Watching the fallen Piplup, Zhang Lei Yuan didn't want such an excellent Pokémon to perish.
The situation was critical, so he immediately threw Pawmot's Poké Ball. Boom! A flash of white light, and our old friend, Dr. Pawmot, was online.
"Pawmot, Revival Prayer."
Hearing the command, Pawmot obediently clasped its two small paws together in front of its chest, striking a standard prayer pose. It closed its eyes tightly, muttering to itself, seemingly communicating with some mysterious power.
As time passed, a faint glow gradually emanated around Pawmot. This light, like warm sunlight, spread around, giving the panicked Steel-type Pokémon a strange sense of peace and tranquility.
Using the light from Pawmot's Revival Prayer, Zhang Lei Yuan saw two figures standing in the corner of the ship's cabin. They were his ultimate targets for this freighter raid, and also the gift he prepared for his son, Zhang Heng, to become a Trainer.
In the corner stood a Pokémon with the appearance of a bipedal monster, entirely composed of aluminum metal with a clear body structure. The tail-like part behind its body was a solid protrusion, and its limbs were made of different colored metallic substances—Duraludon.
Duraludon was holding a grayish-white Pokémon Egg between its arms. Zhang Lei Yuan looked at the size of the Egg and the luster of its shell, judging, "Its aptitude should be decent; it needs further testing. And it seems to be close to hatching. This battle finally yielded some gains."
Since Zhang Heng on Lake Heart Island had always been concerned about the Drampa in his team and had asked Luo Hong about the Dragon-type Pokémon habitats in South China, he must be interested in Dragon-type Pokémon.
However, his Drampa is male. It is well-known that the type of Pokémon Egg depends on the female parent. So, even if Drampa were to hatch an Egg, it would depend on who the female parent is, unless it's with Ditto. But this kind of deceptive breeding also depends on the Pokémon's willingness. Every Pokémon is a living individual, and not all Pokémon are willing to breed with a Pokémon of ambiguous gender.
Zhang Lei Yuan had no choice but to take risks, coming to the high seas to 'transcend' criminals and then select these spoils. This was certainly not murder and robbery.
Suddenly, his gaze shifted to a giant snail shell next to Duraludon, and a Pokémon emerged from the snail shell. It looked very much like a snail, with long antennae on its head replacing its ears and nose, sensing its surroundings. Its eyes were atrophied, unable to see, and its main color was still purple.
"This appearance? It must be the General Sliggoo! How could a pure Dragon-type Pokémon be mixed in with Steel-type Pokémon? I can understand Piplup; although it's currently pure Water-type, its final evolution, Empoleon, can change its type to Water-Steel. But what's going on with this Sliggoo? And it has a metallic shell? Is it another regional form?"
In this world, regional forms, such as Alola and Galar regional variant Pokémon, have appeared. For example, Dr. Chen's daughter, Chen Xue, owns a Galar region Rapidash.
However, there are no records of Hisui Pokémon in this world yet. Even if there were, they would be in ancient texts. The existing Hisui Pokémon have not yet been announced by scholars, nor are there any specific research reports.
Information flowed through his mind, and he murmured, "After I capture it, I'll give it to the Min family's researchers to study. Perhaps it's not a regional form but an ancient form that has been resurrected, like Fossil Pokémon."
The Min family is also one of the powerful families in China. Unlike the Zhang family, who specialize in medicine, they are an academic family specializing in historical research and deciphering ancient texts. They are one of the few families who know the origin of the mysterious electric-type Legendary Pokémon in his possession.
Looking at the strange Sliggoo, he didn't hesitate. As long as it was an ownerless Pokémon, it was within his scope of acquisition.
Both Piplup, under Dr. Pawmot's Revival Prayer treatment, recovered a trace of their stamina. Although still very weak, they were out of danger.
Boom boom ~ boom ~
Three intense explosions rang in his ears, faintly discernible as coming from the bow, midship, and stern of the freighter. Three large holes were blasted in these three locations, and seawater continuously poured into the cabin. The entire freighter began to shake violently, and in a short time, the entire freighter would sink.
Zhang Lei Yuan looked back at the alarm with flashing red lights on the damaged special steel door and realized that destroying the special steel door would trigger the freighter's final emergency plan, activating pre-set bombs to ensure the enemy's efforts were in vain.
Zhang Lei Yuan was not someone who worked empty-handed; he was prepared. He pulled out a bag of shrunken Premier Balls from his waist pouch, clicked the enlarge button on each one, returning them to their normal size, and then threw them onto the ground.
He said, "You've seen the scene of me saving Piplup just now. I am here to rescue you from distress. Those vicious bandits have already blown up the ship. If you want to live, enter my Poké Balls, and I will take you away."
It was indeed a rescue from distress, but how the distress came about, you just don't ask.
All the Steel-type Pokémon remained unmoved. He wondered aloud, "Could it be that Pokémon living in the country of the rising sun don't understand Chinese?"
He began to display his linguistic talent again, saying, "You lot, what are you doing? If you don't go into the ball, you're dead!"
Charizard X, helpless, let out a roar, releasing its Fire-type Pokémon power with a threatening tone, urging them to enter the balls. Especially the Ferroseed family, who are four times weak to Fire, instantly became somewhat panicked. It turned out they understood; they just didn't want to bother.
In the end, Piplup was the first to show its stance. After all, as one of the Water-type starter Pokémon, it is very close to humans, and it had genuinely benefited earlier. It had already entered the Premier Ball a long time ago.
The Ferroseed family also showed their stance. After all, being four times weak to Fire, they were somewhat afraid of Fire-type Pokémon. Sensibly, they picked up a Poké Ball and smashed it on their heads. Boom! A red light flashed, taking it in. The Premier Ball shook for a while and finally stabilized, successfully captured.
After the first example, the entire Ferroseed family quickly repeated the action and entered the balls. Several Pawniard also mimicked their actions and entered the balls.
Of course, there were some who were unwilling to enter the balls. The Durant family and the Bisharp that had just been repelled were unwilling to follow.
Zhang Lei Yuan ignored them and walked directly in front of Duraludon and the strange Sliggoo. He spoke to Duraludon as gently as possible, "We are now on the vast ocean, and your child has not yet been born. Are you going to be buried in the deep sea? Come with me, and I will reunite you and your child."
After speaking, he didn't give it a chance, directly raised a Poké Ball, and threw it at Duraludon. A red light flashed, taking it into the ball. The Poké Ball shook violently, but in the end, with its weakness exploited, it chose to compromise, and the Poké Ball became still.
Following suit, he walked in front of Sliggoo and said, "Become my partner, and I will lead you to the pinnacle, bring you home, to your true home, until you find your kind."
After speaking, he raised a Poké Ball, waiting for Sliggoo's choice.
This time, there was no forced capture. He truly wanted to capture it. He still didn't have a General, and having finally encountered one, he naturally had to seize the opportunity.