Chapter 21 The Caterpie Leader Thinks Too Much

Clear Creek Forest, Caterpie territory.

Under the bright moonlight, Caterpie leader comforted the wounded in his tribe.

Several of the chief's guards followed behind Caterpie chief, distributing some fruits using a net woven with silk threads.

The fruit is somewhat similar in shape to an orange, but is blue in color and very small, only the size of an adult's thumb.

This fruit is the orange fruit, which is also the main raw material for making medicine.

As Caterpies ate the fruits, their injuries slowly recovered and they looked more energetic. It was estimated that they would fully recover after some time.

"Hiss, hiss, hiss!" (Humans, outsiders, damn it!)

"Hiss, hiss, hiss, hiss!" (Leader, expel it completely!)

The voices of the wounded Caterpies appeared alternately. They were very angry at Caterpie outsiders who had invaded their territory continuously in the past few days.

Not only the wounded Caterpies, but also several of the leader's guards looked indignant.

However, compared to the indignation of the other Caterpies, the leader of the Caterpies seemed a little absent-minded.

Unlike ordinary Caterpies, the caterpillar leader was not very angry towards that Caterpie. Instead, he was more afraid of it and also had some doubts.

Caterpie is an pokemon with very low intelligence. Although it is stronger than the impulsive and irritable Wedle, it is not much stronger.

Compared to its natural enemies Pidgey and Spearow, the cold-tempered Arbok, and the cunning and treacherous Rattata in the forest, Caterpie's intelligence is much lower. Only after it finally evolves into Butterfree will its low IQ be reversed.

Caterpie leader recalled his past experiences.

Since many, many years ago, Caterpies in Clear Creek Forest have been passing on their rejection and disgust towards humans through word of mouth.

As for why he hates humans, Caterpie leader doesn't know.

Anyway, this is what Caterpie tribe looked like when it was born a few years ago.

Due to the low intelligence of the race, the entire group of Caterpies are ignorant and just follow what the others say, even it is the same.

It was not until the last two years when it became the leader of Caterpies that its intelligence gradually increased and it understood some things.

Near the territory of Caterpies, some insect catchers would occasionally appear to catch Caterpies.

At first it was very angry, thinking it had found the reason why its tribe hated humans.

It plans to endure with the insect swarm for the time being, and when it is fully prepared, it will take revenge on those insect-catching boys and humans, just as it led its tribe to fight against those wild Rattatas.

However, as it learned more, it discovered that the insect catchers were very kind to Caterpies they caught and provided them with nutritious food.

Not only that, it also learned from the predecessors of Butterfree who flew back to Caterpies territory to lay eggs that there was a Caterpie home in the human village east of the forest.

Caterpies there don't have to worry about their natural enemy, the Rattata. As long as they spit out some silk threads every day, they can get enough food. Almost every Caterpie can evolve into a Metapod and then evolve into a Butterfree.

The only drawback is that the patterns on the wings of Butterfrees that evolved there would be rougher and stiffer, and not very pretty.

Female Butterfrees are better off, but it is difficult for male Butterfrees to find a suitable mate in the sea of ​​flowers.

Well, butterfly-type Pokémons still value appearance very much.

This is also the reason why some Butterfree do not lay their eggs in Caterpie breeding base, but return to the tribe's territory to lay eggs.

Caterpie leader found that there seemed no need for them to be so hostile to humans.

Then, just as it was thinking about whether to change Caterpie tribe's prejudice against humans, Caterpie outsider who partnered with humans stepped into their territory and seemed to be looking for them who were hiding.

Since it did not hate humans that much, and Caterpie alien was only close to humans and was not an Pokémon truly conquered by humans, Caterpie leader did not plan to kill it.

At first, he just warned the other party to leave on his own initiative. Later, when he saw that the other party had no intention of leaving, he thought of giving them a simple punishment and expelling Caterpie outsider and the human.

As a result, Caterpie suddenly burst out with incredible strength.

The impact was so loud that even it felt a little scared.

Not only that, according to Caterpie outsider, the other party seemed to have once been a member of this group, but had been away for a long time, so the aura on his body had changed a little.

This can also be seen from the opponent's battle.

Although Caterpie's [Impact] was very powerful, it never killed Caterpies from beginning to end, always leaving room for them.

For several days, Caterpie fought against the entire Caterpies clan continuously. Every time it was exhausted, it would leave temporarily with the help of the human, and then it would regroup and come back again in a short time.

What is the purpose of that Caterpie?

Why does it keep coming back and attacking Caterpie group, but never kills it?

Could it be that Caterpie wants to replace it and become the leader of Caterpies?

If it is defeated by Caterpies, and these ordinary Caterpies realize that Caterpie is not an outsider, then... will Caterpie take away its position as leader?

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The absent-minded Caterpie leader came to his senses, looked around at the wounded Caterpies who were still filled with indignation, and made a decision in his heart.

No matter what, it will not give up the position of the leader of Caterpies!

Even if it has to resort to some despicable means, or even cause some permanent damage to Caterpie, it will not hesitate!

Thinking of this, Caterpie leader decided to change his strategy.

If Caterpie appears again, it will not just lead the swarm of insects to drive it away, but will use methods to deal with powerful enemies.

"Hiss, hiss!"

As Caterpie leader was thinking about it, he saw a commotion in the swarm of insects and one of the leader's guards ran over in a panic.

——Caterpie and the human are here again.

Caterpie leader was not surprised. Caterpie left in the afternoon and did not appear until dark.

Calculating the time, it's almost time.

He ordered the nearby chief guards not to panic and asked them to gather the swarm of insects, and Caterpie leader then hid deep in the jungle.

In the darkness of the night, the means it prepared to deal with powerful enemies might produce better results...

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A thousand meters away, the fighting situation was similar to that of the past few days.

When Mark and Caterpies arrived at the territory of Caterpies colony, hundreds of Caterpies, organized by the leader's guards, blocked Caterpies in front of them.

On the flank a few dozen meters away, more Caterpies were rustling forward in the dense forest, trying to surround Caterpies from behind.

This is also the standard tactic of Caterpie tribe.

Every time they come these days, Caterpies use this encirclement tactic without any change.

It may seem amazing when you first encounter it, but after a while you will start to feel that the encirclement tactics of Caterpie swarm are very rigid.

The simplest way to deal with this kind of encirclement is to defeat the leader's guards in charge one by one, so that the ordinary Caterpies will become a mess. Unless Caterpie leader comes nearby in person, these ordinary Caterpies will not pose any threat.

However, if Caterpie army is dispersed and defeated in this way, then the meaning of training will be lost.

When it comes to exercise, naturally the greater the pressure, the better the effect.

In fact, this is also the fundamental reason why Caterpies have been fighting these days but have never been able to catch Caterpie leader.

"Caterpie, I'll just hide and observe like before. You can test those abilities here. Oh, and you can also test your [Collision (Charge Power Attack)]. I remember that in the dream world of forty-seven years, you should have improved this move a little bit and developed a very powerful killing move, right?"

"Hiss!"

Caterpie nodded, and saw Mark crawling into the nearby bushes. Before the swarm of Caterpies behind him rushed over to form a siege, he had already hidden in a relatively safe place...