Chen Yue saw the newcomers and patted his butt to stand up from the ground, picking up the Bug Catcher's exclusive bug-catching net.
Just now, he felt that his outfit and identity didn't quite match, so he had Flower arrange to borrow a straw hat from the neighboring field.
As for the bug-catching net, he borrowed it from the little brat who was catching butterflies in the bushes.
"Do you need my help?" Youngster Peter leaned over and whispered.
Chen Yue shook his head, declining, "You continue to catch people over there, leave this to me."
So Peter left with quick steps.
At this moment, prompts appeared on Qin Ming and Zhou Tao's panels.
[The Bug Catcher Boy with Little Sister has come to challenge!]
Qin Ming didn't move. He looked up and down at the young man in front of him and asked, "Player?"
Chen Yue's expression remained unchanged, his tone steady, "What player? I'm just an ordinary Bug Catcher Boy. Hurry up and bring out your Pokemon, and let's battle!"
"Brother, you're getting too into the role..." Zhou Tao couldn't help but say.
Chen Yue couldn't keep up the act any longer and said somewhat helplessly, "Alright, I'm a player. Can we start now? You should also know that without defeating me, you can't proceed to Oldale Town."
Zhou Tao nodded, seeing the other side admit it, and said cheerfully, "Let's go, buddy!"
With that, he took out his Poke Ball.
As a white light flashed, a massive Snorlax appeared in the middle of the road.
Chen Yue discreetly used his scanning ability to check, and Snorlax's Level appeared on his panel.
[Snorlax LV52]
Hmm, Snorlax is a Normal Type.
Chen Yue decisively sent out Mimikyu to battle.
Zhou Tao evidently also saw Mimikyu's Level with his scanning ability. Suddenly, his eyes widened, "Oh my, how do I play this? My Normal Type moves are all useless..."
But the sword was already drawn and couldn't be sheathed.
Zhou Tao could only grit his teeth and continue the battle.
"Snorlax, use Rollout to break its Disguise!"
Rollout: Curl up into a ball and Rollout to attack the opponent. Skill Link, five hits, with increased power for each successful hit.
The towering Snorlax, over two meters tall, quickly curled into a massive ball and rolled towards Mimikyu with Rollout.
Since Rollout was a Skill Link move, it almost ignored Mimikyu's Disguise. Chen Yue decisively abandoned the strategy of using Hone Claws under Disguise and ordered, "Use Double Team!"
Mimikyu instantly created more than a dozen illusory duplicates, causing Snorlax to lose its target and crash into the bushes.
Disguise was not broken!
Chen Yue's eyes flickered, and he immediately commanded, "Mimikyu, use Play Rough!"
"Snorlax, continue using Rollout!" Zhou Tao ordered.
"Use Double Team again!" Chen Yue spoke rapidly.
Snorlax's massive body curled up once more and rolled toward Mimikyu.
Mimikyu was already surrounded by a faint pink glow, its small body in stark contrast to Snorlax.
From different directions, they charged at each other. In the middle of the collision, Mimikyu repeated its previous move, creating dozens of illusory duplicates that surrounded Snorlax from five different angles.
"Puff puff!"
Two of the duplicates were hit by Snorlax's Rollout and dissipated. There were no targets ahead, and Snorlax applied the brakes abruptly.
At the same time, Play Rough was unleashed!
A brilliant pink light burst from Mimikyu and collided directly with Snorlax.
Archimedes once said, "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."
Lu Xun once said, "In front of my house, there are two trees, one is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree."
But these two sentences have little relevance to the current scene.
Under the force of inertia, Snorlax's body was directly sent flying and crashed into the bushes. Its head happened to hit a stone, knocking itself unconscious.
Zhou Tao: ...
Chen Yue: ...
Zhou Tao wanted to send out his second Pokemon for battle, but was prevented by the panel.
[At this stage, all players can only send out one Pokemon in a battle. Your challenge has failed. Please pay 500 League Coins to your opponent!]
Zhou Tao complied, but in the next moment, everything went black, and when he opened his eyes, he found himself back at his home in Littleroot Town.
Route 101.
Qin Ming and Chen Yue looked at each other.
Chen Yue asked, "Where did he go?"
Qin Ming thought for a moment, "He may have been teleported back home... The settings in this world are indeed very Pokemon-like."
"Oh," Chen Yue nodded and said, "It's your turn then."
Qin Ming shook his head and refused, "Not for now. I'll go back to Littleroot Town and find him."
"See you later then," Chen Yue said, feeling a bit disappointed, but he couldn't force someone into a battle.
Qin Ming left, and after a while, Peter came with several new players who looked bewildered.
"Oh my gosh, it's the Bug Catcher!" one of the newcomers exclaimed excitedly. "Is he going to battle us? Come on! Let him see how powerful I am as a Pokemon Trainer!"
With that, he sent out his own Pokemon.
A Surskit with four tentacles.
Chen Yue used his Scouting Ability to check its Level.
[Surskit LV3]
Chen Yue: ...
The points offered were not to be wasted, so he mercilessly had Mimikyu use Shadow Sneak to instantly defeat Surskit.
The newcomer blinked and was then teleported away.
The remaining few newcomers were astonished.
"So strong! He doesn't look much like a Bug Catcher, aren't Bug Catchers in the game supposed to be kids?"
"And why is the Bug Catcher using Mimikyu from the Alola region instead of Caterpie?"
Chen Yue, upon hearing this, expressionlessly recalled Mimikyu into its Poke Ball and released Dragonite.
The group of newcomers were wide-eyed in amazement.
"Oh my gosh! A Shiny Dragonite!"
"So jealous, I want one..."
"Why does a Bug Catcher have a Shiny Dragonite!?"
One newcomer who was quick to react finally realized, "I know! He's not a real Bug Catcher; he's also a player!"
"This guy's acting is amazing! Pro player 666!"
"Pro, can you go easy on us? Considering we're all players, can you let us through?" a female player coaxed.
Chen Yue had long closed off his heart, looking coldly at the naive bunch before him and said heartlessly:
"I'm sorry, according to the dungeon rules, you won't be able to proceed to Oldale Town without defeating me, and even if you do, it won't trigger the plot!"
Of course, I'll let you leave this place once I've earned 999 points.
Chen Yue silently thought to himself.
A group of players had no choice but to line up and initiate the challenge.
But without exception, they all fell under Dragonite's Twister and were teleported back to Littleroot Town.
Chen Yue looked at the extra points he gained on the panel:
8
Sigh, it's a long and arduous journey!
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