At that moment, the room was a complete mess.
Ash, Dawn, and Takeshi were gathered around the corner of the dining table, watching helplessly alongside Pikachu and Piplup as the little shark clung to a table leg and gnawed on it.
If they reached out to pick it up...
Because of the rough skin covering its body, they would probably hurt their hands before they could pull it down.
But if they did not reach out to pick it up...
They could not just stand by and watch the expensive wooden table Takeshi had mentioned lose one of its legs.
Ash was absolutely panicking right now.
As the person who had brought Gible inside, no matter how things ended, he would probably be held responsible for the damages.
But Ash simply could not afford it!
After all, he still owed Kasumi, May, and Dawn for their wrecked bicycles.
Though they had not pressed him for repayment or mentioned interest out of consideration for their traveling companion.
Even after using the Silver Conference champion's prize money to pay them back, he had not even repaid a fifth of what he owed Kasumi.
Add this table leg on top of that, and he would not be able to pay it off even if he sold himself!
This was the scene Luo Mu found when he returned.
Gible was dark blue all over, with red coloring from its lower jaw to its belly. The little shark had an enormous dorsal fin and strange protrusions growing from both sides of its head. Its entire body resembled a huge ball supported by four short, stout limbs.
Its huge mouth was opened nearly to its limit, rows of sharp shark teeth repeatedly closing around the table leg as though it were grinding them.
Standing in the