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Chapter 23 - Return

Gently, Aoki placed the Murkrow on the ground, took out the healing spray as an emergency reserve, and sprayed it on the Murkrow's wound. Suddenly, a coolness emerged from the wound. The original painful wound began to slow down. After a while, the wound returned to normal, and there was a throbbing pain. This was the disinfection of the wound.

Aoki ran out of the entire bottle of healing spray, unsure whether it was comfortable or irritating for the Murkrow, as it let out a hissing sound.

After eating some Pokeblocks, the Murkrow gradually regained control of its body and slowly stood up.

Aoki stopped the Murkrow, which was about to fly, and Aoki picked it up. With the weight of the Murkrow, Aoki had some difficulty holding it.

On the other side, a terrible smell permeated the air at the junction of the Beedrill and the Needle Beetle Territory. On the ground, on the trees, in the bushes, and on the dead leaves, the bodies of the Beedrill and the Butterfree were everywhere.

The Beedrill swarms that were in the vantage point at first had lost their quantitative advantage due to the continuous flow of Pokémon returning from different places to join the battlefield. The leader of the Butterfree was still on the battlefield, while the leader of the Beedrill had disappeared deep in the woods, making the Beedrill more miserable than the Butterfree.

As there were constant casualties, the docile Butterfree, which were originally docile, started to become angry. They no longer held back against the Beedrill, causing more Beedrill to die.

The moment the Murkrow defeated the leader of the Beedrill, all the Beedrill seemed to feel something, and their original state of frenzy disappeared for a while.

For a moment, all the Beedrill stopped in place, forgetting that they were in the battlefield, and after being attacked by a few Butterfree, several of them lost their fighting ability. But even in the face of danger, the Beedrill growled recklessly.

"Buzz! Buzz!" They had realized what was lost – their leader, and the breath of the leader was dissipating. It was like their king, who humiliates when he dies.

Several Beedrill lost their minds, ignoring the attack of the Butterfree, and tried to cross their line of defense. However, before they could approach, they fell halfway. One after another, more and more crazy Beedrill appeared.

Suddenly, a few stronger Beedrill, who were significantly stronger, stopped screaming and yelled at all the Beedrill. All the Beedrill suddenly became calm, like a pot of cold water being poured down in the hot summer.

They were ashamed, and the spirit in their eyes gradually recovered. In the end, under the leadership of the leading Beedrill, they slowly retreated. When the menacing Pokémon came, now they had returned, with not even a hundred of them left.

If someone could look closely, they would find an inexplicable entanglement around the leading Beedrill. This mysterious breath was the prototype of the leader's momentum, which appears when all members of a group are united and cohesive enough. When the breath condenses to a certain degree, it will be completely transformed into a leader.

The Beedrill retreated, and the Butterfree also returned to the woods with their companions. The fierce war between the two species ended like this.

It took almost three hours for the Murkrow to ease from the aftereffects of using Roost, which was still accelerated by Pokeblocks to aid in its recovery.

Although the skill Roost is very useful, it cannot be used frequently as it is damaging to the body.

Rarely, with Aoki's insistence, the Murkrow did not train, but continued to recover from its physical trauma under Aoki's careful massage.

When dawn came again, the Murkrow had fully recovered.

Aoki was preparing breakfast under the tree, and the thick Murkrow's wings were tied with the thickness of two arms of wood, galloping in the sky, circling around the tree.

In the final battle with the leader of the Beedrill the previous day, both Aoki and the Murkrow itself noticed the weaknesses of their bodies, and they learned that the Murkrow's wings needed to be strengthened after attacking.

After being promoted to the next level, the Murkrow's body was faintly strengthened. After flying a hundred laps, it would be very tired. Now, after flying a hundred laps, there was still more power.

Aoki took a short break, ate some Pokeblocks prepared by Aoki, and the Murkrow continued training. It took off the wood on its wings, stood on the ground, and started knocking against the big tree.

Aoki joined the training after finishing breakfast. First, Aoki started doing back running on the hillside, then did sit-ups, push-ups, and other exercises.

In the morning, the body is the most receptive. Aoki trained with the Murkrow, and they lay down on the grass exhaustedly, looking at the blue sky, feeling that their bodies and minds were relaxed.

After ending his lunch break, Aoki took the Murkrow on their way back.

Today was the sixth day, and tomorrow was the time for Team Rocket to gather.

As they passed the junction of the Beedrill and the Butterfree Territory, Aoki was silent for a long time, looking at the messy forest. Unexpectedly, it was just a subconscious act that actually caused a war between the two species. Looking at the dilapidated woods and corpses everywhere on the ground, it was conceivable how much the Beedrill colony had lost.

