Chapter 343 Sandshrew VS Charmander! Evolution!?
"Then you can come along, Sandshrew."
Wang Yao touched the mole's head.
"Goo-Goo?" (The sound is taken from the sound of Myr's unlucky Sandshrew in Pokémon Diamond & Pearl episode 47, "Myr and Casey and the Underwater!")
The sandshrew raised its head and looked at Wang Yao with its pair of dark eyes in a silly way.
Although it is just an inconspicuous supporting Pokémon in the animation, Sandshrew is still quite cute.
Moreover, the mouse Pokémon's naturally nimble little claws must make them very skillful in doing housework.
"Come to think of it... you seemed to have been captured while hiding in the pouch, so you don't have your Poké Ball yet."
Wang Yao took out a red and white ball, intending to subdue the sandrat again.
"You are so shameless... Fortunately, Caesar didn't get angry about this."
Professor Oak also recalled Wang Yao's miraculous operation in the wild area.
"I'm doing this for the sake of the marsupials."
"If we separate them and try to subdue them, wouldn't that be too inhumane~"
Wang Yao had naturally prepared an explanation for this a long time ago.
"Hey~"
The little dragon that traveled on the Crab finally returned.
"Hey~"
The little fire dragon jumped off the crab shell, ran to Wang Yao's feet, and kept waving its two little claws up and down, as if it wanted to express something.
"Yeah dong~"
【It wants to fly.】
The dull simultaneous interpreter appeared in time.
Although I don't know what the giant crab and the dragon talked about with the little guy, this wish is obviously not difficult to achieve.
"It's easy. Once you evolve into Charizard, you can fly freely in the sky."
Wang Yao pressed Charmander's head and explained.
"Hey..."
Charmander scratched his head, it had no idea how to evolve.
"As long as you keep fighting and defeating opponents one after another, you will be able to evolve."
Wang Yao soothed.
"It just so happens that a new partner joins the team today. Let him be your sparring partner."
Wang Yao pushed Charmander toward Sandshrew and raised his hand to signal.
"Hey?"
"Gujiu?"
The dragon and the rat looked at each other.
"Thank you for your hard work, Sandshrew. You will be the one to train Charmander in his fighting skills."
Wang Yao thinks the two Pokémon are about the same size, although Sandshrew may be a little higher in level than Charmander. (Pointing with fingers)
But they also have no combat experience, so they are just suitable to be each other's sparring partners.
“Guchu…”
The Mama Mouse looked back at the mother Marsupial Dragon.
"呣~"
The mother marsupial gently stretched out the tip of her tail and pushed the mole's back.
Even the gentle marsupials know that combat experience is essential if they want to survive in the wild.
"Gujiu!"
Encouraged by the marsupial dragon, the sandshrew got ready.
"Hey!"
Charmander also felt that his opponent was not much bigger than himself, so he was not afraid of a fight.
Thumb thump~ thump thump~ thump thump thump~
The battle music started.
"Sandrat, you are free to play."
Even if a four-year-old Sandshrew lacks combat awareness, it is unlikely to lose to a Charmander that has only been hatched for more than a month.
Therefore, Wang Yao did not give any specific instructions to the mole rat.
"Charmander, you will follow my command in the next battle."
Wang Yao took out the illustrated book and scanned Charmander.
Perhaps because Professor Oak had left this little Charmander to roam free among a group of marsupial dragons for a few days, it had already mastered the spark skill in advance.
However, the Charmanders assigned to new trainers by the League are of very pure bloodline, so there are no genetic skills available.
So there are currently three skills that can be used.
Scratches, cries, sparks.
"Try the power first - use spark attack!"
"Woo..."
The little dragon took a deep breath and gathered a ball of high-temperature flame deep in his throat.
“Wa——!”
The little dragon screamed, and flames instantly exploded in its mouth.
"Gujiu!"
The sandshrew didn't even think about running away. Facing the attack, it instinctively curled itself up into a ball.
Bang-!
Due to the lack of proficiency in the skill, the spark attack that was supposed to be ejected and then exploded exploded directly in Charmander's mouth.
The little fire dragon tilted its head back and fell to the ground with a thud.
"Gujiu?"
The sandshrew's tightly closed eyes slowly opened and it recovered from the spherical state.
Then he stretched out his little paws and touched his belly.
He heaved a sigh of relief when he found out that he was not injured.
"Gu——!"
On the other side, a puff of black smoke came out of the mouth of the fallen little fire dragon, and its eyes were already spinning.
"No...are you playing a fake match?"
Wang Yao picked up the little fire dragon from the ground with a speechless look on his face, opened its mouth and looked at its injuries.
Fire-type Pokémon naturally have a high resistance to fire moves... especially fire moves they themselves emit.
Therefore, Charmander was not actually injured, but was just stunned by the sudden explosion.
Wang Yao symbolically sprayed some medicine on the wound and woke up the little fire dragon.
"Hey..."
The little fire dragon slowly opened its eyes in Wang Yao's arms.
I smacked my lips and felt a cool medicinal taste inside...
"If you are not proficient in the special move, use it next time. Let's use close combat instead."
Wang Yao placed the Charmander back on the grass.
"Hey!"
Charmander showed his little claws confidently.
"Go ahead and use grab!"
"Hey!"
This time, Charmander did not make any mistakes, and three white rays of light appeared at the front of its claws.
Compared to the spark attacks that he had just learned, claw attacks were much more skillful.
Swish—!
Two claw strikes swept across the belly, but the mole rat still stood there.
"Hey~"
After a successful attack, Charmander turned back confidently.
"Gujiu?"
The sandshrew lowered his head and touched his belly.
Compared to its back and limbs, its belly is not protected by hard scales.
However, thanks to the excellent defense of ground-type Pokémon, its belly is much thicker than that of ordinary Pokémon.
The two claw strikes just now seemed not as powerful as the tickling provided by the mother marsupial dragon.
"Don't be careless, keep attacking!"
Wang Yao reminded.
"Hey?"
The little dragon came to its senses and showed its claws again.
With two quick steps, he ran back to the mole rat.
A claw swept across the left shoulder...but was bounced away by the hard scales.
The other claw was still scratching its belly, but was blocked by the mole's raised right claw.
"Gujiu!"
Sandshrew felt that he should also fight back.
But it really doesn't have any fighting skills...
Fortunately, when mole rats eat tree fruits, they often cut them into small pieces before putting them into their mouths.
So it is also quite experienced in "claw attack".
Swish!
A PLUS version of the claw attack hit Charmander head-on.
It was swept away several meters in an instant, spinning on the lawn like a red top.
"Woo..."
By the time the gyroscope stopped, Charmander had completely lost consciousness.
"This move is quite powerful. Maybe you have a talent for fighting."
Wang Yao commented with interest.
"Guchu~"
Sandshrew scratched his head shyly, obviously a little embarrassed by the trainer's praise.
buzzing...
Suddenly, a wonderful feeling emerged from the mole's body.
It felt like something was not quite right.
“Oh, this is——!”
Professor Oak stopped what he was doing and a white light appeared in his sight.
"Evolved!"
The mole's chubby body was bathed in the light of evolution, and the shape of spikes gradually condensed.
When the white light faded, the chubby sandshrew had evolved into a sandshrew covered in spikes.
"Gubba?!" (From the cry of Sandslash in episode 139 of the Pokémon anime, "Capturing the Charmeleon")
The Sandshrew raised its claws curiously, but was frightened by its own huge sharp claws.