On the Insect Pokémon Island, that is, the Marcotte Island, Xiaoxia, Xiaozhi and Xiaojian have never met Annie, who had agreed to meet up on this island, and Annie has never taken the initiative to find them.
, so, it was not until the morning of the next day, until the bright sunshine shone on the entire island, when they had spent a full day and night on Marcotte Island, finished everything and were about to set off again, that the three of them were very happy.
I accidentally discovered Annie's familiar little red figure in a small gourmet shop near the pier.
then!
Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia and Xiaojian looked at each other for a while, then of course they cheered and ran over to get together with Annie.
Immediately afterwards, while making it clear that they must enjoy Anne's free and sumptuous breakfast, the three of them also began to discuss what they had seen and heard on the island yesterday and at night and the interesting people they had met.
Come through experience.
"Annie!"
"You won't believe what we encountered in the forest yesterday!"
"Just now, we encountered a giant centipede Pokémon!"
"It's really surprising. It actually has hundreds of legs, and each one is like a long and thin steel wire. It's very powerful just by looking at it!"
While chewing the food in his mouth, Xiaozhi said excitedly without forgetting his voice.
"Nonsense!"
"it's not like that!"
Unfortunately, before Annie, who blinked and looked towards him, could respond, Xiaoxia, who was also sitting aside and slowly eating the 'free' breakfast, curled her lips, and then directly retorted and corrected:
"That's not a Pokémon!"
"That's a very ordinary big centipede!"
"but……"
"Please! Let's not talk about it, eat quickly and get out of here, I'm getting goosebumps just thinking about it!"
"I don't like this insect island anyway!"
That’s right!
Ever since she set foot on Marcotte Island at noon yesterday, Xiaoxia has been resisting instinctively. She doesn't like this place full of insects and insect Pokémon at all.
Don't even say a little bit, she doesn't like even the slightest bit!
"嘁kī嘁kī..."
"Beep!"
On the table next to Xiaoxia, her Togepi is eating food from the same bowl as Ash Pikachu, looking happy.
"wrong!"
"Xiaoxia, that big centipede that Xiaozhi saw may not be a Pokémon. If it hadn't run so fast, I would have wanted to catch it and study it carefully."
"and……"
"You're not going to deny that huge spider Pokémon I met last night, are you?"
"It has a huge spider web, which is like a giant trap. If Pikachu hadn't discovered it in advance, I would have almost been entangled in it!"
"It's so dangerous!"
And when Xiaoxia and Xiaozhi finished talking, Xiaojian also smiled and told about his experience last night.
Even though it was embarrassing things and experiences, he told them without any hesitation, and without any fear or shame.
"Hello……"
(lll￢▽￢)
"I'm having breakfast now. I rarely have breakfast..."
ε=(ο｀*)))Alas
"But you are just talking about those disgusting bugs. Is this appropriate?"
(︵`)
Listening to the vivid descriptions of the three people, Anne couldn't help but frown and her head was full of black lines. She didn't know what to say about them.
Especially the idiot Xiaozhi and the wooden background tool man Xiaojian, they didn't even wink at all. Fortunately, she agreed to treat them to this breakfast, but in the end they kept telling her about boring and disgusting bugs.
matter.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"Ha ha!"
"Annie, that's because you don't know how to appreciate the charm of insect Pokémon!"
"Anyway, they are also an important part of the huge Pokémon ecosystem in this world, and some insect Pokémon are very powerful!"
"For example, the giant needle wasp, the sickle helmet, the green caterpillar, the armored chrysalis, the big butterfly, the centipede king, etc.?"
Hearing what Annie said, Xiaojian, a Pokémon observer, hurriedly introduced with a smile, and seemed to want to introduce and explain some of the advantages of insect Pokémon to Annie.
"People don't care if they're attractive or not!"
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"I'm just not interested anyway!"
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Annie turned her head away and said disapprovingly, not wanting to hear those boring things at all.
She had always only cared about whether the Pokémon tasted good, were attractive, etc. Of course she didn't want to worry about things that were inedible.
