Chapter 32: Ever Grande Forest
(Fourth update!! New book seeks collections, seeks flowers!!)
“Alright! I’m pretty bored by myself anyway, so pleased to meet you!” Hearing this, Satoshi didn’t refuse, traveling alone really was quite boring.
“Yeah! Pleased to meet you!” Hearing Satoshi’s reply, Kasumi was very happy, both of them stretched out their hands and shook, a way of getting to know each other again.
“Let’s go!”
After shaking hands, Satoshi greeted them, and the two of them set off on their journey. Their next destination was Nibi City, to reach Nibi City, they first had to pass through the Ever Grande Forest.
Nibi City is located north of the Ever Grande Forest, going through the Ever Grande Forest is also the closest route.
“Huh??” They reached the entrance to the Ever Grande Forest, and they felt the same feeling they had in the park, and they unconsciously looked back at their surroundings.
Besides the passers-by, there was nothing strange, but there was a feeling like something was watching them.
“Could it be that those two guys followed us?” Muttering to himself, Satoshi felt that this feeling should be correct.
His first reaction was to think of Team Rocket, with their persistent and relentless nature, it might really be them, but he didn’t see their figures.
“What did you say?” Kasumi didn’t hear clearly, and subconsciously asked.
“Oh!” Kasumi didn’t ask any further, and followed Satoshi’s footsteps as they left the Ever Grande Forest.
They walked along the highway for a while, and saw a plain, in front of the plain was a dense forest, that was the famous Ever Grande Forest.
The Ever Grande Forest is a natural maze, and also the largest forest in the Kanto region, it is also a test map for newbies. The trees are lush and the sun rarely shines through, so it’s hard to tell where the sun is, so it’s easy to get lost.
Because as long as you start your Pokémon journey from the Kanto region, unless it’s a Pokémon from your family, anyone who travels to Pallet Town to collect the Pokémon that Professor Oak gave them.
They basically all follow this route, they will inevitably pass through the Ever Grande Forest, and the Ever Grande Forest is vast and contains a lot of Pokémon, it is the best place for many new trainers to catch Pokémon.
“Hey! You’ve been like this since you entered the forest, it’s hard for me to walk this way!”
Entering the Ever Grande Forest, the light was already very weak, this kind of place is easy to make people get claustrophobia.
And at this time, Kasumi was hiding behind Satoshi, her hands on his shoulders. Satoshi was now like a guide dog, Kasumi closed her eyes, only occasionally daring to open them and take a look.
Satoshi knew that Kasumi was afraid of Bug-type Pokémon, but he didn’t expect it to be so exaggerated in reality.
“There’s no other way, in this kind of environment, I always feel that something might appear…” Kasumi said as she shuddered.
Actually, it’s not strange, some people are not afraid of anything, but they are afraid of insects, and some people are not afraid of broken arms and legs, but they are afraid of needles, it’s not strange, there’s no need to make fun of them.
“Even if it’s a Bug-type Pokémon, it’s a Pokémon too! You’re being unfair to the Pokémon by acting like this!”
But some fears can be overcome, like she’s also afraid of Gyarados, but doesn’t she still use it well in the end?
“Even if you say that, I still find it hard to face them!” Kasumi felt a little better after hearing Satoshi’s words, it was true that they were all Pokémon, and she was being unfair to them by acting like this.
Shoo shoo shoo!!!
“Ah!! It’s here!”
They had just calmed down for a while when they heard a sharp cry, Satoshi subconsciously covered his ears, feeling like he was pushed to the side.
“Uh…” Satoshi looked at the side of the road, a Pokémon with a body length as long as his forearm, its body was divided into segments, green all over with light yellow prototype patterns, it was Caterpie.
“Even if there are Bug-type Pokémon, you’re overreacting!” Satoshi was speechless when he saw this, Caterpie and Magikarp are widely recognized as the weakest Pokémon, she should be able to handle it with her own strength, right?
“Anyway, just deal with it quickly~~~” Kasumi still had her eyes closed, holding onto his clothes behind him, not daring to look.
“Really! Pikachu, use Electric… uh… forget it, use Quick Attack!”
“Pika! Pika pika pika… ka!!”
Pikachu heard Satoshi’s command and immediately acted, originally Satoshi wanted to say use Thunder Shock, but after thinking about it, he gave up.
He changed his instructions, and Pikachu instantly charged out, its speed kept increasing, instantly turning into a silver electric light and crashing into it.
Caterpie in front of it simply couldn’t react, and was directly rammed by Pikachu, letting out a scream, directly hitting the trees behind it.
Seeing this, Satoshi pinched the brim of his cap, turned the cap towards the back of his head, and then took out an empty Poké Ball.
“Go, Poké Ball!”
He directly threw the Poké Ball, right when Caterpie hit the tree and was about to fall, it hit Caterpie, the Poké Ball opened, Caterpie instantly turned into a red light and was sucked into the Poké Ball.
The Poké Ball closed and landed on the ground, the red light on the button in front of the Poké Ball flickered, the Poké Ball shook slightly, Satoshi watched intently, his eyes fixed on the shaking Poké Ball.
Ding!!!
It shook a few times, and soon the Poké Ball emitted a pleasant sound, the Poké Ball stopped shaking, the light on the button disappeared at the same time.
“Great, good job Pikachu.” This was his first official capture, and he was a bit excited. He walked over and picked up the Poké Ball.
“Pika!” Pikachu was also very excited to see this, because this meant he had gained another companion.
“Whew… Satoshi, you really, you could have just driven it away, why did you have to capture it? It’s so weak, and it’s a Bug-type Pokémon.” Kasumi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw this, but she also felt a little wronged.
“Don’t say such reckless things, isn’t it pathetic for a Bug-type Pokémon like this? Since it exists, there must be a reason, maybe it can shine in a different way?” Satoshi looked at the Poké Ball in his hand and said calmly.
“But…”
“Even if you don’t like it, you don’t have to hurt it, right?” Before Kasumi could say anything else, she was interrupted by Satoshi, and Satoshi directly opened the Poké Ball and released Caterpie.