Chapter 20 Butterfree

"Hey! Ash, have you seen Misty?"

"She was following us just now, but she disappeared as soon as we arrived in Cerulean City!"

"Maybe she went shopping. It's okay. Don't worry about her."

As soon as Ash and his group arrived in Cerulean City, Misty quietly left the team.

Ash also noticed that she looked worried when she approached Cerulean City.

She must be worried about the promise she made to her three sisters at home before leaving Cerulean City.

"I will never go home unless I become a great Trainer!"

Misty had just left home not long ago, and it was a bit embarrassing to go back and see her sisters.

Ash and Xiaogang were walking on the streets of Cerulean City.

A burst of urgent sirens suddenly sounded in front of them.

"What's wrong? Did something happen!"

"Go and see!"

After that, Ash and Xiaogang ran straight to the building in front of them that was surrounded by people.

After squeezing through the crowd, a cordon had been set up at the scene, and the police officers seriously reminded the crowd not to get too close.

Ash learned from the crowd that he was robbed.

However, as people who had just arrived here, the two were questioned by Officer Jenny, who was investigating the case, as suspicious persons.

Officer Jenny was carefree and had a very erratic mindset.

Facing the doubts, Ash decisively took out the Pokémon Pokédex to prove his identity, and Brock took out a few Boulder Badges from his pocket to show that he had been a gym trainer in Nibi City.

The Pokémon Pokédex registered by the Alliance cannot be faked, and the information of gym trainers is also in the archives of the Pokémon Alliance.

These things are completely true.

Jenny quickly apologized to Ash and Brock.

Then Brock started to chat up Officer Jenny, which was popular. "Thank you, but you picked the wrong time!"

"I'm a policewoman, and my mission now is to catch the Thief!"

Gon, who was ruthlessly rejected by Officer Jenny, was dejected.

Ash laughed at Gon's frustration, then turned around and asked, "Officer Jenny, what was stolen?"

Hearing this, Jenny told the two about the situation.

One of them was a registered Trainer of Alliance, and the other was a former Gym Trainer. Maybe they could help her solve the case!

According to Jenny's description, the Thief was very strange. He didn't steal expensive equipment, but all he stole were huge pipes and large engines.

"Officer Jenny, I think I have some clues about this case!"

"Really? Do you know who the real murderer is?"

Officer Jenny looked at Ash with a little excitement.

Ash quickly comforted him and said that he could solve the case, but it would take some time.

He still remembered this case.

The Rocket trio had the idea of ​​using the water-type Pokémon of the Cerulean Gym.

They built a pumping robot. I guess they stole the pipes and engines of this company!

All the onlookers were quickly dispersed, and then Officer Jenny promised Ash that if he could catch the Thief, he would be awarded the title of Cerulean City Honorary Trainer and a cash reward.

Ding! ! ! !

System task released: Capture the Thief who stole the theft and hand him over to Cerulean City Officer Jenny.

Task reward: Qualification improvement potion (the potential of Pokémon with gold or lower qualifications will be increased by one level after use), Jenny family intimacy increased by 10%

! ! !

Ash decisively agreed to Officer Jenny's request.

With such a generous reward, he could only reluctantly send the Rocket trio to the Pokémon prison for transformation again.

Leave the scene of the crime.

Xiaogang said he was going to replenish the daily necessities and food for the trip.

Only Ash was left alone, and Ash, who was used to having a partner around him, was a little uncomfortable for a while.

One person and one pet came to the department store in Cerulean City.

Found a stall owner who specializes in recycling Pokémon evolution stones.

Sold the Moon Stone obtained from Mt. Moon to the other party. The Pixie leader gave him a top-quality Moon Stone, which can make Pokémon evolve and upgrade to a certain level.

The price is about 500,000!

Because it is in short supply, and it is a must-have evolution item for popular Pokémon such as Nidoking and Nidoqueen.

It can be said to be very rare.

In the end, Ash, the stall owner, successfully bought it back at a high price of 550,000.

It added a lot to Ash's coffers.

The bounty from selling Ho-Oh photos and capturing the Rocket trio was basically invested in Pokémon.

Ash feeds Pokémon with top-level energy cubes and the most expensive nutritional potions.

Especially the potion that heals Pokémon's hidden injuries is extremely expensive.

But in this regard, Ash is not stingy at all.

For his own Pokémon, of course, he has to use the best of everything.

Including Xiaogang, who purchases Pokémon food, Ash will also give him a lot of money, and the selection of materials must be the best.

Other Pokémon were fine. With Milotic's size, his daily food intake was basically several times that of Pikachu.

Since it joined the team, the balance in Ash's account began to drop at a visible speed.

Fortunately, Clefable was generous this time, and the money from selling the top-quality Moon Stone was enough for him to spend for a while.

With the large sum of money he had just received, Ash went to the Pokémon Equipment Center to buy various Pokémon training equipment, including weight-bearing props.

This was related to his subsequent customized training plan for Pokémon.

Ash would naturally buy props that could make Pokémon stronger without blinking an eye.

All the purchased Pokémon training equipment was put into the system space by Ash without the store owner noticing.

Leaving the equipment center, Ash was about to go to the Cerulean Gym.

Ding! ! !

Pokémon: Catterpie upgraded from level lv.9 to level lv.11

At the same time, the system prompt sounded.

Ash noticed that the Poké Ball hanging on his waist belonging to Metapod was shaking slightly.

"Huh? It's going to evolve!"

Ash reacted and went straight to the Pokémon Center.

He registered for accommodation with Nurse Joy.

As soon as he returned to the room, Ash couldn't wait to take off the Poké Ball that was still shaking on his waist and let the Metapod out.

The Metapod that came out of the Poké Ball glowed with a faint white light, and it was ready to start evolving.

Ash, who didn't want to miss the process of "breaking the cocoon and becoming a butterfly", chose to watch from a distance that would not interfere with Catterpie.

The faint white light flickered, and a hole gradually appeared on the surface of the hard shell of Metapod.

The dazzling white light shone with the beautiful pair of wings that Butterfree revealed.

Then the shell was completely broken, and the white light slowly dissipated.

Butterfree flapped its wings and flew up to Soaring in the sky. Its wings vibrated, and wisps of white scales fell down, adding a bit of haziness to it.

Catterpie finally succeeded in breaking out of the cocoon and becoming a butterfly!