Chapter 943: Irritable Little Girl

On the beach.

The Rotom Pokédex's electronic eyes flashed wildly.

"Why did Tapu Koko come, Roto?"

It said in shock: "Did we make too much noise, Roto!"

Ash laughed with his hands behind his head: "How is that possible! Didn't the Z-Move make even more noise?"

In terms of sound and light effects, that was true.

As for destructive power...

The Rotom Pokédex looked at the crater blasted out by Dragon Energy; according to its judgment, only the Z-Move used by Pikachu could achieve that.

Brock and Misty curiously asked what Tapu Koko was.

After learning that it was the Pokémon that guarded Melemele Island, they felt quite regretful that they hadn't been able to see it.

"Come again next time!"

Ash said with a grin.

Not only do audiences like to see officials play on nostalgia, but the characters themselves also feel nostalgic and happy when meeting old friends.

Brock and Misty also felt they could come again, and agreed with a smile.

These past two days, they had had a great time; Alola's unique, beautiful climate and customs made it an excellent vacation spot.

Both of them thought they should bring their families next time.

At the same time.

The Gladion siblings had comforted the sad Shiny Nihilego.

The barbecue party restarted.

The few who had lost had a great appetite, eating until their bellies were round, and only dispersed when they couldn't eat anymore.

Before parting.

Misty offered a blue badge shaped like a water droplet and invited All Baimu to visit the Cerulean Gym when he had time.

She said: "Our Cerulean Gym is not only strong, but we also have underwater ballet performances by four mermaids~"

"Isn't it three mermaids?"

Ash teased, and although many years had passed, he couldn't help but want to be cheeky when facing Misty.

Thud, thud!

Brock, who was laughing along, naturally received a furious punch.

Both of them fell to the ground, twitching.

Lillie couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh; Gladion was expressionless, as he had a more serious personality.

All Baimu nodded: "Okay!"

He definitely had to go to the Kanto region; since he could travel to the Pokémon world, he should visit every region.

And Misty looked at that handsome and extraordinary face, only thinking that her sisters would definitely like this handsome and powerful man.

Hmph!

Once her sisters were all married off, no one would mock her every day anymore!

Misty felt indignant inside.

Even though she was just a little younger, why did everyone think she wasn't as good as her three sisters?

——

The next day.

All Baimu headed toward Bonidao facing the morning sun.

During this time, the Z-Crystal detector was kept on to avoid missing any Z-Crystals.

As it turned out, he really did stumble upon one—

Waterium Z.

"Steven's New Year's gift is sorted."

He put the Z-Crystal away helplessly; it really wasn't easy to happen upon a missing Z-Crystal on the road.

Hydreigon roared wildly.

Scaring many Mantine that were leaping out of the water and riding the waves, not daring to get close.

"Don't scare them! They're in a hurry to get to work!"

All Baimu slapped Hydreigon's neck, telling it to shut up.

There were many ways to travel between the four islands of the Alola region.

You could rent a yacht, take a ferry, or even ride a Mantine, surfing your way to the neighboring island.

It was just that riding a Mantine depended on luck and wasn't always available.

"Sha-sang!"

Hydreigon obediently shut its mouth.

It was very happy today; for one, the Alolan Meowth, which it thought would compete for favor, had been sent away, and for another, it could carry its trainer and fly everywhere.

How happy!

It was just a pity that happy times were ultimately short-lived.

They arrived at their destination, Bonidao, and the spacious pier was deserted.

The souvenir stall was still open, with a dazzling array of items neatly displayed, not even afraid of people or Pokémon stealing them.

"Is anyone there?"

All Baimu shouted.

He had intended to go straight to Hapu's house, but seeing the neatly stacked Bonidao radishes that still had a bit of soil on them, he felt a bit greedy.

It was just because the taste was a bit like the vinegar-pickled radishes from his previous life, with a faint, refreshing fragrance that was both crisp and addictive.

He wanted to buy some to take back and pickle to eat with rice.

"Coming~"

A loud response rang out.

The person who came was Nurse Joy, who looked behind All Baimu with a full smile and asked: "Are you alone?"

"Yes, is there a problem?"

"I thought the people from the Pokémon School had arrived."

Nurse Joy looked a bit disappointed, but soon smiled again, saying: "What would you like?"

Pokémon School?

Was today the day Ash and the others were coming to Bonidao for training?

In that case.

Hapu hadn't succeeded as the Island Kahuna?

Was he too early?

All Baimu chewed on a small piece of Bonidao radish and walked up the mountain path, with Hydreigon behind him, holding a whole washed radish in its three mouths, eating one bite after another.

