"Lapras, are you okay?"
"Don't scare me!!"
Though forced to eat it, Lapras secretly anticipated the effects as it swallowed the Water-type law berry under the watchful eyes of the four Legendary Pokémon.
But who would have thought that not long after eating it, Lapras looked pained, as if extremely uncomfortable.
Seeing Lapras's sudden change in complexion, Riku became extremely nervous. If his decision caused something unexpected to happen to Lapras, he would be uneasy for the rest of his life.
Just as Riku was about to spend five thousand points to exchange for first-aid pills, Lapras suddenly exhaled a puff of steam—and gradually returned to normal.
Seeing this, the three legendary birds and Groudon immediately shook their heads and sighed.
What a waste!
It could simply be called squandering!
They could tell at a glance that Lapras couldn't handle a whole Water-type law berry, so it chose this way to make itself feel better.
Don't look at the steam it exhaled—it was full of rich essence, and the Water-type law contained within accounted for at least fifty percent of the entire berry.
The tense Riku finally breathed a sigh of relief.
At least this time, Lapras wasn't as exaggerated as Feebas had been before.
He had considered Feebas's situation when he wanted to feed the berry to Lapras. However, Riku thought that Lapras's strength couldn't be compared to Feebas's; just its size alone was several times larger than Feebas, so it shouldn't have any problems.
Unexpectedly… some things really couldn't be judged by feeling.
Fortunately, the system was there to back him up—otherwise, Feebas would have flown away with the wind before.
"Lapras, how do you feel?" Riku asked with concern.
"Waa—"
Lapras responded affectionately before communicating telepathically, "Master, I feel better than ever now, like I've been reborn. Thank you for being willing to share such a precious berry with me."
Lapras's gratitude was sincere, and the feelings it expressed didn't deceive Riku.
Don't look at Lapras as a Water/Ice-type Champion-level Pokémon—it actually didn't contain a trace of Water-type law within its body.
If it wanted to cultivate the Water-type law, it didn't know how many years it would take. Now, just eating a single berry could save it decades of effort. For any Pokémon, this was like hitting the jackpot.
Now, Lapras finally understood why the three legendary birds and the Lord of the Land kept following Riku.
Such miraculous, invincible berries—virtually impossible to find in the Pokémon world—could only be grown by Riku.
No wonder he was such a terrifying existence. No wonder he was the man Lapras had taken a liking to!
Lapras's current feelings of gratitude were in stark contrast to its initial annoyance and unwillingness when it was first caught.
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Confirming that Lapras was fine, Riku smiled and spent five hundred points to exchange for a glass box from the system shop.
Then, he carefully put the other ripe Water-type law berry into it.
May had been coming every day during this time, taking Riku and his Feebas to grind battle experience.
Riku wasn't a completely clueless straight man, so of course, he had to express his gratitude.
Moreover, Blastoise had put in a lot of effort in catching Lapras yesterday. Out of both emotion and reason, if he encountered suitable berries, he should indeed let Blastoise eat one.
The three legendary birds and Groudon watched Riku's actions, feeling a bit unwilling but helpless.
Riku was so careful—it was obvious he was going to use the berries to please his sweetheart.
They all knew May had a Blastoise.
Lapras had also told them that when it was still a wild Pokémon, it had a big fight with Blastoise.
If it hadn't been for Blastoise's help, Riku might not have been able to catch it.
"This damn luck!" The most hot-tempered Zapdos couldn't help but complain, and the remaining two birds and Groudon also said:
"It's so unfair! I train so hard every day, and this time I didn't even get a single berry."
"Master is such a villian, forgetting righteousness for beauty! What can we do?"
"Sigh, Lapras and Blastoise really got lucky Ordinary Pokémon actually get to enjoy such berries. Maybe this is fate!"
"My fate is in my hands, not in the heavens..."
"Stop talking nonsense! If you really have the guts, go ask Master for the berries back."
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Of course, Riku didn't know that the three legendary birds and Groudon were calling him a villian behind his back.
If he heard them, he would have hung them up and beaten them for a whole day and night.
Returning to the small wooden house, Riku picked up the phone he had just bought a few days ago.
Although the signal was a bit weak, after dialing a few times, he managed to get through.
However, he didn't expect May to be very busy and didn't have time to come over.
Anyway, now that he had Lapras, Riku could also grind experience on his own.
Ever since he learned in the afternoon that having his own Pokémon defeat wild Pokémon could earn points, Riku had already planned to grind points like crazy.
However, his own island was definitely not suitable.
After thinking for a moment, Riku decided to go to the uninhabited island where he had caught Lapras.
When he was grinding battle experience with May there, Riku discovered that there were quite a lot of wild Pokémon on the uninhabited island, which could be called Lapras's territory.
Lapras knew the distribution of various wild Pokémon in different areas very well.
As for Feebas, Riku didn't plan to bring it this time—using the Exp. Share to help it absorb battle experience.
Riku felt that experience gained easily definitely wasn't as effective as the experience of personally defeating wild Pokémon.
Lapras quickly carried Riku to the uninhabited island.
Just as Riku was about to start grinding points, Lapras first led Riku to the small lake where he had caught it.
It said it had something to give Riku as a greeting gift.
After diving into the lake for only two minutes, Lapras surfaced.
Looking at the gem in its mouth, as big as a baby's fist, Riku's heart skipped a beat.
If this were the 21st century on Earth, such a large sapphire would be worth hundreds of millions!
Although Riku had obtained some unexpected wealth before, it was only fifty thousand yuan, and he was still short of money.
Just as the excited Riku was about to go over to greet Lapras, he didn't expect the sapphire in Lapras's mouth to suddenly come to life—breaking free from Lapras's mouth and quickly flying towards the other side of the lake.
Riku abruptly turned his head.
He saw a mature woman in a black OL suit, adjusting her glasses as she sized Riku up and down.
And the sapphire that Lapras wanted to give him was held in the mature woman's palm.
---Support with power stones