Move Comprehension

"Bulbasaur!!"

Ian immediately dashed to Bulbasuar's side, while Natsu also followed from behind and trotted to where Weedle and Bulbasaur were roughhousing. They noticed that Bulbasaur was lying on the ground with its eyes closed, while Weedle looked at Bulbasaur on the ground blankly, a little overwhelmed.

"What's wrong?" Natsu asked in a deep voice.

"Wee~dle. Wee~" Weedle after seeing Natsu found its backbone all at once. It swung its body trying to explain something, but couldn't express it clearly.

"Bulba..."

Bulbasaur opened its eyes, and after the initial pain had passed, it also gradually stood up.

Ian and Natsu breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Bulbasaur recover quickly.

"What just happened?"

Weedle and Bulbasaur looked at each other, but there was no hostility between the two Pokémon because of what had just happened.

"Bulbasaur!"

"Weedle!"

Then the two Pokémon began to act out what just happened.

Previously, while Weedle and Bulbasaur were playing with each other, Bulbasaur took the Vine Whip into its mouth and bit it in order to show Weedle the toughness of its Vine Whip.

Weedle was also very curious about Bulbasaur's Vine Whip that can grow from its body. So it said that it wanted to try it too, so it took a bite. Of course, Bulbasaur didn't care about this. After all, it was very confident in its Vine Whip's resilience.

But who knew, when Weedle bit into Bulbasaur's Vine Whip, it suddenly thought back to the picture of Natsu training it to bite the tree trunk, and suddenly, unknown energy in its body was aroused.

It may be because of the accumulated experience of training, or because it ate a Pokéblock today, which happened to stimulate its potential.

It suddenly realized the Bug Type move, Bug Bite.

The result was predictable: Bulbasaur's Vine Whip took a heavy hit in Weedle's mouth.

Natsu and Ian were stunned after watching the two Pokémon's performance and the glowing green halo in Weedle's open mouth.

Bug Bite is a move that can only be learned when the Weedle reaches level 9 in the game, but when Weedle reaches level 7, it will evolve into a Kakuna, and can only be learned by preventing Weedle's evolution. In the game, in case the Weedle evolves, it can only learn this move through the Technical Machine. It is also the last move in Weedle's moveset, alongside String Shot and Poison Sting.

But that's in the game; In the real world, there is obviously no concept of level promotion and automatic learning of moves, and there is no such thing as a Technical Machine. If you want to learn a move, it's only possible when the Pokémon meets certain conditions and timing. It is also possible to comprehend a move through targeted continuous training, after all, practice makes perfect.

Weedle has been training for a period of time under Natsu's arrangement, but according to his estimation, even with the Pokéblock's Help, it would take at least a week or more to learn it. But he did not expect it to suddenly realize the move while playing with Bulbasaur.

It could be seen that although Natsu's Weedle looked ordinary in all aspects, it should be better in terms of move comprehension. Of course, the previous training and Natsu's insights also played a great role.

"Wee~" Weedle stared blankly at Natsu, still unaware of what was going on, and even blamed itself for hurting Bulbasaur.

It wasn't until Natsu picked it up that it finally recovered.

"This situation is like what is written in the school books when a Pokemon understands new moves?" Ian murmured.

He was not angry as it was normal for Pokémon to accidentally hurt each other while playing. Bulbasaur was only in pain, it was not hurt much.

But seeing Weedle suddenly learn a new move while playing is a bit beyond his cognition.

"Don't be nervous, you have learned a new move, which means that our training has achieved good results, and your efforts have paid off." Natsu touched Weedle's back and comforted it.

It was not just a reward for Weedle's hard work, it was a testament to the way he trains. This gave him more confidence that he can train and develop Weedle his own way.

Weedle's little eyes twinkled.

It turns out that this was the feeling of comprehending new moves, which felt very magical and wonderful.

"Okay, go and apologize to Bulbasaur, and we'll have a special training session on the Bug Bite move, so you can use it flexibly in battle as soon as possible." Natsu put Weedle back on the ground.

This incidnet once again strengthened his conviction in the fact that 'There are no trash Pokémon, only trash Trainers'; If Weedle can maintain this level of comprehension, it may not be too obvious in the Weedle stage, but once it evolves into Beedrill, he is confident in his ability to cultivate it into powerful finisher or harvester in battle.

"Wee~dle!!" Weedle nodded obediently, crawled up to Bulbasaur and apologized softly.

Seeing the two Pokémon happily play again, Natsu laughed. This realization was of a great significance to him.

Besides him, Ian who had finally recovered, looked at Weedle who was playing with Bulbasaur, and then looked back at Natsu and thought:

"Is this a Trainer?"

About Natsu, he was really convinced this time.

This is the first time he has seen a Pokemon learn a new move and it gave him a completely new understanding as compared to when he read the description in books.

To be able to confidently use Weedle, a Pokémon that is not even considered by Trainers, as a Starter Pokemon, and cultivate and train it well, to a level comparable to those Trainers who have powerful Pokémon and a lot of resources from the beginning, gave him a completely different feeling.

"Did you have something to say just now?" Natsu asked.

The two of them were in the middle of their conversation, when they were interrupted by Bulbasaur's painful growl.

Hearing his question, Ian suddenly reacted with a slightly complicated expression, and said, "Next week our school will organize a trip to the dense woods outside Saffron City. For safety reasons, the school allows us to bring a Trainer with us, so I..."

"So, you wanted to invite me?" Natsu's eyes flickered.

It is not that the club does not have this service, but the price of sparring sessions is higher.

"Yes." Ian nodded.

He was a little hesitant before, but that hesitation disappeared after Weedle understood Bug Bite.

"Why not invite a stronger Trainer? Wouldn't it be safer?" Natsu was well aware of his own weight.

"The school stipulates that in order to allow us to have more contact with the wilderness and wild Pokémon, we cannot invite a Trainer who is too strong or has more than 2 Pokémon to accompany us." Ian explained.

He then added: "Don't worry, the wild Pokémon in the dense woods are not too strong, and the school will clean the woods one last time before our event, just for the purpose of letting us get a better understanding of Pokémon. As a group of sophomores who are new to Pokémon, it is possible that even a fight won't happen."

Isn't this just giving away money? And there was still a week left. Natsu thought about it for a while, whether from the point of view of money or training Weedle, he had no reason to refuse.

"Yes, I promise you."

What he needs most now is money. Today, he spent all of his advance salary at once, and after seeing the auxiliary role of Pokéblock for Weedle, he needed more money.

It just so happens that the out-of-office quests bring in the money faster.

"Then I'll come to you when the time comes." Ian was a little excited.

For the students, there's nothing more fun and exciting than being out on an adventure.

"Okay."