Chapter 125: Anime Crossover: Pokémon – Starting from Hunter x Hunter, Chapter 55

Among these, the most valuable items are the 【Super Rod】 and the skill 【Surf】.

Especially the 【Super Rod】; as one of the important items, Luo Ge has already begun to look forward to what kind of fish he might catch.

Luo Ge gave a thought, and a fishing rod with a somewhat special appearance appeared in his hand.

In the game, there are three types of fishing rods in total: the 【Broken Rod】, the 【Good Rod】, and the best one, the 【Super Rod】.

Hanging from the front of the rod was a bobber resembling a Poké Ball, and the purple handle also bore the Poké Ball emblem.

The moment he took hold of it, Luo Ge felt the rod had excellent handling, as if it could reel in anything no matter how heavy.

After casually brushing the sand off Eevee and placing it on his shoulder, Luo Ge walked to the boardwalk where Machi and the others were, preparing to fish.

"Huh? You plan to fish?"

"This fishing rod looks quite special."

Machi leaned both hands on the wooden fence, sea wind brushing the tips of her pink-purple hair, and asked curiously.

Luo Ge walked to the side, picked a spot by feel, and smiled: "Yes, I was thinking of trying out this rod of mine."

No sooner had he spoken than Luo Ge flicked the rod; the bobber floated on the sea surface a short distance away, motionless.

An old man nearby, hands clasped behind his back, walked over and said earnestly:

"Young man, you don't even have bait; how is it possible to catch a fish?"

"It's fine; I'm just casting the rod to try it out. If no fish bites, I can add bait later."

Luo Ge explained offhandedly.

The old man was about sixty years old, wearing a straw hat similar to those worn by farmers; due to long exposure to the sea breeze, his face bore many wrinkles.

Hearing this, the old man helplessly shook his head, thinking to impart some fishing knowledge to Luo Ge.

"Young man, don't judge me by my appearance; I am a famous fishing master here. Before fishing, one must first scatter bait."

Once speaking about his area of expertise, the old man immediately straightened his back, revealing a confident smile, thinking to teach the young man a few tricks.

The old man counted on his fingers and pondered: "First is scattering bait; second, choosing the fishing spot is also very important."

"This place isn't deep enough; it's hard to catch big fish. I recommend you go to that sea cliff over there, though it's not very suitable to go there recently."

Seeing no movement from the rod, Luo Ge chatted idly with the old man: "Oh? Why isn't it suitable to go there recently?"

"Bui?"

Eevee, imitating Luo Ge, called out in confusion.

The old man didn't take it seriously, assuming Eevee was just a pet raised by Luo Ge.

After all, creatures across the six continents are bizarre and varied; it's normal for him not to recognize some.

The old man glanced left and right, then, as if sharing some unspeakable secret, lowered his voice and said:

"Actually, that sea cliff was originally a tourist spot; many tourists would go there to view the seascape."

"But recently, a couple jumped into the sea at that cliff to commit suicide together, and it happened to be reported and publicized."

"For some reason, the sea cliff gained a new name: 【Lovers' Cliff】."

"Since then, couples from all over the world have occasionally come here to jump into the sea; those are people who originally didn't want to live."

Luo Ge raised an eyebrow, not expecting such a thing to happen, and wondered what kind of psychology this was.

Herd mentality?

Even suicide by mutual pact requires a "holy site"?

The old man continued: "Since then, I've occasionally come over to patrol a couple of times; now, whenever I see a man and woman appearing as a pair, I get scared."

"Afraid they've come to commit suicide together again."

Luo Ge was stunned, then glanced at Machi, who was eavesdropping nearby, and asked:

"Say, old man, did you originally think the two of us were here to commit suicide together, which is why you came over?"

Hearing this, the old man quickly pointed at the bobber on the sea surface and changed the subject: "Look at the bobber; it just seemed to move."

Luo Ge, Machi, and the others:...

"Hahaha, you saw through it. Mainly, I can't bear to see living lives disappear; I thought if I could save one, I'd save one."

The old man scratched the back of his head and said awkwardly.

"By the way, I've talked for so long without introducing myself. My name is Colbert; the marine equipment shop over there is the one I opened."

"My name is Luo Ge; these few are all partners traveling with me."

Luo Ge nodded and briefly introduced them.

Before they could say much more, several bubbles suddenly rose from the sea surface; after bursting, even more bubbles appeared.

Immediately after, the bobber suddenly sank, dragged straight down; a tremendous force traveled along the rod to Luo Ge's hands, as if trying to drag him away.

Luo Ge's eyes sharpened; his body lowered slightly, shifting his center of gravity downward. He gripped the rod tightly with both hands and began to wrestle with the unknown fish.

"There's actually a fish on the hook?!"

