Chapter 1484

Do Pokémon have social needs too?

To this, Baimu's answer was——

It depends on the situation!

As everyone knows, Pokémon are divided into social and solitary types based on their nature, and further differentiated based on personality influences.

Bouffalant and Miltank both lack friends and crave friends; coincidentally, one is related to personality, the other to nature.

It's just that Baimu couldn't understand: with so many Pokémon on Platinum Silver Mountain, neither of these two had formed a single friendship, yet they needed to go to Area Zero to find friends?

His question received an answer from the Rotom Phone during the process of returning to the surface.

In fact, the seemingly harmonious Platinum Silver Mountain has a strict hierarchy; as a Trainer, he sits firmly at the very top of the status pyramid; the next layer down is Aggron, the Lord of the Mountains; further down are the main force Pokémon like Hariyama and Hydreigon, as well as some Legendary Pokémon like Queen Leiguanwang and the Three Legendary Pillars.

The reason for saying "some" is because the Three Loyal Companions' status is slightly lower relative to the main force Pokémon; their leader Pecharunt could win Baimu's favor through acting cute, selling meng, and having thick skin, but they simply couldn't achieve that.

However, the Three Loyal Companions are ultimately Pokémon Baimu caught, so their status is about the same as Alolan Meowth, Bouffalant, and other non-main-force members.

You see, even within Baimu's household they can be divided into several tiers, let alone the entire Platinum Silver Mountain.

As the bottom of the household "food chain," Bouffalant neither gains the sincere recognition of the cat Pokémon on Platinum Silver Mountain like Alolan Meowth does, nor does it naturally have reliable partners to entrust itself to like the Three Loyal Companions.

Therefore, it is somewhat lonely.

Fortunately, Bouffalant still has a Pokémon choir subdued by its tyranny keeping it company; otherwise it would have gone on strike long ago.

It did think about making friends with the main force Pokémon, such as the gentle Blissey and the simple Shiny Mismagius, even the Shiny Gengar who laughs all day.

But for one, Baimu takes the main force team away from Platinum Silver Mountain every three days; for two, it tentatively tried chatting a few times, all with poor results.

——Blissey accommodates it in everything, yet is always busy running around, simply having no time to play with it.

——Shiny Mismagius is "simple" to the point Bouffalant can't stand it; the result of exchanging singing insights with it is near zero.

——Shiny Gengar looks down on its bad gaming skills and big temper.

Bouffalant truly has no solution.

The wild Pokémon on Platinum Silver Mountain, as previously stated, all submit to its strength; there is absolutely no sincerity, terribly boring.

Therefore, even though Bouffalant guessed that Raging Bolt wanted to use its hand to leave this cage of Area Zero, it agreed.

As for Miltank, its situation is similar to Bouffalant's.

It desperately wants a friend to race across the Orre Continent with, roughhousing together, but whether it's Queen Leiguanwang riding the twin horses or Regieleki of Electric Supreme Speed, neither can satisfy its needs, or rather, can't be bothered to pay it attention.

Hydreigon goes without saying; it can't muster a shred of friendship toward Miltank, which stole Baimu's exclusive mount.

Miltank usually stays on Platinum Silver Mountain, bored out of its mind.

Once upon a time, it held a sense of superiority about leaving Area Zero, voluntarily bestowing this territory of the Zero Lab upon Futon.

Back then, it most likely would not have agreed to Baimu taking Futon away from Area Zero, right?

The situation is indeed different now.

In short, these two Pokémon each have their own reasons, and reached a silent tacit understanding with the other two Pokémon who harbored ulterior motives.

This also caused the team to become somewhat bloated when Baimu returned to the surface.

"Taking so many at once, can you handle it?"

Xinli arrived at Gate Zero at some point; learning he intended to take away five Paradox Pokémon, especially including the Ancient Ho-Oh Guard and Futon, she was quite worried.

Before Baimu could respond, Pippa rushed to answer: "Of course he can! Baimu is the World Monarch!"

"... Seems to be true, actually?"

Xinli glanced at Nemo; the latter didn't speak, just continued chatting idly with Baimu, and said helplessly: "Sigh, if you were the Paldea Champion, why would I need to consider so much."

Baimu: "......"

Nemo said with great interest: "Speaking of which, Baimu, why don't you compete with Ash for the Paldea Champion title this year!"

"Do you have a grudge against Ash?" Baimu retorted.

Nemo tilted her head, "No I don't, why would you say that."

Paldea Champions generally only hold the Champion-level title; as an outsider, if he also got Jacq's approval, he might not be unable to become one of them.

But Ash enrolled in Naranja Academy this year!

He's friends with him, not enemies, why chase to kill.

