I, Xiao Mao, want to become a Pokémon Master!

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To avoid wasting time, Gary called Professor Oak directly and asked him to make arrangements.

Soon, Officer Jenny received a call from her superiors. After briefly inquiring about what had happened from Gary and the others, she transferred them to the Pokémon Center to rest.

After a busy day, everyone was hungry and gathered at the Little Elf Center's cafeteria for a meal.

"Little Mao...you haven't...how did you get Fu Xiaoyin back then?" Xiao Zhi asked, wolfing down his food.

"Swallow the food in your mouth before you speak," said Gary, who couldn't understand what Ash was saying at all.

Ash swallowed the food in his mouth and asked, "I'm asking why Silver was captured and put into a Poké Ball by you?"

255: Back inland, Kaji Town

As soon as Xiaozhi asked the question, Xiaogang, Xiaoxia, and Ahong were all very curious and looked up at Xiaoshi, waiting for his answer.

"Because Miss Luca said that you and Silver and her child were arrested, I was worried that something might happen to you, so I gave Gengar a few Poké Balls and decided to split up."

Xiao Mao said, "If Gengar finds you first, it will rescue you. If it encounters Lugia and finds that they are locked in an iron cage, it can use a Pokémon to capture them first and rescue Silver and her baby. Gengar found Silver first and naturally put Silver into a Poké Ball."

Ash suddenly realized, "Oh, I see... Gengar is really convenient at this time. It makes me want to catch a Gengar too..."

"Hehe, I believe you'll be able to subdue them in the future," Xiao Mao said with a smile.

"That might be a bit difficult; Ghost-type Pokémon are rarely encountered," Ahong said.

"Really? I encountered quite a few Gastly and Haunter in the Burnt Tower of Vermilion City. They're all wild Ghost-type Pokémon, so I should be able to catch them, right?" Ash said.

"I suggest you don't catch it yet. If you encounter a good Gengar on the road later, then you can consider catching it," said Gary.

Judging by the timeline, Ash's Gengar hasn't been abandoned yet. That Gengar is incredibly strong and has champion potential. If Ash were to catch a Gengar now, that Gengar would be completely unwanted.

"That's true. I don't think those Gastly and Haunter are willing to get close to people, so let's just forget about it," Ash agreed.

Ash is no longer a novice. He doesn't just capture Pokémon whenever he sees one; he also has to see if the Pokémon is willing to come with him.

Ash will catch most Pokémon in the future if either of the following two conditions is met.

The first one is that he voluntarily let Ash catch him.

The second is a wild and spirited elf.

Actually, Ash had already started doing this while traveling in the Johto region. Apart from Totodile, which he obtained by competing with Misty, and Elephant, which he hatched, the other four Pokémon were all captured by Ash voluntarily.

Although Noctowl was captured through battle, it was also because Ash saved it. Noctowl felt too embarrassed to offer itself to Ash, so it took the initiative to challenge him. Even though it was captured through battle, Noctowl would still be willing to follow Ash even if he lost.

After chatting for a while, everyone dispersed and went back to their rooms to sleep.

The night passed.

The City Alliance also sent people to take over the situation here. Team Rocket's underwater base is a huge project. Even if it were sold as scrap, it would fetch a lot of money, not to mention the database inside the base contains a lot of research data, all of which are of great scientific research value.

Gary, Ash, and the others left Silver Rock Island the next day.

Ash and his friends decided to explore the Whirl Islands a bit more. Since they had already canceled their promise to Gary and weren't in a hurry to collect the badges, they figured they might as well wander around a bit more.

Xiao Mao had no interest in sightseeing, having lived in Azure City for two and a half years. Besides learning martial arts, he also traveled to other cities in the Whirlpool Islands, so there was no need for him to wander around anymore.

Gary is rushing to Kaji Town to catch that shiny Gyarados.

As the story unfolds, the shiny Magikarp was affected by Team Rocket's evolutionary waves. During its evolution, it retained the skin color of its Magikarp form and was not originally a shiny Pokémon.

Furthermore, the evolution waves also affect other Pokémon in the vicinity. Very few Pokémon will evolve because of the evolution waves; most Pokémon will develop a fever after being disturbed.

