Chapter 1389

Saying it's simple, it's actually not simple.

Even if a Draconid wants to find Rayquaza, they have to go to the Sky Pillar, but is the Sky Pillar a place you can just go to?

Fine.

Outsiders can go there whenever they want, that's true.

That place has no gatekeeper; if you want to go, you just go.

But as a descendant of the Draconids, All Baimu found it awkward to just go there to find Lord Dragon God; if the elders found out, it would be very embarrassing.

Therefore, don't look at how quickly All Baimu promised An Xin'er; when he actually started considering it, he felt that what he should actually be looking for was a certain Shiny Rayquaza he had met a few times.

Then the question arises: Shiny Rayquaza is also a legendary existence that is rarely seen, so how should one search for it?

All Baimu realized he still had to go to the Sky Pillar, or go to the Embedded Tower in Johto.

The former was the place where he first saw the Shiny Rayquaza, and the latter was the place the Shiny Rayquaza took him to.

At that time, Zinnia wanted to summon Lord Dragon God, but ended up summoning a black one.

At that moment, let alone her, even All Baimu was very confused.

He almost thought he had come to some strange parallel world.

Thinking about it this way, if he went to the Sky Pillar to summon the Dragon God, perhaps it would correspond to the Shiny Rayquaza!

All Baimu thought of this and decided to ask Zinnia, with whom he had a relatively good relationship, first.

"Are you still in the Unova region?"

Of course.

The simplest method would definitely be to have Hoopa bring the Shiny Rayquaza over, or open a tunnel leading to its vicinity.

Just like the time they wiped out Team Flare before.

But correspondingly, if they didn't find a legitimate reason like that this time, Hoopa, who seemed mischievous but was actually smart and clever, would likely find it hard to agree.

Baraz and Meray would definitely have opinions too.

After all, they were most opposed to the abuse of the Prison Bottle and the abuse of Hoopa's power.

Previously, when All Baimu asked Hoopa for help, the siblings generally defaulted to the reason that every time it had legitimacy and rationality—

For example, a world-class crisis, a life-or-death scenario, or saving an endangered Pokémon species.

Power should be used for such righteous paths.

Having Hoopa bring the Shiny Rayquaza over from thousands of miles away just to please An Xin'er—let alone All Baimu not being able to do it himself, if he really did it, wouldn't it be just like the "Beacon Fire to Amuse the Concubine"?

Watching the scene of An Xin'er playing with the Hisuian Zorua and Hoopa, All Baimu didn't ask her if her Hoopa could find Rayquaza.

If it could, why would An Xin'er be melancholy?

Half an hour later.

Zinnia replied to the message.

"Still here. Why, are you coming over to catch Kyurem to use in the Masters Eight?"

She had been paying attention to All Baimu and the World Coronation Series.

With less than a week until the Masters Eight started, he probably wasn't calling just to catch up.

All Baimu: "Not at all. I want to ask, do you know the whereabouts of the Shiny Rayquaza?"

"Unfortunately, I don't. Your relationship with it should be better than mine, right?"

Zinnia was a staunch pure-blood Rayquaza partisan and wouldn't have any interest in a Shiny Rayquaza.

She asked again: "Do you want to borrow its power to participate in the Masters Eight?"

All Baimu: "……Why do you always think I want to borrow 'external forces'?"

"Then I really can't figure out the reason for you to search for a legendary Pokémon when the tournament is about to start."

Zinnia, like everyone else, thought he should be nervously preparing for the tournament.

But in fact, the closer it gets to the tournament, the more one needs to learn to relax.

This wasn't just All Baimu's opinion; the other Champions were the same—Cynthia, Diantha, Steven, one by one, they had all started playing around.

Before All Baimu could reply, Zinnia said: "Why do you crave external forces? Just make a wish directly to Lord Dragon God."

All Baimu: "Uh, that's not very good. Bringing the respected Lord Dragon God to the tournament arena and all that."

Zinnia: "Why are you even more pedantic than me? Besides, promoting the prestige of Lord Dragon God in the arena of the world's strongest Trainers and letting the world revere Rayquaza—I don't think there's anything wrong with that."

"Of course, Lord Dragon God has to agree to it itself; what I say doesn't count."

This big sister was as always a Rayquaza-only fan and die-hard; if the Draconids were even slightly more religious, she might have run off to proselytize.

All Baimu: "……Off-topic. I really don't have that kind of thought. I just intend to see the Shiny Rayquaza. If I go to the Sky Pillar to find it, can I summon it like last time?"

"Not sure, I can't help you either. If you want to go, then go. Enough, Kyurem is calling me to fight."

Zinnia evaporated from the world after sending this message.

All Baimu: "……?"

