Chapter 822

The invitation came from Ash.

The impulsive young man arrived at his door that evening with a Pikachu, moving like a sprinting Dodrio, dropping off the invitation and turning to run before he could even be asked to stay for a drink.

He wouldn't even stay for a glass of water, claiming he had others to deliver to.

"Tsk tsk, hot-blooded youth."

All Baimu looked at the hand-drawn invitation, recalling the relevant plot from the anime.

Professor Kukui had originally intended not to hold a wedding ceremony, believing the proposal under the sunset was enough.

However, his students—especially the three girls, Lillie and the others, who yearned for a romantic wedding—felt that wouldn't do, and collaborated with the three boys, including Ash, to prepare it for him in secret.

Don't let their age fool you; their execution was no worse than any adult's, managing to finalize the wedding dress, cake, venue, and many other details in just one day.

The banquet chef, host, and visiting guests had all been arranged properly.

Now, all that was missing was the groom.

It was all arranged perfectly.

All Baimu smiled, thinking that since he had nothing to do tomorrow anyway, he might as well go over and join in the fun.

Unexpectedly, that evening.

Another person he didn't expect came to visit.

"Alola!"

Gladion, wearing his usual black hoodie with Umbreon by his side, stood at the door with a serious look on his handsome face. He suddenly put his hands behind his back, stepped forward with his left leg, and bowed like a subordinate meeting his boss.

He said, "I am very sorry that it took until today to formally express my gratitude. The Registeel and the others you entrusted to me were a huge help! I am deeply grateful!"

All Baimu walked down the steps and exchanged a look with Aggron, who was watching the show from the side, his expression strange and peculiar.

Coming to express gratitude late at night.

Was he worried he wouldn't be around during the day?

All Baimu smiled and replied, "As long as they were useful, that's all that matters. No need to be so formal, we're all familiar with each other now. How is your mother doing?"

"Thank you for your concern, Mother is much better."

At the mention of Lusamine, Gladion's brows relaxed slightly, but he still said in a deep voice, "Back in the Ultra Space, when it was the most critical moment for Mother, I couldn't help much at all. It was all thanks to the new Z-Move used by Ash and Pikachu..."

He took a deep breath and said, "I have learned from my pain. I have decided to challenge the Island Challenge to train myself and my Pokémon! I also hope you will allow me to continue challenging you and offer your guidance in the days to come! I want to become as strong as you!"

"Of course."

All Baimu agreed without hesitation.

The young man had been frowning so tightly and had run over late at night; he had thought something had happened, but it was just to ensure he could still battle him in the future.

Did he really seem that unapproachable?

Or was Gladion actually quite introverted?

No wonder he only got along well with Ash in the Alola protagonist group, basically ignoring the other boys of his age, Sophocles and Kiawe, let alone the girls, Mallow and Lana.

Upon hearing his consent, Gladion completely relaxed, and as if suddenly remembering something, he took a box that looked strangely familiar out of his waist bag.

"A small token from Mother..."

Inside the door, among the group of Pokémon peeking in secret, Mawile's eyes lit up, and it quietly kicked the Shiny Gengar next to it, who was fat enough to block it from view.

"Mawile~"

"Gengar? Gengar."

Gengar scratched its head, flew out the door with a flattering smile on its face, took the box from Gladion, and tiptoed back inside.

All Baimu, who hadn't even had a chance to speak, smiled helplessly and said, "Sorry, I have two gluttons in the house."

And one of them was so stuck-up it wouldn't even show its face, sending someone else out to embarrass itself!

"Not at all."

Gladion waved his hands repeatedly.

The two chatted for a while, and seeing the timing was perfect, they started a battle right then and there.

All Baimu decisively chose Gengar, who was currently busy splitting the loot with Mawile, still chewing on a Rage Candy Bar and looking completely bewildered.

——

On the day of the wedding.

All Baimu revisited the plot from the perspective of a bystander.

Especially seeing the anime's PowerPoint presentation performed in real life, it felt like a unique experience.

And influenced by him, Gladion, who had left home the night before in the original plot, participated in the two professors' wedding.

None of the other guests changed.

Including Faba, who received Lusamine's forgiveness just like in the original plot.

Gladion clearly still held a grudge against him, but he had likely been coached by his mother, so he just acted as if the man didn't exist.

As the wedding progressed.

A segment that All Baimu found quite amusing played out—

At the request of Lusamine and Wicke, the Alola protagonist group, averaging ten years of age, officially established the Ultra Guardians, an organization affiliated with the Aether Foundation.

