Chapter 31: Xingye: My Caterpillar Is In Big Trouble!
That evening.
20:00.
It was exactly the peak time for rule-breaking incidents as mentioned in Huohuo’s intel.
Between Dormitory Building 12 and Cafeteria 4, at the central bottom, there was a small forest. Hoshino Ryuji’s Caterpillar was squatting in a clump of bushes. There were many mosquitoes in summer, so he specially spent 350 contribution points to buy a bottle of insect repellent spray. Not only were the mosquitoes gone, but even Bug Type Pokémon kept their distance from him.
The Caterpillar felt like vomiting a bit.
What the hell is this weird smell?
And why do they have to squat in the grass?
By the way, this grass looks pretty tasty.
“—Smack~” Hoshino punched the Caterpillar on the head.
“You’re almost as tall as me now! Still eating? You really think you can evolve into Rayquaza? Dream on, that Pokémon isn’t your dad.”
“Mao Mao!! Mao Mao!!” The Caterpillar suddenly got very angry.
Impossible! My dad must be Rayquaza!! You liar! And you won’t even let me eat, abusing me!
“—Ow~~~” The Caterpillar chomped down on Hoshino’s arm with its mouth.
“Fuck!!”
Hoshino cursed, and suddenly there was a circle of eerie tooth marks on his arm.
What the heck?
Did the Caterpillar grow teeth?
Oh no, big trouble!
Hoshino got scared and quickly pried open the Caterpillar’s mouth. Sure enough, there was a row of tiny teeth inside!
Phew~
Hoshino calmed his mood a bit.
Caterpillars should have teeth. It seems like it was mentioned in biology class… Right! They must have them! Otherwise, how would they chew leaves? And Caterpillars can apparently learn Bite.
Normal Caterpillars don’t usually grow that big, and their tiny teeth are hard to see. His own Caterpillar should be a rare breed that only appears once in a century.
Hoshino suddenly remembered that his family’s Caterpillar couldn’t learn Tackle. Looking at the circle of tooth marks on his arm, a spark went off in Hoshino’s mind. This power might have already touched the threshold of Bite. Maybe it could even learn Crunch?
Good grief, a Caterpillar learning Crunch is scary just thinking about it.
Perfect, since this guy likes to eat, tomorrow he’ll buy some teething sticks for practicing Crunch.
*
At the same time, the other side of the forest.
Zuo Hang didn’t have enough contribution points to book two training rooms, so to prevent Darkrai from hurting anyone, he chose an empty spot for the Electric Mouse and the Nightmare God.
Zuo Hang was at the training ground with Zuo Rou and Fletchling, while the Electric Mouse came to the small forest with Darkrai.
To prevent yesterday’s accident, Gardevoir came along this time too. If Pikachu got distracted, Gardevoir could immediately use Psychic to pin down Darkrai.
*
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“That Ren Haiyun is really faking it. My wrist still hurts even now.”
“You?? Don’t even think about how badly Brother Chuan got beaten.”
“Sigh, that definitely can’t compare. My Brother Chuan is still the best, but have you heard? That Zuo Hang from Class A apparently went five-five with the old man Ren.”
“Zuo Hang? Fuck! Don’t mention it. Last night around eight, bros were at the sports field. That Nightmare God is definitely his! I fell asleep and smashed my head into a bench. My temple still hurts.”
Hoshino, squatting in the grass, overheard their conversation.
From the content, these guys seemed to be from Class F.
The group skillfully pulled out cigarettes from their pockets and lit up for each other. They just wanted to find an empty spot to smoke.
Hoshino stayed silent in the grass. He had no interest in dealing with smoking. To attract the attention of those Discipline Committee Members with maxed-out sense of justice, he’d at least need to resolve a few serious incidents like fighting.
*
“Follow me and you won’t go wrong. Yesterday I saw a few first year high school freshmen smoking around here.”
“Reliable, brother? What if the Student Union finds out.”
“What are you afraid of? I’ve scoped it out. No cameras in that small forest. No one will know we make our move.”
