Near Circhester

Fuse

I actually forgot that there was a ruins area on the way to Circhester. There wasn't anything I thought was interesting in those ruins, though. I ended up ignoring it on my way to the ice area.

That being said, the flight was kind of long, no offense to Washington whose back I was riding on instead of flying on my own. So I took out Vermont, my rotom-phone, and decided that scrolling through social media would be a good idea to pass the time. Also, I couldn't deny that I was somewhat curious about what they were saying about me.

Opening Galar's equivalent to Twitter, because it was literally just Twitter except it's called Pitter, I'm immediately filled with regret as I come face to face with my very own hashtag.

Achievement unlocked!

[Oh, it's rule 34]

Requirements: Have porn drawn of you.

Description: Well, you know what they say…

Reward: 1 gacha token, Slight increase in Endurance.

Your Endurance has increased! [B- to B-]

Wow, thanks, system. I haven't seen you in a good while. Good to see my endurance going from B triple minus to B double minus, I'm sure that means something.

But no, seriously, what the fuck, who did this?

Checking the watermark on the cursed bit of art, it's some dude calling himself Lofranger. So, the second I get an ability or something that can punch someone through the internet, I'm going to punch that guy.

Still, getting a new gacha token is nice. I have the time so I'll check what's inside.

Epic Perk rolled!

[Warrior of Liberation - When fighting to free people, you will be looked much more favorably from the people around you. Additionally, you will not tire during your liberation.]

See, now that's good. As long as I fight for a righteous cause, I won't be stopped.

…Well, I mean, that was already the case. But it's good to have a perk for it too, I guess.

Getting that from finding rule 34 of myself wasn't really what I imagined to be, but hey, it is what it is, am I right?

Putting Vermont away, I looked towards where we were heading, and I saw that we were already in the area of Circhester.

Hm, but since I wasn't planning on fighting the gym leader here just yet, I should probably just head over to the ocean to see if there's any Pokemon I want to pick up near the coast…

Gently tapping Washington, I told him, "Hey, head over to the coast. We're gonna try finding a new team member or two there."

Washington said nothing as he turned towards where I needed him to go.

Route 9

Frosmoth

She was absolutely livid at this random Galarian Slowking!

For weeks, Frosmoth had been using a particular cove around this area to store all of her berries she picked up. And every night, she would come back to eat what she had left behind.

Nobody had found her secret stash of berries until today, when this Slowking randomly showed up thinking he's the boss!

The Slowking slowly turned towards her, chewing on one of her sitrus berries as though he had found it himself.

"Hey! That's mine!" Frosmoth shouted out in frustration, trying to shoo the Slowking out of her home.

The Slowking contemplated it for a moment before answering, "Nuh uh."

Frosmoth was going to kill a bitch.

Opposite of Frosmoth

Galarian Slowking

Mmm, sitrus berry.

It was a little bit cold around here, probably because the Frosmoth was trying to kill him. But the sitrus berry still slapped.

Mmm, sitrus berry.

…

Wait, what was that about Frosmoth trying to kill him?

Staring directly at the Frosmoth, he now noticed that she was throwing a blizzard at him. That was kind of annoying.

But also, the Frosmoth had no chance against him. Because he was pretty sure…

Slowking paused for a moment, losing his thoughts.

It was because someone much stronger was approaching.

He really wanted to just get out of here, but… It looks like that was beyond him, now.

A Braviary landed in-between them, completely ignoring the blizzard that Frosmoth was sending out. On top of the Braviary was his trainer.

Yes, it looks like Slowking would have to lock in if he wanted to avoid being captured here.

With the two idiot Pokemon

Fuse

A Frosmoth and a Galarian Slowking… So, an ice bug type and a poison psychic type. That's good, I needed those four types. I think I'm going to catch them both.

Jumping off of Washington, I walked to a point where I could see them both at the same time and started to talk, "So, what's the beef between you two? Stumbling into each other's territories?"

I really have no clue what's going on here aside from the fact that the two seem to be fighting each other… Or, really, it was just the Frosmoth attacking Slowking while he was just chilling.

It was odd how I could instantly tell that there were no brain cells between the two Pokemon, but hey, I can always use some of that energy on my team.

The Frosmoth began to angrily shout in whatever language Frosmoths spoke in, but thanks to my Beast Master class, I could vaguely understand what she was saying.

Essentially, the Slowking was stealing her food, and she was fucking pissed about it. Which, to be honest, fair.

Well, then all I needed to do was to convince them both to make up with each other so they could join my team.

So, naturally, I decided I was just going to do this the old fashioned way.

Georgia and Arizona, my Seismitoad and Coalossal, need some practice after all.

Interrupting the Frosmoth with an open hand, I tiredly said, "Yeah, yeah, I think I heard enough."

Tossing the two aforementioned Pokemon out, their large bulk towering over the shorter Pokemon, everyone knew what was about to happen.

"So, why don't we settle it through both of you trying your best to evade capture from me?"

Like a switch was flipped inside of their head, the Frosmoth and Slowking immediately locked in. It seems they were very resistant to the idea of being captured, but I suppose if this is how Pokemon trainers usually catch Pokemon, it should be fine.

Pointing in their general direction, I told my Pokemon, "Georgia, you take the Slowking. Arizona, don't kill the Frosmoth on accident."

Neither of my Pokemon even waited for me to apply buffs on them as they immediately started using their moves.

Arizona immediately fires off a fully charged flamethrower at Frosmoth, but she simply dodges to the left as she begins setting up quiver dance.

