Ch. 25 - To Vermilion City

*Ding*

[New Quest]

[Quest - Cerulean City's Small Tree {Unique}

Description - A Small Tree is blocking the path of 'Cerulean City' to 'Route 5'. Find a way to cut the Small Tree and open the path.

Reward - 1x Random Box

Deadline - Until someone else cuts the Small Tree.

Failure - None]

[<Accept > <Reject >]

Another quest with the same objective appeared, which I accepted. After accepting the quest, I started my journey to 'Vermilion City'.

Shortly after, I was back at the cross-section; this time, I chose to head onto the South path.

It was a very long walk. Along the way I even spotted a house which, from my memories, must be the Day Care Center, was surrounded by fences and ledges, making it isolated and only accessible if someone came down the ledges.

After the Day Care Center, I was in the presence of two buildings. One was a large building similar to the one present in the 'Viridian Forest', which connects the 'Viridian Forest' to 'Route 2'.

The other building was small, with a sign in front of it that read:

<Underground Path>

<Cerulean City - Vermilion>

Looking at the sign, it was easy to determine where I needed to go. But recalling how I received a quest to cut the Small Trees, it occurred to me that it might be possible to get a quest from the Guard who would stop anyone from crossing over to other cities just because he was thirsty.

With that in mind, I entered the large building. Inside, there was a single NPC dressed as a guard was standing.

Pretending to ignore the Guard, I made my way to the exit of the building. But just as I walked into the line of sight of the Guard, I was stopped by the red barrier.

"I'm on guard duty. Gee, I'm thirsty, though!" said the Guard to himself.

"Oh, wait there, the road's closed." said the Guard to me as he noticed me.

*Ding*

[New Quest]

[Quest - Thirsty Guards

Description - Some of the roads are closed while the Guards on duty are Thirsty. Maybe the Guards will allow you to pass if you give them something that can Quench their Thirst.

Reward - Access to closed Roads.

Deadline - None.

Failure - None]

[<Accept > <Reject >]

'Oh, I didn't get a Unique quest this time.' I thought as I looked at the quest and pressed <Accept >.

After accepting the quest, I turned around and exited the building using the same gate that I entered from.

Moving towards the small building, I entered, and inside the building was a small space, most of which was occupied by large stairs leading down, and the rest of the space was empty.

There was also an NPC in the form of a small girl standing by the stairs.

After interacting with her, I found that she was looking for Nidoran ♂ to trade with her Nidoran ♀. But since I didn't have Nidoran ♂, I couldn't do anything.

After interacting with her, I made my way down the stairs.

[You have entered an Underground Path]

The inside of the tunnel was nothing special, just a dark and straight path made of stone bricks.

But boy, oh boy, It was such a long and boring walk that I almost lost my mind while walking in the dark space.

After an unknown amount of time and continuous walking, I reached the stairs. Quickly climbing the stairs, I exited the dark underground path.

I was now inside a building similar to the one on the other side of the path. A small space, most of which was occupied by the stairs and an NPC standing by the stairs.

"People often lose things in the darkness of the Underground Path." said the NPC girl.

From what the NPC said, people lost their things in the Underground path which could be found if I had the necessary item to locate them.

'From what I know, there is an item called 'Item Finder' which I can get from Professor Oak's aide, who is in 'Vermilion City'.'

'But to get the 'Item Finder', I will need to have at least 30 Pokemon registered in the PokeDEX. Now that is a problem, I only have 12 Pokemon registered in my PokeDEX.'

'I would need to catch 18 new Pokemon to get the 'Item Finder'.'

"Sigh, More grinding it seems." I said as I exited the building.

[You have entered Route 6]

{Image Of Route 6}

As I exited the building, I was greeted with another sign similar to the one on 'Route 5'.

<Underground Path>

<Cerulean City - Vermilion>

The area around the building was mostly covered with tall grass and NPC trainers.

Since I needed to catch many Pokemon, I entered the tall grass in the hope of catching new Pokemon.

While searching for new Pokemon, I also fought with any NPC I could find along the way.

<Bug Catcher Keigo>

Weedle Lv. 16 <Defeated >

Caterpie Lv. 16 <Defeated >

Weedle Lv. 16 <Defeated >

[Gyarados gains 185+185+185 EXP. Points]

[Gyarados grew to Lv. 22]

[You got ₽192 for winning]

Oddish Lv. 14 <Defeated >

Bellsprout Lv. 14 <Defeated >

Mankey Lv. 12 <Caught >

{Image Of Mankey}

I encountered a wild Mankey, which I decided to catch, but just as I turned to the third window to select a Poke Ball to use, I realized how big of an idiot I am.

