Chapter 1488: Timelai

The Phoenix King Guard came to Oulei just to confirm the situation.

Now that they discovered the ancient Phoenix King Guard is related to Baimu, they also have no intention of continuing to investigate further.

It's still annoying, after all.

The Shatterflame looks so strange that encountering individuals of different colors can still be like looking in a mirror, but seeing them only feels like seeing a mosaic.

Hurt the eyes!

Lei Gong has the most volatile temperament, so his reaction now is also the greatest.

"Roar!"

"I understand!"

"Roar!"

"What are you doing, you silly thing? Aren't you cute?"

"Roar——!!"

The deafening roar made Baimu instinctively cover his ears; he looked helplessly at Lei Gong, "I'm sorry, but I can't comply with your request."

Lei Gong hopes he can stay away from the Thunder Drum, preferably sending it back to its original place.

Only because this big cat always feels that Baimu, having been with the Thunder Drum for too long, will also become strange, even abnormal.

"Roar..."

Lei Gong hesitated and let out a low growl, indicating that if he were willing, he could stay on Platinum Silver Mountain for three... no, five years.

Baimu smiled, reached out and pinched both sides of its round cheeks, kneading them, the feel as good as ever.

"No way! Although your suggestion is very tempting, people trusted me and followed me to Platinum Silver Mountain; how could I say to drive them away and just drive them away? I'm sorry, but I can't comply!"

"..."

Lei Gong, feeling sulky, swatted his hand away with one paw, turned his head, and walked off.

The multi-function phone whispered: "Are their reactions a bit too strong?"

"When I first saw the ancient Phoenix King Guard's reaction, it was also big; I only gradually got used to it later."

Baimu shook his head.

But he actually accepted it quite quickly; after all, thinking about it carefully, this thing is just another manifestation of regional form, and the design of Galar's Three Sacred Birds isn't much stronger than that of the ancient Phoenix King Guard.

"Alright, by the way, Timelai has come along."

The multi-function phone opened the hidden surveillance of Platinum Silver Mountain.

Timelai's petite figure wandering around was quite noticeable; it even went to mediate the fight between Vibrava and Roar Tail, but due to mistaking their identities, it provoked their anger.

"Should we go help?"

"No need."

Baimu casually glanced over, knowing there would be a Pokémon to handle it.

Indeed.

Just as he finished speaking, a Foongus holding a basket appeared; Timelai accidentally bumped into it, but failed to move its body.

"Bonyo?"

The Foongus looked at the teary-eyed Timelai in its arms, and at the menacing Vibrava and Roar Tail, thought for two seconds, then pulled out a spiky stick from under its clothes.

The Roar Tail rushing forward braked urgently, "Ee-ya!"

Vibrava saw the evil-looking Chansey stop and let out a mocking sound, "Ka-mi-mi-mi—"

Isn't this guy supposed to be preparing food in the house?

Even afraid of this, I stand here and let it—

Bang!

The spiky stick traced a strange arc of light and struck Vibrava's head with one blow, instantly rendering it mute.

It struggled to lift its head, and in a daze saw a face like an evil demon, then fainted.

Roar Tail: "..."

The disobedient unlucky one is you.

"Bonyo?"

The Foongus wearing a ghost mask spoke again; Timelai hid behind it, only feeling an overwhelming sense of safety.

Roar Tail didn't say much more, dragging Vibrava's "corpse" away.

The Foongus removed the ghost mask, comforted the unfamiliar Timelai a few times, then continued carrying the basket as a little girl picking mushrooms.

Baimu, watching opposite through the surveillance, twitched the corner of his mouth.

Actually, I thought it would be Queen Leiguanwang who would make a move, but I didn't expect Foongus to just happen to pass by.

Also true.

Idle Foongus often wanders around Platinum Silver Mountain, picking fresh vegetables from the fields, or mountain delicacies nurtured by mushrooms.

Platinum Silver Mountain might be the only place in the world where mushrooms grow but there are no poisonous mushrooms.

Because Baimu doesn't eat them.

In the screen, the Timelai rescued by Foongus silently followed behind, as if finding its backbone, not only helping to pick tree fruits and mushrooms, but even following all the way to the villa gate.

"Lufeng?"

Timelai was indeed a bit dazed.

Foongus tilted its head to look at it, inviting Timelai to come in, "Bonyo~"

Although I don't know where this strange Pokémon came from, since it helped pick things, giving it a bottle of Moomoo milk to drink is at least the minimum.

So.

Timelai, dazed and confused, entered the door, saw in the living room Big Mouth Baby and other Pokémon, and through the kitchen's backyard, saw the Phoenix King Guard waiting to eat.

The Phoenix King Guard unit also noticed the Timelabi through the window, and the two sides locked eyes.

