"Manaphy, once you're in the sea, remember to take good care of yourself."
With their parting imminent, Adrian had a thousand words in his heart, but in the end, they condensed into a simple concern.
However, thinking of Manaphy as the "Prince of the Sea," who would receive care from many pokémon in the ocean, Adrian felt that his words were somewhat redundant.
And the Mantyke and Mantine in front of him should be the companions accompanying and protecting Manaphy on its journey.
"Mana~"
Manaphy's face also showed reluctance to part, both with Adrian and with Pichu and Gyarados.
"Moo~"
But at this moment, a Mantine flew out from the school of fish. It saw Adrian and couldn't help but recall the memories from two days ago.
So, it approached Adrian and opened its mouth.
"Huh?"
Adrian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly reacted: "You're that Mantine from the day before yesterday?"
Adrian remembered that when he previously fished for Mantine, that fellow had also come forward to ask for more bait to snack on.
Now that he thought about it, wasn't it this very one?
"You glutton, you really are."
Adrian's face showed helplessness, but he still opened the bait box and took out a lump of bait, putting it into Mantine's mouth.
"Moo~"
Having eaten the delicious bait, that Mantine left contentedly.
Seeing this, the other Mantine and Mantyke also came forward to ask for bait, directly surrounding Adrian.
"Everyone, everyone! I still have a lot of bait here, don't fight over it!"
Adrian quickly closed and locked the bait box. With Manaphy present, the Mantyke and Mantine didn't dare to act recklessly and could only line up obediently, waiting for Adrian to open the box and distribute food.
Seeing this, Adrian quickly took out his fishing gear and hooked the bait.
It was distributing food either way, but if he could also catch a wave of pokémon while distributing food, it would be a definite win-win.
"Moo~"
The number of these Mantine and Mantyke was not large, only about a dozen in total.
Therefore, in just two or three minutes, all the pokémon had eaten Adrian's bait and returned satisfied.
And Adrian also reaped a large number of cheat ability rewards.
[Fished Mantine, rewarded 1 Bounce TM.]
[Fished Mantine, rewarded 1 Hurricane TM.]
[Fished Mantyke, rewarded 1 energy cube.]
[First time fishing Mantyke, extra reward of 1 Wide Guard TM.]
"An unexpected surprise!"
Looking at the continuously appearing rewards, Adrian couldn't help but be stunned.
Especially the Hurricane TM, this was what Gyarados currently lacked the most.
As long as the proficiency of the Hurricane skill could go up, Adrian believed that Gyarados's flying ability would not be inferior to other Flying-type pokémon.
As for Wide Guard, this skill is quite effective; it can Protect our side from an enemy's all-out attack.
The only pity is that neither Gyarados nor Pichu should be able to learn this move.
Therefore, Wide Guard can only be left to gather dust in the fishing space for now.
Seeing that he had fished all the fish, Adrian was about to put away his fishing gear.
Just then, Adrian suddenly smelled a hint of jealousy.
Turning his head, he saw Manaphy, imitating little Pichu, standing with its hands on its hips, calling out indignantly: "Mana Mana"
Adrian, what do you mean by this?
You have delicious food, and you didn't take it out earlier!
Now you're giving it to Mantine and Mantyke, but not to me?
"Ah???"
Adrian was stunned.
Out of respect for Manaphy, the Mythical pokémon, Adrian had long abandoned the idea of luring Manaphy to Bite the hook.
He didn't expect that now, Manaphy would strongly express its desire to Bite the hook?
And looking at its expression, if he really didn't let it Bite, it would probably be the kind that couldn't be appeased.
"Then—how about you take a Bite!"
Left with no choice, Adrian could only re-bait his hook and present it to Manaphy's mouth.
"Mana~"
Seeing this, Manaphy's tears turned to laughter, and it bit the bait, then carefully savored it.
[Fished Manaphy, rewarded 1 Heart Swap TM.]
[First time fishing Manaphy, extra reward of 1 Prince of the Sea's Authority.]
The cheat ability's prompt appeared, followed immediately by Manaphy's attribute panel.
[pokémon: Manaphy]
[Attribute: Water]
[Ability: Hydration (Abnormal status is healed during rainy weather)]
[Skills: Heart Swap, Heart Swap, Tail Glow, Rain Dance, Aqua Ring, Hydro Pump, Charm, Dazzling Gleam————]
"Heart Swap? Isn't that Manaphy and Phione's exclusive move? How did this come out?"
Looking at the reward, Adrian was both surprised and delighted.
An exclusive move means that only specific pokémon can master it.
As for the extra reward, Prince of the Sea's Authority, Adrian had never even heard of it.
However, Adrian vaguely had a feeling that this reward would not be simple.
After all, this was a reward obtained by fishing for a Mythical pokémon.
But before Adrian could investigate carefully, Manaphy, who had swallowed the bait, suddenly leaped up, wrapped its arms around Adrian's neck, and gave him a deep hug.
"Adrian! Goodbye!"
Manaphy uttered two words.
"Manaphy?"
Adrian was stunned for a moment, then suddenly remembered that Manaphy in the movie seemed to be able to speak, even calling out May's name.
Thinking of this, Adrian was no longer surprised, but his heart was still moved.
After all, ordinary people would not be enough to make Manaphy speak.
And while Adrian was momentarily lost in thought, Manaphy had already turned its head and jumped onto Mantine's back, waving vigorously in farewell: "Mana Mana"
"Awoo~"
"Pi Pichu"
Gyarados and Pichu quickly responded, clearly reluctant to part.
Adrian also waved his hand: "Manaphy, take care!!!"
"Moo~"
Mantine's cries sounded, and the school of fish began to fall back into the sea, carrying Manaphy and dashing across the surface of the sea at a swift speed.
They occasionally leaped out of the sea, taking off from the waves, then gliding for over a hundred meters before falling back into the sea.
In just a few leaps, Mantine and Manaphy disappeared from Adrian's sight, leaving only the afterglow of the setting sun continuously shimmering and sparkling on the horizon.
"Manaphy!"
Adrian murmured softly, feeling as if everything was a dream.
He actually fished for the Mythical pokémon Manaphy?
Although it felt incredible, the existence of rewards in the fishing space told Adrian that everything was real.
And when Adrian immersed his consciousness into the fishing space and carefully checked the newly acquired rewards, their descriptions immediately appeared.
[Heart Swap: Psychic-type move. Gathers momentum, heals its own abnormal status, and increases its special attack and special defense by 50%.]