I'm the Owner of the Pokémon Day Care In the World of Pokémon-Chapter 1475: Scyther

After leaving Ninetales, Yuga went to find Windy to discuss the matters related to the launch of new Pokémon.

Yuga had already given Windy a heads-up about this plan earlier, so he had prepared in advance.

This time, Yuga planned to launch three types of Pokémon: Flabébé, Budew, and Helioptile.

Among them, Flabébé and Budew would be sold together. These two types of Pokémon would rotate on a monthly basis. If Flabébé was available this month, then Budew would be available next month.

Previously, due to insufficient numbers and for the sake of breeding, Yuga had these two types of Pokémon live together in a mixed environment and allowed interbreeding between them. Even now, they remained inseparable from each other, which was why their numbers had rapidly increased.

As for the launch of Helioptile, it was tied to a task from Yuga’s system. The previous phase of this task had already failed, and he didn’t want any more problems with this one.

Currently, the number of Helioptile had barely reached the threshold for being launched. However, Yuga felt that if he launched them now, the system might not give a high evaluation of the task’s completion—after all, the timing was rushed.

After discussing the matter with Windy for a long time, the launch plan for the three Pokémon was basically finalized. He later published the announcement on the official website of YoYo Day Care.

Since Yuga had informed him in advance, Windy had already made all the necessary preparations.

The official launch date for the Pokémon was set for the first of next month, and reservation channels would open on that day. As for the rotation of Flabébé and Budew, the first month would begin with Flabébé.

YoYo Day Care hadn’t launched any new Pokémon in a long time, so this news immediately caused a small wave of buzz online.

The more types of Pokémon launched by YoYo Day Care, the higher the chances for people to successfully grab a reservation spot. Because of that, many Trainers were looking forward to next month’s launch.

The announcement about the Helioptile launch had already been made public, and when Yuga checked, he found that the system hadn’t given any task completion notification. After thinking about it, he assumed the feedback would come next month, so he had no choice but to set it aside for now.

Several days later, Ninetales came to Yuga and said, "Come with me, I’ll take you somewhere."

Yuga was lying on a chair reading a book and didn’t really want to get up, so he asked, "Where to?"

Ninetales tapped Yuga with its tail and said, "Just follow me and you’ll see. It’s a good thing."

Yuga suddenly remembered what Ninetales had said a few days ago. His eyes lit up. "Is it the surprise you mentioned before?"

Ninetales nodded. "Mhm."

Yuga immediately became interested. He tossed the book onto the table, jumped up from the chair, and said energetically, "Let’s go, let’s go! Take me to see your surprise! Are we going to the island?"

Although Yuga didn’t know what kind of surprise Ninetales meant, considering this fellow had been running to the island every day lately, the surprise definitely had something to do with the island.

Ninetales nodded again, but it suddenly felt like its "surprise" might not be as surprising as it was supposed to be.

Ninetales led Yuga out of the Island Ecopark, chose a direction, and said, "We’ll go this way!"

Yuga looked at the dark, deep forest path ahead. "Is it far?"

Ninetales thought for a moment and replied, "It’s quite far." The key point was that the area around the Island Ecopark had already been thoroughly explored by everyone, so no surprises could possibly appear nearby. Of course, they had to go further out.

"Well, alright then." Yuga pulled out a Poké Ball and released Deerling, then mounted it. "Let’s go!"

When Ninetales said "far," it really meant far. Yuga rode Sawsbuck and followed it, passing through layers of dense forest, crossing over a mountain, traversing a gorge, and then cutting through another forest before finally reaching the destination Ninetales had spoken of.

The entire route led through areas Yuga had never visited before, and by now, the sun was almost setting.

Yuga said helplessly, "If I had known it was this far, I would’ve said something earlier. We’re definitely not making it back tonight, and I didn’t even say anything to Duoduo. Everyone’s going to worry."

There was no signal here either, so he couldn’t even make a call to inform them.

Ninetales looked innocent and said, "Didn’t I already tell you?"

Yuga shook his head helplessly. "You did say it was far, but you didn’t say it was this far!"

When Ninetales heard that, it turned its head away and was unwilling to pay Yuga any more attention. "You’re the one who misunderstood!" If that weren’t the case, it wouldn’t have spent so many days tracking.

What Ninetales had been tracking was a group of Scyther. Because the climate on the island was changing, the environment on the island was subtly shifting as well. That was why the Scyther group was migrating from one side of the island to the other.

After emerging from the forest, a place overgrown with wild grass appeared before Yuga and Ninetales. The vast stretch of green wild grass swayed with the wind, and each clump grew almost as tall as Yuga’s waist.

