Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

Qianli said so, and Manchong's father naturally nodded and replied, "In that case, I'll take care of it..."

Chapter 17: Can this be tolerated? Pump water, must pump water!

Manchong's father was obviously still a little skeptical about Lowe's abilities, but after hearing Qianli's affirmation of Lowe's strength, he immediately felt relieved.

It can only be said that Qianli is indeed famous. Even if Lowe is his son, he will never show favoritism because of this. In fact, according to his temper, precisely because Lowe is his son, he can only be stricter with Lowe.

According to Qianli's standards, it can be said that Lowe has the ability, so there is no doubt about it.

After all, Man Chong wasn't going to challenge the gym leader, he just wanted to catch a street pet as a partner. This kind of small matter could be handled by any decent trainer.

Over there, Lowe took a full charge and left Chenghua City and headed straight for Route 102. This was the place with the most wild Pokémon nearby, and Lowe had just come from here, so he was familiar with the place.

"So, what kind of Pokémon does Manchong like?"

Lowe hooked his arm around Manchong's shoulders and spoke with great enthusiasm. After all, Lowe also sympathized with Manchong's situation. He obviously loved Pokémon very much and in fact had quite good talent as a trainer.

But because of a genetic disease, he had to give up his dream of becoming a trainer. In this situation, since Lowe has the ability to help him, he certainly doesn't mind doing this little thing.

Facing Lowe's enthusiastic question, Manchong nodded silently, "I like all kinds of Pokémon. As long as it's a Pokémon, I will treat it with all my heart!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the new leaf cat on Lowe's shoulder nodded in agreement, and immediately patted Lowe's face with its paws.

Look at other people, how devoted they are?

"...Okay, okay, be good, don't make trouble at this time~"

Lowe reached out and rubbed Xinye Cat's chin. Although the little guy was annoyed by Lowe's tone of coaxing a child, he still succumbed to Lowe's skillful cat-stroking technique. He soon narrowed his eyes and made a purring sound from his throat.

For Lowe and Xinye Miao, this was just a casual daily interaction, but in Manchong's eyes, it made him extremely envious.

"Then..." Lowe's eyes swept around. If he wanted to fool around, it would be no problem to just get a coyote or a serpentine bear to make up the number.

But this kind is too common after all. Although he himself may not be picky, he would definitely like it even if it is really Coyote or Bearcat, but Lowe still feels that if he can only have one partner Pokémon, he would still hope that it can be a little rarer.

"Generally speaking, wild Pokémon have their own habitats and territories. When they move around, they will leave corresponding traces. As long as you follow these traces, you can find the traces of Pokémon..."

As Lowe explained, he pointed to various remaining footprints and mud marks on the roadside, which were obviously traces left by Pokémon activities.

Manchong listened very seriously, even though these were just very basic knowledge for ordinary trainers and could be found in any Pokémon-related book, but after all, there was still a gap between the content in the book and what he saw with his own eyes.

"For example... ah, got it!"

Lowe suddenly lowered his voice, and the new leaf cat on his shoulder also got into the state in a second, arching its back and taking a stance.

Hearing Lowe's voice, Manchong also became nervous. He saw Lowe pointing his hand at the grass not far away, and saw that the grass leaves were shaking unnaturally.

There's something inside!

There is no doubt that this should be a wild Pokémon.

At that moment, Lowe restrained his breath and tiptoed slowly towards him cautiously. Manchong also followed Lowe's footsteps cautiously.

Soon, the two of them looked beyond the bushes and saw a small white figure.

It looked like a little girl with short green hair squatting in the grass, but if you looked closely, you could clearly tell that it was a human-shaped Pokémon.

There are pictures here, which can be viewed after the updated version

"Laltlas! What a lucky guy... This is the rarest wild Pokémon here!"

Seeing this, Lowe was immediately excited. That's right, how can a common coyote dog compare to a Lalulas? I've decided it's you!

"Then the next point is, to capture wild Pokémon, you first need to reduce the opponent's physical strength through battle. If possible, let the opponent have some abnormal status to increase the success rate of capturing!"

Having said that, Lowe simply raised his hand and waved. New Leaf Cat understood what he meant and jumped along Lowe's arm to accelerate. Before Man Chong could even see clearly, New Leaf Cat had already turned into a green afterimage and flew out.

"?"

However, although the attack was so swift, just as it made its move, the red horn on Lalulas's head trembled slightly.

At that moment, a flash of light appeared on the horn, and Lalulas's body instantly turned into several identical shadows.

"...Shadow clone?"

Lowe recognized the skills used by Lalulas, but the problem was how New Leaf Cat's attack was discovered.

"…By the way, the horns on Lalulas's head can sense the emotions of other creatures around it!"

In particular, the perception of danger and hostility is extremely sharp. After all, this is a superpower and cannot be understood with common sense. Even if one has been careful and cautious enough, the intention will still be detected the moment the action is taken.

Lowe took out the illustrated book and recorded it while explaining the characteristics of Lalulas. Meanwhile, New Leaf Cat had already rushed over...

Seeing that the Lalulas in front of her suddenly turned into several clones, Xinye Miao was a little confused for a moment, but she did not stop her attack. She continued to pounce forward and dodged, and in an instant half of the clones disappeared from Lalulas's claws.

“…They are all clones!”

