Chapter 835: Adolescent Dragon

Evening.

Camping tent in the snow.

All Baimu sat in front of the roaring campfire, with Hydreigon and the giant Steelix, both bandaged, on his left and right.

The aroma of the stewed soup lingered around the camp with the steaming white mist.

"Happy~"

Blissey happily poured various ingredients into the soup pot; it liked the feeling of showing off its skills during camping and attracting praise from companions and the trainer.

The TV show Mawile was watching in the tent emitted human voices and background music.

In the dense forest far away, shadows flickered, as if pitch-black objects were moving slowly, and strange *clatter clatter* sounds came from time to time.

Paired with the dim sunlight and the gradually eerie snow forest, it looked a bit creepy.

All Baimu didn't care.

He pushed away Hydreigon's big head that was leaning over *huff huff*, ignoring its miserable appearance with two of its three heads wrapped in bandages.

"Sha-sang~"

"Shut up."

"Woo."

The brief exchange made the Steelix next door show mockery, but when the trainer looked over, it immediately restrained itself and pretended that nothing had happened.

*Clatter clatter. *

The source of the strange sound approached gradually, followed by a few calls like asking for credit.

"Mao Jie hee hee hee!"

"Hee-ya~" "Hee-ya!"

The two Dreepy siblings each hung a large bundle of firewood under their bodies, and the shiny Gengar behind was dragging a half-decayed tree stump with great effort.

All Baimu stood up to welcome them, "Bring it back if it's dry wood."

"Gengar!"

Gengar patted its belly with exceptional confidence; it wasn't stupid, how could it bring wet wood.

The silver-white giant beast behind the camp bulged, shook off the white snow buried on its body, came to the dead wood stump under the gaze of a group of Pokémon, and dismantled the stump into a shape convenient for burning with its sharp claws.

Aggron roared lowly: "Goo roar~"

"I know."

All Baimu touched the heads of the Dreepy siblings and Gengar, praised them for doing a beautiful job, and then went around to where Aggron got up.

He bent down, inserted his gloved hands into the snow to grope for a while.

Found it!

He gripped the cold and soft object as thick as a water bucket, and pulled it out fiercely, and a section of a thick, fat python body appeared from the snow.

"Mee-loh?"

The shiny Milotic, who felt the movement in a daze, raised its snake neck, and a large patch of white snow slid down with a *whoosh*.

All Baimu took off his gloves and touched it, then touched its head and face, and said: "Sss~ cold, are you okay?"

"Mee... loh~"

Milotic tilted its head slowly, and with the movement, a silly smile appeared, the body's frustration was strong, and it felt a bit not very smart.

Hibernation?

Do sea snakes hibernate?

He rubbed Milotic's face hard a few times, and even patted it twice. Seeing that it hadn't fully woken up and was just acting like a spoiled child rubbing against him, he called Blissey to check it.

Hope it doesn't get sick!

After scolding Hydreigon and Steelix in the afternoon, All Baimu had been busy looking for Totem Pokémon and building a camp, and hadn't paid much attention to Milotic.

Anyway, it always followed the reliable Aggron.

Didn't expect...

Many Pokémon by the campfire poked their heads, some worried, some curious.

"Happy!"

Blissey took a deep breath and earnestly expressed in All Baimu's worried gaze that Milotic was just playing too wildly in the snow.

As an aquatic Pokémon, it certainly possessed a certain ability to walk on land, but climbing a snow mountain was a relatively energy-consuming activity, not to mention it played with Aggron for a whole day.

Although Aggron might not think so.

All Baimu: "..."

He trusted Blissey's judgment in medical aspects very much, so after feeding Milotic some healthy nutritional berry juice, he took out a ball and collected it back.

Milotic's abnormality made him ask about the status of other Pokémon with unease.

Fortunately.

Most of them were just tired of playing.

All Baimu began to share dinner. A hot bowl of thick soup on a cold night could make people warm all over... even if they didn't need to warm up, the feeling of fullness helped sleep.

Tonight, like yesterday, he needed to get up in the middle of the night to chase the first sun.

Not long after.

The night fell completely, swallowing Mount Lanakila completely.

Wild Pokémon that liked to travel at night began to emerge, such as Froslass, and Sneasel. The light emitted by the campfire attracted them like moths.

Quite a few wild Pokémon with bad personalities began to giggle excitedly.

They liked teasing those adventurers who came to camp in the snow forest the most.

Quietly.

Quietly approaching the campfire and tent.

The smiles on the wild Pokémon's faces became increasingly hot. They lit eerie ghost fires, pinched their throats, and gave miserable howls, striving to give this unlucky adventurer the most extreme horror—

Until a huge figure that covered the sky and sun rose with a *boom*, and the moonlight shone on that mountain-like body, looking incomparably terrifying.

