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Five days later.
"Weedle, Bug Bite!"
At the training ground, Weedle collides with Squirtle and bites his tail.
"Squii!"Squirtle was in pain and he was almost crying.
"Stop!"As the trainer shouted to stop, Weedle released his mouth and ran to Natsu's side.
"Your Weedle is great, the best Weedle I've ever seen, Thank you for your fight."The trainer put Squirtle away and said to Natsu.
"Thank you."Natsu nodded then crouched down so Weedle could climb onto his shoulder.
"I didn't expect Weedle at The Silph club to be so strong."
The trainer left the training room full of emotions.
This is Natsu's client today, sparring.
Kenji, a student, still has to go to school. He attended school during the day, so sometimes other club members would appoint him as sparring partner.
But most people choose him because they think Weedle is a weak Pokémon.
This view only slowly changed after the fight with Natsu's Weedle.
"Weed!"Weedle held his little head up high,
'he says I'm the best Weedle ever.'
Natsu shook his head with a smile "don't be too proud, you're the best just because he hasn't seen too many other Weedles, you and the best, there's still a big gap."
Giovanni's Beedrill was the best that impressed him so much.
"Weeed~~"
Weedle was already used to Natsu's words reminding him not to be too arrogant whenever he felt complacent, as well as whenever he lost and blamed himself, Natsu would comfort him.
As sparring partners, Natsu and Weedle have faced many Pokémon and trainers, and not all Weedle can face them calmly, often even losing and failing.
Natsu won't blame Weedle every time he loses, but before resting every night, he and Weedle summarize the reasons for his failures and shortcomings, and try to be able to fight in the next battle to avoid these shortcomings.
However, most trainers who use Weedle as sparring partners are not very strong, so Natsu and Weedle mostly lose less, and win more.
"Your movements with the previous Bug Bite are still a bit stiff, and the strength of the Bug Bite has not reached your current limit. These are shortcomings and need to be strengthened."Natsu recalled the previous Battle, commenting.
"Wee~~" Weedle nodded as he looked at him sadly.
"Yes, yes all right."Understanding what he meant, Natsu scolded with a smile, took a Pokeblock from his pocket and handed it to Weedle.
"Wee~~!"Weedle cheered with joy, wrapped his tail around the Pokeblock and ate it while humming a little.
"Let's eat, after eating, we continue the training."
Natsu walked to the corner and started reading the book" Bug-type Pokémon abilities ""relationship development and combat abilities".
In his impression, Weedle doesn't have much movement to learn, except String Shot, Poison Sting, Bug Bite, there should be the most difficult one which is Electro Web.
How to train this movement is quite disturbing to Natsu.
Right now, Weedle could only weave spit threads into a net, but could not use the energy of Electric-Type attributes.
It's a bit difficult to let Bug-Type and Poison-type Pokémon use Electric-Type movements.
"Do not rush. Natsu said to himself, "the focus is still on mastering the movements at hand. Right now, Weedle's String Shot and Poison Sting had almost reached (master). And the new Bug Bite can be considered (advanced)."
By reading, Natsu learns that the movement of Pokémon is divided into several stages.
[Studying], [advanced], [Master].
Pokemon's energy is limited, and there are many moves to learn and understand. It is impossible to train every movement up to the level (Master).
Therefore, it is the trainer's responsibility to choose the moves that best suit the characteristics of the Pokémon and the Pokémon's fighting style.
And as long as the movement reaches the (advanced) level, it can almost be used well in real combat.
Fortunately, Weedle didn't have a hard time because he didn't have many moves to train and master.
Besides.
After this period of training and fighting, Natsu decides that Weedle's traits are "Run Away", not the common "Shield Dust", which belongs to the hidden traits.
A Trait is the special abilities that each Pokemon possesses, similar to passive abilities in many games.
Traits Run Away, if in the PM game, can play a very limited role, only 100% can escape when meeting wild Pokémon.
But here, the Traits Run Away feature makes Weedle have a lot of speed.
This is also a relatively good Hallmark, although the speed of improvement is not great.
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By evening came.
Natsu and Weedle send Kenji and his Bulbasaur home.
Before returning home, Kenji kept reminding, the day after tomorrow to adventure together in the Shigeki forest.
After five days of training and fighting, Natsu and Weedle's understanding and strength had greatly improved. There shouldn't be too much pressure for the Shigeki Forest which was already under the control of the Alliance.
So Natsu agreed.
And just as he was about to return to the room, Anna, who was in charge of receiving and sparring, looked for him.
In recent days, Natsu and Anna have often talked to each other, and their relationship is relatively close.
"You train till night, madman."
Anna walked into the training room and saw Natsu and Weedle sweating profusely, and the admiration in her eyes became even more intense.
She has seen some strong trainers, but not many work as hard as Natsu and Weedle.
Natsu stopped and wiped the sweat on his forehead.
"What is it?"
"Here, here's your payment for today."Anna handed me a stack of banknotes.
Thanks to Kenji's care and occasional sparring duties during the day, Natsu's daily income has reached about 400-500poke Alliance in recent days, and he has accumulated more than 2,000 poke in 5 days.
It's almost complete to buy Weedle's Pokéblock, but more or less it's not enough.
"Thank you." He wiped his hands on his clothes, took the money, and put it away carefully.
"There is one more important point, which the director has already explained. This might be your chance."Anna said again.
"Oh?"Natsu was surprised.
Anna explained: "two days ago, the club received an assignment from the Pokémon School in Saffron City. They hope our club can send some people to clear the Shigeki forest outside Saffron City tomorrow. Because the difficulty level is not high, so the director decided to let the basic level sparring do it."
Natsu's expression became a little strange.
Anna didn't seem to notice the change to his expression, and continued: "the director said each of you will be in charge of an area, cleaning up potentially dangerous and aggressive Pokémon."
Perhaps she didn't think she had mentioned the most important point, she said again, "this mission may also be related to your current level. If you want to make more money, take this opportunity."
Is this the way to get a promotion?
Do some missions from Silph Battle Club?
"Got it."Natsu nodded.
Doesn't that mean he'll make double the money?
"And here is the map and the territory for which you are responsible."While talking, Anna handed over a document.
"Thank you."Natsu received the file.
"By the way, there is also an evaluation of your Weedle, you can see it, maybe it can help you. Rest early today, and work will begin tomorrow morning."After that, she turned around and left.
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(End of this chapter)