For example, she had wanted to take advantage of the 'Half-egg' Togepi and the 'Electric Mouse' Pikachu next to them, but she just hadn't found the right opportunity for the time being.
"I'm not interested either!"
"but……"
"Sometimes I have to admit that their insect Pokémon do have a rich variety of types and unique appearances?"
"For example, before returning to this town yesterday evening, that beetle Pokémon wearing blue armor that I saw by the river?"
"Looking at it from a distance, it looks like a fully armed knight!"
Although, Xiaoxia also knows that insect Pokémon are definitely unable to deal with certain special attacks, such as fire, super powers, hypnosis, etc... However, the thick armor-like cuticle still has many benefits.
It is also enough to deal with most situations.
"An insect Pokémon like that must have very strong defense, right?"
"I really should have thought of ways to catch one. In that case, maybe it could handle most battles?"
As she talked, Xiaoxia couldn't help but feel regretful.
Although she claims to be a water Pokémon trainer, and her favorite is water Pokémon, but if there is a powerful Pokémon, such as the insect Pokémon like a knight, or a little dream like Annie,
That way, she wouldn't be too rejecting.
"Yeah!"
"I also saw a huge, fast Styli bee. Maybe it is the queen of Styli bee?"
"It has the ability to fly as fast as lightning, just like a lightning beast in the sky. It's really shocking!"
"If I hadn't thought that Pikachu couldn't defeat it, I would have just caught it!"
Now that the topic has been dropped, of course Xiaojian continued to talk excitedly, not caring that a certain troubled little girl had turned away and was not listening at all.
"Xiao Zhi, don't think about it!"
"It's too fast, you won't be able to catch it!"
"yes!"
"I also agree with Xiaoxia, that giant sting wasp is really difficult to deal with."
"Of course I know, so I'm just saying..."
"That's good!"
"Xiao Zhi, let me tell you..."
"..."
"..."
In this way, Xiaojian, Xiaozhi, and Xiaoxia began to eat while taking turns telling about what they had seen and heard on this insect Pokémon island, this Marcotte Island, and the interesting experiences they encountered, such as what would
The singing cicada Pokémon, the dancing ant Pokémon army, the color-changing butterfly Pokémon, etc.?
"..."
(lll￢▽￢)
Anne, whose hair was full of black lines, was obviously not willing to listen to those boring topics, but seeing the three of them looking in high spirits, she didn't interrupt or interfere.
"..."
(￣～￣)Chew!
She just ate her own breakfast, intending to fill her stomach first before talking about anything else.
"correct!"
"Annie, there is one more thing!"
The three of them were chatting. Xiaozhi seemed to have remembered something important, and then suddenly slammed the table in surprise. After successfully attracting Annie's attention, he looked at Annie excitedly again.
and said loudly:
"Except for those insect Pokémon we just talked about..."
"I guess you can't imagine what else we saw!"
"It's the Flying Mantis!"
"Although it is a little old, it is still huge and strong, completely beyond your imagination. Moreover, it was once the leader of the Flying Mantis tribe and defeated the despicable Team Rocket!"
"It was Xiaojian who conquered it!"
Thinking about the most meaningful thing, Xiaozhi quickly started talking about it vividly.
And things are not complicated. That is, yesterday, when the three of them came to this Makote Island, while exploring and touring the forest of this insect Pokémon island with Xiao Jian, they unexpectedly discovered an
Seriously injured flying mantis?
Seeing this, the three nosy people naturally stepped forward to help. Then, by chance, Xiaojian successfully received it into the Pokmon Ball, and then took it to the island immediately.
Pokémon Center and asked Ms. Joy to heal him.
But no idea...
Only half a day later, the flying mantis rushed out of the Pokémon Center with an injury that had not fully recovered. When the three of them followed, they discovered that it was the three bad guys Musashi, Kojiro and Meow Meow from Team Rocket.
They were causing trouble, and the three bad guys actually succeeded in using some kind of gel to capture all the tribe that the flying mantis belonged to?
Seeing that situation, Xiaozhi, Xiaojian and Xiaoxia certainly would not stand idly by, and after a noisy and thrilling melee, the powerful flying mantis finally defeated Team Rocket with its own strength even though it was injured.
