Special Training from Professional Trainers (Please Bookmark and Vote)

That night, Weedle continued absorbing the energy of the Poison Sting.

Shu Tong could already clearly feel the changes in his body. With just a slight effort, he could now wield the Viridian Force, and he could sustain it three or four times longer than when he had first started.

That night, Shu Tong and Weedle kept at it until late, only stopping when Shu Tong was too exhausted to continue.

That afternoon, Shu Tong rode his electric bike to the northern woods again.

After entering the woods and releasing Weedle, Shu Tong headed straight for the Ranger Outpost.

The two rangers seemed to have been waiting for Shu Tong as well.

"Why are you here again? Didn't we tell you to stay away from this place?" one of the rangers said.

"Our work can involve battles at any time. If we can't keep an eye on you, you could be in serious danger," the other ranger said.

Shu Tong smiled apologetically. "Precisely because I know I'm weak, I wanted to trouble you two big brothers to give my Weedle some special training."

As he spoke, Shu Tong took out two envelopes and casually slipped one into each ranger's pocket.

The two rangers instinctively reached into their pockets and felt the thickness of the envelopes. Then they exchanged a look and nodded.

"Mm, I didn't expect someone so young to be this ambitious. Tell us your name."

"Shu Tong. I'm from Creek Town."

"Oh, my name is Yuan Tian, and Pidgeotto is my Pokémon. This is my comrade, Yin Shu. His Pokémon is Poliwhirl. We're both Professional Trainers," Yuan Tian said.

"Shu Tong, right? Since you want special training, let's get started. My Poliwhirl can spar with your Weedle first."

Yin Shu was straightforward by nature. Since he had accepted the money, he knew he had to do the job. He did not beat around the bush.

"Thank you, big brothers. Since Brother Yin is going first, please have Poliwhirl use Bubble Beam from various directions and angles. Lower the power a little," Shu Tong said.

"No problem." After saying that, Yin Shu had Poliwhirl use Bubble Beam.

"Weedle, use Poison Sting. You must pierce every bubble," Shu Tong said.

This trained not only Poison Sting, but also attack speed and reaction speed.

"Poli!"

Poliwhirl leaped out, extending its palms forward. Two streams of bubbles shot toward Weedle like two threads.

Weedle had long since prepared its Poison Sting. The stingers fired in two streams, continuously replenished by Poison-type energy, and were nearly as thick as Poliwhirl's two Bubble Beams.

This ensured that the Poison Sting could smoothly pierce every bubble.

In truth, this kind of direct head-on attack carried the greatest impact and power. Normally, such a straightforward assault could easily overwhelm Weedle in an instant.

Although Yin Shu had told Poliwhirl to hold back, he had not held back too much. He mainly wanted to show Shu Tong the strength of a Professional Trainer in one strike, so Shu Tong would willingly spend the money. What he had not expected was that this Weedle could hold out for so long.

"Ho ho, a Weedle actually has this much Poison-type energy stored in its body. Not bad talent. Then try this move," Yin Shu said.

Poliwhirl controlled the bubbles and scattered them in all directions. In an instant, they drifted through the air like little balloons in the wind.

"Weedle!"

Weedle failed to react in time, and more than ten bubbles had already burst. Only when it began firing Poison Sting at high speed did bubbles start getting pierced one after another.

Weedle kept twisting its body, frantically dealing with attacks from every direction. Poison-type energy remained suspended in the air, while its Poison Sting kept changing targets and directions with every shot.

It continued until Weedle had completely exhausted its stamina and drained its energy, passing out.

Shu Tong had been closely watching Weedle's use of Poison Sting the entire time. This time, it had only burst a little over fifty percent of the bubbles, but Shu Tong had seen the value of this special training. The improvement in Weedle's strength would be most directly reflected in this area.

Poliwhirl stopped using Bubble Beam and flopped onto the ground, panting heavily from exhaustion.

Shu Tong hurried over to Weedle, opened a bottle of Moomoo Milk, and secretly used the Viridian Force. This time, however, he used only a faint amount, since he could not let Yuan Tian and Yin Shu notice anything suspicious. After drinking a bottle of Moomoo Milk, Weedle had actually recovered almost completely.

Still, Shu Tong recalled Weedle into its Poké Ball, intending to let it rest for a while.

"Your Weedle is pretty strong. Its Poison-type energy is especially impressive. You must have spent quite a bit of money on it. A family that can afford to casually drink Moomoo Milk like that isn't ordinary," Yin Shu said.

Shu Tong shook his head. "I just used all the money I had saved for buying Pokémon to raise Weedle instead."

Shu Tong's words left Yin Shu and Yuan Tian silent for a moment.

"Yeah," Yuan Tian said. "When most people first become Trainers, they always want their first Pokémon to have high evolutionary potential and high Base Stats. They often spend all their money at that point, leaving nothing for proper training. If they aren't raised well during their growth period, then even if they evolve later, their strength will be greatly diminished."

"Weedle can evolve into Beedrill quickly, which will let you gain some fighting power sooner. Maybe your path as a Trainer will go more smoothly," Yin Shu said.

"It was just the best option I had," Shu Tong said, putting on a helpless expression.

"Looking at it this way, you really do have some ideas. If I could do it all over again, maybe I'd choose Weedle too," Yin Shu said.

Shu Tong merely smiled faintly. This definitely wasn't about Weedle.

"Brother Yuan, I'd like Pidgeotto to attack Weedle with close-range moves, to train Weedle's reactions and ability to evade," Shu Tong said.

"Has your Weedle recovered already?" Yuan Tian asked doubtfully.

"More or less."

As he spoke, Shu Tong released Weedle.

"Weedle, from here on, use everything you have to evade Pidgeotto's attacks," Shu Tong said.

"Weedle! Weedle!"

Weedle cried out twice in a row. There was a trace of fear in the first cry, while the second seemed to be encouraging itself. Only then did it begin facing Pidgeotto head-on.

A flash of yellow-green energy passed over Weedle's body.

Shu Tong suddenly realized that Weedle was, after all, a Bug type Pokémon. It was perfectly normal for it to fear birds, and its fear was only natural. He really had overlooked that.

Still, Weedle had forced itself to overcome its fear so quickly, which greatly pleased him.

"Pidgeotto!"

Pidgeotto screeched and dove downward.

Pidgeotto's figure gradually blurred until it became completely indistinguishable to the naked eye, turning into a streak of white light that reached Weedle in the blink of an eye.

"So fast! Is this Quick Attack?" Shu Tong cried out.

No wonder Quick Attack was designated a priority move in the games. Its activation speed was simply too fast to react to.

Can Weedle dodge it? Shu Tong did not have much confidence.