Pokémon: I have a game menu

Naoki bought a fishing rod to fish for Pokémon, but not to catch them. Naoki just wanted to find a larger water-attribute Pokémon willing to take him to the vicinity of the Seagod's Cave. If he gave some energy cubes as a reward, there should be a Pokémon willing to help.

However, the reality was that no Pokémon was willing to negotiate with Naoki. The ones that were caught were either brainless Pokémon like Magikarp, or Goldfish and Sharptooth that attacked right away. There were no large water-attribute Pokémon that could carry people in this shallow sea area.

Naoki's fantasy was dashed. After fishing for Magikarp for a while, Naoki gave up, put away his tools, and prepared to go to the dock to have a look. Maybe there would be a local who knew about the Cave of Poseidon and had a boat. Naoki could hire him to take him out to sea.

After asking around, Naoki didn't hear any rumors about the Cave of Poseidon from anyone. One older sailor even said bluntly that there were no large islands in the north of Haiyi City, only some scattered deserted islands. It was impossible for the legendary Pokémon to exist on them. If there were, they would have been discovered by the ships passing by long ago.

What the old sailor said was theoretically very reliable. Naoki also knew that this was the real world and it couldn't be exactly the same as in games and animations. It was impossible for a legendary Pokémon to hide in a small cave waiting for a ten-year-old kid to catch it. However, as a loyal Pokémon player, faced with the possibility of seeing a legendary Pokémon, he would not let it go no matter what. Naoki decided to verify it on his own.

In addition to the water-attribute Pokémon that can carry people, Naoki has another choice, that is the flying-attribute Pokémon. In real time, there are no restrictions on the surfing and flying skills in the game, and the lack of flying-attribute Pokémon is not a big problem. Naoki's Charmeleon has reached level 35, and it only needs a little experience to evolve into Charizard. With the size and strength of Charizard, there will be no problem in taking Naoki flying over the sea.

Naoki originally wanted to hide his weakness and wait until the gym challenge to evolve Charmeleon, but time is running out, and now he obviously can't do that. He needs to find a trainer or a wild Pokémon to fight first to evolve Charmeleon. This has both advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that Naoki can go out to sea as quickly as possible to find the Cave of Poseidon to satisfy his overflowing curiosity. The disadvantage is that when challenging the gym, the gym owner will definitely increase the difficulty of the challenge when he sees the final evolved Charizard.

The disadvantages are very small. Even if Charizard is really defeated, Naoki still has the steel-attribute Lucario to back him up, and Gardevoir will not be at a disadvantage against the grass-attribute. In a three-on-three battle, Naoki is not at all weak.

"Uncle, have a Pokémon battle with me!" Naoki saw a middle-aged uncle taking a Hayate for a walk, and immediately turned into a boy in shorts who blocked his way and started a battle.

"Little boy, are you talking to me?" the uncle asked with some confusion.

Naoki nodded and said, "That's right, have a Pokémon battle with me, and I'll send out Charmeleon."

"Haha, uncle, I was also a trainer when I was young! Now that you've asked, let's have a one-on-one battle." Just like a haystack that was suddenly ignited, the uncle seemed to begin to emanate flames.

"Since it's Charmeleon, then I've decided that it's you. Go ahead! Windy Dog!"

The uncle sent out a Pokémon that is rarely seen in the hands of civilians. Generally speaking, Growlithe and Arcanine are standard police dogs, and are usually Miss Junsha's standard Pokémon. This kind of Pokémon is rarely seen in the wild, and ordinary trainers usually can't get this kind of Pokémon. People who can get this kind of Pokémon are usually rich young men like Xiaomao, the grandson of Professor Oak in the animation.

Arcanine activated its characteristic Intimidate, and Charmeleon's physical attack level dropped by one level. Fortunately, the opponent's Arcanine was only level 30, so the two sides can now be considered evenly matched.

"Then I'll attack first. Windy Dog, use Fire Wheel!"

Windy Hound turned into a ball of fire and rushed towards Charmeleon.

"Charmeleon, use Charged Flame Attack!"

Arcanine and Charmeleon collided with each other, and were each bounced a distance under the influence of the reaction force. The collision between the two sides was evenly matched, but Charmeleon gained a speed boost from a period of charged flame attack.

"Charmeleon, use Dragon's Fury!"

Fire vs Fire, neither side has an advantage, the opponent uncle does have the idea of ​​a formal one-on-one, and has no intention of taking advantage. But in this case, using fire attribute skills to fight, that is the problem of the trainer, Charmeleon has not learned skills that have a restraining effect on fire attributes, so at least it must be a skill that can cause normal damage.