The Pokémon froze.

They couldn't muster the courage to look at the two scarlet eyes in the sky, and could only endure the scrutiny like a searchlight, exposing them, these uninvited guests, without a place to hide.

After a brief stiffness.

This bunch of guys who had nothing to do and looked for trouble hurried away.

All Baimu, who was combing Hydreigon's hair in the tent, felt a bit regretful. The wild Pokémon were too timid; a Steelix could stop them.

If they dared to come in, he would definitely treat them warmly.

Hydreigon noticed the trainer was absent-minded and protested in a low voice: "Sha-sang~"

"Shut up, combing your hair is already my great mercy."

He gripped Hydreigon's mouth fiercely, forcibly making this guy shut up.

As the saying goes.

Reasoning should be done after the battle.

So after the battle, All Baimu had already said everything that should be said.

Hydreigon, who won, was scolded and apologized, and Steelix, who lost, also generously and unwillingly forgave it. The matter was considered turned over.

Only between the two of them.

Hydreigon noticed the trainer was very unhappy, so it didn't dare to speak loudly all day today. It kept a posture similar to a puppy abandoned by its owner, only able to whine in a dark corner, occasionally raising its head to let its gaze follow the trainer and pray for forgiveness.

Playing the pitiful appearance was a unique technique it learned after participating in collective movie-watching activities.

Very useful.

At least it thought so.

After all, before dinner, Hydreigon still suspected that it could only sleep outside the tent tonight, and Aggron and Steelix living outside was because conditions didn't allow it. If it were driven out...

Face was one aspect, no longer being loved by the trainer was another.

Therefore, Hydreigon was very honest now.

All Baimu combed its hair silently, and also thought about what happened during the day.

The conflict between the two Pokémon undoubtedly stemmed from Hydreigon's rough attitude when Steelix saved him. Hidden under the rough attitude was this guy's naked possessiveness.

Hydreigon assumed that the one who would win in the end was it. Others could only throw one snowball at a time, but it could throw three. Therefore, it regarded him, who was buried in the snow, as a trophy, not allowing other Pokémon to touch it.

Having confidence was a good thing, but overconfidence became arrogance.

The two fought until the end, and it was only Hydreigon who won by a narrow margin.

Ever since it finished fighting the dragon of Drake's family, it hadn't suffered such a heavy injury.

Even if the Mega Steelix had moved closer to the desert and made good use of the sand there, the final result would have been completely different.

It was just that Steelix also had backbone and didn't want to take too much advantage of Hydreigon.

Then it lost.

Lost so much that many Pokémon were itching.

Once upon a time, the strength of the three giants was transcendent compared to other companions, and their status was almost unshakable.

And Hydreigon's unruly ferocity, Mawile's willful willfulness, and Aggron's gentle gaze overlooking all companions were all significantly related to their strength.

But just today, Aggron led the way and smashed a crack that revealed the dawn.

Everyone truly realized that there was nothing in the world that was completely unsurpassable, and the powerful companions of the past were also the same.

In other words.

This fight mobilized the enthusiasm of other Pokémon, which was a bit beyond All Baimu's expectations.

What was even more unexpected to him was Hydreigon, who had made a mess but didn't care much.

This guy was in the restlessness of adolescence—

Nurse Joy told him so.

Adolescence!?

Besides witnessing the joy of Pokémon growth, All Baimu also felt a bit of indescribable weirdness.

A full-body, late-blooming Pokémon that was over level 70 and over three meters long finally took a historic big step toward becoming a young dragon... hmm?

The more he thought about it, the weirder it got.

In short, the various abnormal hormonal reactions in Hydreigon made it irritable, looking at every Pokémon with equal displeasure.

Of course.

There were some Pokémon it disdained to be hostile to, and some Pokémon it didn't dare to be hostile to, so in the end, it was hostile to only a few.

Naturally, possessiveness was also an obvious reaction of Dragon-type Pokémon in adolescence.

Before seeing a female dragon it liked, being possessive of the trainer was a very common situation, leading to the conflict of killing eight hundred enemies and losing one thousand on the outskirts of the desert.

Nurse Joy didn't have any good solutions for this either.

She only said that if it was taken care of well during this period, it was highly likely that Hydreigon's strength could be greatly improved.

Greatly!

Did Nurse Joy really understand the cultivation field of Pokémon at the level of the Elite Four and even the Champion?

All Baimu hoped she understood.

A great improvement in strength was too tempting.

To fight monsters, one must also become a monster oneself.

So how to take care of it well?

