After successfully capturing the special Magikarp, Aiden Flint used his psychic power to retrieve the Luxury Ball into his hand.
Then he threw it once more!
Very quickly, the golden Magikarp appeared above the sea.
Looking at this unique Shiny Pokémon, Aiden felt extremely satisfied.
His current journey around the world was all about collecting every kind of special Pokémon he could find!
Under normal circumstances, a golden Magikarp should evolve into a red Gyarados.
The only question was whether his Magikarp would also become a red Gyarados after evolving.
As the king of the Magikarp race, this little fellow was destined to complete its evolution!
In other words, even if the golden Magikarp wasn't in the waters surrounding Sweet Orange Island, it would still eventually evolve.
However, out of curiosity, Aiden asked the Magikarp,
"Magikarp, there are countless Magikarp living in these waters."
"Can you sense whether there are any other special Magikarp like yourself in this sea?"
Shiny Pokémon were generally one-in-ten-thousand existences.
Sometimes even one-in-a-million.
Yet the waters around Sweet Orange Island were practically occupied entirely by Magikarp.
The locals claimed there were hundreds of thousands of Magikarp here, but as time passed, that number was still increasing!
Therefore, Aiden wanted to use the kingly nature of this golden Magikarp to determine whether there were any other special Magikarp hidden within the population.
Whether it was because of their size...
Or perhaps their coloration...
Anything unique would do!
In fact, once these Magikarp completed their evolution, Aiden planned to capture some especially powerful Gyarados and place them inside his system space, creating an entire Magikarp and Gyarados clan of his own!
Since there were already so many Magikarp in front of him, naturally he wanted to pick only the very best among them!
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Of course, anyone with trypophobia should probably stay far away from Sweet Orange Island.
Because as time continued to pass, the number of Magikarp gathered in these waters had already exceeded one million!
The sight was absolutely terrifying.
At a glance, all one could see was an endless sea of densely packed red fish swimming everywhere!
They were all waiting for nightfall.
Waiting for this special moment.
Waiting to use the unique environment of this region to evolve into a powerful Pokémon—
Gyarados!
Gradually, as night descended, a seven-colored radiance appeared in the sky and began shining down upon the sea.
The next moment, countless Magikarp began leaping forward!
Accompanied by endless splashes, the Magikarp that successfully passed through the seven-colored light immediately began glowing with silver radiance.
Slowly, their bodies started growing larger!
Then, one roar after another echoed throughout the sea!
These were the excited roars of newly evolved Gyarados!
Generally speaking, among every batch of Magikarp attempting the leap, approximately half successfully evolved into Gyarados.
It seemed the legends of Sweet Orange Island were not exaggerated at all!
At that moment, Aiden's golden Magikarp also used Bounce, soaring high into the sky!
It leaped higher than all the others and crossed the highest point of the rainbow-colored light.
Immediately afterward, silver radiance enveloped its entire body!
Then, while suspended in the air, Magikarp's body began expanding!
It continued growing...
And growing...
Until it reached nearly twenty meters in length!
A gigantic Gyarados radiating golden-orange light appeared before everyone!
Its coloration was completely different from the ordinary blue-and-white Gyarados!
An ordinary Gyarados was usually only seven or eight meters long.
But Aiden's golden Gyarados possessed a massive body exceeding twenty meters!
The Gyarados that had evolved alongside it looked like children standing beside an adult!
"ROOOAAARRR!"
As the golden Gyarados released a thunderous roar, all the surrounding Gyarados were shaken back by the overwhelming dragon cry and instinctively retreated!
A huge area of sea was instantly cleared around it!
At this moment—
It was the king among Gyarados!
"Ding! Current attributes of Gyarados are as follows:"
Pokémon: Golden Gyarados (Special)
Divinity: None
Level: 25
Ability: Moxie
Type: Water, Flying
Potential: Red
Bond Evolution: Not Unlocked
Mega Evolution: Can Be Unlocked
Moves: Water Cannon, Bounce, Blizzard, Crunch, Aqua Tail, Hyper Beam, Dragon Rage, Dragon Tail, Twister...
Friendship: 70
Background: A Shiny Magikarp that lived in the waters surrounding Sweet Orange Island. Possessing an exceptionally powerful body and extraordinary intelligence, it evolved through the unique geographical environment of Sweet Orange Island and became the king of the Gyarados race. It possesses the ability to command ordinary Gyarados.
Hobby: Becoming stronger
Looking at the gigantic golden Gyarados radiating golden light, Aiden couldn't help but sigh in admiration!
After evolving, this Magikarp had actually gained the ability to command ordinary Gyarados.
It felt like playing a game and suddenly becoming the leader of an entire faction!
With things now like this, capturing Gyarados would become incredibly easy for Aiden!
All it would take was a single command from his golden Gyarados, and large numbers of ordinary Gyarados would willingly gather under him.
An entire clan could be formed just like that!
However, since there were currently countless Gyarados here, Aiden naturally hoped to recruit only the strongest among them!
Using the system's scan function, he decided that only Gyarados possessing Gold Potential were worth keeping!
That way, the offspring produced by these Gyarados in the future would all be extraordinarily powerful!
Since there were currently hundreds of thousands of Gyarados in the area, finding some with Gold Potential wasn't particularly difficult.
Aiden estimated the ratio was roughly one in three thousand.
For every three thousand Gyarados, there would be one possessing Gold Potential!
Thus, within a single hour, Aiden watched as his own Gyarados recruited dozens of Gold-Potential Gyarados as subordinates!
Looking at these massive creatures—each significantly larger than ordinary Gyarados—Aiden felt immensely pleased.
These Gyarados could not only live within his system space...
They could also be given as rewards to his subordinates, helping them become stronger!
For example, Jessie and James!
However, this ocean of Gyarados and Magikarp stretched endlessly into the distance.
Aiden followed behind his Gyarados, continuously scanning the area with the system in search of even more exceptional individuals.
And it was at that moment—
A second earth-shaking roar suddenly echoed from the distance!
Upon hearing that roar, Aiden's golden Gyarados immediately answered with a fierce, unwilling-to-yield roar of its own!
Following the direction of its gaze, Aiden spotted another enormous Gyarados swimming toward them.
Its body was equally gigantic.
It too had reached a length of twenty meters!
As the Gyarados advanced, all the surrounding Gyarados quickly moved aside, not daring to obstruct its path.
Only after the creature approached did Aiden finally realize something.
This was also a special Shiny Gyarados!
However, unlike the golden Gyarados he had just captured—
This one was silver!
One gold.
One silver.
For no apparent reason, a certain combination suddenly popped into Aiden's mind.
Golden and Silver Twin Dragons!
If he could capture both of them, that actually sounded pretty good!
The only thing he didn't know was whether these two dragons were the same gender...
Or perhaps one male and one female?
If they happened to be opposite genders...
That would be even more interesting!
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