Chapter 1341: Successful Abduction

Darkrai was thinking.

It looked at All Baimu's "sincere" eyes, hesitated slightly, and nodded.

"Lai."

Wild Pokémon that have been saved often have a natural affection for their savior, just like the Darkrai in the movie.

It was once saved by the ancestor of the movie's heroine, and years later, to protect the garden she left behind, it didn't retreat even in the face of death, rushing toward the warring space-time dragons, almost losing its life.

The Darkrai before him was the same; converted into friendship in the game, it already belonged to the level where the friendship checker would say "Your relationship feels pretty good" even though it hadn't been captured.

It wouldn't refuse All Baimu's earnest invitation.

Of course, the key point was that it felt lost about where to go next.

When it went out for a stroll just now, Darkrai found that besides the endless sea, there were only endless snow-capped mountains outside this human city.

The unfamiliar environment and unclear situation prompted it to accept the invitation of the person in front of it.

Even though they had only known each other for a few hours.

"Very good!"

All Baimu clapped his hands happily. "Mt. Silver has welcomed a new member! It's time to celebrate!"

"Roar!"

All the Pokémon responded in unison.

Regardless of whether they were willing or not, they definitely had to give the trainer face.

Mew, mixed in among them, was full of smiles, showing no sense of incongruity at all, which made the surrounding Pokémon look at it sideways.

Darkrai received such "enthusiastic" hospitality and felt quite embarrassed, unable to respond to anything for a while.

All Baimu comforted it not to have pressure, and to do what made it comfortable.

Comfortable things?

Darkrai pondered, then turned into a shadow and disappeared into the air.

"... Another Dragapult?"

The Poryphone couldn't help but complain. "These types of Pokémon seem to have similar problems."

"Lutuo..."

The miserable Dragapult emerged from the corner, looked at the unscrupulous Poryphone, and shook its head helplessly.

The children of the village bully me for being old and weak!

All Baimu didn't respond, but enthusiastically let Blissey take out food. "If you're hungry, fill up with these first. When we get back to Mt. Silver, I'll make some that suit your taste!"

"Lai..."

Darkrai appeared, nodded, took the food, and disappeared again.

A shy-natured Nightmare God?

All Baimu was used to Pokémon of various personalities: tsundere, vicious, fierce, timid; a shy one was a first.

That's right, he was very sure that Darkrai would hide because it was shy, not Dragapult's social anxiety.

Dragapult's social anxiety stemmed from its reclusive life for hundreds of years, not being used to exposing itself to unfamiliar environments and people.

And Darkrai simply didn't know how to get along with All Baimu, the Poryphone, and the others, so it chose to hide.

One is external, one is internal; the difference lies in this.

Time soon reached the second half of the night.

Mew, unable to find Spectrier, started playing chess with the Poryphone. This guy was especially smart and mastered simple small games very quickly.

The Poryphone also changed from relaxed and easy to sweating profusely, and then to going all out!

It used all its computing power for chess for the first time, and the opponent was still a Pokémon.

In the end, the Poryphone won five consecutive games, defending its dignity as an AI Pokémon, and also making Mew, who hadn't been able to win for a long time, completely lose its head.

It could be seen that this little pink thing had a very strong desire to win.

It was estimated that it hadn't suffered such a big loss for many years.

The Poryphone wouldn't continue, not because it was afraid of losing, but because Cynthia had returned from the hospital.

Having explored ruins all year round, her physique was much better than the average person. Even though her energy was drained by Darkrai in the nightmare, she could recover quickly after resting for a period of time.

It was just that it was already dawn when she returned.

All Baimu waited at the elevator entrance. "How is the situation?"

Cynthia in the elevator was stunned, seemingly not expecting to see him the first moment she returned, and smiled shallowly: "... Nothing major, thanks for your concern."

"It's good that you're fine——Since that's the case, see you in half a month, Cynthia." All Baimu stated his purpose.

Cynthia wasn't surprised at all and nodded: "See you in half a month, I'm looking forward to it."

Although she hadn't been able to help much throughout the process, being able to see Regigigas and Mega Darkrai also enriched her knowledge.

Overall, the harvest was quite satisfactory.

Especially after seeing the all-out effort of All Baimu's Pokémon, Cynthia only felt that she saw a second Leon.

Even more so!

——

Mt. Silver.

A peaceful and vibrant place.

Darkrai, who had just arrived, gradually relaxed its mood under the influence of the environment.

