Chapter 41: Separation
"Then let's go our separate ways!"
Outside the Red Mist Forest, the gray-faced Team Rocket trio had hearty smiles on their faces, and across from them, Takumi and Ah Cheng, who were a little sloppy, also looked at Musashi and the others with a smile.
Traveling in the wilderness is not an easy task, and if you want to clean up every day, in addition to buying a backpack with a larger interior space, it is also essential to have plenty of water.
Want to be as easy and enjoyable as traveling in the anime? This is almost impossible in reality.
However, even if the image has been deducted, Tuohai's mood is still good.
After resting for a night in Ba Da Butterfly's territory, the trio of Team Rocket and Takumi walked together, and the four Pokémon joined forces, which is also a good force in this Red Mist Forest, and no Pokémon dares to stop everyone's progress.
As a result, the time taken for the second half of the journey through the Red Mist Forest was greatly reduced, and even if the two days spent dealing with the Great Needle Bee were counted, the final time to cross the Red Mist Forest was actually one day faster than Takumi's expected time.
As soon as they walked out of the Red Mist Forest, the trio of Team Rocket proposed a separation, which made Ah Cheng a little reluctant, and the optimistic trio obviously left a good impression on Ah Cheng in the past few days.
Compared with the twelve-year-old Ah Cheng, Tuohai was extremely suitable for this parting scene, and reached out to pat Ah Cheng's shoulder.
"They have to rush back to hand in the task, and we also have to go to Hongyun City to challenge the Dao Pavilion, and this is just a temporary parting, and we will see each other again when we have the chance."
"That's right, we'll definitely meet again in the future!"
"You two also have to work hard to become excellent trainers as soon as possible!"
Noticing that Meowmeow, who was busy on the side, had already heated up the hot air balloon, Musashi and Kojiro hurriedly jumped into the hanging basket under the meow-shaped hot air balloon and waved to Takumi and the two in a dashing manner.
"Don't worry! We will definitely become excellent trainers, but you must be promoted to cadres as soon as possible! ”
Takumi also waved at the gradually rising hot air balloon, and did not forget to hit the trio with bad taste, as if he heard the sound of falling to the ground from the hanging basket, and the smiles on Takumi and Ah Cheng's faces became even brighter.
It wasn't until the conspicuous meow hot air balloon went away that Takumi shrugged his shoulders and said to Ah Cheng beside him.
"Let's go too, and try to reach Hongyun City before dark!"
"Hot food, bubbly bathtub, big soft bed, safe room, I'm coming!"
Completely tempted by what he said, Ah Cheng burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm, changed his normal way to walk in front of Tuohai, and strode towards Hongyun City along the road that had been in disrepair for a long time.
Shaking his head, Takumi also quickly followed Ah Cheng's pace, brushing the baby ball tattoo on the back of his right hand with his left hand, and Takumi once again saw the familiar light blue interface.
The [Mission] and [Exchange] options were directly skipped by Takumi, and Takumi's attention was still on his [Information].
"ID: 7027."
"Ability: [Katy Dog's Nose - Phase 1]."
"Item: [Disposable Skill Card - Paralysis Powder] x1."
"Pokémon: Six. Six-tailed, small Lada, Aba snake, iron shell kun X3. ”
"Six Tails: The Growth Period."
"Characteristic: Fire."
"Little Lada: Formative Days."
"Trait: Perseverance."
"Aba Snake: Growing Days."
"Feature: Intimidation."
"Iron-shelled kun: pupal form."
"Trait: Molting"
A large pile of text appeared above the light blue interface, and Takumi noticed that it seemed that because of the increase in the number of Pokémon in his hand, the skill bar that originally appeared below each Pokémon disappeared directly.
After testing it a few times, Takumi discovered that it was only when he focused his attention on a Pokémon's information that its corresponding skill bar would appear.
"That's fine, if it's densely packed with textual descriptions, I guess I don't even bother to read it myself."
After checking the [Information] again, he found that it was indeed only the basic information of the newly arrived Pokémon, and Takumi immediately put away the light blue translucent interface.
With Rokuo and Little Lada on guard, Takumi had to think about shooting the two iron-shelled kun.
Not only him, but Ah Cheng also needs to think about this matter, after all, in addition to a big needle bee in her hand, she also has an iron shell kun.
In Takumi's philosophy, a Pokémon only needs to be subdued and cultivated, and taking too many is undoubtedly a waste of resources and energy.
"It is undoubtedly the best result to be able to make the Iron Shell Kun evolve into a large needle bee and then sell it, you must know that the price of the big needle bee and the price of the iron shell Kun are not at the same level at all."
Touching his chin, Takumi already had a decision in his heart.
