Chapter 779

The first test of the Island Challenge—

Finding a Sparkling Stone.

It was equivalent to All Baimu wanting a Z-Ring, but he had to provide the raw materials himself.

But this thing wasn't that easy to find; Lana only found one through a Stoutland because her luck was off the charts.

Seeing him frown, Hala only thought he didn't know what a Sparkling Stone was, and said:

"My requirement is that this Sparkling Stone must come from Melemele Island. As for how to collect information about it, or where to obtain it, as long as it's not illegal or criminal, you can use any method."

Undoubtedly.

The object-finding test concerned the wisdom of the Island Challenge challenger, rather than the ordinary test of defeating a Totem Pokémon to pass.

All Baimu couldn't help but suspect that the reason Hala set this test was because he knew his true strength.

Alright.

It was also possible that he was overthinking it.

"The Island Challenge has no time limit; if you have no clues for now, you don't need to be anxious, just take your time. As long as your heart is sincere and has no evil thoughts, nature and the Guardian Deity will guide you in the right direction."

Hala said something that sounded like a reminder.

Guardian Deity?

Tapu Koko shouldn't be that free; at this time, Nebby would likely be coming soon, so it probably didn't have time to focus on extra things.

He slandered in his heart, stood up to say goodbye, and stopped bothering Hala.

This Island Kahuna had to patrol Melemele Island every day, and his tasks were quite heavy.

Left Iki Town.

All Baimu sat on Hydreigon's back, blowing in the wind and thinking of countermeasures.

The simplest way was to ask Hoopa for help, but due to the ubiquity of Sparkling Stone products—Z-Rings—it was estimated that it would be difficult for it to understand the difference between a Sparkling Stone and a Z-Ring, and there was a high probability that what it pulled out from the rings would be someone else's property.

It was easy to violate Hala's rules.

The second method was to ask James to make another machine to search for Sparkling Stones.

Since he could make a machine to search for Z-Crystals, then logically, Sparkling Stones, which came from the same source, could certainly be made too.

As for the last method...

Ask online?

Maybe there were tourists who came to Melemele Island who picked up a Sparkling Stone and didn't know what it was, so they posted to ask.

He handed this arduous task to Porygon2.

Sparkling Stones circulating in the city...

Not very likely.

Because in the Alola region, only the Island Kahuna could make Sparkling Stones into Z-Rings.

The method of making this thing looked simple, but in fact, it was like the special Poké Balls made by Kurt from Apricorns, belonging to a secret that was not passed on.

Local Alolan residents who picked them up should all hand them over to the Island Kahuna Hala for processing; keeping them for themselves had no meaning.

"Go to the forest we went to yesterday!"

All Baimu patted Hydreigon's neck, deciding to go find James and ask him to make another machine.

Then find a way to rent the Stoutland that Lana had ridden, and use its object-finding talent to increase the probability of collecting a Sparkling Stone.

Speaking of which.

At the moment Hala agreed to let him participate in the Island Challenge, he could actually collect Z-Crystals while looking for Sparkling Stones.

Z-Crystals often existed around Totem Pokémon; if he was lucky, he could be gifted one after defeating them.

It was just that there might not be eighteen types of Totem Pokémon in the Alola region, even if there were Totem Pokémon in the anime that weren't in the games.

Therefore, he needed to rely on James's Z-Crystal detector for precise collection.

In the woods.

He once again refused to let Hydreigon meet Bewear, knowing that it was impossible to force out Tapu Bewear's full strength under normal circumstances, and if Hydreigon suddenly bristled, it would only add to the chaos.

"Shasang..."

Hydreigon's fierce face was full of grievances; why predict that it would act recklessly?

It was clearly so well-behaved.

It even saved an old woman half an hour ago!

All Baimu hugged its big head as comfort, "Be good, it'll be fine once I get to know that guy thoroughly in a few days."

"Shasang~"

Hydreigon rubbed its huge head against its Trainer's chin, barely accepting it.

Not long after.

All Baimu came to Bewear's den again; he stood on high ground looking down, suddenly seeing the back of the pink bear sleeping soundly in the den.

And the food truck that was originally parked outside had disappeared.

Did they go out to sell?

These few people and Pokémon were really hardworking.

It's a pity they didn't do their proper jobs and their luck was rotten to the extreme.

All Baimu stepped back on tiptoe; he wasn't prepared to mess with Team Rocket along with Bewear; anyway, they would be caught back when the time was right.

Just about to leave.

Two Alolan Rattata passing by while biting berries attracted his attention.

Unlike common Rattata, the fur of Alolan Rattata was as black as ink, and the long whiskers on their cheeks had also come to both sides of their noses, presenting a strange mustache-like appearance.

