บท 17: Evolution, Shiny Gyarados!

Not long after pouring the Magikarp evolution potion into Magikarp's mouth, Magikarp's expression showed a bit of pain.

The golden scales on the body slowly began to fall off, and the entire body of the fish was covered in blood, making it look quite miserable.

Observing the scene, Ash unconsciously clenched his hands and felt a slight unease. Although he knew that the products produced by the system must be high-quality products, there should be no surprises, but seeing Magikarp in such pain still made him a little unbearable.

"Pika."

Pikachu crawled along Ash's pants leg and onto his shoulder, stretched out his hand and patted it, signaling Ash not to worry. Since he had just eaten the Elementary Rare Candy from Ash's hands, Pikachu was very confident in what Ash brought out.

Under the eyes of one man and one mouse, Magikarp, whose golden scales had almost completely fallen off, finally stopped it's Struggle of rolling around the ground.

Its body emitted a brilliant white light of evolution, which eventually encased it entirely.

It started evolving!

"Picka~"

A hint of excitement appeared on Ash and Pikachu's faces as they witnessed it.

Different from the evolution of Catterpie into Metapod two days ago, Magikarp's evolution is much larger and lasts a little longer.

As the process of evolution persisted, a domineering red figure that was different from the typical blue Gyarados appeared before Ash and Pikachu.

It's the evolved Shiny Gyarados!

In addition to the difference in color from normal Gyarados, Shiny Gyarados is also much larger. The Normal Gyarados is about 6.5 meters long, but Ash doesn't know whether because is a Shiny or because the use of Magikarp evolution potion to complete its evolution. The length of the body has increased twofold, now measuring 13 meters!

Holding the body upright with its tail would result in a height of over four stories.

The regular Gyarados appears like an immature child in comparison to Ash's formidable Shiny Gyarados.

"Roar~"

After successfully evolving, Flash Gyarados roared to the sky. The sound waves rolled away, and the momentum was extraordinary.

Flash Gyarados leaned down, expressing his newly evolved form. A ferocious face that was larger than Ash's entire body appeared in front of Ash and Pikachu, startling Pikachu.

It could be attributed to the Magikarp evolution potion.

Unlike other evolved Gyarados, Flash Gyarados is neither violent nor disobedient and poses no threat to the Trainer.

On the contrary, it is very gentle.

It's fierce countenance usually causes sleepless nights for many, but it painstakingly attempts to don a gentle and unappealing expression that is both amusing and adorable.

"Pika~"

Pikachu couldn't help laughing, and he no longer had any fear of his new companion, who was too large and fierce.

Ash stretched his arm and made contact with the frigid, dense, jagged teeth of Flash Gyarados.

"Gyarados, congratulations on your successful evolution."

"Roar~"

Softly, Gyarados replied and wrapped his long beard flexibly around Ash's arm to show how close they were.

[Pokémon: Gyarados (Shiny version).

Level: lv8.

Ability: Overconfidence.

Potential: Elite level.

Skills: Bite, Tackle, Twister, Ice Fang, etc.

Intimacy 255 (full value 255)]

Magikarp was finally relieved of its embarrassing situation of having only a splash move and having no attack power after it evolved into Gyarados. Even if he is only level 8, he still has many attack moves.

Through battles, you can gain combat experience and increase your level.

Due to Ash's assistance in fulfilling its long-held desire and successfully aiding it in evolving into the coveted Gyarados, their level of closeness was instantly elevated.

Taking this opportunity, Ash released Pidegeotto besides Metapod who was waiting for evolution in the Pokeball.

Say hello to your new companions who has undergone a huge change.

"~Pidgeo~"

Looking at Flash Gyarados' huge size and ferocious appearance.

This is in sharp contrast to the golden Magikarp who was bullied by it during the day and defeated instantly with just one move.

There was a flicker of fear in Pidegeotto's eyes.

"Okay, Pidegeotto, we will all be traveling companions from now on."

Ash said to Pidegeotto with a smile.

Shiny Gyarados also showed his kindness to Pidegeotto.

If it weren't for Pidegeotto, it might not have had the chance to become Ash's Pokémon.

It may be impossible to complete evolution in a lifetime.

"Pigeo~"

Seeing Flash Gyarados doesn't mean any harm, he just looks a little more fierce.

Pidgeotto lowered its guard and fearlessly mounted Shiny Gyarados, even encouraging Pikachu to join in on the fun.

Ash stood aside with a smile, feeling quite satisfied as he watched the Pokémon in his team mingle happily.

This scene is the dream of many Pokémon fans.

"Ash, why did you come here? Ah, Gyarados!"

Misty, who was awakened by the roar of Gyarados' newly evolved actions, found no trace of Ash and quickly left the campsite to look for him.

To her surprise, She caught sight of Gyarados looming with a fierce expression that dwarfed even a water tank.

She was so scared that her legs weakened and she was about to fall to the ground.

"Misty, are you okay?"

Ash took three steps at a time and stepped forward to support Misty.

"No, I'm fine. Ash, the golden Magikarp you caught in daytime has evolved. It's too big."

Misty, whose body was still a little weak and unable to lift herself up, leaned against Ash for support.

At the same time, her eyes fell on Ash's Shiny Gyarados, which was much larger than his fellow Gyarados, with some fear. Inspired to become a Water Type Pokémon master, she loves all Water Type Pokémon, with the exception of Gyarados. When she was a child, she crawled into the open mouth of a sleeping Gyarados out of fun. Although she was finally rescued, her life was not in danger. But it also left a very deep psychological shadow on her at a young age.

As a result, she knew that Gyarados was a very powerful existence among Water Type Pokémon, but she still had no idea of subduing a Gyarados. She was plagued by this problem in the original plot, but eventually overcame it many years later.

At that time, She had already become a skilled Gym Trainer specializing in Water-type Pokémon. She also raised a Gyarados with good fighting ability.

"I don't know what happened, but Magikarp suddenly ran out of the Pokéball and jumped over here."

"Pikachu and I were worried about Magikarp's safety, so we followed him. Who knew Magikarp would evolve not long after we arrived here."

Ash gave a very far-fetched explanation.

Mainly because he didn't expect that Magikarp would make so much noise after evolving and wake up Misty. However, Misty didn't see him using the Magikarp evolution potion, so it wasn't a big problem.