Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

He smiled and reassured Tetsuya: "I asked the United Federation for you. They said they didn't initially notice anything special about the 'Cape Bug,' so they sent it to the Nature Park along with the worm."

Now that you've caught it, they hope you'll raise it well, and they also hope you can go to Unova and interact with their outstanding young trainers in the future.

Tetsuya was indeed much more relieved.

Generally speaking, these experimental Pokémon are taken away by the League.

The main concern is that we don't know what the Dark Organization has modified about these elves, and it would be terrible if it caused any negative consequences.

But now that Professor Oak is there to communicate with and provide support, Tetsuya no longer needs to worry about this issue.

"Thank you so much, Professor Oak." He was very grateful.

Professor Oak: "You're welcome, but when you come back for your rest, you'll need to let me see that kid's data."

Tetsuya nodded repeatedly: "Definitely, definitely."

"Well then, I have to go now, so I'll hang up. I wish you the best of luck in winning the regional championship."

Professor Oak offered his blessings.

Looking at the black screen, Tetsuya shrugged.

The regional championship? Wasn't that already a piece of cake?

His goal had long since become to become a Pokémon Master, surpassing all other trainers.

"Well then, GaiGaiChong, it's time to resume normal training starting today!" Tetsuya said, looking down at the little guy.

“gaygay”

The cricket raised its little hand with great enthusiasm.

"Rarlararu"

Laltras quickly expressed his own determination from the side.

Ice Sixtails looked at the two of them with envy, its tail, which had grown to the point where its shape was barely discernible, constantly sweeping across the ground.

"Kaiokaio"

It turned its head and howled at Tetsuya.

Tetsuya picked it up: "Children should be well-fed every day. Now is not the time for you to work hard."

Ice Vulpix lowered its head in grievance.

Tetsuya touched the Ice Vulpix.

He knew, of course, that the Ice Vulpix was actually capable of doing simple training.

However, many tragic incidents serve as a warning to every trainer of young Pokémon: never try to force growth.

While training from a young age may seem to quickly improve a Pokémon's strength, it actually harms its future.

Therefore, no matter how much the Ice Vulpix pleaded, Tetsuya would never agree to let it join the training.

Ice Vulpix blinked its little eyes at its old father.

"Don't use your Round Pupil skill on me!" Zhe said, slapping it in annoyance.

As one of the few girls, Vulpix has a very likable personality.

She just occasionally gets a little temperamental.

For example, right now.

The Ice Six-Tails leaped off Tetsuya's hand and ran to the resting Giant Rock Monster.

Then, quite skillfully, it climbed onto the back of the giant rock monster and began to "complain."

For some reason, the quiet Pangyan Monster was the most popular among the young Pokémon in Tetsuya's team.

Snivy is like this, Togepi and Mareep are like this, and Ralts and Vulpix are also like this.

It's probably because its size makes children feel safe.

Tetsuya smiled indulgently, ignoring the Ice Vulpix, and turned to carefully instruct Ralts and Gadgetzan.

The other Pokémon are all experienced; they can accomplish their goals very well, so you only need to check on them occasionally.

But these two little guys can't do it yet.

Especially Ralts.

"Don't let your mind wander when you're meditating."

"Laru"

Ralts closed its eyes, clearly indignant. It had been trying its best, hadn't it?

"Then don't move your feet. Have you ever seen a Psychic-type Pokémon that isn't completely focused when it's meditating?"

"Rarlararu"

"Are your subconscious movements overlapping? Are you multitasking?"

"Rarlararu"

In short, they are very troublesome.

This may also be one of the negative effects of Psychic-type Pokémon having overly active minds.

They find it difficult to focus their attention on one thing for a long time, even something as meditative as eating or drinking.

It's not that Ralts isn't trying; it's just that its body is naturally unable to do it. What it needs to do now is overcome its instincts.

The crickets training alongside it were completely unaffected.

It was running in circles carrying a stone several times its own size.

This is preparation for the future Knight Snail form.

It is worth mentioning that after three days of continuous scanning and analysis, Zero finally provided the panel for the worm.

【Capsule beetle】

Category: Biting Pokémon

Attribute: Insect

Height: 0.6m (average is 0.5m)

Weight: 7kg (average weight 5.9kg)

Characteristic: Shedding Skin (By shedding the skin, abnormal statuses can be cured during combat.)

Hidden Trait: No Defense (If I don't defend, you can't defend either; both sides' skills will always hit, but protection cannot be ignored).

