Chapter 55: Substitution (Happy New Year's Eve!)

Chapter 55: Switching (Happy New Year's Eve~!)

Red suddenly stopped and looked at Miss Junsha in front of him curiously.

"Hmm? Did you trigger any plot?" After muttering to herself, Red opened her mouth to trigger the conversation.

"Excuse me, Miss Junsha!?"

"Well, it's like this..."

Miss Junsha, who was obviously just an NPC but had an unexpectedly vivid expression, suddenly pulled out a Squirtle with a smooth head and a heavy turtle shell from behind.

Junsha said: "This is a Squirtle that I caught recently and loves to make trouble. I am looking for a trainer with skills and want to entrust him to someone..."

"You have... 2 badges!"

"It seems that you are already a powerful trainer! In that case, this Squirtle will be handed over to you!"

Miss Junsha pushed Squirtle towards Red without saying anything.

Immediately, her expression suddenly returned to the expressionless face of the NPC, and she turned into a cold policewoman in a short skirt and stood in place.

"So it's a pet?"

Red's eyes suddenly flashed with joy, and the Squirtle in front of him suddenly turned into a light blue light and got into his backpack.

Exactly the same as the Charmander before!

"Charmander, Squirtle..."

"So, there will be another plot that gives Bulbasaur seeds later?"

Looking at the [Water Gun] move learning device that suddenly appeared in the backpack, Red was still very happy even though it was useless in the short term.

What made him even more excited was...

Just after he took a few steps, he actually triggered another plot where the NPC took the initiative to talk to him.

It was a fighting strongman wearing the same "gasoline heels" in "Street Fighter"!

Originally sitting on a bench, he ran to Red immediately after seeing him, and then asked eagerly:

"Do you like Growlithe or Meowth?"

A pop-up window suddenly popped up, with the two options of [Growlithe] and [Meowth] clearly marked on it.

Red: ? ? ?

"What kind of strange question is this?"

He hesitated for a moment, thinking of the Growlithes he had met on Route 6 before, and finally chose [Growlithe].

But the strangely dressed fighting man waved his hand:

"Hey~ Don't tell me the answer! Isn't this a matter of course?"

"Come back to me after you have captured 5 Growlithes!"

"Then I will give you an incredible Pokémon~!"

"There are so many benefits in Vermilion City?"

Seeing the fighting man sitting back on the bench again, Chihong couldn't help but sigh out loud.

It's a pity that if he had known that there was such a hidden task in Vermilion City earlier, he would have directly captured those defeated Growlithes.

But it's also good this way.

The sudden small task made Chihong make a decision instantly...

The next game time, continue to level up on Route 6.

The two first found the Pokémon Center in Vermilion City, helped Nami recover all her strength, and then plunged into the bushes on Route 6 and began a pleasant leveling journey.

In order to speed up the efficiency, Red also specially used a bottle of insect-attracting perfume.

[Item: Insect-attracting perfume]

[Effect: In the next half hour, the probability of encountering Pokémon in the wild will be increased, and rare Pokémon will be more likely to appear. ]

This bottle of insect-attracting perfume was picked up by Nami for Red during the game time in the past few days using her own picking-up characteristics.

In addition, during this period of time, Nami also picked up a lot of common props in various Pokémon games, such as ropes to leave the cave, insect spray, wound medicine, and potions to restore abnormal states.

To be honest, Nami is worthy of being the top miser in the pirate world. The things she picked up during this period of time alone are worth thousands of dollars if sold to friendly stores.

Red guessed that even Pokémon that really have the picking-up characteristics could not pick up things like Nami.

Of course, among the items picked up by Nami, various attribute candies are also frequent customers.

Among them, Red has already let Nami use those that meet the conditions, which can be regarded as making up for her attributes that she is not good at, such as special defense and speed.

With the effect of the insect-attracting perfume, the speed at which Chihong and his friends encountered Pokémon became significantly more frequent this time.

As soon as they stepped into the bush, they could see four Pokémon jumping out from the depths of the bush.

One of them happened to be the Growlithe they were looking for!

"Good luck!"

Chihong raised the corner of his mouth and immediately commanded Nami.

The two worked together and soon captured the first Growlithe.

With the idea of ​​completing the task as the primary goal, Chihong directly passed the other Pokémon and focused on searching for Growlithe in the bush.

It didn't even take half an hour for them to successfully capture 5 Growlithes.

And seeing that the 5 Growlithes only dropped a barbecue fruit that could unfreeze the frozen state, Chihong completely gave up the idea of ​​capturing wild Pokémon to obtain precious props.

The reason why Casey was able to drop the move learning device before was because it could carry the move learning device itself.

In normal games, fruits are the permanent guests of most Pokémon's carry-ons.

After returning to Vermilion City, Red immediately found the Fighting Man.

"It seems that you have successfully captured 5 Growlithes. In that case..."

"Then I'll give you this handsome and beautiful Cat Boss!"

Red: "..."

"So what's the point of asking me to capture Growlithe?"

Red complained helplessly, and then reached out to take Cat Boss's Poké Ball.

The next second, just like Charmander and Squirtle before, Cat Boss instantly turned into a strange light and got into Red's backpack.

It also gave Red one more move learning device reserve!

Including the previous water gun, he got two more move learning devices today.

And unlike the water gun with a damage move of only 40 power...

The move learning device obtained this time was unexpectedly useful in Red's opinion.

[Move: Swap]

[Attribute: Evil]

[Category: Change]

[Power: -]

[Introduction: Use a flash of amazing speed to exchange your own and your opponent's possessions. ]

This short and simple introduction made Red's expectations for this move directly maxed out!

In the game world, this move may not be very useful.

After all, even the Pokémon of the gym trainer usually only carry some recovery items.

But in the real world...

This move is simply a melee version of "Expelliarmus"!

"Switch... This move sounds like it's for thieves..."

Red thought and clicked the button to learn the move.

In an instant, in his Pokémon list, the words [Learnable] appeared under the icons of Buggy and Nami.

Of course, because the Pokémon must be in the game world to learn the move, Red can only learn it for Nami.

In this way, Nami's 4 skill bars are also filled, namely: Electric Speed ​​​​Up, Ma Ma Electric Shock, Treasure Power, and Swap.

"Alas~ It would be nice if there were no skill limit."

"I don't know if the skill bar of Pokémon will be refreshed after the next version of the game is launched..."

Red thought for a moment, and after waiting for Nami to receive the insight of the move [Switch], they returned to the Pokémon Center to replenish their energy.

Although there was still some power left, there was not much to do in this time, so Red simply chose to save the progress and exit the game.

Back in the real world, a noisy snoring sound immediately came into his ears.

It was the sound of Luffy and Zoro who were exhausted after practicing for a day.

Seeing this scene, Red and Usopp, who had just exited the game world, smiled at each other and fell asleep immediately.

No words all night.

I wish you all a happy New Year's Eve~!

It's the New Year, and I don't have anything to give you, so I'll add another chapter~

I'm typing, and I promise to send it out before the Spring Festival Gala starts~!