“Could this Zubat have a Trainer?”
Thinking about it, Xiao Mao took out a Poké Ball, pointed the button towards the sleeping Zubat, and gently pressed the Poké Ball against it.
The Poké Ball opened, a red light enveloped Zubat, and it was captured. Because it was asleep, the Poké Ball did not shake at all, and it was captured directly.
“It can be caught, so why is it starving?” Xiao Mao asked in confusion.
“Miii!”
Butterfree was unclear about what had happened, and ran over to celebrate Xiao Mao’s capture of a new Pokémon.
Xiao Mao didn’t know what was going on with Zubat, but it was now his Pokémon. He couldn’t let it stay hungry.
Xiao Mao released Zubat and took out a few Energy Cubes, throwing them into Zubat’s mouth.
As if sensing that food was coming in, Zubat’s mouth involuntarily twitched a few times even while it was asleep.
“Da!!”
After tasting the flavor of the Energy Cube, Zubat instantly woke up and looked around with a bewildered expression.
“You must be hungry, here, have some more.” Xiao Mao wasn’t worried about Zubat going berserk at all, and handed it a few more Energy Cubes.
Zubat was stunned for a moment, but it could smell the flavor of the Energy Cubes and knew they were food. Because its mouth was so big, it couldn’t chew, so it swallowed them all in one go.
After eating a few Energy Cubes, Zubat gradually calmed down. Its previous bloodthirsty gaze became clear and innocent like a college student.
Seeing that Zubat was calm, Xiao Mao asked, “Zubat, why did you attack us just now?”
“Da…!” Zubat displayed a ashamed expression. It was clear that it did not intend to attack Butterfree.
“Exeggutor, come out and help translate.” Xiao Mao wanted to know what had happened to Zubat, so he released Exeggutor.
Exeggutor is a Psychic-type Pokémon, born with the ability of telepathy. It can communicate its thoughts to its recognized Trainer.
And Xiao Mao is Exeggutor’s recognized Trainer. The bond between them is strong enough to achieve this. Perhaps Xiao Mao can’t do telepathy, but Exeggutor can.
“Zubat, tell us what’s going on.” Xiao Mao said.
Zubat nodded slightly, and “Da! Da!” explained what had happened.
Even though Exeggutor’s telepathy was not very proficient, it still managed to express the general meaning.
It turned out that this Zubat was a Golbat a week ago, and suddenly evolved into a Crobat. After evolving, it could no longer eat its favorite berries. Every time it put them in its mouth, it would spit them out.
Even if Crobat tried other foods, the result was the same. It was like it had developed anorexia, but it still felt hungry, and sometimes it couldn’t help but want to bite Golbat.
Crobat didn’t want to hurt its own kind, so it ran to this place by itself. It flapped its wings, but the hunger and bloodlust tormented it. That’s why when it saw Butterfree at the cave entrance, it lost its mind and attacked.
“Da!”
After finishing its story, Crobat put on a look of despair. It knew what would happen to it in the future.
“You don’t need to worry, this is normal.” Xiao Mao said.
“Da?”
“Mii?”
“Egg?”
Not only Crobat was dumbfounded, Butterfree and Exeggutor were equally stunned.
Suddenly becoming bloodthirsty, how could that be considered normal?
“As a Golbat, you could eat berries, but after you evolve into a Crobat, you need to suck blood. You need to absorb 300 ml of blood every day to be full.” Xiao Mao explained.
“Da!”
Crobat was dazed, but it thought Xiao Mao’s words made sense. Didn’t it become like this after evolving?
“Da…!”
Crobat was instantly despairing. With its current state, could it not return to its companions?
“You’ll follow me from now on. I can arrange your meals and take good care of you.” Xiao Mao reassured it.
“Da.” Crobat was reluctant to leave its flock, but it also understood that in its current state, it couldn’t return. It could only follow this human being in front of it.
“My name is Xiao Mao, I’m your Trainer now.” Xiao Mao said.
“Da!”
Crobat nodded. It understood what Trainer meant. There were often Trainers who came to this area to catch Golbat.
“Then come in.”
Xiao Mao took Crobat back into the Poké Ball, and took a look at its stats.
Xiao Mao had a plan for catching this Crobat, as he needed to use one of its moves.
【Pokémon: Crobat♂】
【Type: Poison, Flying】
【Level: 22】
【Potential: Gym】
【Ability: Infiltrator (Can attack through opponent’s barriers or Substitute.)】
【Moves: Absorb, Supersonic, Mean Look, Poison Fang。】
【Friendship: 136 (Max: 255)】
“It’ll work.”
Xiao Mao nodded with satisfaction.
This Crobat possessed a move that Xiao Mao could use.
That move is Mean Look.
The target locked by Mean Look cannot escape, and in battle, the opponent cannot switch out the Pokémon that was hit by this move.
Mean Look cannot be learned through tutoring. Only Pokémon with this move in their natural repertoire can learn it, and it can also be passed down through breeding, but nobody would bother to specifically breed a Pokémon with Mean Look. It’s better to just catch a Pokémon with Mean Look directly.
“The Infiltrator Ability is pretty good too. It can be trained as a main force.” Xiao Mao said.
The Infiltrator Ability can ignore damage-reducing moves like Reflect and Light Screen. It’s a very good offensive Ability.
Moreover, Crobat has another stage of evolution. It can evolve into a Honchkrow when its Friendship reaches 220.
Honchkrow is extremely fast, and coupled with its Infiltrator Ability, it’s practically a battlefield assassin, killing silently.
Speed in games is simply about who acts first. In reality, the advantage of speed is not just about acting first. The fastest sword is invincible. When your speed is fast enough, you can dodge most skills, leaving your opponent completely overwhelmed.
After catching Crobat, Xiao Mao asked it to guide the way. As a Pokémon of Mount Moon, Crobat was very familiar with this area, and quickly found the cave leading to the other side.
It took Xiao Mao three days to reach Cerulean City.
These three days were mainly spent travelling. Besides Mount Moon, Xiao Mao encountered several Trainers who challenged him, and Xiao Mao naturally made them experience the taste of defeat again.
Xiao Mao’s Pokémon also had small growth in levels.
Squirtle LV16—18!
Exeggutor LV19—21!
Butterfree LV15—19!
Scyther LV16—18!
Crobat LV22!