Good morning, noon and night, hello, trainer

"come on."

Thousands of words passed through my mind for a long time, but when they came to my lips, only two words came out lightly.

But Lars could feel that Magikarp had received his feelings and responded to him with a determined look burning with fighting spirit.

After a brief rest, he jumped into the river again.

This time, Magikarp did not directly confront the turbulent water flow, but tried to sway its body along with the water flow, swaying left and right, and finally found a trace of balance in the rapids.

But it's still not enough.

The surging waves of the fast-flowing river caught Magikarp off guard from time to time, breaking the balance that Magikarp had finally found. His body was tossed around uncontrollably by the current, and when he was about to fail again—

"Magikarp! Splash and jump!"

Lars called out, giving whatever orders he deemed most appropriate.

Magikarp didn't hesitate, slammed its tail fin on the water surface, and jumped high!

"Think of it as a waterfall! Use Waterfall Climb on it!"

Magikarp has not learned how to climb waterfalls, nor can he use it.

But that doesn't stop Magikarp from using waterfall climbing skills to conquer this rushing underground river as if it were a waterfall!

It swayed its body, digesting and adapting the skills learned from the move learning device, constantly fighting against the turbulent water flow, floating up and down, and leaping over wave after wave with splashes of water!

Finally, it stabilized!

Steady yourself in the surging river! Stay completely in the river!

"It's done!"

Las punched the air excitedly, and Charmeleon and the others cheered for Magikarp.

Their partners successfully conquered the river!

"just!"

Just suddenly!

A white light flashed, and a Pokémon rushed out from the darkness, slamming heavily into Magikarp, destroying its balance!

Charmeleon quickly shot out sparks to help its companion, but the Pokémon was extremely agile and dodged the sparks easily with a dive.

He still slammed the Magikarp hard underwater and knocked it back to the shore.

At this time, the Pokémon also appeared, and stopped in front of Lars and the others with its back to the river, its tail fin slapping the water surface and splashing a lot of water.

That is——Magikarp!

A wild Magikarp! ?

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Ps: I didn’t sleep well last night, I’m in a bad state

Kanto Region: Chapter 16: Colliding Souls

How could it be Magikarp?!

He maneuvers effortlessly in the rapids, plays with the water as nimbly as a monster, and his speed becomes difficult to keep up with if his concentration is even slightly distracted.

How could it be just Magikarp!?

Something is wrong. There seems to be something wrong with this wild Magikarp.

But the light source was really limited, and Lars couldn't tell what was wrong with this wild Magikarp.

The best option at this time is to avoid the opponent's attack first and let the mushroom sprinkle a large amount of paralysis powder to force the opponent back...

"Pattern"

Magikarp jumped on the ground.

Las met the fighting spirit of his Magikarp. Obviously, it was not appropriate to use Pokémon other than Magikarp to fight the enemy at this time.

"Then go ahead, Magikarp."

First, he used the Poké Ball to collect the Magikarp, and then Lars sent it into the river in a formal Pokémon battle.

A head-on confrontation between two Magikarp.

This is also the beginning of Magikarp's first battle at the hands of Las.

The wild Magikarp took the lead, riding the rapids and crashing into the opponent with great force.

Las's Magikarp quickly adjusted its balance and immediately wanted to counterattack.

It’s just that the wild Magikarp was too agile, and Las’ Magikarp couldn’t keep up with the other’s movements at all. No matter how hard Las’ Magikarp tried to catch up in the rapids, it could only keep eating the splashes made by it.

The wild Magikarp seemed to be completely unaffected by the dark environment and could accurately determine the position of Las Magikarp in the dark. No matter whether it jumped into the darkness to dodge or dived into the water to lurk, it was accurately locked by the Magikarp and knocked Las Magikarp out of the water again and again.

It's not very harmful, it's very insulting.

Moreover, Las was particularly helpless in such a situation. The limited light source made it impossible for him to see the movements of the wild Magikarp. He couldn't even help the Magikarp to warn. Many times, the Magikarp was knocked away, and he just discovered the trace of the wild Magikarp.

Extreme disadvantage.

The only information was like nonsense. The other party was very adaptable to the rapid flow of the underground river here.

This positive search will find no possibility of victory at all.

"Splash, Magikarp, more splash!"

After much thought, Lars came up with this idea.

Use water splash jump to escape from the river and fight.

Although this can pull the opponent out of his comfort zone, the Magikarp that leaps high into the sky is like a target and is still in a passive position.

The situation in the river is indeed the same. Las Magikarp keeps jumping high to try to pull the battlefield above the water surface, which can effectively avoid the flexibility suppression of wild Magikarp in the rapids.

