Chapter 1109: Battling Wikstrom

Outside the festival arena.

All Baimu looked at Ash in front of him and asked: "Leaving already? Not staying for another day."

The Battle Festival is usually held for about two to three days.

Giving participants from all over the world a chance to battle on the field.

"More exciting adventures are waiting for me!"

Ash grinned, and Pikachu on his shoulder responded, "Pika!"

The biggest change in Journeys might be that it turned from a road movie into a complete unit drama; it looked no different, but the actual difference was huge.

At least every time All Baimu watched a theatrical version, he would finish the ending song, just because there were scenes of Ash and others walking in the fields, combined with various music that made his heart feel exceptionally relaxed.

"Then let's battle again when we have the chance!"

"Battle again when we have the chance!"

All Baimu watched Ash and the others leave, and Pikachu specifically turned half its body, waving its paw to say goodbye to him.

Truly cute.

It would be even better if it cheated less.

The human cheater thought silently about something extremely double-standard.

"I didn't expect that in just over a year, you would have become so powerful." Former Shalour Gym Leader Korrina's grandfather, Gurkinn, sighed beside him.

It was he who picked up All Baimu, who had been dropped on the Mega Island by Rayquaza, and invited him to the Tower of Mastery, and beat his granddaughter up.

Now he came to Shalour City again, and beat Korrina up again.

As a grandfather, Gurkinn wasn't angry at all, but instead felt very admiring of All Baimu at the moment.

"Being able to reach this point without relying on the power of Mega Evolution, I really didn't misjudge you!"

No, so you had high hopes for me?

All Baimu complained inwardly, responding very politely to the praise on the surface.

Then, naturally, he checked out and moved into the Shalour Gym, which looked like a castle on a small island.

"Ogerpon~"

Ogerpon felt that this place was very similar to Naranja Academy.

Just a little darker.

Korrina was very interested in the cute Ogerpon, "A Legendary Pokémon? It has quite the Fighting-type temperament!"

"It can be."

All Baimu smiled.

Although there was no Fighting-type existence among the seven masks at the current stage, he could let the mask maker make another one...

Does Kieran have this ability? He probably does.

He felt that the mask was repaired well, just like brand new, and Ogerpon itself was also very satisfied.

Dinner was cooked by Gurkinn.

The good taste was the same as always; Kalos cuisine ranked among the best in the Pokémon world, much stronger than the Galar region next door that only made people eat various curries.

Classic jokes are equally applicable in the Pokémon world.

For example, the best food in Galar is a five-star Kalos restaurant located in Wyndon.

"Ogerpon~"

Ogerpon was very full.

One of its big characteristics was that it wasn't picky about food; for the past two days, it had been learning to cook with Blissey, and All Baimu and the trash can hadn't tasted a single failed product.

Why?

It had all been secretly eaten by it and Blissey, firmly eliminating all traces.

The Poryphone indicated that Ogerpon's progress was very fast, and it was estimated that it wouldn't be long before it could cook a pot of food that humans could eat.

This...

All Baimu was ashamed but also very expectant.

Ogerpon cooking for him, even Kieran didn't have this treatment!

After dinner, curiosity drove Korrina to challenge Ogerpon—ever since she knew that this little girl's Pokémon was very powerful.

Although considering tomorrow's match, she didn't send out Lucario, but Korrina also used her main force.

The result was without suspense.

One hit per stick.

Dragon type couldn't do anything about the Fairy-type Ogerpon, and was the Fighting type any better?

Not to mention a mere Korrina, even if Bruno, the Elite Four of Johto, was invited over, he would still get hit by a few sticks.

Ogerpon was like the Iron Man next door, no operation, just stats.

Don't miss the "basic attack," and everything will be fine.

In fact, its battle consciousness was also very strong.

After all, in terms of the degree of chaos, the area around Kitakami Village in the century before last was no worse than the former Orre; wild and backward, chaotic situations, and small-scale wars occurred frequently.

Compared to the Pokémon companions who would hide in Poké Balls to be lazy, Ogerpon was forged from "blood and fire." All Baimu also discovered many things after having several more heart-to-heart exchanges with Ogerpon in the heart space.

No wonder they were so well-matched.

Sleeping at night.

Another member was added to the big bed.

All Baimu slept on the left, and on both sides of the pillow were the Dragapult siblings and the Galarian Corsola.

The position next to it was given to Ogerpon, Blissey slept on the far right as usual, and the gray fatty Gengar was arranged neatly below, looking like a pair of brothers from a high place.

Hydreigon still floated, Dragapult was a night owl who slept during the day, and Mawile had hated crowding with people from the beginning, so Gurkinn arranged a small bed for it.

Ogerpon didn't want to sleep like that at first.

