chsdbacks Chapter 237 Savage Bass: This is my only chance in this life!
Chapter 237 Savage Bass: This is my only chance in this life!
Chapter 237 Savage Bass: This is my only chance in this life!
"Master, this!"
As the "bass" was caught by Ze Shu, Xiao Zhao quickly shouted and raised the wooden bucket in his hand.
Then, under the control of Zeki's stick and the vigilance of Liuwei protecting his sandcastle.
There was a "poof" sound.
The fish he pulled from the water fell directly into this "fish basket".
"This is....?"
Little Blue poked her head into the fish basket.
But it turned out to be just an ordinary wild bass, with the only difference being that the stripes on its forehead were not the blue or red that Xiao Lan remembered; they were white.
Xiao Lan recalled her understanding of this Pokémon: "Just like its name suggests, this Pokémon has a very violent personality. Whenever it encounters another creature, it will aggressively fight it."
Xiao Zhao exclaimed with her mouth agape, "Wow! That's amazing!"
And Xiao Lan had just finished speaking.
This is not.
After it fell into the bucket.
The wild bass made a panicked "gurgling" sound, bumping against the wooden bucket that was being used as a fish basket, making it wobble and sway, and then:::: accidentally spilled the bucket!
The small amount of water that was originally stored inside was poured out.
It flowed into the sandcastle built by the nearby Ice Six Tail.
Six-Tails: "O-O-O-Mahakashi?!"
Its chubby little face suddenly turned pale with fright.
Here we go again?!
Every time Ze Shu fishes on the beach, the sandcastles it builds next to him inevitably get destroyed!
Liuwei felt that he had already given up on this situation.
Its fluffy tail immediately bristled, stirring up the cold air within its body, freezing the entire sandcastle before the water flowing from the wooden bucket could wet and collapse its beloved sandcastle that it had painstakingly built!
Under such a "crisis", it performed exceptionally well!
Seeing its beloved sandcastle intact, Six-Tailed Fox breathed a sigh of relief, then proudly put its hands on its hips.
"Ooming!"
Its rapid movements and control over Ice-type energy must be comparable to... well, what was that phrase Zeki said again—it must be comparable to Glaceon's "papermaking"!
But Liuwei's "hands-on-hips-and-smug" posture didn't last long.
next moment.
The overturned wooden bucket made a loud "thump" sound.
A green bass with white stripes suddenly leaped out from inside!
As luck would have it, it jumped in the direction of the sandcastle that had just been frozen by the Six-Tailed Fox.
Bang! Crash!
The sandcastle collapsed, making a sound.
Liuwei froze, hands on hips, as if unwilling to accept reality.
As it froze, not looking back, tears slowly welled up in its icy blue eyes as it looked at Ze Shu with a wronged expression.
"Ooh, oh my!"
Ze Shu: "Ahem, wanna have some snacks?"
But this time, faced with the temptation of snacks, Vulpix remained resolute.
It nodded firmly:
"Ooming!"
Of course we have to eat snacks!
But it's not just about eating...
"So you want revenge for the sandcastle collapsing, huh?"
Sawaki said what the Six-Tails wanted to say.
Immediately, the six tails' eyes, which were fixed on the savage bass, were filled with a lively light.
"Ominous!!"
The guy who destroyed its sandcastle is unforgivable!!
After a long while.
"You..."
"That's why I want you to lose weight."
Seeing the six-tailed fox with swollen, bruised faces, huddled pitifully in his arms, Ze Shu patted its chubby little back with amusement, as a gesture of comfort.
Six-Tailed Fox did manage to beat them up, but during the fight, its chubby face was "unfortunately" hit by the Savage Bass's strong tail.
He slapped me several times with a "pia" sound, and now my face is so swollen...it looks like a warm pig's head.
But the Savage Bass is in an even worse state; its entire body is currently frozen in six pieces, looking like a frozen fish waiting to be slaughtered.
"Hmm... This is a rare and powerful bass!"
Dr. Laben rushed over upon hearing the news. His eyes lit up when he saw the Savage Bass. After obtaining Ze Shu's permission, he pulled out a notebook from somewhere and excitedly began writing and drawing around this "fish jelly".
While writing and observing, Dr. Laben was also rambling on and on.
"I've wanted to observe this kind of Pokémon for a long time..."
"This Pokémon is extremely timid. It will run far away as soon as you get close to the water ripples it creates, making it difficult for even members of our Team Galactic investigation team to catch a glimpse of it."
"But I never expected that you, Zeki, would actually lure me out like this!"
"Ze Shu, you're amazing at fishing!"
Ze Shu smiled helplessly.
Rather than saying he was a skilled fisherman, it was more accurate to say that his "bait" was exceptional, making him invincible in the lush, green wilderness, which is why he could catch fish as soon as he cast his line.
Dr. Laben was writing and drawing.