After a round of banter and joking, the group smoothly left Gate Zero, passed through the long tunnel, and reached the wilderness outside Jinhui Town.

Raging Bolt saw the outside world for the first time; looking at the vast plains and the clear blue sky, its eyes were full of curiosity and joy.

"Kami~"

"Yiya!"

Bouffalant told this friend of its to calm down, then patted its chest, claiming it would absolutely let it witness the splendor of the outside world.

Who knew Raging Bolt's eyeballs would turn, looking at Baimu and the others, then at Bouffalant, and suddenly vanish from the spot.

"Yiya?"

Bouffalant froze in shock.

Pippa hurriedly shouted: "Raging Bolt ran away!"

This sentence made the Evil Fat Jigglypuff's figure instantly stiffen.

And soon, Futon on the other side also suddenly went all out, sprinting toward some direction, running at extreme speed without looking back.

It seems once they left Area Zero, the wild nature of both was fully released.

Nemo volunteered, taking out a Poké Ball: "I'll go with Miltank to chase Futon!"

"No need."

Baimu waved his hand, smiling: "Let them run."

Miltank, who had been looking at him eager to try, immediately backed down and obediently stayed in place.

Mudan asked softly: "Did you guess this long ago?"

"I didn't put them in Poké Balls, so I'm not worried they'll run off." Baimu signaled Paipa and Nimo not to be tense.

Unlike Faulton who had a Poké Ball in hand, Zhenyifa hadn't even been caught.

The Rotom Phone said: 'You did that on purpose, right?'

"They have to be given a show of force, otherwise how would they behave?" Baimu had no self-awareness of entrapment whatsoever.

Zhenyifa and Faulton already didn't get along with their two Pokémon to begin with; this sudden submission definitely had a reason.

To stabilize Paradox Pokémon, unless one could form a deep friendship with it while it was weak like the first time meeting Miledon, one could only adopt Lei Ting measures like with Howltail, then soothe with a bodhisattva's heart.

The next day is going to be crazy——

"Hm?"

Baimu raised an eyebrow slightly.

The Rotom Phone also suddenly turned its camera toward the distance, 'Huh? Faulton seems to have come back! What it's holding in its mouth... is Zhenyifa?'

Nimo and the others looked toward the sound, all directing their gazes at that fiery red figure.

Faulton's running speed was extremely fast; before long it returned to everyone's side and spat out the Zhenyifa it had been holding in its mouth onto the ground.

"Guo~"

It stuck out its tongue; its body scales were stained with blackish-brown marks, looking like it had been blasted by attribute energy.

But Faulton didn't mind, just looking at Baimu with an expectant gaze, "Agu~ Ao~~"

"You helped me catch it back? Thanks!"

Baimu was also surprised by Faulton's attitude, decisively getting a sandwich from the Shiny Gengar and feeding it to it.

Originally thought Faulton would be unruly like Zhenyifa, wanting to escape at the sight of the outside world; didn't expect it not only had no intention of fleeing, but actively took on the duty of guarding!

Nimo and the others were equally surprised.

Paipa couldn't help but say: "I really have to look at you with new eyes!"

"Guo~~"

While chewing the sandwich, Faulton enjoyed everyone's praise, couldn't be happier.

"Gao……"

Miledon was a bit jealous, and also felt Faulton might as well have escaped; that way it, who caught it back, would be the one praised.

Although it had been less than five minutes since leaving Area Zero, Miledon had already begun to regret.

Howltail similarly regretted; it had boasted to its Trainer, but who knew Zhenyifa wouldn't even put on an act, running off directly right after going out.

Even if halfway——

Halfway won't work either.

In short, Howltail now kind of wanted to send Zhenyifa back, and was even more worried Zhenyifa would run again later, affecting its lifelong reputation.

The Evil Big Jigglypuff seemingly hadn't considered that its credibility in everyone's hearts was comparable to a banana.

"Yiya……"

It turned its head to look at the Trainer, eagerly hoping he would use that small ball to confine Zhenyifa; if the Trainer disagreed, letting it do the confining was fine too.

"Don't rush."

Baimu raised a hand, "Wait for it to wake up."

This territory was still very far from the human residential area, no need to worry too much about affecting innocent passersby.

Before long.

Zhenyifa, beaten up by Faulton and carried back, slowly woke up.

Just when everyone thought it would get angry, would actively attack everyone, Zhenyifa actually apologized on its own, covering its mouth with its wing-like antennae while admitting fault with full sincerity.

Howltail felt something was off.

This guy, definitely faking again!

Baimu and the little partners exchanged a glance, likewise knowing Zhenyifa was faking, but no one exposed it.

Until a Poké Ball was actively placed before Zhenyifa.

"Since you've apologized, we'll forgive you; come in yourself."