When it lived with Kieran, it usually had one bed per person.

As for how it joined later... maybe it couldn't refuse the warm invitation of the Dragapult siblings.

Yeah.

It was definitely like that.

Ogerpon considered itself very reserved.

It didn't expect that its sleep quality that night would be extremely high, and it only woke up after the other Pokémon had woken up, being gently called by Blissey to eat breakfast.

The little Ogerpon was extremely shy, but it had indeed not slept so well for a long time.

It didn't dream of the past, didn't dream of any people or things it didn't want to recall.

It was just a dreamless good sleep.

Since that time, Ogerpon no longer resisted sleeping in the same bed with everyone, and sleep became another thing it was interested in.

All Baimu also discovered its changes through the state of "Ogerpon" in the heart space.

The heart space often directly reflects the inner heart of the Pokémon.

For example, the crying girl at the beginning, to the cute girl who would smile and take the initiative to approach him later.

Sorry, Regice.

The Heart of the Forest is really too easy to use!

"You're on the hot list again." The Poryphone reminded All Baimu, who was reading.

His battle with Ash in the afternoon successfully made it to the hot list; you have to know that before this, no matter what achievements Ash made, not many people recognized him.

Max counted as one, and the two brothers who appeared in the Alola region in Journeys counted as two.

Ash's situation should have improved after the Masters Eight battle, right?

All Baimu thought, put down the book and said: "I'm turning off the lights!"

"Chir-dora~"

"Gengar!"

The two Pokémon playing games and watching videos immediately made sounds to ask him to wait.

All Baimu smiled slightly.

——

The next day.

The second day of the Battle Festival.

All Baimu waited for a whole morning and didn't match with an opponent.

That's not right!

Last time in Galar, he was already in the top 100 after finishing, almost promoted to the Master Class, this time is he going to be stuck in the Normal Class?

Unlike him, Korrina fought two matches and won them all.

Her ranking reached 1086th, successfully reaching the category of the promotion match again.

Does a win rate that is too high affect matching efficiency?

All Baimu was quite distressed, ate something casually at noon, and it was almost one-thirty in the afternoon and there was still no news.

Just as he was considering ending this competition, the Poryphone sent a prompt.

"You have a new battle, the opponent is—Kalos Elite Four Wikstrom, ranking 137."

Elite Four! Wikstrom!

Finally, the main event is here!

Did the organizers go and invite big shots to battle him after half a day?

All Baimu was a bit excited, while Korrina was both surprised and happy, "Elite Four Wikstrom! Did he also come to participate in the festival?"

"If I'm not mistaken, it should be a special invitation from the organizers." The Poryphone's deduction was similar to its Trainer's.

Noisy sounds came from afar.

A stretched luxury car drove into the arena, and many fans immediately rushed up excitedly.

As a local Elite Four, Wikstrom naturally possessed this influence.

The car door opened.

A tall, thin man wearing a clean and gorgeous chef's uniform, with a head of brilliant golden hair and a cold face, appeared.

Kalos Elite Four Wikstrom, known as the legendary chef, a top-tier chef whose cooking is worth dying for.

All Baimu didn't understand why Clemont admired Wikstrom so much before, but he understood after he started cooking.

In the field of chefs, Wikstrom is a god!

Being able to be mentioned in the same breath as Leon in the battle world!

How could there be a chef who doesn't yearn for his craft? Even All Baimu was almost circled by him.

"Brother Wikstrom!"

Korrina waved energetically.

She seemed to be very familiar with the other party.

Wikstrom, beside the car door, looked over, his indifferent and serious face softened, and he walked over quickly, "Korrina! Sure enough, I can see you here!"

"Brother Wikstrom, long time no see! Hehehe, you've become handsome again!" Korrina called him very sweetly.

Wikstrom looked at All Baimu beside her, bowed and saluted: "Hello! Champion from Orre!"

All Baimu nodded and said: "I've long heard of your name, Elite Four Wikstrom."

Wikstrom replied: "Same here, you are very famous in Kalos in various senses... but I have a question, can you please answer it for me?"

All Baimu was a bit puzzled, but still responded, "Please ask."

Wikstrom said: "I heard that you are the only disciple who inherited Cilan's cooking skills, truly mastering his glowing cuisine, right?"

"……That is indeed the case, under the guidance of Teacher Cilan, I learned how to make glowing cuisine."

All Baimu nodded.

In various senses, he started cooking after learning from Cilan.

Wikstrom laughed when he heard this, saying: "Then can I ask you to have a culinary exchange with me after the battle? I know this request is very presumptuous, but I hope to get your consent."

"Of course!"

All Baimu couldn't wait.

He had long wanted to eat the food Wikstrom made, but Wikstrom's restaurant was too popular, and every time he was the head chef, the seats were basically booked full, and he couldn't grab one even if he paid extra!