"This is the place?" Yuga asked Ninetales.

"Keep your voice down," Ninetales glared at Yuga unhappily.

"What’s wrong?" Yuga asked in confusion.

Ninetales gestured with its eyes for Yuga to look ahead. At first, Yuga didn’t notice anything, but then a patch of grass suddenly shook unnaturally. Only then did he realize that there were Pokémon hidden within the grass.

It was Scyther!

The Scyther, clad in bright green armor, blended almost perfectly with the green grass. If one didn’t look closely, it was really hard to notice them.

"This is the surprise you mentioned?" Yuga unconsciously lowered his voice out of fear of startling the Scyther.

Ninetales silently nodded.

"Nice one!" Yuga gave Ninetales a big thumbs-up.

The Scyther Yuga spotted was using its scythes to cut down a clump of grass. Then it grabbed a few grass stalks and began chewing on them, as if savoring a gourmet meal.

Yuga silently dismounted from Sawsbuck’s back and exchanged a glance with Ninetales. Ninetales understood right away and quietly crept toward that Scyther.

Scyther was quite alert. Even though Ninetales was already being very careful, it still noticed something. However, at that moment, Ninetales was already close enough.

As soon as Scyther made eye contact with Ninetales, it suddenly felt dizzy and disoriented. It didn’t even have time to react before it collapsed straight to the ground.

Because of the dense grass providing cover, the other Scyther didn’t notice anything unusual happening in that spot.

After putting Scyther to sleep with Hypnosis, Ninetales used the Poké Ball Yuga had given it and successfully captured the Pokémon.

This Scyther’s potential was quite ordinary, but Yuga didn’t mind. Scyther itself was already rare enough, so even low-potential ones were still worth raising.

After that, Yuga and Ninetales used the same method and successfully captured a dozen or so Scyther in a row. The human and Pokémon pair were extremely cautious and didn’t alert the main group of the Scyther population.

Yuga deliberately counted. The number of Scyther hidden in this patch of grass was quite large—nearly a hundred of them, and that didn’t even include those hiding especially deep that hadn’t been discovered.

Because they were capturing Pokémon so sneakily, the process wasn’t fast at all. Unknowingly, the sky darkened, and the human and Pokémon duo had no choice but to pause their capturing.

Yuga found a place to rest and decided to capture the remaining Scyther the next day. However, he left Decidueye behind to keep watch over the Scyther group’s movements.

Decidueye was a nocturnal Pokémon, highly alert at night, so it was perfect for this job.

However, what Yuga didn’t expect was that by the next morning, the Scyther group had already sensed something was wrong. The disappearance of more than a dozen of their kind had raised their suspicions. So at dawn, the Scyther group began preparing to move to a new location.

Yuga was still sleeping drowsily when Decidueye woke him up. Upon learning that the Scyther group was showing signs of migrating elsewhere, he jumped out of his blanket in a flash.

By the time Yuga arrived, the entire Scyther group had already gathered and left the grassy patch.

Yuga and Ninetales hid in another patch of grass and secretly observed the Scyther. He decided to follow them quietly and wait until they settled down again before making another move.

However, the leading Scyther was just too alert. Yuga accidentally brushed against some wild grass, which only produced the slightest rustling sound, and that Scyther noticed it immediately.

It was also a coincidence—yesterday there had been quite a strong wind, and the sound of the wind could mask the noise made by the wild grass. But today, the weather was bright and sunny, and there wasn’t a trace of wind. Aside from the distant cries of Pidgey, there was not a single other sound.

"Scyther~"

A flash of cold light streaked by as the patch of grass where Yuga and Ninetales were hiding was sliced clean in half. Just as the Scyther’s scythe was about to strike them, Ninetales raised one of its front paws and easily intercepted the blow.

Although Ninetales wasn’t a Pokémon known for its physical attacks, its level spoke for itself—blocking the attack from a regular Scyther was no challenge at all.

Seeing how easily Ninetales blocked its full-powered attack, the Scyther leader’s eyes flashed with a hint of surprise. It immediately retracted its scythes and swiftly retreated like a bolt of lightning.

The other Scyther, seeing this, instantly fell into perfect formation and assumed battle stances. These Pokémon, who possessed the spirit of warriors, showed not a trace of fear or hesitation.

They had more or less figured out that the disappearance of their kin was caused by Yuga and Ninetales. They had originally intended to retreat, but now that the source of the threat had been revealed, they no longer rushed to leave. Instead, they chose to confront the crisis head-on!