Skills: Insect Bite (inherited), Ambush (inherited), Slap (acquired), Peck, Gaze, Combo Slash, Hold On, Stop When You've Got It, Acid Bomb, Headbutt, Ghost Face, Piercing Sound

Level: 18 (Normal)

Potential: Top-tier (can be improved later)

Breeding Plan: Recipe - Sweetie, Flat Cherry Berry, and Mystery Fruit are mixed in a weight ratio of 2:8:1. The recipe is recorded as Bug-type Pokémon Special Recipe Type I. Its function is to relieve muscle soreness and improve the quality of Bug-type energy. At the same time, it can also neutralize Fire-type energy to a certain extent.

Weighted Training Plan I – Apply a special liquid to the forked corners of the slug, and fix a spherical object, approximately one meter in diameter, in the following manner (see diagram). This helps the slug adapt to the body shape of the knight snail in advance...

Note: This Pokémon is currently immune to double damage from Fire-type attacks. It is speculated that after evolution, its weakness to Fire will change from four times to two times.

In short, it met Tetsuya's expectations.

Although it only learns two skills naturally without leveling up: Ghost Face and Piercing Sound, this skill list is already quite excellent for a first-form Pokémon living in the wild.

Not to mention it also has 3 inherited skills and a king-level aptitude.

This is also the first time that the annotations for "acquired genetics" and "acquired enhancement" have been added to Zero.

Tetsuya felt that the Plasma Team's experiments had probably enhanced all aspects of the Gegebug, so while its aptitude had improved, its genetic skills hidden in its body had also been revealed.

That note made him pause for a moment.

This is an epic upgrade!

Including Fairy-type, there are a total of eighteen types. The combination of Bug and Steel means that half of the types cannot deal much damage to Snail Knight. Grass-type can only deal a quarter of the damage, and Poison-type is completely immune.

In this case, the weakness of being four times weak to fire is directly reduced to being twice weak, which undoubtedly allows the Knight Snail to perform even better in battle.

Tetsuya glanced at the Gai Gai Bug, who was training hard.

Moreover, this scorpion is a natural-born warrior.

Of course, the worm had no idea what Tetsuya was thinking.

It just felt that what it was doing now was nothing at all.

This training activity was far less tiring than the pain it endured during its coma, nor as exhausting as surviving in the wild.

Not to mention, there's a relaxing massage and delicious food to enjoy afterward.

The worm thinks this is probably the best life.

Moreover, it can feel itself getting stronger little by little, which makes it even more comfortable.

“gaygay”

The cricket took a short breath to encourage itself, and then started running again.

Blaziken glanced at it and unconsciously sped up its training.

Then come Giant Rock, Electric Dragon, Serperior, and Togekiss.

In the end, even Pidgeot, who was used to being lazy, started to get serious.

Tetsuya suddenly realized that having a spirit that really loves to work hard is really great.

Ralts opened one eye and peeked out, then sighed, "Can you please stop swirling around with Pokémon? I can't swirle anymore."

Even so, it immediately closed its eyes and put its mind at ease.

Ralts refused to believe that an instinct-based overcoming technique could possibly stump a Psychic-type Pokémon like it.

Tetsuya smiled with satisfaction.

These kids are all working very hard.

His trouser leg twitched.

Looking down, I saw that it was Vulpix that had returned.

Pang Yan was training, so it naturally couldn't disturb him too much.

"Kai~"

The Ice Vulpix opened its mouth wide and yawned.

Tetsuya crouched down and hugged it in his arms.

Ice Vulpix habitually found a comfortable angle and closed its eyes.

He gently patted its body, and the face of the six-tailed fox gradually softened.

As its belly swelled and swelled, it exhaled white, cold air from its mouth.

In this hot summer, Tetsuya felt as if he had an air conditioner with him, which was incredibly comfortable.

It can be considered as fulfilling a dream from last summer.

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Time passed day by day.

There's still no news from Dr. Yew, but the strength of the companions is steadily increasing.

Following in Pidgeot's footsteps, Blaziken also showed signs of breaking through to Elite Four status, which happened when it was practicing its ultimate move, Blaze.

This put considerable pressure on Pidgeot.

That little guy was almost as good as me back then.

So unusually, it has been training quite hard recently.

Its leading position in terms of ranking is probably its last act of defiance.

The four older brothers and sisters behind them are steadily getting stronger at the near-heavenly king level, and there is no sign of them breaking through in the short term.

The most obvious changes are naturally seen in the two little ones.