Chapter 946: Rival Hau

The sea is vast.

It generously accommodates everything, not caring about trash or life.

"Well done!"

All Baimu praised Porygon2.

Controlling so many people at the same time and throwing them far away was not as easy as imagined.

After all, it wasn't a natural Psychic type.

Porygon2 was a little proud, but not much.

It had been thinking about another thing recently—whether to evolve into Porygon-Z.

Evolution has pros and cons.

In terms of competitive battles alone.

The advantage is that it can significantly improve its output ability and can load more moves of different types.

The disadvantage is that the Eviolite will become invalid, significantly reducing its defensive ability.

Porygon2 couldn't make a choice for a while.

It asked for the trainer's opinion, but the answer it got was that it should be based on its own wishes.

Its own wishes?

It didn't even know what its own wishes were!

Therefore, Porygon2 often ran to the forest tavern these two days, complaining to Oranguru that the trainer didn't understand its heart.

Freedom is wonderful, but sometimes Pokémon should listen to their trainers!

Sigh!

Porygon2 suddenly envied the Galarian Corsola.

This guy never cared about whether to evolve or not, only thinking about what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, and what to eat for breakfast, lunch, and dinner tomorrow.

Training and battling were all for better eating and slacking off, worthy of being the freest ghost on Mount Silver!

How nice!

Just as it was sighing like this.

The free ghost was silently resisting an act of tyranny.

"Sang!"

"Sha-sang!"

Hydreigon's three heads moved in unison, dodging Corsola's smoke tentacles while trying to bite down and grab it.

The daily slacking Corsola was annoyed to death, its red eyes shining like light bulbs of dozens of watts.

It didn't understand why Hydreigon was messing with it again.

Bored, right?

That's right.

Just bored.

But it wasn't just bored; mainly, it was a bit anxious because it hadn't had any results from trying to please the trainer these past few days.

What if he gave it to Tinkaton?

Although Hydreigon couldn't beat Tinkaton even if he gave it, how could it be willing to have another Pokémon on top of it?

Hydreigon racked its brains and decided to let the trainer see its determination to become the ace.

Starting from—awakening Corsola's fighting spirit!

As everyone knows, the lazy Corsola is unique in their team, like a Dragon-type scorpion pooping.

Aggron is derelict in its duty, as the ace but doesn't know how to encourage its partners.

It can be replaced!

Hydreigon was ambitious, and the frequency of its three heads frantically biting increased significantly, making Corsola more and more furious.

Click.

The sound of a door opening rang out.

All Baimu, who had dealt with Team Skull, returned to the house and saw the two Pokémon making a scene at a glance.

Sure enough!

Dogs are quiet, they must be making trouble!

But he was too lazy to manage much; the dog and the coral had been loving and killing each other since they were young, and there was even a "cold war period" in between.

Wish the two of them a good time.

Just as All Baimu was about to walk to the study, he suddenly heard a sharp cry.

"Sang!"

Hearing the sound and looking over, he saw a hint of pleading in the pair of red candle-like eyes.

It was the call of the lazy coral!

This guy who gets off work on time actually had a day when it begged him!

His expression immediately took on the color of justice, and he reached out and shouted: "Mouth under coral!"

The bloody mouth that was about to bite Corsola stopped abruptly, and Hydreigon let out a whimper in unwillingness.

"Woo..."

"Sang!!"

The coral that escaped the dragon's mouth leaped up suddenly, flying toward All Baimu at the fastest speed of its life.

This was the first time in its life it felt heartfelt gratitude for the trainer's arrival.

Usually, it just thought, you can't see me, you must not see me!

It was enough to see how much psychological shadow Hydreigon's tricks had brought it.

All Baimu hugged Corsola and scolded:

"You two have been childhood sweethearts since you were young, be mature! Is there anything that can't be communicated properly?"

"Sha-sang!"

Hydreigon revealed a color of justice like the trainer, indicating that it was thinking for the team!

Who tries hard? Who commits crimes? Who doesn't train specifically?

Who sleeps at home? Who doesn't have team awareness?

Corsola is so lazy, how can other partners see it and mobilize their enthusiasm!?

If one loses, everyone loses!

Corsola was anxious, "Sang!"

It slacks off, did it eat your rice!?

Damn!

It actually did eat it!

Corsola was a bit broken, looking up at the trainer, hoping he could preside over justice.

All Baimu: "..."

He coughed, "Ahem, I think, Pokémon and Pokémon have large differences, and I think teaching according to aptitude is what a trainer should do!"

Finally said a human word.

Corsola's gaze was deep.

It never missed its training on weekdays, and it worked overtime occasionally; if it pushed its luck, it would turn into a devil!

Hydreigon couldn't win the argument and began to whimper in discomfort.

It was even less cultured than Tinkaton, and some of its little tricks were learned from the trainer imperceptibly, so how could it win against the original?

Therefore.

No more pretending!

It showed its cards!

"Sha-sang!"

Hydreigon pounced like a vicious dog, slamming its head into All Baimu's belly.

The latter hurriedly lifted Corsola to prevent it from being bumped and cracked by this reckless guy.

Although the possibility wasn't high.

"Awo!"

Hydreigon bit his clothes and looked at him with wide eyes.

No translation.

But All Baimu could almost understand its thoughts through this guy's demeanor, voice, and actions.

"Want to upgrade?"

"Awo-awo!"

Hydreigon nodded hurriedly, the force too great and tearing off a button.

All Baimu was quite helpless.

He said that Hydreigon had been a bit too proactive these past few days, so it was eyeing his inventory!

"Haven't saved enough."

