Chapter 30: Problems and Training

Now Kaede had a new problem to solve. He needed to reach Hoenn region and return from there while also battling in the Battle tower all in 25 days. He knows that to reach Hoenn region he would either need to board a plane or a ship but Pewter city doesn't have these facilities and now the only option he could hope to work would be to reach Viridian city maybe they would have the facilities or maybe information to reach Hoenn region.

But for now it's training time as Kaede needed to clear his mind.After coming out from the tree house, Kaede followed the schedule of the past few days and began to let the three Pokémons in his hand perform Ability training for 3 hours in the afternoon.

To increase the abilties and power of his Pokemons, daily training and Pokémon battles are indispensable."Come out, Zubat, Gloom, Nidoran♂, start training." Kaede threw 3 Pokéballs, and then said to the Pokémon who came out of the Pokéball.

Following Kaede's training content, Zubat is now working hard to train the Air Cutter move. After 5 days of rigorous training, it has trained this move to a proficient level.

I saw Zubat's wings get coated with strong Flying Type energy. A strong wind appeared instantly, and 10 crescent-shaped air blades also appeared from the strong wind instantly, and then arranged in an umbrella-like arrangement for range attacks. These 10 crescent shaped air blades are about the same size, about 20cm in diameter.

As soon as the 10 crescent-shaped air blades appeared, Zubat's wings, which was still wrapped in Flying Type energy, moved slightly. Then, out of the the 10 crescent-shaped air blades 3 blades suddenly had a slight change of direction, and then one after another. They hit on the trunk of a big tree.

"Very well, Zubat, your control over the air blades has gone further. You can now control 3 air blades. Keep working hard, but now train Air Cutter move to form a single air blade while combining the 10 blades into one. When the time comes, your strength will definitely increase." After seeing Zubat's success in releasing Air Cutter, Kaede nodded praised Zubat.

Hearing Kaede's appreciation, Zubat who was panting a little also nodded happily, and then continued to repeat the release of Air Cutter, but from the current observation, Zubat can only control 3 air blades at most.

According to Kaede, the potential of Air Cutter this move is very huge. The only pity is that after these air blades are produced, their attack trajectories are unpredictable. Generally speaking, they are randomly attacking within a certain attack range. In this way, this move-style formidable power does not appear It's very tough, and it can't maximize the damage. But if Zubat can control these blades then it would be very powerful.

Being able to create an air blade means that Pokémon has reached the entry level for this move, and making 10 air blades just means that Air Cutter this move has entered the proficiency level, flexible control of these air blades is essential to reach mastery level.

In Kaede's vision, the final form of Air Cutter should be the air blades that Pokémon will release fuse together, forming a huge air blade to attack the enemy fiercely. Now Zubat is still way behind the final form of the Air Cutter he envisioned.

However, Kaede is also a little confused. If Zubat can transform Air Cutter into his envisioned powerful single attack, what is the difference between this move and the Air Slash that Zubat can learn? For this doubt, he has no idea yet.

After a week of crisis-filled wild survival, Zubat's changes are undoubtedly huge. Unconsciously, his Level has reached Level 24. If you calculate according to the game's Level, Zubat already has the capital for evolution.

But what makes Kaede a little puzzled is that so far, Zubat has not shown any signs of evolution, but in this period of time, perhaps to adapt to the high-intensity fighting in the wild or because of the nutrient-rich food. Zubat's body shape has gone through great changes.

A week ago, Zubat's Dual Wing stretched out to about 0.8 meters, weighing 8.2KG, and the daily food intake was about 8 liters of blood. However today Zubat's Dual Wing stretches out to be 1.2 meters long, and its weight has increased to 10.3KG. The food intake has also increased to 12 liters of blood.

There is no doubt that Zubat is a big bat now, and the increase in size has correspondingly increased Zubat's upper limit of physical strength, It can also make his flying type moves more powerful.

Kaede didn't think it was strange this time that Zubat's body shape changed significantly again within a week.

High-intensity battles are constantly squeezing Zubat's potential. In addition, the food these days has seen significant increase in quality, and its appetite has also Increase steadily, and finally add Kaede giving it calcium tablets that promote growth everyday.

Combining these external and internal factors, Kaede would have found it strange if Zubat had not undergone any special changes.

On the other hand, Gloom is working hard to train the Grass Knot, the Grass Type moves. With the powerful Grass Type energy control, now Gloom has reached the proficient level for this move type.

