How come my Pokémon turned into a girl?

"So what do we say now? Go wake up the boss?"

"You're so stupid! By the time the boss gets up, the Nidoqueen will have already run away. By then, that old thing's cowardly attitude probably won't allow us to catch up."

"Then what do you say we should do?" Hunter A quickly asked after realizing that his companion seemed to have other plans.

"If you ask me, we should just sneak up on that Nidoken. If she gets hurt, she'll definitely run back to her base. Then, we can catch those little guys we let escape during the day."

"That's it! It's time to make that old guy understand the importance of listening to young people's opinions."

The two hit it off immediately and without reporting anything to their boss, they followed the huge footprints left by Nidoqueen.

……

"Hmm, Mew, is this the closest Pokémon settlement you mentioned? Strange...it's so small."

Qianye was currently standing in front of a small cave. Although the entrance was covered by rubble and weeds, making it impossible to see what was inside, judging from its structure, its size might be suitable as a makeshift shelter, but it was too cramped to be a long-term home for a Pokémon population.

"Xiaoye, just open it and take a look and you'll know~"

The pink-haired loli's soft and delicate hand was completely wrapped by Qianye's left palm. She looked towards the narrow hole, her pretty face full of confidence.

"I've already told you that only I can call you Xiaoye..." On the boy's right, the blonde loli Jirachi pouted and held his other hand.

Ever since Mew appeared and seemed to be sticking to Sayo, Jirachi, feeling threatened, changed his usual habit of sleeping in the boy's body all day long. The time he spent in the outside world on that day far exceeded the total of his previous time.

I don’t know why that old woman who likes to act young is so interested in Xiaoye. She has been pulling Xiaoye to play with her all day long, and she still doesn’t stop even at this late hour. She doesn’t have the dignity of a divine beast at all!

Jirachi silently criticized Mew's behavior in her heart, but she didn't seem to think that all the judgments she made on the other party could also be applied to herself.

"Okay, then I'll give it a try."

Qianye stepped forward, stretched out his arms, and after a considerable time, he cleared away all the debris that concealed the cave entrance. However, before he could even peer deeper into the cave, the young man suddenly felt the ground beneath his feet begin to shake.

Earthquake? No... that's not right, something huge is coming!

Qianye quickly turned around, and what immediately appeared in his sight was a Nidoqueen with red eyes, striding towards him with great momentum.

Chapter 79 The Hunted “Hunter”

Seeing the murderous glare directed at him, Qianye didn't bother to figure out why a Nidoqueen suddenly appeared and was about to attack him. He simply took out his Poké Ball and released Kodora:

"Kodora, use Iron Head Attack to calm her down!"

The black-armored monster landed heavily on the ground with a muffled thud. Seeing Kodora's appearance, a flicker of fear flashed across Nidoqueen's eyes, and her charging body paused. But after glancing at the hole where all obstructions had been torn open, she gritted her teeth and continued charging forward with all her might.

"Yes~"

Facing Nidoqueen's fearless attitude, Kodora showed no fear at all. Excitement flashed red in her eyes, and she leaped high with all four legs, a black luster appearing on her steel helmet.

In an instant, the two hard heads clashed violently. This was a pure numerical confrontation without any tricks. As for the final winner, it was obvious.

At the moment of the heavy blow to the head, Nidoqueen's brain was almost shaken by the impact. The slightly charred interior of the poison horn, already burned by the flames, had become brittle. After the impact, it broke with a snap.

An irresistible feeling of dizziness came over her, and Nidoqueen tried to use her willpower to maintain her body's balance, but physiological instincts were not so easy to resist. Before she completely lost consciousness, she whimpered and took a last look at the hole, and her huge blue body fell to the ground with a bang.

That sad look...what's going on?

Feeling something in his heart, Qianye turned around and looked deep into the cave. In the darkness, he could vaguely see some blue and purple shadows. Are those... Nidoran and Nidoran?!

The boy understood everything at once. It was obvious that Nidoqueen had launched the attack to protect its children, but he had injured it in return.