[Poke Ball x3

Great Ball x1]

I forgot to buy Poke Balls.

Using <Bite >, I lowered Mankey's HP and then threw the first Poke Ball, which after two shakes, broke. I threw the second Poke Ball, which managed to catch the Mankey.

'Now I only had 1 Poke Ball and 1 Great Ball left. I guess I would have to catch more Pokemon after buying more Poke Balls from the Poke Mart of 'Vermilion City'.'

Mankey Lv. 12 <Defeated >

<Picnicker Nancy>

Rattata Lv. 16 <Defeated >

Pikachu Lv. 16 <Defeated >

[Gyarados gains 217+396 EXP. Points]

[You got ₽320 for winning]

<Camper Ricky>

Squirtle Lv. 20 <Defeated >

[Gyarados gains 297 EXP. Points]

[Gyarados grew to Lv. 23]

[You got ₽400 for winning]

<Bug Catcher Elijah>

Butterfree Lv. 20 <Defeated >

{Image Of Butterfree}

[Gyarados gains 818 EXP. Points]

[You got ₽240 for winning]

Abra Lv. 14 <Defeated >

<Picnicker Isabelle>

Pidgey Lv. 16 <Defeated >

Pidgey Lv. 16 <Defeated >

Pidgey Lv. 16 <Defeated >

[Gyarados gains 208+208+208 EXP. Points]

[You got ₽320 for winning]

<Camper Jeff>

Spearow Lv. 16 <Defeated >

Raticate Lv. 16 <Defeated >

{Image Of Raticate}

[Gyarados gains 220+548 EXP. Points]

[Gyarados grew to Lv. 24]

[Gyarados wants to learn the move <Crunch >]

[But Gyarados already knows four moves.]

[Should a move be deleted and replaced with <Crunch >?]

Looking at the notification, I thought of choosing to replace <Bite >, but the special effect of <Bite > which causes the foe to flinch was too important to lose. So I chose to forget <Tackle > and learn <Crunch > in its place.

[Gyarados forgot how to use <Tackle >]

[Gyarados has learned <Crunch >]

[Gyarados wants to learn the move <Twister >]

[But Gyarados already knows four moves.]

[Should a move be deleted and replaced with <Twister >?]

<Twister > is a Dragon-Type move that has a 20% chance of causing the foe to flinch, even though <Bite > had a 30% chance of causing the foe to flinch. But I might need a Dragon-Type move in the future, and <Twister > can damage multiple opponents at once.

So I chose <Bite > to be replaced with <Twister >.

[Gyarados forgot how to use <Bite >]

[Gyarados has learned <Twister >]

[You got ₽320 for winning]

And just like that, I defeated the last NPC and reached the end of 'Route 6'. After walking for a short distance, a notification appeared.

[You have entered Vermilion City]

{Image Of Vermilion City}

After entering the city, I easily found the Pokemon Center.

After a quick healing session with Nurse Joy, I moved to the PC to check the stats of the Mankey that I caught.

[PokeDEX : 056

Name : Mankey (Fighting)

Nature : Lax (+10% Defense, -10% Sp. Defense)

Level - 12

XP : 1,728

To Next Lv. : 469

Item Held - <None >]

[HP : 34/34

Attack : 25

Defense : 16

Sp. Atk : 13

Sp. Def : 15

Speed : 22]

[HP IV : 26

Attack IV : 14

Defense IV : 15

Sp. Atk IV : 04

Sp. Def IV : 13

Speed IV : 07

Total : 79/186]

[Low Kick <Fighting > PP: 20/20

Taunt <Dark > PP: 20/20

Pursuit <Dark > PP: 20/20

Seismic Toss <Fighting > PP: 20/20

Ability : Vital Spirit (Prevents the Pokemon from falling asleep.)]

"Even though I was not expecting anything and only caught them for numbers, but it's still a decent Pokemon, just not worth training." I said as I closed the PC.

"Sigh, It's been a long and eventful day. I guess I should exit the Pokemon world now." I said as I made my way and sat down in the sitting area of the Pokemon Center and exited the Pokemon World.