Seeing Flutter Mane's gaze directed at himself, Naoki was slightly taken aback.
What did Koraidon say to it? Why is Flutter Mane looking at him with such excitement?
Naoki turned his head to glance at Koraidon.
Koraidon innocently tilted its head: "Ah gah hiss~"
Naoki raised his eyebrow, thinking Flutter Mane probably heard from Koraidon about how Pawmot became so strong because of him.
So, Flutter Mane wants to become stronger too and is looking at him like that.
"Do you want to become stronger?" Naoki asked.
As it turned out, his assumption was correct.
This Flutter Mane from ancient times miraculously understood his meaning, nodding its head excitedly.
"Alright!" Naoki took a deep breath, helping this Flutter Mane become stronger wasn't a difficult task.
For example, teaching it Type Matchups, changing its battle style from a body-hardening Berserker to a swift and explosive Mage lurking in the shadows.
From Naoki's observation, it's clear this Flutter Mane can use Phantom Force.
In the recent battle, it could have used Phantom Force to hide itself and then attack from the darkness.
But instead of doing that, Flutter Mane used Power Gem to hit Pawmot, which was resisted by Pawmot.
Seeing Naoki's agreement, Flutter Mane's eyes immediately lit up, happily flitting around in mid-air, flapping its wing claws.
Naoki then took out an empty Poke Ball and said to it, "However, there's something else we need to do first."
Flutter Mane stopped and looked down, gazing over with a puzzled expression.
Next, it saw that red-and-white ball.
Yesterday, Koraidon told it that humans here use red-and-white balls to capture Pokemon, then live together and help them grow stronger.
Thinking about this, Flutter Mane instantly understood.
"Dream!"
Excitedly, it floated over and snatched the red-and-white ball from Naoki with its wing claws.
Under Naoki's surprised gaze, Flutter Mane fiddled with the Poke Ball using its wing claws, poking and prodding, accidentally pressing the button on the Poke Ball.
In the next moment, a beam of red light shot from the ball, enveloping Flutter Mane's body, and it was stored inside the ball.
The Poke Ball fell onto the grass, starting to shake vigorously.
Once, twice, thrice.
By the fourth shake, the movement slightly eased, seemingly as Flutter Mane gradually adapted to the space inside the Poke Ball.
With the red light on the ball fading, the Poke Ball entirely calmed down.
Naoki: "..."
To be honest, he had never seen a Pokemon so eager to jump into a Poke Ball before.
But he supposed he successfully captured Flutter Mane?
As a Ghost Type Pokemon, Flutter Mane preferred to roam at night; the daytime was for it to regain strength and recuperate.
Thus, after the battle with Pawmot, Flutter Mane stayed obediently inside the Poke Ball, sleeping and did not come out.
"Alright, everyone go have fun!"
Naoki waved his hand, and the gathered Pokemon scattered and ran off.
Then he began taking out tools to repair the fences in the pasture.
Over more than a year, some wooden fences were damaged by wind and rain, looking quite unsightly.
No need to ask Keri for such a small task; he could handle it alone.
The day quietly passed amidst his hammering.
After finishing dinner, Naoki, having been busy all day, went directly to the bedroom and fell asleep on the bed.
At midnight, when the lights in the pasture were all extinguished and every Pokemon had entered dreamland, the Poke Ball placed by Naoki on the bedside suddenly moved.
Having slept for an entire day, Flutter Mane energetically emerged from the Poke Ball.
With its blood-red eyes, it glanced around, looking at the familiar dark environment and thought: It's nighttime, hunting time.
Yet suddenly, Flutter Mane realized something.
Koraidon mentioned that here, there's no need to go out hunting; Naoki would feed them.
But then it wondered, how did this human get those food items?
Could it be he goes out hunting as well?
But he's just a frail human; can he catch good prey?
Flutter Mane hovered in the dark, feeling conflicted.
A moment later, it floated by the bedside, looking at the sleeping Naoki.
"Dream… Dream!" Flutter Mane tapped Naoki's face with its wing claws, wanting to drag him out to hunt, wondering if it could help.
Before meeting Koraidon, Flutter Mane didn't have this kind of consciousness.
It was only after meeting Koraidon that it developed a sense of mutual support.
Previously, Koraidon often cooperated with it on hunting trips, as such times usually yielded more food.
Feeling something patting his face, Naoki, bleary-eyed, opened his eyes.
The next second, he saw a pair of red eyes lurking in the darkness, staring at him.
"Oh my!"
Naoki was startled and hurriedly switched on the bedside lamp, finally seeing the owner of those red eyes and he let out a long sigh of relief.
"It's you... scared me to death!"
Koraidon and Pawmot were roused by the noise, rubbing their sleepy eyes and glanced towards him.