And gained the gratitude and respect of its tribe.
In the end, since Xiaojian did not interfere with its battle of honor, it also recognized Xiaojian, which can be said to be a happy ending for everyone.
"yes!"
"I was also at the scene and saw it too!"
"It's like a creature from another planet. Those sharp scythes, agility and powerful strength are really amazing!"
"It was still injured at the time, otherwise Team Rocket would have been in even worse shape!"
"Xiao Jian actually conquered it, even I am a little jealous and envious!"
But at this time, Xiaoxia, who didn't like insect Pokémon at all, unexpectedly expressed her admiration for the first time, and for the first time looked at the Pokémon with admiration that had always been dull and only liked painting alone.
Xiaojian looked at it.
"this……"
"Actually, it's nothing!"
Seeing Xiaoxia and Xiaozhi talking about that incident again, Xiaojian felt a little embarrassed, and wiped the back of his head with a smile.
"I was very frightened at that time..."
"But, luckily, I ended up getting it approved?"
At that time, it was Xiaozhi who took action first, but in the end, the seriously injured flying mantis knocked Xiaozhi's Poke Ball away?
So, after seeing that situation, he came up with an idea and came up with a trick. He first asked his 'Furball' Pokémon to hypnotize the seriously injured Flying Mantis, and then took advantage of the opportunity when the opponent was seriously injured and unable to resist,
Only then did he finally succeed in conquering the opponent.
"Flying Mantis?"
()
Of course Anne knew about praying mantises, those disgusting long parasites with dirty bodies in them, but she seemed to have never seen the Pokémon "Flying Mantis" before.
Therefore, when she heard the three people talking about it, she casually took out her mobile phone-like Pokémon illustrated book and started reading it by herself while the three people were still chatting about themselves:
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Flying Mantis, Bug-type and Flying-type Pokémon.
Its head is shaped like a reptile, with three separate horns on it, and the scythes on its arms are as sharp as magic weapons.
At the same time, it also has two pairs of small wings that can fly, but only in rare cases does it use its wings to fly. Like ordinary mantises, their thighs are full of sharp edges and corners, and their feet are full of sharp edges.
Each has three toes with pointed claws, which are very useful for using the limbs for attack and defense.
Note: Like regular mantises, the female Flying Mantis in Pokémon Flying Mantis has a larger abdomen than the male, making it easy to tell them apart.
Under normal circumstances, flying mantises lived in groups in the mountains when they were young, using their two sharp scythes to fight, train, hunt and move at high speeds, and a group can only have one leader.
If you find a large number of felled trees with smooth cross-sections in a certain place in the forest, it means that it is probably the territory of a flying mantis tribe. Be careful when entering, otherwise you will be attacked by the flying mantis and serious consequences will occur.
Danger.
The Flying Mantis is usually green. When it stops and hides in the grass, it cannot be seen because of its protective color. This is very convenient for it to use its sharp sickle to cut through the grass and move forward and carry out sneak attacks.
Often, with just one swing of the sickle, it can cut even a big tree in two hugs, which is very scary!
What's even more amazing is that the sickles in its hands are extremely sharp. The more hard things it cuts and the more times it fights, the sharper it becomes. In the end, it is even said that it can cut through the air and produce terrifying wind blades.
?
Anyway!
The Flying Mantis' movements are fast and agile. When it fights with all its strength, the eyes of ordinary people and ordinary Pokémon cannot see its speed clearly. Then, it will use ninja-like agile movements to confuse its prey, and then take advantage of the opponent's paralysis.
In a careless moment, he suddenly cuts it into pieces with a sharp sickle. No prey can easily escape its grasp, because its movements are so fast that the opponent is often knocked down before they notice it.
In some cases, it is also because the Hu's movements are too fast, and the eyes often have no time to see clearly. Therefore, afterimages will appear when moving at high speed, making it look like there are several of them? And that is the Flying Mantis
His signature skill - clone!
Therefore, in the Alola region, Flying Mantis is also known as the "Ninja" and is very popular. It is a truly powerful fighting Pokémon and is very popular and sought after by local trainers.
