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First on the extensive ‘shopping list’ of Pokémon he had to look for was a Dhelmise—which was the primary reason for him making today’s trip out here.

And what else would be waiting for him but the very Pokémon that he needed!

A soft whistle summoned his Doublade from his own shadow; watching stoically as the twin blades shone menacingly in the direction of the… was it a Grass-type? Kind of hard to tell from this distance.

A singular sharp note rent the silence; which caused the Doublade to charge forward; brandishing the metal as it released a Night Slash in the direction of the incoming Whirlpool that the Dhelmise had thrown their way.

There was no way he was going to get wet—a Shadow Ball would try to knock the Doublade out of thin air; only for an Aerial Ace to come screaming towards the unsuspecting Anchor Pokémon.

The first of the four Safari Balls would be thrown afterward.

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catch attempt on dhelmise!

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The moment the first Safari Ball clicked and he’d confirmed the Dhelmise had been caught, another Pokémon would show up!

(And hilariously, this one was also on the ‘shopping list’, yet he didn’t realize it until one of the attacks would come screaming at the Doublade.)

A surprise Fell Stinger would come popping from the strange-looking Qwilfish, and the belated realization would sink in a few seconds later—didn’t he need a Pokémon that knew Fell Stinger for that very expensive item he was in the market for?

“Perfect,” he would mutter to himself; before a sharp whistle would cut through the silence; as his Doublade switched from offense to defense with a singular Iron Defense, the blades becoming shinier than they already were.

The attack would bounce off harmlessly against the shimmering blades; that then chained into a Swords Dance attack—oh, Yamato was getting serious!

The strange-looking Qwilfish then fired off a Barrage of Barbs aimed towards the blade; only for the shimmering ‘aura’ of the sword to cut them down as the ghostly blades came in close for the jugular one-strike attack; cutting the funny-looking Qwilfish down with a Night Slash attack!

Before he threw the Safari Ball, he would make a mental note to ask THEO BECKETT about the funny Qwilfish when he got back to Sootopolis.

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catch attempt on h!qwilfish!

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Once the funny-looking Qwilfish had been sucked into the Safari Ball’s red beam of light, he would pick it up and proceed to the next area.

What else was he going to find out here? Maybe he’d have to make a second trip back here considering that he needed… a lot of parts to construct that very expensive item he had his eye on.

The next Pokémon that would come across his path—he already had one of his own; so he would leave the little Gible alone and let them go on their way.

Besides, there were bigger fish to fry.

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skipping Gible

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The next Pokémon that would appear—well, this would definitely either warrant a second trip out to the Safari Zone, or something like that.

A Scyther of all things came zipping out of the undergrowth, blade-arms ready for blood among other things as it clashed with the Doublade in a powerful exchange of blows that started with a Double Hit—which hilariously did almost nothing to the spectral pair of swords, all things considered.

Aerial Ace would lash out from the twin blades; surprisingly knocking back the Scyther several paces; before the Doublade came charging in once more, chaining straight into a Night Slash attack while the Scyther retaliated with an Air Slash, a paltry attempt to knock the sentient Sword Pokémon away.

“Interesting,” he would remark.

Going over the mental shopping list while the two Pokémon slugged it out, he realized that the Scyther could fit into one of at least two categories, however he would have to make that decision much later once the Doublade came back a few minutes later, triumphantly grating their blades against each other before he threw the third Safari Ball at the downed Pokémon.

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catch attempt on Scyther!

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The next Pokémon that would come by… he had to blink a few times and make sure he wasn’t hallucinating this; he had to make absolutely sure he was not shitting himself the moment he saw the Capsakid (not that he knew what it was called) trundle by, not a single care in the world.

“You’re not even a Bug or a Steel-type!” he would exclaim to himself; and much as the Doublade was all too eager to lay into the other Pokémon, but a singular warning stare from him made the possessed pair of blades sink back into his shadow as they moved on.

Surely there was more interesting quarry waiting for them further inside…

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skipping Capsakid