Why would you need a girlfriend when you have Pokémon?

The middle-aged captain shouted like this, and the young sailors on the ship responded in unison. For a moment, the atmosphere became extremely warm.

Although Liliae had been on many luxury cruise ships, they were all passenger ships after all, and she had no contact with any sailors or captains. In most cases, she was greeted by waiters specially hired on the ship.

In such an environment, it is actually impossible to get in touch with these most original sea men. It was my first meeting with them, but I felt it was quite fresh.

Lowe was very interested in the so-called "Island of Awakening" that the captain said old man Hatch had visited.

"The so-called awakening island is..."

Hearing Lowe's question, the middle-aged captain immediately spoke proudly, "Oh, that is the most dangerous sea area in our Fengyuan region, also known as the 'Whirlpool Island'. There are many large and small whirlpool reefs around the island, and the climate is extremely bad, with strong winds and rainstorms all year round, making it difficult to set foot on the island whether from the air or the sea..."

"Even with the power of Pokémon, it's impossible to do that?"

"That's why the island is famous..."

The middle-aged captain's tone was full of sighs and feelings, "...The weather around that island is extremely bad, even Pokémon have a hard time crossing it. Of course, we later learned that it was because a group of isolated 'survivors' lived on the island. The bad weather on the island and the whirlpools and reefs around it were all arranged by them, and they also used the power of Pokémon!"

Because of this, if you want to cross this sea and reach the Whirlpool Island, you need a stronger power than the opponent's Pokémon. The reason why the Whirlpool Island was later called the "Island of Awakening" is because there is a secret kept on this island.

"The survivors on that island have inherited a unique skill called 'Ultimate Secret' from generation to generation. Their Pokémon rely on the Ultimate Secret to possess power far beyond that of ordinary Pokémon..."

"Eh, so amazing? In that case, the reason why the Whirlpool Island is set up to be so dangerous is also to protect this unique skill and inheritance?"

"That's right..." Old man Hatch nodded and confirmed this. "Oh, it was a very dangerous journey. The three of us, me, Zifuchi, and Genji, organized a fleet and set out to challenge the Whirlpool Island~"

"Hey, is President Zfuchi also involved?"

This was indeed surprising. Old man Hatch had known for a long time that he knew President Lowe of Zfuchi. After all, it was President Zfuchi who had commissioned Old man Hatch to help participate in the cooperative research of the Kusnogi Shipyard.

It’s just that these two people seem to have known each other earlier, and they have also formed a fleet with Dragon King Genji, one of the Four Heavenly Kings, and sailed out to sea?

According to old man Hatch, the fleet at that time was funded and established by President Zfuchi, and old man Hatch served as the captain to coordinate the overall situation. Genji was naturally the combat force of the fleet, responsible for protecting others when encountering danger.

As far as this combination is concerned, it is already quite reliable. At that time, President Zfuchi was still young, and although Dewen Company was not as big as it is now, it was already one of the largest companies in the Hoenn region.

President Zvochi himself is very interested in the deep sea, otherwise he would not have cooperated with the Kusnogi Shipyard to develop deep-sea submarines.

All in all, regarding the Jedi Whirlpool Island in the Hoenn region, the three people at that time... President Zifuki was still young and energetic, almost the same age as Daigo is now, while old man Hachi and Genji were also in their prime, and their bodies were at their peak.

For such a fleet to challenge the most dangerous Jedi in the Hoenn region is indeed a fascinating adventure.

The middle-aged captain here was also one of the sailors under old man Hatch at the time and participated in this adventure.

In short, after the fleet entered the area of ​​​​Whirlpool Island, it continued to lose personnel due to the harsh environment. Of course, there were no casualties, but after it was determined that it could not move forward, the crew and ships that could no longer hold on were forced to withdraw.

They sailed along like this, and finally, only the ship driven by old man Hatch was left in the entire fleet. The rest of the ships in the fleet had withdrawn. When old man Hatch thought that this expedition was about to fail, they successfully crossed the sea area with torrential rain, strong winds, whirlpools and reefs, and arrived at the Whirlpool Island.

It was indeed a small island isolated from the world. Originally thought to be an uninhabited island, but unexpectedly, an ancient tribe of remnants had been living on the island. The arrival of President Zfuchi and others happened to be the first outsiders to visit in more than a thousand years.

"In this way, we came into contact with the natives of the Awakening Island and learned about the secret skills they inherited. They set up the Whirlpool Island to set up a 'test'. Only trainers who can pass the test and come to the island are qualified to receive the 'inheritance' of the Awakening Island..."

In other words, Old Man Hatch and his team have passed the test...