"Lufi?"

"Hou?"

"You/you all, what are you doing here?"

"This is destined to be an unsolvable mystery."

At this time, Baimu came down from the second floor, and upon seeing Timelabi, it immediately hid in the feathers of the Eguipeng, but Eguipeng proactively went to meet it.

"Boni o~"

"Thank you~"

Baimu smiled and stroked its head, then glanced at the timid Timelabi and said with a smile: "Welcome to Platinum Silver Mountain as a guest. Since you're here, stay for a meal."

"Lufi..."

Timelabi blinked its eyes slightly and silently accepted.

Not long after, it tasted the delicious glowing dish and was successfully subdued by the food, its vigilance toward Baimu greatly reduced.

On the Phoenix King Guard side, seeing Timelabi here with Baimu also put them at ease.

They are the guardians of natural order, and as a time-space traveler, Timelabi often triggers a series of disturbances unrelated to them, yet arising because of them.

They entrusted Baimu with handling it, and they felt very reassured.

After all, to some extent, he who was revived by the Rainbow Feather is considered to share the same origin as them.

However, the Phoenix King Guard still felt a bit displeased with those few "imitations," especially Lei Gong, who went to find them after eating and fought them.

But since Baimu was present, they held back, and after fighting to a stalemate, they ran off.

The ancient Phoenix King Guard, unsatisfied with the fight, was calmed by Baimu and regained peace, and completely disregarded the true Phoenix King Guard.

They differ from the future Holy Swordswomen in that they did not inherit the Phoenix King Guard's habit of suppressing the strong and aiding the weak, guarding nature, and they also have no fondness for the Phoenix King.

— Had it not been for the arrival of the true Phoenix King Guard this time, Baimu would have suspected that these three might actually be the original form of the Phoenix King Guard.

In short, no problem.

By the way, since eating the glowing dish, Timelabi seems to have developed the intention to reside long-term at Platinum Silver Mountain.

And just as the Phoenix King Guard worried, things always happen around Timelabi.

Two days later, in the afternoon.

"Someone invaded the Pokémon Paradise?"

"To be precise, they nearly invaded, but their sneaky behavior was discovered by Mewtwo, and then they were beaten by the Dilaton and Dilaton who happened to be playing in the park."

"Oh."

Upon hearing this, Baimu immediately felt much more at ease: "Have you figured out their origins?"

"You'll have to ask them, Mewtwo doesn't want to get involved, Dilaton and Dilaton — do you think they have that kind of intelligence?"

The multi-function phone retorted in return, then immediately said it had notified Shanjin's side.

Compared to Platinum Silver Mountain, Shanjin, located in Silicon Beryllium City, is undoubtedly closer to the Pokémon Paradise.

Upon hearing this, Baimu rushed to Silicon Beryllium City.

When he arrived, the personnel sent by Shanjin had just brought back that group of people, and the great president of the Oure Alliance himself was also present, frowning, unaware of what he was thinking.

"What's wrong?"

Baimu asked directly.

Shanjin retorted: "Do you know Timelabi?"

Baimu: "I know him."

And he's been staying at my place as a guest.

Shanjin continued without surprise: "These people entered Oure under the guise of investment, but their true purpose is to find the time-space rift left by Timelabi, steal its energy, and thus predict the future... You know Gautai, right?"

"I know him."

"—You damn it, how do you know everything!"

"I've always known him!"

The two started arguing over a disagreement.

Gautai, the boss villain from the Pokémon movie *Phantom Master*.

This person gained the ability to foresee the future by stealing the power of the time-space rift, then built a vast business empire, and at its peak could stand shoulder to shoulder with cross-regional giants like Wenwen Company.

But unfortunately, in recent years, due to causing massive environmental damage to the city, he was detained by the police, and it's estimated he should still be in prison now.

This group of people happens to be Gautai's former subordinates.

Baimu suddenly understood.

In the movie, Gautai only appeared besides Pokémon with two subordinates, one of whom was a secretary who was actually a reporter in disguise, making it hard to imagine such a person could be the helmsman of a business empire.

It turns out he didn't act together with them.

"Could it be that you have ideas about the time-space rift?"

Baimu glanced sideways at Shanjin: "I advise you not to do that, because not only will I beat you, but the Phoenix King Guard will also come from afar to beat you."

It's not just about allowing oneself to cheat with hacks, but rather Timelabi's time-space rift hosts its energy, and once stolen, environmental destruction is one aspect, and on the other hand, it could easily harm Timelabi himself.

Shanjin: "... a merciless way of speaking."

He indeed had a bit of heart-moving intention earlier.

But after being told by his friend, he also dismissed the idea, and there's still a precedent in the eastern prison.

