"Excuse me, I'm Trainer Casey, who lives in New Bark Town and aims to become a Pokémon Master..."
After recovering from the electric paralysis, Casey was quite satisfied and sat face to face with Ash and others to introduce himself.
I have to say that the physical constitution of humans in this world is not as good as Normal.
Even though Casey was hit by Pikachu's Thunder Shock, she still adapted quickly.
"Hello, I'm Ash from Pallet Town~"
"I'm Misty."
"Pikachu!"
The two sides got to know each other, and Casey's eyes were mostly on Pikachu.
"My Casey likes yellow Pokémon the most!!~"
She still stared at Pikachu with sparkling eyes: "Especially the ones with patterns, they are the best!!"
"Pikachu is pretty good, but what I want most is Thunder Shock...
"Collecting yellow Pokémon and forming a yellow team is my dream!!"
She started fantasizing again, and also told the reason why she loved it, which was that her family had been fans of the Electabuzz baseball team since her grandfather's generation.
Therefore, I love Electabuzz, a yellow Pokémon, very much too.
Well, although, this team is very famous for being a losing team~~~
"That's great. Every Trainer has his or her own favorite Pokémon type."
Ash now is not as unemotional as before and he would not speak directly to Casey's face.
He even said shamelessly that Team Magikarp and Team Starmie would win, and Team Electabuzz had no chance at all…
"Yes, that's it!!"
Casey nodded happily and gave Ash a look that showed he was in agreement with her.
"You have such profound insights. Ash, are you also a Trainer aiming to become a Pokémon Master?"
"Yes, so I am also starting my trip with the Silver Conference of the Johto Region Alliance as my destination.
"I see, then Ash, how about a Pokémon battle?!"
Casey seemed eager to try.
"Fight? Well, let's not do that.
Ash politely declined.
"Since we are both Trainers and it's rare for us to meet, shouldn't we have a passionate battle?!"
Casey himself is very passionate, "I am very motivated!!"
For things like this, enthusiasm alone is not enough.
"But, Casey, do you know what Ash's strength is?"
Misty couldn't help but laugh, "He's really good."
"It doesn't matter how strong you are, it's just a good opportunity for us to communicate and learn from each other!!"
Casey still didn't realize the seriousness of the problem and insisted on dragging Ash to do combat training with him.
In response to this, Ash looked helplessly at Misty and Xiaogang who were trying to hold back their laughter.
And then~~~
"Okay.
He spread his hands and accepted the challenge.
Then~~~
"Chocolate?!!"
"Rattata, cheer up!!"
"Pidgey, wake up!!!"
Casey's anxious voice, with a hint of crying, could be heard throughout the grass.
Ash: "...Did I go too far?"
"Pika~~~"
Probably not, right?
Pikachu, who had just returned from a battle nearby, tilted his head innocently.
Ash didn't send out any other Pokémon, just Pikachu.
**IS...
He didn't even use Thunderbolt, but only used the most subtle Thunder Shock trick.
He easily defeated all three Pokémon that Casey currently had.
Well, there is absolutely no pressure at all.
"However, this can also give the other party a little understanding of how cruel the duel between Pokémon is."
Ash looked at Casey who was kneeling on the ground and taking Chikorita back.
"I lost, I lost miserably..."
Casey was very depressed and hung his head there.
"Don't be so discouraged~~~"
Ash walked forward, "For a beginner, you've been working really hard."
"Really?"
Casey subconsciously raised her head and saw Ash extending his hand towards her:
"After the battle, we are all Trainers."
"But as a Trainer, I seem to be so far behind...
She tried hard to hold back her tears. Such a complete defeat was a huge blow to her, a Rookie Trainer who had just started traveling.
"It's okay. With your current strength, losing to Ash is a completely normal thing."
Misty and Xiaogang also came over to comfort him: "Do you know what level of Trainer Ash is standing in front of you?"
"What level?"
Casey asked in a low voice with some sobs.
"I also just debuted this year, a trainer a few months earlier than you~"
Ash raised the corners of his mouth slightly, speaking the truth that was hard to hear.
Mrs. Yu Zong:
We are all Rookie Trainers, but I lost so badly...
Her eyes were filled with tears again, and she even had the urge to run away.
They are both Rookie Trainers, but they still ask themselves what level of Trainer the other person is......
