Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

Chapter 141 The Lighthouse

"Anzai".

Gangjie eagerly nudged Lu An's arm.

Fishing competitions are not just about the weight of the fish caught. If the fish caught is rarer than the fish caught by other contestants, it will give you extra points.

Therefore, even though the lanternfish in front of him weighs only about the same as a regular Magikarp, Gosuke still wants to catch it first.

After all, even if you don't consider capturing it yourself, you still have to consider preventing other contestants around you from capturing it.

On Gangjie's fishing boat, the only one with Pokémon battle capabilities is Lu An.

Thinking about this, Lu An couldn't help but want to complain:

Neither of you has a Pokémon you can battle with, so what kind of Pokémon fishing competition are you participating in?

But what could he do about his roommate? He could only spoil him. Lu An sighed.

"Go, Swampert."

"Ratchet."

In the lake, the lanternfish, which had already assumed a fighting stance, showed no intention of waiting for the Swampert to prepare. A series of crackling sounds rang out.

"Discharge".

The lanternfish emitted dazzling electric light, and the powerful current flowed directly into the lake towards the swamp monster.

As it unleashed its powerful electric shock, the lanternfish also let out a faint cry of pain:

"Mimi".

As a Water/Electric type Pokémon, it is more resistant to electricity than ordinary Water-type Pokémon, but if it releases a powerful current, it can sometimes even hurt itself.

However, when this electric current, which had paralyzed even itself for a moment, traveled along the lake water to the Swampert,

Swamp Monster merely narrowed its eyes slightly, concealing the dazzling lightning, without moving its entire body.

"Lachi~"

It feels tingly and numb, like a massage; it's quite nice.

Swampert is a Water/Ground type Pokémon. Even if it's not on the ground right now, Electric-type attacks, which are extremely effective against other Water-type Pokémon, still have negligible effect on it.

If it were a regular Pokémon, it would probably have already realized the difference between itself and Swampert by now and turned to run away.

But the lanternfish stared intently at the swamp monster, and an even stronger current began to flow through its body.

Lu An narrowed his eyes, just like the Swamp Monster, feeling something was off.

Wild lanternfish, being relatively small and weak, typically cannot master powerful techniques like "electric discharge."

This will put a certain burden on it.

This move is usually learned by Lanternfish after it evolves into Lanternfish.

However, this lanternfish not only used "electric discharge," but it also seems to have an even more powerful move in the works.

If Lanternfish were to use this move, regardless of how minor the damage it might inflict on Swampert, it would certainly suffer greatly, and might even knock itself unconscious.

Lu An decided to stop its near-self-harming behavior:

"Swamp Monster, Frozen Wind."

"Ratchet."

A biting gust of cold wind suddenly appeared, freezing the lanternfish, along with the water, solid as it was about to unleash an electric-type move.

In just a few moves, an lanternfish was "captured".

Gangjie clicked his tongue in admiration:

"Lu An, are all Frozen Wind spells this effective?"

Lu An shrugged:

"It's just that the lake is more likely to freeze over, and the lanternfish don't resist."

Gangjie rowed the fishing boat next to the lanternfish frozen into ice blocks, and gently tapped the ice blocks still floating on the surface twice:

"But you've frozen it into ice cubes, so how can it still be considered that we caught it?"

"That's easy, just break the ice and subdue it, right?"

Lu An gave the Swamp Monster a wink, and the Swamp Monster immediately understood.

"Ratchet."

Just as Swampert was about to smash the lanternfish ice block, whose eyes had rolled back in its head, the ice block suddenly changed.

It was surrounded by dazzling light.

This light is different from the blinding electric light produced when the lanternfish uses "electrocution"; its light is soft enough to be looked at directly.

Lu An blurted out:

"evolution?!"

Yes, the lanternfish that was frozen solid by Swampert's freezing wind evolved inside the ice.

This evolution didn't last long; it only lasted for a moment before the light of evolution disappeared.

The ice blocks that were originally in the light also disappeared without a trace, leaving only a water monster-type Pokémon that was twice the size of the lanternfish from before.

"Laha!"

The moment the Lanternfish, which evolved from the Lanternfish, revealed itself, it unleashed a terrifying electric attack on everyone around it.

Not only Lu An's fishing boat, but the entire crowd watching was attacked by the electric light monster.

"what!"

"You despicable beast, how dare you shock me!"

"I'll teach you a lesson!"

Just as everyone was about to swarm the Lightbulb Monster:

"Swamp Monster, Frozen Wind!"

This time, however, the Frozen Wind's target was not the Lantern Monster, but the surrounding lake surface.

Swampert's "Frozen Wind" easily froze the surrounding lake surface, separating the Landan fishing boat and the Lighthouse from the other people's fishing boats.

Lu An coldly swept his gaze across the crowd:

"Everyone, Lantern is a wild Pokémon, and it is difficult to tame. During the battle, it may accidentally release electricity to attack the surrounding area. If you don't want to get hurt in this battle, it's better to retreat early and fish for other Pokémon."

Under Lu An's subtle persuasion, many fishermen who pretended to be angry but actually wanted to subdue the electric light monster left in a huff, leaving only two or three fishing boats still lingering around, unwilling to leave.

Seeing this, Lu An ignored them and turned his gaze to the angry-looking Lightbulb Monster.

Although this lamplight monster was strange in every way, the current situation left Lu An no time to think about it anymore.

The fishing competition is halfway through, but they haven't caught a single decent fish.

Even if the Lightbulb Monster is strange, it is still mostly found in the deep sea and is a rare fish. If you can capture it, it will be comparable to two or three Magikarp of the same weight.

Therefore, Lu An did not hesitate:

"Swamp Monster, press down, use Brick Break."

"Ratchet."

Seeing Swampert's thick arm, as thick as a pillar of white jade, coming towards him, Lantern Monster mustered all its strength and unleashed a powerful water gun attack.

"Laha!"

However, what use is a mere wild electric lamp monster even if it uses a fully powered "water gun"?

Swampert's hand remained as unshakable as the collapsing Buzhou Mountain, slowly and heavily slamming down on Lanternfish.

"Laha!"

The Lightbulb let out a cry of pain and was immediately slammed into the lake by Swampert's "Brick Break," creating towering waves on the surface.

A lot of lake water poured over Gosuke and Imai, soaking their clothes.

A few seconds later, the Lantern, with its white eyes, floated out of the lake again and was then easily captured by Gosuke and put into his Poké Ball.

"First big fish, get daze☆!"