Soon Baimu saw that group of people, and also learned from them the reason they suspected Timelabi appeared in Oure—

Naturally, black technology.

A device roughly two people tall, with unclear principles but capable of sensing abnormal changes in time and space.

These people had traveled to many places over the past two years, searching for locations where Celebi might exist, and these locations were either left by Baimu's spacetime traversal or by Satoshi's spacetime traversal.

In the end, all came up empty.

This time was their closest approach to Celebi yet, only unfortunately they went to the wrong location.

Platinum Silver Mountain is south of Ore, but they went north, and nearly intruded into Mewtwo's territory.

Although that guy Mewtwo has supposedly reformed, who knows if one day he might feel humans deserve to die all over again, and then start a great purge.

It's normal for philosophers to have psychological issues.

"Throw them in prison."

Baimu couldn't be bothered to ask.

Shanren obediently began fabricating charges against the group; having been deceived by them, he was also quite displeased.

Was a proper investment not good enough? They just had to come to his house and stir up trouble!

Platinum Silver Mountain.

Celebi, currently having afternoon tea and snacks with Big-Mouthed Baby, was over the moon, completely unaware it had coincidentally avoided a calamity.

However, Baimu never expected its calamities weren't limited to just one.

By the time Baimu discovered it, it was already too late.

"What do you mean it's too fat to fly? A Psychic-type Pokémon still unable to fly, are you kidding me?"

He turned to ask Porygon-Z, at his feet a Zorua Hisui yowling non-stop.

"You ask me, I don't know either. Anyway, its current weight is triple what it was when it arrived, and I'm also curious how it could swell up so fast."

Porygon-Z's screen was full of question marks.

Today.

Is the second month since Celebi came to Platinum Silver Mountain.

Right at the peak of spring, while plants grew wildly during this period, Celebi, as a Grass-type, was also expanding horizontally like crazy.

Its physique was evolving from a skinny scallion toward a purple sweet potato.

"Awoo! Awoo!"

Zorua Hisui kept jumping and yowling non-stop, provoking Baimu to reach out and pinch its snout shut.

"Annoying as hell! I know!"

This guy was half gloating, half complaining.

Over the past month, it had watched Celebi's unrestrained eating with its own eyes, feeling envious while secretly awaiting the day the other would meet misfortune.

Fortunately, Zorua Hisui didn't have to wait long.

Baimu wondered: "Vibrava didn't get fat, Flygon didn't get fat, Talonflame and the rest didn't get fat, so why did only Celebi get fat?"

"Might have something to do with Queen Leiguanwang too." Porygon-Z guessed that Queen Leiguanwang raising her little hand too many times had also caused some slight influence on Celebi.

But just after badmouthing a certain little deer behind its back, a cold snort rang out beside its ear.

A warning, is it?

Porygon-Z couldn't care less.

Baimu held Zorua Hisui in his arms and went to check on Celebi's condition, and upon discovering it was trying hard to take off yet still couldn't fly, he was more than a little speechless.

Pokémon like Trevenant, Blissey, and others all surrounded it, cheering it on while also showing quite a bit of worry.

Seeing Baimu's arrival, they all stepped aside to make way.

"Celebi..."

Celebi saw him and covered its face in shame.

Nothing was more embarrassing than this situation.

Baimu shook his head and said: "Since that's the case, start losing weight!"

"Celebi?"

Celebi was confused.

It glanced at the gloating Zorua Hisui, instinct telling it that losing weight probably wasn't anything good—

Facts proved it hadn't guessed wrong.

Celebi, in the middle of sit-ups, swore that losing weight was the second thing it least wanted to face, after being chased by Pokémon hunters.

"Cele~~bi!"

"Tsk!"

As supervisor, Big-Mouthed Baby strictly recorded Celebi's movements, preventing it from slacking off.

Zorua Hisui wasn't a supervisor, but that didn't stop it from barking away on the side, which also made Celebi start hating a certain Pokémon species for the first time.

"Celebi~~!"

What's there to bark about!

"Awoo~"

Zorua Hisui was so delighted its tail wagged straight, feeling as if listening to celestial music clearing its ears.

Finally got to watch someone else suffer!

On the other side.

Baimu wasn't paying too much attention to this matter; he was fishing people out on Abandoned Ship Islet, where three unlucky bastards had nearly been drained dry by Litwick.

"Howoldareyou?"

"..."

Fanshilang didn't understand.

The two beside him were trembling in fear.

Baimu sighed, "If you had a crush on any one of Shengcai and the others, I wouldn't say anything, but this?"

"Wh-who has a crush!?"

Fan Shilang, who had been like a frost-bitten eggplant just a moment ago, suddenly jumped up, his face flushing bright red.

This made Baimu raise an eyebrow, "No way, bro, you're for real?"