Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

"So you've decided to let him take charge of nurturing your little geomancy?" Wu Neng's face remained expressionless.

"Yes." "Are you sure?" "Yes, I'm very sure."

Wu Neng remained silent for a moment.

"Then go for it, you're still young."

Xiao Gang squinted. Yes, he was young and could take a gamble.

Xiaogang's intuition told him that Tetsuya's actions were not the whole story.

If I succeed, just like my father did back then, I will quickly and easily become a strong person.

As for failure, it's just a matter of losing a spirit and a period of time, which is manageable.

"I hope they won't disappoint me," Xiao Gang thought as he left the Pokémon Center.

Tetsuya, having retrieved his Pokémon from Joy, continued to ponder as he walked towards the Bounty Hunter Center.

Why is Xiaogang asking me to create a training plan for his little Geodude out of the blue? Is it a test?

No, if it's a test, I can just find any gym Pokémon and use it; the effect will be obvious.

If this isn't a test, then aren't these conditions a bit too good to be true?

Tetsuya was a little confused.

As for the possibility that no one can be found to formulate the plan, a normal person would not think that way.

The son of a gym leader, the future gym heir, and a very talented breeder himself, how can he not find anyone to develop a plan for his Pokémon?

Even if they can't hire a nurturing master, they can easily hire others. Besides, Brock could have handled Little Geodude's initial nurturing plan himself.

I can't figure it out, I really can't figure it out.

Even after entering the Hunter Center and preparing to accept a mission, he still didn't understand the meaning behind Xiao Gang's actions.

If I can't figure it out, I'll stop thinking about it. I'm just an ordinary person, there's nothing about me that others would scheme against me for, and I don't have the qualifications to expose my strength or my zero.

It's not a big deal; it seems to be Xiaogang's own idea.

Let's take on tasks and earn money first.

Tetsuya swiped the screen, scanning several missions in a row, and casually selected a C-rank mission, preparing to leave.

"Two C-level missions remain available."

Am I not a C-rank bounty hunter? How can I accept three missions of the same rank?

Looking at the backend, I saw a few words next to my personal information: Level C (privilege increased by one level).

Is this another benefit of high-level treatment? That's great.

Tetsuya exclaimed in amazement, "The Joey family really has connections in every aspect of life; this improvement in treatment is truly impressive."

He then accepted the two decent C-level missions that had been rejected and headed towards Mount Tsukimi.

......

Mount Tsukimi, the place where a meteor fell, is said to be inhabited by Pikachu.

Due to years of mining and the use of various Pokémon's digging skills, the internal structure is extremely complex, and trainers often get lost in it.

Even so, attracted by the Moon Stone, fossils, and a wide variety of Pokémon such as Clefairy, Nidorino, and Nidorina, a large number of trainers still ventured into the interior to explore.

Tetsuya walked through the dark and damp cave with a flashlight in hand.

This was his third hour in Tsukimi-yama, and he had long since strayed from the official route provided by the League.

The Mighty Chicken once again dealt with a small rock that it had accidentally stepped on.

This elf, whose entire body is made of rock, has practically no valuable materials.

They just happen to like lying in caves, and in the darkness, they might accidentally step on it, mistaking it for an ordinary rock.

"I think I've stepped on about seven or eight of them along the way," Tetsuya calculated listlessly.

However, it probably won't go any further. Activating the environmental monitoring function built into the adventure suit, the humidity level at this point is no longer within Geodude's preferred range.

But I think I'm very close to my goal.

He took the drone out of his backpack and carefully piloted it to fly deeper into the area.

Night vision cameras continuously scanned every corner, with a person and their pet hanging far behind.

Soon, as they got closer, the drone spotted the target.

Zheye directed the powerful chicken to move closer, allowing the drone to automatically attach to the rock face above.

"Use the lowest power of your flamethrower on those two Paras, just don't burn them to ashes."

The strong chicken nodded and carefully breathed fire into a corner of the cave.

The firelight illuminated the dark and damp cave, revealing the roots of a large tree in one corner.

Two Paras and a Paraster were feeding on the tree roots.

This is precisely the objective of this mission.

The two Paras were rendered incapable of fighting after being struck by the flames.

“Not bad, we encountered two mission targets on our first try. I thought we wouldn’t be able to find Paraster at first.”

Tetsuya remarked that his luck had indeed improved recently, and casually activated the gas mask on his adventure suit.

The commander instructed, "Don't get close to that Paraster. Provoke it with your calls to make it release spores."

The strong rooster nodded and let out a loud cry, causing Paraster to shudder and take a few steps back.

Then Paraster seemed to be completely enraged, and the mushroom on its back frantically sprayed out spores.

Looking at the flying spores, Tetsuya was also a little overwhelmed.

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I was so focused on collecting quest materials that I forgot that the Mighty Chicken doesn't really have a way to defeat the opponent without destroying the spores.

The space is quite narrow; even if it were carved, its wings probably wouldn't be able to open, let alone fan the air.

Tetsuya quickly came up with a solution: to call the strong chickens back to prevent poisoning.

Have the Mighty Chicken fire the weakest spark at Paraster's back, avoiding damage while preventing it from moving forward.

