The repairs that followed went very smoothly. Once Dhelmise was caught, the anchor below instantly vanished, clearly the effect of one of Dhelmise's moves.
Fortunately, the Wailord's steel plating was thick enough that a blow from a level 59 Pokémon had not caused widespread damage. They only needed to remove the outer steel plates and replace them with new ones.
Wailord's own towering level of 79 also gave it a terrifying amount of HP. It only needed an Alomomola to help heal its injuries a little.
In short... an hour later... the Wailord set off again, continuing to swim toward its destination.
"Mm-hmm, if that's what happened, then it really isn't surprising." Old Han smiled after hearing the two explain the whole sequence of events.
"Dhelmise do inhabit damaged ships... but most of those ships stay on the surface. If this Dhelmise hadn't been strong enough, it couldn't have controlled the ghost ship and sailed it underwater."
He Xisong smiled and patted Cao Min on the shoulder. "You're really lucky. Raise this Dhelmise well, and it'll become one of your mainstays."
"Yeah!" Cao Min nodded excitedly.
Inside his room, Cheng Tian sat on the bed, feeling a little worn out.
"Greninja, how are your injuries?"
"Gren."
"Really... that's good, then..." He yawned, his eyelids feeling heavy.
Traveling so far underwater was no easy task; it took a great deal of stamina. Cheng Tian was already lying on the bed now, his heavy eyelids making him want to pass out, but as he stared at the ceiling overhead, he simply could not fall asleep.
"Flo~" Seeing this, Florges came over and sat beside the bed. Gently moving Cheng Tian's head onto her lap, she massaged him with her hands. At the same time, she spread a sleep-inducing floral fragrance