Chapter 1493: Academy Late Autumn

The highest goodness is like water.

The Martial Arts Master Ursaluna, having comprehended the true meaning of the Martial Dao, has become more even-tempered compared to before.

Consequently, when it beats Zhen Yifa, its fists are also more powerful; the continuous, unbroken fist force can truly be described as "penetrating to the back of the paper."

"Kami..."

Zhen Yifa is having a bit of a hard time handling it, and runs over to Baimu's side to complain.

Before this, this female brat was never very affectionate; occasionally running over to act spoiled was merely to avoid being abandoned and sent back to Zone Zero.

Baimu's demands of it are also very low: just don't go harassing innocent passersby and wild Pokemon. Roaming the Orre region freely is fine; traveling to even farther places is also fine, just bring the Rotom Phone to avoid losing contact.

After all, it was a bonus gift from when the Ancient Ho-Oh Honor Guard was reclaimed.

Unexpectedly, one day Zhen Yifa would run over to complain because it couldn't handle the Martial Arts Master Ursaluna's attacks; he had previously always thought this guy was enjoying itself.

But one thing is one thing.

"Don't pull such excessive pranks in the future, and I'll help you." Baimu paused, then thought that Zhen Yifa probably doesn't know what counts as excessive and what doesn't, just like Howler Tail finds it hard to judge whether calling it Fat Jigglypuff is out of kindness or malice.

So, he explained in detail all of Zhen Yifa's words and deeds over these months since arriving at Platinum Mountain, citing examples one by one of what was excessive and what was not.

Zhen Yifa listened until it was stunned.

It had never imagined that a Trainer would pay this much attention to itself.

In Zhen Yifa's shallow understanding, the other party had always been someone who didn't care much about it; this required no high IQ or EQ, one could tell just from the frequency and attitude of Baimu's interactions with other Pokemon.

Zhen Yifa certainly felt envious, but didn't force anything.

Until today, it only realized that Baimu had actually been paying attention to it all along, knew what it had done, and could even recount it all like counting one's own treasures.

"Kami..."

Zhen Yifa's blood-red eyes welled up with tears, and immediately after it flew straight into Baimu's embrace.

Baimu was startled. "Why are you crying? Is it that you don't want to stop pranking that badly?"

Logically speaking, Zhen Yifa doesn't have the Prankster Ability either; how does telling it to cause less trouble make it cry?

The Rotom Phone says: 'I don't think so.'

Of course not.

Zhen Yifa is crying from being moved.

In essence, it is just like Howler Tail — both are extremely afraid of loneliness; only, compared to the Wicked Fat Jigglypuff who actively chases after people, Zhen Yifa is even more unwilling to expose its fragile side.

The side of the female brat who stirs up trouble for no reason is practically its shell.

Now that the seemingly hard shell has been completely shattered, what is revealed is naturally that uneasy little Misdreavus itself.

Baimu, with ample experience dealing with problem children, quickly understood everything, but didn't feel too much sympathy.

This guy didn't take a single punch for nothing; does crying a few times whitewash it?

Don't make your Sister Fa laugh.

"Alright, from now on be a good kid, and I'll stand up for you." Baimu stroked Zhen Yifa's huge head.

"Kami~"

"Will you really be good?"

"Kami~"

"Then I'll trust you this once."

Baimu soothed Zhen Yifa in a gentle voice, gradually calming that restless, savage heart.

Starting today, Platinum Mountain has one less demon king causing chaos.

Baimu has gained a clingy follower.

The Wicked Fat Jigglypuff also realizes the enemy has become more cunning; before it was just positional warfare, now it's started psychological warfare!

The Martial Arts Master Ursaluna is very gratified by Zhen Yifa's reformation.

"Guma!"

Not causing trouble means we're good friends!

Platinum Mountain has rarely returned to tranquility; the wild Pokemon who were once teased are celebrating, while some of Baimu's household Pokemon have gone from minding their own business to grinding their teeth in anger.

Damn it!

Another rival for favor!

And Zhen Yifa can fly and is fast, very agile.

The Three-Headed Dragon previously didn't take Zhen Yifa seriously; now it wishes it could beat it four or five times a day, often provoking it on purpose.

But Zhen Yifa has never retreated.

Because it can complain to the Trainer when it gets beaten, so as long as it's not something it provoked itself, the unlucky one isn't it.

The female brat experiences for the first time the refreshing feeling of having someone standing behind her.

Naturally, it becomes closer to Baimu.

Over at Orre Academy, many students and teachers also discover that, for some reason, there is an extra huge Misdreavus beside the Principal, and it's a Misdreavus that cannot be called Misdreavus.

Only a very few people know from Baimu's mouth that its true name is Zhen Yifa, a being that looks very much like Misdreavus but is actually different from Misdreavus.

And it's very strong.

Regarding this, both Shengcai and Ta Ni, who have battled it, have deep feelings.

