Chapter 473: Giant Shark Attack!
In the sea area a certain distance from the island—
Three figures shuttled swiftly through the azure sea, each one cleaving two snow-white waves.
Taking the lead and charging at the very front was none other than Jashin-chan. Next was Kyon-Kyon, and falling at the very back was Ran-Ran.
"Jashin-chan, you swim so fast!"
Kyon-Kyon pursued closely, shouting excitedly, her arms swinging so fast they left afterimages.
"Although I am very fast, you're not bad either!"
Jashin-chan suddenly stopped, turned her head to look at Kyon-Kyon, and then at Ran-Ran further back, who was gritting her teeth and using all her strength to desperately catch up. She raised her hand and pointed towards the deep sea:
"I'm going to swim further away. You just play around here with your sister. You guys aren't as outstanding as me and can't swim further out."
"Alright."
Kyon-Kyon didn't mind Jashin-chan saying that she and her sister weren't as good as her.
She was very broad-minded!
She turned her head to look at Ran-Ran, who was lagging far behind and struggling to catch up, accepted Jashin-chan's suggestion, waved her hand, and exhorted: "Don't swim too far either; be careful not to get lost at sea."
"Don't worry! My sense of direction is very strong; that kind of thing won't happen!" Jashin-chan patted her chest, turned around elegantly, and continued to gallop across the sea.
—As expected, I am the most outstanding!
She thought smugly to herself, then suddenly noticed something approaching rapidly from the front.
"Ara—!"
By the time she realized it was a shark, the shark had already charged right in front of her. The head surfacing from the water was as big as a small house. As the sunlight shone down, it cast a shadow over the sea surface.
"—So big!"
Jashin-chan was stunned, dumbfounded, and tongue-tied.
Can sharks in the human world grow this big?
This thought flashed through her mind, and then she saw the giant shark open its bloody maw full of serrated teeth, biting viciously towards her.
"Oh crap!"
Jashin-chan frantically turned around to run away, but it was already too late—the next second, she was swallowed whole by the giant shark.
Not far away—
"Ah—! It's a shark!"
Kyon-Kyon, who had met up with her sister and was playing in the sea, suddenly noticed a huge dorsal fin breaking the waves and charging towards their side.
"Eh—!!"
Alerted by her sister, Ran-Ran also noticed it and shuddered in fright.
"Jashin-chan was just over there... This shark couldn't be Jashin-chan transformed, right?" Kyon-Kyon raised her hand, pointed at the charging shark, and looked at her sister with an innocent face.
"How is that possible! That's just a shark!"
Ran-Ran looked at the huge dorsal fin and prepared to retreat first: "The size of this shark is a bit abnormal; let's run first!"
"No way!"
Kyon-Kyon clenched her fists, her face full of loyalty:
"Jashin-chan was most likely eaten by this shark; I'm going to save her!"
After saying that, she charged forward.
"Chotto matte—!"
Ran-Ran only had time to reach out her hand and shout this sentence before she saw her sister being swallowed whole by the giant shark.
Her eyes instantly widened, and her body froze for a moment. Immediately after, she followed in Kyon-Kyon's footsteps.
"..."
Near the shore of the island—
"Mn?"
Ecute lay leisurely on her swimming ring, soaking in the seawater.
She seemed to have noticed something and raised her hand to point in a direction: "Look over there... what is that?"
"Eh?"
Poporon looked over doubtfully. The next second, she covered her mouth, pale with fright: "Isn't that a shark? Why would there be a shark here!"
"Eek!"
(°ー°〃)
Ecute looked at her stiffly: "The shark you're talking about, is it that kind of shark?"
"What else could it be?"
"This shark's dorsal fin... isn't it a bit too big?" Second raised her hand to shield her eyes, gazing at the huge dorsal fin in the distance.
"It is a bit too big... anyway, let's get ashore first!" Poporon pulled the safety rope and started swimming towards the shore.
"Eek—! It's coming!"
Watching the huge dorsal fin breaking the waves and approaching, Ecute let out a trembling cry from fright.
While swimming towards the shore, Second loudly warned: "Everyone, a shark is coming!"
"Wuaah—! Run, run, run!"
Pekola, who was teaching little Binchou-tan how to swim nearby, hurriedly took her and swam towards the shore.
"Mmm..."
Ryohei also noticed the shark Second mentioned. He stared blankly at the huge dorsal fin for a moment, then swam towards the shore.
Lucoa and Pekola followed.
Ilulu, holding a volleyball a size larger than her breasts, came ashore, tilted her head, and asked doubtfully: "Why are we running ashore?"
"Because a shark is coming."
Minos put one hand on her hip, the clear seawater sliding down her hot body curves.
"...?" Ilulu still didn't understand and blinked her dot eyes.
"Aha—! A shark? Great, I got ashore one step ahead." Lierre stood on the beach with her hands on her hips, revealing a smug smile.
—She was having a lot of fun!
"Mn, indeed. Speaking of which, that child..."
Persephone supported her full chest with one hand, rested the other hand on top, cupped her cheek, and looked towards the vampire princess in the sea, who was slightly lifting her face and rolling her eyes back.
"Ah—! The safety rope broke!"
After getting ashore, Poporon finally realized she hadn't brought Ecute up with her; she only had a broken piece of rope left in her hand.
"Ecute!"
Second widened her eyes, looking at Ecute, who seemed to have fainted from fright, and the huge dorsal fin not far behind her.
"Your Highness!"
Atre, who had been chatting with Yurine and rushed over upon hearing the commotion, had just stepped one foot into the seawater when a huge shark head suddenly popped out from behind Ecute.
With a snap of its bloody maw, it directly swallowed Ecute whole.
"—!"
Atre instantly went numb. She opened her mouth wide and stood frozen on the spot.
And that giant shark seemed to have charged too fiercely, actually lunging straight onto the sandy beach.
"Pekola, tie it up!" Ryohei ordered concisely.
"Oh."
The humanoid "Pokémon," Pekola, responded softly. With a raise of her hand—
Dozens of verdant green vines shot out crazily from the sandy beach, instantly tying up this giant shark, which was over twenty meters long, so tightly it couldn't move.
"Lucoa, help save Ecute."
Ryohei instructed Lucoa, giving her a bit of a sense of participation too.
He himself conveniently took out a professional filleting knife from his storage space, preparing to harvest a wave of dorsal, pectoral, anal, and pelvic fins to make shark fin soup.
—There was no reason to let go of precious ingredients that delivered themselves to his door!
Not to mention, this shark attacked them first; it deserved to die.
"Okay."
Lucoa responded, walked to the side of the shark, extended a slender white finger, and sliced open a cut on the shark's body: "Actually, Ecute isn't the only one who got eaten."
"Alright! Everyone, you can come out now."