Pokémon: Trainers Start as Bounty Hunters.

A hundred meters in the air, a wave-shaped flying machine hovered above Tetsuya, ignoring the few bird spirits that flew by. "It's just another metal frame. How boring."

Inside the monitoring room of the hunting grounds, a group of staff members were laughing together.

"How many trainers is this this month? Hahaha, this hyena is really messing with people's mentality."

"Hahahaha, this seems to be the eighth one. That little guy seems to be addicted to being touched."

"Hahaha, laugh it off, but everyone be careful and keep an eye on your own people."

"Yes."

Amidst the laughter, the supervisor didn't forget to offer a reminder.

Tetsuya was completely unaware that there was such a device above him. He thought the monitoring he was referring to was the kind that monitors the fluctuations that Pokémon make when they come out of their Poké Balls.

This is what many cities and some areas do.

The flying instrument in the sky was not only small, but also flew very high, and with its bob-like shape, he really didn't notice it.

Having distanced himself from the pack of large wolfhounds, Tetsuya continued walking.

It's a pity, otherwise the Great Wolfhound would have been quite suitable for him. Compared to the Black Hound, which is known as the Hellhound, Tetsuya felt that the Great Wolfhound was more in line with his aesthetic.

He soon left the grassland region.

He really had no desire to catch cute Pokémon like Jigglypuff; raising them would be too much trouble.

As for other creatures living in this area, such as Nidoran, Nidoran, and Oddish, not to mention, he also has a nominal Nidoking and Nidoqueen.

To be honest, before he battled that Gloom on the Battle Route, he had considered raising a Bellossom, which evolved from Oddish, as his Grass-type Pokémon.

From a support perspective, Bellossom is more suitable for this system, and her strength is also quite good.

At the time, he felt he could withstand the test, but of course, it turned out he couldn't, so he quickly gave up.

It's better not to raise Pokémon with malice than to do so. Pokémon can sense human joy and sorrow, and if trainers don't genuinely love them, they will be unhappy.

The next area is a rocky zone. Walking through it, you can see pangolins emerging from their burrows, one-horned rhinoceroses crashing against the rock walls, and a mandible ant in the desert area.

Tetsuya suddenly stopped. Trapinch-ant? Wait, he wasn't seeing things, was he?

He abruptly stopped in his tracks, almost unaware, and subconsciously overlooked it.

It really is!

A creature with enormous mandibles, an orange carapace, and four short legs was digging a hole in the desert. Its round head was disproportionately large to its body; it was a Ground-type Trapinch-ant.

Of course, if it were just a ground-type, he wouldn't be so surprised or stop in his tracks because of it.

The key lies in the evolutionary forms of Trapclaw Ant, Ultrasonic Larva and Desert Dragonfly, both of which are Ground/Dragon type.

The latter is the real key point.

It's important to know that Dragon-type Pokémon are extremely rare, and most of them have very high potential. Just look at Pidgeot, which only inherited one Dragon-type Pokémon, and its potential is already at the Elite Four level.

Of course, this is also related to its own excellence.

Although the pseudo-legendary Dragonite from the Kanto region is jokingly called "Fatty" because of its mutated, chubby body after evolution, its strength is universally acknowledged, largely due to its Dragon type.

Looking at Kommo-o, Garchomp, Hydreigon, Haxorus, and others, each one is a powerful and rare creature in its respective region, so the strength of Dragon-type Pokémon is self-evident.

Even though both the Desert Dragonfly and the Red-faced Dragon are considered a disgrace to the dragon race, the Desert Dragonfly is still far superior to the Red-faced Dragon in terms of appearance alone.

Moreover, the desert dragonfly can fly and carry people, making it even more superior to the red-faced dragon and quite powerful.

These tiny mandible ants, the larvae of these elfin ants, are actually living here!

The monitoring room was in complete chaos.

