Chapter 6: The Samurai Boy of the Viridian Forest
Summer thunderstorms come and go quickly. Just in the afternoon, the sudden downpour had already cleared up.
Perhaps out of a primitive sense of danger, Zhou You, who vaguely realized that he might face life-threatening danger if he stayed in the Pokémon Center, decisively left Viridian City and headed for the forest in the distant mountains with a comfortable mood.
Almost immediately, a boy with rainbow feathers rushed into the town with a seriously injured Pikachu...
Let us observe three lines of silence for the Pokémon Center in Viridian City.
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That's almost enough.
Viridian Forest is located between Viridian City and Nibi City (Dark Gray City). The dense trees of various kinds form a natural maze. In addition, the trees with lush branches and leaves make it difficult for light to penetrate, so the entire forest seems a little dim, causing many people to get lost in it.
The Pokémons that can be encountered here are basically insect-type, plant-type, and flying-type Pokémons, and of course, Pikachu.
The forest after the rain was expected to be very muddy, but when Zhou You actually entered the interior of the Evergreen Forest, he found that the rain had almost been completely absorbed by the soil, and only the moisture in the air still retained evidence of the sudden rain.
As if the rain was just a prop used to set the atmosphere?
In any case, Zhou You released Eden and continued to stroll in the forest like a playful child.
In this world, he is just a 10-year-old child, and there is still plenty of time to enjoy his second childhood!
In fact, if there is a chance, Zhou You still has three things to do.
First, he wants to help Professor Oak realize his dream and complete the Pokémon Encyclopedia.
Second, he wants to help Eden realize his dream and become a pinnacle Pokémon to get rid of his tragic past.
Third, he wants to fulfill his promise to his childhood friend and find and take care of the lost black cat Eden.
As for Xiaozhi's dream... it depends on the situation.
After all these are completed, Zhou You may also try to find and pursue Palkia to see if this god of space can send him back to Earth?
It would be even better if we could create a passage between Earth and this world for people from the two worlds to travel between each other!
But to be honest, there is no one left on Earth for Zhou You to miss...
Wouldn't it be nice to become a person who reaches the pinnacle with Eden? It would be interesting to travel around the world to appreciate the natural beauty and unique scenery?
While thinking about these troublesome things, he inadvertently walked into the depths of the forest.
The Evergreen Forest is not big. In the animation, Xiaozhi walked out in just a few days. However, since Zhou You set out in the afternoon, it was almost evening when he almost went deep into the forest.
Considering that the forest is more dangerous at night, with low visibility and many nocturnal predatory elves and insects, Zhou You took Eden to find a good place to sleep early.
"Qiao Qiao, there is someone in the shadow behind the tree in front!"
After an unknown period of time, Zhou You heard the illusion created by Eden in his mind, and the next second, a figure charged at him with a knife!
It turned out to be a boy wearing samurai armor and carrying a bug net?
"It just rained." Zhou You said, and easily dodged the charge, "Be careful of the slippery ground."
Then, as if to confirm his hint, the bug catcher fell out because of brake failure and failure to maintain balance.
Eden: "-_-"
Half a minute later, the bug catcher covered in mud and sand came back, and said in a slightly sour nasal voice: "You don't need to care about me!
"Ahem! I am a samurai who practices in this forest. I heard that there will be 4 trainers from Pallet Town passing through Viridian Forest recently. Are you one of them?"
"Yes, I am indeed a rookie trainer from Marsalaton." Zhou You nodded.
But the person on the other side is still a bug catcher, right? Wearing a samurai cosplay costume in this season, I wonder if the child on the other side will feel hot.
The tenacious bug catcher reiterated: "My name is Samurai! In short, if the trainer's eyes meet, we must fight. Let's fight to the death!"
"Oh, okay, but don't cry after you lose."
The first battle after leaving Pallet Town should be against the Bug Catcher.
Zhou You nodded secretly after agreeing to the battle, then distanced himself from the opponent and aimed the Poké Ball at Eden on the side.
"Come back, Eden." "Set fire to the mountain and spend the rest of your life in prison!"
Zhou You took Eden back to the Poké Ball with a dark face and looked at the Bug Catcher opposite again.
"Warrior, do you want to participate in the Youth Trainer Competition held by the Quartz League?"
"Yes, but I lost to the gym in Nibe City, so I have to practice in this forest."
"Well, in that case, let's use the official rules of this competition. "
Fighting between elves is a primitive act of hunting and fighting for territory, while the elf battles popular in human society in this world are competitive sports under the constraints of rules.
In most cases, there are three general rules for official elf battles.
First, it is forbidden to cause irreversible damage to the Pokémon, and the trainer cannot be attacked during the battle between the youth and teenager groups.
Second, there is no limit on alternation and hand-over, but 30 seconds must pass after the exchange before it can be exchanged again.
Third, no matter how many special moves the Pokémon has mastered, only 4 can be used in the same battle, and registration is required before the game.
※ The rules will be updated with the version. After the 4 skills are lifted, there may be various trainers who will do something fierce. Under this, the Pokémons such as 6-Painted Dog 6-Ditto 6-Haired Troll who are well trained and well matched will not be much more difficult to kill the garbage lineup of the league champion under the competition rules than to beat the roadside bug catcher.
The author's favorite is the unlimited skill number mode.jpg
The first point is a rule established for humanitarianism, and the second point is a restriction established to avoid negative competition.
As for the third point, it is to limit the choice of tactics for a single Pokémon and promote the diversity of Pokémons, moves, and teams.
Without Zhou You's explanation, the bug catcher, who was familiar with the rules for the competition, readily agreed: "No problem, then let's fight 2-on-2 like the gym battle."
"OK, I have no objection."
The battle officially began, and the bug catcher warrior and Zhou You threw their Poké Balls at the same time.
"Go, Kairos!" "Go, Caterpillar!"
Seeing that the opponent sent out a relatively rare Pokémon, Zhou You first opened the Pokémon Encyclopedia to record its data: "Kairos, a stag beetle Pokémon, has the strange power to clamp opponents twice its weight with its horns and easily lift them, and its body becomes sluggish in cold places."
"Hey, who is the bug catcher between the two of us?" The warrior pointed at the caterpillar sent by the opponent and complained, "The caterpillar is a Pokémon that evolves quickly. Did you let it out to fight right after you caught it?"
However, after complaining, the warrior discovered something unusual about the caterpillar sent out by Zhou You.
This caterpillar... actually has a furry brown tail! ?
"(Shocked) Genetic mutation!? What's wrong with this caterpillar's tail!?"
Zorua, the evil fox Pokémon, has learned the ability to transform into something else, but still shows its tail.