Isn't this a deliberate attempt to humiliate and defeat oneself once again?!!
"Okay Ash, stop teasing her~~~"
Misty looked at him helplessly, "How many new trainers like you are there in the world?!"
Xiao Gang also continued to nod and comforted:
"Although Ash has only just started traveling this year, he is the champion of the Indigo Plateau Conference in the Kanto Region.
Casey, who was about to run away, was stunned: "Champion?!"
"Yeah, the Regional Alliance Conference, the real champion."
Xiao Gang smiled and nodded, "Besides, Ash is also the honorary trainer of the Orange Alliance Winners Cup.
"There are also some other champions, such as the Pokémon P1Fighting Contest..."
"Even I can't remember how many championships Ash has won."
"Anyway, the one standing in front of you is completely different from the Normal Trainer."
Casey:
She seemed to understand a little.
To use the terminology of the game, it means that you are just a small level player who has just left the novice village.
As a result, he directly encountered a full-level BOSS and challenged it...
"So that's how it is~~~"
Casey also held back his tears.
It is indeed not shameful at all to lose to such a great champion.
"You have the potential to become a good Trainer~"
Ash was also very cooperative, and as a champion senior, he gave Casey encouragement and comments.
"Yes~!!"
This time, Casey was full of fighting spirit. The recognition from the champion made her even more excited.
"I will try my best!!"
She looked at Ash with twinkling little stars in her eyes.
"This is the first time I've seen a trainer who won the Conference Champion so closely~!!"
"Mr. Ash also just debuted and was able to win the Alliance Conference championship, so I have to work hard too!!"
"From today on, Mr. Ash, you are my idol. I will take you as my goal and move towards becoming a Pokémon Master!!"
Well, that's the mentality. The young are really formidable~!!
Ash approved very much, and Xiaolu and Xiaogang also looked pleased.
Then the next second, I saw~~~
"But even a champion Trainer like Mr. Ash has captured a Pikachu..."
Casey turned her gaze again, staring at Pikachu with burning passion:
"And he's trained so well. As expected, Pikachu, a yellow, striped Thunder Shock Pokémon, is the best!!"
"I want to capture Pikachu too!!"
"Of course what I want most is Electabuzz, Electabuzz, Electabuzz~~~~"
She was there again, immersed in her own world, singing the song Electabuzz.
Ash and the other two: "..."
Sure enough, the thoughts of this new Rookie who debuted this year are still a little hard to understand in some aspects.
"I will try to meet you again, Mr. Ash, at this year's Johto Region Alliance Silver Conference!!"
Leaving behind such a high-spirited sentence, Casey, the Rookie Trainer, continued his journey as a Trainer...
Well, the main thing is to capture yellow-background Pokémon like Electabuzz and Pikachu first.
"Silver Conference? Maybe we can meet again without waiting until then~~~"
Ash smiled. A rookie who just debuted like Casey was not even qualified to compete for Rival.
But at least it was the first Trainer I met after entering the Johto Region, so it was a nice little episode.
After parting with Casey, Ash and his group continued to move towards the next gym city, Violet City.
While traveling, they also passed through a forest.
But the forest is...
"Why did it suddenly become so depressing?"
"It was a beautiful green forest just now."
"From what I just observed, it seems that only the trees around here are withered..."
The scene happening before their eyes made Ash and the others feel a little shocked.
The destruction of natural ecology is particularly serious in the Pokémon world.
Especially like this, the forest behind was still lush, but when I got here it was withered like this...
Obviously, there must be some unexpected reason that led to such serious consequences.
"Yes, did they do it?!"
Misty, who had good eyesight, spotted at a glance a few giant rhinoceros beetle-like Pokémon lying on a big tree in front of them, sucking sap from the tree.
"Is this not a forest of insects?!"
She felt goosebumps all over her body and felt uneasy.
She really hates insects!
"Beep, Heracross, a one-horned Pokémon, is gentle and strong. It gathers in the forest in search of sweet tree sap. Its entire body is covered with skin as hard as iron. It throws Rival with its most proud horn.
Pokémon Heracross appears! The Pokémon Heracross, named after Hercules, appears!
Its gentle temperament, great strength, and powerful attack power are all good reasons for it to be a Trainer to capture Pokémon!
