Chapter 1127: Ash the Wise

It appeared!

Baimu was reviewing the match with Mary when the multi-phone suddenly issued an alert.

Both looked up at the sky.

What they saw was still clear blue.

The multi-phone said: "One appeared outside Battle Town, one appeared inside Heritage Town..."

It listed five or six locations near human settlements in one breath.

Mary's face showed difficulty.

There are too many; two people alone can't possibly handle them all!

Baimu waved to summon Deltathron, simultaneously releasing the Three Divine Pillars and Double Mareiguanwang, and said: "Our goal is to deal with the Dynamax Pokémon appearing near the town; major towns have Gym Leaders stationed, they can handle it themselves."

In the game, affected by the plot, the protagonist needs to go everywhere to save the day.

But the Gym Leaders in the animation wouldn't just wait for others to act, so only those small towns and villages without Gyms need attention.

Champion Dan Di similarly realized this.

That's why he encountered Ash bravely stepping in to stop the rampaging Ultra Gigantamax Centiskorch in a small town.

Niezi walked over from the side, "You came?"

"Yes, I suggest you hurry back to Jianzheng Town; this incident isn't related to energy points, but Jianzheng Town might also be within the range."

As Baimu spoke, the Three Divine Pillars and Double Mareiguanwang had already turned into light and flown toward the target points, the first three carrying avatars of the multi-phone for communication, while Mareiguanwang itself had a phone.

They streaked like fighter jets across the sky over Gong Sect City, triggering ear-piercing howls.

Niezi glanced at Mary, whose expression showed slight hesitation; knowing his sister's temperament, he sighed.

He said sternly: "Mary, Jianzheng Town is entrusted to me; go ahead boldly and do what you want to do!"

"——Big brother! Thank you!"

Niezi's response relieved Mary of all worries.

Baimu climbed onto Deltathron's back, Guiguizong leapt into his embrace, "Come on, I'll take you to the nearest place!"

"Mm!"

Mary didn't hesitate, quickly sitting behind Baimu.

"Gah-si!"

Deltathron shifted its flight posture, suddenly accelerating straight toward the horizon!

Whoosh!

The strong wind pressure made Mary feel as if an invisible giant hand was forcibly pulling her; just as she doubted herself and feared falling, the latter suddenly produced a tangible, seat-like sensation.

It instantly brought back Mary's awareness.

"Don't worry, Deltathron II won't let you fall."

Baimu's voice pierced through the howling wind, clearly landing in Mary's ears.

She nodded firmly, "Mm!"

So exhilarating!

Mary's cheeks flushed with excitement.

Like her brother, she is essentially a rebellious girl.

But her sense of responsibility to revitalize her hometown made her abandon her immature self early on.

Deltathron's extreme speed reminded her of the past—hiding in her brother's embrace, riding a cool motorcycle through town roads and country lanes.

Mary instinctively wanted to hug Baimu's waist, just as she hugged her brother Niezi.

But she held back.

One reason was shyness, the other was fear of offending her idol...

Mary pursed her lips, dispelling excess thoughts.

The urgent task is to solve the Dynamax Pokémon and set an example!

Her expression gradually became resolute.

Below.

Niezi watched Deltathron speed high into the sky, his expression weirdly twisted.

He always had a strong sense of déjà vu, as if a yellow-haired delinquent on a ghost fire bike had come to take his sister away.

Of course he also knew Baimu had no extra thoughts about his sister, but who let him be a siscon?

Naturally, seeing any adult male made him uncomfortable.

This is completely different from Youlijia, who helps her brother propose when seeing a beautiful older sister.

"Tsk, so annoying..."

Niezi shoved his hands into his pockets and walked forward, suddenly his eyes lit up, "Inspiration! Write quick, write quick!"

He pulled out a small notebook, squatted by the roadside, and wrote musical notation and lyrics.

Compared to the Jianzheng Town Gym Leader, being in a band is what Niezi seriously wants to do as a proper career, but Mary is obsessed with becoming champion.

Along the way, many passersby saw him, wanted to greet him but dared not approach; the muttering Niezi seemed a bit intimidating.

The story splits into two.

Thanks to Deltathron's extraordinary speed, they soon saw the first affected town—

Under a gloomy purple-red sky, the Dynamax Ice Ghost Guardian raged like a runaway, blowing blizzards that froze everything visible to the naked eye.

"Can you do it?"

Baimu turned to ask Mary.

Mary nodded, "I can! Let me go!"

"Alright, this place is quite close to Stow-on-Side. After it's over, you stay here and handle the area around Stow-on-Side. How about that?"

He solicited the other party's opinion.

