Pokémon: The Journey Begins with a Cowherd

Chapter 47 Socially Awkward Flying Mantis

"Come on, everyone! Look at me!"

After putting away the Pokédex, Qingyuan clapped his hands and shouted loudly to Scorpius and the others.

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the Scorpions and the others put down their food and looked in Qingyuan's direction.

"I caught a Slowpoke while you were just leaving."

"From now on, Slowpoke will be our partner. Let's give him a round of applause!"

Qingyuan looked at Scorpion and the others, raised the Slowpoke's Poké Ball in his hand, and said loudly.

"Clatter!"

"Sha!"

"Groo-wa!"

Upon hearing Qingyuan's words, the three little ones cheered enthusiastically to express their welcome to their new friend.

Seeing this, Qingyuan nodded in satisfaction and then threw out the Slowpoke Poké Ball in his hand.

With a flash of red light, a pink Slowpoke appeared in the arena.

Upon seeing this, the Scorpions immediately cheered enthusiastically, determined to let their new companions feel their warmth.

The scorpion kept banging its two large pincers together, making muffled thuds.

The Scyther kept clashing its twin blades together, producing a metallic clang.

The little dragon clapped and jumped around happily.

Although the three little Slowpokes all welcomed it in what they considered to be the most enthusiastic ways.

However, among these three little guys, only Charmander's cheering style was relatively normal.

The way Scorpion and Scyther cheered looked like they were declaring war.

However, Slowpoke's personality is rather slow-witted, although this is not a good thing.

However, in certain situations, this slowness can be considered an advantage.

For example, right now, Scorpion and Scyther look like they're declaring war on Slowpoke.

But Slowpoke could clearly feel the enthusiasm emanating from Scorpius and the others.

"Ya-dong!"

Sensing the enthusiasm of Scorpion and the others, Slowpoke responded enthusiastically.

"By the way, Slowpoke looks rather silly."

"But this guy is incredibly clever. I was just fooled by it, so you guys better watch out!"

Looking at the three cheering guys in front of him, Qingyuan patted Slowpoke's head and said.

After all, in his mind, these three guys were all reckless fools who weren't very bright and could easily be fooled by Slowpoke.

Furthermore, Slowpoke's appearance is too deceptive; it doesn't seem very intelligent.

But who would have thought that beneath that appearance lies a brilliant mind?

Feeling the hand on its head, Slowpoke looked in the direction of the hand's owner.

Upon seeing that it was Qingyuan who had just hit him three times, Slowpoke didn't hesitate at all and fired a water gun at Qingyuan's face.

Qingyuan was knocked to the ground by the force of the impact.

"Ya dong ya dong! (Look at the big bump on my head, you were just patting it!)"

Slowpoke pointed to its head and shouted at Qingyuan.

Seeing this, Qingyuan looked towards Slowpoke's head and indeed saw a slightly bulging bump on Slowpoke's pink head.

"Hehe, sorry, I'll treat you right away!"

Qingyuan smiled awkwardly, took out some good medicine from his bag, and began to treat the bump on the Slowpoke's head.

The Scorpions and the others, who were standing nearby, were initially prepared to teach Slowpoke a lesson when they saw it attack Qingyuan.

However, after seeing that Slowpoke's Water Gun wasn't very powerful, they temporarily stopped their attack.

Seeing this, Scyther and Charmander finally understood how Qingyuan had captured Slowpoke.

If you ambush someone, it's only right that you get sprayed with water.

After realizing that Slowpoke meant no harm to Qingyuan, Scyther and Charmander ate while watching the commotion.

Upon witnessing this scene, Scorpio fell into deep thought.

It remembered that when Qingyuan subdued it, he also hit it on the head with a stick.

Then shouldn't it find a time to retaliate?

Scorpio watched Qingyuan tending to the bump on Slowpoke's head as he fell into deep thought.

Ultimately, it was Qingyuan's kindness towards it over the past few months that awakened its conscience and made it give up the idea.

"Come on, let me apologize to you, and have something good to eat to make up for it!"

After treating Slowpoke's injuries, Qingyuan brought over a bowl of general-purpose Pokémon food and placed it near Slowpoke's mouth.

Looking at the Pokémon food in front of him, Slowpoke was full of curiosity, but he had no intention of touching it.

They simply stood there, staring intently at the bowl of elven food.

Seeing this, Qingyuan couldn't stand it anymore and gestured at Slowpoke.

"This is food, it's delicious!"

"Eat like me!"

As Qingyuan spoke to Slowpoke, he picked up a bowl and demonstrated to Slowpoke.

But Slowpoke just stared at him blankly, showing no intention of eating him.

Unable to bear it any longer, Qingyuan finally pried open Slowpoke's mouth and stuffed a handful of Pokémon food into it.

Feeling the contents of its mouth, Slowpoke couldn't help but chew.

Upon discovering that this thing tasted good, Slowpoke's wise eyes immediately lit up.

Then, with incredible speed, it grabbed another handful of fairy food and put it in its mouth.

Seeing this, Qingyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. Sure enough, when dealing with such a slow-witted elf, one had to be straightforward.

After arranging Slowpoke's dinner, Qingyuan first checked the Berry Soup and found that it was ready.

Qingyuan first served each of the Scorpions a bowl to try.

Then he heated up his self-heating rice.

After dinner, Qingyuan played with Scorpion and the others for a while, which increased the intimacy between the trainer and the Pokémon.

Slowpoke also integrated very well into the game. After one game, Charmander was already able to put his arm around Slowpoke's shoulder.

Scorpio, perhaps due to a similar experience, has also developed a good relationship with Slowpoke.

Sometimes, things are just that strange. Scorpion and Charmander, who are both weak against Slowpoke, quickly became familiar with Slowpoke.

Scyther, which is not countered by Slowpoke, actually has a worse relationship with Slowpoke than Gliscor and the others do with it.

Fortunately, it's just the relationship between Scyther and Slowpoke, not as close as that between Gliscor and Slowpoke.

According to Qingyuan's guess, this might be because Scyther is a socially awkward person.

Although Scyther appears to be a cold-blooded warrior.

However, after spending a long time together, Qingyuan had figured out the personality of this flying mantis.

Its cold exterior is all an act; in reality, Scyther is a socially awkward person with a touch of arrogance.

The reason I was able to quickly get to know Scorpio and Charmander was because those two were both corporate bulls.

Scyther only needs to passively accept things, but now there's a Slowpoke that's not so easy to communicate with.

Scyther, who isn't usually proactive in social situations, is finding it a little difficult to make friends.

This is why its relationship with Slowpoke isn't as close as that with Scorpion and the others.

However, Qingyuan thought these were all minor issues, and that they would get used to each other after spending more time together.

After all, once they're on his ship, they're all family.

As night fell, Qingyuan extinguished the campfire and led Tianxie and the others into the tent.

In this dangerous wilderness, only the tent that could withstand the attacks of level 30 Pokémon, and the Scorpions around him, could give Qingyuan a sense of security.