chsdbacks Chapter 232 The Scorpion Swarm That Embraces Modern Pokémon Values
Chapter 232 The Scorpion Swarm That Embraces Modern Pokémon Values
Chapter 232 The Scorpion Swarm That Embraces Modern Pokémon Values
"Should we deal with this boss, the Dragon King Scorpion...?"
Faced with the "difficult problem" posed to him by Arcanine, Zeki fell into deep thought.
Dealing with the Dragon King Jie certainly involves more than just dealing with this one leader; it also involves dealing with his "little brothers"—those groups of pincer-tailed scorpions now scattered on the beach, some unconscious and some crippled.
Such a large area would be incredibly exciting for money-grubbing Pokémon hunters. They wouldn't care about after-sales service; once they sold it, they'd make a fortune.
But Zeju wasn't exactly a Pokémon hunter, and he was also somewhat troubled by dealing with such a large area of Fiends.
We certainly can't let them have it easy and continue their old ways of causing havoc on the Azure Coast—the entire Azure Coast is posed by these Dragon King clans as the greatest threat to people!
However, in Xicui, it's impossible for Zeshu to take over such a large population of Pokémon all at once.
Even in modern times, Professor Yamanashi would have to work so hard with hundreds of wild Pokémon that his hair would fall out on its own before the Rattlebird even had a chance to pluck it.
Arcanine really gave him a tough time.
Zeshu first looked at the leader, Dracovish, who had been tossed at his feet like a broken bag by Arcanine.
At this moment, it had many wounds all over its body, especially its left pincers, which were twisted into a single piece, barely connected by a few bits of skin and flesh, to the point of being crippled. It was probably broken by the brute force of Arcanine's double-edged headbutt.
The boss, Dragon King, had been completely knocked unconscious by the fierce attack of Arcanine.
"throat."
We can only put in more effort to make these Dragon Kings repent and reform, and try our best to squeeze every last drop of value out of them. After all, according to human values, if you do something wrong, you have to be like Chi Ri, even if you go to prison, you still have to work on the sewing machine and contribute your share of productivity.
Ze Shu thought to himself.
He turned to look at Little Blue, who was slowly walking towards him carrying Jigglypuff.
"Please do me a favor and help me gather these scattered pincers-tailed scorpions together."
"Alright! Espeon..."
As Xiaolan summoned Espeon with its forked tail resembling a cat, a wave of psychic power swept across the beach. One by one, stunned or panting Scorpions floated up and piled up in the open space away from the sea and closer to the Windward Forest.
The Paw Patrol members from Arcanine were also helping with the moving.
They scurried along the beach, grunting, their mouths constantly carrying unconscious pincer-tailed scorpions—if the scorpion wasn't unconscious, they would add another fang of fire, and then the pincer-tailed scorpion would "obediently" fall unconscious.
Even Zeki's Gengar peeked out from the shadows.
It stared curiously at a pincer-tailed scorpion, tugging at it with its chubby little hands wearing boxing gloves, wanting to help Ze Shu move the pincer-tailed snail.
But unexpectedly...
The scorpion with pincers tail that it caught still had a lot of energy left.
As Gengar's chubby hand reached out, Scorpion instantly raised its pincer-like tail, a flash of dark light, and then clamped it tightly into Gengar's hand!
The pincer-tailed scorpion used "Ambush to the vitals".
Gengar was hit by a highly effective attack, and its palm swelled up to a visible extent.
"Waaaaaahh ...
Gengar, clutching its swollen hand from being pinched, ran towards Zeki with a mournful cry and tearful eyes.
Its already crimson eyes became even redder, but this was not a terrifying red, but a red of grievance.
Ze Shu:
"......"
He looked at Gengar, who looked aggrieved and wanted to complain to him, with a helpless expression.
Are you still a member of the "Gengar Army" carefully cultivated by Elite Four member Akiko? Why are you crying and running to your trainer for comfort after being pinched by a tiny scorpion?
and.
Your hands are really swollen!
Isn't your body made of gas?!
Ze Shu helplessly rubbed Gengar's chubby cheeks, muttering childish phrases like "the pain will fly away," and to his surprise, it actually worked. Gengar immediately stopped crying, and the swelling in his hand promptly subsided.
This made Ze Shu even more suspicious that Gengar might be faking it.
But he pinched Gengar's chubby face, made of gas, sometimes stretching it into a pancake, sometimes squeezing it into a bun. Watching Gengar silently endure the restlessness, its innocent and bewildered red eyes revealing its true nature, Zeki thought that with Gengar's cunning...
It couldn't be faked.
"Alright, are you all right now? There's still something else... Hmm... I need to look through Kikuko Tenno's secret manual to see if there's a cure."
