Chapter 811

Lillie left.

Gladion, however, was trembling with anger.

"Lillie—"

The situation he least wanted to see had happened; Lillie's expression just now clearly showed she had recalled some bad memories.

Even though she had become able to touch Pokémon...

Gladion clenched his fists, his heart filled with self-reproach and resentment.

He resented Lusamine for being single-mindedly focused on work, ignoring Lillie's psychological state.

And he blamed himself, thinking that if he had been strong enough back then, he could have saved Lillie from Nihilego, and she wouldn't have become unable to touch Pokémon.

The chuunibyou teenager kicked the sand pile next to him hard, and white sand grains flew up.

"Damn it!"

"..."

Seeing this, All Baimu wondered if he should say something to this young man.

But before he could speak, the gritting-teeth Gladion quickly recalled Type: Null, bowed to say goodbye, claimed he was going to check on his sister, and ran away without looking back.

Follow and help?

There was nothing he could help with, so forget it.

All Baimu shook his head; the next big chunk of the plot would basically take place at Aether Paradise, and if Gladion didn't ask him for help, he would have no chance to intervene at all.

Fortunately, Faba was quite good at research, but when it came to being a villain, he was more than enough to fail.

Both Lillie and Gladion saw him open the Ultra Wormhole and release Nihilego, but only the frightened Lillie was hypnotized.

Gladion was completely fine.

Of course.

It was also possible that it was easier to reveal flaws when both people lost their memories, and Faba didn't dare to act because he was afraid of the consequences.

But regardless.

If Lusamine hadn't been busy with work and rarely communicated with Gladion and Lillie, Faba's actions would have been exposed long ago, and he wouldn't even be unclear about whether the Silvally project succeeded or failed.

One had to know that 【Communication】 was one of the themes of the Sun & Moon anime.

"Time to set off!"

He patted Lei Jiaisi's cold body; today's goal was to take down the remaining two Totem Pokémon on Akala Island.

One in the morning, one in the afternoon.

Just right!

——

Akala Island.

Deep, shaded jungle.

The chirping of birds one after another was as crisp as silver bells, and strange rustling sounds occasionally came from the grass.

Compared to the quietness when All Baimu came yesterday, today's shaded jungle had increased quite a bit of activity traces from wild Pokémon.

Occasionally, one could see Pikipek and Trumbeak peeking down from their nests, Kecleon peeking half-hidden, and Sudowoodo with their feet buried in the soil.

It couldn't help but make people guess whether this gang had gone to help when the forest in the south caught fire yesterday.

The probability was high.

After all, they were protected by the Island Guardian and Totem Pokémon, so they must have a stronger sense of home protection than those living in ordinary forests.

"Diglett hole."

All Baimu looked at the shortcut to the Totem residence and walked in without hesitation.

Although it was only his second time here, he already knew the cave like the back of his hand and no longer needed that Alolan Diglett to lead the way.

He touched the Pokéball at his waist.

The Pokémon for the appearance had already been decided last night, striving to defeat that Sunny Day combination at the fastest speed.

It wasn't difficult in itself.

Totem Pokémon were weaker than Island Kahunas, and Totem Lurantis was the same; even Ash's Litten and Rowlet, the starter combination, could win.

In the pitch-black cave.

All Baimu followed his memory through the three forks deliberately used to test challengers and successfully popped his head out at the exit.

"Ugh! Arrived!"

He looked around, but didn't see where Totem Lurantis was.

Out again—

Ah.

It's hiding behind the tree.

All Baimu, with his keen senses, quickly spotted the huge pink figure under the shade of the tree, and the two suddenly met eyes.

"Lurantis..."

Totem Lurantis covered its mouth with its flower sickles as if shy.

It had wanted to catch this challenger off guard, but who knew it would be discovered by the other party so easily.

It felt inexplicably awkward, but still waited until All Baimu had completely crawled out of the hole before formally appearing, raising its crimson double sickles high to release the Totem aura.

"Lurantis!!"

Boom!

Golden flames rose, air waves rolled, and grass clippings flew wildly as if a typhoon had passed through.

The main effect of the Totem aura was to increase one or more stats, but unfortunately, one couldn't tell which one was increased just by looking at the appearance.

All Baimu ignored the weeds blowing onto his face.

"Go!"

A Pokéball was thrown.

Bang!

In the ice-blue cold mist, a huge prismatic figure was faintly visible, with only the cross-shaped yellow dot matrix being exceptionally bright.

"Di-di-di—Re! Gi! Ice!"

The buzzing sound of unknown meaning made Totem Lurantis startle.

Instead.

This pink giant flower disguised as a mantis became solemn, issued a call for help without hesitation, and launched a move.

It didn't have as wide a vision as Olivia and didn't recognize Lei Jiaisi at all.