Gloom is now in a clearing. At the same time, there are 10 wooden blocks scattered everywhere on the clearing within ten meters surrounding it. Each of these wooden blocks is approximately 2 meters in diameter and 3 meters in height.

I saw a burst of dark-green rays of light burst out of Gloom's body. Then, under the 10 pieces of wood scattered on the clearing ground, a large amount of dark-green grass composed of Grass Type energy immediately grew out. These dark green grass quickly shoot up to bind the 10 pieces of wood.

But unfortunately, out of the 10 pieces of wood, only 6 pieces can be completely wrapped by dark-green grass, and the remaining 4 pieces of wood are just entangled in the middle by dark-green grass.

It can be said that after Gloom learned various Grass Type moves and quickly trained to the proficient level, she has now become an out-and-out trup card in the Kaede team, and is an important pillar supporting the entire team.

At present, Kaede's team has good attacking Potential but it has no defensive qualities in his team so in order to increase the team's survivability, Kaede is currently only able to let Gloom, who has the Grass Knot , act as his personal bodyguard.

Originally in the game, the Grass Knot this move style is to create a bundle of grass to trip the enemy, and this move also calculates the power that it should use based on the enemy's weight. Generally speaking, the heavier the Pokémon is the higher would be Grass knott power.

But in reality, the effect of Grass Knot this move is more than just tripping the enemy. The dark-green grass produced by Grass Type energy is very tough, unless it is affected by fire, Flying Type, Poison Type and Bug Type energy attack, otherwise it will take great effort to be able to break.

Therefore, this move is an outstanding move used by Grass Type Pokémon to beat the enemy especially in the forest. Grass Type Pokémon can even use this move to control real weeds and plants on the ground to participate in the fight against the enemy.

At present, Gloom has been trained to be able to use this move within ten meters, and at the same time uses Grass Knot to conquer 6 enemies. If the enemy has no special means, at least before the Grass Type energy that formed the dark-green grass disappears, The other party cant do anything, also these dark-green grasses formed by Grass Type energy can last for 10 seconds.

Like Zubat, Gloom has changed a lot after following Kaede for a week in the wild, and this change is from the inside to the outside.

The first change is Gloom's personality. After recognizing her companion, her personality is no longer the same as before, especially when playing with the pure-minded Nidoran♂, she often laughs, plus following Kaede After victories in a lot of battles, she became confident as a whole.

The second change is Gloom's body size. Originally, Gloom's body size was about the size of a human baby who was just born or maybe 2 months old baby. Compared with the normal development of Gloom, it was short and small, but maybe now because of her very good mood, her physical growth has improved.

And during the period when Kaede was recovering from injuries, he also specifically collected some wild beast feces and dead branches and fallen leaves, and then made some natural fertilizers as food for Gloom (to supplement nutrients and grow up quickly).

With a good mood, plenty of sunlight and water, coupled with fertile soil, during this period of time, Gloom, which has gradually become healthy physically and mentally, so the body shape has also been greatly improved.

Now, Gloom's body shape has returned to the normal size of the same kind. If the previous body shape was a human baby who was a few months old, then Gloom is now at least the size of a 1-year-old human child, with a height of about 75cm.

After seeing that Gloom's Ability training is going smoothly without any problem, Kaede praised it a little, and now he focused on Nidoran♂, who is now seriously training in front of a big rock. Kaede now arranges for Nidoran♂ to perform exercises with Poison Jab, which belongs to its family of moves. Nidoran♂, who has spent its childhood, has finally made a qualitative leap in physical fitness, and is no longer as fragile as before. The purple horny spikes on its body have also gradually thickened.

Especially the sharp purple horn on the forehead of Nidoran♂, its hardness is now comparable to steel, and is the hardest part of Nidoran♂'s body. At the same time, this sharp purple horn is currently the main attack of Nidoran♂.

(Note: Poison Jab, Poison Type Physical contact moves, formidable power 80, the effect uses poisoned tentacles or arms to pierce the opponent, and there is a chance that the opponent will fall into a poisoned state.)

After the infancy, Nidoran♂'s information is as follows:

Pokémon: Nidoran♂

LV: Level 5

Attribute: poison

Characteristic Trait: Hustle (hidden)

Gender: Male

Master Ability: Leer, Peck, Amnesia (Genetic), Disable (Genetic), Confusion (Genetic), Hone Claws, Poison Jab, Water Pulse

According to Kaede's regulations, Nidoran♂ will take the lead in using Hone Claws before training and before the battle, in order to compensate for the reduced hit rate of Physical Move due to the Hustle Characteristic Trait, and also increase his attack power.

