Seeing Kuniko crying so sadly, Roy came to Kuniko side, looked at Bellsprout who had lost her fighting ability and Kuniko who was shedding tears, and said:
"The Healing Spray can only treat Bellsprout's external injuries. You'd better take her to the Pokémon Center to treat her internal injuries instead of crying here."
"Yes! I want to go to the Pokémon Center!"
After hearing Roy's words, Kuniko quickly recalled Bellsprout and Scyther into their Poké Ball, intending to head to the nearest Violet City.
Please wait a moment.
Upon learning that Roy and Kuniko were also heading to Violet City, the two kind police officers invited them to ride in their patrol car, saying they could give them a ride, which would definitely be faster than walking.
Kuniko glanced at Roy, and after seeing Roy walk towards the police car, she quickly followed behind Roy.
The thugs who were originally being held in the back of the police car dared not complain anymore after seeing Roy get into the back seat.
They clearly remembered the scene where Roy casually tossed Beedrill away.
The police car gave the two a ride to Violet City.
While in the police car, Kuniko held Bellsprout's Poké Ball tightly, her eyes filled with worry.
Roy, meanwhile, was pondering how to deal with the challenge from the Violet Gym later.
About 20 minutes later, the two officers took the two to the Pokémon Center and left.
After getting out of the car, Kuniko couldn't wait for the Automatic Door to open, so she pushed open the main door and rushed into the Pokémon Center, arriving at the front desk.
"Nurse Joy, could you please help heal my Pokémon?"
Nurse Joy's partner at the Pokémon Center in Violet City is a Wigglytuff dressed as a white nurse.
Seeing Roy and Kuniko enter, Wigglytuff came forward, took the Poké Ball from Kuniko, and handed it to Nurse Joy.
They also reassured Kuniko not to be too anxious, assuring her that they would do their best to treat Bellsprout.
Roy found the teleportation device and took out the Shiny Dreepy's Poké Ball, but this time he didn't take out the pink card.
Instead, they directly spent Poké Dollars to purchase the opportunity to use the Teleporter, sending a box and Shiny Dreepy Poké Ball to the Pokémon Center in Lilycove City.
After seeing the Transport Device display a success message confirming that the Shiny Dreepy and the box had been delivered to the Pokémon Center in Lilycove City, Roy turned around and saw Kuniko right behind him.
"Um... thank you for helping me this afternoon."
After handing the Poké Ball to Wigglytuff, Kuniko realized that she hadn't thanked Roy for helping Roy, as she was too worried about Bellsprout's injury.
"It's a minor issue. Next time you encounter this situation, remember to call the League Police Bureau's Holographic Communication in advance."
Kuniko nodded quickly, explaining that she was also traveling in the Johto and this was the first time she had encountered such a situation; she had never expected to run into this kind of thing.
Is this your first time visiting the Johto?
Kuniko introduced herself as 12 years old, from Girl Town under the jurisdiction of Celadon City in the Kanto Region.
Only 12?
Roy was still impressed by Kuniko, who dared to travel alone and participate in Pokémon battles at only 12 years old.
"I'd heard about the Sprout Tower the Johto, so I thought I'd bring Bellsprout to see what it was all about. And then, without really understanding what was going on, I ended up participating in a battle."
While the two were chatting, a green light came on on the treatment device, and Nurse Joy handed Bellsprout's Poké Ball to Kuniko.
"Your Bellsprout is mostly fine except for the Burn; it's fully recovered now. However, don't let it participate in Pokémon battles today."
"Nurse Joy."
Looking at the adorable Kuniko, Nurse Joy couldn't resist reaching out and giving Kuniko a gentle pat on the head, indicating that she could give Kuniko a 5% discount on her next treatment.
That's the advantage of being cute.
Roy figured if he did that, Nurse Joy would probably kick him out of the Pokémon Center right away.
After receiving the Poké Ball, Kuniko released Bellsprout. Bellsprout Hustle Kuniko.
Then Bellsprout came to Roy's side and bowed to Roy in a very human way to thank Roy for helping them.
Seeing Bellsprout bowing to him, Roy had a question in his mind: why did Kuniko have Bellsprout train in Fighting type skills, and why did she bring the Everstone with her?
How do you know my Bellsprout carries Everstone?
Kuniko looked at Roy with a questioning expression, but thankfully she was only wondering how Roy knew, and didn't say she wanted to doubt Roy or anything like that.
Damn it!
Kuniko's question startled Roy. He had almost forgotten that only he could see the information on the panel, and had asked it offhand.
However, Roy remained expressionless as he looked at Kuniko and said:
"I see your Bellsprout is almost at the stage of evolution but hasn't evolved yet. There's only one possibility: Bellsprout is carrying Everstone."
"Oh, I see. You're amazing!"
Roy didn't know if it was powerful or not; he only knew he needed to be more careful with his words in the future.
Kuniko didn't doubt it too much and chose to believe Roy's explanation, but she obviously didn't expect Roy to ask this question, and looked down at Bellsprout beside her.
Bellsprout nodded to Kuniko.
Seeing that Bellsprout agreed, Kuniko began to tell the story of her and Bellsprout.
This is actually because...
It turns out that it wasn't that Kuniko didn't want Bellsprout to evolve into Vileplume and Victreebel, but rather that Bellsprout itself didn't want to evolve.
Kuniko recalled that Bellsprout loved watching Fighting type channels on TV since she was a child, and she used to fantasize about being a Fighting type Pokémon herself. Every day, she would swing her limbs and train her Fighting type skills by following the Fighting type Pokémon in the videos.
So it's not that she didn't want to direct Bellsprout in the battle, but rather that Bellsprout had her own ideas.
At level 19, Bellsprout, who was training, showed signs of evolution, but Bellsprout knew that if she evolved into Vileplume, she would no longer be able to use her limbs to continue practicing her Fighting type skills.
With that thought in mind, the Bellsprout Sheer Force suppressed the light of evolution.
Kuniko Bellsprout was struggling to resist the energy of evolution, Kaoru spent her allowance saved up for two years to buy her an Everstone, which completely suppressed the energy of evolution within Bellsprout's body.
Do you enjoy training your Fighting type skills?
So that's the reason.
Upon learning the reason, Roy smacked his chin. No wonder Bellsprout didn't evolve. If Bellsprout had evolved, there wouldn't have been that iconic moment where it defeated Pichu God with Chop Down.
Bellsprout's situation is similar to Ash's Pikachu and his Dusclops, except that Dusclops is purely lazy and willing to be a slacker.
If one day the Dusclops changes its nature, he would be willing to let it evolve while carrying the Dusclops Reaper Cloth, but Roy estimated that day would come a thousand years from now.
Moreover, at that time he even suspected that his Dusclops had been replaced by a different soul, or that his brain had been damaged by a fire.