"Clap, clap, clap!" Watching Mantine get caught, Xun Chaoze applauded and said with a smile, "All right, looks like you'll have no trouble catching three before the contest ends. I'm off to find my target too. See you!" With that, he started his boat and headed into the distance.
"That looks like the source of Spring Lake!" Liu Qing muttered, watching Xun Chaoze head toward the faintly visible Mt. Coronet. He started his own boat, intending to return to the spot where he had caught Surskit.
"Here it comes! My third one!" On his way back, Liu Qing ran into the contestant who had caught Wailmer again. Amid the man's excited cries, a Crawdaunt was pulled from the water. After several exchanges, his Poliwrath struck Crawdaunt with Dynamic Punch, leaving Crawdaunt confused, and he caught Crawdaunt in a Spring Ball.
"Amazing! That's his third, and every one of them is huge!"
"Exactly! Now he can enter the second stage of the contest too!"
"As expected of a world-famous fishing master!"
Hearing the chorus of praise around him, Tokio broke into a smug grin.
"Attention, contestants! There are only ten minutes left. If you haven't caught three Pokémon yet, please hurry!" Nurse Joy's voice rang out over the speakers again. The lake immediately erupted into a frenzy as contestants aboard stationary boats cast their bait into the water.
"Oh no, I wasted too much time!" Startled, Liu Qing realized he would never reach his destination in time and decided to try his luck fishing here instead. Just as he was about to cast his line, something floating downstream caught his attention. From a distance, it looked like a branch.
It's a Bibarel! Liu Qing swept his Aura over the shape and was delighted. He glanced around without drawing attention to