Before entering the treehouse, he took out the Berry Berry Fruits from his shorts pocket and used the freshwater outside the door to wash the three fruits. One had gone bad, but the other two were good.
He remembered picking up five of them. Two must have fallen away while he was running, but it did not matter. As long as he had fruit, it was fine.
After washing the Berry Berry Fruits, he entered the treehouse and released Caterpie from its Poké Ball.
"Ugh... ugh..."
Caterpie's cries were extremely weak, its consciousness muddled. Its once-bright large eyes were half-open and half-closed.
He touched Caterpie's body. It was still burning hot, with no sign of cooling down. He immediately took out the Folding Knife, cut off a small piece of blue flesh from a Berry Berry Fruit, and placed it into Caterpie's continuously opening and closing mouth.
He had found the Berry Berry Fruits, but he did not know how to use them. All he could do was feed them directly to Caterpie and hope the fruit would have some effect. He looked at the translucent screen before him, which displayed an introduction to the Berry Berry Fruit.
[Berry Berry Fruit: Can treat Pokémon with burn status (Ripeness 73.58%)]
Seeing that line of text, he realized this was another use of the Proficiency Panel. It could display percentages for other items as well.
Of course, the Proficiency Panel did not only display Pokémon. As long as an item had appeared in the game, it could be displayed. After all, the predecessor of the Proficiency Panel had been that shady PM game.
When he had obtained the Poké Ball before, he had merely tested it on a whim and discovered this function.
He had not known earlier because he