After eating the entire Victreebel, Weedle's body immediately swelled up.
This was actually a common phenomenon before Bug-types evolved. After evolving into cocoon-type Pokémon, they had no way to eat, so they could only store energy through massive feeding during the Weedle stage. Otherwise, many Bug-type Pokémon would not be able to safely pass through the cocoon stage.
The white light of Evolution burst forth once again.
Weedle used all its power to resist the Evolution!
Through observing Weedle, this Weedle was combative and restless. After evolving into Kakuna, it would only be able to remain motionless and would feel extremely insecure, so it resisted Evolution with all its might. However, when it evolved into Beedrill, it would be able to fly, which it longed for.
So the current Weedle was conflicted inside.
At this moment, Tetsuya said, "Weedle, evolve. Even if you cannot move… I will protect you!"
After hearing Tetsuya's words, Weedle suddenly stopped, the white light on its body flickering.
Tetsuya held Weedle in both hands and said, "Evolve, Weedle. The sky and clouds are calling to you!" 'Bleeeegh! ( ´ཀ` )'
Weedle's final line of resistance against Evolution collapsed. At last, a dazzling white light shrouded Weedle's entire body, and Tetsuya felt the surge of energy.
The process of Evolution was peaceful and sacred.
When the white light dissipated, a Kakuna appeared in his hands.
It was already half successful. If everything went smoothly, it would evolve into Beedrill within three days.
What he needed now was to find a safe place to get through these three days.
He returned along the original path to his tent, packed up his things, and once again headed toward the outer area of the forest. It was not only safer but also had sufficient sunlight, which was also a necessary condition to accelerate Kakuna's Evolution.
He returned once more to the original clearing.
Tetsuya took out Kakuna and placed it on the grass to bask in the sun. Kakuna eyes revealed an "expression" of enjoyment.
When he returned here again, he found that there were actually more people here. Previously, he had been the only one.
The reason was simple. These people had no idea how dangerous a primeval forest was. The Pokémon inside had all survived long-term competition in the wilderness and were strong. Forget catching them, just being able to keep their own lives was already quite good.
Only after returning empty-handed for several consecutive days would they realize their own shortcomings, and then they would have no choice but to come back here and start catching weaker Pokémon.
Tetsuya's starting point was already higher than many people.
This also included those three from Ecruteak City, Takuya, Haruto, and Aurora.
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Tetsuya accompanied Kakuna, lazily basking in the sun on the grass, while Takuya was leading the other two to prepare for today's actions.
Naturally, they saw the Kakuna beside Tetsuya.
Haruto was the first to run over and said, "Oooh! Tetsuya, you've already caught a Kakuna! The three of us have been in the forest for more than a week and haven't gained anything, and we were almost injured by a Nidorino."
"Oh… mmm, you'd better take care of yourselves." Tetsuya continued basking in the sun.
Aurora snorted, "Tch! Who knows which tree you stole that Kakuna from. What's so great about it…"
However, Tetsuya did not take such a little loli seriously at all.
Aurora inexplicably felt slighted, puffed up her cheeks, and left angrily.
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Kakuna basked in the sun while Tetsuya occasionally used clean water to wipe its body. Now, the only thing that could penetrate its hard shell was clean water, though morning dew was naturally the best. Therefore, Kakuna would usually hang under trees so that morning dew could seep into its body every day, but there was no sunlight under trees. So if one wanted to raise a Beedrill with a "good mental state", it still required a Trainer's nurturing.
Early the next morning, Tetsuya began collecting morning dew to serve as Kakuna's water for the day.
Over these two days, more and more people gathered in the outer area of the forest. It was not difficult for several people working together to catch Pokémon such as Rattata, Pidgey, Caterpie, and Oddish.
With one Pokémon as a base, after a bit of training, a team could successfully equip each person with one Pokémon.
However, the three teams from Blackthorn City, Goldenrod City, and Cianwood City that had captured Pokémon from the very beginning had already pulled far ahead and moved deeper into the forest.
The teams here, after being fully equipped, also set out again toward the deeper parts of the forest. At present, everyone hoped to exchange back their own Pokémon, even if the cost was great.
On the morning of the fourth day, Kakuna finally emitted white light all over its body, and a Beedrill broke out of its shell.
The newly evolved Beedrill was clearly extremely excited, flying above the grass, going back and forth up and down. The sky and the clouds that Weedle had longed for were finally realized at this moment!
At this time, many people cast envious gazes, secretly regretting that they should have stayed in this place from the beginning. If they had caught a Caterpie or Weedle, it would probably have evolved by now…
But every choice one made had to be borne by oneself. It was normal for these people to fall behind Tetsuya.
"Beedrill, try out your moves."
After a Pokémon evolved, becoming familiar with new moves was the most basic task.
Beedrill thrust out its twin stingers, continuously swinging and striking. Benefiting from the strong body trained during the Weedle stage, Beedrill's striking frequency was very fast, and its twin stingers were sharper and more pointed than those of ordinary Beedrill.
Tetsuya could be considered an expert in raising Beedrill. Aside from its toxicity being inferior to the Beedrill he had raised in his previous life, in all other aspects it was already not inferior at all.
As long as it was trained according to his methods, defeating a wild Houndoom or Rhydon within three months was absolutely not a foolish dream!
From the frequency at which Beedrill used its twin stingers, it was clearly no longer an ordinary Twineedle attack, but rather Fury Attack.
This was also one direction for Beedrill's initial training. The moves Twineedle and Fury Attack could be perfectly combined on Beedrill. With focused practice, pushing the power and speed frequency of its strikes to the limit, even such a simple Twineedle combined with Fury Attack could deal massive damage.
After testing the Twineedle combined with Fury Attack, Beedrill began its next move. A flash of red light appeared in its eyes, and one arm thrust out its stinger. It looked no different from Twineedle, but the key of this move lay in the flash of red light at the beginning.
"Rage," this move's power was not very high, but if it was attacked after using it, it would become enraged, thereby increasing its Attack power.
Tetsuya nodded. This Beedrill had indeed not disappointed him. It had already learned three moves just after evolving. It should be known that although Beedrill evolved from Weedle, Weedle's moves could no longer be used, and all moves had to start from zero.