After leaving Pallet Town, Gary hummed a little tune while riding on the forest path.
Gary's first stop was naturally Viridian City. To go to pewter City, he had to pass Viridian City first.
There is a small forest between Pallet Town and Viridian City. The Pokémon living here are not very powerful, which is very suitable for novice Trainers to level up.
The way to upgrade Pokémon is similar to the game, and fighting is the fastest way to upgrade.
Of course, in reality, the level can also be improved by training Pokémon's performance and skills. The speed of improving Pokémon's level by efficient training is not slower than fighting.
However, there is a flaw in training Pokémon levels alone, that is, Pokémon's battle experience is insufficient. After all, Pokémon has its own good fighting methods.
If you just train behind closed doors, the fighting style will be very simple, and the rivals you can deal with will also be limited.
For example, a Pokémon standing on the Ground will be at a disadvantage when fighting against a Pokémon that can fly.
If you meet it in a competition, you will most likely lose.
Therefore, a Pokémon must master multiple fighting modes, otherwise it will be at a disadvantage when it encounters an unfamiliar Pokémon in the future competition.
Swish~! Swish! Swish!!!
During the ride, a sound came from the dense grass around.
Gary immediately pulled the brakes and stared at the grass where the sound came from.
After a while, a purple Rattata jumped out of the grass. Rattata seemed to have seen humans before. No one was panicked and walked past Gary.
[Ding! Release task: Complete Rookie's first capture of Pokémon, and capture any wild Pokémon. /Task Reward: Low-level Rare Candy X5]
"Oh my god!"
Gary was shocked. He didn't expect the system to issue a task at this time.
But what does this task mean?
I only got 3 low-level Rare Candies for defeating Little Orange before, but I got 5 Rare Candies for catching a wild Pokémon.
Could it be that Little Orange is not as strong as a wild Pokémon?
[LV6 Rattata♀/Normal]
Gary looked at the passing Rattata through the Eye of Insight, and saw the basic information of Rattata.
"Not bad, the level, gender and potential can be seen directly." Gary said with satisfaction.
With the Data Eye, the potential of Pokémon can be seen at a glance, which is very convenient for Gary to catch Pokémon in the future.
Although there are many Pokémon in the Pokémon world, the potential of most Pokémon is below the gym level.
Although the task issued by the system this time only requires catching any Pokémon, Gary does not intend to catch the Rattata in front of him.
Gary will not capture Pokémon that he can't use.
Even if Gary is a collector, he will only capture rare Pokémon, such as Rattata. Especially since the Rattata in front of him is of ordinary caliber, Gary will not capture it.
According to the plot in the original book, Gary collected more than 200 Pokémon, but there were not many Pokémon that he could really use. Most of them were kept in Professor Oak's Laboratory.
In fact, this is also the reason why Gary stopped at the top 36 in the Indigo Plateau Conference.
Gary captured too many Pokémon in the Kanto Region. Each Pokémon would be bred for a period of time to test the potential of the Pokémon, wasting a lot of time and resources.
But Ash is different.
Ash captured a total of 11 Pokémon in the Kanto Region, of course, excluding the duplicate Tauros.
Among them, Butterfree was released by Ash, and primape was given away, so Ash only had 9 Pokémon in the Indigo Plateau Conference chapter, and naturally all his energy was concentrated on these 9 Pokémon.
However, this is also because Ash is the protagonist. Normal Trainers will capture several more of the same Pokémon when they choose to train a Pokémon, compare them with each other, keep the best ones, and choose to release the rest.
Ash is also the child of destiny. Although he has not captured many Pokémon, most of them have high potential, and the average potential is above quasi-elite.
Now that Gary has the Eye of Insight, he doesn't have to worry about the potential of the captured Pokémon.
"See if there is a useful Pidgey nearby." Gary plans to capture Pidgey as the first Pokémon.
Pidgey has a second-order evolution, and can eventually evolve into Pidgeot.
Pidgeot is a very useful home bird. Although its Species Strength is not good, it has strong mobility and high applicability. In addition, Pidgeot also has a Mega Evolution Stone, so it is also worth training as a main force.
At least in Kanto Region, among Flying Pokémon, except for the three sacred birds and Dragonite, Pidgey is undoubtedly the top one.
Pidgey is also easy to find. As a first-generation home bird, it is definitely a common Pokémon, but most Pidgey cannot evolve into Pidgey.
In a Pidgey population, the leader is at most a few Pidegeottos, and Pidgey only exists in a Pidgey population of about 50.
At least only Pidgey with elite potential have the opportunity to evolve into Pidgey, so it is very difficult to capture a Pidgey with good potential in the wild.
Ash also has a Pidgey, but after the Indigo Plateau Conference, he was released by Ash.
That Pidgey was captured by Ash when it was Pidegeotto, and Gary estimated that the Pidgey must have Elite potential.
Only Ash, a fool, would release such a high-potential Pokémon.
He said he would pick up Pidgey later, but more than ten years later, he became a Pokémon master, but he didn't pick him up. What a stupid person.
...!
"Where is Pidgey... found?"
"Oh my god, elite potential, no way."
Gary searched for Pidgey near the forest near Viridian City, but unfortunately he couldn't find even a Pidgey with gym potential.
Most of the Pidgey he encountered were of normal potential, and occasionally he would find a few elite potential, but he had never encountered a Pidgey with elite potential or above.
"Squirtle?"
Squirtle asked if he wanted to fight.
Gary was looking for Pidgey., and he kept letting Squirtle fight. He defeated many Pidgey along the way, and Squirtle's level was upgraded from level 8 to level 9, and he also awakened the skill Rapid Spin.
"No, let's go back." Gary shook his head.
It was already noon when he arrived in Viridian City. Gary spent the whole afternoon looking for Pidgey in the forest outside Viridian City.
It's 5pm now, and it's getting dark. We have to go back, or we'll get lost when it gets dark.
"Squirtle."
Squirtle nodded and followed Gary to protect him.
Seeing Squirtle's dedication, Gary smiled.
The Pokémon in this forest are not very high-level, and Gary can defeat the Pokémon here by himself.
"Huh? Why are the leaves over there moving?"
"Squirtle?"
As they walked, Gary and Squirtle found that there were leaves in the grass in front of them on the left that moved without wind. It didn't look like they were blown up by the wind, which was a bit weird.