The dream of becoming a Pokémon master

Seeing Charmander rushing towards him, Nidoran, though unaware of what had happened, knew something was amiss. Compared to their childish rivalry and vying for the position of eldest brother just a week ago, they were now as close as blood brothers. Nidoran didn't ask, but simply quickened the pace of his movements, trying to reunite with Charmander as quickly as possible.

The Beedrill don't care how many enemies there are, since there are none of them. Even Fire-type Pokémon, which they are super effective against, can't frighten them; instead, they become even more aggressive, sweeping Pin Missiles mixed with Poison Stings indiscriminately across the area in front of them.

Although Charmander was exceptionally talented, he was not a second-generation prodigy, and his physical abilities were only average. Moreover, he was completely stunned when he saw such a powerful attack for the first time.

Although Nidoran was a crybaby and cowardly (though he has changed somewhat), under the brilliance of his father, this attack was nothing more than a drizzle. Seeing that Charmander was already intimidated, he had no choice but to pounce on him and take the hit for him. Even though it was just ordinary pain, he pretended to be unable to fight and simply closed his eyes.

Of course, Kyosuke saw this too, and he was both amused and exasperated.

How could Charmander have imagined that his best friend would deceive him? Besides, the momentum of the attack just now had even stunned him so much that he couldn't move, let alone the weak (in Charmander's mind, Nidoran was a weak being, which was of course incorrect) crybaby? Anger filled his mind, and even the flames on his tail burned even more fiercely.

Most Fire-type Pokémon are not very gentle. Charmander and Charmeleon are okay, but after evolving into Charizard, many of them will not listen to their trainers' commands and some will even abandon their trainers. However, many people still want to have a Charmander, naturally because of their power and coolness.

A powerful jet of flame erupted from Charmander's mouth, engulfing all the Weedles and almost all of the Beedrill. The Weedles were rendered incapacitated in just one or two seconds, and the Beedrill could only last five or six seconds before collapsing.

Seeing the little fire dragon resembling a fire god, with flames on its tail larger than the dragon itself, the remaining Beedrill dared not approach. After a brief standoff, they chose to retreat.

Nidoran squinted at the outcome of the battle. Since Charmander had displayed his might and defeated them all, he could pretend to be awake. With that thought, he slowly turned over and opened his eyes.

However, Charmander was just stunned, not stupid. He could tell from the scene that it was all an act. Just as he was about to slap him, he remembered the Poison Sting ability, and his little arm stopped in mid-air. After hesitating for a moment, he used Dragon Rage to knock Nidoran down.

Knowing he was in the wrong, Nidoran quickly turned over and slipped away.

The little dragon was both amused and annoyed, but what could the older brother do? He had no choice but to forgive him.

……

When it was time for dinner, because of the addition of Caterpie, Kyosuke could no longer sit on the stool and eat with the Pokémon. Now he sat on the floor and ate with everyone.

While eating, Xiong Jie was thinking about how to complete the dungeon in the remaining ten days.

"Tomorrow will be the twenty-first day. I wonder how big the Viridian Forest is. It feels like it will never end," Kyosuke complained while eating.

Hearing Kyosuke's words, the three Pokémon were a little shocked and chattered in response: "Nido! Nido!" "Nido!" "Mao Mao!"

"Huh? You mean the next territory is Butterfly? The place we went to before?" Kyosuke thought this didn't make sense! Even though he had no sense of direction, he felt like he had walked in a straight line!

"Caterpillar," the green caterpillar replied affirmatively. After all, she had lived there for ten years and couldn't possibly be mistaken.

"Then why didn't we see any Toucan territory? They shouldn't be able to get into the inner layer, and Pidgeotto is also in this outer boundary zone. Given their relationship, it's unlikely that one would be inside and the other outside, right?" Kyosuke pointed out that he had discovered a blind spot. After all, one of the purposes of this trip was to find out about the relationship between Toucan and Ho-Oh, and apart from the outermost layer of Viridian Forest, they hadn't seen any Spearow or Toucan at all.

Caterpillar couldn't answer that question, since even though she had lived there for ten years, it couldn't hide the fact that she was a skinny, shut-in.

Fortunately, there was a second-generation member in the team. Coincidentally, Nidoran did indeed know roughly what had happened.

After a brief exchange, Kyosuke roughly understood what had happened.

About twenty-two days ago, on the day the three (or four?) of them set off, Ho-Oh suddenly appeared inside Viridian Forest. As evening approached, Ho-Oh seemed to suddenly lose its mind, unleashing a Holy Flame upon Spearow's territory, reducing an area to ashes. Then, a heavy rain began to fall, and Ho-Oh flew away into the distance. While Spearow's territory was located in the border region, it was very close to the territory of the dominant Nidoking. Coincidentally, Nidoran was born that day, which explains Nidoran's excessive pampering of him. Therefore, the dominant Nidoking decided to conquer Spearow's territory, and other border regions gradually expanded, forming the territory recently cleared by Kyosuke and his group.

After hearing the whole story, Kyosuke fell silent.

This story is packed with information.

1. There must be legendary Pokémon in Viridian Forest.

2. Ho-Oh can change the weather.

3. The idea that Ho-Oh brings happiness is also prevalent in Pokémon.

4. Ho-Oh and the Big-Toothed Sparrow clan are indeed related; he might have been cheated on.

5. This crybaby is only twenty-two days old! He's still a child, is it really okay for him to come with me all over the place?

The current age of the team is approximately: Caterpillar (Mai) 10 years old (nearly 11 years old) > Kyosuke 10 years old (22 days old) > Charmander (Karman) 3 months old > Nidoran (Crybaby) 22 days old.

Thinking of this, Charmander felt that Nidoran would always be the youngest. Even if newcomers came, they couldn't hide the fact that he was the youngest. Remembering how Nidoran had tricked him before, he couldn't help but laugh. After all, anyone could forgive a joke from a 22-day-old child.

However, Nidoran wasn't happy. He realized that age was also very important. But what could he do? He was helpless.

But sharing the same birthday as Kyosuke is quite a coincidence, Nidoran consoled himself.

However, what he didn't know was that his birthday was April 1st, which is called April Fool's Day in the human world.

What a good-natured joke, hahaha.

It's like the coincidence of four babies being born in a small town on April Fool's Day.

"But thinking about it carefully, there are only six months left until the Quartz League Conference. However, sacrificing a month for a perfect start is worthwhile. I just need to speed up my travel from now on." Kyosuke glanced at the calendar on his phone and suddenly realized.