37: Section 37

“Besides, most of you aren't like me; you don't have to worry about going to work or anything, so you can sleep in until whenever you want.”

Zhang Yu couldn't help but offer a few reminders after noticing the barrage of comments in the live stream.

To be honest, if it weren't for his Super New Human Body and Waveguide Power, he would have collapsed long ago.

And if he hadn't been worried about Growlithe disappearing after he woke up, he wouldn't be battling Growlithe right now.

Thinking of this, he immediately opened his Pokédex and scanned Growlithe.

【Growlithe】

Level: 21

Type: Fire

Ability: Fire Absorb

Skills: Glare, Ember, Bite, Flame Wheel, Agility

Originally, Zhang Yu only scanned Growlithe with his Pokédex as a precaution, but when he saw the detailed information, he couldn't help but twitch his lips.

Fortunately, he was cautious and used the Pokédex in advance, learning that this Growlithe's ability was Fire Absorb. Otherwise, if Charmeleon accidentally used a Fire-type skill, it would have been disastrous.

It really could have led to an unexpected defeat.

After all, although Growlithe hasn't evolved, its level is higher than Charmeleon's. If you really calculate it, their strengths are actually not that different; Charmeleon only has a slight advantage.

“Charmeleon, use Growl!”

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu immediately had Charmeleon start moving.

As his words fell, Charmeleon immediately let out a Growl that sounded somewhat cute.

And along with this Growl, there were also waves of white, circular ripples.

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In just the blink of an eye, these circular ripples enveloped Growlithe, causing its attack to decrease.

“Woof!”

“Glare!”

What Zhang Yu didn't expect was that Growlithe, almost at the same time, glared at Charmeleon with a very sharp look, causing a white light to flash around Charmeleon's body, which lowered its defense.

“Tsk, this Growlithe isn't simple… Charmeleon, use Dragon Breath!”

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu immediately felt a wave of frustration. Usually, he was the one using status-changing skills to weaken opponents, so why did this Growlithe also know this trick?

But it didn't matter; relatively speaking, he still gained a bit more, as attack was more important than defense.

Hearing this, Charmeleon immediately opened its mouth and spat out a dark green fireball, which shot straight towards Growlithe.

“Ember!”

Facing Charmeleon's attack, Growlithe initially didn't pay much attention, thinking it was just a Fire-type skill.

But when the dark green fireball approached, it realized that something seemed a bit off, and could only open its mouth to spray out an orange-red fireball to block it.

“Boom!”

When the two different colored fireballs collided, they immediately exploded.

But before the smoke from the explosion could dissipate, the severely shrunken dark green fireball burst out of the smoke, directly hitting Growlithe and sending it flying.

【Huh? Why were the skills these two Pokémon used at the beginning so strange?】

【I don't know what was going on with Growlithe's skill, but based on my observation, the Growl Charmeleon used seems to have the effect of weakening the opponent.】

【Really? You can tell that?】

【Actually, if you think about it carefully, you'll know. Beedrill, as an evolved Pokémon, and possibly one that has evolved more than once, logically shouldn't have been knocked back by Charmander even with a type advantage. To make this situation reasonable, the Growl skill must have such an effect.】

【To be fair, that's true.】

【Compared to this, shouldn't we be more concerned about Growlithe's strange behavior afterward? It initially seemed to have no intention of blocking Charmeleon's attack, so why did it suddenly change its mind?】

【You should ask Growlithe about that; how could we possibly know?】

【Regarding this, I do have a guess: could it be that when Fire-type Pokémon face other Fire-type Pokémon, the damage they take is significantly reduced, and it initially mistook Dragon Breath for a Fire-type skill? After all, that skill, apart from its color, looks almost identical to the Ember Charmeleon used before.】

【You know what, that actually seems like a possibility.】

Upon seeing the two Pokémon begin their battle, the Water Friends' attention immediately shifted to the battle itself and the skills they were using.

However, the skills they used were truly baffling.

Charmeleon's Growl was fine; it had been used several times before, so the Water Friends had a general idea of its effect.

But the situation with Growlithe was very confusing.