It was precisely because of this anomaly around the Lake of Rage that Lance noticed it and came to investigate, and in the process, he also captured a Shiny Gyarados.

This evolutionary tip was developed by a doctor named Syranu, but the research was clearly incomplete. After releasing evolutionary signals for so long, only one Magikarp in the Lake of Rage successfully evolved; the rest of the Magikarp did not evolve. Obviously, this research was somewhat of a failure.

The Lake of Rage is a very large lake, inhabited by a large number of Magikarp. If the Evolution Wave only targets Magikarp, it's impossible that only one Magikarp would be affected.

Therefore, the evolution radio wave developed by Dr. Shera was a defective product. It might just be because that Magikarp was special. If the probability of the evolution radio wave causing a Pokémon to evolve is so low, then it is a defective product. The key is that the negative impact it causes is also very large, so it cannot be used at all.

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Seven days later.

Xiao Mao finally arrived in Kaji Town.

"Let's go check out the Lake of Rage first." Shigeru immediately decided to head over to the Lake of Rage.

The Shiny Gyarados didn't evolve when Ash and his friends arrived in Cajas Town, but rather it had already evolved before they got there.

This Shiny Gyarados suddenly evolved and was affected by the evolutionary energy, causing it to attack randomly. Team Rocket has been trying to catch it, but Shiny Gyarados has been hiding at the bottom of the lake, and Team Rocket has been unable to capture it.

Compared to Dr. Nanbo, Dr. Syranu's research is rather pathetic. Dr. Nanbo has already taken on legendary Pokémon, while Dr. Syranu can't even handle a Gyarados. He's really trash.

...... .... ...

When Gary arrived near the Lake of Rage, he observed the condition of the Pokémon along the way. He didn't see any sickly Pokémon, and he didn't know whether Team Rocket had shut down the spread of evolution waves or hadn't started the experiment yet.

Xiao Mao went to the lakeside to take a look. The Lake of Wrath is said to be a lake formed by seawater, so the water is blue and very clear, and you can see a depth of three or four meters.

"Blastoise, come out."

Shigeru decided to investigate the situation at the bottom of the lake and release Blastoise.

"Blastoise, go underwater and find Gyarados," Gary said.

"Kami." Blastoise nodded, jumped into the lake, and dived to the bottom to search.

The Lake of Rage has a passage connecting to the sea. Generally, when Magikarp in the Lake of Rage realizes that it is about to evolve, it will swim towards the passage to the sea and leap over a high mountain. If it can leap over the mountain, it will evolve into Gyarados. If it cannot leap over the mountain, it will have little chance of evolving.

Although Magikarp can evolve into Gyarados at level 20, that's a game setting; in reality, it's very difficult for Magikarp to evolve into Gyarados.

Considering the number of Magikarp, a Pokémon with average potential has a level cap of 30. Doesn't that mean any Magikarp can evolve into Gyarados?

Magikarp that can evolve into Gyarados have the potential to be at least a Gym Leader level; otherwise, they would never be able to evolve successfully.

256: Shiny Gyarados

"Kami."

Several tens of minutes later, Blastoise surfaced and shook its head at Shigeru, indicating that it had not found Gyarados.

"Let's go take a look in the middle of the lake," Xiao Mao said.

The Lake of Wrath is vast, and this is only a part of it. Exploring the entire Lake of Wrath would take a very long time.

Although they didn't find Gyarados, Blastoise did find many Magikarp. It's said that the Magikarp in the Lake of Rage have good potential, since Magikarp released there are bound to be good potential in places where carp leap over the dragon gate.

Just as Blastoise swam to the center of the lake, the surface suddenly became agitated, and red figures darted out of the water. These red figures were Magikarp and Goldeen, Water-type Pokémon, from the Lake of Rage.

"what happened?"

Shigeru stared intently at the lake, instinctively recognizing that the red Gyarados was about to appear.

However, after waiting for more than ten seconds, not only did Gyarados not appear, but there was also no sign of it. Instead, a commotion came from the bushes behind Xiao Shi. Weedle, Caterpie, and Orbspider that were hiding in the trees all landed down from the trees, looking sickly.