...However, old man Hatch did not accept the inheritance because he himself was not a trainer who was good at Pokémon battles, and among the people traveling with him at the time, the only one who was capable of mastering the Ultimate Secret was Genji.

But Genji gave up himself, and the reason is not clear for the time being. However, Genji made an agreement with the other party, and the qualifications for inheritance are still there, including old man Hachi and President Zfuchi.

They chose to give up the qualification to inherit the Ultimate Secret, and they can give this qualification to a trainer they think is capable in the future...

After that, President Zfuchi chose his own son, Zfuchi Daigo, and Daigo passed this secret to his best friend...

And Genji seems to have recently passed his inheritance to a new trainer. Only old man Hatch has not found a suitable successor yet...

"How about it?" Old man Hatch looked at Lowe in front of him with a smile, "If you are interested, Lowe, I can transfer the qualification to you. Are you interested?"

Chapter 212: New Fisherman

Luo Wei also knew about the plot of the Awakening Island. Three ultimate mysteries were passed down on that island, corresponding to the three attributes of "water, fire, and grass"...

Among them, President Zfuchi inherited the secret of water. He passed the qualification to Daigo, and Daigo gave it to his close friend Mikoli.

After all, Mikoli is the gym leader of the water gym in the Hoenn region. His strength as a gym leader is unquestionable, and he has no problem passing on the secrets of the game.

And then, Genji inherited the secret of fire, and old man Hatch inherited the secret of grass...

At present, Genji has passed his inheritance to a new trainer he is very optimistic about. Although the other party's identity is not clear, Lowe always feels that he may have guessed it.

It was just like when Xiaoyao was arranged by the Alliance to come to Chimney Mountain for the rescue. At that time, Xiaoyao was not afraid at all when facing the Red Flame Pine and looked confident. Later, Lowe learned that it was because Xiaoyao at that time had already obtained the power of mega evolution inherited from Xijiana.

In that case, she would have enough confidence with this trump card as a backup. But after thinking about it, mega evolution was Xiaoyao's trump card, and at that time, Xijiana should have only had private contact with Xiaoyao, and the alliance did not know Xijiana's position yet.

The Alliance should not be aware that Xiaoyao has the trump card of mega evolution. Therefore, Xiaoyao must have another trump card to make the Alliance recognize her strength so much.

Well, having been recognized by the Four Heavenly Kings of the Alliance and having been granted the corresponding secret by Pi, such strength... is naturally worthy of this trust.

In other words, Xiaoyao at that time actually had both mega evolution and ultimate secret at the same time. She was even more confident than Lowe, who had not yet mastered mega at that time.

...No wonder then

"In fact, Genji originally wanted to pass the Ultimate Secret to you, Lowe. However, at that time, you didn't have a suitable Pokémon to pass on the Secret. At that time, I also felt that I could pass the Secret to Lowe, so Genji went to find another suitable trainer..."

Genji was holding the inheritance of the Fire Element Secret Technique, and at that time, there was indeed no one suitable in Lowe's team, and Lowe's Masked Cat was just the right person to inherit the Grass Element Ultimate Secret Technique...

Considering that Xiaoyao's trump card, Blaziken, happens to be a fire-type Pokémon, it is indeed more suitable to inherit the secret technique obtained by Genji than Lowe at that time...

So, when President Zfuchi and Dragon King Genji... have both found suitable successors for the secrets of their respective inheritances, old man Hatch also took this opportunity to talk about this to Lowe, hoping that he could inherit this grass-type secret.

"In this way, the old man's responsibility will be over. Haha, it's hard to bear such a heavy inheritance responsibility all the time~"

When he formed a fleet with Genji and President Zfuchi to board the Island of Awakening and obtained the three ultimate secrets passed down by the indigenous people of the island, he felt the weight of this responsibility.

Theoretically, he couldn't let the secret that had been passed down for thousands of years be cut off in his own hands. Therefore, after meeting Lowe, old man Hatch had already made up his mind.

But he was still not very reassured at the time. After experiencing so many events, old man Hatch was finally able to rest assured that Lowe was absolutely qualified to inherit this secret...

“Haha, this is really…”

To be honest, Lowe also felt that this responsibility was not light, but he had a lot of responsibilities on his shoulders after all. Xijiana gave him the power of mega evolution, hoping to cooperate with him to end the long-cherished wish of the Meteor People. Little Nebula gave Lowe the inheritance of the ultimate power, probably hoping that he could solve the problem of the Ultimate Beasts.

Now that I have inherited the ultimate secret of the Island of Awakening, I have no problem with more debts. Taking on this secret means taking on the corresponding responsibilities...

...The responsibility to pass on this secret!

