Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

Even now, Bogarman still believes he can defeat that little guy on the other side.

Coincidentally, the Ice Vulpix had the same idea.

It also felt that it could easily defeat the tiny guy on the other side.

The two little ones looked at each other with eyes full of fighting spirit.

"Boga"

Piplup charged straight at Ice Six-Tails.

After this period of fighting, it felt that the restraints on its body were no longer so severe.

Next, it's time to show the opponent how powerful you are in close combat.

Tetsuya commanded, "Use your supernatural power on its feet."

The eyes of the Ice Vulpix emitted a blue-purple light identical to that of Gallade.

Compared to Gallade, this light is far, far dimmer.

But it's enough to deal with Bogarman.

"Smack!"

Bogarman had only run half the distance when it felt as if its legs were being blocked by something, and its upper and lower body became completely unbalanced.

Due to inertia, it fell straight forward to the ground.

Normally, it is not good at walking and often falls down, let alone when there is external interference.

Normally, it will quickly stand up to show that it is alright, but it won't have that chance during a fight.

"Ice Vulpix, use High Speed ​​Star."

Having anticipated this, Tetsuya immediately directed the Ice Six-Tails to beat up the fallen penguin.

A flash of white light shot towards Pigasman on the ground.

The base power of the supernatural power is not low, but since the Ice Six-Tails' superpower is not very strong, and its range of action is only Piplup's legs, the attack just now mainly interfered with Piplup's movement, and the damage was limited.

It is currently using its hands to support its body, preparing to stand up.

"bang bang bang"

One after another, white light struck its body.

High-speed star, as the name suggests, is characterized by its extremely fast attack speed.

Before Bogarman could adjust, the Ice Vulpix's attack had already begun.

"Boga"

Bogaman let out a painful cry.

It does not have the same resistance to high-speed normal-type attacks as it does to ice-type attacks.

Therefore, this move deals quite a bit of damage.

Bogarman's body was covered in small wounds, but he still did not fall down.

"Boga"

It panted heavily and let out a defiant cry.

"What a man of principle," Tetsuya chuckled.

This is probably the most prominent characteristic of the Bogarman race.

From this perspective, it's quite normal that their hidden characteristic is a refusal to admit defeat rather than a competitive spirit.

Neither Piplup nor its evolved forms, Prince Piplup and Empoleon, are Pokémon that enjoy meaningless battles.

However, when faced with threats and self-denial, they usually find their own way to prove themselves.

Since ancient times, Emperor Napoleon, known as the Lord of the Waves, is quite in line with its classification as an Emperor Pokémon in terms of both personality and way of doing things.

Tetsuya admits that such a personality is quite irritating, because his own personality is quite similar.

Bogaman's small body swayed slightly.

"Boga"

It opened its mouth and spat out another stream of water.

“Smash it with fine snow, then attack with ice shards.” Tetsuya felt it was time to end the battle.

With a sweep of its cloud-like tail, the Ice Six-tailed Serpent sent out a white streak that collided with the water gun.

The soft, fine snow revealed a different kind of power at this moment, directly destroying the water gun head-on.

Although the remaining snowflakes lost momentum and fell to the ground after traveling through the air for a while, it was clear that the Ice Vulpix had a strong grasp of ice-attribute energy.

The pale blue ice block followed closely behind and slammed into Bogarman's already damaged body.

"Po~ga"

Bogarman raised his hands with difficulty to block in front of him, and took one step after another backward.

Tetsuya frowned: "That's enough, little guy. You've reached your limit."

He could tell that Bogaman was just barely hanging on by a thread.

The Ice Vulpix was far stronger than it, and even though its attack power wasn't that great, Piplup was rendered powerless to resist after just a few moves.

Upon hearing Tetsuya's words, Pogaman felt a surge of power welling up within him once more.

"Poga—"

Its hands glowed white as it shattered several more pale blue ice blocks.

"Boom"

Immediately afterwards, a small stone struck the center of its round head.

This became the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Bogarman's eyes immediately turned into swirling vortexes.

Tetsuya and Kogoro stared wide-eyed at this dramatic scene.

Those small stones weren't emitted by Ice Vulpix, but rather fell naturally from above the cave due to the battle.

"What's this? The protagonist suddenly becomes powerful and then goes down the comedic route?" Tetsuya thought to himself, somewhat amused.

However, he was extremely satisfied with this Pogaman, so he simply took out a high-grade ball and threw it at it.

