Chapter 154: Giratina

"Gaa! (Hey, tree-planting Scizor, there's a pest infestation here, deal with it quickly!)"

Giratina looked at the "escape" of the apples in a daze. Its expression became very serious. It had once glimpsed the problem of human farmers dealing with pests in the Distortion World. If not curbed, the apples it had worked so hard to grow would all be eaten by these bugs!

The Scizor in the distance was still diligently planting trees. Hearing Giratina's call, it pointed to itself in a daze:

"Hass? Ha! (Let me deal with pests? I'm a bug myself!)"

The Scizor, which had never heard of letting a bug deal with bugs, raised its pincers, flapped its wings to accelerate, and ran with heavy steps to the apples rolling around, staring at one of them, and used Metal Claw!

It clamped a fleeing apple in one go! It was a green apple!

"Kaji!"

The apple let out a panicked cry. Scizor was taken aback, meeting the two large eyeballs that popped out of the apple, and following that, this apple parasitized by the bug let out a strange cry!

A faint ghost fluctuation suddenly surged, giving Scizor a fright!

"Ga? (Move 'Astonish'?)"

Giratina looked at the move used by the green apple caught, quite surprised.

Could it be that these bugs were born under the influence of the power of the Distortion World? Wasn't that a Ghost-type ultimate move just now?

"Hass?" Scizor was very unhappy with this bug that frightened it. It clamped the "tail" exposed by this guy with its pincers, and then pulled it outward with force!

"Kaji! Kaji!" The bug hidden in the apple was very panicked. Its two eyes showed a look of pain, constantly shaking its large eyeballs and begging Scizor not to do this! The wailing of this bug hidden in the green apple attracted other rolling apples. Soon those apples gathered, jumping and constantly using Astonish, making Scizor look left and right!

Hey, these bugs are going to besiege it!

Scizor raised its pincers and placed them on both sides of its head. A terrifying atmosphere suddenly grew. The other "apples" that had come to scare Scizor were suddenly countered by the astonishment, almost scattering in a rush, and some were even scared unconscious directly!

Scizor will raise pincers with eye patterns to intimidate opponents. In this way, it looks like it has three heads, and timid Pokémon are easily scared or even faint!

"Kaka-ji..." The green apple's eyes wilted, and tears welled up in its two eyes!

Don't, don't destroy my apple!

Scizor looked at the tearful state of this green apple and suddenly lost the desire to attack.

It felt like it was bullying the weak. It wouldn't even look at such a weak Pokémon in the forest...

"Ga..." Giratina observed these "bugs" for a long time and now finally realized the difference in these little things.

It doesn't seem to be a pest, but some kind of Pokémon?

But they still ate its apples!

Giratina didn't recognize this strange Pokémon and decided to seek Xiang Guangtai's help. It called out in its heart...

【What should I do if there are pests on the apple trees? Those bugs look like Pokémon, but I've never seen them before. How should I deal with them now?】

The soul echo was transmitted, and a response was received soon.

"Pokémon living in apples? Is it Applin?"

【Applin? So, it's still a pest. Should I pull them out of the apples?】

"No, this kind of Pokémon called Applin hides in an apple as soon as it is born and spends its whole life in the apple, eating fruit pulp while growing. It will use body fluids to increase the strength of the apple skin and prevent the apple from rotting. But if it loses the apple, the moisture in its body will be lost, and it will gradually become weak, or even die."

"Although normal pests should be effective with insecticide sprayers, Applin actually has some benefits for the growth of apple trees. They have a characteristic called 'Ripen,' which can quickly make tree fruits mature and make the effect of tree fruits double."

【So good?!】

Giratina heard this content, and its attitude toward those little bugs eating apples changed immediately!

"Ah, but they also have a characteristic called Gluttony. This characteristic is that they will eat tree fruits in advance, so it is a bit troublesome. Hmm, but I can deal with their characteristic, just feed them more energy cubes."

"And they have a move called Recycle, which can make eaten tree fruits regenerate quickly. Although Applin that masters this move is very rare, I have a way to make them all master this move, just use Celebi's sculpture!"

Giratina was very surprised and immediately thought about it. It scanned the Applin lying on the ground, and the idea of letting these little bugs live here and help it plant trees popped into its mind!

"Gaa! (No need to deal with them anymore, it turns out to be a special Pokémon, Scizor, loosen your pincers!)"

"Hass..." Scizor loosened its pincers helplessly, and that green Applin fell to the ground with a *paji* sound.

Other Applin around ran over and protected the green apple in the apple pile, but every Applin looked at Scizor and Giratina with trembling!

Such a big monster, too scary!

"Gaa..."

(I am Giratina, the master of this world. This is the Distortion World, also known as the Reverse World. Why did you appear in the apple trees I planted?)

(Those apple trees are mine. You ate the apples without my permission, causing me trouble.)

Giratina first threw out a topic, making the Applin feel guilty and panicked, trembling and responding:

"Kaji Kaji!?"

(We don't know! When we woke up, we were already on the tree! Don't eat us!)

Ha, naturally born Pokémon?

Giratina was full of confusion.

How could this kind of thing appear? The Distortion World is not like the real world with Arceus taking care of it!

"Hass..." At this time, Scizor spoke. It said that the feeling of pulling the tail just now was not right.

It doesn't look like a Bug-type Pokémon!

Giratina was stunned again.

Not Bug-type, could it be Grass-type?

"Applin is a Grass-type and Dragon-type Pokémon."

Xiang Guangtai's soul voice echoed in Giratina's soul. Giratina now knew how these Pokémon appeared!

Most Grass-type Pokémon have some plant-like characteristics, which means... these guys might have existed on the apple trees in some form, and later were catalyzed by Xiang Guangtai's Pokémon, and then automatically born and drilled in when the apples were produced.

The reason why it felt wrong to touch is because... these guys are actually "Dragons"?!

How can there be a dragon of this appearance! (Д`)!

"Gaaaaaaa~"

Giratina twisted its body in the air and said to these Applin:

(Since you have entered the Distortion World, then just live here. I am cultivating high-quality apples, and you seem to have the power to make apples mature quickly? I want to borrow your ability!)

(Work for me! As a reward and exchange, I will share some of the delicious apples I planted with you! Build this place into an apple orchard!)

The Applin looked at each other and discussed for a while with *kaji kaji*.

Green Apple: "Kaji (This big monster seems to be a demon king, so cruel)~"

Red Apple A: "Kaji (Are we kidnapped? I don't want to be eaten)~"

Red Apple B: "Kaji! (Forced to work for this demon king! If you don't want to be eaten, you can only offer apples to it.)"

Red Apple C: "Kaji... (But the apples here really taste good. If you can eat them every day, working is fine.)"

Red Apple C's words won unanimous approval.

Although this giant beast looks dangerous and that three-headed humanoid monster is also terrifying, the apples here are really delicious!

They haven't matured yet and have rich flavors. Once they mature, the taste must be even more wonderful! For the sake of delicious apples, just agree to it!

Anyway, we have nowhere else to go!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 155 =====