Qianye quickly ran to the fallen Nidoqueen and saw the broken blue horn on its head. He felt guilty. He bent down and was about to do some healing, but suddenly remembered that he had only come here to play with Menghuan and did not have any healing tools on him.

Just as he was about to get overwhelmed, a pink light suddenly appeared beside him. The light shone on Nidoqueen's body, and not only did new horns miraculously grow from the broken parts of her body, but the wounds left on her body by unknown reasons also healed at the speed of light.

Qianye had once witnessed Nancy using her psychic powers to heal Pokémon, and even superficial wounds took time to fully heal. And to regenerate a broken horn without leaving any scars, there was only one person who could do it—

The light between the pink-haired little girl's palms gradually dissipated. Noticing the boy's gaze, she lowered her head somewhat dejectedly and placed her index fingers together.

"I'm sorry, Xiaoye. I didn't investigate the situation beforehand."

Because he was having so much fun playing with Qianye, when the other party suddenly asked where all the Pokémon near the forest had gone, out of the mentality of showing off his abilities to his friends, Menghuan located the place where more Pokémon had gathered recently without thinking, but he didn't expect to cause trouble.

Originally, she thought Qianye would be angry with her for this, but instead, she felt a heavy and gentle touch on her head.

"How could I blame Mew? I was the one who asked Mew the question in the first place, and it was me who unthinkingly lifted the covering of the cave entrance. On the contrary, if it weren't for Mew's treatment, I really don't know what I would have done."

"Hehe~" After all, she is a child at heart. After being praised a few times, the pink-haired loli suddenly became happy again, and even raised her head and rubbed his palm.

Ugh...how could this happen...

Seeing how happy Menghuan was when Qianye patted her head, the blonde loli Jirachi bit her invisible handkerchief jealously. She just used a healing technique, but Qianye patted her head. As a mother, she had never received such service!

I must, I must recover all my strength quickly, and I will be the one to protect Xiaoye!

Clenching his fists, Jirachi gave himself a pep talk. At that moment, Nidoqueen, lying on the ground, opened her eyes again.

"Sorry Nidoqueen, we didn't mean to hurt your child. Everything that just happened was just a misunderstanding."

Noticing that Nidoqueen had awakened, Qianye hurried forward to explain in order to prevent her from having another attack after waking up.

In fact, when Nidoqueen regained consciousness, she discovered that the horns on her head, which should have been broken off, had been repaired. Even the injuries she had suffered from the guys who had taken her husband and children had healed. Her hostility and vigilance had been reduced by half, and...

Its eyes couldn't help but glance at the black-armored monster standing on all fours next to the young human. The cold gaze that the other party inadvertently cast at it made its heart tremble.

In a sense, his family had started migrating just to avoid this "evil star", but as a result they were ambushed.

The "culprit" who caused all this was standing there staring at her. Even if Nidoqueen still had some anger in her heart, she didn't have the strength or courage to vent it on that guy.

The aura on his body dissipated, and the huge blue body directly passed several people and walked towards the location of the cave. However, before the thick legs could completely step into it, the dreamy eyes lit up as if sensing something, and two white lights condensed into a human figure in the air:

"Xiaoye, two guys with strong malicious intentions are sneaking over here~"

As Menghuan said this, she directly withdrew the mental power in the air, causing the two "sneaky guys" she called to fall heavily to the ground.

Before Qianye could figure out the situation, Nidoqueen's reaction after seeing the two guys was far more intense than his. She pounded her chest with her strong hands and roared angrily, with a flash of white light emerging from her mouth.

It was the destructive ray! What had happened between those two strangers and Nidoqueen? They'd been murderous the moment they'd met.

The two Pokémon hunters were confused as to how they had suddenly appeared in such a place while tracking the scent and footprints of Nidoqueen... However, their keen sense of the energy beam that was about to threaten their lives left them no time to think about such things.

"Charizard, use Flamethrower!" Hunter A quickly took out the Poké Ball and summoned his general to attack.

