Not a trainer this time.

Chapter 433 The Fishing Master and Menas
Milililong held his head high and looked cutely at the human in front of him with his eyes open.

Naoki looked at the Poké Ball containing the Fish Pokémon next to him, thinking that such a docile Mililion shouldn't need to be put into the Poké Ball, right?
After thinking about it, he put the Mililong into a small bucket of water next to it.

"Just stay here obediently!"

With a splash, Mililon slipped into the bucket.

Naoki turned around and continued fishing. During this period, he looked back and found that it was really waiting obediently in the bucket.

Milililong only exposed half of his head from the water and looked outside.

Not to mention, Mililion looks quite cute like this.

Naoki smiled at it, then turned around and continued to concentrate on fishing.

The fishing tournament continues.

At this time, a huge splash of water suddenly sounded from a girl in a short skirt not far away.

Because what he caught this time was not a Chiroba at all, but a Pokémon with a pink body, a fat body, two curly ears and a cream-colored mouth.

But that doesn't mean there aren't any.

Naoki: "..."

With this weight, could it be that he was eating Roarba?

Soon, Naoki had the answer to this question in his mind.

"Good luck." Takeru Sato also saw the Slowpoke.

If that's the case, then he has to take it seriously.

He helped the Slowpoke free from the hook and placed it on the grass nearby.

Seeing this scene, people made sounds of regret.

Sato Takeru looked like a hermit, which made Naoki slightly stunned. He could see that the other party was really capable.

Soon, someone noticed the scene on his side.

Some Slowpoke will also float on the water with their companions in a daze, letting the current push them far away.

"Pity!"

Onlookers on the shore cheered and cheered for the girl named Minglan.

This is... Slowpoke? !
Naoki was confused.

Aren't you eating Rouba?

Thinking back to Chihouba who had just been caught by that girl, Naoki immediately took a stance to close the pole.

Naoki exerted strength in his arms and started to close the club sharply.

The surrounding fishermen all turned their heads to look, and saw a huge, fat catfish Pokémon jumping out of the water.

Several viewers watching the fishing competition for the first time were confused: "Is Slowpoke considered a fish Pokémon?"

What surprised him was that the fish that took the bait didn't struggle the whole time.

"It doesn't count in the conventional sense, but according to the rules of the fishing competition, whether the fish you catch is an ordinary fish or a Pokémon, it can be counted as one point! If the rarity is high, one can even be worth several times. Only!"

Circles of ripples are centered on the fishing line and ripple in all directions.

"Oh! This is really surprising. Player Naoki actually caught a Slowpoke!"

The float floating on the water moved and seemed to be very heavy. It looked like a big guy had taken the bait!

what happened? Don't Slowpoke live on the river bank?

Come fish!

Takeru Sato's eyes suddenly became sharp. He kept the rhythm and closed the rod. Soon, he caught an ordinary river fish.

As he finished speaking, the float floating on the water in front of him moved.

What kind of fish will it be this time?

This time it was not a rare fish Pokémon. Takeru Sato was not discouraged. He put the fish into the bucket and then sat on the small bench and continued fishing.

"Fishing is about patience and skill. Fishing without damaging the fishing rod is impossible to catch rare fish by blindly using brute force." Takeru Sato said calmly.

The Pokémon was currently biting the fishhook with its mouth, its eyes were dull, and a long pink tail was hanging downward.

Naoki couldn't help but be confused.

Because Chihouba is too reckless. Although it is not very bright, it is very strong.

But the strength of the Chihouba was too great, and it was simply not something she could contend with.

As far as he knew, Pokémon like Slowpoke usually lived a life of lying on the beach and rivers all day long. They were always in a daze and rarely went to the water.

Although Minglan struggled to close the fishing rod, she was finally able to break free from the fish. Not only that, she almost even dragged the fishing rod away.

"I wonder if Contestant Minglan can hold on and conquer that Chihouba! Come on! Contestant Minglan!"

"Oh my God! After Takeru Sato and Naoki, another person who caught a fish Pokémon is born!"

If you are not prepared, Chihouba may drag him into the water later when he struggles.

During the whole process, Slowpoke showed no reaction, its eyes were dull, and it looked stupid.

In the end, it simply stayed beside Naoki and started to stay still.

Is this Slowpoke?
Sure enough, he lives up to his name...

Shaking his head, Naoki continued to throw out the fishing rod and started to catch the next fish.

As time passed by, other anglers gradually caught a lot of fish.

There are regular river fish and some fish Pokémon.

Like the common carp and ugly fish in the river.

Although there were some people who were lucky enough to catch Chihouba, they were all run away by it.

Soon, only ten minutes were left in three hours.