Right!

The den of the Totem Alolan Raticate seemed to be nearby?

He stopped the action of taking out a ball.

Team Rocket had once discovered a Darkinium Z in the Totem Raticate's den and had a struggle with Team Skull, finally succeeding in winning and obtaining the Darkinium Z.

All Baimu didn't think that Darkinium Z would be a unique item; there must be Darkinium Z in the Totem Raticate's den.

Furthermore, rodent Pokémon often had a strong instinct for storing things; defeating the opponent might lead to unexpected gains.

Since that was the case.

He quietly followed the two Alolan Rattata, trailing them to the Totem Raticate's den.

Not long after.

A tall rock peak stood in the center, and a light gray grotto surrounded by solid rock cliffs on three sides appeared in front of All Baimu.

In front of it was a shallow beach, and clear water flowed through the crevices of the rocks.

"Zhi!"

The Alolan Rattata burrowed into the rock crevices, and after a while, they appeared on a huge platform on the middle level of the rock peak, offering the food they had brought back to an Alolan Raticate whose size was ridiculously large.

Standing beside it were many Alolan Raticate and Rattata, a dense mass that was quite creepy.

All Baimu exclaimed: "Totem Raticate!"

This was the first time he had seen a living Totem Pokémon with his own eyes; its size was about three or four times that of its kind, and its high-bulging cheeks looked very scary.

"What a fat and big black rat!"

He recalled the scene in the simulation where the pharmacist single-handedly defeated so many Alolan Raticate and Rattata, and he had the intention to replicate it.

It just so happened that Gengar's four-dimensional belly contained many bombs he had made before that had never come in handy.

It was just that.

He had to say hello before taking action.

As the saying goes, a teacher must have a famous name; a challenger must also look like a challenger.

Swish—

All Baimu walked out from the dense bushes, went straight to the foot of the rock peak, looked up at the Totem Raticate and its group on the mountainside platform, and shouted:

"I am a challenger of the Island Challenge! I have come specifically to challenge you—Totem Raticate!"

The clear voice echoed in the cliffs surrounded on three sides.

In an instant.

Totem Raticate's smiling expression froze, and it looked over with an unhappy expression.

When it saw the figure below, it jumped up without hesitation, landing heavily with a bang, its figure taller than a person causing the rock beach to tremble wildly.

"Rata—!!"

Its cry was thick and sharp, sounding as strange as it could be.

All Baimu held a Poké Ball, not at all scared by this huge rat, and laughed: "One-on-one? Group fight? I'm fine with either!"

"Rata!"

Totem Raticate roared to the sky.

As a Dark-type wild Pokémon with a gregarious habit, how could it possibly agree to a one-on-one fight with someone?

Little brothers!

Charge together for me!

Following its order, countless Raticate and Rattata surged out from the cliffs on three sides and the rock peak in the center, forming a horrifying rat tide!

They quickly shrouded over like black clouds.

The earth rumbled and shook, making it impossible to stand steady.

Even a person like All Baimu, who had seen big storms and waves, couldn't help but feel his heart palpitate when seeing the terrifying rat tide in reality for the first time.

Fortunately.

Even if he was slightly distracted, his body still subconsciously reacted to the creepy sense of crisis.

With a flip of his hands, the Poké Balls in his palms became small balls the size of joints.

"Go!"

While All Baimu retreated quickly, he threw the small balls out one after another.

"Rata?"

Totem Raticate was slightly stunned; it always felt that these small balls looked a bit familiar, as if it had seen them before, and they had even left a very deep impression on it...

Boom, boom, boom!

Amidst the deafening loud noises, a series of bright firelights flashed!

Countless Raticate and Rattata screamed as they were blown into the sky, falling to the ground like flowers scattered by a goddess, inhaling a mouthful of smoke rich in powerful hypnotic power, and instantly falling in a large area.

"Rata!"

Totem Raticate widened its eyes, and its thoughts instantly returned to that afternoon that it didn't want to look back on, which had broken the rat's heart.

A terrifying stranger girl brought her demonic partners and launched a terrifying bombing attack on the tenacious and unyielding children in the den.

Although everyone resisted bravely again and again, they ultimately couldn't defeat the opponent's bombardment.

That day.

Was the darkest day in the history of the Alolan Raticate.

Even when surrounded and intercepted by the Totem Gumshoos, they had never fallen into such a state.

Never expected.

Never expected.

After many years, that demon's partner had come!

Still the same familiar explosion, the same familiar gunpowder smoke!

Even more powerful; that girl still needed Pokémon to cooperate, but this human could fight and retreat relying only on himself, easily defeating its companions.

So far, not even one Raticate or Rattata had been able to get close to him!

