Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

He forced an explanation.

Electric Dragon proved his distrust of those words with his actions.

Yellow electric light flickered in the room.

Tetsuya, whose hair had been turned into an afro by the electric shock, opened his mouth and exhaled a plume of black smoke: "Ababa."

His tongue was temporarily numb from the electric shock, and he couldn't speak.

The electric dragon happily flicked its tail and walked back to its little room.

“gaygay”

The bystander, Gaige, couldn't wait to jump onto Tetsuya's shoulder.

It knew that its time was now up to it.

Tetsuya, who was twitching occasionally, touched the forked horn of the worm and then took it out of the room.

Despite the commotion, we still have to keep to our schedules.

Upon arriving at the front desk, Tetsuya, sporting a unique look, chatted with Miss Joy amidst everyone's astonished gazes.

“An instrument for communication evolution?” Miss Joy nodded knowingly. “Our center does have one. I’ll take you there.”

"Thank you for your help."

Tetsuya thanked him.

Although Zheng Hui's research had entered a period of rapid development, instruments for communication evolution were still not widely available at that time.

However, compared to the pitifully small number in the past, the situation is much better now, and the very few forms of communication evolution are gradually being revealed to lower-level trainers.

Don't underestimate the evolution of communication.

Take Machamp and Machoke as examples. At the same level, Machoke, which has not undergone trade evolution, is a much weaker opponent than Machamp.

Moreover, the number of Haoli is not small; they can be seen on many construction sites.

This is a significant improvement in all aspects.

Led by Miss Joy, Tetsuya quickly arrived at a small room.

A machine was set up and running in the room.

Compared to the equipment in Dr. Akihabara's research institute, this machine is much smaller, but it still has all the necessary functions.

After Miss Joy left the room, Tetsuya immediately dialed the number Tatsumi had given him through his phone.

"Hello, I am Mr. Alder's trainer assistant. You must be Trainer Tetsuya Tamaki?"

A middle-aged man appeared in the video.

Seeing that it wasn't Adek himself, Tetsuya couldn't help but feel a little disappointed, but this was within his expectations: "Yes, it is me. Thank you for your help."

"Okay, please put the slug back into its Poké Ball and then place it on the designated spot."

The middle-aged man said this.

He noticed Tetsuya's emotions, but that was only natural.

Upon hearing this, Tetsuya quickly took out his Friend Ball, put the Cap Beetle back in, and then placed it on the machine.

The middle-aged man over there was doing the same thing.

Pressing the button causes electrical fluctuations to jump repeatedly between two Poké Balls separated by millions of miles.

The white light of evolution gradually enveloped the two elves.

The morphology of both the scaly worm and the small-mouthed snail is changing.

Chapter 425 Knight Snail

The instrument gradually stopped operating.

The shape of the Friend Ball remained unchanged, but the appearance of the Pokémon revealed inside was completely different from before.

"Then the evolution is over. Mr. Alder is looking forward to Tetsuya's trip to the Unova region and hopes your journey as a trainer will continue to be successful."

After confirming the situation of his Pokémon, the middle-aged man on the other end of the phone offered Tetsuya an unusually formal blessing.

"Okay, thank you for your help."

Tetsuya picked up the yo-yo ball and replied with a smile.

The video call interface quickly returned to complete darkness.

United States, Suanmu Town.

The middle-aged man, after ending the call, fiddled with himself for a moment: "Seriously, this device is so troublesome to use!"

As he spoke, he revealed his true form.

With his bronze skin and long orange braid, he was none other than Adej, the Unova champion that Tetsuya had been longing to see.

Beside him, the actual breeder's assistant looked at Adek with a sense of helplessness.

This device is incredibly user-friendly, requiring only three steps: place the Poké Ball containing the Pokémon on it, press the button, wait a while, and then remove the Poké Ball.

Even so, it still took him almost half a day to teach Adek.

"Sir, why don't you use your original identity to communicate with this young trainer?" the trainer's assistant asked curiously.

Adek thought for a moment, then laughed heartily: "Hahaha, there's no reason why, I just suddenly wanted to see Tetsutaro's reaction on the other side."

"It'll be so funny when he comes to Unova to see me, hahaha!"

That's what Adek said.

"Is that so?" The assistant nodded.

Although it sounds a bit too casual and even unreliable, it has to be said that this is Ardek's way of doing things, free and unrestrained.

Alder picked up the Poké Ball that had just evolved into Agile Bug: "Then I'll leave the rest to you. I'll take this kid out for a spin and let it get used to its evolved form."

Without waiting for his assistant's reply, he walked out.

The assistant glanced in the direction Adek had left and muttered, "Isn't that where Officer Jenny and Joey live? Don't let Officer Jenny kick you out again!"

As he reached the intersection, Adek seemed to have heard his assistant's words and raised his right hand to wave.

The assistant rolled her eyes.