The Beedrill were not the only ones affected; even the Kakuna that was originally ubiquitous in the Beedrill territory had disappeared, almost entirely. The Butterfree, which were occasionally seen, were even missing.

For the two species, the loss this time was not insignificant.

Aoki sighed a little, and Aoki continued to walk toward the territory of the Beedrill.

Aoki, who experienced the tribulations of Aoki's previous life, had long been used to such things. This was a world where the strong survived, and if there was insufficient strength, no one could blame death. That kind of boring kindness had long been abandoned by Aoki. Except for those closest to Aoki and Aoki's Pokémon, Aoki would not believe in anyone and would not give kindness.

Benevolence was something that belonged to the weak. The strong had long been used to facing death.

Aoki, a Pokémon trainer in Aoki's previous life, had seen even more terrible slaughters, not to mention now.

Weakness was the original sin.

Aoki once again entered the woods of the Beedrill Territory, and a sense of familiarity came again, but the original lively woods seemed a bit empty, and the figure of the Kakuna was no longer found on the trees.

"I hope you have fun, don't bother me," Aoki muttered softly. According to the current situation of the Beedrill colony, Aoki was not worthy of their attention. The Beedrill, who had lost their leader, were like a pan of sand, which would be broken by the Murkrow one by one.

The woods that Aoki had been careful to pass through previously, Aoki and the Murkrow now passed straight through without any obstruction. It took almost two hours to return, but it took only one hour to come back.

During the entire journey, none of the Beedrill were met, as if all the Beedrill were curled up.

Aoki was satisfied with the appearance of the Beedrill. Today's Beedrill were no longer able to help the Murkrow. Just that little experience, if they stopped provocatively, Aoki and the Murkrow would not look down on them.

The Murkrow steadily passed through the territory of the Beedrill, and the trace of Pokémon activity gradually began to appear.

The way back was almost the same as when they came. When passing by the place where they were fighting with the trio, the original traces of the battle were almost gone, and only the blood on the ground was visible.

When passing by the Zubat Cave, Aoki put all the items originally stored in the cave into the storage belt.

Originally, Aoki had intended to go out a little to explore the surroundings. Aoki did not expect that it would take days to go out, but the harvest was quite abundant.

Also, it still belonged to the junction of the periphery and the center of the forest. The level of the wild Pokémon was not very high, and it could no longer meet the fighting requirements of the Murkrow. Even if it was not for treasure hunting, Aoki believed that Aoki would give up at most a day or two.

There were no traces of Pokémon activity in the cave, but on the ground outside the cave, you could see that there were already three or four waves of Pokémon footprints. It may be that the original Beedrill were relatively powerful and did not enter, even after wandering for a long time; otherwise, the tree fruits in the cave would be lost. Although these tree fruits had little effect on Aoki, and even some were useless, it was better than nothing.

But Aoki believed that in a few days, these hesitating Pokémon would be determined to explore the cave.

It wouldn't take long for Aoki to be here; it would become the domain of other Pokémon, and other Pokémon would live in the cave.

Aoki organized Aoki's things and left the Zubat Cave without looking back. This was just a small stop in the lives of Aoki and the Murkrow. They would not leave a lasting impression in their lives, and there was nothing to be nostalgic about.

It was like this trial island. It was just a stop in the life of Aoki and the Murkrow. It may be more important, but it was definitely not the most important stop.

Team Rocket were able to bring so many children to the island without anyone knowing and perform what was called a trial. Then the island was definitely not a simple trial ground. Although the level of the wild Pokémon on the island was not very high, the qualifications of the wild Pokémon on the island were generally higher than those of the wild Pokémon on the outside.

When the wild Pokémon outside met 10,000, they may encounter a rare Pokémon, but on the island, Aoki had already encountered two rare Pokémon, and other rare Pokémon also appeared more frequently.

This may be just one of the secret islands held by the Rockets. As for the secrets above, until Aoki reached the strength of the pseudo-elite Pokémon trainer like in Aoki's previous life, Aoki was not qualified to know.

Aoki's thoughts always drifted far away with Aoki's thoughts. Before the sun completely set, Aoki finally returned to the Rockets' base with the Murkrow.

Aoki looked at the intersection of the base in front of him and the darkness looked like an intimidating mouth that can swallow everything around it.

Aoki didn't hesitate to go in, and tightened the egg on his back tightly, his figure slowly merged into the darkness.