"Beedrill, Deadly Needle Stab."
A golden arc flashed, the glowing green insect-type energy surged forth, and the long needle, like a long spear, pierced through, harvesting Mightyena's last bit of stamina.
After defeating this Mightyena, Natsuhiko and the three Pokémon did not linger in battle, retreating to the town's perimeter.
Even though the remaining Mightyenas continued to bark, none dared to step forward.
Even though Natsuhiko and the Beedrills had defeated so many of their companions.
And most infuriating of all, whenever they were about to counterattack, this person and his Pokémon would retreat before their encirclement could form.
Natsuhiko also felt that his behavior was somewhat shameless.
It was as if he was exploiting some bug in the game, frantically grinding, and leveling up here.
This feeling was just like the scene he once saw in the movie "Ninth-Grade Official," where the lawyer Fang Tangjing continuously hopped back and forth in front of the Government Office's interception line.
"Hey, I'm in, hey, I'm out again, hit me, you fools."
Too bad there's no Stephen Chow here.
However.
When Natsuhiko brought the Beedrills back in again, they finally provoked the Mightyenas' greatest counterattack.
Drawing out a special presence among the Mightyenas.
Seeing the Mightyena in front with its head held high, arrogant eyes, and a physique different from other Mightyenas, Natsuhiko realized that the Leader of the Mightyena Race had appeared.
Moreover, this Leader seemed somewhat special.
"Lord Pokémon?"
Natsuhiko recalled the information he had read about "Lord Pokémon" in his mind.
Among Wild Pokémon, due to the existence of race relationships, a special type of Pokémon emerges, such as the "Lord Pokémon" before Natsuhiko now, or the more advanced "Overlord Pokémon."
These special Leader Pokémon are essentially no different from ordinary Pokémon.
It's just due to some special reasons that they have differences from ordinary Pokémon, such as changes in physique, some aspects of enhancement, etc.
To date, researchers from the alliance have not figured out the reasons behind the birth of these Leader Pokémon.
Some say it's because Leaders can access resources far beyond ordinary Pokémon, while others suggest a special magnetic field among Wild Pokémon prompting these Leaders to change.
But one thing is certain.
Once these Leader Pokémon leave their race, whether through departure or capture by a Trainer, these differences will gradually disappear until they become the same as ordinary Pokémon.
For this reason, many have tried to capture them, but the result has always been the same.
However, when such Pokémon appear within a race, it signifies that the race is relatively large.
Thus, most special Leader Pokémon appear in races with larger numbers of Insect-type Pokémon.
For example, the Beedrill race, or the Butterfree race.
In conclusion, this kind of Leader Pokémon all have one characteristic: they are difficult to deal with, and capturing them does not yield any special benefits.
Over time, Trainers kept their distance from these Pokémon.
Because the rewards don't match the efforts.
The Mightyena appearing before Natsuhiko now, with its larger physique, is likely a "Lord Pokémon."
Because of the bodily changes, it has greater strength, a stronger body, and thus is harder to deal with.
But capturing it is not much different from capturing an ordinary Mightyena.
It's a thankless task.
For this reason, Natsuhiko didn't plan to continue entangling with these Mightyenas.
He doesn't do thankless tasks.
But just because he doesn't want to, doesn't mean the other side doesn't.
The Mightyena Leader looked at Natsuhiko, who repeatedly harassed their territory and then safely withdrew only to return for more harassment, and its eyes turned red.
With clenched teeth suddenly opening wide, a roar of anger broke out.
"Roar!"
This was not an ordinary call. Layered sound waves formed ripples, encompassing Natsuhiko and the three Pokémon.
Abra and Togepi showed expressions of discomfort, black gas emerged from their bodies, quickly dissipating but weakening their aura.
Loud Roar: An angry shout with reprimanding intent, causing damage while also highly likely to lower the opponent's Special Attack.
The Dark-type Technique has a significant damaging effect on Abra.
Moreover, against Dark-type Pokémon, Abra's psychic-type Techniques are ineffective, and Togepi's Secret Power converted to Telekinesis using the Psychic Arena is equally ineffective.
However.
The main force against Mightyena is Beedrill.
Insect-Type Techniques are quite effective against Dark-type Pokémon, and right now, Beedrill is fully powered up!
Seeing the significant damage to Abra and Togepi, plus the opponent not allowing them to retreat easily, Beedrill took action.
A fierce gust of wind surrounded its body.
In the golden arc of light, Beedrill shot forward like a sharp arrow, straight at the Mightyena Leader.
After the previous rounds of battle, Beedrill already knew where the weaknesses of this type of Pokémon lie, so its target this time was the soft spot of the Mightyena Leader.
Dark red haze flowed in its compound eyes, and the Cross Cut, carried by anger, struck down forcefully.
Bam!!
The Mightyena Leader was knocked back on impact.
Seeing Beedrill's attack, Natsuhiko's eyes squinted slightly.
"Due to the difference in physique, even the weaknesses are different from ordinary Mightyenas?"
The Mightyena Leader wasn't struck in the weakest spot, so the Sniper trait wasn't triggered.
But even so, the Mightyena Leader took considerable damage.
Meanwhile, the surrounding Mightyenas saw their Leader being attacked and lunged forward, baring their teeth with sparks emerging from their mouths.
Flame Fang!
"Beedrill," Natsuhiko softly called.
No need to linger in battle, it's not worth it.
Upon hearing, Beedrill glanced resentfully at the fallen Mightyena Leader, returning to Natsuhiko's side.
Swiftly flicking away a few attacking Mightyenas, it escorted the retreating Natsuhiko, Abra, and Togepi.
"Roar!!"
Yet, being knocked back in front of so many kin left the Mightyena Leader embarrassed and angry, sprinting with flaming teeth towards Beedrill.
What awaited it, however, was a sharp and deadly long needle.
Deadly Needle Stab!
Bam!
The Mightyena Leader fell on impact, its eyes rolled back, losing combat ability.
But no one noticed, as the Mightyena Leader fell, that the golden markings on Beedrill's wings flickered, as if something special from this Lord Pokémon's body had surged out, drawn in.
Finally, it merged into Beedrill's wings.
And the golden markings on Beedrill's wings seemed to undergo a subtly observable change.
They seemed... slightly brighter.
Beedrill, hurriedly responding to battle, didn't notice this change, nor did the retreating Natsuhiko, but someone did.
Behind Natsuhiko, those orange eyes blinked slightly, the curious gaze flowing over Beedrill and the Mightyena Leader, ultimately revealing a look of realization.
And it seemed it also understood why Natsuhiko's Beedrill differed from other Beedrills.
Why the markings color on the wings was different.
Realization dawned, it showed a delighted expression, softly calling out.
"Masha—"