Pokémon: From Magikarp

Time quickly came to evening, and Lin Shi didn't go anywhere that day.

He stayed by the waterfall, guiding Strange to teach the baby bear skills, helping Magikarp to recover his strength and acting as a theoretical coach to prepare for the "Dragon Gate Leap" in the evening.

"Brother Li, do you see that waterfall?"

"That's your opponent tonight."

By the stream, Lin Shi was massaging Magikarp to stretch his muscles.

"Let's try hard tonight and successfully jump over it. I'll take you home to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival tomorrow."

"Come, eat."

While Lin Shi was cheering for the Magikarp, he stuffed a handful of energy cubes into its mouth.

"We'll dance first and set an example for your little brothers."

"Now show your energy, get excited...get excited..."

As the sun sets over the mountain and the moon rises and reflects in the water, the Magikarp, after resting during the day, come back at night and continue to fight against the waterfall.

"Whoosh."

A golden figure took the lead and rushed to the front, standing out among the red Magikarp.

"puff."

A faint blue light appeared on the Magikarp's body, and a vortex slowly formed under it and continued to expand.

The Magikarp spun around in circles along the whirlpool, getting faster and faster, and finally at one moment it jumped up and crashed straight into the waterfall.

"Pfft."

The Magikarp fell into the water, causing a splash.

"That fellow, he won't make himself dizzy."

Lin Shi, who was standing aside, looked at the Magikarp swaying in the water and frowned helplessly.

Soon Magikarp repeated the same trick and started jumping again. It was confident that it could cross the waterfall as planned.

But ideals are full and reality is very skinny. Although Lin Shi’s method is theoretically feasible, it requires Magikarp to be sufficiently proficient in each skill and the timing of the connection to be appropriate. It is not as easy as it can be said.

Several times, after using tidal waves and collisions to fly into the air, it fell down before it could use a tornado. Sometimes, although it succeeded in using it, it either wasted its power too early or was too late and began to lose its momentum halfway through the flight.

After several attempts, he failed and fell down in a rather embarrassing way.

But no matter what, Magikarp has seen the hope of success, and it is getting closer and closer to the top of the waterfall.

Lin Shi has been observing Magikarp and discovered that its skill usage speed is getting faster and faster, and the transitions are becoming smoother, which shows that its mastery of skill proficiency is constantly improving.

Moreover, repeated practice has indeed achieved good results. The highest distance from the top was only less than 3 meters, which can be said to be victory in sight.

"Ah~" Lin Shi felt a little sleepy, but looking at the Magikarp that was still attacking, Lin Shi rubbed his face.

"No, I have to accompany Magikarp today and can't sleep..."

……

The next morning, Lin Shi came out of the tent again, feeling refreshed.

"Slept so sweetly."

While stretching, Lin Shi picked up a stick from the side and walked to the river.

He stretched out his hand, picked it up and hooked it, pulling the carp floating on the water to the shore.

"Okay, don't lose heart." Lin Shi patted Magikarp's crown-like fins. Although Lin Shi didn't hold on to the end last night, it can be seen from Magikarp's current appearance that he did not succeed in the end.

The Magikarp was looking up at the sky with its belly sticking out, ignoring Lin Shi.

It looks like a useless fish.

In fact, Magikarp had done a very good job last night. He was able to master the coordination of skills so quickly, which was somewhat beyond Lin Shi's expectations.

In fact, the reason why it couldn't jump over in the end was not a problem with skills or plans, but because of the long-term and repeated use of skills, insufficient physical strength, and the weakening of the power of the skills.

"Old Carp, do you remember the story I told you about the carp leaping over the Dragon Gate? Didn't the Carp King in that story also go through hardships before he could leap over the Dragon Gate?"

Lin Shi used his skill - Chicken Soup for the Soul.

"Isn't it just one or two meters? Calm down and you will be able to jump over it in one go next time. Once you have jumped over it, I will take you to the largest Pokémon food market in the city, and you can choose whatever you want..."

Lin Shi used his skill again - painting a big picture.

Seeing that Magikarp still hadn't cheered up, Lin Shi sighed.

"It seems that I can't go home to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival today..."

……

In the evening, the sun is about to set, same time, same place.

Lin Shizheng was shaking Magikarp's head violently.

"Today is a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival. I am not at home with my parents to enjoy the moon, but I am jumping high with a fish like you in this godforsaken place."

"If you can't jump again, I'll make you into a mooncake!"

Lin Shi finally did not choose to leave. Although he did not know how long the Magikarp's collective "leap over the dragon gate" would last, it would definitely not be long, otherwise such a large-scale activity would have been discovered long ago.

Lin Shi speculated that just as some fish would migrate and spawn at fixed seasons, these carp kingfish would also only gather here at special times.

He also found that they would only start jumping at night. Although he didn't know the specific reason, Lin Shi still asked the Magikarp to follow this rule.

So instead of waiting until who knows when the next time will be, it is better to seize this opportunity and help Magikarp jump over the waterfall. It would be best if he can evolve, but even if he can't, there is no loss.

The sun had set completely, and the forest was enveloped in darkness. The full moon on the 15th was big and round, like a bright silver jade disc.

"Whoosh."

The Magikarp are coming.

Lin Shi discovered that there seemed to be an unusually large number of Magikarp today. He looked at the moon in the sky, and was slightly thoughtful.

"Come on, dance well for me."

Lin Shi patted Magikarp and walked to the side. Baby Bear and Guai Li beside him also stretched out their arms to cheer for Magikarp.

"puff."

The look in Magikarp's eyes was more determined than ever before. It swung its tail quickly, gathering all its strength and rushing forward like a waterfall.

It condensed the vortex smoothly, and the gathered power soared into the sky. At the moment when the power was about to be released, a green storm appeared from under it and pushed it upwards violently.

Getting closer and closer...

Ten meters left...

Seven meters...

five meters...

Two meters...

"puff"

The Magikarp fell into the water, just a little bit away, and it could even see the flowing water above the waterfall and the obscured moon.

Yes.

Magikarp encouraged himself, he was just a little bit closer, he could definitely do it today, let’s try again.

After resting for a while, Magikarp felt full of strength and rushed towards the waterfall again.

"Pfft."

After failing again, Magikarp did not get discouraged. It felt that it was closer and it would definitely succeed next time.

In this way, Magikarp kept trying, and it was getting closer and closer to the top of the waterfall.

Gradually, the other Magikarp stopped jumping and stared at the Magikarp, their eyes following its figure up and down.

The surroundings gradually became quiet, leaving only the roar of the waterfall and the Magikarp jumping again and again. The waterfall and the moonlight became the stage for the Magikarp's solo dance.

It will work this time!

Magikarp used up all its strength. It felt that its condition had reached its peak, and rushed forward with all its might.

"Boom."

This time, Magikarp did not jump successfully. The moment it came out of the water, a goldfish Pokémon with sharp horns on its head knocked it away.

"Horned goldfish?"

Lin Shi recognized at a glance that this was the goldfish that attacked Magikarp for no reason that day.

He was suddenly surprised. Why was this goldfish here?

Then, there was a continuous sound of waves in the water. Lin Shi saw many goldfish jumping out of the water and constantly attacking the carp kings.

"How could this happen? What happened?" Lin Shi was a little dazed. Things were developing in a direction he had never imagined.

"Boom."

At this moment, two goldfish that were several times larger than ordinary horn fish jumped out of the water. They also had sharp horns and their bodies were very beautifully colored, like the fiery red maple leaves in the water in autumn.

Lin Shi was slightly stunned and blurted out:

"Goldfish King?"

……