The sea area of the Sevii Islands.
On a small reef, Adrian had already taken out his fishing gear and attached the exclusive bait for Gyarados.
Everything was ready; he was just waiting for Gyarados to come over before casting the hook.
To lead this group of wild Gyarados away from the shipping lane, Adrian specifically chose this somewhat remote island reef.
But to Adrian's confusion, Gyarados did not immediately lead the wild Gyarados group over to bite the hook as planned.
"Huh? Where is Gyarados?"
Fortunately, Adrian had the binoculars he'd 'borrowed' from Captain Saji, so even from a great distance, he could still vaguely see the wild Gyarados group.
But to his surprise, the wild Gyarados group was still in the same place, while Adrian's Gyarados had disappeared, seemingly having dived into the water.
He could only faintly see massive whirlpools and surges constantly surfacing in that area of the sea.
"There's still over half an hour left!"
Adrian checked his phone; it was still early compared to the agreed-upon one-hour mark, so he wasn't in a hurry.
However, in his heart, Adrian was a bit puzzled: "What on earth is Gyarados doing?"
"Pika~"
"Yuer~"
After waiting for nearly half an hour like this, Dratini and Pikachu were both about to fall asleep.
"Roar~!"
Accompanied by a world-shaking dragon roar, Adrian's Gyarados finally resurfaced.
Then, it led the wild Gyarados group and swam toward the reef.
"They're here! Everyone, perk up!"
Adrian's spirits lifted as he quickly cast his line.
Splash!
The bait dissolved in the water, its fragrance continuously spreading in all directions with the current.
Before long, the wild Gyarados caught the scent of the bait.
For a Gyarados, this had a fatal attraction!
"Roar~!"
The wild Gyarados group immediately became restless.
They dived into the water one after another, quickly swimming near the reef.
Soon, they arrived in front of the bait.
The wild Gyarados widened their eyes, staring intently at the bright bait bobbing up and down with the waves.
But with their leader suppressing them, they didn't dare act recklessly.
Because when there's something good, normally the leader enjoys it first.
Of course, when encountering conflict, the leader must also be the first to lead the charge.
"Roar~"
After glancing at the bait, Adrian's Gyarados let out a few low growls, indicating it wasn't interested in this thing.
If you want to eat, go bite the hook yourselves!
Hearing this, the wild Gyarados group immediately became agitated, scrambling to bite the hook, and some fighting even broke out.
Out of necessity, Gyarados had to step in again to suppress the riot, signaling everyone to line up to bite the hook and not to fight over it.
"Roar~"
With a dragon roar, the first wild Gyarados swallowed the bait in one gulp.
On the reef, Adrian held his breath, his eyes fixed on the float.
Whoosh!
Seeing the float suddenly sink, Adrian was excited and quickly pulled the rod, grinning as he said, "Here it comes, here it comes!"
However, a Gyarados's size was too large and its weight was significant; even with Adrian using all his strength, he still found it difficult to pull the Gyarados out of the water.
Seeing this, the Gyarados underwater immediately gave the wild Gyarados that bit the hook a push.
Splash!
Accompanied by a massive sound of splashing water, the Gyarados biting the hook finally poked its head out from under the sea surface.
Following closely behind was Adrian's Gyarados.
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Scary Face' TM.]
The golden finger's reward prompt appeared, followed immediately by the attribute panel of this wild Gyarados.
——
However, as a wild Gyarados, its skill list was quite pitiful. Not only could it not compare to Adrian's Gyarados, but it was also a far cry from the Gyarados in the Dragon Sanctuary.
This was the dilemma of wild pokémon!
Compared to wild Growth, following in the footsteps of a Trainer was clearly an easier way to become stronger.
This was also the reason why a significant number of pokémon would actively follow humans.
"Roar~!"
Seeing that it was a tiny human who had hooked it, the wild Gyarados immediately became enraged, opening its bloody maw and beginning to condense a white Energy Ball.
But just then, Adrian's Gyarados stopped it and ordered it to leave.
Although puzzled, facing the pressure from the new leader, the wild Gyarados did not dare to be presumptuous and immediately dived into the water and disappeared.
"Gyarados, well done!"
Adrian first gave Gyarados a thumbs up, but soon noticed something was wrong with it. He scratched his head in confusion and asked, "By the way, what were you doing just now? How come you're back now all flushed and panting!"
Whether it was an illusion or not, Adrian noticed that his usually most energetic and irritable Gyarados seemed a bit haggard at the moment?
"Roar~"
Gyarados's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.
The Trainer doesn't even have a proper partner yet, but on my side————
If the Trainer finds out about this, he'll definitely complain about me, right?
Thinking of this, Gyarados's eyes flickered as it shook its head.
Adrian didn't pay too much attention to it; after all, there were still over twenty Gyarados underwater waiting for him to fish them up.
So after shaking his head, Adrian continued to bait the hook and fish.
With Gyarados there to keep things in check, Adrian's fishing went very smoothly, with wild Gyarados being hooked one after another.
Following that, the golden finger's rewards kept appearing.
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Brine' TM.]
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Ice Fang' TM.]
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 bottle of 'Attack Reinforcement'.]
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Dive' TM.]
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Torment' TM.]
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Dragon Scale'.]
Perhaps because Gyarados are relatively rare and hard to catch, the rewards this time were mainly TMs; energy cubes, on the other hand, became rare, and occasionally some rare rewards could be seen.
"The Dragon Fishing Plan is a huge success!"
Adrian was overjoyed and filled with emotion.
Since everything he caught was Gyarados, the TMs he received were all perfectly suited for Gyarados, and many of them were moves that his Gyarados was sorely lacking.
For example, Scary Face, Brine, Ice Fang————
Scary Face, this was a move that could significantly lower the opponent's speed; its effectiveness in actual combat went without saying.
Brine, this was a special-attack-oriented Water-type move, not particularly suited for a physical-attack-oriented Gyarados.
But it had a special effect: when the opponent's health dropped below half, the power of this move would double.
As for Ice Fang, this was a physical-attack-oriented Ice-type move, also very suitable for Gyarados's offensive.
Splash!
As the last Gyarados was caught, Adrian prepared to pack up his rod.
But this last reward left him stunned on the spot.
[Caught a 'Gyarados', reward: 1 'Gyaradosite'.]
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