I haven't decided on a name for my Pokémon trainer yet.

···

Although Bosscodora was unwilling to follow Ye Feng, she entrusted her child to him.

Ye Feng then went back up the mountain for another stroll, and even visited Bosscodora's house, where he found a few steel gems, which was a small success.

Then, a few more days passed peacefully.

Ye Feng lived a routine life of catching Pokémon, exploring the area, catching Pokémon, and exploring the area again. With the help of Arcanine's speed, Ye Feng completed the exploration of this secret realm in only half the time allotted for military training.

They didn't encounter any more powerful wild Pokémon like Aggron, but they did run into other club members, exchanged their experiences and insights, and then went their separate ways again.

Ye Feng has already captured 30 Pokémon.

A deep pool in front of a waterfall

Ye Feng sat by the pool, leaning against the Growlithe, his bare feet dangling into the cool water, enjoying the refreshing sensation.

Magikarp swam happily in the pond, while Kirlia sat to the side, meditating with her eyes closed.

"By the way, Magikarp, you've been following me for quite a while now, when are you going to evolve?" Ye Feng threw a small pebble at Magikarp.

Magikarp nimbly dodged, poked its head out of the water to look at Ye Feng, and opened its mouth to spit out bubbles.

To be honest, I caught Magikarp a while before the National Day holiday in my senior year of high school. It's been almost a year since then, but there's been absolutely no sign of it evolving.

Guo Pengfei often helps Ye Feng's Pokémon check their physical condition, and Magikarp's physical attributes have not improved for some time and have reached a limit.

Ye Feng originally thought he was about to evolve, but there has been no movement. Is he missing some kind of opportunity?

Looking at the somewhat dazed Magikarp, Ye Feng sighed.

It wasn't that he was in a hurry to evolve Magikarp, but the fact that it hadn't changed after so long was bound to cause some concern.

Ye Feng also consulted some trainers who had Gyarados. After hearing about Magikarp's situation, they all said that since Magikarp had reached its growth limit, it should probably evolve by now.

"What exactly is missing? Is it battle experience? But there are no TMs in this world, and Magikarp has almost no battle power. How can it accumulate battle experience?"

Ye Feng threw another pebble.

"Wait, I remember..."

Ye Feng suddenly remembered that in the anime, Ash once had his Pokémon throw a battle to accumulate experience points for Paras to evolve. Maybe... But could that really work?

Never mind, let's give it a try: "Alright, Magikarp, how about a battle with Arcanine?"

"Huh?" Magikarp's eyes widened.

"??" Arcanine.

then···

Magikarp floated in the pool, while Arcanine stood on the shore.

"Garcinia, when Magikarp attacks you randomly, just pretend you're badly injured and admit defeat. But make sure your acting is good," Ye Feng whispered in Arcinia's ear.

"..." A huge bead of sweat rolled down Arcanine's forehead. He nodded speechlessly, "I'll do my best."

"Alright, let's begin. Magikarp, use... Splash?" Just before starting, Ye Feng realized that Magikarp really only knew one move: Splash.

Hearing Ye Feng command it for the first time, Magikarp was full of vigor, leaping out of the water with great force, then slapping its tail powerfully in mid-air with considerable speed, leaving afterimages, but...

It seems to be of no use.

Magikarp fell back into the water, and Arcanine looked at Ye Feng with an innocent expression—he didn't even touch him, so he couldn't pretend anymore.

Kirlia was laughing so hard she could barely breathe. She turned away, clutching her stomach, her body trembling uncontrollably.

"Uh..." Ye Feng scratched his cheek, somewhat embarrassed.

"Magikarp, this won't do. You should at least attack Arcanine, right?" Ye Feng tried to teach Magikarp.

Even if they didn't encounter each other, Arcanine wouldn't just give up. Even if the match was fake, they couldn't fight like this, right?

Magikarp floated up and down in the water for a while, seemingly understanding something. It swam rapidly in circles a few times, then leaped out of the water and crashed headfirst into Arcanine's face, and then...

Arcanine remained motionless, while Magikarp was bounced back into the water.

"Growlithe, hurry!" Ye Feng whispered a reminder.

"!"

"Ow!"

Arcanine barked exaggeratedly, shook its body, then staggered a few steps, shook its head vigorously, and lowered its body slightly, as if it had really been injured.

Great acting! Ye Feng secretly gave Arcanine a thumbs up.

"The attack worked, Magikarp! Keep it up, try again!" Ye Feng encouraged loudly.

Magikarp poked its head out and saw Arcanine's appearance. Its dull eyes became lively, as if... it really worked?

"Let's do it one more time!" Ye Feng shouted.

Full of confidence, Magikarp swam around a few more times to accelerate before leaping out of the water and crashing into Arcanine.

"Huh?" Ye Feng's eyes lit up. Magikarp's attack this time was a little different, and it was obvious that the power was stronger.

"boom!"

Magikarp and Arcanine collided heads, making a loud noise.

Arcanine howled, took a half step back, and shook its head. This time it wasn't faking it; it really hurt.

"He actually comprehended the impact technique?" Ye Feng was a little excited; it was actually feasible.

Although Magikarp learned Tackle, it was clearly not damaged. Arcanine was just caught off guard and got a slight headache.

"Growlithe, give it your all!" Ye Feng urged in a low voice.

"Awooo!" Arcanine barked even louder this time, and its body shook even more dramatically.

"Magikarp, continue!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

Magikarp used Tackle three times in a row, each time with more force and louder sound. Judging from the sound, it must have two good brains.

"Awooo~" Arcanine let out a miserable cry and finally collapsed, swaying unsteadily.

"You won, Magikarp! You beat Arcanine!" Ye Feng waved his hands exaggeratedly and rushed to the edge of the pond, shouting at Magikarp.

The Magikarp was also very excited, wagging its tail and swimming quickly in the water.

"bass!"

As Magikarp swam faster, its body suddenly emitted a blue-white light.

"This is... it's really evolved?!"

Ye Feng's eyes widened.

"Kirlia, come here quickly and carefully sense the changes in Magikarp!"

Chapter 105: Finally Evolved, Gyarados

The light of evolution shone brighter and brighter, and Magikarp's body began to grow rapidly, soon becoming so large that Ye Feng had to look up at it.

"Roar!!"

As the light faded, a rather ferocious-looking elf appeared before Ye Feng.

The Gyarados is entirely blue and resembles a dragon spirit. It has diamond-shaped horns on its head, two long blue whiskers on its lower jaw, a "宏"-shaped plate on its back, and two sharp teeth on each side of its open mouth.

"Gyarados has finally evolved."

"Roar~" The naturally evolved Gyarados was not as ferocious as it looked. It lowered its body and gently rubbed its huge head against Ye Feng.

"Great, hehe!" Ye Feng stroked Gyarados's big head and laughed happily.

"Ow!"

"Lu~"

Arcanine and Kirlia also came over to offer their congratulations.

"roar~"

Gyarados lowered its head and opened its mouth towards Arcanine, seemingly to express its gratitude.

"Ow!"

Arcanine responded, indicating that they were all teammates and there was no need to be so polite.

"roar~"

Gyarados looked at Ye Feng again and shook its huge head up and down.

"Huh? You want me to lie down? What for?" Although puzzled, Ye Feng did as he was told.

"Ho~ho~"

Gyarados looked excited, floated up from the water, and then landed on the shore.