Chapter 321 The Mystery of Magikarp
Louis and Yang Ming had a very pleasant conversation and said goodbye to them after a long time.
"Brother, I'm currently staying in the largest five-star hotel in Yuanzhu City. If you need anything, you can always come to me."
"I never thought that this gentleman who was just beaten black and blue by gangsters is actually a wealthy man. You can't judge a person by his appearance." After saying goodbye to Louis, Yang Ming couldn't help but think so.
Since Yin, who was coming to participate in the competition, had not arrived yet, Yang Ming had no choice but to take Feng Lu for a stroll in Yuanzhu City and satisfy Feng Lu's playfulness.
"Have you heard? There was another robbery in the next block."
"How many times is this today?"
"I don't know. Ever since the Silver Conference was held, the city's law and order has been in a mess."
"Alas, if I had known this would happen, I would not have held it. This Silver Conference has always been held in Baiyin City, but this time it was held in Yuanzhu City as an exception. I never thought it would turn out like this."
"Hush, this is a wise decision made by the monks of the Bell Tower, don't talk nonsense."
"I, I'm not questioning the monks' intentions. It's just that the alliance is too useless."
"It's not the same day that the Alliance has been useless. Didn't you see that there was only one young investigator leading people around today? I feel sorry for him just by looking at him."
"Ugh……"
Yang Ming was listening to the conversations of passers-by. At this time, there was no one in the team in front of him. Yang Ming sighed and picked up the air gun on the stall.
For some reason, Feng Lu was very interested in various activities in the Johto area. Even this kind of small game of shooting at fixed targets was something she enjoyed doing.
Yang Ming fired a few shots and easily took the prize.
"Take it." Yang Ming handed a cheap bracelet to Feng Lu. Feng Lu took the bracelet happily and put it on her hand.
"Isn't it just a string of cheap industrial products? Why are you so happy about it?" Yang Ming wondered. He had given Feng Lu so many expensive skill machines and items before, but Feng Lu didn't seem so happy. Why did she like this cheap stuff so much?
"If I had known this would happen, I would have bought her some more expensive brand name jewelry and necklaces." Yang Ming regretted it deeply. He had taken over a large company now, and luxury goods were easily available to him. He didn't care about them at all.
"Feng Lu——"
Just then, a girl's voice called out from behind.
The two turned around and saw that the other person was a silver-haired girl dressed in an avant-garde style.
"Homiga!" After seeing the face of the person clearly, Feng Lu's face immediately showed joy.
Next to Homiga, there was a tall, short-haired beauty, who was none other than the Raven Gym Master, Xiaojuer, whom he had met before.
Yang Ming understood in his heart that Homiga was the owner of the Liyong Gym in the Unova region, and she was a colleague of Xiao Juer and Feng Lu. It was natural for these three girls of similar age to have a close relationship.
However, Homiga is younger than Fenglu. Judging from the timeline where Fenglu is not yet the official gym leader, Homiga probably hasn't become the gym leader yet either.
"By the way, let me introduce you," Feng Lu pulled Yang Ming to her side, "This is my friend Yang Ming whom I met in the Johto region. Don't look at him like this, in fact, his strength is stronger than many of the wealthy children in the Unova region."
What does "Don't look at him like this" mean? Am I so fragile in appearance? Yang Ming thought to himself.
"Oh? Just friends?" Homija said with a wicked smile, "I heard from Xiaojuer that you——"
Feng Lu hurriedly covered her mouth and quickly changed the subject: "Sister Xiao Juer, there is no need for me to introduce you. This is Homiga, who will soon take over as the head of Liyong Gym."
"I see," Yang Ming nodded, "Can you please untie her mouth? I think she's about to be suffocated by you."
Feng Lu then remembered to let go of her hand. Homija quickly took a few breaths and said, "Thank you, brother-in-law."
"What the hell?" Yang Ming's face suddenly turned dark, "Feng Lu, your friend is too talkative, you have to shut her up quickly."
"Okay~"
The group of people were playing and laughing, and the atmosphere was full of joy.
Soon, Yang Ming parted ways with Feng Lu and the other two. Feng Lu met her two little sisters and naturally had a lot to talk to them about. Yang Ming naturally could not disturb their private time.
Besides, Yang Ming also had his own things to do, so he really couldn't stay with them for too long.
The most important thing was that Homija kept teasing him about his relationship with Fenglu, which made him very embarrassed and he had to find an excuse to slip away.
“Why do kids nowadays have such good imagination?” Yang Ming was a little puzzled. Why did the relationship between him and Feng Lu become spread like this?
Yang Ming was walking alone on the street, and soon a person appeared behind him.
"Boss, according to your instructions just now, I have already taken the photo of the golden carp."
This person was Tokugawa, who was previously sent by Yang Ming to investigate the Golden Carp King.
Yang Ming took the camera and looked through the photos one by one.
"According to my personal guess, this golden Magikarp has a big problem," Tokugawa analyzed. "As far as I know, Magikarp are not small in size, usually close to one meter, but this golden Magikarp is much smaller, only one-third of the normal Magikarp."
"Not only that, but even those red Magikarp are much smaller than normal size."
"Yes, your analysis is correct." Yang Ming nodded.
In fact, there are doubts about the "Karab catching" stall itself. The size and weight of ordinary Karp are not something that ordinary people can "catch" casually. Only a well-trained fighter like Yang Ming can catch a Karp as easily as catching a small goldfish.
But the Magikarp in that stall were very small, only slightly larger than a whiting. Such Magikarp could only be caught by ordinary tourists, and this was exactly what was suspicious: where did he find so many underdeveloped Magikarp?
Tokugawa continued, "In addition, I also explored the entire Yuanzhu City district and found many similar stalls."
"Although there are no golden carp in these stalls, there are also a large number of ordinary carp with abnormally small bodies. They are just not as conspicuous as the previous stall."
Yang Ming was listening to the report while flipping through the photos. He had a vague idea of what Tokugawa had said. There were too many stalls related to Magikarp in Yuanzhu City.
At this moment, he suddenly felt something was wrong and quickly enlarged the photo of the Golden Carp Magikarp.
"Sure enough, this Magikarp is a man-made product. No wonder the stall owner doesn't care that it will be stolen. So that's how it is."
The normal Golden Magikarp is a genetic mutation that shows a different golden color from the ordinary Magikarp. After evolving, it will become a red Gyarados.
But Magikarp is not the only Pokémon like this. Other Pokémon also have different colored versions.
The scales of the Magikarp in front of us can actually emit an abnormal metallic luster, which is obviously a characteristic of biological modification.
Yang Ming thought again of the modified Gyarados he had seen in the Interconnection Cave. Could there be an unknown connection between the two?