When a suitable successor is found in the future, it will be passed on to the next generation, allowing this ancient secret to be passed on...

"Well, of course I'd be happy to~"

"Haha, okay, then it's settled. When we get off the boat, I'll pass on the secret to you. Before that, let's get down to business~"

This time, Lowe and Liliae went out to sea specifically to capture new Pokémon to expand their team...

As for what will be conquered, it depends on God's will...

Soon, Lowe and Liliae each received a fishing rod. The first thing to do after capturing a Pokémon is naturally to "encounter" it. As for capturing Pokémon at sea, apart from jumping into the water to touch them, the next step is to start fishing.

"Ahahaha, Liliae can fish?"

Lowe took the fishing rod and couldn't help but curiously asked Liliae, who was standing beside him. Lilia blushed and replied, "Well, I learned it from my brother before... But I'm not very good at it, so I might not be able to catch it well..."

"It doesn't matter..." Lowe puffed out his chest proudly, "I've never learned how to fish!"

"..."

With just one confident sentence, Liliae was completely unable to talk anymore. No, I've never learned anything, so why are you so proud?

Having said that, Liliae couldn't help laughing immediately, "Pfft, haha... I see, I thought Lowe knew everything~"

"That's a real misunderstanding. I'm still not good at many things..."

As he spoke, Lowe patted the Masked Cat beside him and said, "...When I was a kid, Xiaoyao and I did fish in the stream behind our house, but because of Xinye Cat, she ended up going down to catch fish by herself."

Later, Lowe discovered that it was much more efficient to let the new leaf cat jump in and catch the fish than to fish himself, so Lowe quickly gave up the sport of fishing. After all, there were so many things to do in the mountains.

In short, Lowe had indeed never learned how to fish. He had just dug some earthworms in the mountain stream and used a simple fishhook made from the pull ring of a can to fish. In fact, this behavior was not even that of a novice; he was just playing around.

At this moment, this should be the first time that Lowe has touched a real fishing rod.

But it doesn’t matter, some of the sailors on the boat are good at fishing, and old man Hatch himself is also a good fisherman.

Old people have nothing to do when they are old, so they like to go fishing in the shallow sea, and their skills have not been hindered at all.

Everyone has their first time when they are not good at something. With so many teachers around and Lowe himself being very studious, after a few hours of practice, Lowe was able to cast a club properly and then quietly waited for this new encounter...

"I wonder what kind of partners I'll meet this time?"

Chapter 213 Believe me, you will definitely hit the target next time!

In his previous two lives, Lowe had never been exposed to fishing.

After all, he was a corporate slave who died of overwork in his previous life and had no leisure time to enjoy life. Fishing was indeed a rather luxurious hobby for him.

So, it was actually the first time for Lowe to seriously engage in fishing. Fortunately, he learned quickly. After a few hours, he could cast a rod properly and then wait quietly.

Theoretically, the key lies after the fish is hooked. Casting the fishing rod is only the first step. The real difficulty of fishing is to fight wits and courage with the hooked fish.

But in the Pokémon world, it’s not that troublesome, because the target is Pokémon, so it’s very brave. You don’t even need to fish for it. Once it’s hooked, it will pounce on you…

"Ok?"

Just as Lowe was staring at the changes on the sea surface, the fishing rod in his hand trembled. Lowe suddenly became alert and immediately picked up the fishing rod to pull and reel in the line.

However, Gardevoir, who was accompanying Lowe, showed an extremely subtle expression on her face at that moment. She looked as if she wanted to say something but couldn't.

Fairy Eevee seemed to have sensed something as well, but she just flashed her beautiful big eyes and watched Lowe slowly pull up the fishing line.

"Baited, yes...uh..."

There was only a sound of splashing water, and Lowe saw a black shadow being pulled out by him. Upon closer inspection... it was a large piece of rotten wood.

"...No, how could this thing be in the sea? Was it washed up from some nearby island?"

Lowe didn't know whether to laugh or cry when seeing this, while Gardevoir and Sylveon had obviously detected what had been hooked through telekinesis early on.

With their current telekinetic strength, almost everything within a radius of dozens of miles is within their reach. Of course, this is only limited to a few hundred meters below the sea level. Going deeper, their telekinesis will be greatly hindered.

It is almost a thousand meters below sea level... It is not easy to detect with telekinesis, and the average depth of the sea is more than three thousand meters, which means that at least it cannot be felt in most of the sea areas.

But at least the sea area near the upper area can still be felt, and with the power of Pokémon, it is not impossible to go deeper.

But at least at the moment of being hooked, Gardevoir and Sylveon could feel it, and Lowe took off the hook helplessly and spread his hands...

“…It really doesn’t look easy.”