Everyone Else Awakened, But I Just Opened a Pokémon Pet Shop

The rain poured in torrents.

The descending claw froze mid-air.

All three S-Class Death Beasts stared wide-eyed, a glint of greed and disbelief flashing in their monstrous gazes!

A massive radiance, brimming with vibrant life, enveloped the area before the Pokémon Center—forcing back the deathly claw that had nearly fallen.

In this stormy night, an overwhelming tide of elemental water surged forth, far surpassing what had come before.

That powerful roar just now had created a water barrier that encased and protected Zhou Xiaofei and Liu Qiaoqiao.

Outside the giant orb of elemental water, a towering Pokémon stood tall, roaring furiously at the heavens!

Through the white, blinding light, Zhou Xiaofei, half-conscious, struggled to open his eyes.

A child's body couldn't endure such injuries.

His broken ribs had long pushed his endurance to the edge.

He'd been holding on for far too long.

His eyelids felt as heavy as boulders.

Yet that explosive roar… strangely calmed him.

With the last flicker of strength, he forced open his eyes and caught a glimpse of the Pokémon standing before him, facing away.

Its form had changed—but the bond they shared, the silent connection of hearts, remained just as strong.

"Ma… Magikarp? You… evolved…"

Zhou Xiaofei smiled—a weak, satisfied smile from the depths of his heart.

His lips were pale from blood loss, and then his body collapsed, falling into Liu Qiaoqiao's frantic arms.

Magikarp… no—Gyarados, now.

The newly evolved Gyarados could clearly feel it—his trainer's life flame was fading, just like his own had moments before.

And the nature of Gyarados… was the complete opposite of what Magikarp had been.

Magikarp was mostly harmless and dull, enduring everything without protest, obediently following Zhou Xiaofei's every command.

But Gyarados?

Gyarados was a beast born from transformation—its brain structure reconstructed during evolution, its personality turning savagely violent.

In the Pokémon world, Gyarados was exceptionally rare—even rarer than pseudo-legendaries like Arcanine.

In ancient texts, Gyarados was recorded as the true form of a dragon.

Some even considered it a mythical creature.

The legends surrounding Gyarados were terrifying.

Because of its violent nature, it seldom appeared… but whenever it did, and if provoked, it was capable of laying waste to entire cities.

Historical records told of enraged Gyaradoses burning down entire towns with their scorching Hyper Beams.

Because of this overwhelming power and terrifying appearance, many regions worshipped it as a god of destruction.

And right now, Gyarados was clearly enraged beyond measure.

Seeing Zhou Xiaofei collapse in front of him, his fury toward the three S-Class Death Beasts had reached its peak.

Not to mention… Pokémon naturally despised the negative aura of Death Beasts.

"ROAAAAAAAR!!!"

With a thunderous roar, Gyarados bared its fangs toward the S-Class enemies before him!

Towering at over seven meters, Gyarados dwarfed the monsters before it—it looked far more like a primordial kaiju than any Pokémon.

Power surged around him, turning into raging wind!

Raindrops and elemental water mixed, forming a sky-piercing cyclone that hurtled toward the S-Class Death Beasts!

If Su Bai were here, he would've instantly recognized this move—Twister.

The ferocious vortex turned every droplet of rain and elemental water into razor-sharp blades, slicing into the Death Beasts' bodies in a split second!

Wounds erupted across their monstrous hides!

But this was only the beginning of Gyarados's assault.

The cyclone wasn't the attack—it was the trap.

It boxed in the Death Beasts, sealing their movement.

Inside Gyarados's raging mind, there was only one command:

Kill them. Kill all these wretched monsters!

A cascade of elemental water, mingled with torrential rain, suddenly formed a mighty waterfall.

But this waterfall defied gravity—it flowed upward!

Riding atop the waterfall, Gyarados charged headlong toward the Death Beasts!

The crashing water struck like thousands of blades, pounding the beasts with overwhelming force.

The sheer impact lifted the massive monsters off the ground!

The giant wolf-like Death Beast took the brunt of the blow.

Its hardened claws were bombarded relentlessly—eroded, shattered, and torn to pieces.

At long last… Magikarp, after struggling for so long to climb the metaphorical waterfall of fate, had evolved into Gyarados…

…And now, it had mastered its namesake move—Waterfall!

The wolf beast howled in agony as the reverse-flowing waterfall shredded its underbelly into ribbons of flesh.

It managed to lift its head, mouth agape in a final act of defiance—

Only for a massive, gaping maw, brimming with bloodlust, to descend upon it.

CRACK!!!

A deafening crunch echoed across the battlefield.

The S-Class Death Beast's armored hide—normally impervious—was shattered by Gyarados's powerful jaws.

The three-meter-tall monster was utterly outmatched by the seven-meter-long leviathan.

This was a Pokémon move—Crunch!

Even without Zhou Xiaofei's commands, Gyarados's battle instincts and burning rage allowed it to wield its skills with deadly precision.

In one brutal chomp, the wolf-like Death Beast was torn in half—its corpse slamming to the ground in a heap.

Yet Gyarados's fury hadn't diminished in the slightest.

Its blazing eyes locked onto the two remaining Death Beasts.

But the other two showed no fear.

Death Beasts were savage by nature—they didn't mourn their own.

With a bestial roar, one of them sank its fangs into Gyarados's spine!

Its razor teeth pierced Gyarados's hide in an instant.

But before it could follow up, Gyarados's tail lashed out like a whip, striking the third Death Beast that tried to flank him.

The massive elemental power and brutal physical strength in that tail strike shattered dozens of bones in the beast's body!

It slammed into the ground with a sickening thud.

This was a Pokémon move—Aqua Tail!

Gyarados didn't care whether it was wounded—it only wanted one thing:

Destroy every single one of them!

Without pause, Gyarados coiled its long body like a serpent, wrapping tightly around the Death Beast still clinging to its back.

It constricted harder and harder, a violent roar rumbling from deep in its throat.

Bones cracked under the pressure.

But the Death Beast's fangs only bit deeper, refusing to let go.

Meanwhile, the one that had been hit by Aqua Tail recovered quickly and leapt back into the fray, snapping at Gyarados again and again!

Enraged and out of control, Gyarados ignored the pain. While squeezing the enemy coiled in its body, it also opened its maw and began a savage close-range brawl with the second beast!

It was a blood-soaked, primal fight between a Pokémon driven to madness by his trainer's injuries—and two beasts consumed by their own chaos.

Right after its evolution—

Gyarados had entered a battle to the death.