Pokémon with unusual coloration, also known as Shiny Pokémon, were special individuals every player had dreamed of obtaining in his previous life. Encountering a Shiny Pokémon could make someone incredibly happy, a sign of good luck in their eyes. But Heath knew that in this world, being Shiny was not necessarily a good thing. In the vast majority of Pokémon groups, unusual coloration was a sin. Shiny Pokémon would be shunned, looked down on, bullied, and even driven out of their own groups. Only certain highly intelligent Pokémon species understood that unusual coloration was merely a mutation in the body that made their colors different from ordinary Pokémon, and therefore did not reject Shiny Pokémon. Although Misdreavus were Ghost-type Pokémon and possessed some intelligence, Heath did not know how they viewed Shiny Pokémon within their groups.
So this little one might have been driven out.
"Why couldn't she be a Pokémon someone caught?" Zoroark curiously examined the Misdreavus before her, whose body was somewhat unstable. After taking Zoroark's malicious attack, Misdreavus was extremely weak and needed to be taken to a Pokémon Center for treatment as soon as possible.
"Because if Misdreavus had been caught, she wouldn't need to come out and scare people, feeding on their fear to sustain herself. For these little ones, their trainer's love is also food, and better food at that." Heath shrugged. That was what Professor Oak had said, though Heath personally thought it was because trainers provided meals for them. After all, the League had its own research institutes dedicated to Ghost-type Pokémon, so they had developed food that Ghost Pokémon could enjoy. That meant Ghost Pokémon no longer needed to go out foraging, which was very convenient.
So if this little one had ventured out to forage, she could not be a