Chapter 780

Lost again.

When Totem Raticate woke up from the dizzy state, it felt aggrieved, tears streaming down its face.

After being a Totem Pokémon for so many years, this was the second time its rat army had lost so miserably in the face of power other than the Totem Gumshoos group.

It just so happened that the two people's methods were surprisingly consistent.

Shame.

A great shame!

"Rata!"

Totem Raticate jumped up, looking angrily at All Baimu and Hydreigon.

The leader's anger gave the Alolan Raticate and Rattata hiding in the rock caves courage; they rushed out and looked up to hiss at the two.

All Baimu wondered: "Bristled up?"

Totem Pokémon are undoubtedly the pinnacle of wild Pokémon on the island, and they also possess high-level intelligence similar to humans.

Being defeated by Hydreigon in one move in front of so many little brothers, it probably felt embarrassed, right?

But Hydreigon didn't care about that.

"Shasang!!"

It roared loudly, the roar vibrating the air to form translucent ripples.

The Alolan Raticate and Rattata felt a tightness in their hearts, showing a fearful expression.

Hydreigon hated all opponents who didn't know their own strength, and if it was a guy who couldn't afford to lose, it hated it even more.

For this kind of existence, it was only used to telling the other party what reality was with power.

Teeth-baring or something—

Go dream about it after fainting!

"Roar!"

Hydreigon's three huge heads faced the sky, preparing to release the second Draco Meteor.

And seeing this familiar action, the rat group became restless.

Totem Raticate was even more resentful.

"No need to do it, land."

All Baimu's voice interrupted its action.

Hydreigon's energy fluctuations, which hadn't yet gathered, stopped abruptly; it turned its head in surprise: "Shasang?"

The ground was full of guys eyeing them covetously.

Going down was equivalent to throwing themselves into the net!

"It's okay, go down."

He said softly: "Totem Pokémon also have backbone."

The reason why Totem Pokémon are called Totem Pokémon, besides the power they master and their status in the natural environment, is more closely related to their duties.

In the anime story.

Totem Pokémon are special Pokémon entrusted by the guardians to be responsible for the Island Challenge tests.

He believed that no matter how miserably they lost, it was absolutely impossible for them to randomly attack the Island Challenge challengers. All Baimu believed that the current move was just a bluffing intimidation.

Hydreigon was somewhat reluctant, but stopped after being glared at fiercely.

"Shasang..."

It followed the order and landed.

Sure enough.

Not letting it meet Bewear was the right thing to do.

All Baimu jumped off Hydreigon's back and signaled it to behave with his eyes.

This idiot was very sensitive to hostility and attacks; as long as it saw something it considered a "provocation," it wouldn't hesitate to attack.

It had previously ignored the posturing Totem Gumshoos, but it could never ignore Bewear, who directly used its hands.

When it comes to being fierce.

Hydreigon, which left many dragon legends in the Unova region, was far superior to Bewear.

And when All Baimu walked toward Totem Raticate, it still maintained a fierce expression, its gaze sweeping over every Raticate and Rattata as if it wanted to kill them with its eyes.

The rat group, feeling fearful, squeaked, their constantly opening and closing snow-white big front teeth becoming decorations, completely losing the majesty they had when ravaging farmland and warehouses.

Under Totem Raticate's gaze of hating that they couldn't become steel, they separated a path.

All Baimu looked at them with a smile; to deal with Dark-type wild Pokémon, one must be more evil than them, otherwise they would only push their luck and provoke you again and again.

However.

Oppression must have a limit; going too far would easily arouse their resistance.

He faced Totem Raticate, who was still indignant, and laughed: "The challenge should count as my win, right? Want a snack?"

All Baimu very naturally took out a Pokéblock.

The tempting scent of food went straight into Totem Raticate's nose.

It was even angrier.

Because the girl who used similar methods before also put on a harmless and friendly posture after the battle ended.

The shadow of the past made it feel painful.

Of course.

It still had to eat.

Totem Raticate grabbed the small Pokéblock, threw it into its cheeks, and squeaked at the little brothers on the side.

The little brother Rattata ran to the den without stopping.

A moment later.

The little brother Rattata returned, its snow-white big front teeth clamping a black-gray Z-Crystal.

Darkinium Z.

Unlike the circular pattern in the center of the Normalium Z, the Darkinium Z looked like an inverted crown and bat wings, and a bit like Lunala's head.

"Thank you."

All Baimu took it happily; Hala had once said that Totem Pokémon wouldn't give Z-Crystals casually; Z-Crystals were often their recognition of his strength as an Island Challenge challenger.

From this point, it was not difficult to see that Totem Raticate was indeed professional in terms of the Island Challenge.

