Pokémon: Who let him leave Pallet Town?

Chapter 139 Breeding Directions for Groundhogs
"Many Fire and Ground-type Pokémon kibble contain volcanic mud. You can try partnering with some breeding centers."

Xiao Gang's voice rang out.

"Yes, yes, my mom's face masks seem to contain some kind of volcanic mud. You can even sell them to those cosmetic companies."

"Pokémon and women's money are the easiest to make."

Ash looked at Blaine hopefully, longing for the latter to agree to his challenge.

"Hey, Ash, are you cricketing at me from behind?"

Xiaoxia's voice came from the other side of the hot spring barrier.

"really?"

Xia Bo looked at Natsume suspiciously, somewhat disbelieving.

Three years ago, this researcher named Natsume turned himself from the richest man on Crimson Island into the most indebted man in less than three months.

Damn Professor Oak, he'll never believe a word he says again in his life.

At this moment, Xia Bo had no choice but to be vigilant.

"Ahem, in that case, I accept your challenge."

Xia Bo thought for a moment, since he was penniless anyway, even if he caused some trouble, the alliance could only seek compensation from Xia Mu.

"Yay!" Ash exclaimed excitedly.

“However,” Chapman changed the subject.

"You need to help us get a device to collect volcanic mud."

“No problem.” Natsume said, pulling out a packet of explosives.

"What are you going to do?" Xia Bo reacted instantly.

"Add some ingredients, otherwise it's quite difficult to show."

As Natsume spoke, he vanished in a flash.

“…” Xia Bo was silent for a moment, then sighed deeply.

"Alright, come with me." Blaine called to Ash.

"Wait for us!" Xiaoxia's voice rang out from the other side of the barrier.

Ash went to battle, while Natsume went to the underground space.

There is a very large hollow here, and the ruins of a battle platform can be vaguely seen.

However, the battle platform was damaged in the volcanic eruption three years ago, so it can no longer be used as a battleground.

"Ah ho——"

A pillar of magma shot into the sky, and a Pokémon covered in orange stripes and fiery red emerged from the pillar, landing on a nearby rock.

"Hi!" Natsume greeted the duckbill dragon.

The latter turned his head and saw Natsume's Setsuna. He lost his footing and almost fell back into the lava.

The duckbill fire dragon leaped upwards as if fleeing, heading towards the crater.

After a long hiatus, there will finally be a challenger again!

[Charizard, a fire-breathing Pokémon, is active near a volcano.]

On the crater, opposite Ash, stood a majestic Pokémon.

"Alright, each of you will send out one Pokémon for this battle. It will be decided in one match."

From the other side of the crater, Blaine's voice rang out.

"The decision is yours, Charizard!"

Ash throws the Poké Ball, a red light flashes, and Charizard appears, instinctively engaging Ash in a struggle.

"Charizard, this time your opponent is Magmar!"

Ash struggled to roll Charizard into a ball and threw it onto a rock pillar in the crater.

Seeing this, Blaine's eyes twitched slightly.

Underground, Natsume explores everywhere.

Unfortunately, there's nothing in here.

"Beep-beep-hoo-ee-goo-"

A little ground squirrel followed at Natsume's feet, occasionally nibbling at the dirt, occasionally giving Natsume a fruit, and occasionally nudging him.

"Little groundhog, can you find the spot here where the rock layer is the thinnest?"

Natsume and the little groundhog said.

"Beep—" Okay.

The little groundhog nodded.

"Eek!" I refused.

The little groundhog shook its head.

"Beep—" This stuff smells sour.

The little groundhog ate a small mouthful of lava.

"What are you doing!"

The sudden bite startled Natsume, who quickly pulled the little groundhog back.

"Beep!!!" It's burning hot!

The little groundhog spat out the red light from its mouth.

"Beep—" It's sour and delicious!
"Eek!" It's spicy and delicious!
Natsume was taken aback by the little groundhog's reaction.

