Pokémon: Start with a Mewtwo invitation

Chapter 10 Acting, creating illusions

We followed the river all the way to the center of the forest.

There is a large lake here, which is named Crescent Lake because its shape resembles a crescent.

As the largest freshwater lake in the entire Round Island, Crescent Island is not only connected to groundwater, but also has many river branches connected to the sea.

Strictly speaking, the Crescent Lake and the Crescent Rivers are the lifeblood of Round Island, spread across the entire island.

Standing by the lake, Xia Mu, Growlithe and Riolu were discussing and studying how to make Magikarp stronger.

The Magikarp swam around excitedly and jumped up continuously because it had arrived in the big lake.

However, it seems that because it is a shiny Magikarp with a different color, it is excluded by the ordinary Magikarp and is unwilling to accept it.

It is true that people with different colors will be ostracized by certain groups in the early original story.

Of course, it is not absolute.

For example, in the original novel, Satoshi's Butterfree followed a Butterfree of a regional color and left. Although that Butterfree was not a true Shining Butterfree, but a Butterfree of a color unique to Pinggan Island, this Butterfree mingled with a group of ordinary Butterfrees and was not disliked or driven away by the group because of its different color.

Maybe the Magikarp here just doesn’t like the golden Magikarp very much.

Speaking of which, Xia Mu recalled the situation in the game.

In the game, shiny Pokémon of different colors actually live together in groups in a friendly manner and will not live alone.

……

"Catti can't help, so I'll have to rely on you from now on, Riolu.

"I know this will make you feel wronged, but this may be the only way to help Magikarp learn the collision skill and become stronger."

After he finished speaking, Xia Mu looked at Riolu with an apologetic look.

Riolu didn't have any negative emotions. On the contrary, because of Xia Mu's frank words, his intimacy level directly increased by 15 points.

Xia Mu was surprised.

The agreed-upon countermeasure was for Riolu to cooperate in the acting and fight with Magikarp.

He shows his strong side in the battle, but he cannot hurt Magikarp, and finally he is knocked away the moment Magikarp jumps up.

This is the only way to create the illusion that Magikarp has won.

As long as Magikarp believes, there should be changes.

If he gains experience points to level up and happens to learn the collision skill, then when he teams up with a team to level up, Magikarp can finish off the enemy, and he won't need to spend Alliance Coins to buy magic candies to help him level up.

To put it bluntly, it is a real waste to use Magic Candy before your level reaches a certain standard.

Although both are upgrades of 1 level, the early level 1 and the later level 1 are completely different concepts.

With Riolu's assurance and having made sufficient preparations, Xia Mu walked to the lake with it and shouted to the Magikarp swimming in the lake.

Magikarp was relatively obedient, and after a short period of time together, their intimacy increased rapidly, but it did not break 49 points, and they were still in the initial acquaintance stage.

"King Carp, do you want to become stronger?
"As a special Shiny Pokémon, have you ever doubted yourself?
"No matter what others think, in my eyes, you are unique in this world. I believe you have great talent and potential. If you work hard, everything is possible...

"As long as you are strong enough, as long as you can do what other Magikarp can't do, then you will be the strongest Magikarp that they can't reach!"

……

Xia Mu appeals to emotions and explains things with reason, using his own way to influence and stimulate Magikarp, and places high hopes on it.

Regardless of whether he could understand it or not, he gave it enough respect and confidence.

Obviously, Xia Mu's remarks successfully aroused Magikarp's desire to become stronger.

Xia Mu should be grateful that the Magikarp here did not accept his Magikarp. This should be the reason why the Magikarp wanted to prove himself.

With goals and motivation, everything will be easy.

Riolu took the initiative to stand up and talk to Magikarp. The two exchanged glances, full of fighting spirit. Along the way, Magikarp knew that Riolu was strong. As Xia Mu's Pokémon, it didn't want to disappoint Xia Mu and wanted to show itself.

"Very good! Then follow my command and fight against Riolu, Magikarp." Xia Mu said to Magikarp.

Magikarp responded with a 'tsk~tsk~' sound.

Seeing this, Riolu jumped back one meter and then assumed an attacking stance.

Since Magikarp cannot leave the water, Riolu did not go too far.

Magikarp was obviously a little anxious. It didn't know how to fight and only knew how to express its emotions by jumping up.

Xia Mu signaled to Riolu, and Riolu of course understood and launched an attack directly.

As his fists were swung, vacuum waves were continuously generated, transforming into blue energy balls that hit the water surface where Magikarp was.

The speed is very slow and the power is not great.

Magikarp suddenly panicked when he saw the attack coming.

It has no combat experience and doesn't know what to do?
Xia Mu quickly spoke up: "Magic Carp, use your speed in the water to dive underwater and avoid all of Riolu's attacks."

This kind of command is actually unnecessary, but it still needs to be done to show its appearance.

Because Riolu's attack is aimed at the surrounding water surface, even if it accidentally hits Magikarp, it will not cause much damage.

Magikarp has a very good reaction ability, which is completely opposite to its slow personality. It was obedient and quickly dived into the water under Xia Mu's command to avoid the attack.

The vacuum wave hit the water surface, splashing small water droplets.

The opportunity came, and Xia Mu looked at Riolu again.

Riolu let out a fierce puppy bark and jumped directly into the water.

A posture of feinting an attack.

Seeing this, Xia Mu immediately shouted, "Now, Magikarp, use all your strength to jump and crash into Riolu!"

"Puff!" There was a sound.

When it comes to leaping, Magikarp is no match for any Pokémon.

This powerful leap up hit Riolu.

Magikarp fell back into the water, and Riolu used the force to fly backwards and landed heavily at the edge of the lake.

The battle ended here. Xia Mu looked solemn, and the Growlithe beside him also held his breath.

Magikarp changed its previous behavior and floated calmly on the water, looking at Riolu who was lying on the ground, as if to confirm.

Riolu realized that this was not enough, and he showed off his acting skills again.

He stood up with difficulty and looked at Magikarp. Then he pretended to cry out in pain and fell to the ground again.

This scene made the simple-minded Magikarp no longer have any doubts.

He immediately jumped into the water excitedly and galloped wildly.

Not only is the speed faster, but the explosive power is also stronger.

Under Xia Mu's observation, Magikarp's level increased by 1, and it also learned the collision skill.

The mission was accomplished. Xia Mu turned his back to Riolu who was still pretending to lie on the ground and gave him a thumbs up.

The two little ones immediately realized that this play was not in vain.

Growlithe barked happily, and Riolu slowly stood up.

(End of this chapter)