"Thirty-eight, thirty-nine... the fortieth Rattata! Hahahaha! The whole server is going in to work the sewing machines!"
At the entrance to Viridian Forest, Wang Qiuer was like a tireless, merciless rodent-catching machine.
She controlled her pixel character and ran wildly back and forth through the grass. Whenever she encountered a wild Pokémon, she did not hesitate—she had Bulbasaur ram it half to death, then skillfully tossed a two-hundred-yuan Poké Ball at it.
"How embarrassing. All you catch are rats and poultry."
At the Route 1 entrance above Viridian City, Di Tian watched the system notifications in the lower-left corner of the Screen constantly pop up—"Qiuer caught a Rattata"—and snorted disdainfully.
"My lady, look at how uncultured she is." Di Tian turned to flatter Gu Yuena, who sat beside him. "I would never be so desperate! My team can only accommodate peerless overlords with pure dragon bloodlines!"
Gu Yuena glanced at him without speaking, silently watching her Squirtle blast a Pidgey dizzy with Water Gun.
Di Tian turned back and looked at the sole Pokémon in his party list—[Charmander].
Although the little thing was barely half a meter tall, looked like an orange big-headed lizard, and did not even have wings, Di Tian was quite pleased with it.
Because its name had the word "dragon" in it!
And it could breathe fire!
"Charmander! Judging by that name, it must be the hatchling of some ancient dragon! Given time, it will surely evolve into a Fire Dragon King that blots out the sky, just like me!"
After indulging in a narcissistic fantasy, Di Tian grandly controlled his character into Viridian Forest.
Viridian Forest was the first large maze in Pokémon FireRed.
The trees were dense, the light was dim, and everywhere was filled with winding woodland mazes and towering grass.
He had