Chapter 40 Caterpie: Go back to the village to buy Poké Balls

After picking two more pomelo fruits from the tree, Mark and Caterpie leader returned to the campfire.

Caterpie leader quickly entered the hammock and shook his body to make the hammock shake.

It can be seen that Caterpie leader likes this hammock very much.

As for Mark, he broke the pomelo fruit open, stuffed most of the pulp into the mouth of the sleeping Caterpie, and then ate a small piece himself.

I can only say that it is worthy of being a super superior substitute for Orange Fruit.

Originally, under the effect of the orange fruit, Caterpie's injuries were already slowly repairing themselves. After taking the pomelo fruit, Caterpie's recovery speed suddenly increased by more than one level.

In just over a minute, the various injuries on Caterpie's body were completely healed, and there was almost no trace left.

Not only that, some scars on Caterpie's body are also fading with the passage of time.

If there is any shortcoming, it is that the experience points provided are not very many, only about twice that of the same weight of orange fruit, and the feeling of fullness is extremely strong.

He only put a small piece in his mouth, but he felt his stomach was full and satisfied and didn't want to eat anything else.

This also completely extinguished Mark's idea of ​​over-picking these pomelo fruits.

After all, the number of pomelo fruits is too scarce, so there is no need to drain the pond for a little experience.

As the night grew darker, Caterpie leader soon fell asleep in the hammock, while Mark stared at the fire, keeping watch silently.

Three Arbok snakes sneaked over when the two Caterpies were sleeping, but under Mark's gaze, they quickly escaped silently.

No words were spoken that night.

Near the early morning, Caterpie leader woke up, Mark took a nap, and then a new round of practical training for Caterpies began...

Just like that, one day, two days, three days...

Mark and Caterpie lived deep in Caterpie territory.

During the day, Mark took Caterpie to conduct actual combat training with Caterpie swarm, perfecting his combat skills and working hard to gain experience.

At night, Mark teaches Caterpies mathematics with Caterpie leader.

During this process, Mark will also take the time to teach the [Impact Training Method] to some of the better individuals in Caterpie swarm to improve the overall strength of Caterpie swarm.

At the same time, Mark did not forget to use the [Impact Training Method] regularly for the Wimpod Pokémon Egg to accelerate Wimpod from becoming his imperial spirit.

Ten days passed in a flash.

Late at night, deep in Caterpie's territory, there was an identical fire.

A silver thread was hanging in front of Mark, and below the silver thread, an Pokémon egg with a blue wavy pattern was spinning continuously.

In ten days, Wimpod Pokémon egg had become his guardian spirit.

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[Mark]

[Occupation: Spirit Master]

[Experience: 78%]

[Points: None]

[Imperial Spirit: Caterpie, Wimpod (hatching progress 88.73%)]

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Detailed information about Wimpod is still not available, but there is an additional hatching progress.

At this point Wimpod is about to hatch, and as long as it hatches 11% more, it will break out of the shell.

As for why Mark used a silk thread to hang the Pokémon egg next to the fire, it was because this could speed up the hatching of Wimpod.

Mark speculated that the hatching of the gnats should prefer an environment with slightly higher temperatures.

"Hiss?"

I don't know when Caterpie came over, and its round eyes were fixed on the spinning Wimpod Pokémon egg.

Mark tapped Caterpie's head gently and said, "Didn't I just tell you that it will take three to four days to hatch? Have you solved all the questions I just gave you? Go study with Caterpie leader!"

"Hiss, hiss."

Caterpie chirped twice, as if telling Wimpod to hatch quickly, and then reluctantly moved to the side of Caterpie leader and continued to write the addition and subtraction exercises that Mark had left for him.

After ten nights of study, Caterpie not only learned to count backwards, but also learned addition and subtraction. The progress is quite good. At present, addition and subtraction within ten have been solved, and he is trying addition and subtraction within one hundred.

Compared to Caterpie, Caterpie Leader may have a gap in basic knowledge. Currently, he has just understood the concept of numbers and learned to count forwards and backwards. However, his learning progress is good and he should be able to catch up with Caterpie after a while.

As for why Caterpie is so concerned about the hatching of Wimpod.

On the one hand, it is true that Caterpie wants to have a partner who can fight alongside it and participate in TV competitions together, but the bigger reason is because of the Poké Ball.

