"Bul... glug, glug, glug..."
With a splash, Venusaur dropped like a depth charge, taking the little boat and Team Rocket down with it. Only then did Lin Yan resignedly toss out Charizard's Poké Ball and jump onto its back, directing Blastoise to fish them all out.
That Bulbasaur riding a Shellder across the sea, drifting amid sparks and lightning, had left a profound impression on Lin Yan.
The bizarre sight had led him to assume that every member of the Bulbasaur line that had lived in the Giant Venusaur Forest possessed this unique innate talent, so he had decided to let Venusaur give it a try.
Unexpectedly, not only could Venusaur not use Surf, it could not even swim. Apparently, that unforgettable scene that had stunned both him and Charizard for life had only happened because that particular Bulbasaur was special. It had nothing to do with the Giant Venusaur Forest.
Perhaps no one could understand the sheer shock of seeing an excited Bulbasaur riding a Shellder, spinning and leaping over the waves with its eyes closed, then sliding toward you and braking with its feet to stop right in front of you...
Lin Yan had never quite understood where Ye Lan had found such a collection of bizarre Pokémon.
Every one of his Pokémon possessed traits that ordinary members of their species could never match. Calling each of them one of a kind in the Pokémon world would not have been an exaggeration.
Yet this whole collection of unique Pokémon had somehow gathered around Ye Lan. By comparison, Whimsicott, whose reputation outside the team was the "best," actually seemed the most normal of the bunch. As for the others, they simply could not be judged by the standards of ordinary Pokémon.
*Was it because of his psychic powers? Or