But wild Magikarp doesn't buy it at all.

After observing quietly for a while, it chose to take advantage of the weakness of Magikarp that it could not change direction in the air and used it as a ball to play with.

It was even pushed higher.

higher...

"Charmeleon, shoot some sparks up there and see."

The Charmeleon immediately understood and shot sparks towards the ceiling of the cave, slightly illuminating the structure of the ceiling.

Visibility was poor, as dense stalactites hindered the spread of the flames.

And it’s too high, so the stalactites at the top can’t be used at all.

In the end, we still have to find a way to break through head-on.

Las calmed down and tried to observe the movements of the wild Magikarp in the dark. He found that the opponent was really good at finding opportunities. Every time, he aimed at the node where his Magikarp had just exerted its strength and hit it, leaving no loopholes at all.

Not only is he flexible, but he also has considerable combat experience.

Is this really the kind of combat experience Magikarp can have?!

How come this is still Magikarp! ?

The more I observe, the harder it becomes to treat the other party as a Magikarp.

It is too strong, so strong that it doesn't look like a Magikarp at all.

Las gritted his teeth. Since they were both Magikarp, it would be really difficult to defeat the other.

"Magikarp! Spin! Spin as far as you can!"

The geographical environment is difficult to utilize, individual qualities are crushed by it, and the venue restricts trainers, which is almost an absolute disadvantage.

There is no need to think about anything. If you want to find a chance to win, you have to keep trying, try all the methods you can think of, and find a way to effectively fight back.

The Magikarp also understood what Las meant. It slapped the water surface with its tail fin and let its body spin naturally as it leaped into the air.

He leaped up again, and once again faced the expected attack.

The wild Magikarp followed it out of the water and tried the same trick again, trying to push it up again.

But this time, things changed!

Magikarp uses the inertia brought by the rotation to twist its body, transferring the force from its head to its tail, and slaps it hard!

"Snapped!"

Become!

It didn't work completely. Making himself rotate was just an attempt. It was unexpected that it really worked. The consequence of forcibly calling on all the strength of the body was that he was powerless. He only made a certain counterattack, but the result was the same. He was lifted up high!

But this is enough to make Magikarp excited!

This will be a start!

After trying to get an unexpected reward, Magikarp has no intention of repeating the same trick.

In the usual practice between the team's Monkey King and Charmeleon, which was still Charmander, the same response method can often only produce effective results the first time it appears.

When the experience gap between the two sides is too large, repeatedly using the same move will automatically create a flaw!

It's not going to give this loophole!

So, without choosing to use Water Splash again, Magikarp suddenly dived into the water!

It has to take the initiative!

Climbing waterfalls!

The trainer said that it couldn't learn the moves that were burned into its memory through the move learning device. Yes, there was indeed no way to unleash them as skills.

But, Magikarp might be able to use Waterfall Climbing!!

Swinging its tail fin to break through the turbulent water, Magikarp used all its strength, and the only thing in its eyes was a shadow that was exactly the same as its own!

Crash into it!

The power is surging, and at this moment, it is about to crash through!!

"Boom!"

"Wow!"

The rushing and turbulent river suddenly exploded with a large amount of water splashing into the air, bringing a drizzle to the underground cave.

The dazzling white light illuminated the darkness, and the weak Magikarp transformed into a giant dragon-like body.

"Roar~!"

Gyarados! Makes a grand appearance!

Its mouth glowed white and formed terrifying giant teeth, which bit the water surface beneath it fiercely, causing more waves to splash.

At this time, a similar figure emerged in the river, and just like Gyarados, it showed its terrifying huge teeth and wrestled with it frantically, stirring up the water.

Two Gyarados!

No, that's not right, there's only one Gyarados!

This time, Las saw the truth and the key characteristics of the wild Pokémon!

——Those big eyes!

It's Ditto!

Yes, in the Kanto region, only Hyakkai has the ability to ignore terrain and heal the wounded.

It was Ditto, transformed into Gyarados, who saved him from the turbulent underground river.

But why is it...

Las, who accidentally met the eyes of the Hundred Monsters, was stunned and his doubts were resolved.

It is enjoying itself, enjoying the battle, eager to defeat its opponent!

"I see. No wonder it only maintains the same form as Gyarados."

The Ditto's transformation skills in the animation are not as useless as in the game, but are pure supermodel skills.

It can freely transform into any Pokémon it has seen before and switch between them at will during battle. It is something even more terrifying than the free switching of forms of animated aliens.