Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

Wang Yao let out the fishing line little by little until only one-third of the line was left in the spool.

"The water here is really deep..."

He increased the weight of the lead sinker so that the lure could fall smoothly to the deep seabed.

zizi...

The spool is still spinning rapidly.

When the time was right, Wang Yao finally began to slowly reel in the fishing line.

Sometimes he would go slow, sometimes he would go fast, and occasionally he would deliberately pause and loosen the spool to let the lure sink slowly... These were all techniques he learned from fishing magazines.

I don't know if it will work, but the process is quite interesting.

Watching the fishing line sinking into the water always gives people an inexplicable sense of anticipation.

It is not necessary for a fish to bite the hook. The waiting process itself is also the fun for anglers.

Zizzi——!

Suddenly, the tip of the rod sank suddenly!

"Oh - I've taken the bait!"

Wang Yao hurriedly tightened the spool and turned the crank arm to quickly retrieve the fishing line.

The weight of the weapon didn't seem to be that great, and even though he struggled and dived deep in panic, Wang Yao easily pulled him back.

But Wang Yao still enjoyed the rare joy of being a fisherman. He struggled with the Pokémon underwater for a long time before he finally retrieved all the fishing lines.

“It’s a lantern fish.”

Lanternfish are distributed in rivers, lakes, and oceans. Their unique combination of water and electricity greatly increases their chances of winning when competing for resources with other water-attribute Pokémon.

It was within Wang Yao's expectations to catch this guy.

"Although it became uglier after evolving, it can still be considered a cute Pokémon now..."

Wang Yao lifted the lantern fish out of the water using the fishing line.

"Lucky!" (The call comes from the 213th episode of Pokémon, "Let's Go to the Sea! Lantern Fish Parade!!", which is similar to the call of Jigglypuff with some electronic music.)

(In addition, the lantern fish that appeared in this episode was named "Xiaoguang", and was finally released back into the sea by the trainer.)

The lantern fish that took the hook kept fiddling with its pair of short legs in the air.

He had caught this Pokémon before at the port of Vermilion City, but he had just received the Pokédex at that time and had forgotten about collecting it.

This time I just made up for it.

"Ding--Lanternfish, the Anglerfish Pokémon! (formerly known as the Fishman Pokémon) will release positive and negative electricity through its two tentacles to stun its prey...

"…using electric lights as signals to communicate with their companions, but this can sometimes attract dangerous predators."

Wang Yao already knew something about this Pokémon, but the description in the illustrated book was obviously more comprehensive.

"Its properties are light emission, electricity storage, and water storage... so I guessed that question correctly~"

Wang Yao recalled a judgment question when he took the Pokémon certification exam.

Because the examiner did not explain the judgment questions at the beginning, Wang Yao did not know which questions he had answered correctly in the end.

Wang Yao's thoughts returned to the present.

"You don't look like a fish at all. Where's your tail?"

Wang Yao held the lantern fish and looked around.

It has a round body and no tail. The most fish-like part of its body is the transparent fins on both sides of its body.

The body structure of this guy is actually somewhat similar to that of the walking grass. Although it is a fish, it can also walk on shore.

It’s just that the body’s ability to retain water is not strong, so you need to return to the water to replenish water every once in a while, otherwise you will be unable to move due to dehydration.

Zizzi——!

The angry lantern fish would naturally not let Wang Yao toy with it, and it released its signature 'electric light' move the moment it got its hands on it.

Electric currents powerful enough to paralyze a grouper fish were released from the tentacles, covering the entire body of the lantern fish.

"babble?"

Hearing the noise, Xiao Chenglong turned around and looked at the scene with a curious expression on his face.

It did not feel the paralyzing effect of the electric current. This was because Wang Yao's dragon leather boots acted as an insulating pad, preventing the electric current from passing through Wang Yao's body to the back of the Xiaocheng dragon.

"Okay, okay, stop wasting electricity...it's your fault for being so greedy."

Wang Yao ignored the weak electric current, then pressed the lantern fish onto the blanket and used one hand to pry open its tightly clenched mouth.

Then he pulled the fishing line and took out the slippery bow-shaped lure with a "gulp".

Perhaps with this in mind, fishermen in the Pokémon world never use real barbed hooks.

"Gu..."

The lantern fish stuck out its tongue, with sticky gastric juice at the corners of its mouth, and collapsed limply on the carapace of the Little Dragon.

After resting for a long time, he ejected from the carapace and stared with a pair of cross-shaped eyes, trying to ask Wang Yao for an explanation.

"are you awake?"

Wang Yao had already taken advantage of this opportunity to use Xiao Chenglong's special water gun to clean his arms and the lure.

"Lucky--Goo!"

Just as the lantern fish was about to swear, its mouth was blocked by a small dried fish.

Before it could react, a white Poké Ball was stuck to its forehead.

biu——!

The wild lantern fish, which had never seen the world, spent three happy seconds in the quiet and comfortable Poké Ball.

boom!

The lantern fish, which was chewing on dried fish, was released from the Poké Ball by Wang Yao with a confused look on its face.

"Keep your spirits up, Private Lanternfish!"

Wang Yao's serious voice came from above his head.

"The organization now has an important task assigned to you!"

Wang Yao put the hemp rope with a noose around it under the fins of the lantern fish.

The other end of the hemp rope is connected to the fishing line.

"lucky?"

The lantern fish made a puzzled sound that an electronic Jigglypuff should make.

"Use your luminous ability to lure some powerful guys out from the bottom of the sea!"

"Don't worry, as long as you pull the fishing line underwater, I can rescue you in a snap. There's no danger at all."

Wang Yao tightened the noose of the hemp rope, and took out a small dried fish from his pocket and clamped it under the lantern fish's fin as payment for its "business trip".

"Okay, let's go~"

Wang Yao picked up the lantern fish and threw it back into the sea.

Lantern fish float up and down on the water surface.

He looked at the human who had teased him and then apologized, and then looked at the small dried fish tucked under his fins.

"lucky?"

There is a big doubt in the lantern fish's small eyes.

"Go quickly! There will be more delicious dried fish when you complete the mission!"

Fortunately, Wang Yao’s mission reward dispelled all of Lantern Fish’s concerns.

"lucky~"

After finishing the dried fish in its mouth in two or three bites, the lantern fish picked up another dried fish and savored it carefully.

As expected of being the signature product of the eighth-generation descendant of a dried fish family, it easily conquered the taste buds of lantern fish.

The lantern fish swam slowly towards the seabed with the fishing line.

Wang Yao placed the fishing rod on Xiao Chenglong's neck and took the time to open a bottle of Jingshuang soda for himself.

"Give me some ice~"

Wang Yao held the soda can close to Xiao Chenglong's mouth.

"babble--!"

A chill swept across the soda can and Wang Yao's right hand, instantly covering their surfaces with a conspicuous layer of white frost.

"Okay, now all we have to do is wait patiently!"

Wang Yao leaned on Xiao Chenglong's back, looked at the fishing line that was still being sent out from the tip of the fishing rod, and leisurely took a sip of iced soda.