"Arcane, rush forward and use Bite!" The uncle nodded slightly and did not continue to use fire-attribute skills as a test.

Arcanine knocked away Dragon's Fury and bit Charmeleon's right claw hard.

"Charmeleon, now is the time, use the Power-Up Punch!"

Windy bit Charmeleon's right claw, while Charmeleon's left claw condensed into an enhanced punch and hit Windy's head steadily, hitting the vital point and causing considerable damage while restoring the reduced physical attack level to normal.

"That's it. Seize the opportunity and use the million-ton punch!"

The special training in Sala City allowed Charmeleon to learn many skills, including the general attribute boxing skill Megaton Punch. Because real Pokémon do not have the four skill slots limit like in the game, Naoki gave Charmeleon all the skills he had obtained from previous missions, and made him master them through special training.

The million-ton punch hit Windy head-on, draining away its last bit of strength. Windy's eyes turned into mosquito-repellent eyes and it fainted. Charmeleon won the battle.

"Roar!" Charmeleon excitedly sprayed flames towards the sky, and then the white light representing evolution enveloped Charmeleon's body. Charmeleon's body grew taller, and wings grew on its back, evolving into the final stage of Charizard.

"Congratulations!" The uncle took back Windy Dog.

"Thank you, uncle." Naoki smiled.

"This is all your own credit. You are able to train such a young Charmeleon into a Charizard. Your future is limitless!" The uncle patted Naoki on the shoulder, turned around and greeted Hayok beside him, then continued walking the dog.

"Charizard, let's go!" After watching the famous uncle leave, Naoki suppressed his excitement and brought Charizard to a deserted coast, ready to start his journey to find the Cave of Poseidon.

Naoki rode on the back of Charizard, which spread its wings and flew towards the north.

There are many large and small islands on the sea northwest of Haiyi City. The smallest one can only accommodate three or four people and can only be regarded as a large reef. The largest one is just a small island where you can build a house to experience living in isolation from the world. Not to mention the legendary Pokémon, there are not even caves.

"Does the Cave of Poseidon really not exist? It seems that in the game, if we just keep walking northwest, we will be able to see it soon." Naoki glanced at the sea below and sighed helplessly.

Seeing that the sun was about to set, Naoki patted Charizard and said, "It's almost time to go back. It will be too dangerous to look for it at night."

The Charizard changed direction and flew back in the direction it came from.

The sun was setting, and the figures of Charizard and Naoki were stretched out on the sea. Under the setting sun, Naoki suddenly discovered that on an island he had seen before, there was a cave in the northwest direction, which he had not noticed when he came here.

Because the Poseidon's Cave in the game is facing due south, and Naoki and Charizard were flying from southeast to northwest, they didn't notice this at all when they came over.

Naoki didn't know if this was the Cave of Poseidon. There was no town map in the menu bar, and Naoki didn't know the name of the place he was in. But since he was already here, he would feel uncomfortable if he didn't go down and take a look. Naoki patted the Charizard and let it land on the island.

The sun had set and it had become dark around, but it wasn't dark enough to see anything at all. And with Charizard nearby, Naoki didn't have to worry about that problem.

Looking around, there were only some sparse weeds besides stones and sand, and not even a single wild Pokémon could be seen. For safety reasons, Naoki called out Gardevoir to sense the surroundings and confirmed that there were no ghost-attribute Pokémon hiding nearby.

"Let's go inside the cave and take a look."

Naoki led Charizard and Gardevoir into the cave. The cave was much larger than it looked from the outside. Its depths seemed to be underground below sea level. The deeper they went, the lower the temperature around them became. In the end, they could even see white frost hanging on the walls and icicles condensed on the ceiling.

"Is there really an Articuno here?" Naoki really couldn't equate this cave with the simple cave in the game.

The answer is no.

Naoki walked to the end of the cave, where there was an ice-attribute Pokémon item called "Unmeltable Ice". It seemed to be the source of the coldness of the cave. Apart from that, there was nothing worth noting in the cave.

"It can't be possible that in reality you have to become the league champion before you can catch these mythical beasts?" Naoki said to himself with a wry smile.

After all the effort, he only picked up a prop that was of no use to him. Naoki didn't know whether this was a consolation prize or something else. However, the fantasy of finding the Cave of Poseidon would probably not be realized in the short term.