He showed the finger-sized Darkinium Z to Hydreigon beside him.

"A Dark-type Z-Crystal; once we get the Z-Ring, we can start practicing 【Black Hole Eclipse】, Z-Moves and you will definitely be a perfect match!"

"Shasang?" Hydreigon observed curiously, even licking it with its tongue.

The resonance of the Dragon Heart that appeared briefly when fighting Drayden a few months ago never appeared again, confirming the explanation that this state was "hard to come by."

All Baimu hoped that Z-Moves, which also required tacit understanding between Pokémon and Trainer, could effectively awaken the Dragon Heart.

In this way, even if Hydreigon didn't have an exclusive Z-Move like Pikachu's 【10,000,000 Volt Thunderbolt】, the power it exerted would definitely not be weaker than that.

It would also more effectively avoid Hydreigon feeling sad because of its own "ordinariness" when Pokémon like Steelix and Shiny Gengar surpassed it through Mega Evolution or other powers later on.

At any rate, it was the first dragon of his, a half-baked Dragon Tamer.

While the man and dragon were talking, Totem Raticate angrily greeted its little brothers to return to the den, looking like it never wanted to see him again.

"Rata!"

"Hmm?"

All Baimu wondered: "Did it just say 'take it and get lost'?"

"Shasang~"

Hydreigon quickly denied it.

Although it looked down on Totem Raticate, who dared to provoke it after losing, it didn't have the habit of lying with its eyes open.

"Fine."

All Baimu felt that after a Pokéblock, Totem Raticate's mood should have calmed down a lot; remembering that the Darkinium Z was only the basic purpose of this visit, he hurriedly chased after it.

He asked: "Do you have any other Z-Crystals? Let's be friends; I can trade you for things you want."

Totem Raticate ignored him.

"Everything is negotiable, don't ignore me; I didn't hit you hard. Besides, wasn't the Pokéblock just now delicious?"

All Baimu pestered the fat rat that was taller than him and said: "Other types of Z-Crystals are just sitting there, and you can't use them to reward other challengers; wouldn't it be better to trade with me?"

Totem Raticate still didn't respond, and went into the grotto leading to the top of the rock peak on its own.

He followed in, behind him were the confused rat group.

The challenge is already over, right?

Is it not over?

Following all the way to the top platform of the rock peak, Totem Raticate seemed somewhat dejected and lay down in its "throne," its thick tail curling up a berry and stuffing it into its mouth.

"Crunch, crunch..."

The sharp big front teeth easily cut the berry into small pieces, and it ate them all into its stomach.

All Baimu took out a pile of colorful Pokéblocks.

"I have other flavors here, sour, sweet, bitter, spicy, everything; the quantity is enough. By the way, have you ever tasted glowing cuisine? Are you interested in tasting it?"

"Rata?"

Totem Raticate raised its eyelids, then quickly closed them, turned around, and turned its back to him.

Most Dark-type Pokémon are very difficult to get along with.

The fact that they haven't been captured makes this even more fatal; with the degree to which Totem Raticate just showed it cared about face, being ignored is normal.

Of course.

Alolan Raticate, which has the Gluttony ability, has no way to be indifferent to delicious things.

So Totem Raticate didn't refuse the Pokéblocks, but it just didn't answer any questions, causing All Baimu to change his thinking to bribe its little brothers.

Who would have thought that even though All Baimu specifically chose a place where it couldn't see,

It would quietly follow and secretly look over with a scary gaze.

Which of the Alolan Raticate and Rattata stared at by the boss didn't have sweat on their foreheads? No matter how gluttonous they were, they couldn't ignore the boss's majesty, and they all ran away.

"Don't be like this."

All Baimu was almost speechless, and said to Totem Raticate, who turned around as if nothing had happened: "If you just refuse me, I'll turn around and leave; why do you have to do these little tricks."

Having been in contact with various wild Pokémon for more than two years, this was the first time he had encountered such a petty Pokémon.

The key was that it was still a Totem Pokémon.

It could be called the diversity of species...

"Shasang!"

Hydreigon angrily wanted to beat it up, but was stopped by All Baimu again, "Don't be so overbearing; if they don't want to, they don't want to; at least they gave the Darkinium Z, which is already considered accepting their favor."

He wasn't so angry that he had to beat Totem Raticate just because the purpose failed; the trade was just a whim anyway.

Not to mention that without being captured, it is very difficult to get along normally with a wild Pokémon in just a few hours.

"Keep this jar, let's be friends."

All Baimu put a jar of ordinary version Pokéblocks in front of Totem Raticate.

Then he took out a large handful of Pokéblocks and scattered them like flowers, attracting the rat group to rush up and snatch them; the dense Alolan Raticate and Rattata made his trypophobia almost flare up.

