Pokemon: This Trainer is Too Cautious!

Leaving Pewter City, Aerodactyl grasped Ace's shoulders, flapped its wings, and prepared to carry Ace over Mt. Moon towards Cerulean City.

As Aerodactyl flew with Ace, it adjusted the angle of its wing beats, and Ace would occasionally offer guidance.

Aerodactyl's Pristine Aptitude was no exaggeration; its comprehension ability utterly surpassed Zubat's. Coupled with the frequent need to carry Ace, its flying skills improved remarkably fast.

"Aerodactyl's high mobility and high physical attack mean its future development direction will definitely be as a physical attacker. However, it still needs to learn Hyper Beam; otherwise, without a long-range move, it could easily be kited."

As Ace observed Aerodactyl's wing movements, he silently pondered future adjustments for it.

"Hey, you there, stop right now!"

But just then, a voice rang out. By the time Ace reacted, he found himself and Aerodactyl surrounded by a group of Golbat and Fearow.

Ace frowned, looking at the people accompanying these Pokémon—dressed in black clothes and hats, with a red "R" embroidered on their upper garments.

"Team Rocket..."

Ace muttered internally, sensing trouble.

Sure enough, once these people surrounded Ace, they looked at the Aerodactyl carrying him, their eyes lighting up. They spoke arrogantly to Ace: "Kid, hand over your Pokémon!"

"Is this how it's going to play out, as expected...?"

Ace felt a headache coming on. These Team Rocket members' nature was basically to steal Pokémon, especially rare ones, which were their primary targets.

"Who are you guys?"

Ace calmly asked the Team Rocket members, "Do you know who I am?"

Ace's words instantly made the Team Rocket members freeze, feeling uncertain. Had they stumbled upon someone with a powerful background?

"Good that you don't know."

Ace's next sentence caught them completely off guard.

"Ancient Power!"

As Ace spoke, Aerodactyl violently flapped its wings, a surge of power rapidly rushing towards the person who had spoken earlier.

Ace's sudden aggression was unexpected by everyone. After all, they thought they had the numerical advantage, and Ace was alone. Anyone should consider the odds, right?

But they hadn't expected Ace to be so ruthless. After confirming that they didn't recognize him, Ace's first thought was to annihilate this group of Team Rocket members!

Ancient Power blasted against the wings of that person's Fearow. With a snap, the Fearow's wing instantly broke.

Hearing the sound of the broken wing, the opponent's face turned pale, because he only had this one Flying-type Pokémon!

"Ah!!!"

With a scream, the Fearow lost balance, rapidly plummeting to the ground with its trainer.

At this moment, Aerodactyl revealed a savage grin. The ferocity it had always concealed before Ace was now unleashed!

With a flap of its wings, Aerodactyl pounced on another Golbat. The opponent instinctively retreated, but under Aerodactyl's speed, the Golbat couldn't escape. As Aerodactyl caught up, it bit fiercely into one of the Golbat's wings, tearing it off with its sharp teeth.

The next moment, the Golbat shrieked in pain, falling downwards under its owner's horrified gaze.

After two consecutive actions, the remaining people reacted, and their attacks converged on Ace.

"Zubat, Aerodactyl, Supersonic!"

Poké Balls opened, and Zubat burst out, joining forces with Aerodactyl. Invisible supersonic waves rapidly spread outwards.

First to be nullified were the supersonic waves emitted by the other Golbat; they canceled each other out, preventing Ace's Zubat and Aerodactyl from falling into confusion.

As for the other attacks, under the two Pokémon's rapid dodging, they didn't hit Ace or his Pokémon.

"Zubat, Toxic! Aerodactyl, Ancient Power!"

Zubat and Aerodactyl immediately understood. Zubat charged towards the Fearow, while Aerodactyl dealt with the Golbat.

"Seven left. Let's finish this quickly!"

Ace scanned the area. There were still six Golbat and one Fearow. Aerodactyl's Ancient Power had been dodged, but it fortunately boosted all of Aerodactyl's stats!

The strong wind messed up Ace's hair, but Ace strained to keep his eyes open, his pupils darting rapidly in their sockets, wary of any attacks coming his way.

"Aerodactyl, Roar!"

Seeing the Golbat attempting to encircle them, Ace sneered. Aerodactyl let out a furious roar.

The Golbat carrying their trainers immediately showed signs of distress. Two of them couldn't hold on and directly retreated into their Poké Balls.

Next...

"Ah!!!"

"Ah!!!"

Two screams echoed, and like bungee jumping, the two Team Rocket members watched the ground approach rapidly, their faces ashen.

Above, with four members already lost, the remaining people's expressions were grim.

But Ace had no mercy. Since this had happened, it meant that in this battle, only one side would return alive!

Aerodactyl, with Ace, executed a dive, crashing into a Golbat. Thunder Fang bit hard into the Golbat, and a powerful electrical current spread through the Golbat's body to its trainer below.

The Golbat was paralyzed with numbness, its grip loosened, and the already electrocuted Team Rocket member plummeted downwards.

On the other side, Zubat was covered in injuries, but it had successfully poisoned the Fearow.

Gradually losing strength, the Fearow was finally overcome by Toxic, falling towards the ground with its trainer.

"Damn it! Retreat!"

The remaining three were consumed by fear, commanding their Golbat to rapidly descend towards the mountainside below.

In mid-air, their Golbat were no match for Aerodactyl. If Aerodactyl caught up to them, they would be splattered into pulp!

Rather than that, it was better to retreat to the ground. They refused to believe that on the ground, the three of them couldn't corner a little brat!

Ace approved of their choice.

But it was already too late!

In battle, exposing your back to your enemy is an incredibly foolish thing to do!

Just as the three Team Rocket members were rapidly making their forced landing, a drop of liquid fell on their faces.

"Is it raining?"

They were confused, looking up at the sky, which only had a few clouds. It didn't look like rain at all!

But as they wondered, a biting pain struck. Where the raindrops had fallen, their skin began to corrode, and blood quickly welled from the wounds!

When they looked up again, the Golbat carrying them were horribly corroded and ragged, having lost all signs of life.

And in mid-air, Ace coldly observed the scene, simultaneously recalling Weepinbell from Aerodactyl's back.

Aerodactyl flapped its wings, carrying Ace away from the area, with Zubat instantly following.

The group quickly disappeared into the distance...