"Why are you looking at me like that?" Sasaki asked, looking at Giovanni and Blastoise with some confusion.
Giovanni shouted loudly, "Behind you, get down!"
Blastoise's cannons on its back were already filled with water, ready to fire at any moment!
If someone shouts "Behind you, get down," a normal person's first reaction would not be to immediately lie down, but to instinctively look behind them.
Sasaki was no exception; after he turned his head, his eyes widened and his pupils contracted.
"Oh my god!"
What first came into view was a gaping maw, followed by the formidable red dragon head with its horns and the massive dragon body.
Red Gyarados!
How did that golden Magikarp evolve?
Sasaki's first thought was this, followed by him quickly diving into the water.
A destructive ray flew past his scalp.
Blastoise's move was ready, and continuous streams of water attacked the Red Gyarados.
And it directly rushed out of the water, charging towards the Red Gyarados.
Although Blastoise's serious injuries had not yet healed, this Red Gyarados's level was not high.
So it wasn't too difficult for it to handle.
As for Giovanni, he just looked at where Sasaki had been, covered his forehead, and thought, "Did he kick it into evolving?!"
"Is this thing also an ancestral heirloom?"
Water splashed up in front of Giovanni, and Sasaki, who had almost been scared to death, sprang out of it and hugged Giovanni. "Help me, Giovanni."
Giovanni looked at Sasaki coming towards him, and without any hesitation, he punched him away, sending him flying from the water directly onto the shore.
He was knocked out cold.
Although Sasaki was indeed quite handsome, Giovanni had no such special preferences.
He would not allow a man, naked, to hug him.
"Roar!" The Red Gyarados above only had a burst of strength, and was now being hammered by Blastoise, giving out after only a few blows.
Giovanni slowly walked out of the water, and Haunter smoothly handed Giovanni a towel from his shadow.
Giovanni dried himself and casually handed the towel back to Haunter.
Haunter's spatial ability grew with its level, and perhaps one day it could hold an entire city.
After changing into clean clothes, Giovanni looked at Sasaki, who was struggling to get up, and asked Haunter to get another set of clothes and a towel, which he casually threw to Sasaki.
Aside from being much thinner from hunger, Sasaki's height was still similar to Giovanni's, so Giovanni's clothes might just be a bit loose on him, but otherwise fine.
Although he had been punched away by Giovanni, Sasaki also knew that his behavior just now had been inappropriate.
Now that Giovanni was giving him clothes without holding a grudge, he immediately thanked him: "Thank you."
Giovanni was indifferent to this. "You're welcome."
Splash.
On the other side, the Red Gyarados was finally knocked out by a punch from Blastoise, its huge body collapsing, lying on the ground like a Clefairy.
"Kame." Blastoise turned its head to see that Sasaki was fine, then let out a sigh of relief, sat down on the ground, and panted heavily.
Giovanni took out an empty Poké Ball and threw it to Sasaki. "Go and catch this Gyarados. It evolved because of you, and it appeared because of you."
Sasaki repeatedly refused. "How can I do that? If you hadn't reminded me, it would have run away. You should catch it."
Although shiny Pokémon are very rare, it doesn't mean they can't be obtained; the Sasaki Family still has the ability to get shiny Pokémon.
So Sasaki wouldn't be blinded by a shiny Pokémon.
"Suit yourself. If you don't want to catch it, then release it." However, Giovanni doesn't like Water-type Pokémon, so he doesn't plan to catch Gyarados. This fake dragon is boring; if he's going to catch one, he'll catch the one in the sky.
Giovanni looked up at the sky, a hint of fervor in his eyes.
These two guys, this is a Red Gyarados, and it's also one of the representative Pokémon of a Flying-type Champion later on.
They're actually pushing and shoving like this. If it were someone else, they would have already caught this Red Gyarados.
After all, even if converted into Poké dollars, it would be a lot.
Seeing that Giovanni truly had no intention of catching the Red Gyarados, Sasaki squeezed the Poké Ball and thought for a moment. He indeed had no usable Pokémon at hand right now.
This Red Gyarados was quite sturdy and should be able to protect him for a while. "Then I won't be polite."
Giovanni waved his hand casually. "Go ahead."
Only then did Sasaki throw the Poké Ball and successfully capture the Red Gyarados.
There are always unexpected gains during a journey, and this Red Gyarados was one of them.
This was Sasaki's gain, and Giovanni's gain was Sasaki.
...…
A few hours later.
Giovanni touched Beedrill, feeling its changes with his Power of Viridian, and said in surprise:
"Its aptitude has improved? And its level has increased by one? Is it that exaggerated?"
"Ssss." Beedrill nodded, a little excited on its face.
Its aptitude had finally broken through to deep blue.
Giovanni also touched the other Pokémon and could clearly feel the changes in the energy within them, as well as their slowly improving aptitudes.
Sasaki, beside him, looked full of confidence.
"Of course, since I said it, it won't be wrong."
He also said, "For those like them who ate Soft Sand, I will also formulate better Pokémon food to help them absorb energy as quickly as possible."
As Sasaki, who possessed the ability of a top Breeder (if such a profession existed, he would be one), he could also detect the differences within their bodies.
"You also have your own methods. With a two-pronged approach, your Pokémon will undergo a transformation in the future."
The reason for this was that Giovanni had given Beedrill and Persian's food to Sasaki, asking him to optimize and combine it.
To prove himself, Sasaki naturally went all out and optimized the food for Beedrill and the others.
He could even discern what kind of Pokémon Giovanni's Pokémon were just from their food.
Thus, Giovanni no longer hid Beedrill and the others.
And he looked at Sasaki with new eyes. One must know that Giovanni's Pokémon food was already at an executive level.
That Sasaki could still optimize it only goes to show that he truly lives up to his reputation as the future head of the Kanto Pokémon food family; he certainly has some skills.
Sasaki was very serious about making Pokémon food.
"That Haunter of yours is quite unique, as if it received feedback from a high-level Pokémon. Coupled with the scarcity of Ghost-type Trainers, there aren't many ways to combine food, so I need to think carefully about how to organize its food."
He would list the food for each Pokémon, and even tailor the food based on their height, weight, abilities, and other differences.
In short, Giovanni seemed to have truly found a treasure.