During this period, both Takeru Sato and Naoki caught a lot of fish and Pokémon.

The organizer of the fishing competition took a look at the time, and then informed everyone: "Attention, contestants! There are still ten minutes until the end of the fishing competition!"

Ten minutes? Naoki calculated in his mind that he could probably catch the last fish.

At this moment, there was movement from Takeru Sato's side.

Fierce whirlpools appeared on the water, as if something huge was struggling crazily.

Big stuff is coming!

Takeru Sato felt the power coming from the fishing rod, and his expression suddenly became serious.

His arms used force to stabilize the fishing rod and prevent the fish from breaking away.

At the same time, he started to close the pole continuously. When the distance was almost the same, Sato Ken pushed hard.

The next second, a huge Chihouba jumped out of the lake.

Its figure covered the sky and sun, shrouding Takeru Sato in shadow.

"It's Chihouba again!" The onlookers opened their eyes wide.

"This is already the eighth player to catch Chihouba today! Unfortunately, all the previous ones failed. I don't know if Mr. Sato Takeru can succeed."

"His chances are very high. After all, Mr. Takeru Sato once conquered a wild Gyarados!"

Amid people's discussion, Takeru Sato's expression was tense.

Obviously, he did not dare to neglect this extremely powerful Chihouba at all.

Chihouba finally landed on the land by the river. It looked around angrily, opened its mouth, and used a water gun attack directly at the instigator.

The water flow condenses into water columns and shoots out at extremely fast speeds.

Fortunately, Takeru Sato had anticipated it in advance and quickly ducked sideways.

Taking advantage of the gap between Chihouba's attacks, Takeru Sato stepped forward, climbed up to Chihouba's back, reached out and grabbed the two long catfish tentacles, and suppressed them under him.

The catfish must be restrained by others, and Chihouba was stimulated, and began to flap wildly in place.

But since the shore is not in the water, Chihouba, who has a natural disadvantage, cannot display his full strength at all.

Chihouba struggled, but Takeru Sato restrained him.

One person and one Pokémon immediately fell into a stalemate.

The next thing to compete is the endurance of both sides, until they see who can't hold on first.

Naoki was stunned by this scene.

Is this how fishing is done? Why are you still fighting with the fish?
But then again, the physiques of these humans in the Pokémon world are so strong!

As time passed by, Chiroba's struggle gradually became smaller and smaller, until finally, the poor Pokémon lay weakly on the grass, panting there.

It has finally conquered this human being...

Seeing this scene, Takeru Sato knew that he had succeeded.

He breathed a sigh of relief, then took out a new Poké Ball and took the Chiroba in.

Perhaps because Chihouba had run out of energy, the elf ball only shook a few times and then stopped.

"Clap clap clap!"

The nervous onlookers on the shore applauded.

"As expected of Mr. Takeru Sato!"

"It's amazing! He actually subdued Chihou Ba!"

Naoki also admired the other person very much. If he was asked to climb on the back of the Pokémon to subdue the Pokémon like that, he would not be able to do it.

There is still more than a minute left before the end of the competition time. In such a short time, it is not necessarily possible to catch fish.

In addition, someone had already caught a Chihouba, and the others felt that they had no chance of winning, so they put away their fishing rods in advance and prepared to wait for the evaluation later.

Zhi Shu was also ready to put away his fishing rod like everyone else, but at this moment, the float floating on the water suddenly shook again.

This means that another fish has taken the bait!
Naoki was stunned for a moment, but his hands made subconscious movements.

Along with the sound of splashing, a slender figure jumped out from the lake.

Water droplets all over the sky splashed from it. Under the refraction of the sun, those water droplets emitted a beautiful brilliance like a rainbow.

The incident here immediately attracted the attention of everyone around.

When people saw the caught figure clearly, everyone immediately sat up in shock, raised their heads, their faces were full of shock, and they looked at the Pokémon with incredible eyes.

It was a slender Pokémon with a cream-colored body, eyes like dreamy rubies, and a body covered in blue and pink scales.

Its appearance is extremely beautiful, its scales shine in the sun, and its streamlined and slender body looks so beautiful.

"Woo~"

With a melodious cry, the Pokémon broke free from the hook and fell into the lake again.

"Meinas..." Takeru Sato shouted out the name of the Pokémon blankly.

For every fisherman, Pokémon like Menus are a dreamlike existence.

Because they are so rare.

"Naoki, quickly conquer it!" Takeru Sato reminded loudly.

Naoki, who was shocked by Menas, came back to his senses.

Conquer? How to conquer it?

Wouldn't he need to climb on Menus' body to suppress it?
do not care! Just throw the ball away!
Naoki gritted his teeth and threw the elf ball in his hand hard.

