The traveling frog is living a carefree life in the Marvel universe.

—Actually, Bai Ye had another idea, which was to send Squirtle to the bottom of the water to look for traces of Dratini. However, Squirtle had only been born for a short time, and Bai Ye also felt that it was not good to exploit child labor like this.

"Brother Baiye, you're here too!"

A surprised voice interrupted Bai Ye's thoughts. He looked over and saw Xiaoxia carrying a bucket and a fishing rod, running to the lakeside.

"Xiaoxia, what brings you here?"

Bai Ye asked in surprise.

Xiaoxia: "Xiaozhi is searching everywhere for the Pokémon he wants, but I want to become a Water-type Pokémon, so I came to this lake to fish for Water-type Pokémon by myself."

"Oh, I see. Then let's go together."

Bai Ye said.

He also wanted to see if he could share in Xiaoxia's good fortune and successfully catch a Mini Dragon.

At worst, if Xiaoxia catches the Dratini, Baiye will sacrifice his charm and buy it from Xiaoxia.

"Yeah."

Xiaoxia happily agreed, saying that even if Baiye hadn't said anything, she was prepared to sit next to him and fish together.

However, after sitting down, Xiaoxia's mind was clearly not on fishing, but instead she kept chatting with Baiye.

"Brother Baiye, this Pokémon of yours doesn't seem to be in the Pokédex?"

Xiaoxia also noticed Thor playing games next to Baiye.

As for Thor being able to play games, that's not surprising at all, because there are so many Pokémon with high intelligence in the Pokémon world, it's a very normal thing.

Bai Ye said:

"Yes, it is an unknown Pokémon, named MetalGarurumon."

Xiaoxia said, puzzled:

"Why such a strange name? I think it should be something like Growlithe or Arcanine, right?"

Bai Ye said, "Actually, his original name was Lulu Beast, but didn't you see that he always carried an iron hammer on his back? An iron hammer plus Lulu Beast, wouldn't that be MetalGarurumon?"

Xiaoxia took a look and felt that it made perfect sense—this little dog was so cute that you just wanted to pet it, so calling it a petting beast was a fitting name.

Thor rolled his eyes, too lazy to pay attention to Bai Ye's gossip about him.

As they were talking, Bai Ye's fishing rod moved again.

"So heavy!"

Bai Ye's gaze held a hint of surprise:

"What big fish did you catch this time?"

"Pfft—"

"Pfft—"

Countless water droplets splashed on the lake surface.

Through the water's surface, Baiye could see the underwater Pokémon's blue skin and its roughly snake-like body.

A surge of joy immediately filled his heart:

"Could it be... that they caught a Hakkarosaurus?"

If you've already got Dragonair, then Dragonite won't be far behind, right?

The Pokémon underwater struggled fiercely.

However, Bai Ye was not weak now. He gripped the fishing rod tightly, pulled it up sharply, and a blue figure emerged from the water.

"Gyarados?"

Xiaoxia, who was fishing with Baiye, was immediately startled and stood up, backing away in fear.

Gyarados evolves from Magikarp. After evolving, it becomes extremely rage-prone and will attack humans and other Pokémon for no reason, even if it has not been provoked.

Once an uprising breaks out, it will never calm down until all the ferocious blood is burned away.

"Brother Baiye, run! That's a Gyarados!"

Xiaoxia turned pale and tried to run away with Baiye.

She was traumatized when she accidentally ran into a Gyarados's mouth as a child, which left her with a deep fear of Gyarados.

Gyarados also gave them face, gathering Hyper Beam from its mouth.

It was just sitting peacefully underwater when, unexpectedly, it took a bite of food and got caught on a hook near its mouth, and was then pulled up by someone.

What's going on?

Labor and management are like Gyarados.

It's a good thing I don't provoke anyone, but someone actually dares to try and hook me?

If I don't teach you a lesson, I'll write my name Gyarados backwards!

Bai Ye patted Xiaoxia's hand and said:

"With me here, there's nothing to be afraid of. It's just a Gyarados, nothing special."