Ze Shu didn't continue fishing, and he released the Six-Tailed Fox back into the water. But this time, it had no desire to build sandcastles. It just dragged its head and followed at Ze Shu's feet, letting Xiao Lan's newly tamed fire-type Six-Tailed Fox come closer to sniff it.
Following Xiaolan's habit of giving each of her Pokémon a nickname.
She named this six-tailed fox...
Ze Shu looked at the two small foxes, one red and one white, at his feet, and said to the red fox, "It should be called 'Little Tail,' right?"
Little Blue smiled and said, "Yes!"
"Nutto?" Little Tail was curious about the Vulpix that looked quite similar to it, but was a different color.
"Ou Ming?"
Six-tailed Fox glanced at the adorable red fox beside him.
They recognized this as a new partner.
He struggled to pull something out of his stomach, and after a while he finally pulled out a "Crispy Unicorn Stick," which he shared with it in a depressed mood.
After arriving in this area, the snacks had no way to be replenished, and their inventory was almost depleted.
Liuwei pulled a unicorn-shaped snack stick from the snack bag and put it in his mouth, thinking dejectedly.
Then, just as it finished thinking, it reached into the snack bag again and discovered...
The snack bag is empty!
Empty?!
It was gone after just one bite!
Liuwei stared incredulously at the red fox beside him.
"Oh, oh, oh?!"
Why are you eating so much wasabi?!
That's bad enough, but to eat so fast?!
The fiery red little tail stared innocently into the Six-Tails' eyes, then licked the crumbs from its mouth: "Numa...:"
Given its adorable appearance and the fact that it was a partner, Six-Tail couldn't possibly beat up Little Tail like it had beaten up the Savage Bass earlier. It could only tearfully and helplessly pull down its curled, snow-white tail.
"Chirp chirp!"
But then, Liuwei felt her arm being tugged.
It turned its head and saw that it was this guy who would later steal its food that had torn it.
"Ooming!"
What are you going to do!
"Six-tailed is speaking impatiently."
But then Little Tail carefully held up a red flower and offered it to it, meaning it wanted to eat it—this red flower was a rare food from Volcano Fubuki, which was very beneficial to Fire-type Pokémon, and it was given to Little Tail by its mother—the leader Ninetales.
Liuwei took a bite.
It felt a burning sensation in its mouth, which was very uncomfortable for it, since it was an ice-type creature and its food was not the same as that of a normal six-tailed fox.
but....
"Ooming!"
Since you've given me this, let's call it even!
Six-tailed Fox patted the cute red fox beside it, then tore the "flower" in half. It gave one half to Little Fox to eat, and even though it didn't like the other half, it swallowed it whole!
Then it clutched its burning belly, intending to endure it alone, but it couldn't bear it any longer and could only go to Ze Shu to rub its belly with a pitiful expression.
Zeki: "...—
He never expected that things would turn out this way just by turning his head.
"Why are you forcing yourself to eat when you can't?" Ze Shu said helplessly, rubbing the belly of the six-tailed fox.
"Ooh!" Six-tailed Fox proudly raised its cute head.
I didn't force myself to eat it...
It was swallowed in one gulp!
See how smart I am!
Ze Shu pinched its chubby cheek hard: "You're quite proud of yourself, aren't you!"
"The child has woken up..."
"This is a gift from the child, found on Fubuki Island following the guidance of 'Sinnoh Daisuke,' as a token of gratitude to you, Mr. Zeki, for rescuing it."
Guana bowed solemnly and presented a bright red stone slab.
Fireball Slab
As expected, Ze Shu accepted it.
Now, Ze Shu has collected quite a few stone slabs of various kinds.
While stone slabs are rare and valuable items, to be honest, apart from a few specific attributes that are very useful, some stone slabs are like a chicken rib to Ze Shu, somewhat dispensable, such as the [Jade Insect Stone Slab] dropped by the 'King of the Forest', the Mantis Slasher.
Who can use Ze Shu?
We can't just give it to Rayquaza, who's been stalking him like a stalker.
After all, it can be considered a "caterpillar".
But this Fireball Slab is still quite useful.
"Here, take it."
"Woof!"
Arcanine, its body shimmering with golden light, slowly absorbed the fiery red stone slab, its form becoming even more majestic and spirited.
Upon seeing this, Guana bowed again: "In that case, I still need to take care of the child, so I will take my leave now. Mr. Ze Shu, I..."
And the Pearl Team will always remember Mr. Sawaki's help!
"Mr. Zeshu, please don't hesitate to ask if you ever need the Pearl Team's help in the future."
Ze Shu nodded: "It was nothing."
After saying goodbye to Guana, it was time for Zeshu to leave as well.
But before he left, he glanced at the savage bass surrounded by Dr. Laben.