Luo Wei couldn't help but complain, this is really bad luck...

……wrong!

Lalulas can read the emotions of creatures around her, which in a sense is similar to "mind reading".

In other words, it wasn't that New Leaf Cat had bad luck and only hit its clones, but that Ralts used mind reading from the beginning to sense where New Leaf Cat would attack and moved its original body to another place in advance.

"..."

Sure enough, there is still a big gap between it and the game...

...After all, real Pokémon have their own special racial abilities, and some of these abilities are specialized into characteristics in the game, while others are just a simple sentence in the illustrated guide.

After becoming a reality, these features that could not be reflected in the game have become real things.

The reason why Lalulas is rare in the game is simply because of its low appearance rate, but since there is a stable population living there in reality, there is only one possibility for it to be so rare.

Because it is quite difficult to subdue, it is rare...

...That's because he can read minds and sense dangers. Even if he himself is not particularly powerful, if he can't beat his opponent, at least he can escape.

However, this also made Lowe's desire to win come up...

"...Okay, I'll conquer you today no matter what. Come on!"

…I feel like the purpose has begun to change~

Chapter 18: The nature of the game has undergone some subtle changes

As we all know, when rock-paper-scissors draws three times in a row, the nature of the game will undergo some subtle changes.

For example, at this moment, facing Lalulas who can read minds and sense danger, Lowe's competitive spirit and temper came up. He said, "I will conquer you today no matter what!"

The main reason was that Lowe hadn't captured a single Pokémon along the way, and at this moment, New Leaf Cat seemed to be quite unhappy with this scene.

As a result, the two sides quickly reached a consensus, and Lowe immediately raised his hand and snapped his fingers.

"Leaves!"

When Lowe said the word "leaves", Lalulas seemed to have sensed something and released even more clones. However, the New Leaf Cat did not release the leaves. Instead, it exerted its strength with its feet and accelerated directly to sprint forward. With a flash of lightning and sharpening its claws, it quickly destroyed most of the clones it had just released.

"?!"

Upon seeing this, Lalulas fiddled with his two little hands in confusion, and the horns on his head swayed restlessly. It seemed that he was shaken by the fact that he had completely misjudged the situation.

It was obvious that the command given by Lowe was for leaves, so why were New Leaf Cat’s actual actions different from Lowe’s commands?

Did New Leaf Meowth not obey the trainer's instructions?

However, Xinye Miao and Lowe's expressions seemed to be confident, proving that the situation just now was not an accident, but everything was within their judgment.

"Okay, let's continue this time, lightning flashes!"

Lowe stretched out his hand, and Lalulas looked left and right twice, and immediately tried to create a clone again. However, unexpectedly, this time the new leaf cat jumped, and the leaves around its body swept out, instantly covering the entire field.

In an instant, the clone that had just been separated was immediately destroyed, and as the leaves swept past, Lalulas's real body was directly exposed.

Lowe snapped his fingers again, "Okay, it's still lightning fast this time!"

If we judge based on the situations of the previous two times, Lowe should be deliberately speaking in a sarcastic way, which means that the skill used by New Leaf Cat this time should be leaves.

Lalulas immediately raised her little arms, and crimson-purple light patterns appeared around her body.

...This is naturally the most commonly used skill of Psychic-type Pokémon, and it is also the almighty magical skill "Telekinesis" in the animation!

Use telekinesis to control the leaves released by New Leaf Cat and use it to counterattack...

Lalulas had already made such preparations, but she never expected that Xinye Cat would rush up to her in a sprint, with its sharp cat claws aimed directly at her.

At the critical moment, Lalulas quickly concentrated the scattered mental power into one beam, barely deflecting the sharp claws of New Leaf Cat and passing by her in an instant.

But the sharp claws still scratched Lalulas, and the little guy immediately looked like he was about to cry with tears in his eyes.

"Cough cough..."

This look made Lowe feel a little guilty, so he did not order New Leaf Cat to add to the attack in time. Otherwise, the outcome might have been decided.

And in this brief moment of delay, Lalulas, knowing that something was wrong, launched the last measure of protection.

Only a flash of white light was seen, and Lalulas disappeared without a trace from in front of Lowe and Manchong.

“…Ah, teleportation?”

This made Lowe stunned, and the new leaf cat over there had already rushed in front of Lowe, looked up at Lowe with an unhappy expression, squinted his eyes and meowed twice.

The outcome was clearly decided just now, why didn't you give the order in the end? Because the opponent was so cute, so you were confused?

"..."

In fact, in that scene, Neoleaf could have taken the initiative to react based on its own judgment, but a good Pokémon should trust the trainer's judgment wholeheartedly. If the trainer doesn't give instructions, it shouldn't act on its own and waste energy...

New Leaf Cat chose to trust Lowe's judgment, but Lowe failed and was shaken by Lalulas's appearance, giving Lalulas the opportunity to teleport away...

So there is no doubt that Lowe was fully responsible for this incident. Lowe immediately clasped his hands together and apologized respectfully...

"……sorry!!!"

Faced with Lowe's direct apology, Xin Ye Miao, who seemed to want to blame him, suddenly hesitated. She wanted to continue to blame him, but suddenly she became silent and turned her head away unhappily.

...Okay, the little one is acting up again. I’ll try to comfort her while I comb her hair later.