“Weedle has already evolved.
Caterpie was captured around the same time, so it should be about ready too.
As long as it defeats this opponent, it should also be able to evolve.” Ash’s eyes turned, and he took out Caterpie’s Poké Ball.
“Come out, Caterpie!”
He threw the Poké Ball.
The red-and-white ball opened in midair.
The plump Caterpie looked at the opposing Weedle with a face full of fighting spirit.
“Hohoho, so you’re planning to do the opposite of my Pokémon?” The Bug Catcher laughed twice.
“This time, it’s my turn to attack.
Weedle, use Poison Sting!”
After hearing the Bug Catcher’s order, Weedle immediately spat Poison Stings toward Caterpie.
However, judging from the speed and power, the Bug Catcher’s Weedle was clearly not as strong as Ash’s Weedle had been.
This also gave Ash’s Caterpie enough time to react.
Ash’s gaze swept to the side.
His brain, which had undergone an increase in intelligence, thought of a countermeasure in just a breath’s time.
“Caterpie, use String Shot to hang from the tree.” Ash pointed at the large tree to the right of Caterpie’s body.
The trees in Viridian Forest were tall and massive.
Thick branches stretched outward, undoubtedly making them the best tools to use.
“Jiji~”
Caterpie immediately followed his command.
It spat out a swift strand of silk that stuck to the branch, then quickly flew upward like Spider-Man, successfully dodging the Poison Sting attack.
“Caterpie, start swinging, then aim at Weedle and use a diving Tackle!” Ash commanded loudly.
Caterpie hung from the branch with String Shot, its body swinging back and forth.
It looked just like Tarzan.
Soon, the swinging arc became very wide.
Caterpie also took advantage of the momentum to bite through the silk thread, and its entire body flew toward Weedle.
Its speed was very fast, directly knocking Weedle several meters away.
With the added force of inertia, Weedle had no way to withstand this attack and fainted on the spot.
After defeating Weedle, just as Ash had predicted, Caterpie’s body also erupted with the light of evolution.
Like Ash’s Weedle before it, Caterpie raised its head and spat out silk, quickly completing its cocoon.
[Name: Metapod]
[Gender: Male]
[Type: Bug]
[Ability: Shed Skin (Has a chance to shed its outer shell, thereby curing status conditions.)]
[Moves: Tackle (Beginner), String Shot (Beginner), Harden (Beginner)]
Caterpie also evolved successfully.” Ash was very satisfied.
This battle had allowed two Pokémon to evolve successfully.
However, there was nothing surprising about that.
After all, Pokémon like Caterpie and Weedle evolved very quickly to begin with.
Even in the games, these two Pokémon only needed to reach level seven to evolve.
“Hey, what’s your name?
You’re really strong.” The Bug Catcher was shocked by Ash’s battle style.
He had never imagined that Pokémon could battle in this way.
Just now, Ash had not only perfectly brought out the special effects of the Pokémon and its moves, he had also fully used the surrounding environment.
This was clearly not something an ordinary Trainer could do.
“Enough nonsense.
If you still have Pokémon, hurry up and send them out.
I can’t wait anymore!” Ash had also become somewhat excited because of the battle.
Caterpie and Weedle had both already evolved.
The one that still needed to evolve now was Pidgey.
Making Pidgey evolve would take a bit more effort.
“Since you’re in such a hurry, then I’ll let you see the ace Pokémon I only just captured,” the Bug Catcher said proudly.
Even though he had already lost two battles before this, the pride on his face still could not be hidden.
“Oh?
I’ll look forward to it.” Ash stared closely at the Bug Catcher while also recalling Metapod.
“Come out, my ace, Pinsir!” The Bug Catcher threw out a new Poké Ball.
“This is the ace Pokémon I just captured recently, and it’s also my last Pokémon.
If you can defeat my Pinsir, I’ll tell you where I caught it.” The Bug Catcher raised his chin confidently, like an elementary school child showing off a new toy he had just obtained.
As the Poké Ball opened, a huge beetle standing on two legs appeared opposite Ash.
With his Professor-level Pokémon knowledge, Ash recognized the Pokémon in front of him at a glance.
Pinsir, the Stag Beetle Pokémon.
A Bug-type Pokémon.
It fears low temperatures and usually lives in warm regions.
Using Bug Group Pokémon or Ditto can allow it to produce Eggs…
Wait, why does egg-related knowledge keep appearing…
Forget it.
No point thinking about that.
“A Bug-type Pokémon should naturally be fought with a Flying-type Pokémon.” Ash turned to look at Pidgey behind him.
“I choose you.
Go, Pidgey!”
“Pidgey~”
Pidgey cried out, spread its wings, and flew forward to battle.
“Pinsir, rush over and clamp it!” The Bug Catcher immediately launched an attack.
Pinsir stepped forward and charged toward Pidgey.
In response, Pidgey gave a disdainful cry, then spread its wings and flew high into the air.
“Pidgey, use Gust directly.” Ash also gave the order to attack.
Pidgey nodded and immediately flapped its wings repeatedly in midair.
The strong wind scraped across Pinsir’s body, making it ache all over, but there was nothing it could do.
Pidgey kept flying high in the air while repeatedly releasing Gust.
Pinsir, which had no ranged attack methods, had no way to hit it at all.
How was it supposed to fight this?
Fight my ass!
Pinsir broke down.
It angrily stomped in place.
But it was still useless.
Pidgey simply flew high in the air, constantly flapping its wings and releasing the ranged move Gust.
Gust was not very powerful, but since the opponent could not attack Pidgey at all, Pidgey was allowed to slowly wear it down.
After confirming that Pinsir could not attack it, Pidgey even mischievously circled above its head.
Nothing unexpected happened.
Pinsir, which had no ranged methods, was eventually worn down alive by Pidgey using the basic move Gust.
And because Pidgey had used Gust a large number of times during the battle, its proficiency in Gust successfully increased to the Skilled level.
“Your Pidgey is too shameless!” The Bug Catcher’s eyes filled with tears, the rims of his eyes slightly reddening as tears spun inside them.
To stop himself from crying, the Bug Catcher raised his head to look at the sky.
However, he inevitably saw Pidgey still flying in midair.
That made him want to cry even more.
Ash, however, burst into loud laughter.
“No matter what, I won.
According to what you said earlier, you have to tell me where you caught Pinsir.”
According to the knowledge he had obtained from Professor Ash, Pinsir did not have a normal evolved form.
It could only evolve into Mega Pinsir through a Mega Stone, but that kind of evolution was temporary and could not be counted as normal evolution.
“Wuwuwu… Your Pidgey bullied my strongest Pinsir, and now you’re bullying me too…” The Bug Catcher could no longer hold back, and even his words became choked with sobs.
Fortunately, in the end, he still told Ash where he had captured Pinsir.