"Stinger Jellyfish, you also come out and use the bubble beam!" Hunter B also dispatched his main force -

A giant jellyfish with a blue umbrella-shaped head, two red agate-like solids, countless tentacles and a pair of blue pincers fell to the ground, spewing out white foam-like water.

Jet flames, foam beams... and the destructive beams condensed and spewed from Nidoqueen's mouth—the three forces were about to collide. But before that, a powerful telekinesis seized them and directly controlled them to fly into the sky.

"what!"

The incredible situation scared the two Pokémon hunters so much that their jaws almost dropped to the ground. They didn't notice at all that a little pink-haired girl was looking up at the sky with a snicker, drawing circles with her index finger, and the three energies above also spun around, and finally exploded like fireworks.

Pretending not to notice Menghuan's antics, Qianye coughed lightly a few times, drawing their gaze towards him, and then said, "Excuse me, who are you two? What are you doing here?"

Although he was still verbally asking about the other party's identity, Qianye already had a rough answer in his mind when he saw the hunting tools hidden on the two people and that familiar temperament.

"Where did this little brat come from... But that strange Pokémon, are you the trainer?" Hunter A, who was originally a little impatient and wanted the boy to get out quickly, suddenly changed his mind after seeing the black Pokémon:

"I didn't expect there would be such an unexpected gain! How about this, little brat, if you hand over all the Pokémon you have, we uncles won't take your life."

"That sounds really scary, so you're all actually Pokémon hunters, right?" Having said that, the other party had basically confirmed the boy's judgment, except that he didn't loudly declare that he was a Pokémon hunter.

"So what? Are you going to hand it over or not?" Hunter A was fed up with the other party's casual tone. He was obviously just a little kid, why was he so arrogant?

"Stop wasting time talking to him. We don't have that much time to waste. Jellyfish, use the 'dissolving fluid' to kill him!"

Upon hearing this, the blue head of the stinging jellyfish shook slightly, and it sprayed brown acidic liquid directly at Qianye's face. However, these liquids could not reach him at all, and were directly intercepted by Kodora, who was immune to poison-attribute moves.

Seeing this situation, he wanted to give the next order, but he saw the terrified look of his companion out of the corner of his eye.

"What are you hesitating about..." Before he could finish his words, he felt a sharp pain in his neck and a cold liquid seeped out from there, causing Hunter B to become completely stiff.

A sharp claw covered in black hair was pressing against his throat and had already cut through the skin. He had no doubt that if he made any other unusual movements, his trachea would be the next to be cut.

"So, you guys don't pay any attention to your surroundings before you act?"

While the two Pokémon hunters were still focusing all their attention on Nidoku, Qianye quietly released Kuroko and allowed her to circumvent him. In other words, before he even formally asked the question, he already had the lives of the two in his hands.

"Come to think of it, since you've all been so enthusiastic about telling me your identities, I haven't introduced myself yet. That's a bit rude."

"Well, let's get to know each other again. I currently hold a sinecure in the Pokémon League. My job is somewhat similar to yours, primarily hunting, but the prey is different."

"The job title is—Extraneous Investigator."

Chapter 80: Pursuit

Suddenly, several flames lit up in the poaching gang's camp. Pokémon hunters held up torches, illuminating the entire open space into daylight.

"Where did the two guys who were on night watch go?" The leader of the poaching group stopped one of his men and asked loudly.

"Reporting to the eldest brother, we didn't find those two people, but we found footprints of a large Pokémon near the camp."

"Take me there!"

Led by his subordinates, he went straight to the huge footprints that extended deep into the woods. After carefully observing their shapes, he made a judgment based on his experience:

"Those are Nidoqueen's footprints, for sure! How dare those two disobey my orders and follow me without even reporting!"

Seeing this situation, the leader of the poaching group probably understood what was going on. He checked the softness of the soil under the footprints and found that it had hardened to this extent. It would take at least several hours. Since they hadn't come back for such a long time, it seemed that they were in great danger.

"Boss, what should we do now?"

"What should we do? If they're just stupid enough to be killed by wild Pokémon, that wouldn't be a bad situation, but I'm worried about another possibility..."