"Gengar, are you feeling unwell?" Gary asked.

"Geng Ga?"

Gengar peeked out from Gary's shadow, but it didn't sense anything.

"It seems that evolutionary radio waves have no effect on Pokémon that have evolved to their final form," Gary thought to himself.

Shigeru observed the Pokémon in the forest behind him and found that they were all Pokémon that had not yet evolved to their final form. He could confirm that the evolutionary energy wave was only effective on Pokémon that had not completed their final evolution.

"Kami!" Suddenly, Blastoise in the middle of the lake shouted.

Xiao Mao immediately looked towards the center of the lake and saw a golden Magikarp leap out of the water, jumping five or six meters high. Its whole body radiated golden light, and its body grew rapidly, soon reaching a length of nearly 10 meters. When the light dissipated, a Shiny Gyarados appeared.

"Huh? It was already shiny!" Gary was a little confused when he saw the golden Magikarp suddenly leap out of the water and evolve.

Dr. Syranu in the story clearly stated that Magikarp wasn't actually shiny; it was due to evolutionary waves that Magikarp retained its original color after evolving.

But the red Gyarados in front of us is clearly an evolved form of Shiny Magikarp. It must be that Professor Syranu made a mistake. After all, Lake of Rage is so big that Professor Syranu certainly cannot monitor every Pokémon in the lake in real time.

Dr. Shiranu could only monitor the condition of the lake surface at most. In addition, after Magikarp evolved, its size changed drastically. He did not observe that Magikarp was originally a shiny color and mistakenly thought that something went wrong during the evolution process, which is why Gyarados retained Magikarp's original skin color.

【LV55 Gyarados♂/Champion】

"How can it be such a high level?!" Xiao Mao exclaimed in surprise.

If Magikarp doesn't evolve, its level limit is only between 1 and 25. Even in the game, the Shiny Gyarados in Lake of Rage is only level 30, but the Gyarados in front of us is level 55, which is very abnormal.

The appearance of Gyarados caused the Pokémon that had previously surfaced in the lake to instantly recover and scatter in all directions. After all, this Gyarados was too big; the Pokémon in the Lake of Rage were just babies in front of it.

"Roar!!"

After evolving into Gyarados, Gyarados was furious. It ignored the Pokémon that were running away and, when it saw Blastoise floating on the water, it immediately blasted a water cannon at Blastoise.

"Kami!" Upon seeing this, Blastoise also fired a water cannon from the cannon on its shell. The powerful water cannon dispersed Gyarados's water cannon and hit Gyarados. The huge impact pushed it ashore, right in front of Gary.

"It's huge, completely beyond the size of a normal Gyarados." Upon closer inspection, Shigeru discovered that this shiny Gyarados was much larger than a normal Gyarados.

"Roar!!"

Gyarados roared, gathering an orange ball of light in its mouth. An orange beam shot towards Blastoise, which dodged the Hyper Beam by diving into the water. Then, Blastoise burst out of the water, its entire body covered in a layer of water, and slammed into Gyarados's head, knocking it to the ground.

Having been attacked twice in a row, Gyarados was starting to feel the strain, and its anger subsided somewhat. It glanced at the lake and decided to flee.

"Blastoise, Mega Kick!" Gary commanded.

Blastoise leaped into the air and plummeted towards Gyarados's location, using gravity to deliver a powerful kick that struck Gyarados on the head.

Gyarados's eyes rolled back, its body tilted backward, and it fell to the ground, losing consciousness.

"Go, Poké Ball!" Gary threw out the Poké Ball.

boom!

The Poké Ball hits Gyarados, absorbing it into the Poké Ball.

Once the Poké Ball stopped shaking, a system notification sounded suddenly.

[Ding! Mission complete. Rewards have been sent to your inventory.]

The system's taming mission has finally been completed, and this wave of rewards includes quite a few good items.

Next, Gengar used Psychic to move the Poké Ball into Gary's hand.

Shigeru uses a Poké Ball to check the attributes of this shiny Gyarados.

【Pokémon: Gyarados♂ (Shiny)】