"Hehehe!"
Gengar shrank its non-existent neck and hurriedly shook its head.
Zeki searches for secret techniques? He always manages to uncover Kikuko's "unconventional" training methods!
For example, if Gengar has an upset stomach? Just give it a good whack on the stomach with a stick, and it'll feel better! Or if Gengar is scared of ghosts? Just scare it a lot, like throwing it into a haunted house or a ghost ship!
"Hmm, speaking of which, Gengar, you're afraid of ghosts, right? I remember there really is a stranded 'ghost ship' on this Blue Coast. Let's go take you there sometime! How about it?"
"Ugh, ugh!!"
Upon hearing Zeshu's words, Gengar let out a shriek and quickly fled into the distance.
It ran to the edge of the beach and squatted there pitifully. Judging from its back, ignoring the details of being comforted by Ze Shu just now, it looked like a wronged and bullied child, the kind that would take a beating without fighting back.
Seeing that Gengar was alright, Zeju didn't bother with it anymore.
While he was comforting Gengar, the swarm of Scorpion had already been moved by Paw Patrol and Blue's Espeon, and now they were piled up on the flat ground in front of him, like the "Scorpion Tower" where they had spontaneously gathered before.
But the current Pincer-tailed Scorpion Tower is not as menacing as it once was.
Instead, it was filled with an atmosphere of defeat, like the "old, weak, sick, and disabled" from top to bottom.
It was just a roar from Arcanine.
Several pincers-tailed scorpions nearly urinated, their legs trembling, and they cried out, making the scene extremely noisy.
Ze Shu rubbed the Arcanine beside him, stepped on the unconscious Dracovish leader with one foot, and shouted "Quiet!" to finally stop them from barking.
"You scorpions with pincers are surely aware of the current situation, aren't you?"
Many of the pincers unconsciously shook their heads.
But Ze Shu stomped harder on the leader, Dragon King Jie, under his feet, making a cracking sound as he stepped on its shell. Only then did the group of pincer-tailed scorpions nod their heads in unison.
"You saw the state your boss was in, didn't you? Look at him, how miserable he is."
The vast majority of pincers-tailed scorpions were trembling.
Those that weren't trembling, well, they're still unconscious.
"But don't be afraid. As long as you behave and follow what I'm about to say, you won't suffer such a terrible fate."
Ze Shu stroked the leader Dragon King Scorpion's left pincer, which was twisted at a 180-degree angle in the most tragic way. In his other hand, he held a bottle of potent medicine, intending to treat some of the leader Dragon King Scorpions in front of these pincer-tailed scorpions to show them the power of "the stick and the jujube".
But who knew?
He merely gave the Dragon King Scorpion's pincers a gentle shake.
With a very slight "click" sound, the pliers were "removed" by Ze Shu!
This caused Ze Shu's other hand, which was about to drip medicine, to pause.
Arcanine's attack was pretty forceful...
Okay, that's it.
Not only did the leader, Dragon King Scorpion, become "Yang Guo" Dragon King Scorpion.
The group of pincers-tailed scorpion underlings huddled together even more tightly, their eyes filled with even greater fear as they looked at him—this was a terrifying creature that could easily dislocate the pincers of their leader, which were so thick, so sharp, and so strong!
What did they do to deserve this?!
Ze Shu had no choice but to apply the wound medicine to the cut surface of the removed pliers.
The cross-section gradually returned to its original state, becoming two relatively independent "individuals" with the leader, the Dragon King.
Seeing this, Ze Shu slowly stood up again and casually waved the Dragon King Scorpion pincers in his hand.
To be honest, aside from the fact that it's too big and a bit uncomfortable to grip, it feels really good to swing. The pincers are as sharp as blades and even have their own counterweight. No wonder it's the primary weapon that the boss, Dragon King Scorpion, used to wreak havoc on the Azure Coast.
Ze Shu looked again at the trembling pincers-tailed scorpions.
"There's something I'm quite confused about, could you please tell me about it—"
"Why are you all pincer-tailed scorpions? And why is there only one Dragon King Scorpion?"
He smashed the head of the Dragon King Scorpion on the ground with his scorpion pincers.
Although it takes level 40 to evolve from Sceptile to Drapion, which is a fairly high level for wild Pokémon, the fact that there is only one Drapion in the entire swarm is really too incongruous.
And the answers that these pincers, trembling with fear, uttered next did not deviate too much from Ze Shu's guess.
This is because the leader of the dragon scorpions does not allow any other dragon scorpions in the group to challenge its position.
Therefore, whenever a pincer-tailed scorpion in the swarm is about to evolve, the dragon king scorpion will appear.
