Who needs a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Therefore, a fruit tree that can bear rare fruits is a very important resource for wild Pokémon, and will inevitably lead to competition for it.

For example, a berry that can restore a lot of stamina, if you carry one with you, you can eat it when you are fighting with other wild Pokémon or in a crisis, it might just save your life...

Given this premise, it's not surprising that the fruit of this tree attracted both Kecleon and Ralts.

Pokémon that move in groups are definitely more efficient at collecting resources than those that move alone. For example, Zigzagoon, a Pokémon that moves in groups, is even more efficient at accumulating useful resources because it has the "Scavenging" ability.

In contrast, Pokémon like Ralts and Kecleon, which don't have large groups, usually act alone, so their need for resources is naturally higher.

Since we've met, there's nothing more to say. Pokémon battle... let's settle this once and for all!

Kecleon's body instantly turned transparent and disappeared without a trace. However, this foolproof ability failed when it encountered Ralts.

After all, Ralts can use its horns and telepathy to sense things. Kecleon's invisibility is just a visual disguise; it still has a physical form and therefore cannot escape telepathic scanning.

Ralts sensed that Kecleon's invisibility was completely useless, and it was instantly exposed.

The little guy immediately activated his telekinesis, and a crimson-purple light pattern flashed, causing the air to distort, as if he had successfully controlled the cloaked dragon with his telekinesis.

However, amidst that hazy light and shadow, a dark shadow flew straight over the ground. Ralts's psychic power was ultimately not strong enough, and it couldn't catch the Kecleon at all.

Seeing that its invisibility was useless, the Kecleon simply gave up hiding and seized the initiative with a Shadow Sneak Attack. The flying shadow was behind Ralts in the blink of an eye.

Ralts was startled by the sight and immediately created a clone to try to confuse the enemy, but unfortunately, it was not accurate and the Kecleon found its true form in no time.

wrong……

...It might not be that the idea was wrong. After all, shadow clones are just illusions created by telekinesis. They don't actually create a physical clone; they are just a visual deception.

But when it comes to visual deception, Kecleon laughs...

...You little brat, who are you trying to fool?

Even those who use stealth abilities have something to say. Trying to deceive someone like me who plays with invisibility visually? What's your rank? What's mine? I make a living by invisibility and color-changing; you think you can play this game with me?!

That really put all the bragging right into the other side's strengths...

Kecleon accurately locked onto Ralts's true form and launched a Shadow Sneak Attack, hitting it squarely.

As a Ghost-type move, it is doubly effective against Ralts, a Psychic and Fairy-type, making this Shadow Sneak Attack extremely effective.

Ralts was ambushed by a Shadow Shot and immediately waved its little hand pitifully. However, Kecleon was not a Pokémon fanatic like Lowe and was unmoved by the little girl's cuteness. It turned around and launched another Shadow Shot.

Seeing the situation, the little girl, who had just been looking teary-eyed, immediately dropped her pitiful act and activated her telekinesis once again.

“…Let’s be reasonable.” Luo Wei, who was hiding in the bushes, saw this scene and couldn’t help but complain, “How come I don’t remember Ralts having the skill ‘Fake Cry’?”

Indeed, at this moment, Rowe was certain that Ralts' pitiful appearance just now was most likely just an act, a pretense to gain Rowe's sympathy.

This little guy seems innocent, but is he actually a cunning schemer?!

Meanwhile, Xin Ye Miao, with a "See? Those bad women outside are so good at lying!" look on her face, patted Luo Wei's thigh.

Meanwhile, Ralts gathered its psychic power to create a barrier in front of it, blocking the attacking Kecleon at the last second.

...Well, this might also be the power of mind reading, allowing them to predict the location of the cloaked dragon's attack in advance.

As a result, the cloaked dragon crashed headlong into the psychic barrier, which shattered instantly. However, the cloaked dragon's attack was also interrupted, and it was immediately stunned by the impact.

Ralts seemed to realize that her psychic powers couldn't catch Kecleon, and her psychic barrier could only temporarily stop it. She clearly couldn't withstand a second shadow attack.

After all, Ralts is a fragile character, and its 25 points in physical defense means it can be easily defeated.

Therefore, she decisively resorted to her old trick and prepared to teleport away.

Just as she was about to run away, the Kecleon, which had recovered, suddenly glared at her, and Ralts froze in her tracks.

"Oh ho, a freeze spell..."

Chapter Twenty-One: The Cicada Awaits

"Oh ho, a freeze spell..."

With the Pokédex in his hand, Rowe clearly scanned out the skills that Kecleon was currently using.

In the game, this skill is supposed to prevent the opponent from using previously used skills for four rounds, but in reality, the skill's effect has obviously changed.

It has a characteristic similar to "shadow stepping" in the literal sense, which prevents the opponent from escaping through abilities such as teleportation.

Having been immobilized by this spell, Ralts now had no way to escape. Seizing the opportunity, Kecleon launched another Shadow Slash.

Just as the attack was about to collide, a greenish-blue figure suddenly flew out from the side, leaving a trail of afterimages, and crashed headfirst into the cloaked dragon.

The cloaked dragon clearly hadn't anticipated that while it was stalking the cicada, there was actually a mantis lurking behind...

New Leaf Cat's electric light flashed and struck the vital spot, sending the Cloaked Dragon tumbling and flying away on the spot.

At the same time, Lowe also emerged from the bushes where he was hiding.

After all, the goal this time is to help Mch catch a partner Pokémon, so the target is naturally the Kecleon that Mch prefers. As for Ralts, let's just leave it to her for now.

Rowe came out and waved to Ralts.

"Okay, it's alright now... don't worry~"

Ralts looked at the situation with some confusion. She had thought she was going to be in serious trouble, but unexpectedly, this unexpected turn of events occurred.

