Chapter 775

After hearing the accounts of Bisharp and Poliwhirl II.

All All Baimu fell into brief thought.

Poliwhirl II, seeing this, could not help but glance nervously, quickly scanning its system log files to check if it had said anything it shouldn't have.

Fortunately, it hadn't.

It had only complained.

Yet even that was enough to make it blush—why had it blurted out so much so foolishly?

Poliwhirl II quietly glanced at Bisharp beside it; looking back now, it realized the latter had not uttered a single word the entire time—far more discreet than it was.

"Grrr~"

Bisharp mimicked its Trainer's gesture, patting its head reassuringly.

All All Baimu, as if sensing something, turned and saw Bisharp's gentle, broad expression, and Poliwhirl II's anxious, averted gaze.

He exchanged glances with the towering beast.

To this day,

even without the connection of Key Stones or Mega Stones, the two had developed a near-telepathic understanding.

All All Baimu told Poliwhirl II, who seemed ready to apologize: "It's fine. That Pokémon isn't suspicious—feel free to visit the treehouse anytime."

Alola is a land of gifted people and wise Pokémon.

Indeed, Oranguru is among the most intelligent.

It often listens to the troubles of humans and Pokémon, kindly offering its homemade Phoenix Pear juice and lending a hand to those in need.

Among them were Mau and her father.

"Pahli?"

Poliwhirl II lifted its head, seeing no blame from its Trainer—indeed, a subtle encouragement to visit the wooden cabin—and its nervousness gradually eased.

What finally put it at ease was the Trainer urging its other companions to visit too.

Why?

Poliwhirl II was confused.

In truth, All All Baimu believed everyone harbors thoughts they won't share with loved ones—just as he had never told his Pokémon about the simulator.

Or why he knew so much about Legendary Pokémon that couldn't be found online.

Often, when speaking to strangers unrelated to daily life, one can freely voice inner troubles that aren't truly secret, easing emotional burdens.

Perhaps Bisharp and the others have such burdens.

All All Baimu hoped the Forest Pokémon Café would become a "treehole" where his Pokémon could relieve stress.

—

Afternoon.

After discussing with the group of Pokémon,

All All Baimu decided to immediately head to Lili Town to meet the Island King Hala.

Bisharp and the other Pokémon who attended the "meeting" unanimously agreed that leisure could be balanced with the Island Challenge, since time was extremely ample.

"Makes sense."

He nodded inwardly, then recalled all his Pokémon into their Poké Balls.

If Hala agreed to let him join the Island Challenge, he'd likely assign the trial on the spot—so he couldn't bring only Charizard as he had in the morning.

"Shaaang!"

Charizard grumbled discontentedly.

In its view, it could fly, dive, fight, and beg for affection—all skills mastered; if left to it, the other Pokémon would never get a chance to shine.

But as soon as All All Baimu mounted its back, it stopped grumbling and happily flapped its wings into the sky.

But as All All Baimu mounted its back, the creature immediately fell silent and happily flapped its wings into the sky.

it multitasked: its two long, snake-like heads curled around to playfully nudge All All Baimu's hands, while its central head scanned the skies to avoid collisions with wild Pokémon or other Trainers riding mounts.

It multitasked—its two serpentine heads curled around to playfully tussle with All All Baimu's hands, while its central head scanned the sky to avoid collisions with wild Pokémon or other Trainers riding.

【44】 All All Baimu smoothed the fur along its neck, ensuring the flower-like down didn't flutter chaotically—some lifted, some clung—making it look disheveled.

All All Baimu smoothed the fur along its neck, ensuring the flower-like down didn't flutter chaotically or cling unevenly.

All All Baimu smoothed the fur along its neck, ensuring the flower-like down didn't flutter in patches or cling unevenly, which would look too disheveled.

Charizard's saliva had returned to its childhood state—less pungent and foul, though sadly, it had barely used the move since learning it.

The reason: it requires a 【Full】 state to use it.

In the games, Full state is achieved only by eating Berries; in the anime, it isn't needed. But All All Baimu rarely battles right after meals, so the move's usage rate on other Pokémon remains zero.

Charizard whined and nipped at All All Baimu's wrist and fingers, butting its head against him like a cat or dog begging for pets.

The Dreepy whined loudly, biting down on the Trainer's wrist and fingers, nudging them with its heads like a cat or dog begging for pets.

despite slowing its flight repeatedly, the destination—Lili Town—was finally approaching.

After all, residents of Melemele Island commonly build their homes facing the sunrise, so they can see it every morning.

The shaded side of the island remains undeveloped, preserving its original jungle ecosystem.

The shaded side of the island was left undeveloped, preserving its original forest ecosystem.

Melemele Island's sun-facing side still holds vast forests, including Lili Town, which is surrounded on all sides by woods, giving it a quiet, ancient charm.

It is said that generations of Island Kings have lived here.

