Pokemon: I Raised Three Dumb Birds and..

"Leaf, what do we do now?"

"Although the entrance and exit of Cinnabar Cave have been opened, these unconscious Charmander still need to be treated in time. Otherwise, they definitely won't last long."

Serena was a bit flustered, while Dawn pondered for a moment before interjecting.

"We don't have any potions on us, and we don't know their current condition. So there's only one way, and that's to catch them with Poké Balls and then take them out for treatment."

"Serena, how many Poké Balls do you have? What about you, Leaf?"

"No need," Leaf shook his head. "I have a better way."

Charmander's wails had also gathered the rest of the group. Not long after, Charizard slowly flew over and landed in front of Charmander, looking exhausted.

"Roar…"

"Dad, what happened to you? Who hurt you?"

Seeing the injuries on Charizard's body, Charmander became even more anxious.

At this moment, Leaf walked over.

When he saw that Charizard's wounds weren't just superficial but were turning blue and purple, Leaf became furious.

"Charizard, were you hurt by those trainers guarding outside? The middle-aged man wearing a cloak?"

"Roar…" Charizard nodded, then said excitedly, "Master of the small island, I didn't expect you to come at a time like this. Little Charmander didn't follow the wrong master!"

Charizard's way of addressing him made Leaf pause. But now wasn't the time to fuss over such things.

He had originally wanted to ask about Charizard's condition, but Serena—who was kneeling beside the five unconscious Charmander—suddenly cried out.

Leaf was startled and quickly exchanged emergency medicine pills from the system, stuffing them silently into the mouths of the five Charmander.

"Leaf, what are you doing?" Serena and Dawn asked, then said dejectedly, "It's useless. The life signs of the Charmander have already... huh? How... how did they suddenly get better?"

Serena and Dawn had already judged that the five unconscious Charmander would last no longer than half an hour. Who would've thought that just seconds after Leaf gave them the pills, their breathing would return to normal? Then… they even opened their eyes.

Worried this was just a final burst of energy, the girls immediately pressed their hands to the Charmander's hearts.

"How is it possible! Their hearts… they're beating so fast…"

"They're okay? They got better so quickly?"

"Leaf, what kind of pills did you feed them?"

"They're pills I specially researched when I had nothing better to do," Leaf explained offhandedly, not caring whether they believed him or not.

He looked around. Seeing that all the standing Charmander and Charmeleon had strange, poisoned complexions, he asked,

"Charizard, did the entire group fight those trainers outside?"

"Roar…" Charizard said helplessly, "Yes. We were quickly pushed back. The Pokémon trainers outside were too strong. As soon as we got news that humans were going to seal off Cinnabar Cave, we planned to evacuate… but we didn't expect that trainer you mentioned to start releasing poisonous gas at the entrance early on. All the Flying-type Pokémon got blown back in…"

"Scumbag!" Serena cursed.

"What good would doing that do them?"

"It doesn't benefit them, but it doesn't hurt them either," Leaf frowned.

"They're just taking a one-size-fits-all approach. Afraid that wild Pokémon from Cinnabar Cave will escape and cause chaos, they're willing to sacrifice all of them to avoid trouble…"

"I won't let him go if I see him again!"

Leaf's eyes flashed coldly. It had been a long time since he'd felt this angry. Outside, he had only used Gengar to defeat Koga's Pokémon without going all out. If he'd known Koga had done something this outrageous, he would've crippled him on the spot.

But Leaf believed he would see Koga again soon. As the new Elite Four member, it was time to establish authority. Otherwise, Koga wouldn't have treated him like a fat piece of meat, practically drooling. Now that he had been swept 6-0 by Leaf's Gengar, Koga would definitely hold a grudge—and bring backup to retaliate.

"Serena, Dawn, do you still have any clean water?" Leaf suddenly asked.

"Yes. We were planning to train in Cinnabar Cave today, so we brought a lot of clean water." Serena and Dawn pulled a large bottle of mineral water from their backpacks.

"Are you thirsty?"

"No," Leaf shook his head, taking out five tubes of green liquid from his bag.

"Pour this detoxifying agent in and stir well. Give each poisoned Charmander and Charmeleon a little to drink—it should help."

"Where did you get the detoxifying agent this time…?" Serena and Dawn were bewildered. How could Leaf's backpack have everything?

But there was no time for questions. The two immediately began helping to detoxify the Charmander and Charmeleon.

As for the Charmander that Leaf had caught, it watched its group being treated by its master, then turned to Charizard with worry. Charizard's injuries were serious—even for an Elite Four-level Pokémon, such damage might take months to heal at best.

"Roar…" Charmander said worriedly, "Dad, does your injury hurt? I'll call Master over right now…"

"Dad's fine," Charizard forced a smile and patted its head.

"I can hold on. Your master helped us a lot today. I don't want to trouble him further."

"It's no trouble," Leaf walked over.

"You're the only Elite Four-level Pokémon in the group. If something happens to you, what will happen to the rest?"

"Here, take this medicine."

He handed Charizard a tube of detoxifying agent.

"Thank you," Charizard said simply, not standing on ceremony, and drank the agent in one gulp.

Seeing their group spit out accumulated toxins and begin to recover, Charizard hesitated and asked,

"Master of the small island… do you still have more of these detoxifying agents?"

"Are there other Pokémon groups that have been poisoned?" Leaf asked, surprised.

"But I just counted. Doesn't seem like many are missing."

"Roar…" Charizard looked embarrassed.

"I wanted to share some with the other groups. We all fought together to try to break through the cave entrance. Though we failed… they're still comrades who stood with us."

"Is that so…" Leaf pondered, calculating in his mind.

Detoxifying agent: 2,000 points per tube.

Points earned from defeating Koga: 600,000.

Max tubes exchangeable: 300.

Judging by the condition of the Charmander and Charmeleon, diluting the agent slightly wouldn't hurt. Just consider it making up for that bastard Koga's sins.

Even though spending 600,000 system points all at once felt painful, Leaf still agreed firmly.

Afterward, Charizard contacted various groups. Soon, nearly all the wild Pokémon from Cinnabar Cave gathered in the area—Vulpix, Geodude, Zubat, Ponyta…

When over a dozen groups heard the news, they were initially skeptical that humans would be so kind. But after seeing others recover from drinking the detoxifying potion, they quickly lined up in order.

"Quack quack…"

At that moment, the Magmar group seemed to be fighting over something. Not long after, a Magmar left the Charmander's gathering place. Leaf didn't pay it much attention, but soon that Magmar walked up to Charizard holding a blue circular stone. Charizard looked shocked and quickly called Leaf over.

"Charizard, what's wrong? What is this stone?"

"Roar…" Charizard said excitedly,

"I don't know, and Magmar doesn't either. But we can all feel it—this is a sacred object for Fire-type Pokémon. It's closely connected to us Charizard."

"Is that so?" Leaf took the blue circular stone.

Ding!

Host discovered: Charizardite X!

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