"It actually opened up Protect?!"
Looking at the cheat ability prompt that appeared, Adrian was overjoyed.
"Protect: A Normal-type move that completely blocks an opponent's attack, but is prone to failure if used consecutively."
Protect, this is undoubtedly a divine defensive move in pokémon battles!
Although Magikarp couldn't learn it yet, Adrian could save it for later.
Once Magikarp evolved, Adrian would teach all the stored tms (technical machines) at once, and Gyarados's strength would truly experience an explosive increase.
At the same time, the attribute panel of the caught Krabby quickly appeared.
"pokémon: Krabby"
"Type: Water"
"Ability: Shell Armor (Protected by a hard shell, the opponent's attacks will not land critical hits)"
"Moves: Water Gun, Harden, Metal Claw, Mud Shot, Protect, Guillotine"
"Gugu~"
The Krabby that was reeled in was not in a good mood, its huge pincers kept clacking, making a 'clang clang clang' sound like metal striking.
In Krabby's opinion, it was undoubtedly Adrian, the fisherman, who had interrupted its meal.
It deserved a beating!
So after spitting out the fish hook, Krabby's four legs moved continuously, and it swaggered ashore, seemingly intending to teach Adrian a lesson.
Fortunately, Krabby wasn't fast, and after Adrian realized the danger, he quickly retreated with his fishing gear.
"Gugu~"
Seeing that it couldn't catch up, Krabby was a bit helpless.
It didn't dare to venture too far inland, so it slowly retreated back into the lake and disappeared.
"The Krabby came ashore to pinch people! This fishing situation is truly aggressive!"
Seeing Krabby retreat, Adrian also breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Krabby wasn't large, its strength was indeed not weak, especially its physical attack and physical defense, which far exceeded ordinary pokémon.
In game terms, Krabby's physical attack base stat was as high as 105, and its physical defense base stat was as high as 90, making it a true offensive and defensive powerhouse.
Of course, Krabby's weaknesses were also obvious: its special attack and special defense were extremely weak, and its speed was also slow.
And the moves Magikarp currently knew were all physical attacks, so fighting Krabby was completely playing to its own weakness and the opponent's strength.
And if Magikarp were to be caught by Krabby, it would be dead for sure.
Guillotine, that's a one-hit KO move!
"Crab-specific bait? What is that?"
After confirming that Krabby had gone far away, Adrian turned his attention to the other reward, and its related information immediately appeared.
"Crab-specific bait: A special bait with an extremely strong attraction to crab-type pokémon such as Krabby, Dwebble, and Crabrawler, but non-crab-type pokémon are not interested."
Adrian's eyes flickered, and with a thought, he took out a box of bait from his space.
Opening the lid, he saw a sticky, bright red substance inside, exuding a unique fishy aroma.
"It looks really powerful, let's try its effect."
Adrian picked up a small portion of bait and hung it on the fishing hook, then cast his rod into the water.
Thud!
As the bait entered the water, ripples spread across the lake surface.
Adrian waited quietly.
Speaking of which, pokémon like Krabby mainly live on sandy beaches by the sea.
However, Celadon City is adjacent to the Kanto inland sea, and the lake is connected to the sea through waterways, so Krabby also live in this lake.
"I'm hungry, I'll have a bite first."
Adrian picked up his already opened bento and was about to eat, but just then, the float moved again.
"A bite, a bite!"
Adrian put down his bento again and quickly reeled in his rod.
The catch was pulled out of the water, and it was another Krabby.
"Caught 'Krabby', rewarded with 1 'energy cube'."
"Gugu~"
Just like the previous one, the Krabby whose meal was interrupted was very displeased, waving its large pincers and coming ashore to chase Adrian again.
However, their sideways movement was slow, and they simply couldn't catch up to Adrian, so they gave up.
"Am I going to be chased every time I catch a Krabby?"
Returning to the shore again, Adrian scratched his head, feeling quite strange.
He was clearly the fisherman, the hunter.
And Krabby was just a catch, prey.
But now, Krabby was chasing him, did that make sense?
"If Magikarp had evolved into Gyarados, why would I be in such a sorry state?"
Adrian sighed inwardly.
So next, Adrian seemed to enter a time loop of casting his rod, preparing to eat his bento, catching Krabby, and being chased by Krabby.
As soon as the bait entered the water, a catch would quickly bite the hook, and they were all Krabby without exception.
The special bait seemed to have attracted all the nearby Krabby, and there was a group of Krabby queuing up to bite the hook underwater.
"Wow! That person is amazing, he's constantly catching Krabby."
"He must be a skilled angler!"
The commotion on Adrian's side was a bit loud, attracting the attention of many people by the lake, who came over to watch.
"Why are there so many Krabby here, I feel almost numb!"
After casting his hook into the water again, Adrian spread his hands to the surrounding onlookers.
Although he hadn't put the caught Krabby in a container, Adrian had already put them away!
Hearing this, the onlookers praised Adrian's fishing skills, and some anglers even came up to ask Adrian what kind of bait this was.
After catching more than a dozen Krabby in a row, Adrian's bait was almost used up.
However, his harvest was also extremely rich, in addition to energy cubes, there were 2 Water Gun TMs (technical machines), 1 Harden TM, and 1 Icy Wind TM.
Most importantly, Krabby, known for its physical attack, also contributed a Muscle Feather.
"A great harvest, a great harvest!"
After tallying his gains, Adrian was overjoyed.
Although it was a bit regrettable that he hadn't caught a Kingler, Adrian was already very satisfied with such a harvest.
By this time, the sky was getting dark, and there were almost no people walking by the lake, but mosquitoes were becoming more and more numerous.
"Forget it! That's enough for today!"
Adrian packed his fishing gear back into his backpack, and then recalled his Magikarp from the water.
However, when he went to pick up the bento he had placed aside, he was surprised to find that the bento was gone.
"Hmm? Where's my bento? Where's my big box of bento?"
Adrian was furious.
For the sake of catching crabs, he hadn't taken a single bite of this bento!
But now, it was gone!
"Could it have been taken by the people who were watching earlier?"
Adrian was confused.
He remembered that some anglers had come over to chat with him earlier, could it be that, sticking to the principle of 'fishermen never go home empty-handed', they took his bento as a trophy?
But thinking about it carefully, Adrian didn't think it was that serious.
He guessed that it was most likely taken by a wild pokémon.
Adrian, hungry, grumbled: "The local pokémon are really too rude!"
At the same time, in the small woods not far behind Adrian, a light yellow figure was hiding in the bushes, feasting to its heart's content, eating until its belly was round... The night passed without incident.
The next day.
Adrian, for once, slept in, and after eating breakfast, finally arrived at a park lawn.
This was the venue for the Magikarp High Jump Contest.