The next second, the elf ball hit Menas, and Menas' body turned into a stream of red light and was taken into the elf ball.

"Buzz-buzz!" The elf ball that landed on the lake began to shake.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Everyone held their breath and watched this scene nervously.

Naoki didn't have high hopes for conquering Menas with one goal.

Because this is impossible no matter how you think about it, he is not a one-goal superman, and he and Menas have no relationship, and they are still in a state of not knowing each other.

Menas will definitely break free from the elf ball, then turn around and swim away, disappearing above the lake.

Naoki thought to himself,

However, at this moment, the elf ball floating on the water suddenly stopped.

Seeing that scene, the onlookers immediately let out a cry of surprise.

"Yes! Conquered successfully!"

"Mr. Naoki is so awesome! He can actually catch a rare Pokémon like Menus!"

Sato Kenya breathed a sigh of relief.

Compared to that Minas, the Chihou Ba and Light Cod he caught were still slightly inferior.

It seems that the champion of this fishing competition has come out.

But this time, he was convinced to lose!
And Zhi Shu felt his brain roaring. The caught Menas actually recognized him? !
what happened?

The Poke Ball containing Menas was washed to the shore by the water of Cauldron Lake. Naoki stepped forward in confusion and picked it up.

Pressing the button on the elf ball, with a flash of white light, the Menas just appeared in front of everyone again.

It didn't turn around and run away, but looked over with gentle eyes.

Three exclamation marks suddenly appeared above Naoki's head.

Could it be that the Poké Ball has a brainwashing function? !

"Menas?" he tried to call.

Menas looked at the human in front of him with a hint of curiosity in his eyes.

He has a very strong natural aura on his body!

Menas, who was born in nature, was born with an affinity for this scent.

Those chosen by nature will not be bad people!

Naoki didn't have Translator Guazisu on him now, so he couldn't communicate with Menas yet. But seeing that it didn't seem to be leaving, he turned around and prepared to take the Pokémon he caught today for the final evaluation.

The other fishermen around looked at the Menas with envious expressions in their eyes.

"It seems that everyone has gained a lot today!" Mayor Thomas walked forward with a smile: "Then let me see what kind of fish you have caught."

The final result of the fishing competition is based on points.

There are many subdivisions on this. For example, ordinary fish are worth one point, while fish Pokémon are worth two points.

If you catch a rare type of Fish Pokémon, your score will be even higher.

The sum of these scores is the final score of these contestants.

Mayor Thomas and the judges began to inspect the fish caught by the contestants one by one.

Before it was his turn, Naoki lowered his head and looked at what he had gained today.

Three Mililisaurus, two Snapper Turtles, a Slowpoke, a bunch of Bass and Shrimp, and a Menas.

These should add up to a lot of points, right?
Naoki turned his head and looked at Takeru Sato, who was not far away.

He also caught a lot of fish.

They are four light cods, five carp kings, one eating roarer, and a bunch of ordinary river fish.

"Player Takeru Sato, the final score is 42 points!" Mayor Thomas checked his fish Pokémon and then announced.

Compared to others, this score is already very high.

Recalling the way Takeru Sato conquered Pokémon with his body just now, Naoki felt sincere admiration.

He is truly a true fishing master!

At this time, Mayor Thomas came to Naoki.

After some careful inspection, he advertised the final result with a smile:
"Player Naoki, the final score is 52 points! Speaking of which, this is the first time someone has caught a Pokémon like Menus!"

52 points, a full ten points ahead of Takeru Sato.

As expected, Naoki won the championship in this fishing competition and received the championship medal issued by the Fishing Association.

After it was over, Takeru Sato walked up to Naoki.

"I am convinced that I have lost." Takeru Sato felt sincere admiration.

Naoki: "..."

"No." He shook his head: "I just have better luck."

Combining the Power of the Dragon with Padilla Paella, he opened too many tricks compared to other players.

Takeru Sato is the truly powerful fishing master.

After hearing those words, Takeru Sato shook his head with a smile and said: "Sometimes, luck is also a part of strength. I am very happy to compete with you in today's fishing competition. If there is a chance in the future, let us go to the vast sea. Go fishing!”

Compared to terrestrial lakes, there are a larger number of fish Pokémon inhabiting the boundless sea.

For anglers, it is the best fishing place in the world.

Naoki: "..."

If he went fishing at sea, he was worried that he would catch the little Kyogre that Water Lotus caught later.

After all, he had seen the effects of Padiya paella with his own eyes.

But Naoki still responded: "Okay."

Only then did Takeru Sato smile with satisfaction: "Then, let's conquer the fish Pokémon in the sea together!"