Yuga activated his Insight skill to observe the Scyther leader in front of him.

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[ Scyther ]

Species: Scyther

Ability: Technician

Gender: Male

Aptitude: Blue

Level: 56

Moves: Vacuum Wave, Quick Attack, Focus Energy, Feint, Agility, Wing Attack, Air Slash, Fury Cutter, Slash, Double Team, X-Scissor, Pursuit, Air Slash, Steel Wing, Tailwind.

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Due to the of Ho-Oh’s remains, the probability of high-potential Pokémon appearing on this island was exceptionally high. This Scyther leader was no exception—it possessed a rare blue potential rarely seen in the outside world.

Both sides silently faced off for dozens of seconds. Suddenly, the Scyther leader shouted to its kin behind it. After hesitating for a few seconds, the rest of the Scyther retreated and cleared the area.

Just as Yuga was wondering what the Scyther leader was trying to do, it called out toward Ninetales again. Its intention was actually to challenge Ninetales to a one-on-one duel.

Yuga felt cold sweat forming on his forehead. "You’re not even at the pseudo-Elite level, and you have the nerve to challenge Ninetales?"

But thinking it over, he realized he couldn’t blame the Scyther for overestimating itself. Just now, in order to stay hidden, Ninetales had completely restrained its aura. At this moment, it appeared entirely ordinary, without the oppressive presence typical of a level 100 Pokémon, so the Scyther naturally couldn’t sense anything unusual.

Still, Yuga had to admit, Scyther really was a species that dared to take on any challenge.

Ninetales glanced at Yuga, unsure for a moment whether it should step forward and accept the challenge.

Yesterday, when it was ambushing the Scyther, it hadn’t felt any psychological burden. But now that the Scyther was so solemnly and formally issuing a challenge to it, Ninetales felt that, with its own strength, accepting the battle gave it a strange sense of guilt—like it was bullying a child.

Of course, Ninetales was already several hundred years old and more than qualified to be the ancestor of the Scyther species. Calling Scyther a "child" was not an exaggeration at all.

After thinking for a moment, Yuga stepped forward and said to the Scyther leader, "If you want to challenge Ninetales, you’ll have to challenge my Salamence first." As he spoke, Yuga took out a Poké Ball and released Salamence.

"ROAR!!!"

As soon as Salamence came out, it began to bare its fangs and brandish its claws in mid-air, and the aura of a pseudo-Elite level Pokémon spread out freely in all directions. Coupled with its fierce appearance, the pressure it gave off was immense.

Although sending out the pseudo-Elite level Salamence still felt a bit like bullying, it was already the lowest-leveled Pokémon Yuga had on hand. It was far better than letting a top-tier powerhouse like Ninetales take the field.

Initially, Scyther didn’t want to agree. But after feeling the overwhelming pressure coming from Salamence, it changed its mind.

Yuga continued, "If you lose, then you must lead your clan to follow me!"

The moment the Scyther leader heard that, its expression changed. If Yuga only wanted it alone, it would have agreed without hesitation. But if it had to bet the future of its entire clan, then it couldn’t make that decision alone.

Seeing its hesitation, the other Scyther behind it became displeased. As their leader, it should charge ahead courageously—how could it retreat?

So all the Scyther began urging their leader to accept the challenge.

Yuga thought to himself: This Scyther clan isn’t very smart!

More precisely, they were too straightforward.

Yuga added, "What? Scared? That’s not like a Scyther!"

Provoked by Yuga’s words and encouraged by its clanmates, the Scyther leader impulsively agreed to the challenge—and immediately regretted it.

Unsurprisingly, the Scyther suffered a crushing defeat against Salamence!

Not to mention the level gap between the two, Salamence outclassed Scyther in every aspect. After all, Salamence was a Pokémon Yuga had trained with great care and had even received occasional instruction from its level 100 father. There was no way a wild Pokémon could match up.

Not only was the Scyther leader stunned by the result, the rest of the Scyther were all dumbfounded too. None of them expected their leader to lose so completely.

Looking at the stunned group of Scyther, Yuga said, "If your leader had challenged Ninetales, it would’ve lost even worse!"

At that moment, Ninetales suddenly stopped restraining its aura and unleashed its overwhelming presence without reservation. Some of the Scyther, unable to handle the psychological pressure, were so frightened they collapsed onto the ground.

Those Scyther who were still hesitant about whether or not they should fulfill the promise and follow Yuga instantly changed their minds—having such a powerful guardian by their side meant that their future would definitely not be bleak.

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