Rainy Day

"Yo yo, yo yo..."

As soon as Yu Hai stepped into the rain, he heard a familiar cry. It was Poliwag, returning by stepping on the rainwater.

"Poliwag? Cough, cough," Yu Hai raised his hand to cover his mouth and looked in the direction of the cry from within the rain.

Before long, Poliwag appeared in his sight, still holding a plastic bottle with a cut in its mouth. It was the plastic bottle he had used to store seafood before, and he didn't expect Poliwag to find it.

"Yo yo, yo yo," Poliwag seemed like a king returning, and its steps became much lighter upon seeing Yu Hai. This time, it had gone out to find food alone, and the significance was naturally very different.

After confirming that the cry was indeed from Poliwag, Yu Hai also retreated under a tree in a timely manner, which would reduce some of the rain. He didn't want to get wet either.

"What food did you find, Poliwag?" Yu Hai curiously examined the plastic bottle Poliwag brought back. The most obvious thing inside was green kelp.

"Yo yo, yo yo," Poliwag put down the plastic bottle, sucked a piece of kelp out of the bottle with its mouth, and handed it to Yu Hai, calling out, "Yo yo, yo yo..."

Yu Hai understood. Poliwag wanted him to eat the kelp.

He didn't mind that the kelp had been bitten by Poliwag and put it directly into his mouth.

The kelp was very salty and a bit fishy. It was crisp and not inedible. The most important thing was that this was the only thing available to eat, so he had no choice. He slowly chewed and swallowed the kelp.

But after eating a piece of kelp, he didn't see Poliwag eating anything. He looked at Poliwag curiously and asked, "Poliwag, aren't you eating?"

As Yu Hai asked, he also shook the green kelp in his hand.

"Yo yo, yo yo," Poliwag's gaze shifted downwards to its belly and it showed its belly to Yu Hai.

Yu Hai also looked at Poliwag's belly. The reflection of the green kelp clearly indicated that the little foodie had eaten his fill in the shallow water before returning.

However, he couldn't eat it all himself. There was still a lot of kelp in the plastic bottle, as well as some shells. He couldn't eat that much.

Chewing kelp in his mouth, he poured out the kelp from the plastic bottle, handed a piece of kelp to Poliwag, and at the same time, he waved the kelp in his hand, signaling to Poliwag, "Let's eat together, Poliwag..."

"Yo," Poliwag didn't refuse either. Its eyes narrowed into slits with joy, and it took the kelp handed by Yu Hai with its mouth.

Outside the tree, it was raining heavily. Inside the tree, it was drizzling. One person and one tadpole ate their simple dinner. Yu Hai occasionally peeled shells for Poliwag.

Since the little foodie had no hands, only he could do this work.

After the person and the tadpole were full and satisfied, and had finished the food the little foodie brought back, they prepared to rest.

The heavy rain was still falling, their activity space was limited, they couldn't go anywhere, and they didn't know when the rain would stop.

He swore to the heavens...

Rumble--

"Forget it, I won't swear," Yu Hai was extremely speechless. Was it that punctual?

He would never speak carelessly again. Even if he wanted to speak carelessly, he would have to wait until he had a sturdy shelter.

Following the thunder, the rain gradually increased. The wind, which had stopped, also showed signs of intensifying.

In response, he took out a Poké Ball again and asked the little Poliwag, "Poliwag, do you want to go inside?"

"Yo yo, yo yo," Poliwag originally wanted to shake its head, but it was afraid Yu Hai would get angry. In the end, it couldn't decide whether to shake its head or not.

But it still didn't want to go in. Even if it had to go in, it wanted to sit with Yu Hai for a while longer.

Immediately, Poliwag jumped up, stomped on the tree roots beneath its feet, then leaned against the tree trunk and blew bubbles from its nostrils, before pointing its tail at the Poké Ball in Yu Hai's hand.