There's nothing I can do; this is the highest-level Poké Ball I have. I'll just get a Luxury Ball when we get to Kaji Town.

"Beep-beep-"

The red light on the Poké Ball flashed symbolically twice and then stopped.

"We've captured Piplup!" Brock, as a perfect straight man, delivered a flawless comment from the sidelines.

As Tetsuya's perspective shifts, Pogaman's panel also appears.

[Pogarman]

Category: Penguin Pokémon

Attribute: Water

Height: 0.48m (average is 0.4m)

Weight: 6kg (average weight 5.2kg)

Ability: Torrent (When HP is low and in a critical situation, the power of Water-type moves is increased)

Skills: High Speed ​​(inherited), Water Ring (inherited), Slap, Vocalization, Water Play, Bubbles, Peck, Water Gun, Affection

Level: 13 (Normal)

Potential: Near-King

Chapter 436 Bogarman's "Treasury" (Edited in half an hour)

"A potential superstar? Not bad."

Tetsuya nodded slightly.

For him, any qualification that is not below the elite level is acceptable.

Of course, the higher the better.

If you're a near-Elite Four member, and you're lucky enough to use high-quality evolution stones for both evolutions, there's a good chance you'll reach Elite Four potential.

In this way, he wouldn't have to worry about the future elves being unable to keep up with him and ending up in retirement.

Tetsuya doesn't catch many Pokémon for his second team, which is why.

Even now, with two of his main Pokémon having broken through to the Elite Four level, he has only officially captured about ten Pokémon.

This is a very unusual number for a trainer.

Even trainers who are determined to take the elite route will usually have at least forty or fifty Pokémon by the time they reach this level of strength.

It is not uncommon for the number to reach hundreds.

Moreover, Bogaman's qualifications were not too unexpected for him.

Although Zero didn't provide specific panel data just now, we can roughly guess it from the details of the battle.

If it has Champion-level potential, given its proficiency with Water-type moves, it should be able to master Bubble Beam, the advanced version of Bubble Beam, even if it doesn't include Water Pulse.

However, it was never used in battle.

The Bubble Beam is quite powerful and has a certain probability of reducing the speed of the attacked. Bogarman didn't use it as a last-ditch effort in the previous situation, which is naturally because he hadn't mastered it.

Even so, Tetsuya felt that Bogarman's talent was definitely among the top in the near-elite level.

Because it inherited two skills and can use them freely.

If its aptitude is not high, it will be very difficult for it to master these two inherited skills.

"Well, this trip to Leibo Mountain not only didn't make me any money, I'm going to lose another four or five hundred million."

Thinking about the price of high-quality water stones, Tetsuya's lips twitched involuntarily.

Previously at the auction in Manjin, the price of that 96 quality Water Stone was ridiculously high.

Moreover, given the popularity of Water-type Pokémon, Water Stones are definitely in high demand and short supply, and he might not even have a way to buy them.

"You're just being hypocritical after getting a good deal," Xiao Gang muttered from the side.

If he weren't a Rock-type Trainer, he would have been very eager to catch this Piplup.

Tetsuya shrugged: "I'm a poor guy."

"What do you mean by being poor? The business you, Senior Abi, and Senior Sutian run is already so big."

Xiao Gang didn't believe Tetsuya's nonsense.

As one of the eight major gyms in Kanto, Pewter City is close to Viridian Forest and has many Bug-type trainers, so he knows very well how popular Bug Nets are.

Even though the guy in front of him had a small share, he was all alone and in a state where he was the only one who needed to eat.

In terms of personal wealth alone, Xiaogang felt he was definitely poorer than Zheye.

Xiao Gang wondered to himself how this guy could even come up with the idea that he was poor.

Tetsuya smiled and didn't refute. As for money, enough is enough.

Even if he has billions or tens of billions, it's not certain that anyone would be willing to sell him a divine beast artifact.

For powerful trainers, money is indeed a necessity, but it is not that important.

In terms of value alone, the items given to him by the four divine beasts are far more valuable than money alone.

From this perspective, Tetsuya's net worth is actually higher than that of most Elite Four level trainers.

At least most Elite Four level trainers wouldn't have that many items given by legendary Pokémon.

Unfortunately, Tetsuya wouldn't sell any of those things; he would keep them for his own use.

Tetsuya released the unconscious Piplup again: "Gallade, use Life Drop."