At this time, Nidoran♂ was striding forward with its sturdy four limbs to charge forward. In the process of charging, the sharp purple horn on his forehead lit up. When it was only half a meter away from the big rock, Nidoran ♂ suddenly jumped forward with all four limbs.

Then with a "boom~", Nidoran's horn pierced into a big red dot drawn on the surface of the Rock, and the entire Rock, which was about 2 meters high shook slightly. Some rocks were broken. The crumbs flew out of the Rock immediately.

When Nidoran♂ easily pulled the horn on his head from the Rock, a small hole with a trace of purple liquid flowing out of the edge appeared on Rock's body and after using the same rock for practicing for a few days corrosion appeared on it and after a while, a small piece of corroded Rock fell off the big Rock, and then the rock split up and in pieces crumbled to the ground.

Nidoran♂ As a Poison Type Pokémon, contains poison all over its body, especially the sharp spikes on its body. The toxins secreted there are the most potent, and the most potent and concentrated poison is naturally on the horn on its forehead.

When Nidoran♂ currently uses Poison Jab move, it choose its horn as the attacking part to condense the Poison Type energy, because the horn is originally the toughest part of Nidoran♂, and it can secret instantly according to its wish a lot of poison, This makes the move more powerful. But due to it's young age and insufficient control, the current Poison Type energy that can be condensed is very small. The dim purple glow on the horn is the best proof of this.

However, even if Nidoran♂'s Poison Jab has not even reached the competent level, it relies on its Characteristic Trait and Hone Claws to bring increase in Physical attacks and it's now using that destructive power to increase the power behind Poison jab.

Faced with a harder Rock, Nidoran ♂ can already pierce the horn into it like its a piece of wood and uses the Poison Type energy wrapped on the horn to cause corrosion damage to the Rock.

This is still the effect of the Poison Jab move that Nidoran♂ cannot condense too much Poison Type energy at present. It is not difficult to see that as long as Nidoran♂ controls the Poison Type energy further in the future, it can condense more Poison Type energy to release the Poison Jab move. Then this rock would crumble like dust due to corrosion.

In fact, Kaede has asked Nidoran♂ to try Poison Jab's on some small trees nearby. Those small trees that were hit by Nidoran♂ Poison Jab all withered, without exception, because they were poisoned to death.

After seeing the terrifying power of Nidoran♂ Poison Jab move, Kaede no longer dared to let Nidoran♂ use living things to train Poison Jab, instead using dead things like Rock to exercise.

In Pokemon world, Poison Type Pokémon is far more dangerous than Pokémon of other Attributes. The reason why they are so dangerous is largely due to the toxins contained in their bodies. As long as someone or something is injured by their body parts, The injured subject may fall into a poisoned state.

The actual state of poisoning is not as simple as in the game. Once Pokémon falls into a poisoned state, its adverse effects will be more than burn, paralysis, freezing etc. Once the toxin spreads throughout the body of a Pokémon its battle strength is bound to drop instantly.

Moreover, if the poisoned Pokémon cannot be detoxified in a timely manner, Pokémon will really die. Even if the treatment is successful at the last minute, it will be a serious problem.

At the same time, different types of Pokémon have different toxins, so the symptoms of Pokémon poisoning are relatively different.

Under normal circumstances, a poisoned Pokémon will have the following 3 conditions. The first is general weakness, the second is hallucinations, and the third is rot in the poisoned part.

Of course, this is only under normal circumstances. If some Poison Type Pokémon is extremely toxic, it is possible that the above three conditions can be mixed or occur at the same time.

(Note: Steel Type Pokémon possesses the Steel Type Attribute, so they are born with poison resistance that is almost immune to Poison Type energy, so unless the Steel Type Attribute is removed or the poison resistance is weakened, otherwise Steel Type Pokémon is impossible to poison)

At present, through some actual combat tests, the toxin displayed by Nidoran♂ is corrosive.

"Good job, but don't always use the horns of your forehead as the carrier of Poison Jab moves. It is easy for the opponent to catch your Direct Hit. Try using your claws. Iy would be bad, if you hit with your horn and get dizzy" Seeing Nidoran♂'s Poison Jab move destroy the rock but it was a little dizzy because of the force of the Tackle, Kaede laughed and said to Nidoran♂.

Unfortunately, Nidoran♂ was somewhat indifferent to Kaede's advice. it still chose to use its horn as a carrier for performing Poison Jab move. After retreating for a certain distance from another Rock, it mustered energy once again and launched a charge against the rock in front of him.

To be Continued...

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