Chapter 73: Predatory Pokémon

**Chapter 73: Predatory Pokémon**

With the help of the Pokémon, Bai Feng quickly finished cultivating the flower field.

Larvitar waved its small claws, digging holes. Even though it was small, it worked with great energy. With just a few swipes, a suitable-sized pit appeared in the ground.

Helioptile was responsible for placing the flower seedlings one by one into the holes dug by Larvitar, and then Bai Feng and Bai Ye would fill the soil to plant them.

Brionne was, of course, in charge of watering.

Only Chikorita had nothing to do, so it stood by the field cheering everyone on.

"Chiko~ Chiko~ Chiko~"

Accompanied by Chikorita's cheerful singing, Bai Feng and the others spent half the afternoon planting all the flower seedlings.

"Phew~ Finally finished planting!" Bai Feng said, wiping the sweat from his forehead.

Just then, Chikorita suddenly ran into the flower field. It hopped and skipped, and a greenish-blue light suddenly rippled from its body.

The greenish-blue light spread slowly outwards from Chikorita, covering a portion of the flower seedlings.

"Chiko~ Chikoko~ Chiko~ Chikoko~" Chikorita's clear calls echoed through the flower field.

Is this Grassy Terrain? Bai Feng looked at Chikorita in surprise.

Bai Feng knew that his Chikorita had inherited the rare move Grassy Terrain, but he didn't expect it to use it at this moment.

The Chikorita given to Bai Feng by Flame Mask was really good. Not only did it inherit the two rare healing moves, Grassy Terrain and Heal Pulse, but it also learned Synthesis.

The day after getting Chikorita, Bai Feng had it demonstrate all the moves it knew. Besides the three healing moves, Grassy Terrain, Heal Pulse, and Synthesis, Chikorita also knew the two attacking moves, Tackle and Razor Leaf.

However, compared to the first three moves, the latter two were slightly unremarkable.

But that didn't matter. Bai Feng wasn't primarily training Chikorita for battle anyway. Besides, attacking moves could be learned later. Heal Pulse and Grassy Terrain, on the other hand, were difficult to learn and could only be obtained through inheritance.

Especially Heal Pulse; even a generation of breeding couldn't allow Chikorita to inherit this move, which shows how rare this move is for Chikorita.

Chikorita wasn't very strong, and the range of Grassy Terrain it could cast was limited, only covering a few flower seedlings around it.

As time passed, Bai Feng saw that the flower seedlings covered by Grassy Terrain seemed to become more energetic. Their leaves stood up, whereas they had been wilting just moments before.

Bai Feng thought to himself, as expected of Chikorita. Although it didn't have the legendary ability to bring plants back to life with a single breath, the Grassy Terrain it cast could indeed help plants recover their vitality.

Normal Grassy Terrain could also promote plant growth, but it was definitely not as effective as Chikorita's, which showed results almost immediately.

However, Chikorita was still a bit weak. After only helping about ten flower seedlings, it was so tired that it collapsed onto the ground.

Bai Feng walked into the flower field, picked it up, and praised it, "Good job, you're amazing. When you grow up a bit more in the future, you'll definitely become even more amazing!"

Bai Feng felt that Chikorita was definitely a Pokémon with great potential for him, and he must train it well.

Hearing Bai Feng's praise, Chikorita beamed with a smile.

Just then, Floette led the Flabébé back from the Orchard in a line. Bai Feng waved to them from afar.

When Floette and the Flabébé flew closer, Bai Feng pointed to the scene in the flower field and showed them, "Look what I planted for you?"

Although the Fairy Flower were still just seedlings, Floette and the Flabébé recognized them at a glance as the Fairy Flower they relied on for survival. They immediately cheered excitedly and flew into the flower field.

"La bebe~ La bebe~"

"La bebe~ La bebe~"

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After entering the flower field, the Flabébé gathered around Floette, holding hands in a circle, and began performing a mysterious dance in the air, singing unknown songs.

As the dance became faster and faster, green light spots began to sprinkle from Floette and the Flabébé's bodies. When the light fell on the Fairy Flower seedlings, the seedlings visibly unfolded their leaves little by little, and even their color became more vibrant and lush.

Watching this magical scene unfold before him, Bai Feng couldn't help but open his mouth wide. The Chikorita in his arms also looked at Floette and the Flabébé with sparkling eyes.

Chikorita felt that the Flabébé and Floette were simply too amazing. They easily did what it had just struggled to do with great effort.

