Pokémon: Master Pokémon has a fish-frying system.

Seeing Ashida's enthusiastic invitation, Lu An shook his head:

"Being the head of the frontier is fine, but if you're willing to share intelligence with me, I can go to the frontier after this is all over."

Although she had expected that Lu An would not accept her invitation, Ashida still felt a slight sense of disappointment.

However, shrewd businessmen do not show their emotions.

Yashida smiled again:

"I am already extremely grateful that Brother Lu An is willing to grace my battle zone with his presence; I dare not ask for more."

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After agreeing to the deal with Ashida, Lu An stayed in Water City.

As for Ashida, he wasn't in Lilycove City because he was looking for other skilled trainers.

However, because of Lu An's battle with "Raiko", almost all the trainers in Lilycove City knew that there was a Ditto in Lilycove City who was swindling people by transforming into Raiko.

No one would be fooled by Ashida again, so he had no choice but to try his luck in a nearby city.

However, he had made an agreement with Lu An that he would immediately share any news about Emperor Yan and Lei Gong with him.

After saying goodbye to Ashida, Lu An immediately found a phone booth; he had someone he needed to contact.

"Dudududu..."

After a long wait, Lu An finally heard a response on the other end of the phone.

Before he could hear anyone else's voice, the sound of waves came through the microphone and into Lu An's ears. Then, an old but powerful voice rang out from the microphone:

"Hello? Who's the guy who knows Hatch's phone number?"

Hearing this voice, which was just as loud as a young person's, Lu An couldn't help but smile.

"Old man Hatch, can you recognize my voice?"

Upon hearing this, the old man Hachi, who was drifting on the waves, immediately realized: "Lu An?"

"Haha, it's been so long since we last contacted each other, I didn't expect you to still remember me."

"Of course, your Swampert is still with me."

Old Man Hachi, who calls himself the Man of the Sea, is a retired sailor who now sails the seas in his small speedboat, "Big Fish Ball".

In his youth, he was friends with Enji, one of the Hoenn Elite Four, and Zuvuki, the president of Devon Corporation, and they traveled the world together.

Lu An entrusted his Swampert to the old man Hachi because they shared a common goal: to capture the deep-sea Pokémon, Relicanth.

Although Lu An once said that he did not want to have too much contact with the gods of this world, he also knew that some things could not be solved by simply avoiding them.

Groudon and Kyogre, two deities slumbering beneath the Hoenn lands, are extremely unique beings among the deities of the entire Pokémon world.

One is the embodiment of the continent, and the other is the embodiment of the ocean. Whenever they awaken, they cause widespread devastation.

This is a destructive power that no other first-level god can match.

To prevent them from causing irreparable harm to society and humanity after they awaken, the Pokémon Association and many other dedicated individuals have made various efforts and implemented checks and balances.

For example, after abandoning his wife and children, he collaborated with Ashida and others to find the third god who dwells in the pillar of the sky—Rayquaza.

As one of the ancient Pokémon, Rayquaza's Air Lock ability and "Stop" can calm down a rampaging Groudon or Kyogre.

In places like Mt. Sacred, the Red Orb and Blue Orb have been guarded for generations, which is one of the ways to try to control Groudon and Kyogre.

Meanwhile, Lu An, an investigator, along with his friend Daigo Zuvoki and the Hoenn Elite Four, attempts to find the sleeping second-tier gods: Regirock, Regice, and Registeel.

If the Orb is stolen or Rayquaza cannot be tamed, the three powerful second-tier legendaries can serve as a third option to minimize the damage that Kyogre and Groudon cause to human society.

As expected of the young master of Devon Corporation, Steven Zeppelin, after a long period of effort, finally located the sleeping places of the three legendary Pokémon: Regirock, Thunder Ace, and Thunder Chikas.

However, the place where the three divine beasts slept was sealed, and they could only be awakened after the seal was broken.

The "key" to unlocking the seal was recorded on a stone tablet.

"We've lived in this cave all our lives, and we've survived to this day entirely thanks to Pokémon, but we've sealed them away because we're terrified."

"Courageous ones, those whose hearts are filled with hope, open the door! There lies the eternal Pokémon, the first and the last..."

This is the entire content of the stone inscription, but the most crucial "key" part has been damaged, making it difficult even for Devon Corporation's technology to decipher.

However, Lu An, being a time traveler, knew very well that...

"It started with Wailord and ended with Coelacanth."

The line of these two Pokémon and Beldum is the "key" to summoning the sleeping Regirock, Regice, and Regigigas!

Therefore, in order to obtain a third means of restraining the two sea and land gods who may awaken at any time, the existence of the Ancient Coelacanth is indispensable.

However, Relicanus is a deep-sea Pokémon that lives in the deep sea year-round, and very few people have ever seen it.

Only recently, near Route 106 in Hoenn, did anglers spot what appeared to be an ancient coelacanth.

The ancient coelacanth was also the mysterious prey that Old Man Hachi hoped to catch, so Lu An and he hit it off immediately.

Old Man Hachi was searching for the Ancient Coelacanth in the sea aboard his Big Fishball, while Lu An left the Swampert with Old Man Hachi to dive into the deep sea and protect him.

It's been over a month since the Swamp Monster left Lu An.

Now that Lu An has come to Hoenn, there is no reason for him not to contact Swampert.

Therefore, after hearing what the old man Hachi said, Lu An felt a warm current flow through his heart: "How has the Swampert been doing lately?"

Upon hearing this, the old man Hachi said, "Wait a moment," followed by the sound of crashing waves.

Lu An was not in a hurry; he simply listened quietly to the sound of waves coming from the other end of the line through the receiver.

Is this the kind of sound his swamp monster hears every day on Old Man Hachi's boat?

After about a minute or two, Lu An finally heard a third sound besides the old man Hachi and the sound of the waves.

"Ratchet."

A flicker of excitement flashed in Lu An's eyes.

"Ratchet."

The sound grew closer and closer, and soon Lu An heard the sound of a huge creature crawling onto the ship from the sea.

"Hey, Swampert, someone's calling you. Do you want to listen to it?"

"Latchi? Latchi!"

Then an excited shout came through the receiver: "Lachi, lachi!"

Like the excited Swamp Monster, Lu An was also somewhat excited:

"Swamp Monster, long time no see! How have you been?"