Pokémon: The Sims.

Chapter 113 You're cheating, aren't you?
The afternoon of the day of departure.

"Chamo!"

Tom, who was sailing the boat, heard a sound coming from beside his legs and turned his head to look.

The wood-headed gecko that Sora brought was looking at him with a letter in its hand, seemingly needing help.

"Oh? What's wrong, Wood Gecko? A real man should ask for things honestly and openly!"

"I don't understand it, could you please read it for me?"

Wu Ge knew that Tom couldn't understand, but the lobster soldier next to him could.

He knew that Sora's letter wasn't addressed to him, since he was just a Pokémon and couldn't read human handwriting.

This letter must be addressed to someone who will meet him in the future.

Wu Ge was somewhat curious.

"Hey hey hey!"

As he expected, the lobster soldier waved his pincers at Tom after hearing this.

He pointed to the letter in Wu's hand, and Tom understood what he meant.

This is the tacit understanding between trainers and Pokémon.

Only when they like and cherish each other can they understand what each other is saying.

"Let me see."

Tom took the letter, first checking that the speedboat's course was correct, and then opened the letter.

After a moment, Tom nodded and read the contents of the letter aloud:
Hello, respected stranger.

My child, the gecko, has embarked on a new journey alone.

He is a very gentle and kind child. Just a week ago, he was a tiny baby who had to put in a lot of effort to eat a cookie.

But that's precisely why I'm afraid he'll be deceived by bad people or bullied by other Pokémon.

If you are reading this letter and the tree spirit is in trouble, I implore you to lend a helping hand and offer him some assistance.

If your gecko is in danger and you are unwilling to intervene, please call the number below to contact me immediately, and I will come to take it home.

If you have become his trainer, then please take good care of him. He has great potential and will not let you down.

Wishing you peace and safety.

Sora, the Peace and Incubation Center in Saiyu City.

League Calendar Year 20 Month xx Day

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Wu Ge stood still and listened quietly, not missing a single word.

"Aunt Sora really likes you."

"."

Wu Ge nodded without saying anything, and didn't pay any attention to Tom's strange verbal tic.

He took the letter from Tom's hand, held it, and sat quietly at the stern, looking at it.

Yes.

He couldn't understand the words on it.

But he could feel the power emanating from the letter, a power that shook the heavens and earth.

Wu Ge stared at it for a very long time, seemingly comparing each word of what Tom had said.

After a period of time.

He slowly raised his head to look at the calm sea.

"Hehe~"

Some noisy sounds arose, and the lobster soldier appeared beside Wu Ge.

"Yes, it's such a beautiful afternoon. The warm sunshine is shining on my face. I feel so happy."

Wu Ge's face was beaming with a gentle smile, just like Sola's.

"hey-hey?"

Suddenly, the lobster soldier's eyes sharpened, and he pulled out two small fishing rods from behind him.

Judging from the length of the fishing rod, this is clearly something for children to play with.

It looks like Tom usually uses this thing to appease the lobster soldiers.

"Alright, let's have a competition then."

Wu Ge grinned and took the fishing rod.

The lobster soldier challenged him to a fishing competition.

Wu Ge figured that since it would take at least three to five days to get from Caiyou City to Jihua City, and he had nothing to do on the speedboat, he might as well go fishing and improve his meals.

"Hey~"

The lobster soldier revealed a sharp expression and skillfully cast out the fishing rod in his hand.

"baffling."

Wu Ge glanced at him and threw the unbaited hook into the sea.

'You can't catch fish without bait, so just treat it as playing along.'

"Hey!"

Bang!
A loud noise came from the side.

A bright red carp was already hanging on the fishing rod that the lobster soldier had pulled up.

".?"

Wu Ge was stunned.

But thinking about it carefully, it's not surprising that the Magikarp bites the empty hook.

Then he watched as the lobster soldier used a slam attack to stun Magikarp and throw it back into the sea.

'Hiss, right, I can fish and battle Water-type Pokémon to level up! I'm a Grass-type now.'

Wu Ge suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

The ocean is an excellent place to level up.

This is a lesson Wu Ge learned from his previous life.

The ocean is teeming with Pokémon, with a large number of Pokémon ranging from Lv.1 to Lv.70, making them easy to find.

Especially now that he's a Grass-type, he has an even greater advantage against these Water-type Pokémon.

If not now, when?
Even if this empty hook can only catch a king carp.

"Hey!"

Bang!
Wu Ge glanced at the fishhook next to him and saw a shiny ugly fish hanging on it.

".?!"

Wu Ge was completely dumbfounded this time. A Pokémon, using a toy fishing rod without bait, caught a rare shiny Feebas.

Is this right?
Yes, Feebas is such an ugly Pokémon that trainers don't catch it, and other Pokémon don't want to eat it either, causing its numbers to skyrocket, almost as many as Magikarp.