After the mysterious dance ended, Floette led the Flabébé to Bai Feng to thank him for specifically finding the Fairy Flower for them.

Bai Feng was, of course, very polite.

Bai Feng then asked, "What were you doing just now? How did you make the Fairy Flower seedlings recover their vitality so quickly?"

Floette explained that it was the prayer dance passed down through generations of their Flabébé, Floette, and Florges family. It was invented by their family specifically for cultivating Fairy Flower, utilizing their racial talent. However, it didn't have much effect on other plants besides Fairy Flower.

Bai Feng was a little disappointed after hearing this. If it could also work on other plants, that would be incredible.

Not only was Bai Feng disappointed, but Chikorita was also disappointed. It had originally planned to ask Floette and the Flabébé for guidance, but it turned out to be an exclusive prayer dance that required utilizing the racial talent of the Floette family, which it couldn't learn at all.

In the evening, it was time for the regular session of lighting up the hidden energy circuit. So, after eating breakfast, Bai Feng led his mother and the Pokémon into the Room.

This was the first time Larvitar and Chikorita were having their hidden energy circuit lit up, so the two little ones were a bit nervous.

Bai Feng comforted them, "Don't be afraid, there's anesthetic, it won't hurt. You two watch the seniors first, and I'll do yours last."

The two little ones nodded and stood side by side.

Bai Feng tried to perform the process on Helioptile and Brionne simultaneously using his psychic ability. The process was very smooth and saved Bai Feng a lot of time.

Helioptile's energy circuit was just a little bit away from being fully lit up. Once it was, it could evolve into Heliolisk using a Sun Stone.

Bai Feng felt it was time to prepare a Sun Stone for Helioptile. The purity couldn't be too low, otherwise, it would greatly affect Helioptile's future growth.

After Brionne evolved, its hidden energy circuit underwent significant changes.

Bai Feng's decision not to rush its evolution earlier was indeed correct.

Brionne's newly added hidden energy circuit was derived from the original part. If any part wasn't lit up, that part wouldn't derive a new hidden energy circuit, which would inevitably waste a large amount of Brionne's potential.

At this point, Bai Feng would think of his mother.

Bai Ye had evolved into Gardevoir early on, indicating that much of its potential had been wasted before being developed. Compared to Pokémon like Brionne, which were trained by Bai Feng from their initial forms, it suffered a great loss.

Brionne's newly added hidden energy circuit became much larger, no longer limited solely to its throat area, but also extending to its abdomen and lungs. Its complexity also greatly increased. It took Bai Feng quite a while to sort them out and light them up little by little.

After Helioptile, Brionne, and Bai Ye's hidden energy circuits were all lit up, Larvitar and Chikorita lay down on the bed.

Bai Feng worked on both of them simultaneously, multitasking.

Larvitar's hidden energy circuit was in its abdomen. As expected of a pseudo-legendary's initial form, its hidden energy circuit was much more complex and denser than Helioptile's and Popplio's. Bai Feng had to be extremely focused while working on it.

Chikorita's hidden energy circuit was on its neck. Its complexity was similar to Popplio's, with the only difference being in structure.

As Bai Feng's golden finger and psychic ability grew stronger, his work speed was getting faster and faster. By the time Larvitar and Chikorita regained consciousness, their hidden energy circuits had already been lit up.

Bai Feng smiled and asked, "How was it? Didn't I say there was nothing to worry about?"

Larvitar rolled over on the bed, but because the anesthetic hadn't completely worn off, it couldn't fully control its body, so it tumbled off the bed with a thud.

"Hey~ Be careful..."

Before Bai Feng could finish speaking, Larvitar fell to the ground with a thump.

It was quite heavy, so the sound was loud when it fell, but Larvitar didn't care about a little tumble. It calmly got up from the ground and then wobbled around the room, seemingly adapting to the feeling after the anesthetic wore off.

Chikorita also wanted to jump off the bed. It pushed off with its four legs but couldn't exert any force, so it had to slowly lie back down and look at Bai Feng with pleading eyes.

Bai Feng shook his head helplessly, walked over, and picked it up from the bed.

The next morning, Bai Feng was fertilizing the Fairy Flower flower field when he suddenly received a telephone call from Officer Jenny, asking him to come to the Police Station.

Bai Feng knew that there might be results regarding the Excadrill incident, so he didn't delay at all and rode the Talonflame Captain to the Police Station.

Upon meeting Officer Jenny, Bai Feng learned a shocking piece of news: that Excadrill would prey on other Pokémon. The missing Gogoat and Skiddo from the Ranch were likely preyed upon by it.

