Divine Plan? But I'm a Pokémon trainer.

Chapter 444 The Legend of the King of Fish

Theoretically, there could be more than one Kyogre, but that possibility is a bit risky...

The problems caused by the rainfall are not limited to the Angry Lake turning into a swamp. The northern exit of Kaji Town is also underwater. If Team Rocket members panic and try to escape, it could lead to events such as Kaji Town being flooded.

Although Lippo, the gym leader of the Kaji City Gym, could probably handle the situation, it would be better to seal it off just in case.

※Weekday (Part 1) / Wednesday (Part 2)

"The escape route is built on a lake that receives stable rainfall every Wednesday, and the training ground is built in a town at the foot of the mountain. Ninjas really are a bunch of abstract people... Speaking of which, why doesn't this place ever experience floods?"

Dark clouds obscured the moon, and torrential rain poured down. Even with the fire fox providing illumination, the misty fog still limited visibility.

When Link arrived at the Lake of Wrath following the map, he found that most of the lake shore was submerged, and the floodwaters brought by the torrential rain had submerged the trees, leaving only the treetops above the water.

Groups of red Gyarados roam the Angry Lake, roaring in pain from time to time, or blasting beams of light around them, making the already dangerous downpour even more deadly.

The situation here is more complicated than expected. Link looked around but couldn't see any dikes or facilities to protect against the rainstorm.

Are the residents of Kaji Town just supposed to wait to die during the rainy season, or can Liu Bo freeze them with ice-type moves even if there is a flood?
The latter possibility is far too low.

"Polygon, could you help me check the flood records for Kaji Town?"

"No."

There is no such record; to be precise, there has never been a flood here.

Incredible supernatural phenomena have increased.

Link, now riding a Dragonite, arrived at the location shown on the map and sent out Twinblade to search for the anomaly underwater.

Otter Swordsman swam around below and didn't see any signs of anyone coming in or out. It seemed unlikely that even Team Rocket would choose such a dangerous escape plan.

"That's why we say these guys did a terrible job. If they were professional terrorists like Sakaki, Red Flame Pine, or Water Archaea, they would definitely have prepared escape boats here."

“Muff…”

What exactly constitutes a professional terrorist? Fire Fox felt that trainers already possessed a considerable amount of professional theoretical knowledge.

Link shrugged, about to retract the Twin Blade that was swimming with the scallop in its mouth, when several "destructive beams" came flying from afar.

The Gyarados of Lake of Rage discovered them; it was probably the ever-present Magikarp who alerted them.

Seeing this, Dragonite swung its "Dragon Claw" and shattered the sudden "Hyper Beam".

The Gyarados, which was forcibly evolved by the Evolution Wave, did not have the strength it should have, but Link did not intend to confront them.

Currently, every Magikarp in this lake has a very high probability of evolving into Gyarados, so it's best not to provoke them.

So he and Dualblade rode Dragonite back to the shore, and the group of Gyarados did not seem to give chase.

Surprisingly, even in the dead of night during such a torrential downpour, there were still anglers fishing on the shore.

"That startled me. Can you really see people at this hour on the Lake of Rage?"

The fisherman, Xiuze, thought he was seeing a ghost: "Young man, are you here to fish too?"

Link glanced at the time; it was exactly 11 PM. He muttered to himself, speechless, "This isn't the time or atmosphere for fishing, is it? You're really going all out." Faced with this guy's dedication to fishing, even Xiaoxia would have to admit defeat.

He jumped to the ground and recalled his Dragonite to avoid provoking the Gyarados. He didn't plan to use Double-Edged Sword for the time being; he found the environment quite comfortable.

Fennekin's "Psychic" ability blocks rain and moisture from the outside world for both itself and its trainer, so there's no need to worry about environmental interference.

The fisherman then realized that the other person must be a trainer who occasionally comes to this lake to train.

So he introduced himself: "Oh, not at all. It's because there's a kind of fish that can only be caught in spring, rainy days, and deep mountain lakes. It's the legendary king of fish that can never be caught... Oh right, my name is Xiuze."

But Link was certain that, apart from Kyogre, there was no Fish-type Pokémon (Group 2 in Water) that could be called the "King of Fish".

Where do these obviously fake rumors come from?

It was rare to run into a living person in such a godforsaken place. After asking the Ghost Tail Black Fish and the Water Wave Dolphin to investigate the Lake of Wrath, he chatted with Xiuze casually.

It turns out that the "legendary fish" mentioned by the angler Xiuze is the largest fish in the world. For this reason, he goes to Angry Lake, a place that meets the conditions of a "deep mountain lake," to fish almost every time it rains.

Shuangrenmaru was very puzzled by this. If he wanted the biggest fish so badly, shouldn't he have gone to the sea to fish for the Wailord?
However, although Wailord is called a Fish-type Pokémon by Link and is also a member of the Water 2 group, it is not actually a fish and usually does not meet the requirements of a fisherman.

What Xiuze wants to catch is clearly the world's "largest" fish spirit.

Thanks to this, he can at least be certain that it has rained every Wednesday in the spring for the past few years.

Sometimes it rains from daytime until late at night, and sometimes it rains from nighttime until the next day.

Each rainfall is substantial, sometimes even turning a larger area into a swamp.

However, no accidents occurred on any of these occasions, so they did not attract much attention.

After all, Kaji Town is just a small town located in the remote northwest of the capital, and the Lake of Wrath rarely receives visitors.

Few people even know that it rains every Wednesday at Lake Rage, and even fewer care about the reasons behind this natural phenomenon.

Link nodded: "Yes, so there's a reason why there are so few humans in this world."

"That's too exaggerated." Xiuze didn't think it was that serious. "The people in town all said that the rain was caused by Gyarados. Don't the substances created by Pokémon using moves usually turn back into energy in the end? So it's reasonable that all the rain disappeared afterwards."

But Xiuze is more inclined to believe that the rainwater originates from the "King of Fish"...

Elves can indeed use energy to create matter, and if this matter cannot be stabilized, it will almost certainly turn back into energy, just like the diamonds created by Diancie in the movie.

The phenomenon of rain every Wednesday can be perfectly explained by this principle, but what is the reason behind it? Is it really the work of Gyarados?

Link was very curious.

Just then, the Porygon in the Pokédex suddenly spoke.

"The questions need to be answered one by one. Everyone, let's first uncover the true identity of this 'legendary king of fish that can never be caught'."

While Link was gathering intelligence, Polygon had already identified the true identity of the King of Fishes through the information in the database.

(End of this chapter)