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"oh!"
(⊙o⊙*)
"This is what the flying mantis turns out to be..."
(^▽^)
Soon, after reading the introduction about the 'Flying Mantis' on the instrument, Annie did not comment, she just said "Oh" casually, and then put the instrument into her pocket.
"But people are still not interested in insect Pokémon. It's too big, and it can't be eaten..."
╮(╯▽╰)╭
"People still prefer Pokémon that can become delicacies, such as cicadas?"
()°
Yes, a Pokémon that is inedible and is not the strongest will definitely not arouse Annie's interest. Moreover, the important thing is that mantises have parasites and cannot be fried like cicadas.
As a snack!
"ah?"
"You know the monkey?"
"this……"
When they first heard Annie's out-of-range words, Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia and Xiaojian couldn't help but be a little dumbfounded.
Obviously, they couldn't understand why Annie wasn't interested in those strange insect Pokémon and the legendary Flying Mantis.
"But!"
"Annie..."
"Don't you think the Flying Mantis's scythe is spectacular?"
"It's like two sharp swords!"
After a pause, Xiaozhi thought about it, and then asked anxiously.
Anyway, he is quite rare, and he still has some regrets and regrets. If he had caught the flying mantis at that time, he might be more confident when the Orange League competition comes.
"do not think so!"
()
Without even thinking about it, Anne rejected it directly.
In her opinion, the messy flying mantis is no more interesting than the delicious Slowpoke!
After all, the boiled meat slices made by Slowpoke are delicious, and it is said that the tail is even more delicious?
Next time, if there is still a chance, she will definitely catch a few more, and then ask Sister Xiangling to make her the [Stir-fried Slow Beast Tail] to try and see if it is really that magical.
(…)
(●￣￣●)
"ha?"
"Annie..."
"You are always so direct..."
When Annie said that, Xiaozhi immediately choked as if his neck was being pinched. After a long time, he smiled and shook his head angrily.
"Annie!"
"You can't just look down on other Pokémon after catching Mew and Mewtwo, right?"
"There are still many powerful and interesting Pokémon in this world, right?"
Seeing that Xiaozhi was frustrated, Xiaoxia looked at Xiaojian while trying to persuade Annie in a dumbfounded way.
"That's right!"
"Xiaoxia is right!"
"Annie..."
"There are more than a thousand species of numbered Pokémon known and included in the illustrated books in this world so far. However, as a Pokémon observer, I have only seen and observed only a hundred.
Come and plant them, as for those you haven’t seen and those that are not in the illustrated book number, there are more.”
"Anyway!"
"I believe that there must be more powerful and unknown Pokémon in this world. Annie, you can't be too proud and complacent!"
"Maybe one day, your Mewtwo, Mewtwo and Tibbers will be defeated by others?"
Of course Xiaojian knew what Xiaoxia meant, so he smiled and nodded, and began to persuade Annie with his professional knowledge as a so-called Pokémon observer.
"cut!"
(ˉ▽￣~)~~
"Tibbers won't be knocked down by others!"
o(*︶*)o
What a joke, that idiot Little Dream and the stubborn cow Mewtwo may be defeated. Annie believes that, but if she wants to defeat her little bear, even the Creator God of this world would not dare to say that!
So, of course, Anne sneered a little and said that she would not accept the other party's kindness humbly.
"OK!"
"Stop talking, let's eat quickly!"
"That's right!"
"I'm full, but I still have to go on my way!"
"makes sense!"
"Look, Togepi and Pikachu are almost finished eating, but ours haven't moved much yet..."
"So!"
"I'm going to keep driving!"
In this way, when Xiaozhi, Xiaoxia and Xiaojian saw that Annie didn't seem to be very interested in what they saw and experienced on this insect Pokémon island, they felt a little bored in their hearts.
He wisely did not say anything more, but started to eat one by one.
"?"
"Beep?"
Pikachu first raised his head and glanced at everyone curiously. Seeing that everyone finally stopped talking, Pikachu hurriedly immersed himself in the big bowl between him and Togepi and ate attentively.
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Chapter completed!