Chapter 32: The Power of Eviolite!

Johto region, Azalea Town.

As time passed, the package sent from the distant other side successfully arrived at the Pokémon Center in Azalea Town.

"Eviolite..."

Recalling the content of his chat with that craftsman, when Bugsy really took out the clean, light purple stone from the package, he called out his Scyther for the first time.

"Scy!"

Bugsy's Scyther was caught with great effort, and it was his favorite Pokémon. This time, buying a durability item was to further strengthen Scyther.

Bug-type Pokémon strengthening items are generally only Silver Powder, which is also the priority choice for most Bug-type trainers. Silver Powder is the scales on the bodies of butterflies and moths. Carrying it on the body can increase the power of Bug-type moves.

Because the offensive power of the Bug-type is not high, increasing the power of moves is very necessary. However, as a Bug-type researcher, Bugsy naturally knows that sometimes you can't just rely on increasing the power of moves to defeat the enemy. Even if the power is great, if you can't hit the opponent, or if you can't resist the attacks of restraining attributes, then it makes no sense.

"Scy?"

Scyther stared at the light purple stone. Humans naturally have no use for Eviolite, and humans can't perceive the strange energy hidden inside the stone, but for Pokémon, they can perceive these special energies and resonate with them.

At this time, Scyther became curious about the stone. It vaguely felt a kind of feeling and tried to contact the Eviolite.

It tapped the Eviolite with the tip of its scythe. The moment it touched, a strange heat flow flowed from the stone into its body, and Scyther's eyes became sharp immediately!

What is this restless feeling?

Scyther confirmed that this stone really helped it become stronger, and at the same time, it gradually understood what that restless feeling was!

Although it had never experienced that state, as a Pokémon, it was born with some knowledge about evolution, but most Pokémon don't know what they will evolve into in the future, nor do they know if they can continue to evolve.

Without a doubt, this feeling is evolution!

"Scy!"

Scyther's two scythe arms were raised, and its heart was full of excitement, but after a long while, it looked at its body in confusion.

Nothing happened!

"Scy?"

Scyther turned its head and looked at its trainer with confused eyes.

This stone is a fake! Were you cheated by someone?

"Eviolite cannot make Pokémon evolve. It resonates with the evolution energy in the body of Pokémon that can still evolve." Bugsy had been paying attention to this scene from the side, and confirmed that what Xiang Guangtai said was true!

Looking at Scyther's confused expression, Bugsy patted its shoulder: "This is not an evolution item, but it seems to be able to increase your defense, and help you become stronger in daily battles. I don't know what the effect is, let's try it now."

"Scy!" Scyther responded.

Bugsy tied a sturdy leather armor to Scyther's waist and put the Eviolite inside, which counted as carrying it.

Scyther also gradually felt an energy cycle in its body, although it was very weak, and at the same time, it felt that its scythe and body seemed to have become stronger and sturdier.

Maybe it's an illusion? Scyther didn't quite understand, but felt that its current state was pretty good.

It happened that a challenger came to the gym at this time. Bugsy looked at Scyther, who was cutting the air.

The state is excellent now, so it's just right to try the power of this new item!

Although Bugsy only intended to try it, the result exceeded his expectations!

The challenger was a Bird Keeper named Minxian, who owned two badges.

Originally, depending on the trainer's birthplace, the order of challenging the gym is also different.

And Bird Keepers are trainers who specialize in Flying-type Pokémon. He seemed to be full of confidence in this gym battle, and threw out a Flying-type Pokémon as soon as he came up!

"Go, Fearow!"

"To deal with Bug-type Pokémon, of course, you have to use Flying-type!"

An orange bird with a red crown, a pink sharp long beak, and wide wings appeared on the battle field!

The one appearing on Bugsy's side was naturally Scyther!

"Scy!"

Scyther felt that its state was very good, staring at Fearow flying in mid-air with eyes full of fighting spirit! It made a threatening sound and showed off the scythes on its two arms.

At the same time, like all common trainers, Bird Keeper Minxian also believed in the truth of "first strike is the best"!

"Use Peck!"

Fearow's sharp and slender bird beak has powerful attack power, and it is best at using this beak to attack small bugs!

Bugsy immediately gave the command:

"Double Team!"

Swish! In an instant, countless phantoms of Scyther appeared on the field. Fearow's attack missed, and Bird Keeper Minxian was annoyed and hissed, turning to order: "Use Wing Attack to break those shadows!"

Fearow used its wide wings to attack the shadows around it, and at this moment Bugsy gave the command:

"Fury Cutter!"

Scyther's shadows were swept away, and the huge scythe slashed directly at Fearow, and then slashed continuously!

However, the power of Bug-type moves is not high to begin with. Even if Fury Cutter can quickly stack power, it is still not enough for Flying-type Pokémon!

"Fearow, use Fury Attack!"

The messy bird beak Fury Attack and the rapidly waving scythe slashed together, sparking in the air. At this moment, the Bird Keeper gave the "Wing Attack" command. Scyther couldn't dodge and was hit. This blow knocked Scyther far away!