The fishing competition ended. In order not to damage the ecological environment of Cauldron Lake, some fishermen chose to release the Pokémon they caught.

And Naoki also turned his attention to the Pokémon he caught.

Three Mililiosaurs lined up in a row and poked their heads out from the side of the barrel, two Snapper Turtles were holding on to the beam of the barrel and refused to let go, and the Slowpoke was still lying there in a daze.

Menas, on the other hand, stood on the grass and looked over.

Naoki smiled and said, "Thank you for today. Thanks to your willingness to take the bait, I was able to win the fishing competition. Now the competition is over. If you want to go back, you can go back!"

Saying that, Naoki placed the keg by the river.

The two biting turtles were forced to open their mouths. They looked left and right, then swam into the lake and disappeared.

The three Mililiosaurs stayed in the keg and jumped around, while Slowpoke was still in a daze.

It seems that these Pokémon are not planning to leave.

In this case, he would just take them back to live on the World Tree.

Thinking of this, Naoki looked at Menas again.

He took out the Rotom phone from his pocket and asked the Rotom inside to help translate.

"Menas, are you going to follow me too?"

"Oh~" Menas nodded slightly.

Now Naoki was even more surprised.

He wondered: "Why did you choose me?"

Menas: "Wow~"

Rotom helped translate: "Menus said [because you have a good smell] Lotto!"

Um? What is the taste?
Naoki quickly lowered his head and smelled himself, but he didn't smell anything.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

Menas described it with some embarrassment: "Woo..." (It's a bit like the wind, and a bit like green leaves, woo, I don't know how to say it...)
Naoki was a little confused.

But soon, a bold guess popped up in his mind.

Could it be that what Menas felt was the breath of the World Tree?
In addition, he had eaten dishes made from the leaves of the World Tree before... So, could this Menas be taken over by him on his own initiative for this reason?

Is the World Tree so attractive to ordinary Pokémon?

Naoki really didn't expect this situation.

He recalled the reactions of Lightning Bird and King Lei Guan when they saw the World Tree, and he had the answer in his heart.

It seems that the natural environment in the world tree is very popular with Pokémon.

After thinking for a moment, Naoki asked again: "Then do you want to go back with me?"

Menas nodded happily.

The fishing competition has ended and people are leaving.

Naoki put Menus into the elf ball, then picked up Slowpoke, picked up the small bucket containing Mililion, and returned to the ranch.

As soon as he landed, he went directly to the World Tree and came to the lake on the top floor.

"Come out! Menas!"

White light flashed, and Menas' figure fell into the lake.

Feeling the stronger natural atmosphere around him, Menas was full of surprise.

Then, Naoki released the three Mililiosaurus and the Slowpoke.

Menas has a gentle personality and does not like fighting.

Mililion is weak and rarely provokes other Pokémon.

As the name suggests, the Slow Orcs spend all day and night on the shore in a daze, thinking about life.

Even if these Pokémon live here, they will not conflict with other Pokémon. It should be easy for them to become friends with the Heroes Expedition.

Not only that, Menas and Mililon can also help water the crops on the World Tree side.

"This is the inside of the World Tree." Naoki introduced to the Pokémon in front of him: "I plan to build an expedition guild here where all Pokémon can live in harmony and help each other. You are welcome to join. !”

The Mililiosaurs poked their heads out of the water, and Menas blinked.

They seemed very curious about this so-called expedition guild.

Naoki smiled, then called Oliva and said to him: "Oliva, these Pokémon are new companions who have joined us. Next, I ask you to introduce this place to them."

Oliva readily agreed.

Because there were still things to do in the ranch, Naoki left here first.

After Naoki left, Oliva introduced the situation on the World Tree to these new companions in a gentle tone.

Including the Hero Expedition Team, the Expedition Guild, the Pokémon Restaurant, as well as Pokémon Orchards and Farmland.

After a while, the wooden guards were also attracted.

They looked at these new companions curiously.

Oliva continued to introduce: "Lee~Lee!" (After this place is built, everyone will live happily in this place~ Wood geckos want to work as waiters in the cafe, if you have a job you are interested in , you can also help!)
The Mililongs bounced on the spot with excitement on their faces.

They said: "Mi!" (We want to be the manager of a sushi restaurant!)
Menas's eyes flickered. For someone who doesn't like fighting, this place is great!
"Ugh!" (Then let me help water the water!) Menas said.

Oliva nodded lightly and said in a gentle tone: "Lee~" (From now on, we are all companions, please take care of me~)

As for Slowpoke, it was still lying on the shore in a daze.
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Comes with a dreamy secret base.

(End of this chapter)