Chapter 37. Join

Today is the last day before Cyan starts school, and it is also the sixth day since Cyan put the Sableye into the Poké Ball. If he doesn't release the Sableye for treatment soon, Cyan estimates that its injuries will probably worsen.

After a few days of training, Butterfree's proficiency in the two skills of Silk Shoot and Bug Bite has finally reached 50%, making them usable in combat.

Even so, Butterfree's stats still seem to be lower than Sableye's.

There's no way around it; after all, Butterfree's qualifications are still average, and its level is only 22, which is indeed not as good as Sableye's, with its good qualifications and a level of 23.

However, Cyan felt that if he couldn't defeat the injured Sableye under his guidance, he might as well be embarrassed and never show up as a trainer again.

Early in the morning, Cyan took Butterfree and Ponyta into the depths of the forest, as he needed to settle things with the Sableye today.

After more than half an hour, Cyan stopped.

"Let's do it here."

At the same time, he said to Butterfree, "We need to work together to deal with the Sableye later. What do you think? Are you confident?"

Butterfree nodded vigorously. Its mouth was sore from training these past few days, but it felt much stronger and fully confident in a fight.

"Alright, Butterfree, get ready. The moment I release Sableye, immediately use Silk Shoot to restrain it."

"Mmm!"

After getting ready, Cyan took out the Poké Ball containing Sableye and released it.

The Sableye, likely planning something the moment it was released, made no unnecessary moves. As soon as it emerged, it prepared to go invisible.

But Sableye didn't know that Butterfree had been waiting on the side. Before it could disappear, Butterfree's silk shot out and hit it.

"Eye?!"

Sableye, finding itself suddenly restrained and its invisibility interrupted, panicked and tried to tear the silk thread off with its claws.

"Butterfree, Gust, then Air Slash!"

Cyan shouted.

There was no time to waste.

Upon hearing this, Butterfree fanned its wings, creating gusts that attacked Sableye.

Sableye, still tangled in the silk shoot, saw that the Butterfree attacking it was in the air, and it immediately tried using Scare to block the gust.

Scare has a chance to make the opponent flinch, but with Sableye's proficiency in this move only at 40%, it wasn't effective. Cyan had already informed Butterfree about Sableye's skills and effects, so it was unsurprising that Scare didn't work.

Without interruption, Sableye was hit by the gust.

"Eye!"

Sableye, already injured, cried out in pain as it was hit.

However, it endured and counterattacked. A white light flashed from its hand, striking Butterfree in mid-air.

Butterfree couldn't react in time.

It realized it couldn't use Gust anymore!

"It's Disable!"

Cyan immediately recognized the move and quickly ordered, "Butterfree, use Air Slash!"

Butterfree regained its composure. Without thinking much, it flapped its wings, creating several white blades that whistled toward Sableye.

Sableye, still trying to free itself from the silk, noticed Butterfree's attack again. Shouting, it used its best Shadow Claws to scatter all the blades.

"Swish, swish, swish!"

All the Air Slash were scattered by Sableye, and it immediately tried to use Shadow Claws to destroy the silk threads.

"Butterfree, Bug Bite!"

At Cyan's command, Sableye looked for Butterfree in the air, but couldn't spot it.

"Eye?!"

Sableye turned its eyes in all directions, trying to find Butterfree.

However, Butterfree had already circled behind it, gathering insect energy in its mouth. The training over the past few days was paying off at this moment.

Butterfree bit the back of Sableye.

"Eye!"

Sableye wailed in pain.

However, it hadn't lost its will to fight yet. It tried to counterattack, and the shadow claws in its hands struck at Butterfree.

Seeing that its attack hadn't knocked out the already injured Sableye, Butterfree grew frustrated and immediately gathered more insect energy for a stronger bite.

"Eye!"

This time, Sableye couldn't hold on any longer, and the shadow claws disappeared, leaving it unable to fight.

As Sableye fell, Butterfree released its bite and flew back to Cyan's side.

Cyan smiled and praised, "Well done, Butterfree!"

Butterfree beamed with pride.

Cyan approached the Sableye, asked Butterfree to wrap it in silk again, and took out a healing spray from his bag to treat it.

Ten minutes later.

"Sableye, you awake?"

"Eye?"

Sableye startled and tried to become invisible again, but the silk wrapped around it stopped its attempts.

Cyan smiled and said, "No need to struggle. If you keep this up, you'll just hurt yourself again, okay?"

Seeing no chance to escape, Sableye stopped struggling.

"Eye?"

Cyan continued, "Sableye, your previous master is gone. I defeated him. I see great talent in you, and I want you to be my Pokémon. Will you accept?"

Cyan was straightforward, with no roundabout talk.

He could tell from Sableye's behavior that it had a strong will of its own, and it was tenacious. For such a Pokémon, Cyan believed it was better to be direct.

If Sableye didn't want to be his Pokémon, Cyan wasn't the type to force it.

From the moment Sableye realized it was in a Poké Ball, it knew its previous master was probably gone. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been left in such a dire state.

Cyan added, "Sableye, after our battle, I know you're a great fighter. If you come with me, I promise you'll grow stronger, and I'll help you reach your full potential."

Sableye, realizing it had been healed, looked at Cyan, who was patiently waiting for its response with a smile.

Lowering its head, Sableye began to think.

"The old master is gone, and that's good news—he wasn't nice to me at all! Even though this guy beat me, he's strong, and maybe he can help me grow. If I can become stronger with him, then it's worth a try. If not…"

At this moment, Cyan spoke again: "Sableye, if there ever comes a time when I can't help you get stronger, and you want to leave, I won't stop you."

Hearing this, Sableye finally made its decision.

It stood up, walked over to Cyan, and nodded.

"Eye!"

Cyan smiled, and Butterfree did too.

"Sableye, welcome to the team! Let's become stronger together!"

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