Chapter 20: Chapter 20: Hungry Golbat
"Could it be that this Golbat has a Trainer?"
Thinking of this, Gary took out the Poké Ball, pointed the button side at the sleeping Golbat, and gently pressed the Poké Ball on Golbat.
The Poké Ball opened, and a ball of red light enveloped Golbat, capturing it. Because it was asleep, the Poké Ball did not shake at all, and it was captured directly.
"If you can capture it, why is it hungry?" Gary asked in confusion.
"Butterfree!"
Butterfree didn't know what happened and flew over to celebrate Gary's capture of a new Pokémon.
Gary didn't know what was going on with Golbat, but Golbat was now Gary's Pokémon, and he certainly couldn't let it continue to be hungry.
Gary released Golbat and took out a few energy cubes, throwing them into Golbat's mouth.
As if sensing food coming in, Golbat's mouth twitched unconsciously even though it was asleep.
"Golbat!"
After tasting the energy cube, Golbat woke up instantly and then looked around with a confused look.
"You must be hungry, eat more." Gary was not worried that Golbat would riot at all and handed a few more energy cubes to Golbat.
Golbat was stunned for a moment, but it could smell the energy cubes and knew that they were food. Because its mouth was too big to chew, it swallowed them directly into its stomach.
After eating a few energy cubes, Golbat gradually calmed down, and its bloodthirsty eyes were as clear as a college student's.
Seeing that Golbat had calmed down, Gary asked, "Golbat, why did you attack us just now?"
"Golbat..." Golbat showed a guilty expression, indicating that it did not intend to attack Butterfree.
"Exeggutor, come out and help translate." Gary wanted to understand what happened to Golbat, so he released Exeggutor.
Exeggutor is a Psychic Pokémon, born with telepathic ability, which can convey thoughts to the Trainer it agrees with.
Gary is the Trainer that Exeggutor agrees with, and the bond between the two can completely do this. Maybe Gary doesn't know telepathy, but Exeggutor knows it.
"Golbat, tell me what's wrong with you," Gary said.
Golbat nodded slightly and "Golbat, Golbat" told its story.
Although Exeggutor's telepathy is not very proficient, the specific meaning is still clear.
This Golbat was a Zubat a week ago and suddenly evolved into Golbat. After the evolution, it couldn't eat the berries it loved to eat, and it would spit them out every time it put them in its mouth.
Even if Golbat tried other foods, it was the same, as if it had anorexia, but Golbat still felt hungry, and sometimes Golbat couldn't help but want to bite Zubat.
Golbat didn't want to hurt its own kind, so it ran to the area here alone, but the feeling of hunger and bloodthirstiness kept tormenting it, so when it saw Butterfree at the entrance of the cave, it lost its mind and attacked.
"Golbat..."
Golbat said, and then put on an expression of despair, knowing what it would become in the future.
"Don't worry, this is normal," Gary said.
"Golbat?"
"Butterfree?"
"Exeggutor?"
Not only Golbat was confused, but Butterfree and Exeggutor were also puzzled.
Can it be called normal to suddenly become bloodthirsty?
"You could eat berries when you were a Zubat, but when you evolve into Golbat, you need to suck blood. You need to absorb 300 ml of blood every day to fill your stomach," Gary explained.
"Golbat!"
Golbat was confused but felt that what Gary said made sense. It was not after evolution that it suddenly became like this.
"Golbat..."
Golbat was in despair. If it was like this, it would not be able to return to its companions in the future.
"You will follow me in the future. I can arrange your food, and I will take good care of you," Gary comforted.
"Golbat." Although Golbat was nostalgic for its own tribe, it also understood that it could not go back in this condition and could only follow the human in front of it.
"My name is Gary, and I will be your Trainer in the future," Gary said.
"Golbat!"
Golbat nodded. It understood what Trainer meant. Usually, there were many trainers who came here to capture Zubat.
"Then come in."
Gary took Golbat back to the Poké Ball and took a look at Golbat's attributes.
Gary captured this Golbat, but he had his own ideas because he needed to use a certain skill of Golbat.
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[Pokémon: Golbat♂]
[Attribute: Poison, Flying]
[Level: 22]
[Potential: Gym]
[Ability: Infiltrator (can penetrate the opponent's barrier or Substitute to attack.)]
[Skills: Absorb, Supersonic, Mean Look, Poison Fang]
[Intimacy: 136 (max value 255)]
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"It can be used."
Gary nodded with satisfaction.
This Golbat has a skill that Gary can use.
This skill is Mean Look.
The target locked on by Mean Look cannot escape, and in battle, the opponent cannot replace the Pokémon hit by this skill.
The skill Mean Look cannot be taught.
It can only be awakened if the Pokémon has this skill in its own race skills.
Of course, it can also be mastered by some Pokémon through inheritance, but it is estimated that no one will deliberately breed a Pokémon that inherits Mean Look.
It is better to catch Pokémon with Mean Look directly.
"The Infiltrator ability is also good. You can train it as a main force," Gary said.
The Infiltrator ability can ignore damage reduction skills such as Reflect and Light Screen, and it is still a very good offensive ability.
Moreover, Golbat has another stage of evolution. When the intimacy reaches 220, it can evolve into Crobat.
Crobat is extremely fast, and combined with the Infiltrator ability, it is simply an assassin on the battlefield, killing opponents invisibly.
Speed in the game is simply who is faster and who attacks first. In reality, the advantage of speed is not just the advantage of attacking first.
The world's martial arts are only fast and invincible. If the speed is fast enough, most skills can be avoided, and the opponent can be played around.
After taming Golbat, Gary asked Golbat to help guide the way. As a Pokémon of Mt. Moon, Golbat is very familiar with the area of Mt. Moon and quickly found the cave with its companions.
It took Gary three days to reach Cerulean City.
These three days were basically spent on the road. In addition to Mt. Moon, Gary also met several Trainers who challenged him. Gary naturally made them experience the taste of defeat again.
Gary's Pokémon also grew slightly.
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Wartortle LV16-18
Exeggutor LV19-21
Butterfree LV15-19
Scyther LV16-18
Golbat LV22
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