Two unfamiliar tall guys with unfriendly expressions walked toward the Class F group.
Hoshino saw that these two were very unfamiliar; they should be second year high schoolers.
Each held a Poké Ball, with smiles on their faces. “Hey, little junior students, smoking is against school rules, you know.”
The Class F group was stunned and looked at the two suddenly appearing tall seniors.
They tossed their Poké Balls into the air and caught them again. They also had the smell of smoke on them—clearly not good students.
The six from Class F simultaneously reached for their back waists.
They were very familiar with this job: collecting protection fees. They used to do it often back in junior high.
“So, how many contribution points?” the leader, Little Fatty, among the six asked.
“Yo? You get it. Not much, five thousand each.”
“Heh.” Little Fatty sneered, directly tossing out his Poké Ball. A red flash, and a gray Rockruff bared its fangs at the two skinny tall seniors, jumping up from the spot and biting toward one of their necks.
5000?
Might as well just rob them!
Babbling on for half a day—really think they’re easy to bully?
The tall senior kicked away the Rockruff lunging at him and laughed: “Decisive enough, but unfortunately you’re still wet behind the ears. Perfect, only two days into the school year. Your seniors will give you a detailed lesson on White Dragon school rules!”
With that, the tall senior threw out his Poké Ball. A red flash, and a Pokémon made entirely of rock appeared by his side.
—The evolved form of Small Fist Stone, Golem!
The tall senior said: “In a place without cameras, whoever’s the boss makes the rules!”
“Golem! Rock Slide!”
Tiny gravel in the forest gathered at extreme speed above the Class F group. Three breaths later, huge rocks fell from the sky. Three of the six were hit by stones, while the other two ran in different directions, pulling out their Poké Balls at the same time.
Red flashes, and Psyduck and Farfetch’d appeared simultaneously.
“Tackle!”
“Tackle!”
Two identical commands.
Psyduck and Farfetch’d charged at Golem at the same time.
This scene was perfectly described as throwing eggs at a stone. Golem stood unmoving in place, but Psyduck and Farfetch’d had big bumps swell on their heads. Not everyone was like Class A, mastering Tackle proficiently just two days into school. Psyduck and Farfetch’d’s Tackles were just barely at the level of glowing with Skill Light.
*
At this time,
The handsome guy in the bushes used his terminal to record the two seniors’ “crime process.”
He actually wanted to act bravely for a just cause, but he only had a Caterpillar with him.
Snowy Child was off squatting somewhere and wouldn’t be back for a while. To be safe, he’d just record the video.
“Rustle~ Rustle~” A sudden rustling came from the nearby bushes. The branches and grass leaves Hoshino used to hide were sliced off by Blade flying from somewhere.
“Yo, there’s a peeping tom here too.” The other tall guy yanked Hoshino out from the bushes. By his side stood a Forest Lizard. In terms of aura alone, it seemed not as strong as that Golem.
“Well…” Hoshino made a surrendering pose. “You two big shots, I didn’t see anything. I’ll delete the video right now. Don’t worry, I get it, I totally get it. Video deleted, and I’ll hand over the five thousand points as well.”
“Nice, kid, you get it…” The tall guy’s companion patted Hoshino’s shoulder, as if they were brothers who’d known each other for years.
With that, Hoshino showed his QR code. “Big bro, just scan it.”
Hoshino had backed down, but the Caterpillar apparently didn’t have that intention.
A glint of ferocity flashed in the double pupils under the pink headband!
‘I’m a bug that’s going to become Rayquaza! How could I possibly submit to a lizard and a rock?’
“—Hiss~~~~~~~~”
The Caterpillar used String Shot.
In the blink of an eye, the Forest Lizard was firmly wrapped in white silk thread.
String Shot was a skill to lower the opponent’s speed. The Forest Lizard hadn’t even thought of dodging. How strong could a single Caterpillar be?
However… the Forest Lizard immediately regretted it.
This silk thread… the hardness seems off!!
（ps: Three updates next Wednesday, making up for some previous debts.）
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