The one he helped choose was a Friend Ball.

"Kami……"

Seeing this thing, Zhenyifa's expression instantly stiffened; it had observed everyone plenty before, how could it not know the effect of a Poké Ball.

Once inside this thing, it would completely bid farewell to so-called freedom.

Zhenyifa couldn't help but look up at everyone, discovering they all had no reaction, while Miledon and Faulton spontaneously blocked behind it, ready to press down on itself should it possibly flee.

From the corner of its eye, Zhenyifa caught Howltail's gaze gradually turning unkind, and sighed inwardly.

"Kami~"

It extended its antenna, lightly tapping on the Friend Ball.

Bang!

The Friend Ball immediately opened, shooting out red light that sucked it inside.

Then it shook several times, *peng* with a sound it burst open.

"Kami?"

Zhenyifa looked blankly at everyone, as if saying this thing might be broken, not its fault!

Baimu laughed: "No matter, I have plenty of balls here, you just use them, there's bound to be one that works."

As he spoke, the Shiny Gengar in the shadow poured out Poké Balls, soon covering the ground densely.

The play-acting Zhenyifa fell silent.

Paipa said in surprise: "Why do you store so many Poké Balls? Do you catch Pokémon often?"

"On one hand it's for the collection, on the other it's for a rainy day."

Baimu waved his hand.

Like the spacetime traversal a few days ago, if he hadn't had enough empty Poké Balls on him, there really would've been no way to safely transfer those Pokémon out, and then take the opportunity to hand them over to Denis.

But at the time, to avoid letting future-numbered Poké Balls appear prematurely, he also went to considerable trouble.

Faulton looked at the Poké Balls covering the ground, playing with them quite curiously.

Like Milleton, it was also caught with a Master Ball, and hasn't experienced life inside other Poké Balls yet.

And seeing that playing dumb wouldn't work any longer, Vibrava could only obediently let itself be caught by a Poké Ball.

Peony spoke up at this point: "Speaking of Paradox Pokémon ancient species, it seems quite smart."

"Normal. Misdreavus is originally a very smart Pokémon; even if its ancient species is stupid, it'll still have a bit of cleverness." Baimu secretly glanced at Mawile.

Mawile sensed his gaze, and could more or less guess the Trainer was secretly teasing it again, but right now it really didn't have the mood to horse around.

Vibrava betrayed Wicked Blissey's trust, and it felt extremely depressed inside.

"Yiya..."

"You should've guessed long ago; since you guessed it, don't be that disappointed." Porygon Phone comforted.

It just sounded more like twisting the knife.

Mawile couldn't help but look at Faulton, thinking how nice it would be if Vibrava were as obedient as it.

Little did it know, at this moment Milleton was thinking how nice it would be if Faulton were as disobedient as Vibrava.

Pokémon all have Pokémon's worries.

Baimu could sense their low spirits, but didn't immediately deal with it, "Let's go, since we've come all the way to Jinhui Town, how could we not eat some of the local specialties?"

No matter what.

Eat first!

After eating, once the mood settles, a lot of words can be listened to.

"Gulu!"

Faulton was the most excited with a loud roar; it had long since grown tired of the Pokémon food provided by Professor Futaba, seemingly nutritionally balanced, but actually got boring to eat before long.

The reason it didn't run off was largely because it believed Baimu would definitely take it to eat well.

Sandwich~

Sandwich~

Invincible-under-heaven Sandwich~

Faulton drooled with craving, carrying Nemo and Peony without stopping, rushing toward Jinhui Town's food street.

Pipa behind them smiled wryly: "This guy, is it that gluttonous?"

"Maybe it's its nature being unleashed."

Baimu laughed heartily: "A Pokémon like Cyclizar should be galloping across the plains, not shrinking in a bottomless pit."

The outside world is very vast, very suitable for Faulton and Milleton; to them, Area Zero is undoubtedly a shackle.

Inside Jinhui Town's Poké Canteen.

Part-timer Aoki was enjoying his afternoon tea, when he heard a commotion outside, only then discovering it was Baimu and company arriving.

"... How come there's one more."

His gaze landed on Faulton.

The savage Cyclizar that charged into the Poké Canteen pounced on the nearest dining table at the first moment, giving the customers there a start.

"Faulton! Come back!"

Baimu gave a shout.

Faulton, just about to take a bite of the dishes, shrank its head, hesitated slightly, then returned to his side.

Milleton on the other side secretly clicked its tongue.

What's the point of being so obedient, eat! Eat fiercely!

Baimu stepped forward, apologized to the two disturbed people, and said he'd foot the bill for them. The two customers immediately waved their hands, saying it was no trouble and that his Cyclizar's styling was done very cutely.

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