They have successively experienced the baptism of Primal Groudon/Kyogre, Cyber Cyclizar, the Wicked Fat Jigglypuff, and the female brat Misdreavus; from now on, even if Baimu brings out more weird and strange Pokemon, they won't feel surprised——

"What is this!?"

"These are the Ancient Era's Entei, Suicune, and Lei Gong."

Baimu explained to the students.

Today is his class time; taking this opportunity, he simply let the Ancient Ho-Oh Honor Guard come to the Academy Island for a stroll as well.

After more than half a year of "domestication" at Platinum Silver Mountain, the Ancient Phoenix King's Guard no longer hissed at strangers; at most the Wave Rider would be a bit displeased, but this guy's prototype is a carnivorous dragon, so its naturally bad temper is understandable.

The self-proclaimed knowledgeable Super Z Team stared dumbfounded.

"What did I say? Staying at Orea Academy really lets you see the world, right?"

Ta Ni, who arrived at Academy Island the latest yet became Baimu's fan the earliest, said: "What ordinary person gets to see the Ancient Era's Phoenix King's Guard!"

Sheng Cai and the others nodded repeatedly.

In the second half of the year, the gradually freed-up Honorary Professors came to Orea Academy one after another to give public lectures, and they also saw big shots who simply cannot be seen in the parallel world.

Such as Professor Oak, Zhulan, Dawu, and even Carney.

Professor Oak came willingly; he had long heard that Baimu's household had acquired a batch of strange new Pokemon, and as someone who yearned to research all Pokemon, he naturally would not pass up such a rare opportunity.

This time, Queen Leiguanwang did not hide from Professor Oak either, meeting him very graciously.

Then, inexplicably, she blasted him away with Psychic.

"Professor Oak!!"

Baimu, startled, hurriedly used a stone slab to steady Professor Oak, then looked at Queen Leiguanwang with a strange gaze.

Queen Leiguanwang likewise stared blankly at her own hand.

"I... I don't know why either."

"No trouble, no trouble, I'm used to it." Professor Oak waved his hand cheerfully.

Being attacked by Pokemon is an everyday occurrence for this titan of academia; if he hadn't been attacked at least once, he'd be embarrassed to claim he'd completed his research.

Baimu suddenly realized this was like Ash's Black Technology Explosion Curse, the law that Team Rocket must blast off — a piece of underlying code belonging to the Pokemon world.

Afterward, Professor Oak also sequentially tasted the attacks of the Ancient Phoenix King's Guard, Guletun, Zhenyi Fa, and Wudao Xiongshi.

Wudao Xiongshi was also stunned; it thought it was a punching bag and subconsciously threw a punch, fortunately it pulled back in time.

The bedraggled Professor Oak was covered in dust, yet his smile never paused for a second.

"Ahah~ Truly a wonderful place~"

He hadn't felt the joy of exploration in a long time; every visit to Platinum Silver Mountain felt like treasure hunting, making his heart restless and excited.

Baimu: "..."

The second half of the year proceeded vigorously.

Dan Di once called, asking why he wasn't participating in the World Championships, his tone not lacking complaint that he'd taken the World Monarch title and run.

Baimu's reply was simple: "I'm sitting very happy in the Principal's seat; the World Monarch title I've returned to you already. When I have time someday I'll come find you."

Dan Di could only let it drop.

He couldn't very well force someone to participate.

Also sitting out was Ash; this youth, even without taking the final victory, has no habit of repeating the same tournament.

Moreover he is currently preparing Orange Academy's campus tournament.

Through intel leaked by the Team Rocket trio, Baimu learned Ash had also caught Kilowattrel, Palafin, and Charcadet.

Plus the successfully evolved Crocalor, Flamigo, and Pikachu, that made exactly six.

"Huh, turns out it's not Flamigo or Squawkabilly."

Baimu thought Ash's partner should more properly be the Normal/Flying Squawkabilly, or the common lakeside Flamigo.

But on closer thought, Kilowattrel admittedly overlaps in typing, yet can evolve once.

Among Ash's many Flying-type Pokemon, only Rowlet hasn't evolved; the other Flying-types have basically all evolved, and to their final stages.

Palafin... Dolphin Hero?

As for Charcadet, both Armarouge and Ceruledge are possible.

"Further investigation needed!"

"Understood!"

The Team Rocket trio ended the call with a sacred sense of duty.

Previously they communicated with Giovanni, Giovanni's secretary Matori; now it's become Baimu, and there doesn't seem to be anything off about it.

These guys have it hard enough too; usually they have classes back at Orea, no classes they go to Paldea to mess with Ash and Pikachu, three hundred sixty-five days non-stop rotation, yet they themselves seem to enjoy it endlessly.

Interestingly, a while ago James's family showed up at the door.

His parents are old-money nobility of the Kanto region; with James as their only son, naturally they can't just ignore him.