Spicy is actually a sensation of pain; the disobedient personality is actually a masochist.

Natsume's expression was strange, but he still quickly checked the little groundhog's injuries. Unexpectedly, the burns it suffered were far less severe than he had anticipated.

Natsume paused in his action of spraying burn ointment.

A bold guess came to his mind.

[Ding—Battlegrounds have commenced!]

Ang's battle music began.

"Geng Gui, please help me."

Opposite the little ground squirrel, a Gengar appeared, exhaling clouds and mist.

"Gengar!" Gengar stretched out its chubby little hand, indicating that it was nothing.

"Psychic power... no, use deadly poison!"

Given that the little groundhog's level was too low, Natsume quickly changed his tune.

"Gengga—"

A dark purple toxic gas hit the little groundhog.

"Beep!"

The gopher has become highly poisonous.

[Due to the effects of the highly toxic substance, the gopher's health has decreased.]

Natsume's gaze was fixed on the green health bar above the little ground squirrel's head.

The health loss due to being poisoned is calculated as a percentage.
The damage from the poison increases with each turn.

The first round is roughly one-sixteenth.

However, the little groundhog only lost a little skin, about one forty-eighth.
Natsume wasn't quite sure, and was simply waiting for the next round.

"Little groundhog, use your claw!"

[The little ground squirrel used its claw attack and hit Gengar!]

[The little ground squirrel used its claw attack and hit Gengar!]

[The little ground squirrel used its claw attack and hit Gengar!]

[Due to the effects of the highly toxic substance, the gopher's health has decreased.]

The second round of poison will deduct approximately one-eighth of your health.

This time, the little groundhog only lost a tiny bit of health, about one-twenty-fourth.

After several attempts, Natsume roughly understood.

Not only can the little groundhog perform a triple attack, but the damage it receives also seems to be split evenly among the three personalities, with only one-third being deducted.

What is the principle?
Natsume was stunned, and couldn't help but think of the paper on the study of Zygarde.

In its 100% form, the opponent appears to have a hundred cells within its body sharing the damage with its core.

With a wave of his hand, Natsume made contact with the battlefield.

“Hiss—but there already is a god of ecological order.”

Natsume picked up the little ground squirrel, his heart filled with astonishment.

He remembered that the little groundhog could learn a skill that could kill instantly, something like Earth Crack.

This skill is quite demanding, requiring your level to be no lower than the opponent's, and it is ineffective against Pokémon with the Levitate ability or Flying-type Pokémon.

Most importantly, the ground fissure only has a 30% chance of instant kill.

Even a water cannon with an 80% hit rate can miss three times in a row.

In Pokémon battles, most people won't choose moves with low accuracy, no matter how powerful they are.

It's better to sacrifice some power for 100% accuracy, otherwise you'll get so angry you'll have a stroke.

But the little groundhog is different; it can hit three times in a row.

Natsume narrowed his eyes and instantly calculated the probability of the little ground squirrel's triple ground fissure.

The probability of hitting once is 44.1%, the probability of hitting twice is 18.9%, and the probability of hitting three times is 2.7%.

The probability of missing every time is 34.3%.

The probability of hitting at least once is 65.7%.

A 65% chance of instantly killing
Natsume narrowed his eyes.

It seems alright.

He was originally worried about the direction of breeding the little groundhogs.

Now it seems we can let the other party gamble on the probability.

In addition, with its ability to share damage and only take one-third of it, its durability is definitely very high after evolving into Dugtrio.

If one triple earthquake isn't enough, then we'll do it twice.

If it doesn't work twice, try three times.

Natsume couldn't believe he could be that dark-faced.

After the test, Natsume gave the little groundhog a sour-tasting berry.

"Help me find a weak point in the rock strata."

"Beep beep beep!"

"Eek!"

Two votes are greater than one vote, and the little groundhog starts moving.

(End of this chapter)