What does "Kyurem is calling me to fight" mean?

Did you reach some strange tacit understanding with Kyurem?

He suddenly felt like taking An Xin'er to find Kyurem, but after careful consideration, he decided against it.

Persuading a little girl that an Ice-type dragon is stronger than a Flying-type dragon might be a bit difficult.

All Baimu sighed slightly.

In the afternoon.

He prepared to take Sheng Cai and the others to Mt. Silver; thinking that some teachers had been at the school for so long without being guests, he decided to call them all at once.

And in his conversation with An Xin'er, All Baimu learned some conditions about her Hoopa—

It was just like the Hoopa Confined from before; its ring abilities were restricted, and it had to eat donuts with corresponding elements to open portals normally.

For example, the donut to open a portal to a parallel world was mixed with a certain mysterious black spice.

Or the donut to come to All Baimu's side, which had the Pokéblocks All Baimu gave to An Xin'er added to it.

It had to be some abstract ingredient that had a connection, or no connection but could inexplicably correspond, made into a donut and given to Hoopa to eat.

Hmm?

Wouldn't it be simple then?

All Baimu remembered he had collected scales dropped by the Shiny Rayquaza and remembered putting them together with Lugia's feathers.

If he ground them into powder and gave them to An Xin'er, letting her make the corresponding donut, it might work!

He secretly suppressed the thought and decided to explain it to An Xin'er tomorrow.

Through a donut made from berries produced at Mt. Silver, Hoopa opened its ring.

At the same time.

The Hoopa at the foot of Mt. Silver sensed it.

"Hmm? What a strange feeling?"

"What's wrong, Hoopa?" Meray was knitting a scarf for her brother; the Orre region wasn't very cold, but the wind was quite strong.

Hoopa didn't speak, just mimicked All Baimu's gesture of pinching its chin, falling into deep thought.

A few seconds later.

"I'm going out to take a look!"

Its world-shaking wisdom told it that rather than thinking, it was better to investigate!

Meray looked at Hoopa's flying back and shouted, "Don't cause trouble!"

"Got it!"

Hoopa responded vaguely and followed the method from which the strange feeling came, arriving at the mountainside villa.

A large group of unfamiliar faces startled it.

Before Hoopa could think about whether to hide and observe, it saw All Baimu in the crowd, as well as the "Hoopa" next to him.

Little Hoopa's pupils shook violently!

Oh no!

Little White has been deceived by a bad thing!

Hoopa rushed toward All Baimu without hesitation, shouting, "Little White, be careful! That's not Hoopa! It's a fake!"

It collided with the "fake Hoopa" while howling, immediately startling An Xin'er; in the blink of an eye, the scene before her left her stunned on the spot.

Sheng Cai frowned, and after seeing the situation clearly, he was also confused.

Two……

Hoopas?

Under everyone's gaze, the two Hoopas rolled around on the ground, shouting—

"I'm the real one! You're the fake one!"

"Hoopa is real! You're fake!"

"You're fake!"

"You're fake!"

This scene was like the "True and False Monkey King," shocking many people's eyes.

An Xin'er hurried forward, but couldn't distinguish which one was her Hoopa, so she could only look at All Baimu for help.

All Baimu, however, wasn't in a hurry to deal with these two, but first arranged for his own Pokémon to entertain the visiting teachers.

Afterward, he grabbed the two brawling Hoopas, one in each hand, forcibly preventing them from continuing to tear at each other.

"Little White! Hoopa is real! The hateful imposter!"

One of the Hoopas was so angry it gritted its teeth.

The other Hoopa was also very angry. "The imposter is crying 'thief'! I'm the real one!"

All Baimu scolded, "Stop making a scene! I know you're both real!"

Seeing him use a stern tone, the former lowered its head in grievance, while the latter ignored him completely, struggling to break free from All Baimu's restraint, hiding behind An Xin'er, and sticking its tongue out to make faces at the two.

Clearly, its relationship with All Baimu was far from as good as the Hoopa of this world.

All Baimu hugged the Hoopa of this world, soothing it, "I know you're real, don't be sad; how could I not recognize you?"

The voice actors were different, too.

The voice actor for the Hoopa of this world was Kugimiya, and he didn't know the voice actor for An Xin'er's Hoopa.

"It's not fake either; it's a Hoopa from a parallel world." All Baimu interrupted what Hoopa was about to say and briefly explained the ins and outs.

Hoopa's small head quickly became dizzy, but it also roughly understood that he hadn't been deceived.

The other party was its own kind, like any Pokémon that existed in multiples on Mt. Silver.

It was just that Hoopa had never seen one before and thought it was unique, which led to the current farce.

