Elite Candidate Level's Hatterene facing against Togekiss, Beedrill, and Alakazam, three Pokémon at Elite Candidate Level, could hardly stir up much of a storm.
Moreover, a Pokémon like Hatterene is extremely slow.
Standing still like an elegant lady, facing Pokémon like Beedrill that rely on speed to deal damage, it is difficult to fight back.
Furthermore, as long as we don't use any flashy techniques on Hatterene, its "Magic Mirror" trait cannot take effect, exposing the weakness of its slow speed even more.
It's only because Hatterene has a type advantage against Shiinotic that it can live here peacefully; otherwise, it wouldn't be this carefree.
However, the appearance of Hatterene helped Natsuhiko find the most suitable Special Attack type Pokémon for his role as a Hunter in the "Space Team".
The premise is, being able to fully tame this Hatterene.
Natsuhiko didn't expect.
His painstaking research on his main Pokémon team system hasn't been fully formed.
Yet the system casually structured following the "Space Team" model, has already taken shape first.
Of course,
To exert a certain level of combat power, they still need some degree of coordination.
He put away Hatterene's Pokeball.
A Pokémon like Hatterene belongs to Psychic Type and Fairy Type and is supposed to be registered in the Galar Region.
They have only one gender, female, similar to Pokémon like Braviary and Mandibuzz.
And the corresponding Pokémon to Hatterene is Grimmsnarl, the only known Pokémon with the Dark and Fairy Type combination.
The Hatterene that Natsuhiko caught has a trait "Magic Mirror", which is a hidden trait among Hatterene Pokémon.
The effect is that as long as it is present, it is as if it is always in the "Magic Reflection" state.
Therefore, Shiinotic's "Mushroom Spores" not only have no effect on it, but even get reflected back, causing Shiinotic to fall asleep.
Thus, even for Natsuhiko who finds it a bit tricky, and can only use forceful means to attack, Shiinotic poses almost no threat to Hatterene.
"Finished 'Playing'?" Natsuhiko looked at the Audino beside him.
"Buduo." Audino nodded.
Its trait has temporarily become "Magic Mirror".
"Alright."
It's not very realistic to immediately tame this Hatterene since it was beaten quite badly by Togekiss and the others using violent means.
But as long as Audino "plays" its trait, then uses "Trait Swap" repeatedly with "Play" and "Trait Swap", it can turn all Pokémon's traits into "Magic Mirror".
This way, dealing with those Shiinotics later won't be that troublesome.
Natsuhiko then turned to face Togekiss, which was flying excitedly towards him.
With a smile, he opened his arms.
Togekiss hesitated slightly, then rolled its little eyes slyly.
Then a strong flap of its wings.
Thud—
With a forward pounce, it directly knocked Natsuhiko onto the grass.
Then its head rubbed vigorously against his chest, determined not to stop until it completely messed up his clothes.
"Buyi~~"
"Oss!!"
Eevee and Latios, seeing this scene, couldn't bear it, and they also stepped forward, joining Togekiss's "Hug" plan.
Seeing this, Beedrill and the others couldn't help but smile.
After a while.
Natsuhiko finally managed to get up from the ground.
His clothes were in a disheveled state, his hat fell off, and his hair was all tangled.
Anyone who didn't know might think he did something out in the wild.
Cough.
However, Natsuhiko did not complain to them, he just tapped their heads in turn.
Staring into Togekiss's eyes.
Earnestly said: "From now on, don't bottle things up inside, speak out, and let's bear them together, I was careless this time."
Other Pokémon, whether it's Beedrill or Alakazam, or Latios, Monferno, their inner thoughts are generally hard to hide, and even if they do, Natsuhiko can basically see through them at a glance.
He has previously counseled Beedrill, Alakazam, and Aegislash many times.
Only Togekiss, Natsuhiko has never worried about its psychology.
And it was precisely this happiest, mischievous fellow in the team, that its laughter provided a good cover for itself.
So good that Natsuhiko didn't notice it for a moment.
Actually, if he had observed a little more carefully, he probably would have noticed it.
It was just that he never imagined that this carefree little Togekiss would also feel such pressure from the progress of its companions and Natsuhiko's expectations.
If it weren't for Hatterene, who is extremely sensitive to Pokémon emotions, seizing the opportunity to invade Togekiss's consciousness this time, Natsuhiko might not have even noticed.
Upon hearing this.
Togekiss stuck out its little tongue and nodded obediently.
In fact, it wasn't disguising.
It's just that it has always been carefree, and it didn't understand how such thoughts and emotions arose in its heart, and didn't know how to express them, so it could only strive to maintain its previous self.
Thinking about it, it really should thank Hatterene.
It's considered using a rather "unorthodox" approach, letting it vent those emotions.
Dusting off the dirt and grass.
Natsuhiko stood up from the ground.
Adjusted his hat.
Smiling, he said: "Now the goal ahead is very clear."
"Bzzap!" Beedrill's face turned serious.
"Hudi!"
"Chako-y!"
"Cha!"
Four Pokémon expressed their stance simultaneously.
'Fight back!'
They have not suffered such setbacks since joining Natsuhiko.
Then the four Pokémon simultaneously looked at Monferno, Latios, and Eevee.
"Ka!" Monferno shivered with excitement, quickly expressing its stance as well.
"Oss!"
"Bu... Buyi?!"
Look.
The four leaders, in an "Emperor" position, still held strong sway.
Eevee gradually began to delve into the contents of "Younger Brother Position".
After exchanging glances, the Pokémon all laughed joyfully.
"Before that, let's deal with those Shiinotics first."
Natsuhiko mounted Steelix again.
At this time, Steelix was truly compliant.
It couldn't believe these guys were actually going to challenge that ferocious creature, Hydreigon?
It wondered whether it had changed, or the world had changed.
As a qualified ground mount, after these days of interaction and understanding, Steelix managed to skim through the book "Younger Brother Position".
With Hatterene's "Magic Mirror" trait, cleaning up those Shiinotics became very smooth.
Especially when among that group of Shiinotics, there wasn't even a single Elite Candidate Level leader.
Monferno went on a rampage.
One punch to each little fellow.
This time, Natsuhiko didn't miss a single one, whether it was Shiinotics or Morelulls.
After a sweep.
A total of 89 Shiinotics were captured, including 3 at Gym Leader Level, and 78 Morelulls.
Instantly surpassing the total number of Pokémon catches Natsuhiko had before.
Fairy-Type Pokémon cannot be too many.
If managed appropriately, their prices could skyrocket at the debut phase.
However, after capturing these Shiinotics and Morelulls, one could noticeably feel the Fairy Energy in the entire forest starting to deplete rapidly.
Natsuhiko estimated that within a few days, the Fairy Energy here would revert to a concentration similar to the average level in the Alternate Space.
Upon returning to the camp, Natsuhiko saw Ono had already curled up in Kommo-o's embrace, asleep.
Even while dreaming, he was mumbling something.
Natsuhiko could only vaguely understand a few words like "barbecue", "Flying Type", "Awu", etc.
It was Kommo-o who slightly opened its eyes upon sensing them approaching, verified that it was Natsuhiko, and then closed them again.
That night, Natsuhiko didn't do anything more and headed to rest with his Pokémon.
For the next few days, it was about letting the Pokémon quickly adapt to their changing powers, while also collecting more crystal stones and Pokémon.
Natsuhiko has a premonition.
Once they defeat Hydreigon and acquire the Seven-Colored Crystal Stone, his journey in Rayquaza's Alternate Space would be near its end.
Thus, he needed to seize the remaining time to collect more resources.
Trying to fill all the Pokeballs he brought.