James can wander outside because they think he's still young; when he's played enough one day, he'll probably go back.

The two hoped Baimu could help look after him, and for this they were willing to sponsor Orea Academy.

Baimu agreed, and the day after the sponsorship money arrived, he gave James a bit more workload.

— No obligation to not mess with the sponsor's son!

James's parents, after all these years, still haven't seen their own son's true nature; this hundreds-of-millions fortune probably won't last much longer.

Baimu doesn't mind taking it over.

Orea Academy's daily expenses are unexpectedly costly; he has many ideas he wants to discuss with Shan Ren, but Shan Ren says the League can't even lift the pot, telling him to wait.

Since he can't get it from the League side, he'll go elsewhere.

Like James's parents, and like Silver's father.

"Why should I give you money!"

"Your son is in my hands!"

"I can invest!"

"Not accepted, only donations accepted. I'll say it again: your son is in my hands!"

"You! Don't go too far!"

Crack.

Baimu hung up the phone.

Not long after, Sakaki transferred the money over; for Team Rocket, whose operations had been continuously shrinking in recent years, this was undoubtedly another heavy blow.

Xiaoyin herself knew nothing about Baimu going to shake down Sakaki; at noon they were still eating together, chatting and laughing.

Little did they know that over in Kanto, Sakaki was already smashing phones in rage.

Autumn arrived in a rush.

The agreed-upon exchange student time had come.

The first batch was led by Baimu and Clavell to Blueberry Academy; on Orange Academy's roster were the Ultra Z Squad, Fanshilang, Aiden, and Guang — students he was relatively familiar with.

It wasn't that he, as principal, was abusing his power for personal gain; rather, there were genuinely very few students signing up for the exchange.

Among Orange Academy's current students, nearly half came from the Unova region, and they had zero interest in Unova's Blueberry Academy.

On Orange Academy's side, Xiaozhi was naturally among them; besides him, Nemo, Paipa, and Mudan were also there.

Xiaozhi got along very well with the first two, but had barely spoken with Mudan — seemingly because the Team Star plot had been sorted out early by Baimu.

Besides that, he also had three good friends named Xiaoyuan, Ailiqisi, and He Ma; they were said to be classmates and often played together.

(Main characters of the short "Paldea's After-School Time," from top to bottom: He Ma, Ailiqisi, and Xiaoyuan.)

"Baimu! Long time no see!"

Xiaozhi reunited with Baimu after a long absence and excitedly broke away from the group at the first moment.

Behind him stood those classmates, looking a bit panicked under Baimu's gaze.

In fact, their first meeting with Xiaozhi had been like this too.

Who would have thought the runner-up of the Masters Eight would come to Orange Academy as a student?

Baimu embraced him warmly, then sensed a strangely resentful gaze from afar —

It was Wuli.

The two hadn't seen each other in over a year.

Last time he came to Blueberry Academy, Wuli happened to be back home for summer vacation, and the two accidentally missed each other.

Now that they finally met again, yet Wuli saw Baimu hugging a "stranger," she couldn't help but feel a pang in her heart.

— The problem child is still full of problems.

But no matter; Xiaozhi's here! The academy is saved! Xiaozhi's here! Salvation has arrived!

Relying on his unique personal charm, Xiaozhi successfully won over Wuli in just two days; this peerless killer's sunshine and vitality filled Wuli, who felt her own heart was dark, with longing.

Duoruo's evaluation was —

"Truly scary."

Yet he also had to admit that the radiance on Xiaozhi was too dazzling, especially that straightforward personality, which completely prevented his yin-yang sarcasm from finding any purchase.

Xiaozhi takes things literally!

At the same time, the Ultra Z Squad — this parallel world's protagonist group — also clashed with anime protagonist Xiaozhi.

From an all-out brawl to mutual respect took less than a week.

Xiaozhi naturally basically didn't win any battles.

Back to basics, he was as always hard-pressed to win roadside battles, especially against a group of people who don't like raising Pokemon from scratch.

What surprised Baimu was that the Team Rocket trio actually infiltrated Blueberry Academy, located in the middle of the ocean, as school staff.

"How did you know they were hiring?"

"We didn't know; someone asked if we wanted to come work..."

The Team Rocket trio stared at each other in blank dismay.

This shows that often heaven itself helps them, giving them chances to go play with Xiaozhi.

Baimu gave a thumbs-up: "Very good, very strong."

And the Team Rocket trio's jobs didn't last long either; there were too many powerhouses in this exchange batch, and they got blasted away the moment they showed their faces.

Biru frowned: "Why do I feel these people look a bit like Xiaojiulang and them?"

"Really? Don't feel it."

Taini is blind.

Shengcai and Die Luo, these two blind ones, chimed in as well.

Shengcai and Dailuo, those two blind ones, chimed in along.

【166】 Only Mingyi truly saw through it, but she didn't dare speak, because right beside her Baimu made a shushing gesture at her.

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