But this is a flash of light.

In the real world, out of a million ugly fish, maybe only a few will be shiny.

Moreover, Feebas is different from Magikarp, that headstrong Pokémon.

Uglyfish are mostly insecure and timid, so how could they dare to bite an empty hook?
"Hey!"

Just as Wu Ge was stunned, the Lobster Soldier slapped the Flashy Ugly Fish back into the water.

This scene nearly made Wu Ge vomit blood and die.

A shiny Feebas is even rarer than a pseudo-legendary.

When it evolves into Shiny Milotic, it will be an absolutely stunning Pokémon that countless trainers dream of.

There are some Pokémon collectors in this world who are fond of Feebas and Milotic, and they are even willing to spend their entire fortune in an attempt to obtain a shiny Feebas.

However, this huge gold mine was mistaken for a salted fish by the lobster soldiers and swatted back into the sea.

Wu Ge turned his head and glanced at his motionless fishing rod, his Dao heart collapsing.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it! You're cheating!"

Wu Ge got up, tossed the broken toy fishing rod aside, and rushed over to shake the lobster soldier's head.

Lobster Soldiers:

"Hehe? (Does a good catch mean you get hooked?)"

The lobster soldier shrugged and shook his head, displaying an invincible demeanor.

"Hahaha! Treecko, don't even try to compete with him. Soldier Lobster has thoroughly defeated all my fishing buddies in Saiyu City."

Tom, who was standing at the bow of the boat, heard the noise, turned around, and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Hehe~"

The lobster soldier put the fishing rod aside and waved its pincers.

"What, do you have some secret technique to teach me?"

Wu Ge raised an eyebrow and immediately listened attentively.

Fishing is a skill that can be passed down for generations; you must learn it if you can.

Hey~ (practice makes perfect~)

The lobster soldier whispered something.

Wu Ge frowned, and a '#' appeared above his head.

He had never seen such a despicable Pokémon in three lifetimes.

However, Tom's next words made him realize that he had misunderstood Soldier Lobster.

"Lobster Soldier has been fishing for over 20 years. Back then, the two of us saved up money using this skill to buy this speedboat."

Tom lit a cigarette, smoked it in the sea breeze, and drifted into a man's memories.

"That was a really tough time, but thankfully we pulled through it."

"More than twenty years?"

Wu Ge's eyes widened as he looked at the seemingly dim-witted lobster soldier beside him.

He genuinely couldn't believe that this lobster soldier had lived for over twenty years.

Moreover, the lobster soldiers that keep catching fish should have evolved into iron-clawed lobsters long ago after more than 20 years, right?
Wu Ge even circled around the lobster soldiers, but didn't see the 'Everstone' at all.

"hey-hey."

The lobster soldier, unaware of what Wu Ge was looking at, explained and then continued fishing.

After that, Wu Ge did nothing but sit in the back and stare at him.

Looking at it this way, you can really see something remarkable.

With his eyesight.

You can roughly judge a Pokémon's level by how much its height and weight exceed the Pokédex values, as well as the strength of its moves.

As long as it's not higher than Lv.55, he can basically tell its specific level.

'This lobster soldier is definitely at least Lv.30, it should be Lv.45, but why hasn't it evolved?'

Wu Ge frowned, unable to understand.

Without the Everstone, a Pokémon has a hard time suppressing its urge to evolve.

Even if you can endure it for a while, you can't endure it forever, and each time you endure it will be more difficult and painful.

As the level increases, this urge to evolve will become stronger and stronger, eventually becoming uncontrollable and bursting forth.

But the Lobster Soldier is over level 15 and still hasn't evolved.

He didn't seem to be in pain; he was living happily without any inclination to evolve, which was clearly wrong.

It's possible that there's something wrong with her health.

"Lobster Soldier, have you had any special experiences in the past?"

Wu Ge decided to ask around to see if he had any solutions.

Although Tom gave him a ride out of respect for Sora, Wu Ge still wanted to repay him as much as possible.

Whether or not we evolve is a minor matter.

I'm afraid that the lobster soldier might have health problems that could cause big trouble in the future, or even take his life.

"Hehe? Heh."

The lobster soldier, who was happily fishing, scratched his head and thought for a moment.

He seemed to have actually remembered something important.

"Oh? What is that?"

Wu Ge's eyes lit up.

If we can find the cause of the problem, then we may be able to solve it.

"Hehe~"

The lobster soldier responded with a smile.

But this answer was irrelevant to what Wu Ge wanted to know.

Lobster Soldier said he once made a promise in his heart to protect Tom and his speedboat with his life.

This kind of agreement is not unusual in the world of Pokémon.

Every Pokémon has made a promise in its heart to its trainer, and protecting its trainer with its life is something every Pokémon would do.

However, in the eyes of Lobster Soldier, this was a special experience.

(End of this chapter)