While training earlier, Yuanjun had wondered why there wasn't a single Pokémon around. Now that he had a local right here, wouldn't that solve everything?
With that thought, Yuanjun glanced at Oddish, who was happily eating.
After considering it for a moment, Yuanjun spoke.
"Oddish, could I ask you for a favor?"
"Odd?"
Oddish looked up in confusion, then immediately lowered her head shyly.
"I'm a Pokémon Trainer passing through here. I'd like to find a Pokémon about as strong as my Trapinch for him to battle."
"But we haven't found one, so could you help us? You live here, so you should know."
"Odd..."
Hearing Yuanjun's request, Oddish nodded thoughtfully.
She glanced back at Trapinch, who was still eating, and got a rough idea of his strength.
If we're looking for an opponent... we'd better go somewhere farther away.
Something suddenly occurred to her, and she shook her head hard.
"Odd, odd!"
Oddish nodded happily.
This human is a good person. I can trust him!
It's just finding a Pokémon, right? Easy!
Seeing Oddish agree, Yuanjun felt a surge of joy.
Great!
"Oddish, thank you!"
"Odd, odd! (It's nothing!)"
Now that Trapinch's opponent is taken care of, next...
Yuanjun glanced at the Repel in his hand.
Forget it. I haven't seen any other Pokémon anyway. No point wasting money.
He casually tossed the Repel back into his backpack.
Come to think of it, the lack of Pokémon here was rather strange.
Could it be because we're relatively close to Viridian City?
"Trapinch, are you done eating?"
"Pinch!"
Trapinch bobbed his big head. The bowl in front of him was completely empty.
"Good, glad you're finished."
Yuanjun nodded and put the bowl away.
"Let's go. It's about time we checked the results of your training."
At those words, Trapinch's eyes