Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Blaziken says your attack power is too weak.

Then the two of them started scratching each other, one claw at a time.

Of course, it was a joke; it just meant that the tree trunk next to it got hurt.

At this moment, Tetsuya had already jumped down from the tree and walked to the side of the huge, unknown bear-like spirit.

"Ya Mei"

A childish, angry voice rang out, accompanied by a claw strike that left a white trail in the air.

Unfortunately, when the voice was still half a meter away from Tetsuya's body, the owner of the voice and Claw Attack were frozen in mid-air by the blue-purple superpower.

Kirlia teleported in front of the suddenly appearing bear cub, and then the light in her eyes surged again.

"bump"

The bear cub launched itself into the air and flew away.

Tetsuya wasn't scared at all; he was quite confident in his ability to protect his partner.

He was just curious whether this unknown spirit was related to the same lineage as the bear cub, Circle Bear.

Thinking this, Tetsuya picked up the watch that had been ringing non-stop: "Hello? Professor Oak, it's me..."

"What kind of spirit is that?! And where are you?! Have you caught it yet??"

The loud noise coming from inside made Tetsuya subconsciously move his arm away a little.

For the first time, he regretted that his watch was a high-end model from Shiruff, which allowed him to make calls and chat in places with good signal in the wild.

If it were a lower-quality one, it would only be useful in cities and their outskirts.

"I am currently in the latter half of the Valley of the Wind, but it is difficult to describe my exact location."

I don't know what kind of elf it is, but it has a cub bear with it.

Also, I didn't subdue it, but I knocked it unconscious.

Tetsuya answered Professor Oak's questions in detail, bit by bit.

Clearly, the old man had once again gone mad over a newly discovered elf.

The last time was when Tetsuya discovered Leaf Sprite and Ice Sprite, but they weren't this powerful that time.

After all, the speculation about Eevee's evolved form has been around for a long time, but the appearance of this unknown Pokémon came without any warning.

"A baby bear?"

Judging from the body patterns and characteristics, it is indeed possible that this is a new evolutionary form that has not been discovered in their lineage, but such an evolutionary form has never appeared before.

What is it better at? Physical attacks? Those five claws on the bear's paws look extremely sharp.

Judging from the pictures you uploaded through the encyclopedia, its thick fur should give it good defensive capabilities, but I don't know if it's manifested physically or through energy.

He is 2.4 meters tall and his weight is unknown, but I think he should be around 280 kilograms. That's a big guy.

What are its characteristics: strong pectoral muscles, bulletproof, fur coat, hard claws, or furry?

If this is an unknown evolutionary form of Ursaring, then it wouldn't have a single, ordinary attribute, but further testing is needed to determine the exact nature.

Professor Oak muttered to himself.

Tetsuya felt a chill run down his spine.

Seriously? He just uploaded a blurry picture to the encyclopedia before the battle. How can you tell so much from that?

As expected of Professor Oak, who is hailed as the number one researcher, his insight and judgment are simply outrageous.

Professor Oak quickly suppressed his excitement: "Okay, Tetsuya, you catch it first. I'll give the League a brief report, and then you'll need to go into the cave to check out the inside. It would be best if you could get video footage and photos."

Also, if you find any strange items or props of unknown significance inside, remember to keep them safe.

Professor Oak knew that Tetsuya didn't like to capture Pokémon casually, so he made a point of emphasizing it.

Tetsuya tilted his head and thought for a moment: "It's okay, I can catch this Pokémon and add it to my second team. It's just that when I bring that Teddiursa back, I'll have to trouble Professor Oak to make an exchange."

Judging from the battle just now, this unknown Pokémon is even stronger than that Tyranitar at the near-Elite Four level. Such strength is definitely enough for a second team.

Blaziken's recent actions have led to a capture battle, but it's not a major problem.

Once all the opponent's data is clear, there are certainly various ways to defeat them.

Besides, Blaziken would probably have reached Elite Four level by then, so if all else fails, I could just kick it away.

Professor Oak thought this was a good idea, as it would save a lot of trouble. The ownership of new Pokémon would be a lot of wrangling after they appeared: "Then let's do it this way. I'll get ready and then set off. I remember you're going to Erimoire City, right? I'll be at the Pokémon Center there tonight."

"Ah."

Tetsuya replied.

Then Professor Oak hung up the phone with unusual speed and efficiency.

He shrugged habitually: "Kirullian, stop playing with that bear cub; Pidgeot, you keep watch outside; Blaziken, come inside with me."

As he spoke, he took out two ordinary Poké Balls and threw them at the cub and the big guy.

Chapter 405 Enju City and Preliminary Conclusions

The bear cub was captured easily, but the Poké Ball thrown at the big guy exploded after shaking a few times.

Tetsuya patted his head.

Because he had always used Poké Balls of other sizes, he had forgotten that regular Poké Balls could break when catching Pokémon weighing over 200 kilograms.

If it weren't for the fact that I used a Great Ball when I caught Rhyperior last year, that guy would have had to switch to a different ball after evolving into Mega Rhyperior.

Even so, the super ball, bearing a weight of nearly 300 kilograms, was teetering on the brink of collapse.

Tetsuya planned to have Tsuyoshi replace the heavy ball for him later.