"Lai..."

It's a nice place!

It stood on the very top of the villa, taking in the forest and fields below at a glance.

Suddenly, Darkrai turned its head and saw Alolan Meowth holding a glass of juice, looking at its "legs" in a daze.

Meowth vaguely remembered that when it saw the other party for the first time, it didn't see legs.

Buddy, you can float, right?

What role do those legs play? Decorations?

"..."

Darkrai silently retracted its legs and disappeared into the air instantly.

Meowth was anxious, apologizing to the air and offering juice with both paws.

"Meow~ Meow!"

If this offended the newly arrived Pokémon, its cat persona as the chief housekeeper of Mt. Silver would collapse!

But Darkrai wasn't actually angry.

It belonged to the type that didn't know how to respond to others' kindness. Seeing Meowth so anxious, it appeared and took the juice.

"Meow..."

Meowth could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

It turned to leave the balcony and found the trainer standing in the hallway, and its heart skipped a beat involuntarily.

Who knew All Baimu smiled: "Is it not easy to handle? It doesn't matter, you can treat it like you treat Dragapult, don't be too enthusiastic."

"Meow..."

Meowth was very moved by the trainer's understanding.

That night, All Baimu held a small welcome party, and Darkrai responded very politely.

Although its appearance seemed quite cold and looked like it wasn't easy to mess with, Aggron and the other Pokémon unanimously found that this guy was very easy to talk to.

Is it really a Dark-type Pokémon? How is it so different from Hydreigon?

——There must be something wrong with one of them!

The questioning from its companions made Hydreigon's mood not very beautiful recently, but it didn't vent its anger on Darkrai.

It just became increasingly eager to replace Aggron's position.

Wait until it becomes the ace, let's see who can gossip about it!

A few days later.

Just as All Baimu arranged, no one paid too much attention to Darkrai, and no one deliberately cold-shouldered it.

In this peaceful atmosphere, Darkrai quickly peeled off from its shy state and dared to appear openly.

And this Dragapult, even though it had settled in Mt. Silver for so long, would only appear when it was in the villa, and would hide when it went out.

Just because it was used to it, and loved this unilateral voyeurism where others couldn't see it, but it could see others.

West of the Mt. Silver range, the Hisui Ecological Research Institute branch gradually began construction.

The dean's granddaughter, Serebii, was also among them. All Baimu visited her on the day he returned, and the two discussed for a long time, and even specially did an exclusive interview about Legendary Pokémon.

Of course, it was limited to the five Regis that had been exposed.

All Baimu didn't want to attract too many brainless Pokémon hunters to Mt. Silver, disturbing the leisure of the local Pokémon.

Even with Spectrier there, there was no need to worry too much about hunters succeeding.

"Any interest in bringing the special Ursaluna from Kitakami over?" Serebii asked with a smile.

All Baimu pondered and shook his head. "Forget it, they can live peacefully in Kitakami, which means they are already used to the environment there."

That special Ursaluna was clearly different from the Hisuian Goodra that would be uncomfortable without water rich in metal components.

"Is that so..."

Serebii felt quite surprised.

She had thought All Baimu would be very interested; after all, the existence of Ursaluna was extremely rare, and special Ursaluna were even rarer!

Don't all trainers flock to rare Pokémon?

All Baimu smiled: "Stay in Orre for a few more days, you can shoot scenes that are hard to shoot in other regions."

The Orre region could now be said to be the largest wild Pokémon activity survival area.

Other places either have many human cities, or the range is narrow and only as big as a sea island.

For travel photographers who want to investigate the natural ecology of Pokémon, the Orre region is no different from heaven.

The pity is that the number of wild Pokémon in Orre is a bit small; they are distributed in the vast mountains and rivers, and are usually extremely difficult to find.

"I won't miss it."

Serebii naturally had plans to travel and shoot in Orre, and she had another purpose for finding All Baimu——

"I want to enter the Pokémon Paradise."

"This won't do."

All Baimu shook his head decisively.

Serebii didn't fight for it anymore, but after pondering, she said: "It really is a special place. I heard people say it's also called 【Pokémon Prison】, specializing in taking in Pokémon of criminals."

"Very one-sided."

All Baimu added: "Pokémon of criminals are only a part, and the other part also contains a large number of Pokémon that have been hurt by humans."

Serebii suddenly realized. "Are those the Pokémon brought here by Pokémon hunters?"