Either it will smash down with its pincers, forcefully interrupting the evolution of the pincer-tailed scorpion. Or, if the pincer-tailed snail manages to evolve successfully, it will then face a "battle" from the leader, Dragon King Jie. The loser will be thrown directly into the sea, its fate unknown.
Most newly evolved Pokémon are weak, not to mention that they were hit by several pincers from the boss Dracovish during the evolution. How could they possibly fight against the boss Dracovish, who has a fierce battle record and has been practicing his skills in the Dracovish form for many years?
Ze Shu and Xiao Lan exchanged a glance.
In that sense, the leader of the group, Scorpion, is truly despicable. Not only does it bully outsiders and harm Arcanine's mother, it also shows no mercy to its own members.
This is because after evolving into a Dragon King Scorpion, instead of helping the pincer-tailed scorpions in the clan to evolve, it smashed their evolutionary path with a single pincer!
Washing greenery in ancient times was truly untamed.
Fortunately, this doesn't happen within modern Pokémon populations that live in the wild.
And when this matter is discussed...
The pincers scorpions huddled together, crying, and the scene became noisy again.
Ze Shu couldn't bear to see such genuinely aggrieved crying. He slammed the head of the Dragon King Jie, the leader of the dragons, under his feet with the pliers in his hand, making a clear "clang" sound!
"I've already defeated this Dragon King Scorpion. Shouldn't you be thankful to have escaped its clutches? Cry? I won't allow it! Hold it back!"
Because of Ze Shu's "achievement" of twisting off the leader of the Dragon King's pincers with his bare hands, these pincer-tailed dragons were so frightened that they quickly held back their tears and looked at him with fear.
"Now, I have gathered you all here for only three things!"
"Fairness! Fairness! Fairness!"
"As long as you do good deeds that align with what I'm about to say! Forget all the annoying things this dragon king has led you to do, and you will gain a life you can't normally get in the Green Wash Wilderness!"
Zeshu slowly instilled all the concepts that conformed to the values of good Pokémon in later generations into these pincers.
This includes, but is not limited to, "the survival philosophy of the species: fighting for protection with venomous pincers and living for friendship by holding tree fruits in their chests," "the old scorpion teaching new scorpion skills and young scorpions guarding the passing down of the torch from their elders," and... most importantly, "human bonding."
Of course, due to the difference between the Xicui and modern environments, Zeshu has made some improvements to ensure that the Qianwei Jiequn retains a unique sense of vigilance characteristic of Xicui.
After all, this is the overall environment of Xicui.
They rashly barged into the village and got close to the humans.
It's probably going to terrify the humans who get "sticked" to it.
"I've finished speaking. Do you have any further questions?"
"Evolution? Of course I won't restrict your evolution. Evolve if you want, and it's even better if you do!"
"Haha! So that's how long the pincers of the pincer scorpion's tail is! It has to close its pincers to inject venom?"
Oh, I see!
Dr. Laben ventured alone into the swarm of pincers-tailed scorpions, studying each and every one of them.
His face showed the thirst for knowledge, his eyes occasionally flashing with golden light, completely disregarding the fact that these pincer-tailed scorpions had only just been instilled with ideas by Ze Shu and could attack him at any moment.
But the pincer tail group unexpectedly cooperated.
"As for what to do with this leader, the Dragon King Scorpion..."
Ze Shu stepped on the still unconscious leader, Dragon King Scorpion.
The Scorpion swarm didn't participate in harming the Arcanine mother, so a gentler approach could be taken. But this leader, the Dragon King... we can't be so gentle!
Moreover, after hearing about the "battle record" of this leader, the Dragon King Scorpion.
Ze Shu showed it no pity whatsoever.
He said to his Gyrocopter, "How about I tie it up and use it as a punching bag for your daily training?"
Arcanine naturally shook its head. If it were to use this Dragon King as a punching bag, it would probably be reduced to "Dragon King Scorpion fragments" in less than half a day. Although Arcanine "showed mercy," it didn't mean it wouldn't "furious" at some point.
He pondered this.
Suddenly, a deafening sound, like thunder, erupted from afar!
Looking over, Ze Shu saw a gray island in the middle of the coast in the distance.
"That's Fubuki Island, the habitat of the 'King' of the Azure Coast—Growlithe, the 'King of Islands.' That thunderclap must have been..."
"The reason why the 'kings' of each region were driven mad."
Xiao Zhao held the chubby Owl in his arms and explained to his master,
"However, since the 'King of the Islands' perished at sea a year ago while saving his offspring, the position of 'King' on the Azure Coast has been vacant for a long time. Therefore, this lightning strike had no target and continued to fall."