Chapter 1441: Old Friends Gather

Afternoon.

Wyndon became a bit quieter.

The pace of life in the Pokémon world is very slow. Even if fans travel thousands of miles to chase stars, they will rest well at noon.

Including Nurse Joy, who is busy every day.

In All Baimu's room, Nemona, Arven, and Penny were listening to Lisia preach about the Grand Festival, and the three teenagers from "remote regions" were dizzy.

"Can you battle?"

"There used to be a battle segment, but it was abolished in the revision."

Lisia's answer disappointed Nemona.

She didn't mean to discriminate against the Grand Festival, but she indeed preferred battling and wasn't very interested in performance.

Arven was very interested, not in stage performance, but in Pokémon pre-match maintenance.

Like Brock, he was committed to becoming a Pokémon Breeder.

Therefore, when Lisia mentioned that Coordinators actually pay more attention to Pokémon's physical health than ordinary Trainers, he listened very seriously.

Next was Penny.

Don't look at her day and night reversal, staying at home like a homebody every day, she actually cares a lot about Pokémon's appearance.

Otherwise, she wouldn't have trained so many different kinds of Eevee.

Anabel and Blissey were in the bathroom, urging Hisuian Zorua, wearing a Pokémon swimming ring, to exercise.

Affected by overeating, it started to feel physically uncomfortable early yesterday morning, tormenting it for a long time before it eased, almost costing it half a fox life.

To punish its behavior and help digestion, Hisuian Zorua had been soaking in the bathtub for three hours—

This guy can swim, but it felt that it was very strenuous to keep splashing, and strongly requested the assistance of a swimming ring. Thanks to Anabel and Blissey being soft-hearted, its request was satisfied.

If it were All Baimu, let alone a swimming ring, not adding some weight blocks would be considered his kindness.

Hisuian Zorua also knew someone's cruelty very well, so it swam diligently, not caring that its neck fluff and big tail were wet.

"Woo..."

"Come on! Twenty more laps!"

"..."

Hisuian Zorua thought it would be better not to wash.

And at this time, the human devil All Baimu was sitting in front of the sofa by the floor-to-ceiling window, listening to Lisia preach while reading a book, and stroking Hydreigon's dragon head by the way.

Ever since Aggron reached level 98, the Husky Dragon had been much more peaceful.

Not beaten into submission.

But had no moves.

But it couldn't blame the Trainer's addition behavior, after all, it was its own incompetence that didn't get the ace position.

How could it blame All Baimu for not giving it level rewards.

As for not being able to appear in the battle against Leon, it actually cared more about the appearance permission for the finals.

It was obvious—

Hydreigon wanted to take on six!

In its view, it wasn't targeting anyone, it just wanted to say that everyone present was trash!

There was no need to play any one-on-one, one person challenging all opponents was the kingly way!

So at this moment, Hydreigon wanted to ask All Baimu to agree, giving it a chance to kill the sky, kill the earth, and kill the air in seconds!

All Baimu was noncommittal.

He already had plans for the finals, just waiting to see how Ash would decide.

Whether to continue sending the current partners, or summon old friends...

"No need, Professor Oak!"

In the hotel lobby, Ash shook his head at Professor Oak in the video call and smiled: "Now is my best lineup!"

Because Team Rocket didn't come to mix in, the trivial matters that originally took him a whole day were solved easily.

The Nickit successfully evolved into Thievul, taking in several troublemaking Galarian Zigzagoon and the Galarian Meowth led by the Viking-style Perrserker, forming a Pokémon street neighborhood watch.

Congratulations.

After the episode ended, he received a call from Professor Oak after taking a nap at the Rondel, asking if he wanted to exchange Pokémon to fight.

Charizard, Infernape, and the others could fight for Ash at any time!

—All Baimu's 6-0 record against Leon was too exaggerated. Even the well-informed Professor Oak couldn't help but worry about him.

Ash's own mentality was very good.

He was no longer a rookie Trainer who had just started. Even though there was no change in his physique, the memories of the past were still vivid.

No matter how terrifying power All Baimu showed, all he had to do was exert the full power of his partners and then win the final victory as much as possible!

"Since you've decided, I won't say anything more." Professor Oak saw Ash's calm and determined face and smiled: "Come on, Ash! We will cheer for you!"