Their mission was to understand, study, and capture Ultra Beasts.

The Aether Foundation had prepared tight-fitting combat suits for each of them, based on the riding gear from the games, and each person's suit was a different color.

It looked just like a Sentai tokusatsu show.

And what was quite funny was that the anime spent every day using shots of Ash and the others changing clothes and riding Pokémon out from underground, making it look like many of the human teams in Ultraman tokusatsu that only knew how to shout "666."

Of course, Ash and his friends were definitely more reliable than the human teams in Ultraman, solving various Ultra Beast problems entirely through their own strength, rather than relying on Ultraman.

All Baimu stood to the side with a smile, not expecting Lusamine to extend an olive branch to him as well.

He refused in a panic.

He'd wait until he was reincarnated as a ten-year-old to agree to something like that!

Gladion hadn't agreed at first either; he was determined to become a trainer as strong as All Baimu, and the Ultra Guardians...

It was actually fine to join if it happened to coincide.

Facing the eager and expectant gazes of his mother and sister, Gladion couldn't bring himself to refuse completely, agreeing to be an unofficial member.

All Baimu found it hard to comment on this extreme sister-complex.

Towards the end of the wedding.

Olivia caught the bouquet symbolizing love and good luck, drawing a round of applause.

All Baimu couldn't help but think of the episode where Brock came to Alola; the two of them really had chemistry, but unfortunately, after creating the heart-shaped Z-Move 【Continental Crush】, there was no follow-up.

It was hard to say whether catching that bouquet would actually be of any use.

"Ah! Solgaleo!"

Ash let out a cry of surprise.

All Baimu's attention was immediately drawn to Solgaleo running in the sky.

Ash, who had been full of anticipation to see it again, chased it all the way to the beach, finally accepting the fact that "a child grown up is no longer under the mother's control," watching it go and waving goodbye with reluctance.

"Thank you! Solgaleo!"

From Nebby to the big lion, it might have just meant one less roommate to sleep in his bag for Rowlet, but for Ash, it was definitely not just that.

Having experienced countless partings, he didn't shed any tears, only a hint of melancholy appeared on his face when Solgaleo looked back and smiled, watching it step into the void and leave.

All Baimu wanted to offer a few words of comfort, but Ash was surrounded by his friends, leaving no room for him to show concern.

He had to give up.

However, if Solgaleo flying in the sky were seen by certain Groudon-hating people, it would probably be another carnival, and the barrage of "Are you being polite?" directed at Solgaleo on behalf of Groudon would probably fill the screen.

Daily persecution of Groudon had already become a fixed program in the Pokémon circle.

Thus.

The Ultra Beast era had officially begun.

Many Ultra Beasts would appear in the Alola region one after another, and some had even existed for a very, very long time.

But that had little to do with All Baimu, as there were a few Ultra Beasts that might be suitable for him, but they were not currently in his considerations.

After all, communicating with the three Regis, who couldn't get a fart out of three sticks, was already painful enough.

If another group of Ultra Beasts with whom he couldn't communicate came along, he would really waste too much energy on communication, even though it was the most basic and simple thing in the trainer profession.

Not long after returning home.

A message came for him to pick up a package.

All Baimu couldn't help but experience the loud horn of the Toucannon again.

Hey!

It was really loud!

The express package was undoubtedly the Gengarite prepared by Sina.

From the appearance, the Mega Stone had a light purple base with deep purple and crimson spiral flocculent patterns.

"Have you thought about how to wear it?"

He asked for Gengar's opinion.

Gengar instinctively wanted to stuff it into its stomach, but felt it might not take effect in that different space, and then there was the beautiful hairband Mawile had tied its Mega Stone to.

Although it was very clear that Aggron and Steelix didn't use any accessories when carrying Mega Stones, one stuffing it into its brain hole and the other embedding it in the back of its head.

But Gengar, who was mischievous by nature and unwilling to be outdone, hoped it could have a beautiful accessory to carry it.

"Gengar~"

It shamelessly asked its trainer to help it.

All Baimu looked it up and down, and after making Gengar feel furry and terrified, he finally agreed, saying:

"Fine, wait a few days."

Two days later.

He put a fabric cat-ear earmuff on Gengar's right ear, nodding as he looked at it: "Looks pretty good... anyway, your ears aren't of much use, just cover it up with a hood."

Gengar was essentially a shadow and didn't rely on "ears" to hear sound.

That thing was just a simple imitation.

"Gengar? Gengar!"