"Squeak, squeak, squeak—"

"Crunch, crunch, crunch—"

Ordinary Pokéblocks hadn't been eaten by any Pokémon in the team for half a year, and they had become by-products of making powerful Pokéblocks.

Before he had the Shiny Gengar, they took up a lot of space in his bag, and he would often find a group of wild Pokémon to feed them to; now that he had Gengar's four-dimensional belly, they just kept accumulating.

This was also a major reason why he had been taking out Pokéblocks to feed wild Pokémon everywhere since he came out of the Orre region.

Can't feed them all.

Really can't feed them all.

Perhaps one day when he stops making Pokéblocks, he will be able to clear them out completely.

"Goodbye."

All Baimu waved his hand and flew away riding Hydreigon.

Totem Raticate narrowed its blood-red eyes, looked at the Pokéblock jar under it, and squeaked at a few little brothers, as if it had arrangements.

"Squeak!"

Two Alolan Rattata responded and chased in the direction Hydreigon left.

——

Hau'oli City.

All Baimu visited again.

This time he didn't bother Officer Jenny; he found the Bewear food truck on the market street himself.

Meowth jumped back and forth on the side like a mascot, full of enthusiasm.

"Passersby, don't miss it, meow~ Delicious honey donuts, meow~"

It's really not easy to make some money.

He patted Hydreigon's head, and after the latter landed at a certain height, he jumped down directly.

Meowth, who looked over, had a full business smile: "Alola, meow, honorable guest, would you like a honey donut, meow?"

"Alola!"

All Baimu responded with a smile.

The expressions of Meowth and James and Jessie, who were taking care of the food truck, froze instantly.

"Ah, alola..."

James smiled reluctantly and asked, "Would you like a honey donut?"

All Baimu, who had already tasted the Malasada, naturally didn't want one, and Hydreigon couldn't possibly want one either; he stated his purpose directly.

"Sparkling Stone?"

The Team Rocket trio looked at each other.

He said: "It's one of the raw materials for making a Z-Ring; like Z-Crystals, they all come from the mineral deposits in the Alola region."

Hearing this "important" piece of information, the Team Rocket trio immediately hid to whisper to each other.

At the moment, they already had a Darkinium Z, but were troubled by not having a Z-Ring and the fact that their Pokémon didn't know Dark-type moves, so it hadn't been put to use for a long time.

If they could use this opportunity to get a Sparkling Stone...

The Team Rocket trio laughed, and when they dispersed again, the expression they looked at All Baimu with was filled with fake enthusiasm.

James: "Of course! Of course I can do it!"

"That's the best." All Baimu took a stack of money out of his pocket and said: "This is the reward for the second machine."

Jessie took it without hesitation.

Meowth's eyes also turned into money patterns.

Before preparing to leave, he said to the Team Rocket trio, who clearly had some evil plan: "Don't blame me for not reminding you; I'm looking for a Sparkling Stone because of the Island Challenge test.

"If you have similar thoughts, try to give up on that idea as much as possible; there are gods three feet above our heads, and Melemele Island is not ownerless."

All Baimu said this very mystically.

Making Jessie, who always had a rebellious psychology, very disdainful; after he left, she curled her lips and said: "What gods three feet above our heads, playing god!"

"I think what he said makes some sense."

James, who liked to read books, took out a small notebook and said: "The travel guide introduces that the Guardian Deity of Melemele Island, Tapu Koko, is always watching over this land."

Meowth tilted his head: "Guardian Deity, meow? Sounds like a very powerful guy, meow!"

Wobbuffet, who didn't know where it popped out from: "Wobbuffet!"

Jessie still waved her hand indifferently: "Got it, got it; I've never believed in these ethereal things; Guardian Deity? If you have the ability, make it come out now!"

As soon as the words fell.

The light bulb overhead flickered and went out, and the boiling oil pot that had just had two donuts put into it gradually became calm.

Inside the food truck, Jessie and James stared wide-eyed, not daring to speak.

Meowth went around to the back of the truck, saw the figures of two Alolan Rattata running away, and shouted: "Ah! It was the Alolan Rattata that bit the cable, meow!"

"Ah... so that's it, you scared me to death."

James breathed a sigh of relief.

Jessie's courage also grew again, "I told you!"

And in the shade of the trees where the three couldn't see, a pair of water-blue eyes blinked and turned into yellow light, flying toward the forest.

Half a minute later.

A Bewear descended from the sky, grabbed Meowth without saying a word, and pushed the food truck away.

James and Jessie, who didn't have time to fix the wires, were confused:

"What kind of feeling is this..."

Bewear clearly wasn't supposed to wake up for several more hours!