"Ash! Come on!"

Delia and Tracey appeared on the other side.

Although her heart was full of infinite worry, she didn't show it, just cheering for her child.

Ash nodded heavily. "Leave it to me! Must win!"

"Pika!"

"Piplup~!"

"Eevee~!"

Pikachu's call was crisp and pleasant, but it seemed to be mixed with two noises.

They were stunned and looked at the source of the sound, and saw an Eevee and a Piplup appear beside them at some point.

Following behind him came a familiar voice: "Ash! I'm here to cheer for you!"

The visitor was none other than the grinning Dawn, and her new good friend Chloe.

Ash was both surprised and happy: "Why are you here?"

"Of course, bringing everyone's blessings from the laboratory." Chloe said with a smile.

She was the daughter of Professor Cerise, the director of the Cerise Laboratory, and also the heroine of the Journeys version... probably?

Although her scenes weren't outstanding, her positioning was indeed so.

Dawn said: "It was too hard to watch the match in front of the TV, so I came over, hehe~"

She stuck out her tongue playfully and tapped her head lightly.

"Sure enough, it's your style!" Ash, who was half a catty to eight taels, laughed.

The visit of friends made him very happy, and not long after, Iris's return also made him happy.

But soon, he appeared a bit excited and helpless.

Because Misty, Brock, May, Max, and Serena arrived at the hotel lobby one after another and stood in front of him!

"Everyone! Why are you all here!"

Ash looked around. Except for Cilan, Clemont, and Bonnie who weren't there, the partners he had traveled with basically all came to Wyndon Stadium!

Misty put her hands on her hips righteously: "Someone invited, of course I will come."

"Yeah, there were final tickets mailed to the Gym." Brock nodded.

Max and May said in unison: "We too!"

Serena's eyes were full of Ash's figure, and she responded: "Me too, so I came here specifically."

Ash was confused: "Who exactly is..."

"Me."

A cold voice sounded.

The tall All Baimu appeared among a group of teenagers and smiled: "This is a once-in-a-century event, how can I not call everyone?"

"All Baimu!"

"All Baimu brother!"

Everyone exclaimed.

All Baimu opened his arms and said loudly: "Everyone! Long time no see!"

Undoubtedly, he specifically sent the live audience tickets to everyone he knew and who could reach the match scene.

Naturally, this included Misty and the others.

All Baimu didn't know that originally May and Serena were going to participate in the Grand Festival and didn't have time to come to the match scene, so they could only watch the match across the TV.

But influenced by his extra factor, the Grand Festival was delayed.

Or rather, most competitions around the world were delayed, just to avoid the edge of the Masters Eight finals.

All Baimu, who was outstanding in multiple fields, attracted too much attention due to the super-high popularity that Mustard kept promoting, leading to some small competitions where the audience at the scene was sparse.

May and Serena had nothing to do, so they naturally chose to accept the final tickets and traveled thousands of miles to Wyndon to watch this important final.

Ash, who figured everything out, was very happy: "So good! Everyone is here!"

"Yeah, everyone is here."

All Baimu nodded in agreement.

This match was very important to him and Ash, and they should have called all their old friends to witness it together.

"I won't show mercy tomorrow."

"I'm asking for it!"

The two didn't look at each other, just tapped their fists together lightly.

Promised an oath.

——

Evening.

The courtyard opened for a party again.

Because All Baimu called friends and relatives everywhere and called a large number of acquaintances, the party was exceptionally lively.

Nemona was happy, and everything she saw was a Trainer who was powerful and famous, wishing she could challenge everyone.

Lisia and Serena met again and were very happy.

The two had participated in the Grand Festival together in Lilycove City, and finally fought to a draw, becoming the winners of that match together.

Both sides thus formed a sincere friendship.

Of course, Lisia also had a very good relationship with May and Dawn.

Putting aside the fact that everyone had competed on the same stage, they had encountered each other several times after All Baimu stopped participating in the Grand Festival.

In these short two years, all three had won the Grand Festival in different regions, becoming top Coordinators and taking big steps toward their dreams.

Four Grand Festival masters surrounded Chloe, a novice in the Grand Festival, forcing the latter to look like a small Eevee pressed in the corner, weak, pitiful, and helpless.