Seeing this, Yu Hai understood again. Poliwag was expressing that it wanted to sit for a while longer and would go back into the Poké Ball to sleep when it was time for bed.

Yu Hai did not refuse Poliwag's desire to stay. He put away the Poké Ball again. However, what he didn't see was that Poliwag let out a long sigh of relief when it saw him put away the Poké Ball.

Poliwag just wanted to stay outside a little longer and spend more time with Yu Hai. It had thought Yu Hai would refuse, but today Yu Hai agreed. It was still cheering inwardly and quietly moved closer to Yu Hai.

Leaning against Yu Hai, it felt safe and felt Yu Hai's body temperature. If time could stop, it just wanted to lean against Yu Hai like this forever, against Yu Hai...

Yu Hai did not notice Poliwag's small movements. Even if he had noticed, he wouldn't have cared. If the little Poliwag liked to lean, let it lean.

His attention had shifted to Poliwag's proficiency panel.

[Poliwag]

[Attribute: Water]

[Gender: Male]

[Potential: 31%]

[Level: 7.01%]

[Ability: Damp/0.53%][Hidden Ability: Swift Swim/1.53%]

[Known Moves: (Mind Reader/0.21%)(Ice Ball/0.31%)(Soothing Mist/0.51%)(Water Gun/1.31%)(Hypnosis/0.52%)(Chain Slap/2.64%)(Tackle/0.51%)(Water Gun/2.52%)]

Poliwag's level had finally broken through level seven, which was cause for celebration. Poliwag was one step closer to evolving into Whirlpool Warrior.

After the heavy rain stopped, he had to find a sparring partner for Poliwag as soon as possible to increase its level and let it evolve quickly, which would also improve their lives.

The proficiency of its moves also couldn't be neglected. The moves were the same as before the heavy rain; there had been almost no change.

However, Poliwag's hidden ability, Swift Swim, had actually increased in proficiency, by 0.3.

So, the proficiency of this ability needed to be trained on rainy days. He would need to find a Pokémon that knew the Rain Dance move or had the Drizzle ability.

There were many Pokémon that knew Rain Dance, and Poliwag itself could also learn it.

Only three Pokémon have the Drizzle ability, meaning they automatically set up rain upon entering battle: Politoed, Pelipper, and Kyogre.

Kyogre is out of the question. Politoed is also unlikely; this evolutionary branch is far more difficult than Poliwrath.

Even a Water Stone is hard to come by, let alone a King's Rock.

Back in his past life, when he was browsing online forums, he had seen theories about the King's Rock.

The theory was that it could only evolve Pokémon if the Pokémon's ancestors had been kings, and the King's Rock had been worn by a king, passed down through generations.

If that were true, then the item would first be an antique, and only then an evolutionary item.

With the label of an antique attached, the price of such an item was unimaginable.

Furthermore, once a Poliwag evolved into a Politoed, it would lose its Swift Swim ability.

Therefore, he really had no choice. He had to catch a seabird with the Drizzle ability, which meant the evolved form of Long-winged Gull: Pelipper.

There were many such Pokémon. Just the Long-winged Gulls he had seen were more numerous than Spearow and Pidgey combined.

It wasn't impossible to find a Long-winged Gull with high potential that had the Damp ability. Once it evolved, it would naturally gain the Drizzle ability.

"Cough, cough, cough," Yu Hai couldn't help but get excited when he thought about this possibility, causing him to cough again. This was already the third time today.

While covering his mouth to lessen the sound of his cough, he looked down at his Poliwag. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the little tadpole, fast asleep, had not been woken up.

After that, he took out a Poké Ball and put the sleeping Poliwag inside. This time, he didn't lock the Poké Ball. He found a slightly drier tree trunk and leaned against it, falling into a deep sleep.

With the sound of rain to help him sleep, he should be able to have a good night's rest tonight...

Thank you all for the many votes, thank you x3. I'm still asking for your continued support. The little tadpole wants recommendations, the little tadpole is crying, woo woo woo