Bai Feng had learned about the history of the Pokémon World in Primary School and knew that the Pokémon World had once gone through an important period, the civilization period of Pokémon.

In ancient times, it wasn't strange for Pokémon to prey on Pokémon, but later, as the bond between humans and Pokémon improved, human behavior began to influence Pokémon.

After many years of development, humans and some Pokémon truly formed a mutually dependent relationship and also completed the civilization of these Pokémon, preventing them from preying on other Pokémon.

Nowadays, Pokémon living in human areas no longer prey on Pokémon at all, but primarily eat berries. If it weren't for this, the Pokémon World would not allow ten-year-old children to travel alone.

Of course, this excludes undeveloped wilderness areas, where the Pokémon living there have not undergone the civilization period and still retain some living habits from ancient times.

However, ordinary Pokémon Trainers cannot go to those places, and the Pokémon from there cannot come over.

But Biyi City is not a wilderness area; it is the hinterland of the Human World. The appearance of a Pokémon that preys on other Pokémon here is abnormal.

Officer Jenny also told Bai Feng that there were drug residues in the Excadrill's body. That medicine would stimulate the Pokémon's nerves, making them more aggressive.

In other words, the appearance of the Excadrill was not accidental but was specifically cultivated by someone.

After hearing this, Bai Feng finally understood why Grandpa Fu and Officer Jenny had such strange expressions when they saw the Excadrill yesterday. One was well-informed, and the other was a police officer; they had probably already guessed the situation with this Pokémon.

Officer Jenny asked Bai Feng to go back and tell Grandpa Fu that since the Excadrill's appearance was not simple, they should pay more attention to the situation at the Ranch.

After returning, Bai Feng immediately went to the Coupling Gym and told Grandpa Fu what Officer Jenny had said. Grandpa Fu was not surprised to hear it. He smiled and said to Bai Feng, "I understand. You don't need to worry about the rest; leave it all to me."

What Bai Feng didn't know was that a day later, two people arrived outside Balice and Luobu's Ranch. Two young men, wearing black uniforms, kept looking around the spot where Bai Feng and the Excadrill had battled.

"The Excadrill disappeared right here," one of them said.

"It probably couldn't resist preying on the Pokémon in the Ranch," the other guessed.

"So it was captured by the people in the Ranch? Will there be a problem?" the first person asked worriedly.

The second person scoffed dismissively, "What problem could there be? It's just a crazy Pokémon. Let it be captured; it won't implicate us."

"How about... we go and snatch it back?" the first person said hesitantly. "Otherwise, it won't be easy to explain to the captain when we go back."

Hearing this, the second person glared at him irritably and said, "Do you know whose Ranch this is?"

"Whose?" the first person asked foolishly.

"The Coupling Gym Gym Leader - Grandpa Fu!" the second person replied, enunciating each word.

Hearing that name, the first person shrank his head, "Then forget it. Pretend I didn't say anything. At most, I'll just get scolded when I go back."

The second person sighed, "That's the only way."

The first person said irritably, "Why did that Excadrill go through so much trouble to escape? In the end, it still got caught by someone else! What's the difference between it falling into the Pokémon League's hands and being with us?"

The second person replied, "It took the special medicine made by the Leader. It probably lost its mind in the end; otherwise, it wouldn't have been caught so easily..."

The two didn't stay at the Ranch for too long and quietly left shortly after. No one ever discovered their presence.

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Recommend a Pokémon fanfiction novel "Pokémon: Trainer Paul"

Author: Can You Be More Serious?

Synopsis: Can you be more serious?

Synopsis: Some fanfiction novels always talk about picking up Pokémon, bond, and relationship.

Synopsis: In a good fanfiction novel, you don't need to say anything, and the Pokémon will naturally understand you. - Paul

Synopsis: As a transmigrator, Paul's goal is clear.

Synopsis: He wants to train powerful Pokémon and become a Pokémon Master, the strongest Trainer.

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Ash Ketchum: This guy Paul is my biggest rival, I will definitely defeat him!

Red: I have to say, some of Paul's ideas and training methods are hard to accept, but they are unexpectedly reasonable.

Blue: ... (Looking forward to battling him)

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PS: Paul's personality in this book combines his Journeys personality with some slight modifications, but it won't deviate much.

PS: The world background is a fusion of the anime, games, and movies, featuring characters like Red, Blue, Lucas, Ash Ketchum, etc. See the book's settings for details.

PS: Rational, no female lead.

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