And what made them feel exhausted was that before they could figure out what was going on with that skill, Growlithe then exhibited behavior that they found very puzzling.

“Charmeleon, Dragon Breath Encore!”

Upon seeing that Dragon Breath had been effective, Zhang Yu unhesitatingly chose it again.

After hearing Zhang Yu's words, Charmeleon immediately opened its mouth and spat out a dark green fireball, which shot towards Growlithe.

“Flame Wheel!”

Upon sensing Charmeleon's attack, Growlithe immediately adjusted its posture.

Having learned its lesson once, it clearly wouldn't sit idly by again. It immediately curled its body into a ball and charged towards Charmeleon.

As Growlithe's speed increased, its body quickly became covered in a layer of scorching flames.

In just the blink of an eye, Growlithe, enveloped in these flames, collided with the dark green fireball.

Originally, Growlithe had the advantage of matching types and could have completely dispersed Charmeleon's attack with Flame Wheel, but its attack had been weakened by Growl.

This resulted in it being in a stalemate with the dark green fireball, neither able to overcome the other for a moment.

“Charmeleon, now! Charge forward and continuously use Scratch attacks!”

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu's eyes immediately lit up, and he quickly spoke to Charmeleon.

As Zhang Yu's words fell, Charmeleon immediately charged towards Growlithe.

Although Growlithe quickly noticed Charmeleon's approach, it was helpless to do anything about it at this moment.

As the dark green fireball finally dissipated, the flames around Growlithe also extinguished.

And at that very moment, Charmeleon's sharp claws, wrapped in white energy, scratched at Growlithe.

Although Growlithe wanted to dodge, it was clearly too late. Charmeleon's sharp claws landed on it without obstruction, striking it several times in a row and sending it flying.

Growlithe, which was already exhausted from most of the night's toil and hadn't fully recovered, finally had swirling eyes and lost its ability to battle after this series of attacks.

“Mmm~”

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu immediately took out the Ancient Poké Ball he had made in his spare time last night and threw it towards Growlithe.

After tracing an arc, the Ancient Poké Ball hit the incapacitated Growlithe, causing it to turn into a red light and be drawn into the Ancient Poké Ball.

Once the Ancient Poké Ball landed on the ground, it immediately began to shake violently.

Fortunately, this shaking didn't last long. In just a moment, the Ancient Poké Ball stopped shaking and became still.

“It seems I've successfully caught Growlithe.”

Upon seeing this, Zhang Yu immediately happily picked up the Ancient Poké Ball and then released Growlithe again.

【Yay! Charmeleon successfully defeated Growlithe!】

【It's clear that Charmeleon has indeed gotten much stronger. Growlithe was suppressed by it from beginning to end.】

【By the way, isn't Anchor going to catch Growlithe? Is it really okay to hit it so hard?】

【This does seem a bit not okay, doesn't it?】

【There's nothing that can be done about it, after all, Growlithe chose to battle. If you don't show enough strength and defeat it, then it won't work. And Anchor said before, right? You have to do it this way to catch a Pokémon.】

【That's indeed the logic.】

【Am I the only one who noticed? The results of Anchor's two Poké Ball uses seem a bit different?】

【Different? What's different about them?】

【I think he's talking about the shaking amplitude of the Poké Ball, right? When Anchor used it to catch Charmeleon, the Poké Ball only shook symbolically for a bit and then stopped. But this time, when catching Growlithe, the shaking amplitude was clearly much larger. It gave me a feeling that Growlithe might even jump out.】

【You know what, it's possible Growlithe could really jump out of it, after all, Charmeleon did something like that before, didn't it?】

【So, during the process of catching a Pokémon, it's possible to fail?】

【From the current situation, that seems to be the case.】

Upon seeing Charmeleon successfully defeat Growlithe, the Water Friends were all very happy for Zhang Yu, though some were also a bit puzzled by Zhang Yu's actions.

However, more than that, what truly caught everyone's attention was the slightly different results of Zhang Yu's two uses of the Ancient Poké Ball.

This immediately led them to make certain conjectures.

“You guessed correctly, it is indeed possible to fail when catching a Pokémon.”

“Even when the Pokémon has lost its ability to battle, it can still happen.”