The Migrating Turtwig! Slow Wisdom in Someone's Sights?

Water!

Feeling the wet liquid flowing over its body, the unconscious Turtwig instinctively opened its mouth.

"That's enough!"

Seeing the shell on Turtwig's back gradually harden after absorbing water, Hu Yang had Piplup stop. Then, he took several bottles of drinking water from his backpack and gently poured them into Turtwig's open mouth.

Only after draining two bottles did Turtwig smack its lips in satisfaction.

Then, the wilted sprout on its head perked up again, standing straight atop Turtwig's head.

Hu Yang watched the entire process of it going from withered to healthy and found it rather interesting. He reached out and curiously poked the sprout.

The sprout swayed gently twice, but Turtwig did not open its eyes. Instead, a soft snore came from its throat. It seemed that, full and satisfied, it had fallen asleep.

Hu Yang checked the rest of its body and found that aside from thirst and some exhaustion, it was completely unharmed.

Piplup stood on Hu Yang's shoulder and asked, "Piplup?"

Hu Yang hummed. "I want to catch it."

Leaving aside how rare Turtwig was as one of Sinnoh's Starter Trio, the fact that it could learn Grassy Terrain alone met Hu Yang's requirements.

As a Grass-type Pokémon, Turtwig, like most other Grass-type Pokémon, could use Grass-type energy to tend plants.

Moreover, once it evolved into Grotle, the lush trees on its shell would bear edible fruit.

In the wild, some Pokémon would even deliberately come to peck at the fruit growing on the trees atop its shell.

"Piplup, Piplup!"

Upon hearing Hu Yang's answer, Piplup immediately became fired up, staring passionately at Turtwig.

Hu Yang paused slightly. "Are you saying you want to battle it and help me catch it?"

Piplup nodded its little head. "Piplup, Piplup!" It knew that human Trainers caught wild