“I’ll try.”
Thinking about how his Pidgeotto only had 70 friendship with him, a friendship level that wouldn't allow the Pokemon to completely obey his orders.
While giving it a beating would be violent, it certainly wasn't a good idea. After all, he was raised in the previous world, and for parents of that generation, there wasn't anything that couldn't be solved with a beating. If that didn't work, it meant they hadn't beaten them enough. Just beat them a few more times.
“Pidgeotto, come out!” Xiao Mao opened the Pokeball.
“Pidge!”
Pidgeotto stood a meter tall, its feathers were smooth and vibrant, its demeanor was dignified, and it already had the appearance of a Pidgeot, just a smaller version.
Pidgeotto’s sharp eyes stared at Xiao Mao, and it instantly flew towards the sky, looking like it was going to run away.
“Golbat, chase after it and use Mean Look!” Xiao Mao was prepared and immediately threw out a Pokeball.
Boom!
“Da!”
Golbat quickly caught up to Pidgeotto, blocking its path, staring at it with captivating eyes, stopping Pidgeotto from even thinking of running away.
“Pidge!”
Seeing that it couldn’t escape, Pidgeotto was quite reckless and directly used Quick Attack to charge at Golbat.
“Cross Poison!”
A layer of purple energy, like liquid, covered Golbat's wings. Golbat flapped its wings and retaliated, clashing with Pidgeotto.
Don't underestimate Pidgeotto just because it was at a low level, its combat ability wasn’t weak at all. It fought Golbat for seven or eight rounds and didn’t fall behind.
“Use Supersonic,” Xiao Mao suddenly changed the instruction.
A chaotic Supersonic wave erupted from Golbat’s mouth. The sound waves instantly locked onto Pidgeotto.
Pidgeotto was flying in the air, but it couldn’t block its ears. After using Quick Attack to hit Golbat, it also fell into a confused state.
“Good, use Air Slash to defeat Pidgeotto.” Xiao Mao ordered.
“Da!”
Golbat flapped its wings, sharp blades of wind were produced, all of which landed on Pidgeotto’s body.
“Pidge!”
Pidgeotto howled in pain. With a bang, it fell to the ground.
Golbat continued to attack with Air Slash. It took advantage of Pidgeotto’s weakness, and Pidgeotto couldn’t resist for long before losing consciousness.
“Really, is it so hard to be obedient?” Xiao Mao shook his head slightly, looking at the fallen Pidgeotto, and put both Pidgeotto and Golbat back into their Pokeballs.
Then, Xiao Mao and Nessa returned to the Pokemon Center and handed the injured Pokemon to Nurse Joy for treatment.
Half an hour later.
Xiao Mao retrieved his Pokemon from Nurse Joy.
He also took a look at Pidgeotto's current attitude towards him.
【Pokemon: Pidgeotto♂】
【Type: Normal, Flying】
【Level: 28】
【Potential: Quasi-King】
【Ability: Keen Eye (Thanks to Keen Eye, accuracy will not be lowered.)】
【Moves: Tackle, Sand-Attack, Gust, Quick Attack, Whirlwind, Feather Dance。】
【Friendship: 90 (Max 255)】
“It's really just begging for a beating…”
Xiao Mao was speechless. Before he beat up Pidgeotto, its friendship was 70. After giving it a beating, its friendship increased to 90.
Unfortunately, before leaving Pidgeotto, he hadn't given Pidgeotto a Soothe Bell, otherwise, its friendship could have been raised to 110.
Xiao Mao also found an enclosed space and released Pidgeotto.
“Pidge!”
This time, Pidgeotto didn't run away, it just turned its head to the side and ignored Xiao Mao.
Pidgeotto currently only submitted to Xiao Mao's force, it didn't truly recognize Xiao Mao as its trainer in its heart.
“Come, wear this,” Xiao Mao took a Soothe Bell from his backpack.
The last time he prepared Soothe Bells for Eevee, he had bought six at once, and he had given one to each of the Pokemon whose friendship wasn’t full. This one was naturally prepared for Pidgeotto.
“Pidge…!”
Although it was reluctant, Pidgeotto still allowed Xiao Mao to put the Soothe Bell on it.
Then, Xiao Mao took a comb and combed Pidgeotto’s feathers. During the process, he used two low-level Rare Candies to raise Pidgeotto’s level to 30.
“Pidge!”
Pidgeotto was stunned. It looked at Xiao Mao, who was smiling, and immediately understood that Xiao Mao was behind the changes it just experienced.
Pidgeotto felt its strength become slightly stronger, and it also felt that Xiao Mao was more pleasing to the eye than before.
“Be a good boy, I will help you become stronger,” Xiao Mao said.
“Pidge!”
Pidgeotto nodded slightly. It felt like it could become strong on its own, but this human in front of it seemed to be quite incredible, so it would be obedient for a while. If it found out that Xiao Mao wasn't good, it would find an opportunity to escape.
“Let’s go, I’ll take you to meet your companions,” Xiao Mao let Pidgeotto stand on his arm. He felt that the weight was alright and took it to the public training ground.
“Everyone, come out.”
Xiao Mao released all the Pokemon on him.
“Pidge!”
Pidgeotto was shocked to see Xiao Mao release 5 Pokemon at once. It had seen quite a few trainers before, but it was rare to see a trainer that could release so many Pokemon at once. Two or three was almost the limit.
“Pidge!” When Pidgeotto saw Golbat, its eyes instantly became sharp.
“Da…” Golbat was very distressed. Although it was a bat, it also loved to drink blood, but it had a relatively gentle personality. In order to avoid hurting its companions, it had deliberately left its tribe.
“Don’t get angry at Golbat, it’s originally a very gentle character. It fights with you because it's following my orders,” Xiao Mao said.
“Pidge!”
Pidgeotto didn't say anything. It looked at Xiao Mao's other Pokemon and felt that except for Blastoise, the rest didn't seem to be its opponents.
As for Golbat, Pidgeotto believed that it would eventually surpass it. The rest of the Pokemon were simply not worth mentioning.
Xiao Mao could tell that this Pidgeotto had a very arrogant personality.
The main reason was that Xiao Mao had swapped out all the Pokemon on him. The Pokemon that had evolved to their final forms had all been sent to Professor Oak’s.
Of the remaining Pokemon, only Blastoise looked imposing. The other five weren’t that good, and Infernape was even countered by Pidgeotto in terms of type.
With Pidgeotto's current strength, it could be ranked third in Xiao Mao's current team.
“Let me introduce everyone, this is Pidgeotto, a new recruit. You guys have to get along well, okay?” Xiao Mao said.
“Kame!”
Blastoise and the others nodded and showed Pidgeotto a kind smile.
“Pidge…?” Pidgeotto looked at Blastoise and the others, who all had benevolent looks on their faces. It felt something was wrong.
“Alright, let’s start training.” Xiao Mao took out all of his Pokemon’s training equipment.
Because Pidgeotto had just joined the team, Xiao Mao didn’t let it train. He just let it watch the others train. After all, Pidgeotto would also have to train in the future, so he could set an example for it in advance and prepare it mentally.