"Brothers, don't sleep tonight. Everyone, be on high alert. If those two don't return by dawn, pack up and move camp."

The order was gradually passed down, and after a period of chaos, the poaching gangs finally formed neat lines and ambushed in various places. However, many people still had doubts about the boss's statement.

As the sky gradually brightened, this feeling of suspicion continued to grow. After being busy all day without any rest, even an honest person would feel resentful, not to mention that basically none of these guys had a good temper.

So, even though everyone was superficially following orders, they were actually quite lazy. The poaching leader noticed their lackadaisical behavior, but there was nothing he could do.

Until sunrise, when the sky was dyed red and many people had begun to yawn, a rustling sound was finally heard in the forest. A giant blue beast slowly walked out of the bushes, with dried dark red liquid on its skin.

"It's that Nidoqueen! Boss, it looks like our two brothers have fallen. My friends and I will go and take it down to avenge our brothers."

Revenge is all fake. They are just evil people who gathered together for their own interests. They will only be happier if there are fewer people to share the spoils.

The idea of ​​urgently wanting to capture Nidoqueen is real. Pokémon is equal to money. They can't get along with anyone but money. They looked uninterested just now, but now they are more active than each other.

But the poaching group leader showed a different reaction. "No, it's not right. Last night, it fled even though there were only two of us on guard. Now that there are so many of us here, it's not afraid anymore. Something's wrong!"

"Boss, you're overthinking it. Wild Pokémon don't have that kind of intelligence. I guess he just killed two of his brothers and thought he was doing it again. Don't worry, it won't take long to catch that guy."

No one listened to his warning at all. They all pounced with balls in hand like hungry wolves seeing meat, and a group of Pokémon emerged from the red light.

However, Nidoqueen did not choose to rush forward. She put her thick arms behind her back, gritted her teeth, tensed her muscles, and lifted a black object with all her strength, throwing it towards the poaching gang's position.

Like a black cannonball zooming rapidly before their eyes, the Pokémon Hunters bearing the brunt of the attack quickly scattered. As soon as their hind legs left their spot, a black object slammed into their center, kicking up a cloud of dust.

When the dust cleared, the attacker revealed its true form—a ferocious Pokémon covered in hard black armor and crawling on all fours.

"The special forces have successfully broken into the encirclement. Now we begin the first round of attack."

Behind Nidoqueen, a cheerful young voice sounded. It was Qianye, who, after finding out everything that had happened here from the two Pokémon hunters, was ready to help Nidoqueen take back her husband and children.

For this operation, he deliberately went back to the camp and brought Naz and other companions over.

The original intelligence we received was that these Pokémon hunters should be asleep, and we wanted to take this opportunity to attack them, but we didn't expect that these people not only woke up, but also ambushed us.

Fortunately, Naz used her telekinesis to explore the situation in the camp first, otherwise she might have been ambushed if she had rushed in.

So, the group waited patiently for a whole night, and only after the Pokémon hunters began to relax after being highly nervous for too long did they officially take action.

"Kodora, use Earthquake."

A telepathic connection was sent to Kodora's mind, and his two steel forelegs began to gather the power of the earth. The hunters around him had clearly slowed down their reflexes, completely unaware that they were standing on the brink of danger.

"Get out of there, you idiots!"

It was the poaching group leader's one eye that was sharper. He saw the terrifying power under the iron feet and quickly shouted to his subordinates.

But it was too late. The violent shaking of the ground made the Pokémon hunters lose their footing. Those who were close to the center of the earthquake were directly thrown into the sky and fell to the ground with a loud bang, completely dead.

What a pity! If it weren't for the shout from the middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader of this poaching group, many Pokémon hunters who were close to the edge of the earthquake attack range would have immediately moved away from the battlefield, and the victory could have been further achieved.

Compared to Qian Ye who looked a little regretful, the poaching group leader had a more serious expression. After the previous wave of attacks, less than 60% of the brothers were still able to fight normally.

The series of actions just now were absolutely impossible for a beast without a trainer to think of... and the trainer who controlled the Nidoqueen has not yet appeared.