"Most of the Pokémon in Orre were brought here by hunters."

All Baimu paused. "Not letting you enter the Pokémon Paradise isn't because there are any secrets there, but because I don't want them to be hurt again because of your photos."

Serebii smiled: "Just like those Legendary Pokémon of yours?"

"Something like that."

All Baimu knew in his heart that it was actually different; he was afraid of trouble, and the Pokémon Paradise side was afraid of secondary harm.

Furthermore, the matter of the paradise had long been handed over to Mewtwo, and whether Serebii could enter or not had to be approved by Mewtwo.

Speaking of which, Mew went to the paradise to find Mewtwo two days ago, and the situation now was completely unclear.

"If you really have an idea, I can take you to ask."

He said softly.

Serebii was stunned. "Ask? Ask who? Isn't that managed by you?"

She had inquired before and learned that the Mt. Silver range and the Pokémon Paradise were all "owned" by Champion All Baimu.

All Baimu said: "It was before, now I've given it to the Pokémon."

"Given it to the Pokémon?"

Three question marks appeared on Serebii's head.

All Baimu: "You'll know the specifics when you go there."

Under his leadership, the two set off on Miraidon, departing quickly and familiarly from south to north.

Pokémon Paradise.

The peace and tranquility were the same as Mt. Silver.

All Baimu and Serebii just arrived at the big villa left by N, and the "tenant" came out to greet them.

"All Baimu."

Mewtwo looked at Serebii, who was riding with him, and said: "Mew has already left, you won't find it even if you come here."

"Mew!? You even know Mew?"

Serebii looked at All Baimu in surprise.

Mewtwo frowned; it hadn't transmitted telepathy to Serebii, how could the other party——

Ah.

It suddenly realized that it had been misunderstood, and turned away in resentment.

All Baimu's mouth twitched. "It's not any Mew, you recognized it wrong."

"It looks much bigger, perhaps Mew's evolved form?" Serebii pondered and asked with a smile.

All Baimu: "It's called Mewtwo."

"Mewtwo? Mew number two?"

"Actually, it means surpassing Mew."

"Always feel a bit familiar..."

Serebii clearly had heard of Mewtwo somewhere; after all, this guy was popular in a small range many years ago.

At least for the research industry, Mewtwo wasn't any secret.

Things like artificial powerful Pokémon were things that all participating researchers wanted to achieve fame and success with.

It was a pity that following Mewtwo's runaway, the original participating researchers basically stayed on New Island and couldn't come out.

This also caused an uproar in the academic world.

Serebii didn't remember the origin of Mewtwo until she entered the villa; of course, she had also heard it from industry seniors.

She never expected that one day she would see a real artificial Legendary Pokémon, Mewtwo.

"So amazing!"

Serebii exclaimed in admiration.

However, the initial impression she gave Mewtwo had already sentenced her subsequent pleas to death.

Especially after learning that Serebii was a travel photographer who wanted to record the beautiful moments of Pokémon——

"Beautiful? The Pokémon here live alone very beautifully, with you... it might not be so."

Mewtwo originally wanted to say you humans, but considering it would involve All Baimu, it narrowed the scope.

Serebii was speechless.

She could see that Mewtwo was a stubborn Pokémon, and it was very difficult to gain the other party's approval in a few words.

"——I can guarantee, it won't be spread." Serebii indicated that the results of travel photographers might not all be published.

She had also photographed that special Ursaluna, but except for people close to her, she hadn't shown the photos to anyone else.

Mewtwo shook its head again. "Go back."

Being able to chat with Serebii was already for All Baimu's sake.

Serebii: "... Alright, sorry to bother you."

The two walked out of the villa.

"Today isn't a good time, I'll come to visit alone another day. Hm, I'll come by myself."

Serebii hoped to move Mewtwo.

She was just very interested in the Pokémon of criminals and wanted to photograph their current lives.

All Baimu also understood this, so he didn't stop her directly. "Then you work hard, it's best if you can move Mewtwo."

Immediately, Serebii headed to the Silicon City.

Because compared to Mt. Silver, Silicon City was closer to the Pokémon Paradise.

And on the other side, Darkrai, after this period of influence from the Poryphone, gradually gained an understanding of its own situation.

It was finally confirmed that it indeed came from a place completely different from here.

"What is the Future Lumiose City?"

All Baimu didn't understand the Poryphone's translation. ===== CHAPTER 1342 =====