Yes, Poké Balls.

After Mark and Caterpie agreed that he would return to Clear Creek Village to buy a Poké Ball for Wimpod after it hatched, Caterpie would always ask about the hatching progress of Wimpod after a while.

After all, Caterpie had learned to count backwards a few days ago and could write numbers fluently on the ground with a branch.

It can be said that Caterpie has already received the funding from the village chief.

Looking at Caterpie's absent-minded expression, Mark sighed softly.

In fact, Caterpie's absent-mindedness is not only reflected in his studies. He is occasionally absent-minded during practical training during the day these days, resulting in unsatisfactory training results and reduced efficiency in gaining experience.

Of course, this is not the only reason why the efficiency of experience acquisition is reduced.

The reason is that Caterpie has accumulated more practical experience and has become more at ease.

As actual combat becomes easier, the amount of experience gained naturally decreases.

There are also reasons related to breath.

As they live in Caterpie Territory for a long time, the aura of Caterpies has changed unconsciously, causing ordinary Caterpies to sometimes fall into a confused state of "Why should I attack my companions?"

The combination of all the above factors resulted in Mark making a lot of efforts, but his and Caterpie's experience gain efficiency was not improved, and in the end they could only gain about 6% of experience on average every day.

However, compared with the unsatisfactory experience accumulation, the effect of Caterpie eating orange fruit and pomelo fruit has already appeared.

There was no change in the first two days, but as the caterpillar began to eat on the third day, it broke through the bottleneck of its body and began to develop again.

In the past eight days, Caterpie's body size has grown a little every day. The growth rate reached a peak on the fourth day, and then began to slowly decrease.

At present, Caterpie's body size has grown to about 93 centimeters. Mark estimates that if it eats two more pomelo fruits, Caterpie's body size will reach a new limit, which is about one meter, or maybe a little less than one meter, between 98 and 99 centimeters.

In addition to the changes in body shape, Caterpie's panel has also changed.

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[Caterpie]

[Five-dimensional potential:]

[Strength: F][Physique: F][Agility: F+][Spirit: E][Sense: E+]

[Features: Scale powder]

[Special Ability: Evolution]

[Skills: Impact (charged attack, instant attack, hard and soft penetrating attack, multi-stage combo), silk spinning, insect bite]

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The five-dimensional potential's [physique] was originally F-, but after eating orange fruit and pomelo fruit continuously on the third day, it was improved to F.

Mark guessed that the breakthrough in [Physical Fitness] potential was directly related to the secondary development of Caterpie's body size.

In other words, if he wanted Caterpie to continue growing, he only needed to add points to its [Physical Fitness] potential.

While thinking, Mark took the rabbit meat roasting on the fire and took two bites.

Then, Mark stood up.

"Let's go back to the village. We'll prepare today and buy Poké Balls tomorrow."

Looking at Caterpie holding a branch and absentmindedly writing numbers a few meters away, Mark suddenly spoke.

In fact, according to Mark's original idea, he had to at least wait until Wimpods hatched, then accumulate points to add points, and then return to the village to buy Poké Balls after these things were dealt with.

However, Caterpie wanted the Poké Ball very much.

It's like a child in the family who wants new clothes that all the other children have.

It would be fine if he couldn't afford new clothes, but not only could he afford it, but he also did it easily.

Looking at the pitiful appearance of Caterpie, he really couldn't bear it, and finally changed his mind. He decided to return to the village early and deal with Caterpie's Poké Ball first before doing anything else.

"hiss?"

"Hiss!!"

Caterpie was in disbelief at first, then it jumped and somersaulted twice on the spot, then quickly climbed onto Mark's shoulder, rubbing its head against Mark's cheek and neck continuously.

Having grown so big, it was no longer possible for Caterpie to climb to Mark's shoulder, but the caterpillar still tried hard to climb up.

Mark said with disgust, "I've told you many times not to act like a spoiled child to me. And why do you always act like a spoiled child, you big bug? If you continue to act like a spoiled child, I will change my mind and go back in a few days!"

Faced with Mark's disgust, Caterpie not only did not stop, but became closer and kept rubbing against Mark's cheek.

A few meters away, Caterpie leader put down the branch he was holding on his legs and stared at the man and the insect playing together. There was a hint of curiosity and envy in his eyes...