“Ji?”
The monkey monster looked confused. It was just a Fighting-type, what else could it be?
Xiao Mao didn't stop. He used his Perception Eye to check the monkey monster's stats.
【Pokémon: Monkey Monster♂】
【Type: Fighting】
【Level: 25】
【Potential: Quasi-Elite Four】
【Ability: Never-Say-Die (When a Pokémon's stats are lowered, its Attack greatly increases.)】
【Moves: Scratch, Fury Swipes, Focus Energy, Low Kick, Earth Power, Cross Chop】
【Friendship: 150 (Out of 255)】
“Huh? Where's Mega Kick?”
After looking at the monkey monster's stats, Xiao Mao was confused why it didn't have Mega Kick.
He could understand it not having the move yet, considering it needed to be level 29 to learn it. It was only level 25, so it was normal for it to not have it. But why didn't it have Mega Kick?
If this monkey monster was only going to learn Mega Kick in the future, then that was obviously impossible. Could it be that this monkey monster had very high martial arts talent?
“Could this be the one belonging to Xiao Zhi?”
Xiao Mao now suspected that the monkey monster in front of him wasn't the one belonging to Xiao Zhi, since Xiao Mao had deduced that it had Elite Four potential, but this monkey monster only had Quasi-Elite Four potential.
Xiao Zhi should have already reached Fuchsia City by now. He was going to head to Goldenrod City and then Viridian City. It shouldn't be more than two months, considering the time.
It was highly unlikely that a wild monkey monster would be able to learn Mega Kick in a month without a master's guidance.
“Never mind.”
Xiao Mao decided not to think about it too much. Even if he had captured the wrong one, a Quasi-Elite Four potential monkey monster was pretty good. What did he need a luxury car for anyway?
“Monkey monster, do you want to learn some moves?” Xiao Mao stroked the monkey monster's furry head.
“Ji!”
The monkey monster nodded furiously. Learning moves was a good thing, especially Fighting-type moves. It loved learning moves, especially the ones that had to do with punches and kicks.
“Let's learn this one first.”
Xiao Mao taught the monkey monster Mega Kick.
“Ji!”
The monkey monster immediately felt itself mastering a new move. It felt the same way as when it was awakening its racial skill. It looked at Xiao Mao in astonishment.
The monkey monster thought that learning moves required hard work, not like awakening its racial skill, where it suddenly learned it.
“Heh, I’ll teach you one more move.” Xiao Mao smiled, then taught the monkey monster the move Rock Tomb.
“Ji!!”
The monkey monster was shocked. It had learned another move, a Rock-type move, with powerful strength.
“You seem to really enjoy training. Tomorrow I'll create a training plan for you. You have to accept it, alright?” Xiao Mao said.
“Ji!”
The monkey monster nodded. It was a Fighting-type Pokémon and loved training, especially after experiencing the feeling of instantly learning a move.
I, Monkey Monster, have chosen you!
Afternoon.
Xiao Mao picked up his Pokémon from Nurse Joy and continued with his afternoon training.
The monkey monster joined in the training, mainly doing attack training. Xiao Mao made the monkey monster practice its combo attack patterns. The monkey monster's hands and feet were particularly agile. It could launch a flurry of attacks as soon as it got close to its opponent.
Now Xiao Mao just needed to find the most suitable combo for the monkey monster. Different starting moves had different combo methods. The goal was to achieve the highest damage with each attack.
“This monkey monster is so awesome. It actually knows Mega Kick and Rock Tomb,” the watching Natsue exclaimed, impressed by the monkey monster's many moves.
Natsue didn't know as much about Pokémon, so she thought that those moves were innate to the monkey monster.
“It is pretty strong.” Xiao Mao didn't want to talk about it anymore, lest he reveal a flaw. He quickly changed the subject, saying, “Natsue, the perfumes here in Viridian City are famous. I'll buy you a few bottles tomorrow.”
“Perfume... Okay.” Natsue was startled and nodded slightly.
Looking at the suddenly gentle Natsue, Xiao Mao felt that she was just like a good girl, not even a little cold. She wouldn't be bad as a wife later.
However, Natsue's Psychic power was too terrifying. She was practically a human Pokémon. If a woman like that was his wife, he would think about cheating later, and he might suddenly die from an unknown cause.
“Excuse me, are all these Pokémon yours?” At this time, a young man came to the scene. He walked in front of Xiao Mao and asked.
“Yes, is something wrong?” Xiao Mao looked at the young man.
The young man had green, messy hair. He was wearing a red and orange jacket, black denim shorts, and loafers, and was carrying an electric guitar on his back. He was a total rocker punk.
“My name is Takahashi, and I’m also a Trainer. I want to have a Pokémon battle with you. I know the rules, the bet is 5,000 yen,” the young man said, taking the initiative to challenge him.
Xiao Mao had encountered many challengers along the way, but none of them were dressed as flashy as this young man.
Xiao Mao didn’t care about the bet, but he saw Takahashi’s electric guitar and felt a bit itchy. In his previous life, he had learned to play the guitar to impress girls. In high school, his guitar skills had charmed many young girls.
“I don’t want money, but if I win, I want to borrow your electric guitar. I’ll return it after I’m done singing one song,” Xiao Mao said.
“What?! You can play the electric guitar?” Takahashi was surprised. He couldn’t tell that Xiao Mao was a fellow musician.
“I just play guitar, but it shouldn’t be much different,” Xiao Mao said.
“Okay, if you win, you can use my baby for a while.” Takahashi said, taking the electric guitar off his back and stroking it gently.
Natsue was very puzzled and didn’t understand why Xiao Mao suddenly wanted to sing.
“Takahashi, how do you want to battle?” Xiao Mao asked.
“One-on-one, just use our strongest Pokémon to battle,” Takahashi said.
As soon as he said that, Xiao Mao’s Pokémon were all agitated and looked over to see who Xiao Mao would choose to battle.
After all, Takahashi would be sending out his strongest Pokémon. That meant that Xiao Mao would be sending out his strongest Pokémon, which was Xiao Mao’s choice.
“Don’t look, Blastoise, you’re up.” Xiao Mao said.
“Kame (Excuse me, everyone).”
Blastoise swaggered to Xiao Mao’s side with an air of pride.
The other Pokémon looked at the inflated Blastoise with resentment.
You damn turtle, we’ll get back at you. We’ll definitely surpass you one day.
“Blastoise? My strongest card is it.”
“Go, Dodrio!”
Takahashi threw out his Poké Ball.
Bam!
The three-headed monster bird appeared.
Dodrio is a Normal/Flying-type Pokémon, with three heads, and although it has Flying-type, it can’t fly. However, it is very explosive and aggressive.
【LV32 Dodrio♂/Elite】
Dodrio, level 32. A very high level, beyond the category of rookies.