This made All Baimu very curious about how Alain did it.

Lysandre working behind the scenes?

Very likely.

With Lysandre's connections at the time, booking a seat at an Elite Four's restaurant was easy.

"Very good! I personally believe in art; in my opinion, whether it's battling or cooking, it's a process of creating art, and I hope we can leave a battle worth remembering for each other."

Wikstrom was very talkative, quite inconsistent with the temperament he exuded.

All Baimu was the same.

The two walked into the arena together, and under the guidance of the staff, came to an ordinary battle field that was obviously much larger than yesterday's.

"A good place, please be sure to use your full strength, I think the Legendary Giant should not be enough to represent your full strength, right?"

Wikstrom spoke bluntly, wanting to fight with a stronger opponent.

All Baimu was quite surprised and nodded, "Okay."

Do you think you can't beat him just by relying on the Dragon and Electric Pillars?

Very confident, huh!

He liked such confident opponents; mainly because they often could exert relatively excellent strength.

Both sides walked toward the designated area.

The spectator stands were already full, and even the aisles were crowded with people, so the organizers had to come forward to add seats and drive away the remaining crowds on the grounds of danger.

The commentator said excitedly: "The second day of the festival! At

Siebold's handsome face gave him many female fans, so much so that a large group of cheering squads appeared visibly in the audience, with all kinds of posters, long banners, and even signed photos everywhere.

All Baimu rubbed his Poké Ball, thinking about what kind of Pokémon to send out.

"Bon-io~"

Ogerpon raised its head and cried softly.

He was slightly startled, "You want to enter the arena?"

"Bon-io!"

Ogerpon nodded; it had actually battled several times.

But Mawile told it privately that if it really wanted to become All Baimu's help, it had to appear in an official match.

What is an official match?

Mawile's explanation is that the more people watching them fight, the more official it is.

Ogerpon saw the fanatical atmosphere of the arena, with the crowd basically shouting Siebold's name, and felt that the opponent must be very powerful.

Therefore, it wanted to try a match to see if it could adapt to the environment and become a help.

"..."

All Baimu looked at the battle-ready Siebold and said softly: "Then... one match?"

Mainly because the rules announced by the Rotom Drone changed from two-on-two to three-on-three.

Because Siebold's ranking was higher, the battle level was forcibly raised.

"Bon-io!"

Ogerpon took the Teal Mask out of its clothes—

All Baimu reached out and said: "Wait, you'd better use the Wellspring Mask, the Wellspring Mask is better."

"Bo... Bon-io!"

Ogerpon nodded and changed the mask to the Wellspring Mask.

Its base type also changed from pure Grass to a Grass and Water combination, and its Ability also changed accordingly.

In the distance.

Siebold saw Ogerpon, which he had never seen before, enter the arena and was stunned for a moment, "This is... a new Pokémon?"

The Poké Ball in his hand had already been thrown.

Boom!

"Hey-bee!"

Clawitzer, whose right claw was larger than its body, landed on the ground.

The Rotom Drone spent some time confirming the Pokémon of both sides; Ogerpon was not in the database, which almost made it think All Baimu had sent out a little girl.

Fortunately, the database was connected to the internet in real-time, and it discovered the opponent's information from the Poké Ball Ogerpon was registered in.

It then said directly: "Battle start!"

Following the command.

Both sides gave commands at the same time.

"Aqua Jet!"

"Stand where you are, Growth."

Boom!

Clawitzer was wrapped in water, and the back of its thick claw sprayed water, suddenly rushing toward Ogerpon in the distance, at a speed that was dizzying!

And unexpectedly, Ogerpon had no intention of dodging, letting the opponent launch an attack, silently feeling the sunlight shining on its body.

"Bon-io!"

Its body size seemed to have become slightly larger.

This composure made Siebold frown, and he shouted: "Use Water Pulse in the air!"

"Hey-bee!"

Clawitzer flew into the sky, then rotated downward, its claw slightly opening to shoot a huge water bullet!

【Mega Launcher】 Ability, boosts the power of pulse-type moves.

Who would have thought that Ogerpon still didn't dodge, jumping on the spot to rush straight at the water bullet while taking a thick long stick out from under its clothes.

Poof!

The water bullet hit, instantly exploding into a ball of white mist.

The audience gasped, and the commentator was about to speak when he discovered that Ogerpon had rushed out unscathed, holding the long stick high and swinging it down!

"Power Whip!"

"Bon-io!"

A huge vine extended from the top of the long stick and slammed hard onto the top of Clawitzer's head!

Bang!

It fell to the ground like a meteor, smashing out a crater, its eyes turning into black circles.

The arena was silent.

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