At the town's center stands a square, gray stage, used for worshipping Melemele Island's guardian, Tapu Tapu Tapu Mingming, and for the Island King Hala's Grand Trial.

Charizard seemed ready to land on the stage—he quickly stopped it: "Stop at the steps! Don't land on the stage!"

That place is like the Dragon Shrine in Meteor Village—landing on it would be asking for trouble!

What if Tapu Tapu Tapu Mingming is watching from some corner?

"You nearly got me in deep trouble."

All All Baimu grabbed Charizard and tugged it aside, then climbed the steps into town.

On a leisurely afternoon,

the town was deserted.

Thanks to the name-tagged house numbers at every door, he easily found the Island King's home and pressed the doorbell.

Thanks to house numbers bearing residents' names on every doorstep, he easily found the Island King's home and rang the bell.

No response.

Ding-dong ding-dong~

All All Baimu pressed twice more—click—the door opened.

The one who opened it wasn't Hala, but a Machamp holding a sign that read: 【Island King is out. Please return another time.】

The door opened not to Hala, but to a Machamp holding a sign that read: 【Island King is out. Please return at another time.】

He thanked Machamp reluctantly.

As Island King, Hala patrols all corners of Melemele Island, helping residents with their troubles.

Far from the image many imagine—a monarch seated on a throne, surrounded by servants, departing with a grand procession.

He was nothing like the many imagine: seated on a throne, surrounded by servants, escorted by grand carriages.

they are indeed the island's rulers.

All All Baimu stood before the festival stage, gazing toward the dense forest of Mahalo Trail.

He wanted to visit Tapu Tapu Tapu Mingming 's war ruins, but feared it might be a restricted area, risking offense to the deity.

He wanted to visit the War Ruins of CAPU KOKO, but feared it might be a restricted area—and offend the thing.

He decided to stick to his original plan: head to Hau'oli City to find Team Rocket.

He decided to stick to his original plan: head to Hau'oli City to find Team Rocket.

Because during the earlier meeting, while discussing plans with Bisharp and the others, All All Baimu suddenly remembered that Jessie once built a machine capable of locating Z-Crystals.

They used it to find the Malicious Z-Crystal in the lair of the Alpha Alolan Raticate.

Though that machine was later destroyed by the Alpha Alolan Raticate's Destruction Beam, if Jessie could build it once, she could build it again.

He intended to collect all eighteen types of Pure Crystals—having a search device would prevent him from wandering like a headless fly gathering scattered information.

He intended to collect all eighteen Pure Crystals; having a search device would save him from wandering like a headless fly gathering clues.

All All Baimu leapt onto Charizard's back, and it flew toward Hau'oli City by the sea.

Soon after his departure,

a yellow figure suddenly appeared on the festival stage. It watched Charizard's retreating silhouette, then gazed far off toward a distant forest, and chased after Charizard.

A yellow figure suddenly appeared on the festival stage, watching Dreepy's retreating silhouette, then gazing far off toward a forest, and chased after Dreepy.

All All Baimu directly approached Officer Jenny on coastal patrol.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for a food cart with a Bear Hug logo—have you seen it nearby?"

Hau'oli City is the largest in Alola, and Team Rocket never sets up shop in fixed locations—he'd be searching until next month if he tried alone.

Hau'oli City was the largest city in Alola, and Team Rocket never set up shop in fixed locations—he might spend the whole month searching.

The Alolan Officer Jenny paused, glancing at the Meowth Inspector, who bore a striking resemblance to a former president of a certain country.

The Meowth Inspector shook his head: "Gusss…"

"What's happened? Did you buy expired food and want a refund?" Officer Jenny automatically opened her notebook to log the case.

All All Baimu quickly shook his head: "No, no, no—I knew the staff from that cart before, but we never exchanged contact info. I have something important to tell them."

All All Baimu immediately shook his head: "No no no, I knew the staff from that food cart before, but we never exchanged contact info—I need to find them for something important."

"So that's how it is."

Miss Jyske nodded in understanding and turned toward the police car to use the police radio to ask her colleagues if they had seen anything.

Meanwhile.

All All Baimu stared at Chief Mamoswine, and Chief Mamoswine stared back, eyes locked in silent confrontation.

"Hungry?"

He pulled out a Poké Block.

Chief Mamoswine firmly rejected the offering: "Gusso!"

On duty—no snacks.

All All Baimu thought it looked down on ordinary Poké Blocks, so he pulled out several premium ones and asked, "These will surely suit your taste!"

"Gusso!"

Chief Mamoswine's throat bobbed; its already stern expression grew even sterner.

Are you bribing an officer?

Let me tell you, don't even think about it!

It lifted its head and advanced with a chilling aura, making All All Baimu feel as if he'd done something wrong—he turned to look at Charizard.

Charizard showed no reaction; it only bared its fangs when another Pokémon displayed clear hostility.