However, the expected direct victory did not happen. Scyther just shook its body and quickly returned to its original state, and made a confused "Scy" sound.

Was hit by Wing Attack, but didn't take much damage?

Bugsy had been researching Bug-type Pokémon for a long time, so he could naturally see whether the damage his Pokémon took was much or not. Scyther was just caught off guard just now, and Fearow's wings were too big, making it difficult to avoid during close combat.

Didn't take much damage, which means... "Eviolite" had an effect!

That craftsman said it could "significantly increase the two defenses of Pokémon"... two defenses...

"What's going on?" Contrary to Scyther's good state, the Bird Keeper on the opposite side was a bit panicked. It was clearly a restraining relationship. If it was said that the strength gap was too large, it shouldn't have no effect at all!

"Use... Steel Wing!"

The Bird Keeper gave the command. A layer of metallic color covered Fearow's two wings. The huge steel wings stirred up airflow, and Bugsy ordered Scyther to use Swords Dance!

Swords Dance once, and hard-resist a Steel Wing attack, and the result was painless! Steel Wing is not a Flying-type move, so if there is no restraining relationship, it doesn't matter at all!

And after Scyther hard-resisted Steel Wing, it still looked relaxed and couldn't help but sneer, starting to provoke with its scythe.

And Fearow in the sky was a bit nervous.

It should have been successfully defeating the opponent, but this bug in front of it is different!

"Do it again Fearow, Wing Attack!"

The Bird Keeper still didn't give up, and Fearow also responded to the trainer's command, but Bugsy directly ordered Scyther to use a move!

"Scyther, Brick Break!"

Fearow wanted to use Wing Attack again, but Scyther grinned and rushed toward it, its scythe raised high, and a slash directly knocked Fearow back to the ground!

As the raised dust gradually dissipated, Fearow's eyes had turned into swirls, losing its ability to fight!

And the subsequent two battles were the same situation. The gym challenge is three-on-three, but Bugsy used one Scyther to crush three Flying-type Pokémon, directly completing the team sweep!

It is clear that Fearow was his strongest Bird Pokémon. The ones who went up later were Hoothoot and Pidgeotto, and the result was self-evident!

"Scy!"

Scyther raised its two scythes high, extremely excited!

It had never fought such a satisfying battle as it did today! One against three, it had pierced straight through the opposing team, and the opponents were even using Bird-type Pokémon!

For Bug Pokémon, there is nothing more exciting than defeating their natural enemies head-on!

If it were in the wild environment, Scyther firmly believed that it had become the leader of Bug-type Pokémon, and those Bird Pokémon would definitely be scared to poop everywhere in the sky when they heard the sound of its scythe!

"Woo woo... I lost!"

Bird Keeper Minxian left disappointedly, claiming that he would continue to train and come back to challenge. And Bugsy walked to Scyther's side, patted the excited Scyther, his expression already incredible.

"Eviolite... That stone actually made Bug-type Pokémon not even afraid of Flying-type!"

Bugsy's surprised mood could not be calmed for a long time. He took off the Eviolite from Scyther, returned to the rest area in the gym, opened his computer, and wrote a paragraph to send to a special account, wanting to ask if the other party knew about this stone.

The other party's note was "Professor Elm".

"Stone? That's not the content of my research."

In the research institute of Professor Elm in New Bark Town in the Johto region, as a professor specializing in Pokémon Egg groups, stones and such things were naturally not within his research scope.

Professor Elm's appearance is a standard researcher. If it weren't for the bird's nest-like hair on his forehead, his hairstyle could be said to be a crew cut.

He is very tall, wears oval glasses, wears a white short research coat, a cyan-green shirt inside, and grass-green pants on the lower body. His upper pocket is always stuffed with a lot of research notes and paper and pens.

But seeing the news sent by Bugsy, and the content about "un-evolved Pokémon wearing Eviolite can significantly increase defense," Professor Elm's expression became serious again.

This part seems to have some relationship with Egg groups and weak Pokémon. Although Scyther is not a weak Pokémon, it is indeed an "un-evolved Pokémon."

Professor Elm's research content is "Pokémon Breeding and Pokémon Eggs."

For example, the Togepi egg was discovered not long ago and was briefly labeled as a "Magic Egg."

Many Pokémon's pre-evolution forms were discovered by him, and looking at the description of Eviolite, the most suitable Pokémon to use this kind of item is the young form before evolution, or weak Pokémon.

However, Scyther can also carry it... It's indeed no problem. After all, although Scyther is powerful, it does have an evolution form.

Whenever this happens, Professor Elm can't help but shake his head.

Pokémon evolution is truly profound.

Weak Pokémon finally evolved to the top, only to find that powerful Pokémon on the other side could also evolve.

However, the content about "evolution" is not his strong suit. He only has partial involvement and uses it as a springboard for researching breeding and Egg groups. The truly professional research on evolution is Professor Rowan in the Sinnoh region.

So, facing Bugsy's inquiry, Professor Elm, after thinking carefully and checking some information, indicated that he couldn't answer, so he threw this question to another account.

That is the authority of the Pokémon world, Professor Oak.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 33 =====