Chapter 166:
"hmm... mmm..."
Hayashi Kaede nodded twice, unable to help but feel heartache for these Pokémon once captured by Team Rocket.
Especially those captured as children—they never had a complete childhood.
This Goodra’s body also had so issues.
Normally, wild Dragon-type Pokémon could remain in their first or second stage for over a decade without evolving.
But this Goodra had gone from its first stage to its final stage in such a short ti through unnatural ans. As a result, its body must have suffered so damage.
However, this also showed how advanced Team Rocket’s technological research on Pokémon truly was.
From this, we can see that they had experinted on many Pokémon.
"If it’s clingy, then let it be. It’s still young."
Hayashi Kaede showed support for the baby Goodra.
wtwo’s mouth twitched. It is still young?
It’s bigger than I am!
The next mont...
Gurgle... gurgle...
Two sounds ca from Goodra’s stomach. It imdiately looked at wtwo with hopeful eyes.
wtwo: "..."
"You usually prepare its food?" Seeing this, Hayashi Kaede hesitated, then asked in surprise.
"..." wtwo chose to remain silent.
"Sss..." Hayashi Kaede sucked in a cold breath.
He looked at wtwo in disbelief.
Wow, who would’ve thought? You really can raise Pokémon... So the legendary "wtwo Trainer" is for real.
Hayashi Kaede had assud wtwo’s Pokémon usually found their own food.
After all, Pokémon like Dragonite or Salance were already grown and capable of foraging on their own.
But he never expected there to be a "baby" Goodra too.
Thinking this, an image ford in Hayashi Kaede’s mind: wtwo painstakingly searching for food outside, then bringing it back for Goodra to eat.
Just like a father returning from hunting to feed his child.
"Such a strange feeling..."
Hayashi Kaede praised, "Didn’t expect you to be so kind."
Hearing this, wtwo felt a flicker of embarrassnt...
It flusteredly explained, "You... maybe don’t say that... It’s really clingy. Like, it’ll cry if it can’t see ."
Hayashi Kaede: "Alright then. That shouldn’t be a big problem. It probably sees you as a father... a parental figure—soone who can protect it. I’ll have the younger Indeedee try looking after it for a while."
The younger Indeedee should be quite good at babysitting.
Even if this "baby" is a bit large...
"Goodra~" (Hungry, hungry...) Goodra was still staring at wtwo, almost unable to resist placing its mucus-covered hands on it.
wtwo’s face darkened.
Hayashi Kaede quickly took out so satiating Energy Cubes from his storage ball and said to Goodra, "Here, eat this~"
Goodra looked at the Energy Cubes, its mouth twitching, but it didn’t approach. Instead, it eyed Hayashi Kaede warily.
Even though this human seed friendly, it had been tricked by similar-looking Energy Cubes as a child. After that, people kept injecting things into its body.
After the injections, its body would feel hot and swollen, and using moves beca painful.
The only reason it was even looking at Hayashi Kaede now without any aggressiveness was because wtwo had just spoken to him.
"..." Hayashi Kaede fell silent for a mont, then handed an Energy Cube to wtwo, signaling it to eat it.
After wtwo ate it, Hayashi Kaede gave Goodra a warm smile. "See? It’s fine. No problems."
"Goodra?"
The wariness in Goodra’s eyes lessened slightly, but it still looked at wtwo, seemingly waiting for its approval.
Only after wtwo said, "Go ahead, it’s safe," did Goodra approach Hayashi Kaede. It carefully picked up an Energy Cube. After eating it, its eyes lit up, but it didn’t imdiately take a second one. It waited for a while, and only after seeing that nothing happened did it happily take the bag of Energy Cubes and start eating.
"Whew... that was tough..." Seeing this, Hayashi Kaede felt even more heartache, but he didn’t know what else to say.
"That Salance is even more aggressive..." wtwo reminded him.
"Let it out. I want to see it," Hayashi Kaede took a deep breath. Even though he already had mories of Salance’s aggressive behavior, he still wanted wtwo to release it.
He just added, "Just keep it controlled."
wtwo nodded, took out Salance’s Poké Ball, and lightly tapped it.
The Salance he had sensed with Veridian Power earlier imdiately erged.
At first, it seed confused, but then it saw Hayashi Kaede and imdiately bared its teeth, blood-red eyes glaring.
However, it soon felt the thin layer of psychic energy around it and abandoned the idea.
"It changes its expression that fast?"
Hayashi Kaede remarked, looking at the snarling Salance.
[Pokémon: Salance]
[Gender: Male]
[Ability: Moxie]
[Potential: Red]
[IVs: HP (28) Attack (29) Sp. Atk (28) Defense (20) Sp. Def (14) Speed (27)]
[Level: 75—76]
[Moves: Roost, Dragon Breath, Dragon Tail, Dual Wingbeat, Hyper Beam, Flathrower, Double-Edge, Earthquake...]
[Description: Strength declined due to long-term malnutrition.]
[Friendship: -50 (Hates all humans equally)]
[Happiness: -40]
-50...
This was the first ti Hayashi Kaede had seen a Pokémon with such low Friendship.
Even wtwo, when they first t, was only at -20, sa as the Squirtle that initially helped him.
Hayashi Kaede extended his Veridian Power over Salance, then walked up to it and tentatively greeted, "Hello."
"Roar!?"
Salance was taken aback. It didn’t understand why its earlier hostility toward this human had vanished. Now, it even found this human sowhat kind?
Although that’s how it felt, it quickly rembered its days of captivity. As Hayashi Kaede approached, it bared its teeth again, as if trying to scare him away.
But Hayashi Kaede took a deep breath and, under Salance’s gaze, walked right up to it. He gently placed a hand on its belly, closed his eyes, and began sensing the source of its hatred.
Darkness...
The scene in his mind was pitch black. Then, a human in a white lab coat turned on the lights and approached it.
It flailed and struggled, trying to break free from its restraints. But the next mont, frost began to fall around it—frost that soon covered its entire body.
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