Chapter 464: The Moment of Leaping over the Dragon Gate! The Shining Light of Evolution!

Chapter 461: The moment of the fish leaping over the dragon gate! The shining light of evolution!

There are always various elves in this world who are unwilling to evolve, but most of them are not born with this idea.

After Pikachu told Chen Mo that he did not want to evolve, he whispered to Magikarp.

"Now we are the same."

Although it has become more naughty than before after evolution, its kind heart has never changed.

Therefore.

Magikarp knows it well.

They are not the same.

Pikachu is unwilling to evolve into Raichu because it realizes that its trainer has a very unique feeling for elves like Pikachu.

It is willing to accommodate its trainer, and it really does not want to leave its "throne", so it finally decided to continue to become stronger in the form of Pikachu.

But the final form of their clan - Raichu, Pikachu itself is not particularly annoying, but it has chosen its own path.

This is the biggest difference between Magikarp and Pikachu.

Magikarp deeply hates elves like Gyarados.

Of course.

Any dislike is not innate, and the same is true for Magikarp's dislike for Gyarados.

On the contrary, in that distant sea in memory, Magikarp, who was born different from other Magikarp and had the ability to think for himself, still admired Gyarados.

The reason is simple.

Among all the elves in the world, those who like to be alone are a minority after all, and most elves live in groups.

The Magikarp family is no exception.

However, the Magikarp race has always been splashing, splashing, and splashing. There is no extra movement or extra thinking in their lives.

Magikarp could cooperate with them at first, but over time, Magikarp, who did not get any response, gradually gave up this meaningless behavior.

"If it was Gyarados, maybe it would be different."

The reason for admiring Gyarados was not because of strength. Magikarp initially just hoped that someone could understand him, and Gyarados, who had an evolutionary relationship with him, was the best target in Magikarp's eyes.

Magikarp was looking forward to meeting Gyarados.

This time.

It didn't wait too long.

A Magikarp that lived with it jumped into the storm on a thunderstorm night, facing the flashing lightning in the sky, and began to flash brilliantly around it.

That was the first time Magikarp saw the shining light of evolution in its life.

It was extremely excited, and swam desperately towards the direction of the light of evolution regardless of the turbulent waves.

Soon.

As the light of evolution dissipated in the rain, the Gyarados that Magikarp was looking forward to appeared in front of it.

But.

Before Magikarp could get closer, a terrifying tornado rose into the sky under the influence of Gyarados, and the turbulent water stopped Magikarp's progress.

There was no long-awaited conversation, let alone the imagined mutual understanding.

The newly evolved Gyarados seemed to be crazy, roaring wantonly and attacking the surrounding environment indiscriminately.

It was a scene like a disaster.

Many Magikarp who lived together in the past were also caught in the attack of Gyarados, who was once their companion, and lost their lives on the spot.

Magikarp survived by chance.

But from that moment on.

Magikarp no longer admired Gyarados. What remained in his heart was only infinite disgust for Gyarados, and this disgust even extended to a kind of fear in the end. Magikarp began to fear that he would become a monster driven by anger one day in the future.

Finally.

It left the sea where it lived in the past, and then, under the guidance of the "Sage of the Sea", it began to look for the "God of the Sea" who could satisfy its wish.

"You are very special."

The God of the Sea, who had a pair of huge white wings as big as human palms and feathers all over his body were filled with a sense of sacredness. The first and only time they met, he left Magikarp with an indelible and unforgettable impression.

Lugia's tone was gentle, as comfortable as the sea water in the warm breeze.

"Seeing you always reminds me of the Magikarp who were good at thinking and actively looking for the future of the tribe a long time ago."

"Magicarp... good at thinking?"

Magicarp was shocked by the words of the Sea God.

During the years of traveling the sea and looking for Lugia, Magikarp had met countless Magikarp of the same tribe, but each of them was hard to describe.

Gradually, Magikarp had accepted the current situation and believed that he was the outlier among the Magikarp tribe.

As a result...

Lugia suddenly told it that the Magikarp in ancient times were good at thinking?

Magikarp was a little confused.

"It seems that you have doubts."

Lugia explained softly.

"In fact, Magikarp in ancient times were not as numerous as they are now. They were found all over the world. Magikarp at that time were extremely rare, but the talents of the entire elf race were quite outstanding, and like you now, they were extremely good at various water-attribute moves."

"However."

"All elves with outstanding racial talents basically have a common problem, which is that they are difficult to breed and extremely difficult to evolve."

"In addition, Gyarados in ancient times was known as the 'Incarnation of Evil'. Therefore, many Magikarp Kings are extremely disgusted with their own evolution, just like you now."

This is something that has never been heard of.

Carp King was shocked and subconsciously asked Lugia anxiously.

"Then how did they solve it later?"

"Actually, the same as you."

Lugia sighed.

"Those Magikarp suppressed their feelings, and as the environment changed, coupled with the desire for change, their genes began to mutate. Slowly, those talented Magikarp from ancient times disappeared. in history.”

I don't know if it's good or bad, but the genetic change has solved a major dilemma faced by the Magikarp community in ancient times.

As if it was compensation from the gods, as the talent continued to weaken, the reproductive ability of the Magikarp began to increase. Slowly, the Magikarp family could be seen in all places with water.

"So, what do I do?"

King Carp doesn't care about those carp kings in ancient times. He just has had enough of such a frightened life. If he can, he is willing to give up everything about himself, even if it is to become an ordinary carp that only knows how to splash in the water every day. It’s okay to be a king.

"I'm sorry. It took the Carp Kings tens of thousands of years to evolve into what they are today. Even I cannot and am not qualified to deprive you of your innate wisdom."

"but."

