Let you make animations and develop virtual Pokémon? Chapter 024

“What! No one has caught a Pikachu yet?”

After learning from the live stream’s bullet comments that no one had yet caught a Pikachu, Taozi’s desire to catch one was instantly ignited.

“No, I must find a way to catch this Pikachu today!”

Pikachu is a popular Pokémon.

Due to the filter of that yellow-skinned mouse in the anime, Pikachu’s popularity has always remained high.

Even the Charmander, one of the starter Pokémon, holds a far lesser position in the hearts of Pokémon fans compared to Pikachu.

Ye Xiao, as a transmigrator, was keenly aware of this.

Perhaps it was due to his identity as a game planner before his transmigration, but in any case, Ye Xiao did not intend for Pikachu to be caught so easily by players.

He specifically set the refresh rate of Pikachu in Viridian Forest to be dozens of times lower than in the original work, and also made it very difficult to catch.

Here, “difficult to catch” does not refer to the success rate of capturing it in a Poké Ball, but rather that Pikachu will absolutely not actively engage in battle once it sees a player.

Perhaps other wild Pokémon would exhibit different behavioral patterns depending on their personalities.

But Pikachu will only avoid battle and flee!

This means that it is completely impossible for players to catch Pikachu through battle.

Pikachu’s base speed is very high; its escape speed is incredibly fast.

This is why, several hours after the game officially launched, there hasn’t been a single instance of Pikachu being caught across the entire network.

Even Xiaofeng, a technical streamer on the Douhu platform, gave up on the idea of being the first to catch a Pikachu.

In his eyes, Pikachu’s appearance rate was significantly lower than other Pokémon, and it ran away at the sight of people, clearly an intentional design by the planner.

Therefore, instead of wasting time with Pikachu in Viridian Forest, it was better to quickly advance in the game.

Besides Taozi and Xiaofeng, many other players had also encountered Pikachu in Viridian Forest, but in the end, they all had to give up, unable to catch it.

Some short-tempered players even went to the Arceus platform community to curse the “dog planner,” directly stating that Pikachu was only for show and not for catching, something truly inhuman to design.

Ye Xiao turned a blind eye to this.

Anyway, Gu Xian was the chief game planner at Arceus Company, and he, Ye Xiao, was not the planner, so these curses naturally wouldn’t fall on him.

…

Back to Taozi’s live stream.

Taozi searched back and forth in the forest for a full 20 minutes but still couldn’t find any trace of that Pikachu.

Despite this, Taozi did not give up easily. She clenched her fists tightly, giving herself a pep talk.

“I refuse to believe it! Today, I will catch that Pikachu!”

At this moment, it was already 11 PM in real-time. While many players chose to log off and rest, Taozi was determined to stay in Viridian Forest until she caught that Pikachu.

In a blink of an eye, two hours passed, and it was already 1 AM in real-time. The sky in the game gradually darkened.

Against the backdrop of the night, Viridian Forest appeared exceptionally eerie.

During these two hours, Taozi had been searching for Pikachu in Viridian Forest, and she hadn’t wasted this time, taking the opportunity to train her Pokémon.

She clearly understood that to become an excellent trainer, one couldn’t just rely on a single Pokémon; it was necessary to cultivate a well-balanced team.

Therefore, while Charmander’s level increased to 12, Taozi also trained Oddish to level 9.

[Name: Charmander (Male)]

[Level: 12]

[Attribute: Fire]

[Ability: Blaze (When HP is less than 1/3, the power of Fire-type moves increases by 1.5 times.)]

[Skills: Scratch, Growl, Ember, Smokescreen, Dragon Breath]

…

[Name: Oddish (Female)]

[Level: 9]

[Attribute: Grass/Poison]

[Ability: Chlorophyll (When under Sunny Day weather, the Pokémon’s speed becomes 2 times its original.)]

[Skills: Absorb, Growth, Acid, Sweet Scent]

…

“Eh? Wait! Why do my Charmander and Oddish have so many moves?”

Just as Taozi called out [Pokémon] to check the details, she discovered that her Pokémon had learned many new moves.

[Smokescreen: Sprays thick black smoke at the opponent to obstruct their vision, thereby lowering their accuracy.]

[Dragon Breath: Attacks the opponent with a powerful breath, with a chance to paralyze the opponent.]

[Sweet Scent: Emits a scent that some Pokémon like, greatly lowering the opponent’s evasion rate.]

“This, this, this… Dragon Breath! A Dragon-type move? Does this mean Charmander will become a Dragon-type Pokémon after evolving?”

“And Oddish’s Sweet Scent, it can emit a scent that some Pokémon like? Do you think Pikachu would like this scent?”

Upon seeing the description of the Sweet Scent move, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck Taozi’s mind, and she had a good idea.

Perhaps she could use Oddish to attract Pikachu?

“No matter what, let’s try it first. If it doesn’t work, I’ll try another method!”

Without further ado, Taozi took her two Pokémon back to the small pond where she first encountered Pikachu.

She believed that since Pikachu chose to come to this pond to drink water, it was highly likely that it wouldn’t just come this one time.

Taozi leaned down and softly said to Oddish:

“Oddish, later you’ll bury yourself in the ground. Once you see a yellow-skinned mouse come here to drink water, use Sweet Scent to attract it over, got it?”

“Nado~”

Oddish seemed to understand Taozi’s instructions. It nodded and obediently found a suitable spot on the bank of the small pond, burying itself in the dirt, only revealing its eyes.

Since Oddish itself was dark blue, in the nighttime environment, it naturally formed a protective coloration, making it difficult for people to detect its presence.

Taozi and Charmander, meanwhile, went to hide in the nearby bushes.

Next, it was a long wait, like waiting for a rabbit by a tree stump.