Max reminisced with Brock, who had officially become a Pokémon Doctor. Their conversation attracted Arven, and the three soon discussed it heatedly.

All Baimu inexplicably felt that if he hadn't gone to Paldea, Arven might have been a partner traveling with Ash?

Heroine...

Nemona and Penny were very likely.

He looked at the short-haired girl who was mixed with the Team Star members, walked over and asked why several people were staying in the corner.

The answer was self-evident—

The situation outside was too high-end.

Don't look at them once being rampant in the Paldea region and establishing Team Star to "ravage" one side, in fact, they were just students.

Others in the party were too far away from them, and they weren't social butterflies like Nemona, so they would inevitably be timid.

"Don't put too much burden on yourself, you are all excellent students of Naranja Academy, what's wrong with knowing some new friends." All Baimu patted their shoulders.

In his view, all the bosses of Team Star were talents. After graduation, they could completely be abducted to the Orre region.

Whether it was in the Orre Academy, the Association, or becoming Gym Leaders, they were all very good.

All Baimu said to Ortega: "Ortega! Set an example!"

"Eh?"

Ortega, who had the most straightforward and gentle personality, panicked for a moment, and then under the gaze of other friends, summoned the courage to talk to Eri, who was secretly eating sweets, "That, for a martial artist, eating too many sweets is not very good."

Bea turned her head, saw Eri's tall figure and soft and beautiful face, was stunned for a moment, and then saw her palms.

The palms were curled inward, looking a bit blurry, but she still caught a glimpse of the calluses on them.

Bea swallowed the cake and said: "My constitution is special! No matter how many sweets I eat, I can consume them! It doesn't matter!"

She opened her eyes and told lies.

Eri was shocked. "Is that so?"

"Of course!" Bea changed the subject: "You are also a martial artist? What style are you good at?"

Eri responded: "Wrestling..."

"Wrestling!"

Bea's eyes brightened slightly. "I like wrestling! But I am a descendant of Galar Karate! I don't know if you have heard of it!"

How could Eri not have heard of it. "Galar Karate is very famous!"

The two talked back and forth, just chatting like this.

Seeing this, the others of Team Star looked at each other and began to find targets, and integrated into them very smoothly.

For example, Ortega, who liked design, had a lot of common language with professional model Nessa and social expert Raihan.

Mela's style was wild, and she had a lot of common language with Piers and his sister Marnie...

Most of the people All Baimu knew were very friendly and kind, and it wasn't difficult for Team Star to integrate into them.

Only Penny didn't choose anyone.

"Why don't you go."

"Don't like it."

Penny replied to All Baimu's words lightly.

All Baimu nodded: "Okay."

Unlike others in Team Star, Penny was better at passive social interaction, that is, others came to find her, so she was also the most introverted one in Team Star.

So introverted that as the real boss of Team Star, none of the cadres under her knew her true body.

All Baimu didn't force her either, just let her stay alone.

But soon, someone came to the door.

It was Chloe, who was chasing Eevee, and she also brought four top Coordinators.

"Eevee~"

Eevee smelled a very good scent from Penny, so it entangled Penny and wouldn't let go, and under the latter's explanation, several people learned that this was an Eevee.

So, Serena and May released their Sylveon and Glaceon one after another.

Penny also released her Eevee army.

A large number of Eevee running around could really make Eevee fans envious to the point of being unrecognizable.

"So good, maybe I should also train an Eevee?"

Dawn began to think.

Lisia didn't have this impulse, she specialized in Altaria and wouldn't move, even giving up the Milotic inherited from the Sootopolis Gym for this.

The girls discussed enthusiastically.

Another side.

All Baimu stood with Leon and Ash.

"It's a pity, I couldn't battle you." Leon's most optimistic Trainers, besides All Baimu, were Ash.

In order to let him grow up, Leon even helped with special training.

It's just a pity that the opportunity for battle was intercepted by All Baimu.

Originally, if he could defeat All Baimu, he could continue to battle with Ash.

Ash was full of confidence: "There will still be opportunities!"

"Yeah."

"Yeah."

His tone had both the regret of not being able to participate and full anticipation. ===== CHAPTER 1442 =====

His tone held both the regret of not being able to participate and a sense of full anticipation.