Elf: Rewriting the script, starting with Black Stocking Hanako

Jiang Chuan reacted faster than he thought.

The moment Miss Joey fell into the water, he didn't even think; his body moved first. He braced himself against the edge of the boat, pushed off forcefully, and plunged into the sea like an arrow.

The moment he entered the water, the icy seawater rushed in from all directions, instantly soaking his clothes. He opened his eyes and saw Miss Joey through his blurry underwater vision.

She is sinking.

Her shirt billowed in the water, and her hair was disheveled, like a clump of dark seaweed floating on the surface. Her hands were frantically paddling, but her body sank deeper and deeper, and she exhaled a string of bubbles.

Jiang Chuan swung a few times and then grabbed her waist.

Miss Joy felt someone hug her and turned her head sharply, seeing Jiang Chuan's face. Her eyes widened, filled with fear and surprise.

Jiang Chuan held her tightly, kicked his legs hard, and carried her to the surface.

With a whoosh.

The two broke through the water and breathed air again.

Miss Joy coughed violently, seawater streaming down her hair and face. She gripped Jiang Chuan's shoulder tightly with one hand and wiped the water from her face with the other.

"Jiang Chuan...you...cough cough...why did you jump down?"

Her voice was weak, trembling with the shock of surviving a disaster.

She looked at Jiang Chuan's face, the fear in her eyes not completely gone, but more of a complex emotion. She bit her lip, her voice barely audible.

"That's so dangerous..."

Jiang Chuan held her waist, treading water to maintain their buoyancy. Hearing this, he looked down at her and a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth.

"Yes, precisely because it's so dangerous."

His voice was calm.

"I could never leave you alone in the water."

Miss Joey was stunned.

She was soaking wet in the icy seawater, shivering from the cold sea breeze. But when Jiang Chuan said those words, she suddenly felt a warm sensation welling up in her chest.

The warmth started in my chest and gradually spread to my limbs.

Even the icy seawater couldn't stop it.

She looked at Jiang Chuan's profile.

Water droplets dripped from his hair, sliding down his forehead, nose, and chin. His expression was serious, not the kind of seriousness that was deliberately trying to look cool or be sentimental; he just said it naturally and casually.

It seemed that in his view, jumping down to save her was something that required no hesitation.

Miss Joey pursed her lips, her eyes welling up with tears.

She opened her mouth, wanting to say something, but it felt like something was blocking her throat, and she couldn't say anything.

Just then.

Jiang Chuan's expression suddenly changed.

He suddenly turned his head and looked at the distant sea.

Miss Joey followed his gaze, and her pupils suddenly contracted.

On the sea surface, a white line is rapidly approaching.

The white line grew thicker and higher, rumbling as it approached from afar. The sea began to heave violently, and the speedboat bobbed up and down like a leaf in the distance.

That was a giant wave.

A super huge wave.

It was seven or eight meters tall, like a moving blue wall, rushing towards them.

"How is that possible?"

Miss Joey's voice has changed.

"The weather is so nice today, how come there are such big waves!"

She instinctively gripped Jiang Chuan's shoulders, her fingers turning white from the force. Her body was trembling, whether from the cold or fear, she didn't know.

Jiang Chuan looked at the giant wave, but his eyes were surprisingly calm.

He didn't speak.

The power of the waveguide spread in all directions. The waveguide's perception was like countless invisible tentacles, piercing through the sea surface and reaching towards the giant waves.

The images he perceived appeared in his mind.

The giant wave was filled with the reactions of countless Pokémon.

Most of them were quite weak, like Squirtle and Wartortle. But among these weak reactions, one wave feedback was particularly strong, so strong that Jiang Chuan frowned.

The waveguide was located at the deepest part of the giant wave.

He opened his eyes.

There was no panic in his eyes.

"They're here."

He said two words, then suddenly flipped over, one hand went under Miss Joey's legs, the other hand supported her back, and he lifted her up in a princess carry.

Before Miss Joey could react, she felt her body lighten and she was being held in Jiang Chuan's arms.

next second.

She saw Jiang Chuan's eyes light up.

It was a faint blue light emanating from the depths of his pupils, like two burning blue flames. Immediately afterwards, a strange power surged from his body, lifting the two bodies and causing them to float upwards.

It doesn't float on the water.

Instead, it floats in the air.

Jiang Chuan held Miss Joey in his arms, their bodies rising slowly above the sea. Seawater cascaded down their bodies, dripping onto the surface below and creating ripples.

The two of them rose higher and higher.

The giant wave crashed down directly beneath them, slamming into the sea with a deafening roar. The spray exploded, sending white foam flying dozens of meters high.

But Jiang Chuan and Miss Joey had already risen above the giant wave.

Safe and sound.

Miss Joey was completely stunned.

She lay in Jiang Chuan's arms, watching the giant waves surge below and her own body suspended in mid-air. Her brain seemed to freeze, completely unable to process what was happening before her eyes.

She turned her head and looked at Jiang Chuan's face.