Chief Mamoswine's words…

Suddenly, the creature silently and stealthily glanced at Miss Jyske inside the police car, then—"Aow!"—swallowed every Poké Block in All All Baimu's palm.

"Crunch crunch crunch crunch—"

"Chew chew chew chew—"

"Gulps."

A look of satisfaction flashed across Chief Mamoswine's face. It looked up at All All Baimu and gently patted his palm with its tiny paw, calling, "Gusso~"

Don't do it again~

"Glad you liked it." All All Baimu smiled and took the chance to pat Chief Mamoswine's head, carefully feeling its golden fur.

Chief Mamoswine wore an expression of "This is lawless conduct," but made no move to stop him.

When you've eaten someone's food, you can't easily refuse them.

On the other side.

Miss Jyske had gathered all the information and stepped out, seeing All All Baimu and Chief Mamoswine standing calmly—her sharp detective instincts told her something had happened here.

"What happened?"

"Gusso!"

Chief Mamoswine spoke first, insisting nothing had occurred.

Trusting her partner, Miss Jyske nodded and told All All Baimu, "Someone saw that food truck half an hour ago—said it was pushed into the forest by a Wearing Bear."

"Wearing Bear?"

All All Baimu immediately thought of that terrifying Bear God.

"Yes."

Miss Jyske pointed toward the forest and said, "Somewhere around here. If you're going, be careful of wild Wearing Bears—don't be fooled by their cuteness and get too close."

"Thank you very much."

All All Baimu thanked the diligent Miss Jyske.

She smiled and saluted: "Have fun in the Alola region! Stay safe!"

"I will!"

He mounted Charizard and signaled it to head toward the forest.

—

In the sky.

All All Baimu squinted against the wind.

He never imagined that within just half a day of arriving in Alola, he'd be meeting the legendary Wearing Bear.

He could wait until tomorrow when Team Rocket sets up again, but he saw no reason to avoid Wearing Bear.

He'd long been curious about the texture of Wearing Bear's fur.

As for which of his Pokémon could defeat it—that wasn't even in his consideration.

The saying goes: never judge a comedic character by its battle power.

If you lose, just run.

Trapping Wearing Bear isn't hard. Besides, though it appeared terrifying when it first met Ash—cracking and kicking down countless trees—it was all a misunderstanding.

Ash simply didn't understand Wearing Bear's behavior.

When Wearing Bear swings its arms wildly, it's not waving in friendliness—it's warning and intimidating its opponent.

Just like a panda standing on its hind legs and raising its arms isn't asking for a hug—it's a threat signal.

But Ash, that clueless fool, didn't run—he waved and walked closer, effectively dancing on its trigger points.

A child playing around without understanding—of course it got hit.

Shortly after.

Charizard flew out of the city and hovered above the dense forest.

"Go down—we won't find it up here."

He vaguely remembered Wearing Bear's den, and besides, there was a satellite dish set up by Team Rocket nearby to receive signals—easy to spot.

If not, he could ask wild Pokémon along the way.

Then again—

Had Wearing Bear's child returned home?

He remembered Wearing Bear had a child in the Aether Paradise, one that wouldn't return to its mother's side until much later—perhaps he could use that information to gain its favor?

But it might be too complicated.

Wearing Bear wouldn't understand.

In any case, All All Baimu felt confident about gaining Wearing Bear's goodwill, and he stuck to the principle: avoid conflict if possible.

"Shasang…"

"Good boy—this situation isn't suitable for you."

He recalled Charizard back into its Poké Ball.

Houndoom had a terrible temper—if Wearing Bear did anything threatening, it would fight to the death.

So it couldn't stay outside its Poké Ball.

The replacement Pokémon was Gulpin.

"Kee-doh."

It glanced around the silent, dense forest, then gave its Trainer a curious look.

Why are we in the forest?

That wasn't in the plan.

All All Baimu said, "We didn't find the Island King, and Team Rocket isn't in town—we have to look for them in the forest…"

He gave a few instructions; Gulpin nodded casually.

The big shot didn't think any Pokémon could harm the Trainer under its protection.

All All Baimu traded three Poké Blocks for the address of Wearing Bear's home, stolen from a Pidgeotto's beak—he couldn't help but lament how the world had declined: even wild Pokémon now haggled.

But fortunately, they'd arrived.

Wearing Bear's den.

Beneath a towering tree beside a stream.

A massive pink figure stirred inside the lush tree hollow; the familiar Wearing Bear food truck was parked nearby.

"Guma?"

The massive figure sensed something and turned toward the tree hollow's entrance, locking eyes with All All Baimu and Gulpin.

One second.

Two seconds.

"Jii—"

Wearing Bear's face turned serious as it "friendly" swung its powerful arms.

All All Baimu stayed silent…

Pulled out a round, plump Nutrient Egg.

Wearing Bear: "Guma?"