But this didn't prevent Totem Lurantis from facing a formidable enemy!

"Lu—"

Countless yellow light spots in the air gathered toward the top of its head, as if wanting to condense into a small sun.

A small figure flew close in the woods, stunned for a moment when it saw All Baimu and Lei Jiaisi, but didn't stop its actions.

It flew to Totem Lurantis's side, looked up, and shouted, "Castform~"

At the same moment the sound rang out.

The huge energy sun had finished gathering and taken shape, its internal swirling like flowing water confirming the instability of this energy.

And Totem Lurantis decisively raised its right sickle and reached it in!

Whoosh!

A terrifying golden light pillar suddenly shot straight into the sky, and the shaded canopy was suddenly opened into a large hole by the huge light blade that had condensed.

"Lurantis—!!"

It swung down heavily at the enemy who had no reaction and seemed to be scared silly!

It's just that.

"Icy Wind."

"Di-di-di—"

Lei Jiaisi aimed at the huge light blade that was suddenly slashing toward it, which looked like a curry saber, and blew out an ice mist from an unknown source.

Whoosh~

Crack!

A sudden crisp sound.

Then the ice blade, several meters high, slammed onto its head with a bang, shattering into many ice chunks of different sizes.

【Icy Wind】.

Originating from Lei Jiaisi's ten-thousand-year-old cold air at minus two hundred degrees.

Let alone a mere Grass-type light blade, even a Fire-type flame could be frozen into ice by it!

"Lurantis..."

Totem Lurantis was stunned; it looked at its right sickle, which was trembling uncontrollably due to the cold, in disbelief, unable to accept that its Solar Blade could actually be frozen!

"Castform!"

The sound of the helper Castform made it quickly regain its senses.

Totem Lurantis saw that it was already in its 【Sunny Form】, and the sunlight gathered from the sky that had been opened by the Solar Blade, understanding that Sunny Day had arrived, and its expression returned to firmness.

If one strike doesn't work, come again!

Not to mention it had a helper!

"Lurantis—"

Totem Lurantis prepared to use Solar Blade again.

Sunny Castform actively approached Lei Jiaisi, its small mouth slightly open, and a scorching fire ball rapidly expanded, instantly becoming larger than its own body!

【Weather Ball】.

In Sunny Day, the type changes from Normal to Fire, and the power increases exponentially.

"Castform!"

It looked at the three-meter-tall Lei Jiaisi, shouted, and sprayed the scorching fire ball!

Whoosh!

It's a pity that in a Pokémon battle, having a type advantage isn't enough.

"Dodge to the left!"

"Di-di-di—"

Lei Jiaisi's huge body suddenly leaned to the left, hit a big tree with a thud, and narrowly missed the fireball!

Boom!

The missed fireball fell and hit the ground, exploding like scattered flowers, and then extinguished silently.

At the same time.

The Solar Blade, which had accelerated energy storage under Sunny Day, was ready, and Totem Lurantis screamed and slashed at Lei Jiaisi again!

Buzz—

Bang!

This time the Solar Blade wasn't frozen again and slashed solidly onto Lei Jiaisi, exploding a circle of smoke.

But before Totem Lurantis could show joy, the surrounding temperature plummeted, and large patches of white frost spread from the smoke, freezing the grass, trees, and rocks.

Boom!

Countless ice and snow gushed out!

Totem Lurantis and Castform's expressions changed drastically, and they hurriedly hid behind a big tree to resist; then, the two felt their vision darken, and when they looked up at the sky together, they found that the sunlight was obscured by large patches of dark clouds.

A few seconds later, crystal-clear snowflakes fell.

Sunny Castform's whole body suddenly burst into brilliant blue light, and its image changed drastically.

At this moment, it looked very much like a bubble in the clouds.

Sunny Day was forcibly changed into—

Hail?

The snowflakes fell on their bodies, but they didn't feel that long-lost stinging pain at all, which didn't match the hail weather in its memory.

"Castform..."

Snowy Castform also felt very strange.

Not far away.

All Baimu saw the two Pokémon with confused faces and pulled a smile at the corner of his mouth.

Why is it different?

Because this isn't 【Hail】, but 【Snowscape】!

This new weather move, which mostly appeared in the ninth generation, didn't have the effect of wearing down the opponent's HP like hail, but instead increased physical defense.

I really didn't expect that after the snow weather was "changed," it still wasn't as good as a sandstorm; the effects of two weather moves combined were only equal to one sandstorm.

He looked at Lei Jiaisi, who walked out of the smoke and dust.

The cold air overflowing from its body eroded all the surrounding tree trunks and vines, leaving large patches of snow-white frost marks.

Totem Lurantis's Solar Blade had landed solidly, and Snowscape was used after being hit, so there was no damage-halving effect.

