Death-Seeking Trio

For Trainers, captured Pokemon were different from uncaptured wild Pokemon.

Even if a wild Pokemon had formed a certain friendship with a Trainer and listened to them, it was still noticeably different from a Pokemon truly captured by that Trainer.

Specifically, it was the difference between a Pokemon and a Trainer becoming partners who fought side by side.

Even if a captured Pokemon was not entirely convinced by its Trainer and did not listen very well, when danger came, it would still choose to fight alongside its Trainer.

A Pokeball was a magical tool. The moment it captured a Pokemon, a special bond would form between the Trainer and the Pokemon.

In theory, this special bond could also be formed without a Pokeball.

For example, Zhi Ye and Pikapi in the Pokemon anime, or Mark and Caterpie back then, had both formed that special bond.

However, such a special bond was difficult to establish.

If he did not put Rayquaza into a Pokeball, Mark would undoubtedly need a long time to form this bond with Rayquaza.

And this bond did not exist only between Mark and Rayquaza.

The moment Mark captured Rayquaza with a Pokeball, Mark became the link through which his other Pokemon also formed a kind of secondary bond with Rayquaza.

To describe it using the faction classifications from certain games.

Before being captured by Mark, Rayquaza had been like a neutral unit in the wild to Mark's Pokemon.

Even though Mewtwo and Rayquaza had developed a mutual appreciation during battle, Rayquaza was still a neutral unit in the wild to Mewtwo.

But after Rayquaza was captured by Mark, it had become an ally in the same faction to Mark's Pokemon.

Allies and neutral units were clearly two different concepts.

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