"If you just want to resist evolution, then I can really help you."

Lugia's solution was simple.

Although King Magikarp has not deliberately trained, the growing power is the root cause of King Magikarp's continuous approach to evolution.

Lugia left a special energy in King Magikarp's body, which helped King Magikarp eliminate the anger in his heart and forget the things he had mastered.

but…

“You always have the power to choose.”

These were the last words left by the God of the Sea to King Magikarp.

After that, Magikarp continued to wander aimlessly on the sea. As time went by, it began to become weaker and weaker, and it also continued to forget all kinds of unique tricks.

King Carp never regretted his decision, and began to slowly learn to endure loneliness alone, quietly waiting for the end of life.

Until that day.

It was still as usual, in the lake watching the group of its kin rushing to jump out of the water, while it was bored and puffing bubbles in the water.

"Pichu?" (Don't you play with them?)

A voice full of childishness and doubt sounded from beside him.

Magikarp, who had already discovered Pichu, didn't bother to pay attention.

It believes that a little guy like this will probably lose his temper and leave soon.

as expected.

Pichu quickly walked away.

But before Carp King could continue to relax his mind, the footsteps sounded in his ears again.

Pichu came back holding something.

"Pichu~" (Want to eat? Chen Mo said this is specially for fish.)

"Gulu..."

Magikarp was stunned.

During the years of living in the sea, it also met various elves, but most of the elves were unwilling to pay attention to it after seeing that it was the Carp King.

Occasionally, it would take the initiative to talk to those elves, and the other elves would find it very strange. Some of them even gave up the idea of ​​catching it for food and simply left in disgust.

so.

If you really think about it, it was one of the few moments when Magikarp felt pure kindness from other elves.

It accepted Pichu's kindness.

Although the taste of the food was average, and although it almost choked when it first ate, causing it to spit out the food with a jet of water, it was inexplicably happy.

And if we say that Pichu's kindness is like a breeze, it creates a circle of ripples on the calm lake surface of Carp King's ancient well.

So.

Pichu's trainer, the strange human named Chen Mo, was like a bomb, making Magikarp no longer able to maintain his calm attitude.

For the first time in life.

When King Carp heard that there were other lives, he said that he wanted to live with him as a friend and protect himself, even if he could not bring him any benefits.

Can't understand.

But…

King Carp originally thought that he could endure loneliness alone in the future, and just like the ordinary King Carp, he would disappear silently into this world and no one would remember him.

But Chen Mo's words made him suddenly realize that his previous forced calmness and forced endurance were all just an act.

It is looking forward to it in its heart.

Longing for someone to pull it out of this painful quagmire.

But neither elves nor humans have responded to it in the past.

Only Chen Mo, and only Chen Mo, could tell what it longed for most in its heart, and what it had been seeking all its life.

Magikarp is a spirit that leaps in pursuit of the Dragon Gate.

It feels it.

At that moment, the dragon gate belonging to it opened a crack in the sky.

So it fell.

Pikachu, Pidgeot, Gengar, Absol, Machado, Sharptooth Shark, Jirachi, Zoroark...

In less than a year, it had something it hadn't had for hundreds of years. The lively life made Magikarp feel like it was a dream.

And that big fool who cared about his mood so much.

It wanted to protect the silly fool who took the Poké Ball home to share with him as soon as he created it, just because he was happy to travel together.

So it made a change and wanted to get back the things it had lost.

But Machado was right.

This is a real big fool.

From beginning to end, he kept his original promise in mind.

[It doesn't matter if you don't evolve, we will protect you. ]

All the elves in the house were influenced by him and never discussed things about evolution in front of him.

These little fools influenced by the fool!

Magikarp felt that his bad experience of hundreds of years was just to meet their companions in this world.

In a trance.

It once again remembered the meaningful words left by Lugia at the end, and also remembered the warning from another Gyarados when it was in Chengying Lake.

"Is this my choice?"

Looking at the Banjira that were so close, Magikarp felt an inexplicable sense of relief in his anger.

Yes.

Magikarp understood it a long time ago.

After Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, it was indeed possible that it would lose control due to the anger factor, but not all Gyarados in this world were so irrational.

Everything was just as Emrido said.

The reason why Magikarp was unwilling to evolve was because the shadow of the past made Magikarp unable to face itself, and it was always unwilling to take that last step.

However...

When the Sharptoothed Land Shark, who had said, 'When I grow up and become stronger, I will also protect Magikarp Senior', who was extremely respectful to him on weekdays, decided to sacrifice his future, endure the pain of being able to die at any time, and prepare for the moment of forced evolution.

Magikarp subconsciously rushed out of the water.

If it had not been on the battlefield, it could still use various reasons to convince itself in its heart. However, if it watched the Sharptooth Land Shark walk towards a dark road with its own eyes, even if it survived, it would be doomed to not be able to face Chen Mo and other companions at home, let alone the little shark who chose to sacrifice for itself.

Magikarp spit out a stone.

That was the Stone of Invariance that Chen Mo gave it when he traveled in Cangqing Mountain.

I already...

don't want to be protected by you anymore!!!

In an instant.

The light as dazzling as the sun and as brilliant as the stars burst out on Magikarp's body.

"Ka Ba!" (Senior Magikarp!)

Sharptooth Land Shark was a little anxious.

But the next second.

Indistinctly.

It seemed to see Magikarp looking back at itself slightly.

That look.

It seemed to say.

"I'm not yet at the level where you, a little guy, need to protect me."

"Next, leave it to me."

The gap in the dragon gate has been open for a long time.

Now.

It's time for the fish to jump over the dragon gate!

This chapter adds some secondary settings, all to complete the relevant background of Magikarp.