He knows Pokémon better than me.

The Kachimamane group, which was the first to enter the jungle, started to get busy after entering.

Both of them lowered their heads and kept turning over the low bushes, including lifting up some stones and the bottom of rotten wood, and carefully explored.

"Kachi, my target is a Pokémon called Strongjaw Henworm, which usually lives in the shade of the jungle... Remember to dig in any small dirt holes you see, as this Pokémon likes to hide in the dirt."

Mamane warned while panting.

The chubby boy started sweating profusely just after he squatted down to look for it.

"Leave it to me, Mamane!!"

Kachi looked as excited as the rising sun, his dark body was sweating profusely, and he was looking for suspicious targets everywhere.

A few years ago, they had attended classes together at the Pokémon School and had a very good relationship.

Kachi planned to help Mamane find the target first, and then concentrate his firepower to find his target together.

"Oh yeah, we need to make use of Pokémon's special body organs...!"

Kachi suddenly remembered what Xiaozhi had taught him before, his eyes lit up, and he released his Salamander.

The slender and smooth body of the night salamander can easily get into the hard-to-reach gaps in the soil, and its sense of smell is also very outstanding, making it a good helper.

But after a while, the two actually found a beetle Pokémon from a pile of weeds. It had a soft gray caterpillar body, its head was covered with a brown and yellow hard shell, and it had a pair of large jaws on its mouth.

Strongjaw Brachyura is a native bug Pokémon of the Alola region.

Although it is a household insect, it is not as common as caterpillars and stingtails.

Although the initial form only has insect attributes, it will gain electric attributes after evolution... This is undoubtedly very consistent with Mamane's favorite attributes.

"Then prepare to fight, Tolgodemar!!"

Mamane's face immediately tightened and he issued a challenge...

The progress here was quite smooth, and on the other side, Mao and Shui Lian's group's outdoor course tasks were also proceeding in an orderly manner.

"Grass-type and water-type Pokémon..."

Along the way, Mao looked around and recited silently in his heart.

They are all trainers who prefer single-attribute Pokémon, so naturally they have to capture a Pokémon with similar attributes as their second Pokémon.

The jungle is most abundant with Grass and Bug Pokémon, and soon Mao found his target on a rotten tree stump leaning against the corner of a rock wall.

This is a Pokémon that looks like a small white mushroom, with three small mushrooms growing on its head. It stands motionless on rotten wood, disguised as a real mushroom.

"Found it, it's the Sleeping Mushroom!"

Mao's eyes lit up. This is a Pokémon with Grass + Fairy attributes.

As natives of Alola, although they only have one Pokémon captured, they are quite knowledgeable about the wild Pokémon that inhabit the surrounding ecology of Melemele Island.

"Ready to fight…!"

Shui Lian's expression tensed and she muttered to herself, instantly entering combat mode.

She even released her own sea lion to go around the back and surround the mushroom from the front and back to prevent it from escaping.

"Water lotus..."

Mao laughed dryly. Shui Lian was usually introverted and never showed off.

But once in a serious situation, she immediately became like a different person, extremely aggressive, and even she would sometimes be frightened by Shui Lian.

No, it’s me who should be serious now... The goal is to subdue this Sleepy Mushroom first!

"Anyway, let's fight with all our strength, Tian Zhuzhu!"

Mao perked up, raised his hand and pointed.

Although her Sweet Bamboo didn't have much combat power, Sleepyhead itself wasn't a particularly powerful Pokémon, so they were considered evenly matched. "Bamboo...!"

Unlike its weak appearance, this sweet bamboo has fixed eyes and looks fierce.

Although it is extremely small in size and no different from the real fruit mangosteen...but faintly, the sweet bamboo has already demonstrated a majestic aura of a queen.

...

After talking about the situation of the two groups next door, the focus returned to Xiaozhi and Liliae's group.

The latter's initial establishment of relations with Ibrahimovic took a considerable amount of time, and the two fell far behind before entering the jungle.

It was the first time for Xiaozhi to enter the jungle behind the school. From the outside, it looked extremely vast and there was no end in sight.

Perhaps because it is a tropical island, the trees here are unusually tall.

An ordinary banyan tree or pine tree has a very tall body like a coconut tree, but the trees here are thicker than coconut trees, and their branches and leaves are more luxuriant.

In the early morning, the sun hardly shines through.

Under the trees, there were dense bushes and grass, and every few meters you could see tree trunks lying on the ground, almost all of which were 1 or 2 meters high. When they walked, they had to struggle to climb over these obstacles.

These terrains are naturally not a big problem for Xiaozhi, he can even jump over them directly like hurdles... But for Liliae, it is not so easy.

"Be careful, Liliae...!"

Basically, every time they climbed over a horizontal bar, Xiaozhi would stand on it, turn his head and pull Liliae over.

Plus, Lilia has gorgeous blonde hair, a big sun hat, and a short princess dress...

This young lady's look is really not suitable for this kind of environment.

"Hoohoo... Sorry, Mr. Xiaozhi, I'm holding you back."

After struggling to climb up a horizontal beam again, Liliae's face was already red, with beads of sweat on her forehead. She couldn't help but apologize to Xiaozhi.

If Xiaozhi had gone forward alone, he would have probably reached the end of the jungle by now.

"It's a small matter~ But I suggest that you change your clothes for such outdoor classes in the future..."

Liliae looked down at her skirt, which was covered in sawdust. She was so embarrassed that she didn't dare to respond to Xiaozhi's words.

Fortunately, the number of fallen logs in front has finally decreased a lot, so we don’t have to continue to “climb” with great effort.

"How strange, is there any monster in this forest?"

Xiaozhi also noticed that these fallen giant trees were both new and old, and uneven gaps and spikes could be seen on the broken cross-sections, which were obviously caused by someone using brute force to destroy and break them.

Some of the trees were freshly broken, and the bark on the surface still retained vitality.

"The trunk was 2-3 meters in diameter, and it was broken by brute force, not by cutting it open with a knife..."

Xiaozhi raised his eyebrows. This must require a lot of strength.

Isn't this jungle safe?
"Well, there do seem to be some records... Some people disappeared after entering the jungle, but a few days later, they were found unconscious at the entrance of the jungle."

Lilia said uncertainly:

"Although these people were not in danger, they all seemed to have been frightened to a great extent, and their ribs were broken... After they woke up, they only said that they were attacked by a huge monster, but they described the monster in various ways."

However, these reports were from 1 or 2 years ago, and I haven't heard of anyone getting injured in the past year.

In addition, no one actually died, and it seemed like each time they were specially sent to the exit...so the matter did not become a big deal later.

Well, they can’t be so unlucky that they would encounter monsters when they enter the woods on their first day of class?
"interesting…!"

Xiaozhi's eyes lit up. It seemed that this "safe" newcomer jungle also had something interesting hidden in it! (End of this chapter)