Eating with great relish.

Even though the three mouths would eventually end up in the same stomach, if you told it that.

It would answer you—"How can that be the same!"

The brains of humans and dragons are not connected.

All Baimu stopped worrying about it after getting used to it; let the kid eat however it wants.

A small house by the road.

The farmland in front of the house was full of mature Bonidao radishes, revealing their fresh green seedlings.

Hapu was nowhere to be seen, only a tall Golurk guarding the farmland.

"Is anyone home?"

All Baimu looked around and called out loudly, but heard no response; when he asked the Golurk, it didn't open its mouth either, so he simply waited.

Not long after.

The sound of hoofbeats came from behind the path, and he saw a Mudsdale over two meters tall walking slowly.

Carrying a petite, black-braided girl with a twisted expression on its back.

Their gazes collided, and the other party screamed.

"Ha! Caught you! Radish thief! Mudsdale, Golurk, catch him for me!"

As the words fell.

The Golurk in the farmland hummed and suddenly rushed toward All Baimu and Hydreigon, and the Mudsdale also stepped forward.

Ha!

This is the flavor!

A little brat who isn't big but has a big temper!

All Baimu laughed, jumped onto the back of Hydreigon, which hadn't finished eating its radish, and the latter flapped its wings and flew into the air.

Because the radish wasn't finished and it refused to spit it out, Hydreigon had to roar at the Golurk and Mudsdale with its two smaller heads.

"Sha-sang!!"

The momentum was much weaker.

Hapu sneered: "Think that just because you flew into the sky, I can't do anything to you—"

"I bought this radish from Nurse Joy."

All Baimu interrupted Hapu and teased: "Accusing a customer who bought your radishes of being a thief without asking any questions, and you still want to be the Island Kahuna?"

He spoke extremely fast.

But it reached Hapu's ears clearly.

The little girl who had been caught in her weak spot was speechless.

"You..."

She had originally wanted to tell him that only she could grow this quality of Bonidao radish when All Baimu tried to argue.

She hadn't expected the other party to have bought them!

"Do you have any proof! And! If you aren't a thief, why did you come here? And how do you know about me!"

Hapu refused to believe him easily.

All Baimu said: "Just ask and you'll know; the Island Kahuna before last, Sofu, is your grandfather, right?"

"Yes... don't change the subject!"

"I'm not changing the subject. I'm a challenger of the Island Challenge; the previous Island Kahuna has retired, so I can only find those who want to succeed him and ask them to set up a Grand Trial."

All Baimu had Hydreigon lower its altitude and continued: "If you say you don't want to be it, I'll turn around and leave. As for proof, I'll go to the Pokémon Center with you to confront them, won't that work?"

After saying all this.

Hapu already believed most of it.

More importantly, the other party's identity as an Island Challenge challenger made her, who intended to become the Island Kahuna, naturally hold a bit of trust.

"In that case... then, then I blamed you wrongly."

Hapu's volume grew smaller.

She jumped off Mudsdale's back and lowered her head embarrassedly: "I'm sorry!"

She apologized quite quickly.

Seeing that her attitude was sincere, All Baimu waved his hand: "I forgive you. I also understand that you were anxious because you lost something, but if you want to become the Island Kahuna, you must have a calm spirit when encountering things!"

"Calm spirit?"

Hapu was puzzled.

He said: "It means to be calm; as an Island Kahuna, you shouldn't let a bad person go, but you also shouldn't wrong a good person!"

All Baimu wasn't idle enough to come and teach a child how to shape their worldview.

It was just that the current Hapu was too immature to be recognized by the guardian deity Tapu Fini.

Only by transforming her state of mind and becoming mature could she succeed as soon as possible.

"You're right!"

Hapu chewed on his words and felt they made a lot of sense.

Although she was a very stubborn child who would rather leave her parents to live in her grandfather's old house, she could distinguish right from wrong.

"You're a good person! Thank you! I will find a way to succeed as Island Kahuna as soon as possible and set up a Grand Trial for you!"

Hapu said with a smile, and ran into the field to pull a few fresh Bonidao radishes to give to All Baimu as a gift.

Her enthusiastic appearance was completely different from the irritable little girl just now.

Seeing this, All Baimu decided to be a good person to the end.

"Someone stole your radishes?"

"That's right! I came back after delivering goods this morning and found that several radishes had been stolen!"

Hapu was so angry that her teeth itched, "Damn thief!"

This had never happened before, which was why she hadn't thought of leaving Golurk to watch the house.