He felt that there was probably no one else in the world as enthusiastic about teasing every Officer Jenny and Joey as Adek.

And in the Fairy Center of White Snow Mountain.

After confirming the Knight Snail's physical condition, Zhe happily took it back to his room.

The other eight companions, curious about the Knight Snail, all gathered around.

“kia”

The Knight Snail raised his lance in greeting.

Compared to his previous days as the slug, Knight Snail's personality has become much more cheerful, which Tetsuya thinks is a good thing.

Because of his past experiences, this swarm of beetles had less of an aggressive desire than its peers, and this personality change helped it to better exert its strength in battle.

After evolving, the Knight Snail has knight-like armor, two knight lances in its hands, and a knight helmet on its head. Its whole body looks like it is covered in armor, but you can still see that its body is the original blue skin and black face of the Gekko bug.

While covering its body with the shell stolen from the little snail, the Knight Snail can defend itself while simultaneously launching a thrusting attack with its two spears.

While possessing both physical and energy defense capabilities, its physical attack ability is also quite good.

Perhaps in a fully data-driven game, Snail Knight is not as popular as skilled champions like Scizor and Ferrothorn due to its overall disadvantages in terms of ability, move list, and Speed ​​stat.

But in the real world of elves, Tetsuya felt that, while not necessarily stronger than those two, the Knight Snail was at least on par with them.

Not to mention that, thanks to Team Plasma's experiments, his only weakness due to his type—a four-fold weakness to Fire—is no longer a weakness.

The significantly increased fire resistance is a major boost for the Knight Snail.

【Knight Snail】

Category: Cavalry Pokémon

Type: Bug + Steel

Height: 1.2m (average is 1.0m)

Weight: 40kg (average weight 33.0kg)

Characteristics: Hard Shell Armor (Protected by a hard shell, opponent's attacks will not hit vital points, providing excellent defense.)

Hidden Ability: Dustproof (Immune to damage from sandstorms, hail, and powder-type moves.)

Skills: (omitted) Self-Sacrificing Charge, Deadly Needle Strike, Quick Defense, Rampage, Frenzy, Resurrection, Iron Wall, Cross Scissors, Revenge, Shell Blade, Long Horn, Wild Swing, High-Speed ​​Movement, Close Combat, Insect Chirp, Iron Head

Level: 32 (Elite)

Potential: Top-tier (can be improved later)

This is the current Zero panel of Knight Snail.

During the communication evolution process, probably because the other side's small snail was of a high level, the Gaggle Beetle, which was originally only level 28, directly reached level 32 after evolving.

With its fairly extensive skill set, if it weren't for the fact that Bug-type attacks have a wider range of coverage, the strength of the Knight Snail would be even greater.

The combination of hard shell armor and dustproof properties was also within Tetsuya's expectations, which allowed the Knight Snail to cooperate with its companions for defense or attack when fighting multiple enemies in the wild.

"Tsk, perfect."

Zhe couldn't help but sigh.

According to his aesthetic standards, the Knight Snail is quite handsome, especially the aura it exudes from within.

"Giant Pangyan!"

Watching the Pokémon chatting happily, he called out to them.

"Dangoro?"

The giant rock on its body turned around, and its eyes, yellow on the outside and orange on the inside with black pupils, looked at its trainer.

Tetsuya smiled broadly.

Pang Yan was silent for a moment, then reluctantly nodded.

"I'll give you an extra meal later tonight," Tetsuya quickly promised.

Pang Yan said he didn't want to talk to him.

Tetsuya scratched his head sheepishly.

It seems a bit inappropriate to have to trouble Pang Yan Monster as a target to confirm the attack capabilities of one's companions every time one breaks through in strength.

However, in the absence of sophisticated research instruments, this is the best and most accurate method.

Fortunately, Pang Yan Monster's strength ranks among the top in the team, otherwise it wouldn't be able to do this job, no matter how strong its defense is.

With the two Pokémon in tow, Tetsuya led the Knight Snail to a corner of the Pokémon Center's battle arena and commanded it to launch an attack: "First, a series of slashes."

“kia”

The Knight Snail nodded, then glanced apologetically at the Giant Rock Monster opposite him.

Pang Yan's gaze was very calm, or rather, he had always been this calm.

As a powerful shield in the team, it was already used to it.

It didn't think that the Knight Snail, which had just broken through to the Elite level, could cause any serious damage to it, which was at the peak of the Heavenly King level; at most, it would only cause some pain.

For the sake of the extra dinner, it's not unacceptable.

The knight raised his lance, and the knight snail instantly burst into high speed as it charged toward the giant rock monster.

"呲"

The knight's lance, emitting a pale blue light, collided with the rock monster's hard body, sparking bursts of sparks.

“Dangoro”

Pang Yan Guai indicated that the force was not bad, it felt like the little fist of the electric dragon hitting him.

Tetsuya didn't seem to mind: "Next up is the Phillips shears."