Seeing Sun Qi’s hesitation, Lin Fan grew a little curious.
Even a Junior Breeder, who is quite familiar with Pokémon, finds this particular Weedle unsuitable for capture?
“Sun Ge, can you take me to see him?”
Meeting Lin Fan’s gaze, Sun Qi nodded: “There’s no problem with looking, but you’d best not choose him as your starter Pokémon.”
At these words, Lin Fan became even more curious.
If he had a physical defect, then the breeding center certainly wouldn’t sell him.
In other words, it’s something else? His personality?
Looking at Sun Qi, Lin Fan felt it probably wasn’t that.
A mere personality issue wouldn’t be enough to call him “special.”
He couldn’t possibly be like Ghost-type Pokémon, devouring human souls and being extremely dangerous to humans, could he?
As Lin Fan speculated, the group quickly arrived at a man-made natural habitat.
On the lush green lawn, a striking Weedle appeared in Lin Fan’s sight.
He was entirely yellowish-brown, with a segmented body, seven pairs of slightly darker pink prolegs, and a pink, nose-like part on his head.
Additionally, he had a sharp Poison Sting about 6 centimeters long on his head, which was longer than the average 5-centimeter length of his kin, and a barb on his tail, also considerably longer than his kin.
With Sun Qi’s reminder, Lin Fan carefully observed the Weedle and indeed found something amiss.
“...Is this Weedle poisoned?”
Lin Fan looked at Sun Qi beside him with some hesitation, only to see the latter had already dashed forward, pulled out the antidotal spray he carried, and sprayed the Weedle thoroughly from all angles.
He was really poisoned?!
Lin Fan was dumbfounded.
A Bug-type and Poison-type Weedle, poisoned?!
Seeing Lin Fan’s bewildered expression, Sun Qi, who had returned to Lin Fan’s side, gave a bitter, somewhat helpless smile.
“This is what makes this Weedle special—he is a Pokémon with imbalanced attributes.
His Poison-type is far stronger than his Bug-type, to the extent that even he cannot withstand the toxins secreted within his own body, and naturally, neither can Weedle of his own kind.”
“So… he is actually a Weedle who was expelled from his colony.”
Attribute imbalance is a special condition that can occur in dual-type Pokémon.
Dual-type Pokémon have a primary and a secondary attribute.
In certain special circumstances, the secondary attribute can suppress the primary attribute, thereby damaging the Pokémon’s internal body and causing unknown consequences.
But based on the globally rare cases of attribute imbalance discovered so far…
If a Pokémon with attribute imbalance does not undergo a change, he will not live for more than a year.
Lin Fan gazed at the Weedle not far away.
After being detoxified, the little guy’s expression was very calm, as if he had long grown accustomed to it.
Thump, thump, thump…
The Weedle ignored the group of people watching him from a distance, merely using the sharp horn on his head to repeatedly Tackle the tree trunk in front of him.
The trunk was covered in shallow, dense little holes, clearly the Weedle’s handiwork.
“Beedrill colonies are social Pokémon; they gather together to protect their young Weedle.
And a Weedle expelled from his colony…”
Sun Qi stopped speaking, but Lin Fan clearly understood his meaning.
A Weedle expelled from his colony would find it very difficult to survive alone in the vast forest, because a food chain also exists among Pokémon.
Therefore, the Weedle could only desperately try to become stronger to protect himself.
But even without external enemies, the Weedle’s own special condition was enough to claim his life.
The Weedle living until now was already a miracle.
But… that was the extent of it.
Sun Qi looked at the Weedle with a hint of pity, shook his head, sighed helplessly, turned around, and said to Lin Fan as he walked, “Let’s go, we’ll go look at the Shroomish and Surskit areas.”
Lin Fan, however, did not move.
Instead, he pointed at the Weedle and asked, “Can I touch him?”
Sun Qi was startled, and looking at Lin Fan’s eyes, he suddenly felt some regret.
Why did he tell Lin Fan about the Weedle when he had nothing better to do… This little guy couldn’t really be interested in the Weedle, could he?
“You can, but you need to be careful.”
Sun Qi spoke with some helplessness; he had already made up his mind that if Lin Fan truly intended to choose the Weedle later, he would absolutely stop him, no matter what.
High school students lack sufficient experience and don’t yet understand how much choosing such a Pokémon would affect them, but Sun Qi knew very well.
So, while he deeply sympathized with the Weedle, he absolutely could not let a newcomer choose him as his starter Pokémon.
Lin Fan was unaware of Sun Qi’s inner thoughts.
At this moment, he was slowly walking towards the Weedle, his gaze fixed on him, tentatively extending his hand.
The Weedle stopped his actions and turned his head to look at Lin Fan.
As their eyes met, both stopped moving.
Lin Fan looked into the Weedle’s eyes—dark pupils with white irises, like a small boat swaying in a stormy sea.
Within them, there was no complaint about fate, only a desire to live and a firm resolve to grow stronger.
After a moment of silence, Lin Fan continued to extend his hand, reaching out to touch the Weedle.
The Weedle quietly watched Lin Fan’s movements.
Perhaps sensing Lin Fan’s intentions, or for some other reason, he did not avoid Lin Fan’s hand.
The moment their hands met, a strange sensation surged into Lin Fan’s heart, causing him to tremble involuntarily.
In his mind, a square-shaped, jade-like, glowing green slate lay quietly there, establishing a subtle, almost imperceptible connection with the Weedle in front of him.
“It really is… the Insect Plate…”
Just now, a peculiar power had suddenly surged into Lin Fan’s mind, and it was under the impetus of this power that he had suggested touching the Weedle.
And now, his verification had come true: what appeared in his mind was indeed one of the legendary plates of Arceus, the legendary Bug-type item—the Insect Plate!
Lin Fan’s thoughts were somewhat jumbled.
The only connection he could think of between himself and the Insect Plate was the missing Insect Plate pendant.
But if that thing was real, then the person… or rather, the creature… who gave him the pendant… was it really Arceus?!
Who uses their real name online, anyway?!
And why would the Insect Plate appear in his mind? This isn’t scientific!
Pokémon have special spaces within their bodies to carry items, but do humans too? Are humans a type of Pokémon?
The confusion in his mind piled up, causing Lin Fan to somewhat freeze.
However, this confusion did not prevent him from learning a crucial piece of information at this moment:
If the power of the plate were applied to the Weedle in front of him, it could easily resolve his attribute imbalance, allowing the suppressed Bug-type power to regain its dominant position.
Thereby, the Weedle would also gain the right to live!
Furthermore, as a legendary Bug-type item, the Insect Plate, imbued with Arceus’s power, possessed miraculous abilities.
For Bug-type Pokémon, it was truly a game-changer, capable of greatly and comprehensively stimulating their inherent potential, significantly accelerating their growth, and raising their limits infinitely.
With the Insect Plate, it meant that in Lin Fan’s hands, any Bug-type Pokémon, even without the precious items and resources that often cost millions from the outside world, could defy fate and soar to great heights!
If he had to find an example, then only one figure could appear in Lin Fan’s mind—
Giovanni’s Beedrill, which surpassed its limits and defied gods!