Needless to say, Natsui's Water-type Pokémon was naturally the Feebas he had newly captured some time ago.
For Ash, having just set foot on this continent not long ago, he still felt unfamiliar with the Pokémon of the Hoenn region. It could be said that he had not seen most of them yet.
What Pokémon is this?
Seeing this earthy-yellow fish Pokémon with thick lips and surprising ugliness, Ash naturally took out his Pokédex to scan it as it was his first time encountering it.
After the Pokédex introduction, he obtained some basic information about Feebas.
"Feebas?" Ash put away the Pokédex and nodded in realization. "It doesn't look very strong. Brother Natsui, I'm surprised you caught such a Pokémon. But since that's the case, I'll use this Pokémon then!"
As he took out a Poké Ball and threw it forward forcefully, after a flash of blue light, a Corphish appeared in the pool.
Although Natsui hadn't battled a Corphish before, he had dealt with its evolved form—Crawdaunt. Especially Team Aqua's Crawdaunts; he had defeated countless numbers of them, so he was very familiar with them.
As the pre-evolved form of Crawdaunt, Corphish's appearance looked even more like a crayfish. It had an orange shell, a white belly, three spikes on its head, and held up two large pincers. A pair of beady eyes made it look somewhat goofy.
It is said that this Pokémon is very energetic no matter where it is. It can adapt to any environment and is not a picky eater, so it can eat anything. It also has strong vitality. Even in very dirty rivers, its population will continue to increase. Because of its strong vitality, it can stay in muddy, smelly ditches just like Feebas. It uses sharp pincers to capture prey. Once prey is caught by its large pincers, it will never let go no matter what happens.
In the field, the two Water-type Pokémon swam a few laps in the pool.
However, unlike Natsui's Feebas, which came to its respective half to prepare for battle after warming up, Ash's Corphish actually swam to Natsui and sank to the bottom of the pool after swimming a few laps!
"Hey! Corphish, what are you doing!?"
Ash was slightly embarrassed and hurriedly called Corphish back to his half.
He scratched his cheek somewhat unnaturally and forced a smile. "...Sorry... I haven't had it for long. Today is its first time participating in such a battle. It doesn't understand some rules very well."
"This is already quite good." Natsui waved his hand indifferently and told him about the helplessness he encountered before. "You don't know, when I first released this Feebas after catching it, it didn't understand anything at all. It just swam around on its own, as silly as a Magikarp. I spent a lot of effort to train it to look like this."
Sure enough, as soon as Natsui said this, Ash's embarrassment immediately lessened a lot.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and couldn't help asking, "Brother Natsui, how many Pokémon have you caught in total since arriving in Hoenn?"
"Combusken, Feebas, plus a Beldum. I caught a total of three Hoenn Pokémon."
"Only three?"
Ash calculated in his heart. Besides Pikachu, since coming to Hoenn, although he had only obtained two badges so far, he had already caught Taillow, Treecko, and Corphish—three Pokémon, the same number as Natsui.
Clearly having spent several more days, it seemed that Natsui hadn't pulled open as big a gap as he expected.
It was only in the number of badges that he had one less than Brother Natsui...
Just thinking of this, he heard Natsui suddenly draw out his tone and say in a relieved tone, "But... besides these three Pokémon, I also caught a guy who is both impressive and very troublesome. It can be said to be a pleasant surprise."
"A guy who is both impressive and very troublesome?" Ash was stunned and hurriedly asked, "Did you catch another Legendary Pokémon?"
To be honest, how could Ash not be envious that Natsui owned so many Legendary Pokémon!
But this was just envy, not jealousy. Now hearing Natsui mention some "impressive and troublesome guy," he immediately thought Natsui had caught another Legendary Pokémon!
"Of course not." Natsui shook his head. "Come on, Legendary Pokémon are not so easy to encounter. How could I catch them casually? Okay, even if I caught several before, I haven't encountered any since arriving in Hoenn. Alright, guess carefully. You have dealt with it many times during your journey, and it is an existence that left a deep impression on you!"
Saying that, he turned to look at Brock and smiled. "You know it too. Come and guess together."
Brock opened his eyes slightly. "Eh? I know it too?"
What could it be?
Ash and Brock frowned and thought hard. But having traveled through two regions, they had seen and heard too much along the way. For a moment, they couldn't remember which Pokémon would have such an impact on them.
After thinking for a long time, Ash was still confused and couldn't help urging, "What exactly is it? Brother Natsui, tell me quickly. Don't keep us in suspense!"
"You still can't guess?" Natsui smiled helplessly but just said, "Then I'll tell you after finishing this battle. For now, let the suspense continue for a while!"
Hearing Natsui say this, although Ash was itching with curiosity, seeing that Natsui wouldn't tell, he could only suppress that curiosity and refocus his attention on the battlefield.
At this time, both Pokémon were ready. At the signal of Brock, acting as the referee, the match officially began!
Treating this informal battle, Ash could be said to be fully focused, bringing out the spirit he had when fighting in the League Conference. It could be said that as soon as the battle started, he entered the state directly.
But as they fought, he found something was wrong.
This wasn't because this Feebas was too strong. On the contrary, after exchanging a few rounds, he was surprised to find that this Feebas only knew simple moves like Splash and Tackle over and over again!
Compared to his Corphish, Feebas's attack methods could almost be described as scarce!
"What is this..." Ash suddenly deflated like a punctured ball, his eyes instantly losing their light, and muttered, "I was looking forward to this battle so much, is that it?"
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