"It just so happens that this is also the first wild Pokémon I have seen since arriving in the Johto Region…
Ash also decisively took out the Pokémon ball and prepared to observe the movements of these Heracross.
It was at this time~
"Are you Pokémon Trainers?"
Three people
Behind him, other people's voices were also heard.
"Maybe I'm being too nosy, but before you capture a Pokémon, you should observe it carefully first, right?"
Ash and the others turned around and saw a middle-aged man wearing a red uniform, a helmet, and carrying a blue mountaineering bag walking towards them.
"My name is Woodruff, and I'm a member of the forest guard in the Johto Region."
"I have no objection to you catching Pokémon, but I hope you will observe the surrounding situation first."
"This forest is naturally formed, with a good ecosystem...
This forest is called Heracross Forest.
Located between New Bark Town and Cherrygrove City in the Johto Region, as the name suggests, there are many Heracross living in this forest.
This forest is a naturally formed ecosystem, with Heracross as the center, where everyone maintains ecological balance and lives in peace.
When Heracross absorbs the sap, it leaves some for the Butterfree to suck. The two sides get along very harmoniously.
When Ash and Woodruff were introducing each other, a group of Butterfree came over and sucked the sap with Heracross.
"But if it was really so peaceful, why did the forest begin to die?"
Misty asked a question.
"This is because something has appeared here that destroys the ecological balance..."
Woodruff's face looked slightly heavy.
While he was speaking~
"Pikachu!!"
Pikachu's ears moved and he immediately turned around to look.
At the other end of the forest, dust was rising all over the sky, and a group of other insect Pokémon were rushing towards this side.
"That's... Pinsir?!"
Ash and the others immediately recognized the Pokémon with the twin scythes on its head.
"It was them who caused the ecosystem here to begin to collapse."
As Woodruff finished his solemn words, the group of Pinsir rushed towards the big tree where Heracross and Butterfree were.
Instantly, Butterfree fled.
Heracross also immediately raised their heads, flapped their wings, and pointed the horns on their heads at the minister.
Click, click.
The faces of the Pinsirs were more ferocious than each other, and the double sickles on their heads kept clicking.
Under the sunlight, it emits a biting cold light.
Heracross:""
One after another, they immediately changed direction and fled hurriedly to the rear with decisiveness and sincerity.
Misty and Xiaogang:"
Ash:"~~~"
It seems that these Heracross are not as strong as they appear.
Such performance is somewhat unworthy of their name of Hercules.
"Heracross is indeed very strong, a Pokémon that can fight against Daiyō."
Guard Woodruff also shook his head. "But it was because he was too gentle and didn't want to fight that he brought such a disaster upon himself."
"So Heracross, who was forced away by Pinsir, began to suck the sap of other trees, causing the trees to die."
Ash nodded slightly, then raised his hand and pointed at the big tree in front of him: "However, at least there is still one Heracross that has not retreated."
"Um?"
Could it be that there is a Heracross that dares to stand up and fight the Pinsirs?!
A few people looked up and saw a Heracross lying on the tree and sucking sap.
Even the Pinsirs around it noticed its presence and looked at it dangerously with unfriendly eyes.
It is still selfless, continuing to greedily eat the tree sap~
"It seems that I was too greedy and forgot to move..."
Misty sighed, "Sure enough, I said insects are insects.
"Maybe he was so absorbed in sucking the sap that he didn't notice the surroundings."
"Such concentration......"
I don't know whether to praise it or laugh at it.
Ash, on the other hand, was looking at the Heracross on the tree with great interest.
Even though many Pinsirs were staring at it, it still did not forget to suck a few more gulps of tree sweat.
At this moment, the long-lost entry screen appeared in front of Ash's eyes:
[Pokémon:Heracross]
[Gender: Male]
[Trainer: None]
[Attribute: Bug, Fighting]
[Ability: Overconfidence (If you defeat Rival, you will be full of confidence and your attack will increase. After a Pokémon with this ability defeats a Pokémon on either side, its own attack
Click to upgrade 1 level. )]
[Skills: Tackle, Arm Thrust, Endure, Horn Attack, Struggle Bug, Bug Bash...]
[Carrying things: None]
[Potential: Elite]
[Training suggestions: ......
[Entries: King (gold), Mighty God of War (gold), Greedy Reserve (purple). Factory].