Mary originally wanted to take on more burden, for instance the area on Galar's west side near Turffield and Ballonlea.

But she understood she didn't have a rapid transfer method like Milotic.

"Good!"

Mary took out a Poké Ball, had just taken two steps forward, when a coat was tossed onto her.

Baimu shouted: "Don't catch a cold, your brother would blame me!"

"Thanks!"

Mary hugged the coat, her heart exceptionally warm.

Then she took a deep breath, letting the biting cold wind calm her mind, and bravely charged toward the Gigantamax Frosmoth.

Rotom Phone exclaimed: "Truly a hardworking girl!"

"Indeed."

Baimu patted Milotic's head, directing it to rush toward a spot below.

The game protagonists of the anime world are mostly like early Ash, unremarkable among the crowd.

In this situation, Mary's opponents are only Champion Dan Di's brother Hop and one of the game rivals, Vampiric Bite; her chances against peers are not small.

—Premise being Champion Dan Di inherits the Macro Cosmos Group and moves behind the scenes; then Mary draping a Champion's cape like Master Bao isn't a dream.

Pity.

Probability is low.

Dan Di stepping down would also be a proper, aboveboard step-down; if Mary doesn't beat him, Dan Di will likely learn from his master Mustard, dominating the Galar battle scene into middle and old age.

While Baimu's thoughts wandered, Queen Leiguanwang sent a message.

Queen Leiguanwang: 'I met with Dan Di, informed him of the location; you may seek another place.'

Then Dan Di called.

Buzz—!

Baimu answered; dull, piercing wind noise and distorted voices poured into his ears.

"Baimu! Do you know what the situation is!?"

"Not too clear! But it definitely has something to do with those meteors! I'll have Rotom Phone calculate flight trajectories! You handle the Gigantamax Pokémon in each area first!"

"Good!"

Dan Di didn't say more, quickly hanging up.

Speaking purely of the game, he can be considered one of the most responsible Champions in the Pokémon series.

No matter what happens, Dan Di is always the first to charge to the front; for this he was nearly slapped to death by Eternatus.

And don't be fooled by how active Champion Dawu is in the anime, meddling in every region's plot; essentially he is also a stay-home Champion waiting for the game protagonist to handle things.

Rotom Phone forcibly connected to Dan Di's Phone Rotom, sending it locations everywhere.

Initially five spots were discovered; now they've surged to fifteen.

Trainers everywhere are actively resisting those Gigantamax Pokémon; currently two Gigantamax Pokémon have been dealt with.

One head belongs to Queen Leiguanwang, the other to Stow-on-Side Gym Leader Melony.

Melony is Mary's mother, specializing in Ice-type Pokémon.

A short while later.

Baimu arrived at the designated location.

A village near Turffield and Ballonlea, situated outside Glimwood Tangle.

The one forced to Gigantamax is a Galarian Rapidash.

Its face full of pain, it continuously stomped the ground with its hooves; intense vibrations shattered countless house walls, jagged cracks crisscrossed the streets, enough to make people fall.

"Grimmsnarl! False Surrender!"

"Boni-o~"

Grimmsnarl swiftly donned a pitch-black fearsome mask, stepped on Milotic's head and leapt high!

"Bo~ni~o!"

The thorny club wrapped in dark light smashed heavily onto the Gigantamax Rapidash's head!

Thud!

A visible shockwave rippled out!

The Gigantamax Rapidash let out a miserable howl, yet stubbornly didn't fall.

Only because Galar particles greatly enhanced its strength, but also made it lose the sanity it should normally have.

Milotic flew over to catch Grimmsnarl, letting it stand atop its head.

"Gashi~"

"Boni-o!"

Grimmsnarl prepared to swing another club.

At this moment, a child's crying shout suddenly came from within the town.

"Please! Don't attack it! Rapidash! Wake up quickly! Stop rampaging!"

Baimu looked down and saw a helpless little boy gritting his teeth propping up a fallen beam, tear-blurred eyes tilted up shouting.

Beside him was a man with his leg pinned under the beam.

"Go save them!"

Baimu immediately dispatched Shiny Gengar; the latter turned into a shadow and flew swiftly, its eyes lighting up pink-purple as it lifted the beam and simultaneously dragged the man out.

The boy stared blankly at Gengar, "Th-thank you!"

"Many thanks..."

His father likewise offered thanks in a weak voice.

Gengar's smile was radiant, "Gehehehe~"

And at this moment, Eiscue successfully used Milotic as a platform to deliver a ferocious second strike.

Bang!

Amid the dull heavy boom, Centiskorch broke out of its Gigantamax form, whinnying as it collapsed.