Chapter 150 The Little Guy

Even before Tetsuya discovered the Trapinch ant, the monitoring personnel had already spotted it and immediately reported it to their supervisor.

The appearance of a Flygon baby, a Dragon-type Pokémon, here is no small matter; to put it bluntly, it's a dereliction of duty on their part.

"Damn it, what did I tell you to remember to check at fixed times every day? Did you do it?"

Those are mandible ants! Not iron ants!

Someone tell me, how does it live in there!

"Didn't any of you find it? What are you all for, anyway?!"

The supervisor blushed and reprimanded his subordinates.

"Manager, this is the trainer's information."

An employee hurriedly walked in from outside, carrying a file in his hand.

The supervisor, still furious, took the document and said, "Let me tell you, it's no big deal that Trapinch-Ant was captured, because they captured it normally."

Moreover, it's a good thing for the league to have another powerful trainer.

But you failed to notice, which is your dereliction of duty. Everyone in charge of the rock area, I want to see your reports and inspections by tonight, in the most detailed way possible.

I will report this to the alliance. Not only you, but I will also be held responsible.

The disgruntled supervisor flipped through Tetsuya's file. Damn it, they couldn't win him over; his connections were even stronger than theirs.

He closed the documents and continued to berate his subordinates, who were left feeling helpless.

The mandible ant's lifestyle involves building a mortar-shaped nest from which it cannot escape, and waiting for prey to fall in. It can stay underground for a long time, and going a week without water is no big deal for it.

Unless you're incredibly lucky and the mandible ant comes out on its own, like it is now, it's a pipe dream for people to find it without knowing it.

Moreover, that area of ​​rocks and desert is full of holes; who knows what might be hidden inside?

My supervisor is usually very easy to talk to, but this time he got angry because the Trapter ants are so rare. No matter who takes the blame, they won't be in a good mood.

"Okay, okay, calm down."

An old man's voice came from behind.

"Good morning, Director!" The staff greeted him. It was Baoba, the director of the hunting grounds, who had been notified by his supervisor.

The supervisor directly admitted the mistake to Baoba, who looked just like Slowpoke: "Sorry, Director, this was our mistake."

I will submit a detailed report to you and the alliance for reflection, and I will also resign to take responsibility.

“There’s no need for that.” Baoba shook his head. Who could know this? A rarer Pokémon might have been discovered long ago, but it’s Trapinch.

"Moreover, it remains to be seen whether he can subdue this mandible ant."

Baoba looked at the human and the elf on the screen in front of him and said.

Everyone nodded subconsciously. That's right, Trapinch is a Pokémon with a rather volatile temper and a strong sense of territory. The fact that no one had discovered it before meant that no one had mentioned the matter of capturing it.

Rushing into the area is simply courting death.

"Give the order: send a team of guardians to the scene. Do not disturb them; just be prepared."

If the opponent is captured, retreat immediately; otherwise, attempt to capture them.

The supervisor on the side made the arrangements quite decisively. He didn't care whether Zheye was capable or not. It was better if he wasn't, so that at most they would be reprimanded and their jobs would still be safe.

Everyone looked at the screen, silently praying.

Tetsuya was also in an awkward situation. As soon as he got close to the Trapinch, the Trapinch opened its mouth wide and threatened him.

Although his physical strength is comparable to a level 15 Pokémon in terms of level, battles are not just about physical strength. Letting him fight a Pokémon is, at least for now, wishful thinking.

As for giving up, that's of course impossible.

The desert dragonfly, also known as the desert sprite because the sound of its wings flapping resembles a woman's beautiful singing voice, is even called the king of the desert.

Its powerful ability to flap its wings is captivating and bewildering, making it a formidable weapon against spirits.

It can flap its wings to stir up sand in the desert to hide itself, and in the wild, it often hunts with rogue crocodiles.

The large red eyes have hemispherical structures that can prevent sand and dust from getting into them. Putting everything else aside, the thought of the collaboration between Pang Yan and Pang Yan is enough to excite Tetsuya.