Nurse Joy's answer was to keep Hydreigon physically and mentally happy, not to accumulate pressure, while giving it a certain motivation, plus sufficient nutrition and sleep.

Hearing this.

All Baimu felt that his daily cultivation method and Nurse Joy's suggestions were no different.

Then wait quietly for Hydreigon to grow!

"Done! You are not allowed to sleep on my head tonight, go to the corner!" He threw the hair on the comb into the trash bag, drove Hydreigon to the corner of the tent, and shrank into the sleeping bag regardless of its aggrieved expression.

Mawile put down its phone, and the Poryphone also turned off the dim yellow desk lamp at the right time.

Blissey, who had long been asleep, hugged Corsola, and changed its posture together with Gengar.

"Good night."

The tent quieted down.

Only the crackling sound of the unextinguished campfire outside remained.

Ten minutes later.

Hydreigon crawled silently to the trainer's side, listened carefully to the even and peaceful breathing, and quietly pressed its tail on his leg.

Relieved.

It fell into a deep sleep.

——

"Cheese!"

*Click! *

Amidst All Baimu's shouts and various beast roars, another sunrise family photo was successfully taken.

The cold mountain top.

He looked back at the golden sea of clouds under the sun.

Snow camping was more pleasant than he imagined. Even if there were no Fire-type Pokémon at home, except for a few Ghost-type Pokémon, they were basically all big heaters, and he didn't feel cold at all.

The only pity was that he couldn't find any Totem Pokémon, and the wild Pokémon he asked didn't know either.

How could that be!

Such a big snow mountain and not a single Totem Pokémon.

Unfortunately, he had to accept reality.

The snow mountain trip ended.

Of the three big mountains on Ula'ula Island, only the equally towering Mount Hokulani next door remained, and passing the trial set by Nanu was just around the corner.

More importantly, on Mount Hokulani, he could see a particularly rare and precious Pokémon—

Minior.

Full of expectations, he started to go down the mountain.

In pursuit of efficiency, All Baimu stepped on the hoverboard turned from Porygon2, humming the original soundtrack *Forya* from *Steep*, and dived toward the bottom of the mountain.

*Rumble rumble rumble*—

The white snow waves rolled.

This reckless act caused exclamations from many climbers and Pokémon, who cast awe-inspiring gazes at the "daring" All Baimu.

Little did they know he wasn't skiing, but purely magnetic levitation.

Porygon2 stopped at the mountainside.

"Pa-lee!"

"The cave found yesterday is here..." All Baimu peeked inside.

There was a cave in Mount Lanakila that led to the foot of Mount Hokulani, effectively improving his efficiency in going to Mount Hokulani.

However, his main purpose in taking this road was to explore the Alolan Sandshrew group in the plot.

An individual suspected of being a Totem would give Lillie an Icium Z in the future. He had no interest in snatching it, just wanted to see if there were any more.

If there were more, share one with him.

And communicate with that Tyranitar who was scared away by the Alolan Sandshrew.

Bullying a group of Sandshrew was enough, but actually being scared to run away, it was simply a disgrace to the prestige of the late-blooming Pokémon.

All Baimu stepped into the cave, and the fluorescent moss everywhere embedded a touch of pure blue in the dim environment.

The cave was as crisscrossed as expected, and many forks that were difficult to distinguish the way forward hindered him from finding the target location, so he decided to ask the locals for help.

"Do you know where this bunch of guys lives?"

He squatted in front of a big pit and asked the Boldore inside.

The Boldore looked at All Baimu with its pitch-black "eyes," and its body suddenly emitted a violent and dangerous white light, "Poo-roo—!!"

"Good guy!"

All Baimu retreated wildly in surprise.

There was actually a Pokémon other than Electrode in this world that would explode if it didn't agree!

What kind of hatred and resentment!

He ran far away, unable to understand the brain circuit of this Boldore.

Who provoked it?

Puzzled, he soon met the second indigenous resident, a Crabominable that looked a bit wretched, looking like a combination of a snowman in a fairy tale and some kind of arthropod.

This guy was a blonde!

"May I ask—"

Before All Baimu could finish speaking, Crabominable screamed excitedly and launched its huge pincers like a rocket!

He dodged sideways instinctively.

*Bang! *

The hammer-like giant pincers smashed fiercely into the wall, shaking up a cloud of dust.

All Baimu waved his hand to disperse the smoke, only to find that the other party had already run away, leaving only the giant pincers known as "the delicacy on the snow mountain."

He frowned and said to the Poryphone: "Do these Pokémon have an illness?"

"Have an illness."

The Poryphone gave a positive answer. ===== CHAPTER 836 =====