But with All Baimu's mediation using the donut, the two innocent little demon gods with no bad intentions quickly reconciled and were taken out to play by the Shiny Gengar and the Dragapult siblings.

An Xin'er was quite amazed. "Uncle actually knows a Hoopa too?"

"Yes, it has helped me a lot, and like your Hoopa, it especially loves eating donuts."

All Baimu smiled and flicked her nose.

After the brief interlude, he entered hosting mode and signaled that they could walk around as they pleased to appreciate the scenery of Mt. Silver.

Sheng Cai was very interested in this place; she saw many Pokémon she hadn't seen before.

Dai Luo still clung to her brother, chatting with Tierno's partners, Shauna and Tierno's friend Trevor.

Pi Lu was scrolling through Poké-Sound; he was a fashion designer and wanted to appreciate the fashion design of the parallel world, which would be helpful for him when he returned.

The other teachers also scattered around Mt. Silver.

None of them were pampered people; most had mixed in the wild before and didn't need much entertaining from All Baimu.

In the kitchen.

All Baimu informed An Xin'er about having the Shiny Rayquaza scales.

An Xin'er's eyes brightened slightly. "In that case, An Xin'er might be able to try making the corresponding donut!"

"That's exactly what I was thinking; shall I help you?"

He nodded with a smile.

An Xin'er naturally had no objections and was even very happy to make donuts with Uncle All Baimu; in her view, this belonged to a kind of parent-child interaction.

All Baimu's kitchen was always well-stocked with various seasonings and ingredients.

The oil used was the best—

Premium oil produced by the Pokémon Arboliva from the Paldea region, claimed to taste so good it sends you to heaven.

The rest, like the salt from Garganacl, went without saying.

Even though An Xin'er was a Champion's daughter, it was her first time fighting such a wealthy battle, and she eventually made a triangular black donut.

This was her deliberate choice, wishing them success in finding the Shiny Rayquaza.

Tonight, they definitely wouldn't give it to Hoopa; they would wait until tomorrow morning.

The two started making food to entertain the others tonight.

To All Baimu's surprise, An Xin'er had actually learned to make glowing cuisine!

Although she had his personal assistance on the side, the main chef was still An Xin'er herself; after Lokomoko and him, the third person capable of making glowing cuisine had appeared!

An Xin'er herself was also surprised. "Glowing cuisine…… I can make it too?"

Regarding the fact that cuisine could glow, everyone had already been surprised back when All Baimu was cooking at Hotel Z.

But An Xin'er didn't expect that she could make it too.

To confirm it really had nothing to do with All Baimu, An Xin'er did it all by herself from start to finish and obtained a portion of golden fried rice with a very faint, weak, but indeed existing glow.

"Amazing!"

All Baimu sincerely admired this little girl who only reached his waist.

That he himself could make glowing cuisine was, to some extent, a cheating act blessed by Arceus.

An Xin'er was purely relying on her own talent!

No wonder she could make donuts that let Hoopa exert special effects and open rings everywhere; she had something!

An Xin'er was very embarrassed; the praise from All Baimu made her cheeks turn slightly red.

"Thanks to you, I can also make glowing cuisine! Master!"

This achievement made her feel that her bond with All Baimu had deepened by another layer, and her mood was exceptionally pleasant.

If a tail were attached to her behind, it would probably be wagging so fast it would become a propeller by now, right?

The sky outside soon turned yellow.

The Baraz siblings were called up by All Baimu to participate in the dinner and greeted the many colleagues very politely.

Without a doubt, they were also teachers at the academy.

Baraz was responsible for teaching agriculture, and Meray was responsible for teaching the power of the Valley of Creation.

Never mind whether others could learn it or not; just teaching it was enough.

Didn't Sabrina's Saffron Gym have many psychic apprentices before? Not everyone learned psychic powers either.

When they saw the second Hoopa, they also expressed extreme surprise; upon learning the detailed situation, they couldn't help but feel a bit of pity.

Baraz felt that if their grandfather hadn't controlled Hoopa, sooner or later it would have ended up like this one, losing most of its power and finding it difficult to recover normally.

Their grandfather only punished their Hoopa, while the Hoopa of the parallel world had truly and genuinely been punished.

The severity of the two was vastly different.

That night.

An Xin'er's Hoopa ate the donut made from academy berries, opened the road to the academy, and sent off the group of teachers.

After struggling with the decision, Dai Luo also followed them.

She truly couldn't bear to part with her brother Tierno, even if it was just a parallel-world brother.

Seeing this, Pi Lu and Sheng Cai simply followed as well.

The two said they didn't care where they lived and would just experience campus life during this time.

Thus, only All Baimu, An Xin'er, and Hoopa remained on Mt. Silver.