Of course, he couldn't give up. Even though raising dragon-type Pokémon was expensive, he could just go into debt and pay it back later.

Encountering a Dragon-type Pokémon is not an easy thing.

He took out an energy cube from his backpack, a flavor that Ground-type Pokémon would love, which he had prepared long ago.

As a trainer, even though I wasn't planning on catching any Pokémon, I always had to be prepared in advance, and this is exactly what I needed.

It was carefully tossed towards the mandible ant.

The mandibleed ant, which was digging its burrow, naturally kept a watchful eye on the human next to it. Its innate memory told it that this creature was not a good thing.

Hey, why did he pull out a yellow cube? It actually smells pretty good.

Hey, why did he throw this at me?

Mmm, it smells so good.

The mandible ant sniffed and swallowed hard. It hadn't had anything good to eat for a while and had been surviving on sand for the past few days.

Fortunately, there are no black-eyed crocodiles, its predators, in this area, which is why it dares to come up to the ground so brazenly.

Yes, although the final evolved form of the Rogue Crocodile and the Desert Dragonfly are mutually beneficial working partners, the Black-eyed Crocodile prefers to prey on mandible ants when it is young.

The method is to attack when the mandible ants, which have rolled over, are unable to get up.

Because the mandibles of the mandible ant are so heavy, once it accidentally overturns, it is very difficult to recover.

The giant ant casually moved a few steps toward the energy cube that Tetsuya had thrown on the ground.

Tetsuya was overjoyed. "Great!" he thought, and quickly took a few steps back to show his friendliness.

The mandible ant, with its innocent heart, had no idea there was a trick. It was overjoyed, thinking, "This human is quite clever after all."

He took a few more steps toward the energy cube, then stared at Tetsuya.

Tetsuya then retreated a few meters away without hesitation. Trapinch shook its head in satisfaction and bit off the energy cube.

Oh! This is a delicacy among elves.

The unique sandy texture of the ground-type energy cube exploded in the mouth of the mandible ant, who swore that he had never eaten anything so delicious since birth.

Although it's also ground energy, this stuff is far better than soil and sand.

"Dong dong."

This time it was three small, cylindrical, brown granules resembling chunks of mixed meat.

This is fairy food. Because you can't feed them too many energy cubes, they get full very easily. What if they run away if you give them too much?

The mandible ant leaned forward and sniffed it, finding it alright, but not as fragrant as the previous one.

But since it was given to it by that kind human, it must be good, it thought, and swallowed three elf food pieces in one gulp.

Hmm, it's definitely not as tasty as the yellow one from before, but there's more of it.

Even with its tiny head, the mandible ant can still distinguish between one and three.

In its simple understanding, it's normal that there aren't many delicious foods, otherwise it wouldn't have to eat dirt every day.

Tetsuya threw out three more Pokémon food, but this time they were a little closer to him.

The mandible ant happily approached Tetsuya little by little.

He was becoming increasingly excited.

Suddenly, his hand paused, and his eyes narrowed. What was this...?

He glanced around discreetly and sensed that five or six more people had suddenly appeared around him.

Are they from the hunting grounds? But they've arrived way too late.

Tetsuya was prepared, after all, the park must have a record of Trapinch-like Pokémon.

Such a precious elf could not possibly be allowed to roam freely here.

He had previously suspected that the place where the mini dragon was located was probably being watched over by someone, but now it seems that his prediction was definitely correct.

He had planned to subdue them before they arrived, figuring they wouldn't complain unless he used force. But now...

Tetsuya looked at the mandible ant, which was still seven or eight meters away from him, and thought, "Damn it, I should have stayed closer."

The mandible ant stared blankly at the humans not far away. What was going on? Were they going to feed it or not? It was still hungry.

Tetsuya decisively withdrew his hand from feeding the animals. Since he was already there, there was no need to do it anymore; offending the hunting grounds was a very unwise choice.