This human, whom she had met before, actually helped her.

This situation was naturally difficult for the little guy to understand, but Ralts herself had the ability of telepathy, and through the horn on her head, she sensed that Rowe didn't seem to have any ill intentions at this moment.

Even the previously aggressive New Leaf Cat now focuses its main attention on the Kecleon.

The Kecleon never expected its victory to slip away so easily. It was sent flying by a headbutt from the New Leaf Cat, rolling and flying away. Halfway through its flight, it stuck out its long tongue and flicked it, sticking it to a nearby branch. Using the force, it wobbled and flew up onto the tree trunk.

"Leaves!"

With a wave of his hand, Luo Wei sent a flurry of leaves swirling around New Leaf Cat, while the Ethereal Dragon scurried along the tree trunk on all fours, its body disappearing into the hazy light and shadow as it moved.

The flying leaves struck the tree trunk one after another, but none hit their target; they were all evaded by the invisible cloaked dragon.

"Tsk..."

Luo Wei pursed his lips in annoyance. Kecleon's invisibility ability was indeed too troublesome. Under normal circumstances, one would need to wear an item like a "Pokémon Mirror" to see through its invisibility.

It's obviously not easy to observe the true form of a Kecleon with the naked eye alone...

...At this moment, in terms of strength, Kecleon had just exhausted itself in a battle with Ralts and was already half-crippled.

Moreover, even at its peak, its strength was not as great as Luo Wei's New Leaf Cat.

However, its invisibility allowed it to launch sneak attacks right under Rowe's nose, which is why New Leaf Cat couldn't do anything about it.

Just as Luo Wei and Xin Ye Miao were searching for each other, a black shadow suddenly appeared behind Xin Ye Miao like a ghost.

"?"

New Leaf Cat realized something was wrong and quickly swung its claws to retaliate, but it was still a fraction too slow, and the shadow crashed directly into New Leaf Cat.

All that could be seen was Xin Ye Miao staggering, caught off guard by this shadow attack, while the cloaked dragon that had just revealed itself immediately activated its invisibility again, disappearing without a trace from Luo Wei and the others.

New Leaf Cat swung its paw at empty air, then angrily spun around twice, but gained absolutely nothing.

"..."

Seeing this, Luo Wei couldn't help but frown. This is Pokémon battle. Stats and base values ​​are not everything. Skill combinations, along with the Pokémon's own characteristics and abilities, will play a crucial role in the battle.

For example, if Kecleon didn't have the ability to become invisible, it would probably be easily defeated by Loewon's New Leaf Cat. But with the addition of the invisibility ability, the situation immediately became quite tricky.

The cloaked dragon kept harassing the area by using its invisibility. Perhaps it realized that it was being caught up by Rowe and there was no way to escape, so it simply decided to fight to the bitter end.

Luo Wei was naturally happy to go head-to-head with it, but no matter how much stronger he was, if he only took the hits and didn't fight back, he would obviously not win.

Just as Luo Wei was pondering what tactics to use to force the opponent out, he felt someone cautiously touch his trouser leg.

Looking down, I realized it was Ralts, who had already broken free from the immobilization spell.

"What's wrong? Aren't you going to run?"

Rowe was a little confused, but Ralts seemed to want to say something to Rowe, but her gestures and movements couldn't quite express her meaning.

Luo Wei squatted down and calmly extended his hand, "Don't rush, don't rush, take your time to say what you want to say..."

Ralts saw Rowe's outstretched hand, hesitated for a moment, and then placed her hand in Rowe's hand.

The small hand touched Rowe's palm, and the horn on Ralts's head emitted a faint red light. Instantly, a vague consciousness flowed through Rowe's mind.

The consciousness was very vague, looking like a series of broken phrases, but Rowe was able to read its meaning.

Ralts sent her consciousness into Rowe's mind through telepathy. Unfortunately, Ralts was clearly not very skilled at this, so the information she transmitted was incomplete, but it was enough for Rowe to understand her meaning.

"You want to help me, um, is it to thank me for helping you earlier?"

Ralts nodded, then pointed with her small hand, and crimson psychic energy patterns spread out, quickly outlining a figure that was secretly crawling forward.

"Oh, thank you~"

Upon seeing this, Luo Wei was naturally delighted, and Xin Ye Miao understood immediately. Having just been teased by the other party, Xin Ye Miao was already quite angry.

At this moment, having been tracked down by telekinesis and her whereabouts completely exposed to Shin-Ye-Nyan, she naturally wouldn't hold back anymore.

With a gentle push of its tiny paws on the ground, it went from stillness to high speed in an instant. A blur flashed by, and the cloaked dragon couldn't react at all, getting a solid headbutt from New Leaf Meow.

The two heavy blows landed squarely, and the cloaked dragon could no longer maintain its cloaking, swaying and revealing its true form.

"Okay, that's it..."

Luo Wei immediately took out a Poké Ball from his backpack and handed it to Manch beside him with a smile.

"Come on, this is the final step. Weaken your opponent's stamina through a Pokémon battle, then throw a Poké Ball to catch the Pokémon..."

Manch carefully took the Poké Ball from Rowe's hand, then took a deep breath...

Chapter Twenty-Two: Secret Techniques - Self-Strategy (Freebie)

"Give……"

Luo Wei took out a blank Poké Ball from his backpack and handed it to Manchong beside him. Manchong carefully accepted the Poké Ball.

By weakening a Pokémon's HP through Pokémon battles, catching it is simply a matter of throwing an empty Poké Ball to collect it.

Of course, the way and technique of throwing the ball are also very important. After all, Pokémon come in all shapes and sizes, and the Poké Ball itself is only about the size of a palm. To accurately throw such a small Poké Ball at a Pokémon requires some skill.