

In this evolutionary process, the armor actually becomes part of the Knight Snail's body.

However, Tetsuya felt that it was definitely better to evolve two high-potential Pokémon together than one high-potential and one low-potential.

This is rather troublesome.

It's already quite difficult to get such an outstanding and special slug; you also need to find a snail with at least similar qualities.

Even if you don't catch it yourself, finding another trainer is a very difficult thing.

Don't forget, the United States and the capital are quite far apart.

Tetsuya thought for a moment and decided to ask someone for help: "I guess I'll have to ask Professor Oak."

As the saying goes, when in doubt, consult Da Mu.

As the most renowned doctor in the region, Dr. Oak must have a way.

However, before that, Tetsuya needs to resolve the issue of the number of items he can carry.

Judging from the league's processing speed, at least one of my companions will be locked in a Poké Ball in the next two or three days.

Chapter 392 Commission

three days later.

After running to the Pokémon Center at least ten times a day, Tetsuya finally obtained the Pokémon Hold Permission from the Johto League.

Although it will take some time before he can carry the permit for the entire region, he won't be going to other regions anytime soon, so this solves a major problem.

The Pokémon no longer need to take turns staying in the Poké Ball.

Professor Oak also responded to Tetsuya's idea.

He would ask Professor Yew in the Unova region for Tetsuya's help, as there is a helpful senior trainer there who is very skilled at breeding Agility Bugs and Escavalier.

The other party probably wouldn't mind undergoing a connection evolution with Tetsuya.

However, since this senior trainer is often unavailable, it may take some time to arrive.

"And although that guy is easygoing and easy to talk to, he never holds back when it comes to Pokémon. He might even put you through some tests later."

That's what Professor Oak said.

Tetsuya had a vague idea in his mind.

But this is far too exaggerated.

He didn't initially expect Professor Oak to find someone of that caliber to help him.

"I have already reported the Plasma Team's research to the United Federation. This kind of experiment must be severely cracked down on."

God knows how dark Professor Oak's face turned when he heard what Tetsuya said.

This was the first time Tetsuya had ever seen Professor Oak get angry in all the time he had known him.

It was also the first time I had felt the other party's imposing aura.

Even through the screen, Tetsuya felt like Professor Oak was about to eat him up.

No wonder he's the man who could defeat Kikuko.

Although Professor Oak switched to Pokémon research halfway through his career, his skills did not stop improving.

I wonder how Professor Oak will react when he discovers that Team Rocket is conducting similar experiments right under his nose, or even more so.

Tetsuya also hoped that he would not find out.

Mewtwo's power is far beyond what humans can imagine.

Even though he had only been born a short time ago, Zheye felt that the other party was at least a level three god, and most likely already a level two god.

Professor Oak quickly realized that they were still on a call, so he reverted to being the harmless Pokémon professor.