Chapter 20: Let's Get Stronger Together!
(Second Update!! New book, please collect and give flowers!)
“Come on!! Let's get stronger together!” Seeing this, Little Zhi was also very happy, holding the Poké Ball, gently touching the top of the Magikarp's head.
咻！！！
The Poké Ball opened, a red light enveloped the Magikarp, the Magikarp in the water directly turned into a red light and was taken into the Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball closed in his hand and shook slightly. Actually, whether the Pokémon struggles or not, when it first enters the Poké Ball, it will shake because it is not used to it, but the intensity of the shaking will vary.
咚！！！
After a while, the red light on the Poké Ball disappeared, the Poké Ball stopped shaking, and a smile appeared on Little Zhi's face.
“I caught Magikarp.” Little Zhi raised the Poké Ball in his hand, the sun shone on it, making the Poké Ball look particularly dazzling.
“Pikachu, please give Magikarp your guidance!” Putting down the Poké Ball, Little Zhi looked at Magikarp’s Poké Ball and Pikachu on his shoulder, and said.
“Pika!” Pikachu slowly opened up his heart, and at the same time, a response from Magikarp came from the Poké Ball in his hand.
“Alright, let's go!”
In this way, after successfully capturing Magikarp, Little Zhi officially embarked on his journey as a trainer, and his first goal was to reach Cerulean City north of Pallet Town.
You have to go through Route 1 to get there, but there is a forest between Route 1 and Cerulean City, and the distance is not close. According to Hana's description in the manga, it took Little Zhi's father four days to travel from Pallet Town to Cerulean City.
Although it's a child's pace, the children in this world are no less than adults, it takes four days, indeed not close.
Leaving Pallet Town and entering the forest, Little Zhi was still familiar with this place.
Professor Oak also brought them here three years ago during the summer camp, and later he secretly ran out a few times, and now Little Zhi is not the clumsy guy he used to be.
Before setting off, he had carefully done some research, and he remembered the route and location, so he wouldn’t get lost.
While walking on the road, Little Zhi kept thinking about the next step. Although in the anime, Little Zhi didn't know about the Indigo Plateau League until he reached Vermilion City (Viridian City).
But now Little Zhi already knows about the upcoming competition, and before that, he needs to collect more than eight Gym Badges to be eligible to participate in the Indigo League.
The first target is Vermilion City, although from the anime, a region doesn't just have eight Gyms, you don't have to follow the anime, but it's true that going to the Gyms you already know in the anime will save yourself a lot of effort.
There is no need to deliberately look for Gyms that are not mentioned in the anime or that you don't know about, which would be a waste of time.
So taking advantage of his own advantages, he already knows where to go next, the first place is Vermilion City, he knows Brock very well.
The first challenge is the Rock-type and Ground-type Pokémon combination, which is not easy for him at this stage.
Pikachu is Electric-type, which is completely restrained by Ground-type, unlike the original work, he actually caught a Magikarp, which can restrain Rock-type.
But at this stage, Magikarp definitely can't fight, it won’t evolve into Gyarados in the short term, otherwise it would be difficult to deal with without capturing other Pokémon.
Of course, the so-called Reverse Attribute Master will not be afraid because of this, watching the anime in his previous life, he knows more clearly that attribute doesn't represent everything, it's just that Pikachu at this stage definitely can't deal with it, he needs some training.
There is still time before reaching Vermilion City, and it is a good time to train Pikachu properly.
“Pika Pi!”
While thinking, Pikachu also seemed to wonder why Little Zhi didn't speak, he made a cry, as if asking Little Zhi if he was worried.
“Pikachu, do you want to get stronger?” Hearing Pikachu's voice, Little Zhi also came back from his thoughts, turned his head and looked at Pikachu.
“Pika Pi! Pika!”
He didn't know why Little Zhi asked this, but when he heard Little Zhi's words, he unconsciously remembered the scene when he was still a Pichu.
At that time, he was still a Pichu, but he was alone. Later, he was adopted by the Dragonite mother, like his own family.
But with him, the Dragonite mother had to worry more and carry more weight, and as the little Dragonite in the Dragonite mother's pouch grew up, the space in the Dragonite's pouch became smaller.
Adding him made the little Dragonite uncomfortable, although they were all very kind to him, but he felt very guilty in his own heart, so he decided to become stronger and leave.
Then he evolved into Pikachu, so when Little Zhi asked him if he wanted to become stronger, there was no doubt that he did.
“Then are you willing to believe me? Let's get stronger together.” Little Zhi was also very happy to hear Pikachu's response. Although the process was not as thrilling as in the anime, he could feel that Pikachu had already accepted him as a trainer.
“Pika!!” Pikachu also responded firmly, while clenching his small paw.
“Okay, then from now on, we are going to start practicing new moves!” Learning new moves while improving physical strength is the best way to get stronger.
Pokémon will learn some moves on their own when they reach a certain stage of growth, of course, they can also be trained to learn other moves during the process.
But this is different from the game, it's not that you can use the skill machine just by using it. In this world, if you want a Pokémon to learn skills that it cannot acquire after becoming stronger, you can only learn them through training.
“Pika Pika!”
Pikachu responded affirmatively, and the two gradually disappeared into the forest. Little Zhi planned to travel during the day, and started training at night when he stopped to set up camp.
Moreover, the depths of the forest are an ideal training location, and maybe they will encounter other Pokémon in the forest.
But no matter what Pokémon he encounters, training Pikachu is a must. If conditions permit, he also wants to train Magikarp together.
Although Magikarp has always been considered one of the weakest Pokémon, Little Zhi knows that as long as the trainer is patient and persistent, even Magikarp can become strong.
PS: There is one more thing I want to see how you guys feel about it. I want to use Little Zhi's storyline to follow Red's route, but Little Zhi has many Pokémon that don't evolve, some are fine because the plot didn't explicitly state that they can't evolve.
But some, like Bulbasaur, are explicitly stated not to evolve. Others that don't evolve also have very distinctive characteristics. I play the evolution stream in the game, and I will evolve it once I capture it.
After all, the game is different from the anime, it's not easy to fight without evolution. But Red, except for Pikachu, all evolved, what do you guys think? I still want to evolve if I can.
But if I require everyone to evolve, it seems to go against the X I pretended to have no weak Pokémon but only weak trainers.