As for the money needed for the replacement, we'll talk about that when we get back.

Thinking this, Tetsuya casually tossed out a spare Super Ball.

This behemoth probably weighs less than 300 kilograms. Let's use a Super Ball to contain it for now.

Anyway, if it breaks after being transported to Professor Oak's lab, Professor Oak probably won't hesitate to replace it with a Heavy Ball.

There's nothing we can do about it; Tetsuya isn't wealthy enough to carry around an expensive luxury ball as a backup.

This time there were no problems, and we subdued it smoothly.

“Let’s go in and take a look,” he said to the Blaziken that had come to his side.

"Down"

Blaziken nodded.

The human and the elf, using the sunlight, crept into the cave.

A rotten smell assaulted my nostrils.

Moreover, the cave was significantly more humid than the outside.

However, this is not a big problem.

"Tsk, is this place really that big? And the soil seems a bit strange." Tetsuya touched the cave wall, feeling the rough texture thoughtfully.

No wonder the eagle was able to get into this cave and steal things.

It's less of a cave and more of a miniature underground world, with an unusually large area and width.

That's true, otherwise how could that big guy move around freely inside?

In the very center of the cave, there is a swamp that is bubbling.

It seems that these two elves don't have very good living habits and environment. They need to be trained.

He soon spotted the other four gray stones that the unknown elf had stored neatly.

He bent down, picked them up, and tossed them in his hand before putting them into his spatial backpack.

If I'm not mistaken, this is the key item that allowed that big guy to evolve into its current form.

However, there must be some other conditions, such as communication evolution, otherwise this form would not have been discovered until now.

Zhe Ye's heart is as calm as water.

Sigh, it feels like I never intended to become an elf researcher, but somehow I'm almost an elf professor now.

After calculating, he realized that he had discovered about three new forms of Pokémon, plus other miscellaneous discoveries, and the required honors and conditions were almost complete.

While not every researcher who discovers a new form can become a Pokémon Professor, if a researcher who discovers three forms and may discover even more in the future cannot become one, then probably no one else can.

After so many years of research and development, the forms of spirits have been studied quite thoroughly.

If finding one is just luck, then finding several is definitely a matter of skill.

Tetsuya tilted his head and thought for a moment. It seemed like he was just lucky, but luck is also a kind of ability.

Tetsuya took out his wristwatch to record the environment around the cave, and also collected soil and swamp samples with a few bottles. Then, he led Blaziken to sweep through the entire cave.

This trip was quite fruitful.

A few bones, a pile of red sand, a hard stone, a bunch of messy broken antique fragments, and a few relatively intact elf fossils.

Among them, the Rock-type Pokémon item Hard Rock and complete Pokémon fossils are the most valuable.

"So, in terms of habits, it also perfectly inherits the ability of the Circle Bear to find items buried deep underground?"

Tetsuya felt this was very meaningful.

He threw all the valuables into his backpack and then led the blazing chicken out of the cave.

"Phidden Eagle, let's go, we need to hurry this time."

......

Enju City, a city steeped in history, is an ancient capital in the northern part of the Johto region, situated entirely within an ancient and lush forest.

Its most well-known feature is the two tall towers that stand on the east and west sides of the city.

The charred tower in the northwest is the main structure destroyed in a fire hundreds of years ago. Now it is dilapidated and almost no one goes there anymore.

Meanwhile, due to the erosion caused by the fire, the charred tower that was originally over thirty meters high is now only about ten meters tall, appearing very desolate.

The bell tower in the east was well protected by the Enju Dojo after the incident, and it has maintained its vitality through continuous renovation and refurbishment.

However, people often refrain from venturing there out of a sense of awe.

This resulted in the area around both towers appearing somewhat desolate.

"Beep"

As the sun set, a high-pitched bird song rang out in a forest near Enju City.

Tetsuya slowly walked out from the side path.

If he didn't really enjoy the feeling of exploring the wild with his companions, he would have been flying around on a Pidgeot long ago.

During his journey, he even had time to ask Pidgeot to help him find a few Pokémon to train the combat abilities of his Gekko and Vulpix.

If I were to walk there, it would take at least until midnight to get there.

But trainers in the Pokémon world are generally like this; they prefer to travel on their own two legs, and only a very few rely on Pokémon or vehicles to travel around.

"Hey young man, you're new to Yuanzhu City, right? Want to check out the treasure-hunting machine? You might just find some great treasure in this ancient city with it."

Then you won't have to worry about not having money!

Upon entering Enju City, a guy dressed as a fire-breathing creature approached Tetsuya with two chopstick-like devices in his hand.

This can be considered a unique feature of Enju City.

Because of its extremely long history, the residents of Enju City designed a unique project based on this fact – underground treasure hunting.

In other words, you might find "treasure" by wandering around Yuanzhu City with the treasure-hunting machine they sell.

Of course, the value of these treasures is debatable, but they are certainly historically significant.

For example, mentioning a bottle cap that was produced 30 years ago and is now out of print—maybe only Kojiro would be interested in that.

Otherwise, it would be a bag of delicious canned elf food or something like that.

It's obviously not comparable in price to treasure hunting equipment, but the main thing is to have fun.