"There are still eight days before the start of the next task of the 'system', and under these eight days of careful care, it is naturally best for the Iron Shell Kun to evolve into a large needle bee."
"After all, I don't know what the next mission will be, and it's very likely that I won't be able to take care of it, and I'll starve to death for Ironshell......
Thinking of this, the corners of Takumi's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
He originally wondered why the Rocket trio didn't want these few iron-clad kuns that they had stolen, but it wasn't until he and Ah Cheng shared the stolen goods that Kojiro said this fact with a snicker.
Since Iron-clad Kun has no mouth and cannot eat to replenish nutrients, not every Iron-clad Kun can endure starvation until the moment it evolves.
Those who have ingested enough nutrients and have a fat body have a higher probability of evolving into giant needle bees again after evolving into iron-shelled kun than those who have evolved from stunted unicorns.
Unable to endure hunger, Iron-clad Kun naturally has no choice but to starve to death, which is why unicorns usually crawl back to the big needle hive when they feel that they are about to evolve.
At least the place chosen by the big needle bee swarm for the iron-shelled kun can still allow the iron-shelled kun to absorb some dew with their bodies, and from time to time they will sprinkle some fruit juice on the iron-shell kun's carapace, increasing their chances of successful evolution a little bit.
Although the chances of these more nutritious Iron Shell Kuns will be greatly increased as long as they are carefully cared for after subduing them, the trio of Team Rocket obviously do not have this patience.
Takumi, who jumped into the pit, originally had the idea of abandoning the three iron-shelled kun, but with a slight change of thought, Takumi stopped the idea.
Meow Meow They don't want Iron Shell Kun just because they are too lazy to take care of it, but he still has that energy......
After all, as long as he succeeds in his evolution, the income from selling two of them can make his wallet swell again, and this income model still makes Takumi quite excited.
chatting with Ah Cheng all the way, due to the fact that Hongyun City is adjacent to the Red Mist Forest, there are almost no traces of Pokémon on both sides of the road leading to Hongyun City, but it makes the journey of Takumi and the two a lot easier, and they successfully arrived in Hongyun City before dark.
……
In another town, the team trio walked into a station that Team Rocket had set up in the town and reported to Team Rocket's boss, Sakaki, on the completion of the mission.
When the person in charge of the station saw the image of Sakaki on the video phone screen, he was immediately in awe, confessed his guilt, and hurriedly left the contact room.
After all, an ordinary official member like him does not have the power to talk directly with the big boss, which makes him wonder what the identity of the team rocket trio is, and they can actually contact the big boss directly as an official member......
After the person in charge of the station left, the three of Musashi greeted Sakaki with an affectionate face.
They are not fools, and naturally they know that they don't have to take on all kinds of responsibilities in various places like other official members of Team Rocket, and Sakaki can imagine taking care of them.
Not just a few official members have the right to move freely, and not everyone can contact Sakaki directly at any time!
"Oh? Is that you? What's the matter? ”
Sakaki, who was sitting in the boss's chair, stroked the cat boss next to him a few times with his right hand holding a cigar, and he seemed to be in a very good mood.
After respectfully putting his right hand on his chest and bowing to Sakaki, Kojiro reported the completion of the mission to Sakaki in an orderly manner.
"That's right, fifty big needle bees, after a period of treatment, you can directly replenish the Pokémon lost by the people below, you did a good job......"
Nodding in satisfaction, Sakaki continued.
"Musashi, you've lost an Aba snake, haven't you? When the big needle bee is teleported, I'll have someone add you with an Aba snake. As for this Fujiwara Takumi, I seem to have heard this name somewhere......"
As the trio looked at each other in surprise, Sakaki's left hand quickly retrieved a report from the desk behind him.
"Found it...... We handed in a mission report to the head of Wave Town, which mentioned the name Fujiwara Takumi, who was originally going to recruit this person to join our Rocket Team, but by the time his people arrived at the Pokémon Center in Wave Town, this Fujiwara Takumi had already left. ”
"I didn't expect him to meet you, so let's pull him into Team Rocket the next time you see him, I have always refused to come to talent!"
"Boss Wise!" The trio hurriedly patted Sakaki's ass, and after Sakaki let out a chuckle, he hung up the video phone.
The superior can show closeness to his subordinates, but never be too polite to his subordinates.
After all, there is only one boss position, and subordinates can have many......
Communication was interrupted, and Sakaki rotated the boss's chair back in the direction facing the desk, picked up the documents marked as top secret on the desk and went through them again, unable to hide the excitement at the corners of his mouth.
"[Fantasy Gene Clone Latest Progress], the strongest Pokémon...... I can't wait to meet you! ”