Unfortunately, even so, Lei Jiaisi's surface was still as smooth as ice.

Only a small nick remained on it after the slash.

Not very noticeable.

If All Baimu wasn't Lei Jiaisi's Trainer and hadn't been paying close attention to it these past few days, he might not have noticed it in a short time.

One had to know that in the civil wars of the past few days, this guy was simply like a brittle shark. It was either breaking here or breaking there, as if it would fall apart at any time.

But it was hit head-on by Solar Blade, yet only had such a small injury.

Setting aside the strange possibility of getting harder the more it fought, it wasn't hard to see through the nick that Totem Lurantis, even with the Totem aura, still wasn't very powerful.

"Time to end it, Blizzard."

All Baimu pointed at Totem Lurantis and Snowy Castform, who had popped their heads out, and gave the order amidst their drastically changed expressions.

As the words fell.

Hiss—!!

White ice and snow and biting cold wind whistled in!

As if endless, it submerged the entire Totem residence inside and out in a short instant; Totem Lurantis and Castform had just reacted when they were completely swallowed by it!

Only a moment later.

The Totem residence was quiet, leaving only a string of off-key buzzing sounds echoing continuously.

"Di-di-di—Re! Gi! Ice~"

As if shouting the sound of defeat for Totem Lurantis and Castform, this good partner pair in the shaded jungle. And the wild Pokémon living nearby were even more eager to avoid it, watching this scene in shock.

That's the Island Challenge challenger inside, right?

Right?

They looked at each other, and really worried about the state of Totem Lurantis and Castform, so they had to drill in from the gaps and dig through the ice and snow to get to the top.

They were shocked to see the Island Challenge challenger, holding a Z-Ring, half-squatting on top of an ice-cast giant, looking around.

"It's wild Pokémon... almost thought they held on."

All Baimu had a strange expression.

If they could even withstand this Blizzard, it would make one very suspicious of Totem Lurantis's type.

He called out Blissey, changed the weather back to Sunny Day, and slowly melted the white snow blocking various parts of the Totem residence, revealing Totem Lurantis and Castform buried deep inside.

"Happy!"

Blissey took the medicine kit from the Shiny Gengar and combined it with its own moves to start treatment.

Not long after.

Totem Lurantis and Castform slowly woke up.

"Lurantis... Lurantis!?"

It suddenly straightened its waist with a start, looked left and right anxiously, and when it saw All Baimu and Lei Jiaisi standing not far away as if chatting, a hint of human-like helplessness appeared on its face.

Castform woke up at the same time, its initial movements similar to Totem Lurantis, but it soon became sluggish.

"Castform? Castform~"

"Happy~"

Blissey put away the medicine kit.

They lost the ability to fight in a normal battle; Lei Jiaisi didn't use heavy hands to turn them into two ice sculptures, one big and one small, but buried them in snow, so naturally, there was no big problem.

"... Anyway, thank you for your hard work today."

All Baimu's gaze shifted from Lei Jiaisi to Totem Lurantis's side, and seeing the two Pokémon wake up, he smiled and waved his hand, "Awake?"

Lei Jiaisi: "Di-di-di—"

Totem Lurantis: "Lurantis..."

Can't understand a word this guy is saying.

It got up and walked toward All Baimu, and a green Z-Crystal, which he didn't know where it was pulled from, was quietly placed in front of him.

The Grass-type crystal symbolizing recognition, inside was a hollow leaf with strange patterns.

"Thank you."

All Baimu was full of smiles.

The seventh one!

The process of battling Totem Lurantis was too smooth, with no moths appearing in the middle, making him want to run to Brooklet Hill immediately to fish for Totem Wishiwashi.

Although there was nothing to do in the afternoon, he just had this urge.

Just when All Baimu was struggling with whether to do so.

"Happy!"

"Lurantis!?"

A reminder and a scream sounded one after another; he only felt a foul wind rushing from the side, forcing him to turn his head and want to hide in Lei Jiaisi's arms.

It's just that the other party moved too fast.

Even though Lei Jiaisi's prismatic arm had already been put down, that foul wind still blew him until he almost fell.

All Baimu looked quickly; a pair of water-blue eyes revealing a rainbow halo, with a shell and hair both pink, and the main body pitch-black, Tapu Lele was right near him.

"Lele~"

Tapu Lele's face showed no joy or anger, just circling around Lei Jiaisi, like a curious baby.

It tried to stretch out its finger and tap Lei Jiaisi lightly.

"Fu!"

The cold sensation made Tapu Lele exceptionally shocked.

All Baimu quietly moved away, thinking that the Island Guardian's senses were indeed keen, while guessing Tapu Lele's purpose for coming.

Fight?

He could accompany it.