I genuinely have no clue how Frosmoth is going to get the firepower with her typing to bust through Coalossal, but props to her I guess.

At the same time, Georgia opted to pick up rocks off the floor and started throwing them at Slowking.

However, the Slowking simply used psychic to stop all of the rocks and used his poison to dissolve all of the rocks, likely about to throw them back at Seismitoad.

Since that was likely the battle that was going to be the toughest, I focused my attention to help him win that fight.

"Georgia! You're stronger than him! Just walk towards him and start punching him!" I called out, Georgia roaring in affirmation.

Galarian Slowking is both poison and psychic, so it probably wouldn't do that much damage. But it sure is gonna hurt mentally, which is the point where I can chuck a Pokeball at Slowking to catch him.

Rushing towards Slowking, Georgia raised his fist, ready to strike.

At that point, Slowking shot off the poisoned rocks he's been holding up with his psychic. However, it didn't do much because poison wasn't very effective against ground types.

With resoundingly little reaction, Georgia punched Slowking directly in the face. Or, well, at the shell that was his face.

Knowing that wasn't enough, I shouted out, "Alright! Do it again!"

Georgia raised his fist again, but Slowking merely used his psychic abilities to halt his fist.

So, I'm starting to think that the psychic type is kind of busted right now.

Before Slowking could do anything to Georgia, I chucked a Pokeball at Slowking to distract it for a few moments.

Predictably, the Pokeball didn't even reach halfway to its target before being stopped. Georgia, however, was able to throw up a mud bomb on Slowking's face.

Slowking was horrified by it, and took a few steps back. So I naturally took the opportunity to throw another Pokeball at it.

This time, the Pokeball landed, bringing in Slowking.

…He broke out 2 seconds later.

Clicking my tongue, I called out to Georgia, "Say, Georgia, do you have earthquake or earth power or something?"

Georgia replies back, and apparently he had earth power this entire time.

Resisting the urge to facepalm, I quickly told him, "Well then use it!"

As Georgia starts to touch the ground presumably to activate earth power, Slowking simply starts levitating.

Earth power does basically nothing to Slowking as the ground only barely reached Slowking's feet.

In my honest opinion, Slowking is a cheating bastard.

And then Slowking had the audacity to start slowly floating away from the fight as though he were running away.

"If you flee from this fight, I'm just going to shoot you," I blandly declared to the Slowking, who immediately wisened up and stopped floating away.

Yeah, he really thought that he could just flee from battle. Dumbass.

As Slowking was returning to the battlefield, I chuck another Pokeball at him, surprisingly catching him off guard while he was moping.

As the Pokeball fell to the floor, I immediately told Georgia, "If he escapes, use earth power before he starts floating again."

In that exact moment, Slowking broke out of his cage.

…Only to be hit directly in the stomach with earth power.

As Slowking was launched into the sky, I threw another Pokeball at him, landing perfectly.

Thank god for that random cursed eye I got a million years ago giving me bonus accuracy.

As the Pokeball begins to click, I feel pretty confident in saying that this time, I got him.

A moment later, I got confirmation that I caught Galarian Slowking.

"Well, that's great! I'll figure out his name later-" At that moment, I turned to see how the other battle was progressing without me.

As it turns out, Frosmoth became so fast that it began to leave behind images of itself as it was attacking Arizona.

…Arizona didn't seem to be damaged at all, though.

Instead, Coalossal was just hopelessly tossing out flamethrowers in random directions hoping that he would eventually hit Frosmoth, but that didn't seem to be working out.

So, I have to tell Arizona, "Dude! Just spin in circles with your flamethrower!"

He paused for a solid moment, not realizing he could do that until then. Like an overly enthusiastic child, he begins rapidly spinning, shooting out flames from his mouth.

…Only to hit Frosmoth's berry pile.

As all of Frosmoth's hard work burns up in flames, she looked extremely pissed as she charged right towards Arizona, intent on finishing the job.

…Only to get hit by a four times super effective flamethrower and fucking faint.

Yeah, I have no idea what Frosmoth was expecting from that.

I threw a Pokeball at her fainted corpse, and I caught her easily.

And with that, I now had 11 members in my team, and I just needed a ghost-fighting type to have all 18 types on my team.

…Who the hell in this series is a ghost-fighting type? I genuinely have no memory of who that Pokemon could be.

I sighed, simply deciding to figure that out later as I decide on my new Pokemon's names.

They're both fainted, so they'll have to find out later what their new names are.

As I return Arizona and Georgia to their Pokeballs, I talk to myself, "Hm, Frosmoth… Virginia? And Slowking can be… Eh, Oregon, why not. If they wanna complain, they can do it later."

So, Virginia the Frosmoth and Oregon the Galarian Slowking. Sounded fine in my head, so it should be good.

Deciding not to bother Washington with carrying me, I decide that I'll fly around myself this time. I need to do a bit of research on what Pokemon can fit literally the only 2 types that I need to finish my team anyways.

AN:

There are 2 ghost-fighting Pokemon as of gen 9. I think one is way cooler than the other.

You get two guesses on who I choose and they both don't count.

Anyhow, it was my birthday yesterday on the 30th, I was thinking about having a birthday upload but decided against it.

Tickles my brain nicely to have it done on a Saturday.

So, next chapter we'll finish all of this Pokemon collecting crap, then we'll spend like 2 chapters on a training arc and then we'll go fight Lily after she beats the plot out of the game, likely ending the Pokemon arc at around the early 40s.

This arc started on chapter 23.

The Pokemon burnout is real. Never trust a Pokemon arc.