[Pokémon: Froakie]
[Ability: Protean]
[Gender: Male]
[Talent: Lord]
[Level: 15]
[Moves: Bubble, Water Pulse, Double Team, Aerial Ace, Dark Pulse, Grass Knot.]
[Description: A proud and aloof Froakie. Hungry though it is, it will never submit for just one or two Pokémon Energy Cubes!]
Okay, okay.
A Froakie with backbone!
Lin Yu glanced at the Froakie approvingly.
But if one wasn't enough… what about two? Three?
And with a little rosemary added in?
To a Pokémon, that was food even a god would struggle to resist!
Sure enough, when Lin Yu pulled out two more Energy Cubes, Froakie's eyes could no longer look away.
But at that moment,
Lin Yu's expression suddenly changed.
Charmeleon, which had been boredly watching the Magikarp eat, also snapped its gaze sharp, staring straight at the lake surface.
A terrifying pressure burst out as a huge, ferocious dragon head emerged from the water.
Dammit!
He'd gotten too absorbed in feeding and forgotten this was Gyarados's territory.
This Gyarados was clearly much larger than the one he'd fought before, its cruel dragon eyes as big as bronze bells.
"Level 39?!"
You've got to be kidding.
Water-type also had type advantage over Fire. Charmeleon stood no chance against it right now.
Without a second thought, Lin Yu shouted:
"Kirlia, teleport with Charmeleon!"
He then grabbed the Froakie beside him and ran toward the forest.
At the brink of death, he waited until Kirlia vanished from sight before using his own Teleport Entry to escape.
But Lin Yu didn't know that, as he pulled Froakie along, the little frog stared at him in stunned silence.
Deep in the woods some distance away.
Several figures appeared out of nowhere.
Luckily, the Gyarados had used Hyper Beam, which needed time to charge.
This spot was about five kilometers from the lake.
Even so, the shockwave from the Hyper Beam could still be felt strongly here.
Wild Pokémon scattered in all directions,
wondering what had angered the lake's overlord now.
"You okay, Froakie?"
Lin Yu checked Charmeleon and Kirlia — both were unharmed.
Only Charmeleon's eyes blazed with fighting spirit,
the flame on its tail burning fiercely.
Someday, it would make that overgrown worm learn what a real dragon was!
Lin Yu looked back at Froakie and saw it was fine, so he patted its head gently.
"Gua…?"
The way this human hadn't forgotten it even in mortal danger had truly touched its heart.
But its proud personality wouldn't let it cling to him 主动.
It wanted to hear Lin Yu ask it to come along again.
"Froakie, here are some extra Water-type Energy Cubes." Lin Yu felt a little regretful.
This Froakie fit his vision of a third partner perfectly.
But it hadn't wanted to.
He couldn't force it.
"Eat them slowly. I'll come back to this Secret Realm later. If you change your mind by then, I'll wait for you."
With that, he turned to leave.
"Gua…"
But as he turned, Froakie grabbed the hem of his pants.
"Huh?" Lin Yu stared at its hesitant expression, froze for a moment, then immediately realized.
"Froakie — do you want to be our partner?"
"Gua~"
Froakie nodded calmly.
"Yes! Yes!"
Proud or not, at this moment, Froakie wanted to be his Pokémon.
He took out a Water-type Poké Ball and tapped it lightly against Froakie.
Froakie was now his Pokémon!
"Awesome!"
Lin Yu released it at once, then equipped it with several Water-type Entries — and the Rasengan.
Understanding instantly, Froakie stood up on its hind legs and instinctively used the newly learned Rasengan.
A pale-blue energy sphere formed in its palms, smooth lines flowing inside. Its forelegs spun rapidly,
shaping the sphere more and more solidly.
Then it slammed the sphere into the ground.
Like a hot iron ball hitting ice — two incompatible forces — the ice melted clean through, leaving a deep hole.
"Whoa!"
Lin Yu gasped.
The hole was about fist-sized, but so deep it swallowed all light. He reached in — it was nearly a meter deep.
The piercing power of Rasengan!
Incredible!
"Gua?"
"Charr?"
"Kirl?"
Everyone was shocked by the power — Charmeleon and Kirlia included.
Charmeleon could do similar damage, but it was already in the Elite stage and had evolved once.
It was also a Fire-type, famous for destructive power.
Yet Froakie was only Level 15, still in its first stage — and it could already do this.
That showed just how strong Rasengan was.
"Amazing job!"
Lin Yu gave Froakie another Energy Cubes as a reward.
"Gua?" (Did you teach me this move?)
Compared to Charmeleon, Froakie was much smarter. It guessed right away that Lin Yu was the one who gave it the skill.
Lin Yu paused,
then smiled and nodded.
There was no need to hide this. As his Pokémon,
he would never treat it unfairly.
On top of that,
Lin Yu also equipped it with the [Water Aura] Entry.
[Blue Entry (Water Aura)]: When the equipped Water-type Pokémon is near water, its Speed rises and it slowly restores HP.
This was a weekly Entry Lin Yu had unlocked recently.
He'd kept it because it was so useful.
Who would have thought his third Pokémon would actually be Water-type —
and his favorite Froakie at that?
Froakie…?
Lin Yu suddenly thought of that luck-based Entry.
[Blue Entry (Encounter): Once equipped, a wish of your heart will be fulfilled within 1 day to 1 month. After fulfillment, cooldown resets. 0:10 min. (Upgrade Progress: 1/10)]
Sure enough, the cooldown had already reset.
There was even an upgrade progress bar: after 10 wishes,
it would become a purple Entry?
An upgradeable Entry!
Lin Yu had now found three of them.
[Green Upgradeable Entry (Blood Drink): Every physical attack restores 10% of the damage dealt as HP and Energy. (58%/100%)]
And then Rasengan.
Rasengan was already this powerful — what would it become after upgrading?
Sage Art: Rasengan!
Now that was a real ninja.
Sure enough.
Lin Yu opened Froakie's Entry interface.
After just one use, Rasengan already had a progress bar.
[Purple Entry (Rasengan): Equip to learn Rasengan (Power 120). Can be upgraded to Sage Art: Rasengan. (0.1%/100%)]
His eyes lit up.
So each use raised the progress by 0.1%!