The reality of the wild

Rather than throwing a Poké Ball to catch the Nidoking as the students had expected, Wen Xun simply ordered Charizard to breathe another blast of flame, burning away the last of its life.

The sight left Xiao Ran and the others momentarily stunned. As they understood it, you defeated a Pokémon and then caught it. Wasn't killing it outright like this going too far?

"How could he?" Xuan Yuan Nian murmured, her eyes filled with disbelief.

"It couldn't be caught. Nidoking is Nidoran's final evolution. Years of living in the wild have already given it a mature mind, and it won't submit to a human easily. Rather than keeping a ticking time bomb by your side, it's better to kill it outright. After all, if it got through the Safari Zone, it would threaten the lives of everyone in the Base City." Seeming to understand what they were thinking, Qiu Yuxuan explained.

Although she had never actually ventured into the Wilderness herself, she had spent years at the research institute and heard plenty about it. The Pokémon here were stronger and more savage than those in the Safari Zone. Almost all of them had fully developed minds of their own, and aside from the young, they were very difficult to catch.

"But isn't getting it into a Poké Ball enough? You don't necessarily have to..." Xiao Ran tried to argue, only for Qiu Yuxuan to cut him off.

"A Poké Ball is only a tool for restraint. It can't truly make a Pokémon submit. A powerful Pokémon can even break the ball open and escape. Xiao Ran, you shouldn't be asking a question like that," Qiu Yuxuan said with a hint of reproach. The function of Poké Balls was something taught in high school. A researcher and Pokémon Breeder like