Colbert looked utterly shocked, jaw dropped, wiping his eyes in disbelief, doubting whether his old eyes were playing tricks on him.

Luo Ge had neither scattered bait nor used bait, and it was still a shallow sea area; yet a big fish got hooked?!

Then what did decades of his accumulated fishing experience amount to?

Luo Ge didn't know that his 【Super Rod】 had already made an old fishing veteran question his life.

Seeing this, Machi and the other two also gathered around.

Luo Ge gritted his teeth; thick aura gathered in his hands, and pure aura wrapped around the rod through his hands, instantly making him feel much more at ease.

In the next moment, Luo Ge exerted a sudden burst of strength, yanking the rod upward rapidly; the massive creature in the sea leaped out of the water, tracing an arc in the air.

Boom!

A huge shadow loomed over the group for a moment, then crashed heavily onto the beach, emitting a deafening roar.

It was only because there were only them here; otherwise, it would most likely have caused a sensation.

Luo Ge breathed a sigh of relief, looking at the 【Powerful Fishing Rod】 in his hand, feeling it lived up to the name "Powerful."

To catch such a huge, heavy creature without a single scratch was something completely impossible with any other fishing rod.

After clearly seeing the creature, Colbert's eyes widened in disbelief as he said, "How is this possible?"

"You actually caught a giant clam of such exaggerated size?!"

On the depression in the sand, there sat a giant clam roughly ten meters long, gray-white in color with magnificent patterns on its surface.

Its shell was slightly triangular, with a curved apex and wavy, undulating edges; the surface was gray, marked by several deep grooves resembling tracks crushed by a cartwheel.

Therefore, the giant clam is also known as "Tridacna."

Its mantle was large and very rough, featuring several thick, imbricate radial ribs; distinct growth lines formed curved, overlapping wrinkles on the shell's surface.

Normally, whether giant clams or shells, they are obtained through fishing or harvesting.

But today, Luo Ge had fished it up.

Colbert rubbed his eyes again, feeling as though today was like a dream.

Then he thought that being able to fish up such a huge, heavy giant clam meant Luo Ge was far from ordinary.

Perhaps... he was also one of those people.

Bisigi looked at the giant clam, her eyes shining, immediately recalling the beautiful pearls she had just seen in the magazine.

A giant clam this big must produce a pearl large enough to shock everyone.

"Hehehe, super pearl."

Shizue and Machi saw this and immediately knew what Bisigi was thinking; their expressions remained completely flat, as they were already used to it.

Luo Ge rested his chin on his hand, pondered for a moment, then walked over to the giant clam, intending to pry it open, just in case there really was a huge pearl inside.

Colbert was startled.

"Luo Ge, come back quickly! Don't get close to it!"

"The biting force of a giant clam is very strong!"

Colbert was not exaggerating; with a giant clam like this, a single bite could cut a person in half at the waist.

As Luo Ge drew closer and closer, the giant clam became restless, shaking like the giant clam from SpongeBob SquarePants.

In the next instant, a flash of purple light passed, and Nidoking silently appeared behind the giant clam, its two large hands gripping the upper and lower shells respectively.

"Roar!"

With a slight effort from Nidoking, the giant clam was instantly pried open; the upper and lower shells were forced apart to 180 degrees, unable to return to their original shape.

In an instant, dazzling, multicolored light emerged from within the giant clam; this was a common trait of giant clams, their interiors being colorful.

Seeing the suddenly appeared giant beast, Colbert's first reaction was surprise, and his second was to confirm his own thoughts.

Luo Ge was indeed one of those people!

However, the scene inside the giant clam made everyone even more shocked.

Bisigi's expression grew solemn, and she subconsciously asked in confusion, "What is this?"

Inside that lustrous giant clam, there was clearly half-withered clam meat gradually turning into a mummy, along with some similar seafood fragments.

A blood-red pearl, the size of a fist, sat quietly among a pile of "mummies," emitting a strange yet mesmerizing hue.

Ordinary pearls are basically white, purple, or similar colors.

But this blood-red pearl seemed to contain fresh blood, radiating a deep crimson hue everywhere.

Its size was also unlike ordinary pearls; it was a whole fist-sized, undoubtedly a giant pearl.

Colbert asked in astonishment, "What's going on?"

"It's actually a blood-red pearl?"

Regarding the pearl's size, Colbert was not particularly surprised; after all, since the giant clam was so large, the pearl's size would naturally be extraordinary.

In comparison, the pearl's color and the condition of the giant clam's meat were far more worthy of astonishment.

He had seen countless pearls, but never one with such a blood-red appearance.

【Blood-Red Pearl】: Can replenish itself by absorbing the life energy of surrounding creatures.

The more intense the blood-red color, the more life energy it has absorbed.