They controlled the drone to fly down and disassembled its fan system.

Once connected to the adventure suit, the small fan, which was originally just for supporting movement, suddenly became much more powerful.

When you blow a fan at the slowly flying spores, the spores slow down even further and begin to fall gently.

Paraster saw this situation, and even Mushroom's little brain, which might or might not have existed, couldn't understand why this was happening.

Forced by the strong chicken and unable to move, it simply frantically spread poisonous spores through its mushroom caps.

Tetsuya kept fanning himself, but the spores released by Paraster weren't endless; after all, his was a machine.

Sure enough, Paraster stopped spreading spores after a while, and the elf seemed to have lost its soul, collapsing to the ground.

"The jet flame will finish it off."

Seeing its condition, the Mighty Chicken obeyed its trainer's command and gave it a good beating.

Tetsuya carefully took out the container and began collecting Paraster's poison spores.

This stuff, when decocted in water, can become a decent medicinal ingredient; as for its specific uses...

Anyway, the person who posted the task seemed to be a man in his forties.

It took half an hour to collect all the spores scattered throughout the cave.

During this time, Broccoli was responsible for looking after the three Pokémon, and as soon as it woke up, it would beat them down again.

Tetsuya walked over and patted the strong chicken on the head. "Well done!"

"just!"

The strong chicken flapped its wings (or hands?).

He took out a pair of gloves and began picking the two small mushrooms on Paras's back.

Four small mushrooms were neatly placed in a bowl. Tetsuya took off his gloves and had the strong chicken burn them directly to prevent environmental pollution.

"We have enough Parasitic spores, more than 100g, but we're still short of Parasitic mushrooms. Let's keep looking."

After carefully placing the spoils at the bottom of their backpacks, the two of them, one human and one pet, continued their journey deeper into the wilderness.

Along the way, they passed countless intersections, and Tetsuya used the GPS to record his route so that he wouldn't get lost.

While for him, if all else fails, he could simply find a place where he could see the sky and release Pidgeot to fly him away, he would rather not do that unless absolutely necessary.

After all, Mount Tsukimi is quite high, and can be seen even from Pallet Town.

To be on the safe side, high-altitude driving is not recommended.

While lost in thought, the Mighty Chicken dealt with another ungrateful little rock that had been stepped on.

Oh well, we've gone the wrong way again.

Tetsuya watched the humidity level drop continuously, feeling somewhat helpless.

Inside the cave, it was pitch black, and I had no idea where I was going.

Paras prefers to live in dark, damp places because that's where the tree roots provide for their survival.

I glanced at my location on the GPS and found myself on the western side of the outer layer of Mt. Tsukimi, with what appeared to be an underground river nearby.

Having found a landmark, Tetsuya made his way towards the underground river.

Generally speaking, wild spirits often appear in such places because water is one of the essential elements for their survival.

As we got closer to the river, the air gradually became fresher.

Water vapor often gathers on the stalactites above the cave, turning into small droplets that drip down from the top.

The strong chicken shook its head irritably, as another drop of water had just dripped onto its head.

Although the high temperature on the Fire-type Pokémon's body quickly dried its fur, the feeling of being wet still made it very uncomfortable.

Once he could hear the sound of flowing water, Tetsuya first launched the drone to observe the situation.

The sound of the flowing river echoed through the dark cave, otherwise all was silent.

It seems no elves have come here to drink water right now.

Carefully stepping out of the cave entrance where he was, Tetsuya walked a few steps close to the stone wall before turning around and entering another stone cave that the drone had just detected.

After walking along the road for a while, they soon found a clue.

He crouched down and examined the traces of movement on the ground.

There were about five of them crawling on all fours, which suggests they were a relatively large Paras family. Judging from the depth of the tracks, they shouldn't be Paras.

But even if they were there, it wouldn't matter, as Paras and Paraster were completely countered by fire-type spirits.

The dual-type nature of Cordyceps means they are already vulnerable to four times the damage from Fire-type attacks. If their ability is Dry Skin, that multiplier will double.

Following the trail left by Paras, we soon spotted the group of adorable creatures, but Paras was indeed not among them.

Without Tetsuya's command, Riki-chicken spontaneously spewed out five mouthfuls of flame.

These beginner-level or barely-normal-level Paras are no match for the powerful chicken's attacks.

Even though the Mighty Chicken had already restrained its power, the five Paras still fainted due to the huge difference in talent and attribute advantage.

With an indifferent expression, Tetsuya picked the small mushrooms and left without a second thought after he finished.

Five unconscious Paras were left behind, looking exactly like men who would leave as soon as they were done.

“Fourteen plants, we still need three Paras, but there’s no rush.” Tetsuya calculated a time-saving and labor-saving method.

"We can go find the Sandslash King first. If we're lucky, we can find its detached claw spikes directly, and then we won't need to fight it."

The two small mushrooms on Paras's back are excellent materials for nutrient solutions before it evolves; the claw spikes of the Sandslash are auxiliary ingredients for a kind of medicine.

After being harvested, mushrooms and claw spikes will quickly grow back after replenishment.

Therefore, some trainers who own Paras, Parasect, and Sandslash also make money from this.