Chapter 973: Subjugation of Shui Lian

The next morning, Xiaozhi walked out of the room slowly, holding Mew. Pikachu and the others were dismissed by Xiaozhi early in the morning, and seemed to follow Liliae and the others to the ranch of Kachi's family.

However, what Xiaozhi did not expect was that the little girl Shuilian did not leave with everyone, but was carefully maintaining her fishing rod.

"Are you going fishing?" Xiaozhi asked curiously.

"Yeah, it's so hard for me to come to Akala Island, so I want to catch a wild Mega Gyarados!" Shui Lian said shockingly, but her eyes were shining with excitement and full of energy.

Looking at the calm Xiaozhi in front of her, Shui Lian stuck out her tongue playfully, "Of course I'm just kidding, hehe~"

"But I do want to catch a big one, Xiaozhi, do you want to come with me?" Shui Lian invited enthusiastically.

"Okay!" Xiaozhi held Xiao Menghuan in his arms, thought for a moment and then readily agreed. He had nowhere else to go anyway, so it would be nice to go fishing with Shuilian to relax.

"Great~" Menghuan waved her hands happily in Xiaozhi's arms.

As soon as the two stepped out of the Pokémon Center, they ran into Miss Lizzie riding Kentaro. "Alola, are you going fishing?"

Before Miss Lizzie finished her words, she jumped off Kentaro. As expected, her foot seemed to be tripped by something, and with a "thump", she fell face down on the ground again.

The two of them hurried forward and helped her up. Miss Lizzie picked up Shuilian's ball sea lion Shanshan and stood up with a smile, while Menghuan avoided her hug and lay quietly on Xiaozhi's head like a well-behaved cat.

Miss Lizzie didn't care about it. She looked at the fishing rods in the hands of the two people, and a playful smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. She teased, "Are you going on a fishing date today?"

These words were like a fire that instantly ignited Shui Lian's cheeks. Her face was as red as a ripe apple, and like the chimney of a steam engine, constantly emitting white steam.

At this moment, she shook her little head like a rattle and waved her hands to deny: "No...no...no...no!"

"Shui Lian and I are going to go fishing for a big fish. Does Miss Lizzie have any good recommendations?" Xiao Zhi was calm and asked calmly.

Miss Lizzie stopped joking after hearing this. She raised her lips slightly, revealed a smile and said, "If you want to go fishing, there is a pond near the Rippling Hill. It is said that there is a 'Pond Overlord' in it. What do you think? Are you interested?"

Xiaozhi and Shuilian's eyes lit up when they heard this, and Miss Lizzie took out the polished brilliant stone, raised her hand lightly, and continued: "It's quite delicate to make this thing. By the time you come back, it will be almost done."

Head west from Ohana Ranch along Route 5 and you'll soon reach the Flowing Hills. The waterfalls here are connected like terraces, and this is the best fishing spot in the Alola region.

Xiaozhi and Shuilian followed Miss Lizzie's instructions and came directly to the largest pond here. Three waterfalls poured into it like silver dragons. The water surface here was wide and the bottom was unfathomable. It was indeed very likely that the legendary overlord was hiding there.

"I wonder what kind of Pokémon will be the ruler of that pond?" Xiaozhi couldn't help but sigh as he held his fishing rod and gazed at the vast pond.

Shui Lian had already excitedly raised her fishing rod and shouted, "We'll know when we catch it!"

"Wait a minute, anglers over there!" Suddenly an old but powerful voice came from behind the two of them, and a man who looked like an old fisherman appeared in front of them.

Shui Lian was very polite and asked softly, "Excuse me, who are you?"

"I am the fishing master of Akara Island. If you want to compete with the master of this pond, you must get my permission!" The old man came in front of them with his arms folded and his head held high, like a respected master.

"I have been fishing for 40 years. During these long 40 years, I have fought with it and experienced several life-and-death battles, but I have not been able to catch it successfully!"

"Not only that, the pond overlord will only fight with opponents it recognizes." The old man pushed up his sunglasses, his eyes were sharp, "Then let this fishing expert test whether you are qualified to challenge it!"

Shui Lian was extremely excited and said in a trembling voice: "Then I'll leave it to you. I really want to catch the overlord of the pond!"

Xiaozhi looked at the old man with suspicion. His intuition told him that there seemed to be some mystery hidden here. "Um, uncle, can I ask what Pokémon is the overlord of this pond?"

However, after hearing Xiaozhi's question, the old man coughed a few times without changing his expression, as if he hadn't heard anything. He put on an unfathomable look, just like a master. "Very good, you try to catch an ugly fish for me first!"

"Okay!" The little girl Shuilian didn't hesitate at all. She skillfully threw out the bait and then sat down steadily.

Seeing her confident look, the old man couldn't help but shout "Naive" and said, "The chou chou fish here are not that easy to catch. Even for an old man with 50 years of fishing experience, it took a lot of effort and hard work to finally catch it..."

Before he could finish his words, Shui Lian came to him with a chou chou fish in her hand, "I caught it!"

Looking at the stunned old man, Xiaozhi suddenly realized that this old man seemed a little unreliable. He probably didn't even know the true face of the pond overlord, let alone catch it.

"Uncle, you can just rest here!" Xiaozhi's mouth twitched, and then he pulled Shuilian away, whispering in her ear, "Shuilian, you might as well try to capture this Clownish. You know, it can evolve into Milotic."

Shui Lian thought for a moment, then nodded without hesitation, then quickly took out a Poké Ball and easily captured it.

When Xiaozhi came to the pond, he was about to take out a Poké Ball that he had prepared long ago, when suddenly, Shuilian let out a scream. He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a weakling stranded in a small puddle on the shore.

The little guy still had a bruise on his head. He was struggling in the puddle, splashing water everywhere. His big watery eyes seemed to be filled with tears, and his aggrieved look made people feel pity for him.

"Please wait a moment!" Shui Lian hurriedly took out two waterproof Band-Aids from her backpack and carefully put them on. "Okay, it's okay now. You are really strong. We'll meet again someday!"

After saying that, Shui Lian gently sent it back to the pond.

To be continued…