When Axel arrived at Dragon Lake Fish Garden, he happened to hear a series of familiar loud shouts coming from the direction of the lake surface.
Things like "Come on," "Bond," "We can do it"...
'Sounds like someone is engaged in an intense battle.'
'But it is already so late, who would be battling here?'
Axel blinked and curiously walked with Gardevoir toward the direction of the shouting.
And then they saw a scene that had never appeared in the Pokémon world.
The uncle who often received food from him was actually leading five Magikarps to gang up on another two Magikarps.
Moreover, those two Magikarps were both quite extraordinary, one was golden, and the other was incomparably huge, at least six to seven meters long.
'Is this some kind of Magikarp convention?'
"Uncle, need help?"
"No need!", The moment he heard Axel's voice, Hank's eyes immediately lit up.
Question: What does a fisherman need the most?
The answer is definitely not a big fish, but an audience.
As a seasoned fisherman, Hank felt terrifyingly powerful with an audience.
"Come up here for Uncle!", With a loud shout from Hank, the two Magikarps in the lake were forcefully yanked several meters up.
"Stop resisting, I've been looking for you two for a long time!"
The two Magikarps were dragged a few more meters toward the shore by Hank, nearly reaching land.
Just then, Axel suddenly heard a soft ka-ba sound, and then saw Hank's right arm shift slightly out of place.
'Dislocated?'
Ever since gaining the "Psychic" tag, Axel's hearing had vastly surpassed that of normal people, he practically couldn't miss any subtle sound.
He was quite sure he hadn't heard wrong.
But Hank still exerted himself as before, as if he had no intention of giving up on catching those two Magikarps.
"Gardevoir, help me get some of Duraludon's food from the bag. Let's help the uncle out."
"Otherwise, by the time he reels in those two fish, his arm will be useless."
"Garde~"
Gardevoir gently raised her hand and took out a few small biscuits prepared for Duraludon from Axel's backpack, handing them to Axel.
These biscuits contained rich dragon-type energy, with a bit of flying-type energy added, to help Duraludon adapt faster after evolution.
Giving them to Magikarp now was appropriate, considering their evolution would grant them dragon-type moves and flying type as well.
Axel gently waved his hand, sending the small biscuits along the path in front of the two Magikarps.
In the process of breathing, the biscuits automatically flowed toward the Magikarps and entered their constantly opening mouths.
The dazed looks in the two Magikarps' eyes immediately lit up.
'There is actually such delicious food in the world?'
'Nom Nom Nom~'
The two Magikarps completely forgot about resisting, crazily munching their way along the path of biscuits.
By the time they finished eating, they were less than three meters away from Hank.
"Uncle, now you can throw a ball."
"Throw a ball?", Hank grinned, "I won't throw a ball!"
"Kid, do you know what the meaning of a fisherman's life is?"
Axel: "..."
'I don't know what the meaning of a fisherman's life is, but I feel like you might have a bit of a Mewtwo possession situation going on.'
"Uncle, once you capture these two Magikarps and train them into Gyarados, you really should earn some money and get checked out…"
"Hahaha, the meaning of our fishermen's lives is to let others know we caught big fish," Hank wasn't affected by Axel's words at all, launching into a pre-prepared monologue, "You've been supporting me all this time, I have to make sure you get the strongest Magikarp and become the envy of everyone."
"Then everyone will flock to us master fishermen."
"Fishermen are invincible!"
Hearing Hank's words, Axel was briefly stunned.
No wonder the uncle seemed like he had gone berserk once he saw him, turns out this Magikarp was being fished for him?
"Uncle, you misunderstood. I helped you simply because I didn't want you to have such a miserable life, not because I wanted any reward," Axel's words were completely honest, his reason for helping was very simple.
He just wanted the uncle to enjoy this world and live a more prosperous life.
As for reward?
Axel had never considered it.
Who would've thought someone who couldn't even catch a Goldeen would end up hooking these kinds of Magikarps?
Just as Axel was lost in thought, the two Magikarps also locked onto his figure.
'Confirmed, this is the man who threw the biscuits earlier.'
'To keep eating biscuits in the future—charge!'
The two Magikarps instantly activated Splash and madly rushed toward Axel's location.
Their speed was extremely fast, almost breaking the limits of the Magikarp species.
Axel could even feel the fishy wind stirred up by the two Magikarps.
Mid-air, the two Magikarps were about to fall on Axel at the same time.
At that moment, a trace of thought flickered across the blank eyes of the golden Magikarp.
Before anyone could react, it used Splash again, aimed at the giant Magikarp.
Its figure immediately pulled ahead, surpassing the giant Magikarp by nearly ten centimeters.
The giant Magikarp blinked in confusion and also used Splash.
The golden Magikarp lost balance in mid-air and stumbled to Hank's side.
Golden Magikarp: !!!∑(ﾟДﾟノ)ノ
Giant Magikarp: o(´^｀)o
Before Axel could react, the giant Magikarp made a few difficult jumps on the ground and successfully bumped into an empty Pokéball at Axel's waist.
'I've captured biscuits!'
"Haha, you really are favored by Magikarp, both of them came chasing after you," Hank captured the golden Magikarp and laughed as he walked up to Axel.
His original plan was to capture both Magikarps and let Axel choose one.
But now it looked like one of them had already chosen Axel.
Not a bad choice either.
Seeing that Hank really intended to give him this Magikarp, Axel didn't refuse anymore.
After all… that big guy seemed to like him quite a bit.
Moreover, giving away Pokémon wasn't uncommon in this world, like Misty from Kanto.
In the Special manga, she once gave Gyarados to Red, Omastar to Yellow, and Suicune to Crystal...
But Axel wouldn't accept it for free either.
"Uncle, your Magikarp seems close to evolving."
"It just so happens I'm pretty good at making Pokémon food. Let's meet back here tomorrow, and I'll help your golden Magikarp evolve into a red Gyarados, how about it?"
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