"What heavy fog."
The yacht's engine kept roaring, and the icy ocean behind it spread like a spider web. The yacht kept moving at high speed through the fog, fleeing from the frozen sea behind it.
The farther they traveled, the thicker the fog became. They couldn't see their hands in front of their faces. They could only faintly hear the whistling of the cold wind and feel the frost blowing against their faces.
However, no matter how fast the yacht accelerated, the fog was like a thick maze that couldn't be broken through.
"It seems like we can't get out." Looking at the increasingly thick fog around them, Old Chen's face was grim. He looked back at the frozen sea, and his mood grew heavier. "We need to find a way."
"Wait a moment—maybe the fog will dissipate after a while," Odin's face was also troubled, but he remained calm and said to everyone.
He hadn't expected such an accident to happen today.
"I hope so," Old Chen said with a hint of pessimism. "This is the first time I've encountered such a situation in all these years."
"With such thick fog and such cold weather, could we have run into Regice or Kyurem?" Although he was feeling anxious, Odin still made a joke to ease the tension among everyone present.
"Odin, please shut up. If it was Kyurem, do you think we'd have any chance of survival?"
"What if? Maybe Kyurem is in a good mood today and will let us go."
...
Jacob, sitting on the sofa inside the yacht, had no intention of listening to the bickering between The Captain and Odin.
He was holding Charizard, staring at the flame on its tail in a daze. Just earlier at the bottom of the ocean, both he and Odin had been extremely cold. At this moment, he only felt his forehead was a bit hot and his head was slightly dizzy.
It was obvious that he had caught a cold after being in the sea for so long, and his body temperature was rising rapidly.
This also made Jacob's reactions slower. He looked at the white fog and the frozen sea behind them, thinking about his next move.
He was debating whether to find a way to escape or turn around and fight the Gigantamax Lapras.
First of all, Jacob himself didn't know how to escape from the secret rift.
He only knew that if he defeated the Gigantamax Lapras in the secret rift, the rift would disappear and they would naturally return to the real world.
But what worried Jacob now was that with their current team configuration, they might not be able to defeat this Gigantamax Lapras.
The ocean itself was Lapras's home turf. Even with Jacob's strength and Darkrai who had just joined the team, even if he could defeat Lapras, if Lapras wanted to escape, he really had no way to stop it.
"Jacob, what are you thinking about?" Nina's voice sounded. She noticed that Jacob had been sitting on the sofa since coming aboard, without saying a word.
"Nothing," Jacob lowered his head and replied. "I'm thinking about how to get out."
"This is the nth time we've encountered danger," Nina's mentality was very good. In the world of Pokémon, there were always bizarre events, and she had gotten used to them over time.
Perhaps seeing Jacob was a little depressed, Nina even took the initiative to make a joke and whispered to Jacob, "The Shiny Aegislash counts as one, and the Dream Secret Realm counts as one. This is the third time."
Listening to Nina's words, Jacob also realized that when he was with Nina, accidents seemed to always happen.
However, this accident had happened because Jacob carried the Wishing Star with him. If he didn't carry the Wishing Star, he wouldn't be able to activate the secret rift.
"Third time's the charm—this has to be the last time," Jacob also responded with a smile. "Besides, haven't we always been able to escape danger? This time will be no different."
...
As the two were talking, suddenly a ray of sunlight broke through the fog and shone onto the boat.
This ray of sunshine also brought hope to everyone, and The Captain drove the yacht toward the direction of the sunlight at an accelerated pace.
Soon the fog dissipated and the weather became hot again. The blue sea and the cloudless sky made everyone feel as if they were dreaming.
It was clear that they had no way to escape from the thick fog just moments ago, but now they had escaped from the fog in an instant.
There was something odd about it all.
When everyone looked back, they only saw the sparkling sea. The biting cold and the spreading frozen ocean had disappeared. Even now, everyone still felt a lingering fear.
"We're out," The Captain said. Although they had escaped from the fog, his face wasn't looking very good. Today's events had been far too strange.
"Yeah," Odin beside him finally smiled. He didn't want to experience that biting cold again. "I said to wait a little longer, and now we're out."
"The sun, the sea, the sea breeze—it's wonderful."
Everyone who had survived the ordeal breathed a sigh of relief, and smiles appeared on their faces.
"Let's go back."
"Alright."
"By the way, report what happened today to the Pokémon Association. I have a bad feeling about this."
...
After returning to shore, Jacob and Nina had no intention of continuing their trip and went straight back to the hotel to rest.
In the next few days, Jacob wasn't in good spirits due to the frostbite. He wandered around the city and stayed at the hotel for several days. Every day he took pictures, looked at the scenery, took baths, and basked in the sun.
As for the Lapras in the secret rift, Jacob wasn't in a hurry to capture it.
Because in order to enter the secret rift, one must carry the item Wishing Star. Given the rarity of the Wishing Star, it was almost impossible for others to enter the secret rift. Jacob also had plenty of time to prepare a plan to capture Lapras.
First of all, if he wanted to battle in the sea, he needed to prepare a powerful Water-type Pokémon.
The Cetitan that Jacob had just captured was quite powerful, but its potential was a bit lacking—it could barely be used.
Secondly, Iron Valiant and Darkrai needed to further enhance their strength.
Finally, he had to find a way to solve the problem of Lapras escaping.
Only by solving these three problems would Jacob have a chance to capture this Lapras that had not yet appeared.
...
After finishing his seven-day trip, Jacob sent Nina back to the capital. Then he went to the Pokémon Association's treasury, selected an S-rank Dragon-type item, and completed another prerequisite task for the Mind Dew.
Mission: [Water City Siblings]
Prerequisite 1: Collect S-rank Psychic Items (1/1), completed.
Prerequisite 2: Collect S-rank Dragon-type items (1/1), completed.
Prerequisite 4: At least reach the Quasi-King level (completed)
Prerequisite 3: Find the specific location of the Alto Mare Secret Realm (0/1), not completed.
...
Up to now, the Water City siblings quest only had one prerequisite task remaining, which was also the most difficult one.
It wasn't easy to find the secret Water City in this vast world.
Putting this task aside temporarily, Jacob was about to go out the next day when he was stopped by Layne who came early in the morning.
Looking at Layne, Jacob couldn't help but become nervous, and he couldn't help but think of Raya.
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