On that face, his eyes glowed blue, and his expression was as calm as if he were doing something trivial.

She was stunned for a long time.

Then he stammered out his sentence.

"Jiang Chuan...you...I...you..."

She took a deep breath, trying to keep her voice from trembling.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you holding me and then flying around?"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Chuan looked down at her.

His expression remained calm.

"Ah, a little bit of special superpowers."

He spoke casually, as if he were saying something as ordinary as "I can cook" or "I can swim."

Miss Joey blinked.

A little bit?

You call this a tiny bit?

She stared at Jiang Chuan's face for several seconds, the fear in her eyes slowly fading, replaced by a bright, gleaming light. She recognized that light; she'd seen it in the eyes of some female fans of trainers before.

It's that look in your eyes when you've been completely captivated by something.

The gaze of a fangirl.

She gazed at Jiang Chuan's face, her eyes sliding from his eyebrows to the bridge of his nose, from his nose to his lips, and from his lips to his chin. With each inch she looked, the light in her eyes brightened a little more.

"Oh, just a little bit?"

Her voice became very soft, with a slight upward inflection at the end, carrying an indescribable meaning.

"I think you're incredibly amazing..."

Jiang Chuan looked down at Miss Joey in his arms and saw the fangirl expression on her face, her bright eyes, and her slightly parted lips.

He smiled slightly.

"Hehe, thank you for the compliment, Miss Joey."

His voice was gentle, with a hint of a smile.

"I can show you even more amazing things later."

He said this in a calm and unhurried manner.

It sounded like a promise, yet also like flirting.

"But now..."

He looked up at the sea below.

"There are still some minor problems on the sea."

Hearing this, Miss Joey snapped out of her reverie, which was admiring Jiang Chuan. She quickly turned her head and looked down at the sea.

After the giant wave crashed over, the sea returned to calm.

But this calm is not normal.

It's too quiet.

There was no wind, no waves; the sea was like a blue mirror, eerily smooth.

Miss Joey frowned.

"That giant wave just now... wasn't a natural phenomenon."

Her professionalism allowed her to quickly calm down and begin analyzing the situation.

"The weather conditions today are simply not conducive to such large waves. There must be some Pokémon causing trouble underwater."

Jiang Chuan nodded.

"That's right."

His waveguide perception was never recovered.

The underwater reactions are still there.

And it's on the rise.

He held Miss Joey and floated up a few more meters, increasing the altitude.

"They're coming out."

The voice just fell.

Countless tiny splashes suddenly appeared on the calm sea surface.

One after another, bald heads emerged from beneath the water.

It's Squirtle.

There were at least thirty or forty of them, densely packed on the sea surface, their round eyes all staring at Jiang Chuan and Miss Joey in mid-air.

Immediately afterwards, another group of heads popped up.

These heads were a size larger than those of Squirtle, and two tufts of feather-like fins grew from where their ears would have been.

It's a Wartortle.

There are probably a dozen or so.

then.

A huge shadow appeared beneath the sea.

The shadow was larger than all the Squirtle and Wartortle combined, like a submarine that had sunk underwater and was rapidly rising. The shadow grew larger and darker, and the seawater began to churn, forming a huge whirlpool.

Miss Joey instinctively gripped Jiang Chuan's clothes tightly.

"There's something else..."

"Um."

Jiang Chuan stared at the shadow.

A loud bang.

The sea exploded.

A gigantic creature burst from the water, sending up a spray of water tens of meters high. The spray exploded in mid-air, like a torrential downpour.

That was a Blastoise.

However, it is at least three times larger than a typical Blastoise.

Its shell was covered with lines and scratches left by time, its color a deep black. Two huge cannons protruded from the sides of the shell, their dark muzzles pointed directly at Jiang Chuan and Miss Joey in mid-air.

Its eyes were mature and calm, unlike the wildness of ordinary wild Pokémon, but rather carried the majesty of a leader.

Jiang Chuan's waveguide sensing has returned.

This Blastoise leader's combat power is at the near-Elite Four level.

A potential superstar.

Pokémon at this level are beyond the capabilities of ordinary trainers. Even some experienced Gym Leaders find it extremely difficult to deal with Pokémon at the near-Elite Four level.

Jiang Chuan narrowed his eyes.

When the Squirtle and Wartortle saw their leader come out, they all became excited, rolling around and shouting on the surface of the water, as if cheering for their leader.

The Blastoise leader floated on the water's surface, raised its head, and used its experienced eyes to examine Jiang Chuan in mid-air.

Its eyes held scrutiny and vigilance.

There was something about this human that made it wary.

Just then.

A system notification sounded in Jiang Chuan's mind.

[Ding! Quest triggered - Fierce Battle at Sea, Blastoise Leader: Use any Pokémon to defeat this Blastoise Leader at sea using any chosen method.]

[Mission Reward: Blastoise's exclusive item - Alloy Cannon. Blastoise will gain a powerful positive mutation after using it.]