Totem Raticate roared angrily at the sky:

"Rata!!"

Must not let this guy act recklessly anymore!

I will protect my companions!

Long!

Golden air waves rolled up, and a terrifying pressure was released from Totem Raticate, also causing the rat tide that was charging forward to stop quickly.

【Totem Aura】!

The minions consciously took the injured companions and retreated, returning to the cliffs and rock peaks to act as onlookers.

Totem Raticate launched a charge!

"Rata!!"

"Oh?"

Seeing this, All Baimu didn't say a word and changed the bombs into Poké Balls.

Bang!

Hydreigon appeared in the white light.

"Shasang!?"

"Protect!"

It looked at Totem Raticate rushing over quickly; although it was also surprised by the opponent's size and momentum, its sufficiently strong combat awareness allowed it to quickly prop up a translucent blue spherical light shield.

"Rata!"

Totem Raticate opened its snow-white big front teeth, and bright white light formed a sharp energy phantom at the front of the front teeth, biting fiercely on the light shield!

【Super Fang】!

Boom!

Gunpowder smoke rose, but quickly dissipated.

The immovable translucent blue spherical light shield made Totem Raticate slightly stunned.

It had just bitten it!

Why was there no effect at all?

Hydreigon's expression changed from vigilance to disdain; in its view, for a Pokémon to pose a threat to it, it at least had to be able to shatter its Protect.

Totem Raticate couldn't even do the most basic thing; what was the use of being big?

Just a showpiece!

Perhaps stimulated by Hydreigon's contemptuous eyes, Totem Raticate roared and rushed forward again.

Shining light surrounded its body, turning this fat black-haired rat into a white-light giant rat with a sacred aura!

【Double-Edge】!

"Rata!"

Totem Raticate deliberately accelerated at the last moment when the spherical light shield disappeared, but its thoughts were too obvious to Hydreigon.

Whoosh!

In the dull sound of the wind, Totem Raticate only hit the afterimage left by Hydreigon after it flew past.

One strike failed.

It wanted to continue charging forward to hit All Baimu, who was commanding from behind, but who would have thought that the latter had also inexplicably disappeared from the spot. When it looked up, it saw the other party on Hydreigon's back.

All Baimu looked down at Totem Raticate below and said: "As expected of a Dark-type Pokémon, it doesn't let go of any opportunity."

Dark-type Pokémon have always been difficult to get along with, and they are also the type of Pokémon most likely to attack the Trainer in battle.

Furthermore.

In the anime, Totem Raticate had a significant behavior of crazily attacking Team Rocket and Team Skull, so he naturally couldn't fail to guard against it.

Seeing orange-red light rising under Hydreigon, which was also observing Totem Raticate.

He raised his hand and said: "Draco Meteor after Nasty Plot, I hope you like it."

"Shasang—!!"

Hydreigon roared at the sky, and astonishing energy fluctuations gathered at high speed in its chest and abdomen.

In an instant.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Like the loud noise of cannonballs wrapped in firelight leaving the chamber, followed by a shrill whistling sound in the air.

Whoosh—

Three light clusters of dark purple rushed straight into the sky, and then exploded one after another like fireworks, forming dark purple meteor arrows that cut through the sky in three waves!

The Raticate and Rattata were panicked, afraid of being affected, and hurriedly hid in the rock caves.

However.

They could hide, but Totem Raticate couldn't; facing the terrifying energy fluctuations that made the air ripple, it had to use Quick Attack to dodge the meteor arrows that descended like a barrage!

Boom, boom, boom—!!

The Dragon-type energy, boiled to the extreme, frantically bombarded the ground!

"Rata!"

Totem Raticate barely dodged one or two light arrows, but because its body was too huge, and its fat body caused it to be slow, it had no room to dodge anymore.

It looked unwillingly at the huge meteor falling on its head.

Boom!

The smoke of the explosion rose!

But soon another meteor pierced the smoke and smashed onto Totem Raticate, followed by the third, the fourth...

Hydreigon's 【Three-Headed Draco Meteor】 successfully tripled the Draco Meteor, which originally had at most twenty shots, and the blessing of Nasty Plot made the power of these split meteors no less than before they split.

For a time.

The rolling thick smoke covered the entire den of Totem Raticate.

Hydreigon flapped its six wings and quickly dispersed the choking dust below, suddenly seeing that the den had been bombed into pits and bumps everywhere by the Draco Meteor.

The Alolan Raticate and Rattata were shivering in the rock caves, while their leader—Totem Raticate—was lying on its back, its blood-red eyes turning into swirl eyes.

If Hala saw this scene, he would probably be even more glad about the test he set.

Totem Pokémon simply didn't pose a threat to All Baimu at all!