Pokémon: The Journey of Bonds

Sun Qing remembered the very energetic Magikarp just now and went upstream to look for that Magikarp.

Soon he made a discovery. He saw the Magikarp jumping over a waterfall. The waterfall was not big, only 5 meters high.

He jumped up and fell down again, trying desperately to jump onto the waterfall, but every time he climbed up the waterfall, he was washed down by the water, and soon he was tired and began to gasp for breath.

"Do you need our help?" Sun Qing asked.

Magikarp shook his head to indicate that he didn't need help, and then continued to practice waterfall climbing.

"Rotom, take a look at the state of this Magikarp."

Elf: Magikarp

Level: 25

Potential: A+

Status: healthy

Gender: male

Attribute: Water

Characteristics: Timid

Props to carry: none

Genetic Skills: None

Basic skills: Leap, Impact

Skill transfer: None

Skill CD: None

Notes: It can survive in any amount of water, no matter how dirty it is. It is a very tough Pokémon and is very good at jumping.

Magikarp jumped for a while, but still couldn't climb up the waterfall. He got tired after just a few jumps.

"Eat some high-level water energy blocks to replenish your strength." Sun Qing threw the high-level water energy blocks into the water. The Magikarp sniffed it, then opened its mouth and swallowed the energy blocks. The other Magikarp smelled the water energy blocks and came up to scramble for them, but they were all knocked away by the largest Magikarp, which directly swallowed all the energy blocks.

When he had eaten and drunk his fill, he challenged himself to climb the waterfall again, swimming upstream along the waterfall, but failed again. Magikarp seemed a little autistic.

"Let me help you!"

Sun Qing picked up the Magikarp and threw him into the water above the waterfall, but the Magikarp jumped down from above on its own initiative and slapped the water with its tail, splashing water all over Sun Qing.

"What are you doing? Ouch!" Sun Qing was a little annoyed. He helped him out of kindness, but he didn't appreciate it and instead splashed water all over himself.

"You're the one who ruined my plan! I need to learn how to climb the waterfall to evolve into a Gyarados, not go into the water above!" Rotom translated.

"I see. I'm sorry. I was reckless. As an apology, I'll give you some more high-level water energy cubes!"

Magikarp jumped up and swallowed all the energy blocks that Sun Qing threw into the air in one gulp.

"Maybe Magikarp really can't learn to climb waterfalls."

Magikarp felt a little sad when he heard this.

"That's right! Let's go, Frog!"

"Quatou!"

"Froghead, how about teaching Magikarp how to jump? Gyarados should be able to jump too, right?"

"According to analysis, Gyarados cannot learn to jump, Lotor."

"That's fine, but how about you challenge yourself to climb the waterfall, and show Magikarp a demonstration?"

"Quatou!"

The croaker frog jumped into the water, splashing a huge splash, and Wu Yao and Sun Qing were all wet.

"Cat-headed frog!"

The frog scratched its head in embarrassment, apologized to Wu Yao, and then happily started to swim breaststroke in the water.

Soon the quack frog arrived at the waterfall and jumped to the top of the waterfall with ease.

"Quack-headed frog, why don't you try to climb up the waterfall using your own strength instead of jumping?"

The Frog jumped off the waterfall and tried to climb up again, but as a second-stage evolutionary being, his strength was too strong and he climbed up the waterfall easily.

"Guantou?"

The Frog scratched his head. This small waterfall was too simple for him and there was no difficulty at all. This made him a little embarrassed. Magikarp became sad again when he saw this.

"Don't lose heart. Persevere. A drop of water wears away a stone. An iron rod is ground into a needle. A fool moves a mountain. If you can't climb it in one day, try climbing for two days. If you can't climb it in two days, try climbing for three days! Sooner or later, you will succeed."

The Magikarp became autistic, didn't listen to what Sun Qing said, and slowly sank into the deep water.

"Give Magikarp some time. Maybe he will figure it out tomorrow. It's already dusk. It's too late. It's already dusk. Let's go back and come back tomorrow morning."

Sun Qing glanced at the river and said reluctantly: "Then I'll go back as you say. Come out, Pidgeot."

"Bi Diao!"

"Take us back."

On the way back, Wu Yao and Sun Qing both had something on their minds, but they didn't say anything.

Wu Yao was thinking: Flying mounts are really cool! It's a pity that I don't have a flying mount, otherwise it would be much more convenient to travel and detect the enemy. So far, there is no flying mount that suits me. I don't know when I can find one.

At this moment, Sun Qing was thinking: Is Magikarp okay? What if he has autism? What if he gives up evolving? If he gives up evolving, he probably won't be able to evolve in this lifetime. Sun Qing decided to come over in the middle of the night to have another look.

Wu Yao and Sun Qing flew back home and separated. Sun Qing thought about it and decided to command Pidgeot to fly back.

"He still can't let go of that Magikarp!"

Wu Yao stood on the second floor and watched him fly away and couldn't help but sigh.

After a while, Sun Qing returned to the river. He saw the Magikarp climbing the waterfall under the moonlight. The moon was a crescent moon, which meant it was a waxing moon. The moonlight of the waxing moon was scattered on the water, and the water and the waterfall were sparkling. The Magikarp climbed the waterfall unremittingly under the moonlight, but he failed again and again.

"I'm here to see you, Magikarp. Do you want the energy cube?"

Magikarp nodded and started having supper with Sun Qing.

Magikarp was eating and started to spit out bubbles in sadness. He no longer wanted to eat the energy cube.

"Magikarp, what's wrong with you?"

Magikarp then blew bubbles.

"It would be nice if Wu Yao was here. He has Rotom to translate Pokémon, but I can also rely on guessing! It shouldn't be hard to guess Magikarp's thoughts."

"Let me guess, are you upset that you didn't make it up the waterfall?"

Magikarp nodded.

"Have you thought about giving up evolution or not wanting to evolve?"

Magikarp nodded again.

"Alas, I used to feel useless. You don't know that Flamingo didn't listen to me. When I pointed west, he went east, and when I pointed south, he went north. I was frustrated in a Grass-type gym before. Flamingo didn't listen, which led to my failure. I have felt useless ever since, especially between me and my friend Wu Yaobi. He got two badges, but I didn't even get the first one. Although I looked optimistic and cheerful at the time, I actually felt that I was useless in my heart. Flamingo didn't listen, and I failed in the gym, but I didn't give up. I hid this sadness deep in my heart. Later, my fiancée helped and successfully made Flamingo listen. My confidence increased greatly. It turns out that I am not a useless person!"