Pokémon: Start with an Admiral Crab!

"……Um?"

But the other person turned out to be a little girl who was about the same age as Ayumi yesterday and looked weak in character.

Wang Yao immediately perked up.

It seems that he must take this game seriously!

"I'm counting on you...Lalulas!"

Xiao Pao held a Poké Ball with a pink heart sticker on it in both hands and pressed the release button awkwardly.

"Lalu~"

Less than half a meter tall, with thick green bangs and a red semicircular horn on her head... and a petite body that looked like she was wearing a pair of white pajamas.

This is the cute Pokémon with both psychic and fairy attributes - Larulas!

After the small and puffy Ralts came out of the Poké Ball, he turned his head and looked around nervously, then hugged the little girl's legs and tried to hide behind the trainer.

"Coward—it's decided to be you!

Faced with such a powerful opponent, Wang Yao had to send out the cowardly sergeant again.

"Gurg!"

After experiencing two consecutive defeats today, Coward once again picked up his fighting spirit.

Losing two games in a row was not due to war's fault - it was actually the treacherous conspiracy of the Hu people!

"Go ahead! Larus, I believe in you!"

Although he has only won two of the five games from yesterday to now, Xiaopao is still full of confidence against Larulas.

"You even defeated Sister Xiaowen's shellless sea hare before! You will definitely win this time too!"

"And Zhengfeng-nii-san's Pikachu——was defeated by you, too, wasn't it?"

Xiao Pao listed his two victories and tried to boost the morale of La Rulas.

"Lalu~"

Larulas timidly let go of Xiaopao's thighs, called out cutely, and stood in front of the cowardly bug.

“Lalu——!”

Larulas stretched out his short hands and focused on the cowardly bug, using his special ability...

Larulas's copy characteristic has been activated--!

Larulas copied the coward's [Eager to Escape]!

“Lalu——!!!”

Larulas suddenly felt a chill...

Looking around, Larus suddenly felt that the sky had become extremely dark - the people and things around him had grown terrifying blood-red eyes and sharp claws!

"Goo-chi?"

The cowardly bug looked curiously at his opponent who suddenly became flustered.

Larus was startled by the cry of the cowardly bug and turned his head to look - a ferocious crustacean was roaring at him!

Eyes full of murderous intent, sharp claws, and two bone whips covered with blood and flesh residue swinging in the wind...

"Lalu..."

Larulas' head tilted and he fainted immediately.

"Uh... Larulas lost his ability to fight - the coward wins!"

This move made people faint at the first sight, and even the deputy captain who served as the referee was confused.

The deputy captain took two steps forward and checked to see that Larulas had indeed fainted. Then he announced the result of the game with confusion.

"La Rulas! What's wrong with you?!"

Xiao Pao ran forward worriedly, put one hand behind Larulas' head, and checked the other's injuries without knowing why.

But Lalulas doesn't look injured? Why...

"Larulas! Wake up!"

Although he was not injured, Larulas frowned and looked extremely painful and frightened, which scared Xiaopao!

"?"

Wang Yao stood there awkwardly... He felt like an outsider.

"…What did you do?"

Wang Yao secretly pulled the coward aside, squatted down and asked in a low voice.

When did this guy master this powerful skill that can strike the opponent from a distance?

Is it a wave of evil? Or a mental shock?

"Guji?!"

The coward looked at Wang Yao with an expression of “Am I strong?!”

Wang Yao was confused and took out the illustrated book to scan the skills of the cowardly bug... but there was no change.

"Could it be?"

Wang Yao seemed to have thought of something and pointed the illustrated guide at Larulas lying in Xiaopao's arms.

"Ding! Larulas - the mood Pokémon! It evolves into Kirlia and Gardevoir."

"...It can use the red horns on its head to keenly detect the emotions of people and Pokémon, so wild Larulas will hide if they sense hostility."

"…Only a kind-hearted and cheerful trainer can capture Larulas."

"Can you sense the moods of people and Pokémon?"

Wang Yao scratched his head and seemed to have some clues.

Because there was too little information about Larulas, Wang Yao clicked on Gardevoir's information.

Wang Yao continued to click on the detailed information page on the illustration book, especially checking Gardevoir's skill pool.

"Telekinesis, shadow clones, healing waves, hypnosis... Oh? This is it!"

Wang Yao looked at a special [Skill] in the skill pool.

[Copy]: Gardevoir can temporarily copy the opponent's characteristics during battle.

“…This doesn’t seem to be a skill, right?”

Wang Yao finally remembered...

When I was browsing my phone before, I seemed to have accidentally seen a host named [Speaker Cricket Fan ag] introducing Gardevoir.

"It's one of the characteristics, but when it's activated, it looks like a skill - so it's classified as an exclusive skill?"

Wang Yao looked at the introduction in the illustrated book.

Not only the [Copy] feature, but also the [Synchronize] feature has been classified as a skill by researchers.

However, the hidden feature [Telepathy] has not been researched... After all, it is just to dodge the large-scale moves of teammates, and in most cases it is enough to rely on telekinesis to fly into the sky.

As for the few skills that could not be avoided, they were also dodged - this rare situation was naturally ignored by the trainers.

"I can get a research allowance from the doctor again this time!"

Wang Yao muttered.

"No - maybe there is a second author of the paper..."

……

While Wang Yao was flipping through the illustrations, Xiao Pao had already brought Larulas to the ship's infirmary.

After a simple treatment by Nanny Mambo, the ship's doctor, Larulas woke up quickly.

Since it has left the battle and the copied eagerness to escape has disappeared, Larulas will no longer show the previous terrifying illusion.

"Great! I'm glad you're okay!"

The little girl hugged Larulas and finally let go of the worry in her heart.

The opponent is a powerful and mysterious coward... I actually overestimated my own capabilities and sent out Larulas to fight.

Xiao Pao felt a little guilty, luckily Larulas didn’t encounter any accidents!

"Lalu~"

Sensing the trainer's worry, Larulas responded with a caring hug.

……

Because today's competition was scheduled in the morning, Wang Yao, who had finished beating his children and had nothing to do, came to the stern with a fishing rod.

"The boat is going a little fast... I wonder if we can catch any fish?"

Wang Yao stretched the fishing rod piece by piece.

Although I usually use it as a fishing rod, it is a lure after all...

"…It should also attract some fast-swimming fish, right?"

Wang Yao thought about it and threw out the lure.

After letting out the fishing line a few meters, setting up the fishing rod and handing it to the cowardly bug to watch over it, Wang Yao lay back on the beach chair.

"Little brother—you can't catch any fish like this!"

Just after closing his eyes for a few minutes, Wang Yao was awakened by a somewhat vicissitudes of life voice.

"Ok?"

Wang Yao opened his eyes impatiently, wanting to see which retired old man had nothing better to do than to bother him.

Whether I can catch fish or not is none of your business!

"——Mr. Captain?"

"How come you have time to come to the poop deck?"

Wang Yao straightened up politely and responded.

"Don't worry - the ship won't be driven to Hoenn. There are people watching in the cockpit~"

Old man Li Yang was joking with Wang Yao.