Gengar touched the earmuff with its fat claws, and when it touched the Mega Stone, it laughed happily.

It liked this gift that came with the Mega Stone very much, especially knowing that its trainer had made it by hand.

It was precious.

All Baimu felt relieved seeing it satisfied.

Mega Evolution required the trainer and Pokémon to be of one mind; if he mistreated Gengar, it would be impossible to achieve normal Mega Evolution in the next life.

It just so happened that there was nothing major going on during this period, so he decided to spend time polishing the bond between him and Gengar, striving to complete Gengar's Mega Evolution before collecting all the Z-Crystals of every type.

There was plenty of time.

Now Gengar was holding the Mega Stone, and he was holding the Key Stone, but there was no resonance reaction at all between the two.

The only time it flashed was when Mawile walked past aggressively by accident.

All Baimu, who almost screamed, gritted his teeth, wishing he could spit on Mawile's face, but he couldn't bear to.

No way.

He was the one who spoiled it, after all.

At the same time, the time slot for Gladion's fixed visits changed from every morning to every morning and night, maximizing the time.

It was worth mentioning that after Silvally broke free from the restraints, it "evolved," and its combat power soared, although it was still destined to be beaten unilaterally, there were still differences between being beaten and being beaten.

In addition, Gladion's accuracy in throwing memory discs was shocking; he could even do it blindly when Silvally was swallowed by smoke.

It made All Baimu ask him afterwards: Did Silvally's AR system have the ability to actively suck in memory discs?

Gladion told him very honestly that it didn't have that function.

The accuracy was practiced slowly.

——

One afternoon.

All Baimu sat on the sofa, with Pokémon squeezing in from both sides.

"Hoo..."

He exhaled a breath of turbid air.

It was time for the simulation again. If the exchange was successful this time, it would be another double-blue simulation. Counting the double-blue simulation with the Kimono Girl, a new orange simulation was just around the corner.

He pressed the exchange button with anticipation.

【Exchange Successful】!

Here it comes!

Double-blue simulation!

All Baimu clenched his fists and swung them hard, unable to wait to continue.

【Select your birth region ▽】

After the Kalos region, it was time for...

Hey!

Alola!

He chuckled and continued to click on male.

【Select your Pokémon ▽】

Alolan Meowth?

All Baimu looked at the Pokémon marked above, very surprised.

He had thought it would be a choice of three from the Alolan starters like the pharmacist, but he didn't expect the starter Pokémon to be Meowth.

In that case, was the simulation target from Ula'ula Island?

As the only one of the four main islands in the Alola region he hadn't been to, All Baimu was full of all kinds of curiosity about it, and at the same time began to have unrealistic delusions.

Could the simulation target be Nanu?

The probability was very small.

But it wasn't zero.

Because all the previous simulations were people he hadn't heard of in his previous life, and the appearance of the Kimono Girl broke this precedent.

She had appeared in the anime!

It was reasonable for the simulation to be upgraded again to simulate people he was familiar with, right?

All Baimu opened the talent options with anticipation.

Fixed talent:

【☆ Gifted (Naturally skilled at raising Pokémon)】

Optional talents:

【Elite System (Will not capture too many Pokémon)】

【Sentimental (Mind easily swayed)】

【Greenhorn (Slow progress in raising Pokémon)】

【☆ Limit Break (Pokémon can occasionally explode with power)】

Good... what mediocre talents.

All Baimu ignored the fixed talent above and stared at Limit Break for a while; the last person to get this talent was the ninja.

As a result, it only played a role at the very end, and before that, he had relied on talent to push through all the way.

Hopefully, the utilization rate would be higher this time.

He chose the white talent Elite System and the blue talent Limit Break, rubbed his hands together with anticipation, and pressed the start button seriously.

Now it was—

Pixel movie time!

——

【Simulation Start】

A light screen slightly larger than 27 inches unfolded.

A single-story building with a golden star printed on the sign appeared first.

Huh?

A police station?

Was it really Nanu?

All Baimu was stunned for a moment.

It was no secret that Island Kahuna Nanu was in charge of the Ula'ula Island police station.

Then the screen zoomed into the interior of the building, skipping over a group of busy police officers, and stopped in a detention room separated by iron bars.

A pixel character wearing a black hat, a black vest, and a white collar, looking like a Team Skull member, was squatting inside, with a string of garbled code occasionally flying over his head.

It was clear that this person wasn't very friendly.

All Baimu: "..."

Good grief.

Was this starting from the path of enlightenment in the dragon arena?