“Ah! My Rattata! That damn Mankey!”
“Help! Someone, please control this crazy Mankey! Oh… be careful, it’s using a broom as a weapon.”
Jiang Fan turned his head upon hearing the commotion.
He then saw a Mankey, holding a broom in its right hand and a Rattata that had lost its ability to battle and fainted in its left, running out of the Pokémon House and leaping onto the top of the wall.
“Hoga~”
“Hoga~”
It stood on the wall, roaring and furiously swinging and striking with the stick. In a short while, it swung the broom head off, leaving only the stick.
At the same time, the Rattata in its hand was being spun like a fan, held by its tail.
Moments later, the Rattata flew off.
Yes, it flew off with its tail separated from its body.
Jiang Fan’s mouth twitched slightly at the sight.
Only two words were imprinted in his mind:
Troublesome Monkey!
Rattata’s body flew into the Violet Gym’s area, landing on a brick being carried by a Machop.
It startled the Machop.
It was carrying bricks just fine, so how did a tailless Raticate suddenly fly over?
Seeing the Raticate in its hand fly off, Mankey immediately let out an angry “Hoga” and leaped through the air towards Machop.
This leap covered nearly ten meters.
It swung the stick in both hands towards Machop.
At the same time, a surge of energy erupted from its body.
Mankey used the move Ju Qi (Focus Energy), which increases the probability of landing critical hits.
Machop broke out in a cold sweat, caught between a rock and a hard place.
If it threw down the brick to block, the brick would shatter, making its Trainer lose money. If it didn’t throw it down, it would have to take Mankey’s stick hit head-on.
Ultimately, it chose to protect the brick.
As soon as it steadily placed the brick down, it was directly knocked on the head by Mankey’s stick and collapsed.
“Hoga~”
Mankey, having knocked down Machop with one strike, stood beside Machop’s body, strutting proudly.
“No, that arrogant look… I can’t help but want to command Gabite to deal with it.”
Zhu Lan couldn’t stand it anymore and wanted to bring Gabite over, but looking at the Eevee currently training on her phone, she was afraid that if she left, Jiang Fan might play a trick on her with the person on the other side of the phone.
“What’s the rush? It’s not like there’s no one here. It’s a good chance for my Gym’s students to get some experience.”
Jiang Fan calmly stopped Zhu Lan, watching as several Gym students surrounded Mankey with their Pokémon.
The levels of their Gym students’ Pokémon, under his tutelage these days, were now mostly around Level 20.
This Mankey was originally Level 19, but after defeating Machop with one strike just now, its information changed, and it leveled up to 20.
Two seconds later, Jiang Fan’s brows furrowed slightly.
He noticed that Mankey’s changes seemed to be more than just its level.
【Pokémon: Mankey】
【Level: 20 (In a state of anger, its leveling speed doubles when enraged. 255 days until the next level)】
【Aptitude: Elite】
【Affection: -23】
【Ability: Vital Spirit】
【Gender: Male】
【Skills: Fury Swipes (20%), Ju Qi (Focus Energy) (18%), Low Kick (17%), Earth Throw (17%), Swagger (16%), Close Combat (14%)】
【Description: This is a naturally intelligent Mankey that cannot control its anger. It has repeatedly run out of its Poké Ball while its Trainer was asleep and violently beaten its Trainer. Its previous Trainer, with a sunken brow bone, fractured hand bones, and a crooked nose, eventually had no choice but to release it at a Pokemon Center.】
If he remembered correctly, the last time Mankey was sent to the Pokémon House, its Affection was 16. After accumulating anger these past few days, its Affection had actually regressed to -23, almost surpassing Charmeleon’s lowest Affection at that time.
While Jiang Fan was deep in thought, the battle between the Gym students and Mankey began.
One student commanded a Butterfree to use Sleep Powder on Mankey.
But it didn’t know that this Mankey had the Vital Spirit ability, so it had no reaction whatsoever. Instead, it became even more enraged. With a “Hoga,” it deftly used its stick to perform a pole vault, flying towards Butterfree with a Jump Kick, then grabbing Butterfree in mid-air and delivering an Earth Throw.
Although Bug and Flying types have a x4 weakness against Fighting-type moves, that only applies when Fighting-type moves are difficult to hit. But once they get close and grab hold, a fragile Bug/Flying type Pokémon like Butterfree is x4 weak.
Therefore...
With a whoosh, when Butterfree was thrown down from the air by Mankey, the nearby ground even shook.
Dust flew everywhere.
When the dust settled, what everyone saw was Mankey holding the stick it had just used for the pole vault, standing on Butterfree’s head and roaring at its surroundings.
“Hoga~”
For a moment, the surrounding Trainers and Pokémon were intimidated.
None of them had expected this Mankey to be so fierce.
“This Mankey… seems a bit strong. Just the fact that it knew how to use the stick to pounce on Butterfree isn’t something an ordinary Pokémon would think of.”
Zhu Lan, watching Eevee’s special training on her phone while observing Mankey’s battle nearby, couldn’t help but exclaim.
“Jiang Fan, I’m starting to want to catch it. If I train it, it could become one of my main Pokémon for winning the Sinnoh Champion title in the future.”
“Are you sure?”
Jiang Fan raised an eyebrow, “Let me tell you, the reason it was abandoned by its Trainer is because it often ran out of its Poké Ball in the middle of the night and violently beat its Trainer. Its previous owner had a sunken brow bone, fractured hand bones, and a crooked nose from being beaten by it, and eventually had no choice but to release it. Do you think you can handle a few nights after catching it?”
“What! Its methods are that brutal?”
Zhu Lan’s eyes widened, then she shook her head repeatedly.
“Then forget it. I’m going to be the Sinnoh Champion in the future. If I die in the middle of the night at the hands of my own Pokémon, I’ll have no place to cry.”