After washing up, Gary checked out at the front desk and rode his mountain bike past the Pokémon Center.
After a night of investigation by the police, the cordon around the Pokémon Center had been removed, and the glass windows of the skylight were being repaired.
It seemed that everything was going well.
The wanted poster on the notice board at the door was also removed. "It should be fine."
After making sure that everything was peaceful, Gary did not stay any longer and rode his mountain bike to the north.
Gary's next stop was naturally Viridian City.
To get to pewter City from Viridian City, you have to go through Viridian Forest.
Because the Viridian Forest is densely wooded and is a natural maze, many Trainers got lost in it in the past.
But now there is no need to worry, the road has basically been opened, as long as you don't run into the forest on your own, you can leave by following the road.
However, Gary has no intention of leaving.
Viridian Forest has a lot of Bug Type and Flying Pokémon, and Gary is planning to capture a Pidgey with good potential here.
The starting Pokémon of the Green Champion Team is Pidgeot. If you miss Viridian Forest, it will be difficult to meet a Pidgey with high potential in other places.
In addition to Pidgey, Viridian Forest also hides three relatively rare Pokémon, namely Bulbasaur, Pinsir and Scyther.
For Grass Pokémon, Gary already has Exeggutor, but it does not prevent him from capturing Bulbasaur. Anyway, Bulbasaur also has Poison Type, so he can just cultivate it as a poison pet.
The most important thing is that the Pokémon that Gary hopes to meet now are Scyther and Pinsir. These two Pokémon are the ceiling of Bug Type Pokémon, and both can Mega Evolution.
In particular, Scyther can also evolve into Scizor, with the Technical Expert Ability. After Mega Evolution, Sword Dance plus Bullet Punch can directly push the team.
The key is that Scizor has no weaknesses. The only weakness is that it is afraid of Fire Pokémon. As long as it does not encounter Fire Pokémon in the battle, Scizor can be said to be unparalleled in attack and defense.
"Squirtle, help me explore the surroundings and see if there are any strange Pokémon." When he came to the entrance of the viridian Forest, Gary put Squirtle on the front of the car to help him find Pokémon.
As for Exeggutor, it is too big, and the mountain bike cannot bear the weight of Gary and Exeggutor.
After entering the viridian Forest, Gary rode slowly and saw a lot of Bug Type Pokémon, all of which were Catterpie.
"Are these Catterpie not afraid of people at all?" Gary asked puzzled.
Because the viridian Forest is rich in Bug Type Pokémon, it is also rich in insect-catching boys, and Catterpie is basically the first choice of Pokémon for every supplement boy.
Gary has no interest in catterpie. Although Butterfree has its own Gigantamax form, it is not that strong.
The main reason is that Butterfree's peak period is too short.
Bug Type Pokémon has a fatal flaw, which is its low lifespan. Butterfree's lifespan is only about 10 years. During these 10 years, its peak period is at most 5 years. After 5 years, Butterfree will start to decline.
Of course, if Butterfree's potential is high enough and its lifespan is extended, its peak period will also increase, but it will never exceed 10 years. This is the limitation of some Pokémon.
Pokémon's lifespan varies. Pokémon with short lifespans only have a flowering period of a few years, while Pokémon with long lifespans can be passed on to the next one.
For example, Dragonite has an extremely long lifespan, and it is no problem to pass it on to great-grandchildren.
"Squirtle!"
Just as Gary was looking around, Squirtle suddenly called out.
"What's wrong...
Catterpie!"
Gary looked in the direction of Squirtle's eyes and saw a yellow Pokémon lying on the tree.
This Pokémon was very shy and immediately used dense Leafage to cover its body when it found that it was seen.
[LV8 Catterpie♂/Gym]
[Ding! Mission released, capture the first Shiny Pokémon/Mission reward: Shiny Charm (the probability of encountering Shiny Pokémon is one in a thousand) X1]
"Oh my god, shiny Catterpie!"
Gary was shocked.
This is the first time Gary has encountered a Shiny Pokémon in the wild since he grew up, and it also triggered a system mission.
This Catterpie has nowhere to run. "Squirtle, use Water Gun."
Gary immediately issued an order.
As a Trainer, in addition to capturing the Pokémon he needs, if he encounters a Shiny Pokémon, he must capture it.
Squirtle jumped up and used several water balls to hit the Catterpie on the treetop.
This was Gary's suggestion to Squirtle. Although the power of the Water Gun would be reduced, it could be turned into multiple attacks.
Pah! Pah! Pah!
Shiny Catterpie was very timid and did not resist. He was hit by the Water Gun continuously and fell from the treetop.
"Go, Poké Ball!" Gary immediately took out the Poké Ball and threw it.
The Poké Ball flew out a beautiful arc and hit the target before shiny Catterpie landed, and captured it.
Bang! !
The Poké Ball fell to the ground, shook slightly three times, and the red light on the button went out.
[Ding! Mission completed, rewards have been distributed to the space backpack. ]
...!
[Ding! Post a task to capture 10 Shiny Pokémon/Task Reward: Advanced Flash Charm (5/1000 chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon) X1]
"There are follow-up tasks."
Gary didn't expect the system to reward a higher-level Shiny Charm. 5/1000 chance, if approximated, means 1/200 chance of encountering Shiny Pokémon, which is still quite high.
However, Gary is not very enthusiastic about Shiny Pokémon. Unless the Shiny Pokémon he encounters later is worthy of breeding, Gary will basically send it to Professor Oak's Laboratory and let his grandfather take good care of it.
Professor Oak is still very curious about Shiny Pokémon.
I believe that if I send this Catterpie back, Professor Oak will be very interested.
Gary parked the mountain bike, walked over to pick up the Poké Ball, and checked the Attributes of shiny Catterpie.
[Pokémon: Catterpie (shiny)]
[Attribute: Bug]
[Level: 9]
[Potential: Gym]
[Ability: Scale Powder (Protected by Scale Powder, it will not be affected by the additional effects of moves.)]
[Skills: Tackle, String Shot, Bug Bite. ]
[Intimacy: 100 (max value 255)]
"Scale Powder Ability, evolved into Butterfree is the Compound Eye Ability, which can be used in the early stage." Gary thought.
Although Gary does not intend to breed Catterpie as the main force, this Catterpie has good potential and is still worth breeding. At least it will be useful for Gary to fight in the gym later.
After all, Sabrina of the Saffron Gym uses Psychic Pokémon, and Bug Type Pokémon restrains Psychic Pokémo