Global Elf Frenzy

Magikarp, classified as a "Fish Pokémon" in the Pokédex of another world, is a water type and has a normal characteristic of "Swimming Easily". Its effect is that its speed will be doubled in rainy weather. He is said to be a standard rainy team thug, but his hidden characteristic is "cowardice", because the effect is not practical in battle, so naturally what Lan Jingyun wants is to "swim freely" Carp King.

Sure enough, after hearing Lan Jingyun say that his initial Pokémon dream was Magikarp, Huang Hao and Hong Yaxin both looked at Lan Jingyun as if they were a fool, and not just the two of them. , the magic wall puppet was also frightened all of a sudden.

There is no other reason, just because King Carp is actually a salted fish king with a total racial value of only 200. There are only three moves that can be learned through upgrading. You can only learn two additional moves through the move learner, although there are One is the high-power special attack move of the water system - water cannon. However, Magikarp's own special attack racial value is only 15, which is so low that it can be ignored.

It can be said that Magikarp is basically the younger brother among younger brothers, a younger brother who cannot be saved even with the extremely excellent characteristic of "free swimming".

But in the end, Huang Hao was the first to break the silence. He reached out and patted Lan Jingyun's shoulder, and advised him sincerely: "Brother Yun, it's not me who's trying to hit you. Now Magikarp is also on the blacklist and can't be the starter Pokémon. ”

"wtf?"

Lan Jingyun subconsciously said a phrase that was very popular in the other world to express friendly condolences.

Originally, it was not recommended for new trainers to train initial Pokémon in the reference list, which is commonly known as the "blacklist". As a result, Lan Jingyun already had a lot of favorite Pokémon that he could not choose from. Now he finally thought of it again. A Pokémon with both good looks and strength. Of course, the Pokémon Lan Jingyun wanted was not Magikarp, but Gyarados after Magikarp evolved.

Moreover, Lan Jingyun remembered very clearly that there was no Magikarp among the Pokémon that the school had given to every student after completing the assessment to adopt the initial Pokémon that new trainers were prohibited from training.

Huang Hao took the initiative to explain without waiting for Lan Jingyun to ask him: "No wonder you don't know. In fact, it happened a few days ago. At that time, you were still lying in the hospital because of a high fever. In fact, there was an SB who disliked carp. The king has not evolved into Gyarados for a long time, so he lost the Magikarp in a fit of anger. I don’t know if this SB is too unlucky. The Magikarp evolved as soon as he was thrown into the river, and then he was almost killed by Gyarados. Beat to death."

Having said this, Lan Jingyun has basically understood that Magikarp was blacklisted for the same reason as other Pokémon on the blacklist, which is that it may cause harm to new trainers.

However, Huang Hao went on to say that if we really look into it carefully, there is no record of any Pokémon that has never harmed a new trainer, even a very popular one that was treated as a pet by a new trainer because of its cuteness. Pichu who came to be raised also had examples of being frightened and failing to control their own electricity, giving new trainers electroshock.

"Humans are too fragile compared to Pokémon."

Hong Yaxin said as if with emotion.

However, these alone cannot affect Huang Hao and Hong Yaxin's love for Pokémon. After all, drinking water risks choking to death. Does that mean they no longer need to drink water?

But not everyone has the same idea as Huang Hao and Hong Yaxin. In fact, there has always been a large force in China and even around the world. These people have different identities. But they all have the same purpose, which is to completely prohibit humans from raising Pokémon, or even go further to eliminate all Pokémon.

And this time the Magikarp incident actually had these people behind it. After all, this matter was originally a big or small matter. Because he disliked his Magikarp for not evolving into Gyarados, he directly released it in private. Happens every year.

It’s just that this time the released King Carp happened to be

It happened to evolve into Gyarados, but because he was abandoned, he turned around and attacked his former trainer out of anger. Moreover, by coincidence, a person passing by took a photo of it and posted it on the Internet. Then it is used by the forces hostile to Pokémon.

Of course, the officials wanted to keep things quiet and didn't want to make the matter a bigger deal, so they simply put Magikarp on the blacklist.

However, because this accident only occurred a few days ago, and the Internet in China in 2008 was far from as developed as it is in 2020, so not many people knew about it, at least compared to the size of China's population.

"Is Gyarados really that strong?"

Although the situation has calmed down now, the subsequent impact still exists and is still fermenting, especially on some Pokémon-related forums. There is even more grief these days. Hong Yaxin because of her usual attitude towards Pokémon battles don't focus very deeply, so some people can't understand this situation.

Lan Jingyun wanted to explain to Hong Yaxin the strength of Gyarados, but Huang Hao beat him to it.

"Because Gyarados is a popular player in the Pokémon High School League, according to regulations, it will take at least one year for new trainers to take the official trainer qualification assessment after adopting the initial Pokémon, so most of them have Pokémon The school team players of the professional dream battle only have two Pokémon on hand, and the main ones are the starter Pokémon, so the choice of the starter Pokémon is very important."

Huang Hao first explained the importance of the initial Pokémon for college Pokémon trainers, and then further explained why it was Gyarados.

"The reason why Gyarados is so strong in the high school league is largely due to the attribute 'Intimidation', which can reduce the physical attack power of the opponent's Pokémon in battle. It can be said that it is an extremely popular weapon in the high school league. It is the natural enemy of the 'Sandstorm Team' which focuses on physical attacks. In addition, as a Pokémon with both water and flying types, it can be used to deal with some Pokémon of the 'Rainy Team' and 'Sunny Team'. There are also popular The fighting type will also be restrained by Gyarados."

But then Huang Hao changed the subject.

"However, Gyarados is not that easy to cultivate. The evolution from Magikarp to Gyarados is to a certain extent similar to the mythical carp leaping over the dragon's gate. In other words, not all Magikarp can successfully evolve into Gyarados. Dragon, in fact, many of the Magikarp that are secretly released every year are very poorly qualified Magikarp bought from some unscrupulous breeding houses with a greedy mentality, and those produced by well-known breeding houses have a high probability of evolution. The price of Magikarp that turns into Gyarados is actually not much cheaper than other popular starter Pokémon.”

"So it will be difficult for us next!"

After listening to Huang Hao's explanation, Lan Jingyun still half-heartedly folded his hands on the back of his head and stretched. He didn't seem to be affected at all by his inability to choose Magikarp as the starting Pokémon. .

It's just an "intimidation" characteristic, and it's not unique to Gyarados anyway. And since the Great Brutal is so strong, what strength should the majestic Blazing Roaring Tiger in the universe be?Then you can’t go to heaven?

It’s normal when you think about it. After all, it’s just a college league, and they are all still students. How can you get so much energy to cultivate so many Pokémon? It’s not a game. You just need to throw the Pokémon into the breeding room and wait for them to hatch. Eggs are enough, the team can match them however they want, since there are still magicians anyway.

However, there are exceptions to everything. What Huang Hao said is "most universities with Pokémon battle majors", which means that there are still a small number of famous universities that may have more than one main force, especially if the blacklist is only It’s just for rookie Pokémon. After entering college and leaving the rookie stage, you already have the qualifications to cultivate Pokémon on the blacklist.

But what Lan Jingyun said is actually not wrong. Although the well-qualified Magikarp is not cheap, in comparison, the price/performance ratio is still very high, and after losing such a high-quality intimidator like Gyarados, The pattern of college leagues will really change a lot in the coming years.