Fire Island is, after all, a volcano with flowing lava. The ice that froze it has gradually melted away, but the savage bass seems to be so frightened that it lies motionless in place.
This delighted Dr. Laben, who continued to diligently record the information from "the world's first Pokédex," and has now almost finished.
Ze Shu thought for a moment, then stepped forward with Liuwei in his arms. He took out several energy cubes that restored stamina from his backpack, bent down and placed them near the savage bass's mouth, whispering:
"Eat up, then hurry up and go home in the water."
After all, he was the one who caught that savage bass.
The savage bass destroyed the six-tailed sandcastle simply out of panic and a desperate struggle, and then got a beating from the six-tailed fish. It was an unexpected disaster for both of them.
Although it's just beating up a wild Pokémon, there's no moral condemnation involved.
But Ze Shu still chose to give the wild bass some food as compensation before leaving.
The aroma of the energy cubes quickly caught the attention of the Savage Bass. Its eyes gleamed with disbelief, and it swiftly swallowed several energy cubes in one gulp!
Seeing that it had finished eating, Ze Shu was about to throw it back into the sea.
but,
But the savage bass had no intention of leaving.
It slapped away from Ze Shu's grasp a few times, its pale eyes fixed on Ze Shu, revealing a "smart" look, as if to say, "This is my only chance in this life."
Ze Shu was taken aback.
That look reminded him of another "trophy" he had caught while fishing—a shad. When Sawaki was about to release it back into the tank, that shad had the same look in its eyes.
"You... want to come with me?"
"Pfft!"
On the beach, the savage bass spat out several mouthfuls of sand.
Not only did it not intend to leave, it also "called its friends"—it called out twice underwater, and two wild bass, one large and one small, with white stripes, timidly popped their heads out.
Ze Shu: "...."
Good grief, they've decided to stick with me now?
He glanced at the two newly appeared female Savage Bass, then looked back at the male Savage Bass on the beach, whose pale eyes barely concealed their longing.
Dad, Mom, and daughter?
And they even have their families with them!
Ze Shu fell into deep thought.
The white-striped savage bass from the Xicui region is largely the same as the later blue/red-striped savage bass.
However, there are many differences.
For example, they are not as "savage" as Xiao Lan described before, like the savage bass of the future. On the contrary, the characteristic of the savage bass is "timid", and its temperament is relatively gentle.
The struggle it just now in the bucket was merely a panicked effort by the savage bass; after all, as the "father,"
It also has to consider its "wife and daughters" in the water.
And the biggest difference...
They have undergone a new "evolution".
Darktail fish.
This is an evolution unique to the White Striped Savage Bass in its Emerald Form. It is said that the Darktail Blackfish can guide the spirits of the underworld and is the overlord of the Emerald River, which shows how powerful this Pokémon is.
They probably can't catch up with Ze Shu's main force.
But raising them and providing them with food is no problem. Even if Zeshu has a problem, given such an opportunity, Dr. Yamanashi would go to great lengths to make Zeshu healthy.
"If you're willing, I can provide you with... room and board."
"But there's a prerequisite."
"If that's the case, your activity range will be greatly reduced compared to this emerald green sea, almost like being 'caged'."
Ze Shu chose to explain the price first.
He envisioned that these savage bass might be kept in a large aquarium with his shimmering carp and wakame, or cared for and studied in the ponds of Dr. Yamanashi's breeding area.
But this is the only limitation; everything else is beneficial.
These savage white-striped bass certainly wouldn't stand for it!
Their lives were already difficult, and their living space was severely squeezed, so they could only come to live around the resource-poor, lava-filled Fire Island. Don't you see that they were completely extinct in later generations?
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
If you miss it, the savage bass will slap itself several times with its tail when it wakes up from its deep-sea slumber!
"Pfft pfft pfft!!"
"Alright, since you've agreed... then each of you can enter these three Poké Balls."
After collecting the three Savage Bass into a Poké Ball.
Zeshu rode on Little Blue Blastoise and left Fire Island.
Halfway across the ocean, Blastoise, having acquired another stone tablet from its back, took out Arceus's phone to check it.
But then a new upgrade was discovered—【Companion|】→【Companion||】
It seems like we can send one more person to Xicui like Xiaolan did?
Ze Shu thought of a guy they had "abandoned" in the modern world.
I tentatively clicked on one of the buttons.
Then a golden hole appeared in the sky.
then...
Then a figure wearing a Salamence pajamas tumbled out of the cave and crashed onto the vast sea.
"Meow aa ...
Pfft!
"Why is it all water?! Sawaki, what are you doing here?! Help me, I'm drowning! Glug glug glug~"
~
Watching the figure struggling and splashing on the water's surface.
Ze Shu suddenly thought of something and slapped his forehead:
"I'm so confused."
Shouldn't we have sent Zhulan here?
Why did I let her come?
"Sawaki, why aren't you moving?! Help!!!"