“Pidgeo—”
A sharp bird cry rang through the surroundings.
Pidgey’s body grew larger at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Its muscles became fuller and stronger, its chest muscles bulged, and its pair of wings became large and powerful.
Everyone stared at this scene, dumbfounded.
High in the air, Pidgey successfully evolved into Pidgeotto.
“Pidgeo—”
The sturdy large bird continuously flapped its wings, keeping itself in the air.
Its powerful strength caused a fierce wind to rise every time it beat its wings.
“Great!
Pidgey successfully evolved into Pidgeotto!” Ash was extremely excited.
At this moment, among the six Pokémon in Ash’s team, aside from Pikachu, Pinsir, and Scyther, who could not evolve normally, all the others had successfully evolved.
Cautious Ash’s phantom slowly appeared beside Ash.
Seeing this scene, Cautious Ash nodded in relief.
“You succeeded.
That really is impressive,” Cautious Ash said, then slowly dissipated and left this world.
[Obsession completed.
Reward obtained: Exp.
Candy +1, X Speed, Agility TM.]
Along with Cautious Ash’s disappearance, Ash also received his reward.
An Exp.
Candy, a bottle of brown drink, and a pink disc appeared in Ash’s pocket.
He paid no attention to these things.
His gaze was fixed firmly on Pidgeotto.
[Name: Pidgeotto]
[Gender: Male]
[Type: Normal, Flying]
[Ability: Keen Eye (Has sharp eyes and cannot have its accuracy lowered)]
[Moves: Gust (Max Level), Sand Attack (Max Level), Quick Attack (Beginner)]
Pidgeotto’s evolution did not teach it any new moves, but this did not affect the growth of its strength.
After evolving, Pidgeotto circled and flew at high speed in the air.
Its speed was extremely fast, dazzling everyone who watched.
“What’s going on?
Why could it evolve even like this?”
“James, is your foot poisonous or something, meow?
Why did it help it evolve?”
Jessie and Meowth strongly condemned James’s act of causing Pidgey to evolve into Pidgeotto.
James could only say that he felt very wronged as well.
“I just casually kicked it.
It was common knowledge that a Pokémon’s strength became greater after evolution.
But after evolving, its memories would not change.
Having been kicked once, Pidgeotto clearly held a grudge.
Even as Pidgeotto continuously circled and flew high in the sky, its sharp gaze was still locked tightly onto James.
As long as Ash gave the command to attack, Pidgeotto would not hesitate to launch an assault on James and tear him apart with its sharp claws!
“Well done, Pidgeotto!
Use Quick Attack!
Let these guys experience your current power!” Ash shouted excitedly.
“Pidgeo—”
Pidgeotto raised its head and cried out.
Immediately after, it dove toward James.
Fortunately, there was still a long distance between the two sides.
Even though Pidgeotto had become faster, it could not attack James in such a short time.
This gave Team Rocket enough time to react.
“Same trick again.
One more time.”
“Koffing, use Smokescreen.”
“Ekans, use Poison Sting.”
James and Jessie gave their orders at the same time.
Their long time living together had given them a unique tacit understanding.
Koffing once again spat out large amounts of black smoke from the holes on its body, while Ekans used the cover of the smoke to release a large number of poisonous needles.
Losing sight of its target once again, Pidgeotto came to an abrupt stop at high speed, not daring to recklessly charge into the smokescreen and risk being attacked by the two Pokémon together.
Poisonous needles shot out from the smokescreen.
Fortunately, after evolving, Pidgeotto’s eyesight had become sharper and its reactions more agile.
It spotted the Poison Sting with just one glance.
Its wings flapped, and its body spun through the air, easily dodging the Poison Sting attack.
But the smokescreen remained a difficult problem to solve.
Just as Pidgeotto was at a loss, Ash’s voice came from below.
“Pidgeotto, use Gust directly and blow the smoke away!”
That voice made Pidgeotto feel incomparably at ease.
It was like a traveler lost at sea in the dark night seeing the lighthouse at the harbor, pointing out a path.
“Pidgeo—”
A sharp cry rang out.
Pidgeotto flapped both wings, and the violent wind easily blew the smokescreen apart, revealing Team Rocket and their Pokémon below.
However, Pidgeotto’s movements did not stop.
The fierce wind blew so hard that Team Rocket and their Pokémon could not open their eyes.
Taking this opportunity, Pidgeotto immediately used Quick Attack, erupting with extreme speed as it slammed into Team Rocket.
Under Pidgeotto’s deliberate adjustments, several members of Team Rocket were all knocked together.
“Good chance!” Ash grinned and lowered his head to look at Pikachu.
“Pikachu, now it’s your turn to appear.”
As soon as Pikachu heard this, its eyes immediately lit up.
Ever since they entered Viridian Forest, in order to fulfill Cautious Ash’s obsession, Ash had always sent out other Pokémon to battle.
This had made Pikachu, who never had a chance to act, itch with impatience for a long time.
Now that it could finally make a move, Pikachu was going to fire everything it had accumulated during this period straight at Team Rocket!
“Pika, Pikachu!”
Pikachu looked eager to try.
“Before you attack, eat the Exp.
Candy first.
And this bottle of X Speed too.” Ash immediately took out the rewards he had just obtained from completing the obsession.
Washing it down with the X Speed, Pikachu ate the Exp.
Candy.
Vast energy surged inside its body.
Pikachu felt that it had become even stronger.
It even struck a pose showing off its muscles.
“Now, Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!” Ash gave the command.
Electric current surged from Pikachu’s cheeks.
It clenched both fists tightly, and Thunderbolt shot out, directly striking Team Rocket.
The powerful attack triggered an explosion, blasting Team Rocket straight away.
“You rotten twerp!
I’ll definitely be back!”
“Idiot, meow!
You said the wrong line!”
Team Rocket shouted in unison, “We’re blasting off again!”
After repelling Team Rocket, Pidgeotto landed on the ground, approached Ash, and rubbed against him.
Although its strength had increased a great deal, in front of this powerful Trainer, Pidgeotto showed no rebelliousness at all and remained very docile.
Against enemies, Pidgeotto’s sharp claws could tear them apart.
But when facing its own Trainer, Pidgeotto was willing to touch him with its warm body.
“That was amazing, Pidgeotto.
Your performance just now was really cool,” Ash could not help praising it.
“Pidgeo~”
Receiving its Trainer’s praise, Pidgeotto also seemed very happy.
“Since I’ve already completed my future self’s obsession, there’s no need to keep staying in Viridian Forest,” Ash decided.
After hearing this, Misty immediately cheered and shouted, “Yay!
I finally don’t have to keep staying in this forest full of bugs!”