Upon hearing this, Gyarados became even more enraged. "Just because I'm not showing my power doesn't mean I'm some kind of pushover!"

The destructive death ray that it condensed in its mouth became even more powerful.

"Brother Bai Ye, stop playing around! Someone could really die!"

Xiaoxia shouted anxiously, but with her strength, she really couldn't pull Bai Ye even half a step.

Bai Ye remained calm as he faced the extremely compressed energy wave from Gyarados's mouth, then reached out...

He pulled out an energy cube.

Energy cubes are high-energy food for Pokémon; in a fantasy world, they would be elixirs that increase one's power.

Like the Charizard boy that Bai Ye met before, the Charizard he raised must have been fed a lot of energy cubes from a young age to increase its potential, which is why it had the physical strength to use Dragon Rage, a Dragon-type ultimate move, at the level of a Charizard.

The Hyper Beam from its mouth gradually dissipated, and Gyarados fell silent.

It really wants to get angry.

but……

Energy cubes are so delicious!

"One isn't enough? Then have another one!"

Bai Ye took out another energy cube.

Gyarados nodded hastily.

"Enough! Enough! Enough!"

—Although it can't speak, Bai Ye and Xiao Xia can understand its meaning from its expression.

Because Bai Ye gave so much.

It stretched its neck, swallowed the energy cube in Bai Ye's palm in one gulp, and its eyes immediately narrowed.

Xiaoxia looked like she was about to break down.

So this is what the Gyarados, which she's been afraid of since she was little, looks like?

Bai Ye patted Xiaoxia on the shoulder and said earnestly:

"There is no problem in this world that money can't solve. If there is, it's simply because you don't have enough money."

Energy Cubes are quite expensive and not something that ordinary families can afford. Only children from wealthy and prestigious families can feed their Pokémon Energy Cubes.

“Ho ho—!”

Gyarados affectionately nuzzled Baiye's cheek before preparing to dive back into the lake.

"Wait a minute, Gyarados."

Bai Ye reached out and called to it, meeting Gyarados's questioning gaze, and said:

“I heard there’s a Dratini around here, and I’m a trainer who’s planning to catch one. If you can find me a Dratini, I can give you twenty Power Cubes.”

Gyarados, however, did not react with the ecstatic joy that Bai Ye had imagined. Instead, it remained rooted to the spot, looking troubled.

Bai Ye seemed to have guessed something, and added:

"If Dratini becomes my Pokémon, I will raise it carefully. For one thing, I'll give it plenty of Energy Cubes!"

Gyarados's eyes widened instantly.

Being able to eat two energy cubes is the greatest enjoyment it has had in most of its life, and now it can even eat its fill...

Its eyes sparkled as it approached Bai Ye with fawning eyes and called out a few times.

Although they didn't know what it was saying, Bai Ye and Xiao Xia were undoubtedly very clear—"Boss, what do you think of me? As long as there are enough energy cubes, I'll be your dragon tonight!"

Bai Ye disdainfully pushed away Gyarados's large head:

"I only want a Mini Dragon!"

Gyarados looked dejected and plunged into the water.

Xiaoxia felt that she could never look at Gyarados the same way again.

She asked again:

"Brother Baiye, are there any Dratini around here?"

Dratini is a signature Pokémon of the Kanto region, a near-legendary Pokémon with immense fame. Every trainer knows Dratini.

“I’ve only heard that they have them here, but I don’t know if they actually do,” Bai Ye said. “But I’m only here for Mini Dragons, nothing else.”

Bai Ye estimated that Gyarados probably knew the Dragonair and Dratini mother and cub living in this valley, and now it was probably going to ask Dragonair for its opinion.

Finding an incredibly wealthy owner for your child is definitely a profitable business opportunity.

Bai Ye was really looking forward to it.

Come into my bowl, Mini Dragon!

"Brother Baiye, Xiaoxia, so you've been here all this time! I've been looking for you for so long!"