Chapter 1: Deserted

A fisherman never misses a chance. If he can't catch a big fish, he fishes for a small one. If he can't catch a small fish, he goes after shrimps. If he can't catch shrimps, he gathers wild vegetables. If there are no wild vegetables, he just drinks a few sips of water before leaving. In short, there must be something harvested. ——Classic quotes from fishermen.

His name is Ryan, and he is a wild fisherman. He's in the Pokémon world, and his time travel was an accident.

Today is his second day in the Pokémon world, fishing at sea—laugh if you want!

To be honest, he didn't intend to hide it. He showed his cards and stopped pretending. He had failed to catch anything again. Alas…

This sigh weighed heavily on the fisherman...

However, he was lucky. He didn't fall into a trap but landed on an uninhabited desert island. He's still alive, but he hasn't eaten in two days and is starving. He has no food or water.

So why is he still fishing?

Because he's stranded on an uninhabited desert island in the Pokémon world. Where else can he go besides fishing?

What is the Pokémon World? What is an uninhabited island?

Where caterpillars can poison you, running around will only get you killed faster.

Since his arrival here, he has been fishing with the rod in his hand, a jointed rod. His fishing proficiency has risen to 9.99%.

His proficiency panel is from an obscure Pokémon game he played in his previous life. He's also an experienced player. Except for the most unpopular Pokémon, he's familiar with most others.

And this Pokémon game came with him. Currently, only a simple data panel is left to show his fishing proficiency.

How simple?

It was a translucent light curtain that appeared in front of him:

[Ryan] [Pokémon: 0] [Proficiency: (Fishing 9.99%)]

It's so simple it only lasts three lines, and it doesn't even give him a Poké Ball. How is he supposed to play with this?

It's just a scam. It's really outrageous. "Temmeow" opened the door for me. It's so outrageous.

Even the option to recharge with real money is gone, so how can he play?

The only use of this proficiency panel is to display skill proficiency, like fishing.

No pay-to-win, just grind, which fits the purpose of this panel, though he wasn't keen on spending money in his previous life either.

No matter how much he asked, the proficiency panel didn't respond at all, like a dead thing that couldn't speak.

Luckily, he's also an experienced wild fisherman. His fishing proficiency quickly rose to 9.99%, and he's about to break through to 10. He wonders if anything strange will happen when he reaches that point.

It just so happens that he's night fishing right now, and he had traveled during his last night fishing.

Such a low-probability event happened to him.

Will he catch a Kyogre during this night fishing?

Damn it, this is the Pokémon world—why does it feel like a horror movie? It's ridiculous.

Suddenly, there was a violent tug on the rod he was holding, and the luminous float that had been bobbing on the sea instantly sank.

"Here we go," Rain Yu was instantly excited. Kyogre and all those thoughts were already forgotten. The fisherman just wanted to catch something now, and even Kyogre couldn't stop him.

He used the last bit of strength in his body, gripped the rod tightly, and pulled in the opposite direction of the fish's struggle.

Whether he lived or died depended on this rod. He had already run out of bait. If he didn't catch something, he would really starve to death.

After half a minute of struggle between man and fish, the fish in the sea was almost out of energy. When the fisherman finally caught the fish, he yanked the rod and pulled the fish out of the sea.

Since it was nighttime and there was only moonlight, he couldn't clearly see what kind of fish it was. But it was moving, it was alive, so it could be eaten.

He quickly threw the fish onto the beach, making sure it had landed before letting out a sigh of relief and excitedly saying, "Finally, food!"

But the moment he relaxed, his legs gave way, and he fell, sitting down on the rocks.

He had used too much strength earlier, and now he was completely exhausted.

Sweat dripped from his forehead, and he was breathing heavily. He had given it everything he had.