Having decided what to do next, Cheng Tian turned to look at the Raticate that was still being restrained.
A pleading look filled Raticate's eyes, hoping Cheng Tian would let it go.
Cheng Tian walked over, crouched down, and said in an extremely gentle voice, "Look, in such a big world, we've managed to meet twice. That's quite a bond of fate, wouldn't you say?"
Hearing this, Raticate thought he was going to let it go, so it nodded frantically.
"As for our past grudges, I don't intend to hold them against you anymore. After all, every life in this world is a life. Constant fighting and killing isn't good." Cheng Tian spoke quite earnestly. Raticate was so moved it nearly cried.
"I can let you go right now. But..."
Cheng Tian changed tack and gave a sinister little smile. "Look, that Zangoose is still unconscious."
"That's a life too. What if we just leave it here and some other predator eats it?"
"Sorry for the trouble, but stay here and protect it for a while."
Raticate turned to stone on the spot. So he still wasn't willing to let it go after all!
"Frogadier, Haunter, do it."
Amid Raticate's struggling screams, Frogadier and Haunter worked together to bind the two of them with Grass Knot. Feeling Zangoose behind it, Raticate shrieked and tried to bite through the grass knots with its huge front teeth to escape, only to be pinned down immediately.
Cheng Tian raised his eyebrows and tossed out the Heavy Ball. "Aron, there seems to be something wrong with this Raticate's teeth. Let's give it a free tooth extraction. That'll count as doing a good deed and earning some virtue."
"Aron!" Aron nodded at his words. A metallic sheen covered its silver-gray metal head, and its **Iron