Eiscue landed smoothly on the ground, preventing its opponent from springing up again.

Yesterday was the first time it had seen Gigantamaxing; it felt this thing was monstrously strong, so caution was necessary.

"Gengar! Let's go!"

Baimu did not linger; with the Gigantamax Pokemon near the town resolved, he still had to go help deal with the wild Gigantamax Pokemon.

He couldn't just let them keep suffering like this.

Gengar waved at the boy and vanished into shadow.

The Gigantamax Pokemon were successfully dealt with; the evacuated townspeople appeared one after another, medical staff took away the injured man, and the Pokemon Center took away the weakened Centiskorch.

"Who on earth is that person? He looks so amazing!"

"Don't know..."

People discussed animatedly.

The white-short-haired girl arrived via flying taxi; seeing the messy scene in town, she asked a passerby, "Have all the rampaging Gigantamax Pokemon been dealt with?"

"Yeah! Some stranger did it!"

The mayor said embarrassedly, "Made you come for nothing, Gym Leader Caidou."

"It's fine."

Caidou shook her head, "Everyone's safety is what matters most."

If not for the aftermath of that Gigantamax Pokemon in Souchou Town being a bit troublesome, she actually could have arrived faster.

Caidou asked, "Did you find anything suspicious? Why did Gigantamax Pokemon suddenly appear?"

"We're not sure either, this isn't an energy spot..." the mayor sighed.

When Caidou first discovered Gigantamax Pokemon rampaging through the town, she thought the energy spot beneath the stadium had leaked, and hurried down to check.

Who knew it was completely intact!

How strange...

Caidou didn't ponder long, boarding a flying taxi to head to the second incident site.

But to her frown, she came up empty again!

Witnesses said it was a flying motorcycle and a kid holding a stick that handled it.

Flying motorcycle? Kid?

What kind of nonsense is this!

Caidou felt these two might be Pokemon, but in her memory no Pokemon looked like that.

"Please!"

She hurriedly got in the car, refusing to believe she couldn't catch up even once!

"Central Galar has been handled, no new sighting reports have appeared."

Porygon-Z said.

Central Galar is managed by the Three Legendary Pillars, but because the population is relatively dense, it doesn't require them to expend too much effort.

Baimu said: "Once they're resolved, we'll head straight for the source!"

"Understood."

Porygon-Z relayed the message to the gathered Pokemon.

The reason they didn't go to Stow-on-Side first to deal with Eternatus was because it wouldn't be of much use.

The cause of the Dynamax phenomenon is that Rose accumulated too many Galar particles in order to revive Eternatus.

And once Eternatus's condition recovered, Rose couldn't stop collecting even if he wanted to.

It would absorb Galar particles on its own, and continuously spew out crystals that can make Pokemon Dynamax.

Destroying the warehouse it currently inhabits would only cause it to release all its energy at once, causing hundreds or thousands of Pokemon to Dynamax simultaneously.

The disaster that would bring would be far more exaggerated than the present.

Baimu endured until the first wave of offense; after the energy Eternatus possesses undergoes one venting, the Pokemon forced to Dynamax by the Darkest Day after its emergence would be far fewer.

In short, one sentence.

Blocking is not as good as diverting!

Baimu drove Milotic southward, rushing to rendezvous with Queen Leiguanwang and the Twin Horses.

Coincidentally, he ran into Champion Dan Di and Satoshi en route.

"Baimu! Why are you here too?"

Satoshi on Dragonite was surprised and excited.

Champion Dan Di asked solemnly: "How is the current situation?"

"The north and central regions have already been handled, only this southern area remains."

Baimu nodded at Satoshi and continued: "The meteor trajectories have also been determined; they originate from Stow-on-Side."

"Stow-on-Side?"

Champion Dan Di frowned, suddenly realizing something, "Underground energy plant?"

Satoshi said blankly, "What plant?"

Baimu said, "The stadiums in the Galar region rely on Galar particles transported by underground energy plants to allow Pokémon to Dynamax. In other words, the plant has a problem!"

"An accident? Could it be caused by a wild Pokémon that wandered in, or Team Rocket?"

Satoshi is quite experienced in this regard.

Over so many generations, whenever a problem arises, it's basically either related to Pokémon or inseparable from Team Rocket.

Baimu's expression was rather strange.

This time, it really has nothing to do with Team Rocket, but the plot indicates that Sakaki sent the Team Rocket trio to the underground energy plant to gather information.

Obviously, Sakaki is also very interested in Galar particles.

Champion Dan Di's expression was grave; he had actually already guessed something, especially after working with Roze for so many years.

"I hope it's not what I think..."

(End of chapter)