She definitely wouldn't be so slack in the future.

All Baimu said: "Okay, I'll help you keep an eye out. If I see any suspicious people, I'll notify you; do you have a phone?"

She didn't.

Hapu lived alone and didn't go to school, and there were no children of the same age nearby, so a phone used purely for communication was useless to her.

All Baimu suggested she buy one and then promoted Poke-Sound.

"Look, if you post videos of you growing vegetables on the internet, can't you promote Bonidao radishes? As the future Island Kahuna, you should sell this kind of good stuff to the whole world!"

"Hmm..."

Hapu was fooled, her gaze completely attracted by the many screens of Poke-Sound.

She was stubborn, not naturally unsociable.

If possible, she also wanted friends of the same age.

A phone couldn't give her more real-life friends, but getting to know a few netizens from neighboring islands was easy.

"Okay! I got it!"

Hapu decided to get a phone.

She had been envious of the smiles of everyone showing off their Pokémon, and she also wanted to let people see her Mudsdale and Golurk.

The two parted ways for the time being.

On the way back to the Pokémon Center.

All Baimu calculated how many days it would take for Hapu to succeed according to the original plot, and as he walked, he felt something and looked up.

Tapu Fini, shaped like a mermaid and huddled inside a swordfish-head-shaped shell, was in the sky.

"Hello."

He raised his hand to say hello.

Tapu Fini looked down at him without saying a word.

But a large amount of mist appeared out of thin air around All Baimu, and the mist quickly became thick.

A short figure walked out of the mist.

He stepped on thick wooden clogs, first let out a "Ga" sound with wide eyes, then tapped his staff on the ground, and said solemnly:

"Outsider! What is your purpose in approaching my granddaughter!?"

Eh?

Coming to question him?

But he hadn't destroyed the land, nor had he done anything else; he had only spoken a few words to Hapu.

"I'm here to participate in the Island Challenge."

All Baimu innocently held up his bracelet and looked up at Tapu Fini, saying: "Is there a problem?"

Sofu's expression didn't change, and he said in a hoarse voice: "Participating in the Island Challenge? My granddaughter is not an Island Kahuna!"

"She isn't now, but she will be later. What, you two don't want her to be the Island Kahuna?"

All Baimu sensed that the two in front of him were not very friendly, and said frankly: "Besides the Island Challenge, I won't do anything else, you can rest assured. I'll leave after the Grand Trial ends."

It was very clear that Sofu and Tapu Fini had been silently guarding Hapu.

But was he very suspicious?

Was his impression on Tapu Fini very bad?

Clearly, when he fought the Totem Ribombee last time, he had been very careful and held back.

Afraid of damaging the land of Bonidao.

All Baimu was a bit annoyed.

Sofu looked at his calm, frowning face, looking like a good person who had been framed, and couldn't help but look up and say: "Tapu Fini, has there been a mistake?"

"Chi-chi~"

Tapu Fini looked at him carefully for a few seconds and shook its head.

Sofu was stunned, and after a few seconds, said to All Baimu: "Young man, you, did you offend someone?"

Offend someone?

Seeing that he had something to say, All Baimu instantly thought of Tapu Koko, who had had a meaningful look in its eyes last night.

This guy...

It wouldn't have stayed up all night telling bad things about him to the other three island deities, would it?

Very likely!

What a petty island deity!

He had even worried about affecting Alola's ecology and had never considered capturing them.

All Baimu's face turned black, and he explained: "Last night, the noise from the battle was a bit loud, and it attracted Tapu Koko."

"..."

Sofu felt that he definitely hadn't told the truth, but he didn't want to know the real reason either, and just said: "Young man, find a chance to apologize."

Tapu Koko of Melemele Island had the temperament of a mischievous teenager, and the key was—

It held grudges.

"I'll go this afternoon."

All Baimu nodded.

Being kept in mind by an island deity and having bad things said about him behind his back was quite a troublesome thing in Alola.

If it weren't for Tapu Fini and Sofu being kind-hearted and only coming to warn him, if it had been other island deities, they would have started fighting.

Of course.

With All Baimu's strength, he wasn't afraid.

But he still intended to have a fight with the petty Tapu Koko.

The mist dissipated.

Tapu Fini looked down at All Baimu, and although its companion told it to give this person some trouble.

But after seeing this person with its own eyes, it didn't do so, and only let Sofu come forward to warn him.

Just because it, which possessed the power to summon the thoughts of the other party, inexplicably felt that this human was very strange.

It was as if he had popped out of a rock. ===== CHAPTER 944 =====