All Baimu pushed away its big head, "You work hard first, reach level eighty before talking!"

Three months passed.

Its current level was seventy-eight, having gone up one level.

Don't look at it as only one level; Steelix just couldn't go up, and there were talent gaps between Pokémon.

"Woo..."

Hydreigon was extremely disappointed.

It had thought the trainer was hoarding them to see who performed well to give them out, but it didn't expect it was just not enough.

It didn't think the trainer would lie to it.

Corsola listened to the exchange between the two, understood it, but still maintained a posture of "none of my business."

On one hand, it didn't have such an urgent need to become stronger, and on the other hand, it clearly knew that this thing couldn't be begged for.

The trainer clearly had a plan!

Stupid dragon!

Corsola cast a look of disdain at Hydreigon.

A farce came to an end, and the many gazes peeking in secret also moved away with regret.

There was no doubt.

There was more than one Pokémon with ideas.

But only it dared to show its cards to the trainer and ask for them.

Others were based on face, or felt their strength was lacking, or simply thought they couldn't get them.

There were also idiots who knew nothing.

Playing in the water and digging holes outside!

A little while later.

All Baimu announced loudly: "We're going to the Resort Paradise!"

Rare good times.

He had to give the Pokémon a day off!

——

Bonidao.

It was afternoon now.

The sun was soft and warm.

In a situation where other regions were entering winter, Alola's climate was still in an extremely comfortable state.

You didn't even need to wear a coat; a T-shirt was enough to cope.

"Ah~"

All Baimu yawned, his pace very slow.

Hydreigon beside him seemed to be infected, three mouths opening wide with a roar, eyes squinting into sleepy slits.

Having played with Aggron and the others at the Resort Paradise until the early hours of the morning yesterday, and then played games with the Shiny Gengar until dawn before falling asleep.

Of course.

What really made him feel sleepy was the omnipresent white noise.

The rustling of the wind through the treetops, the chirping of birds, the splashing of the tide against the shore, and the gurgling of the flowing spring.

Life in Alola is too leisurely.

Mount Silver is certainly peaceful, but it doesn't have this unique atmosphere.

"Hapu!"

All Baimu stood in front of the fence of the field, and seeing that there was no one or Pokémon around, he called out.

Half a minute later.

Creak—

The door of the bungalow opened, and a brown-skinned little girl walked out rubbing her eyes, "Who's calling me?"

"It's me! Alola!"

All Baimu waved at her.

Hapu saw him and immediately revealed a smile, "Alola! You're here early!"

The time the two discussed yesterday was evening.

Because the venue for Bonidao's Grand Trial was quite special, located at Poni Breaker Coast, and would only appear when the tide went out.

All Baimu smiled and entered the house for tea at her invitation.

It was slightly dim inside.

A Porygon Phone rested quietly in the charging base, and upon sensing a "kindred spirit" approaching, the screen suddenly lit up.

"Hi~"

"Hi!"

Porygon2's response came from his pocket.

Hapu smiled: "Porygon Phone! Good afternoon!"

"Good afternoon, dear Island Kahuna Miss Hapu~" The Porygon Phone on the table sounded happy.

The phone was a gift from All Baimu, transferred by Lillie.

To catch up with this trend blown by the Rotom Phone, the Devon Corporation and the Aether Foundation had long ago transferred the goods to the distributors.

Currently, they were doing publicity online, just waiting for the launch conference to go on sale.

But there was no doubt.

Many people were already using them.

For example, a group of friends All Baimu was familiar with, such as Ryuki.

It is said that the Orre League was also promoting the Porygon Phone internally, and many people had paid a deposit.

By the way.

The reason why everyone really had confidence in the Porygon Phone lay in the Rotom Phone company's lagging production capacity.

Although they had sales of 200,000, the Aether Foundation had found out that the "friend company's" production capacity was seriously insufficient—

Not enough Rotom!

A phone without Rotom is no different from an ordinary smartphone.

Conversely, the Porygon Phone, because it is a human creation, can be made as long as there are enough resources!

Inside Hapu's house.

All Baimu listened to her sharing her experience using the Porygon Phone, and seeing her looking sleepy as she spoke, he stopped bothering her.

He took out his phone and looked at the map.

"Battle Tree..."

To the north of Bonidao, there was a towering giant tree, and many powerful trainers who had finished the Island Challenge would go there to train and improve their strength.

At the same time, they would battle there.

Tapu Fini wouldn't pursue responsibility either.

All Baimu needed to accelerate the cooldown of the next simulation, and also wanted to warm up for the Grand Trial tonight.

In a blink of an eye, he arrived at the complex terrain of Poni Plains.

Splash, splash—

Waves hit the shore.

He jumped nimbly onto the high slope planted with coconut trees, and suddenly heard noisy sounds coming from behind.

"Stop—"

"Goo——"

"Peli!!"

The wind whistled

The wind whistled.

All Baimu and Hydreigon turned their heads to look, immediately feeling a gale mixed with a large amount of grass clippings and dust.

He vaguely caught sight of two figures, one yellow-white and one light cyan, contained within the wind; his brows furrowed slightly, and he raised a hand to stop the baring-teeth Hydreigon.

"Don't interfere."

"Peli!!"

An anxious cry swept past from not far away; he turned his head in the direction of the sound, and the opponent's appearance finally became clear a few meters away.

A Pelipper half a person's height.

"Now is the time! Spirit Shackle!"

A shout came through.

Following that was a black-purple feather arrow that arrived silently, suddenly piercing the Pelipper's wing.

All Baimu's gaze dropped, and the corners of his mouth curled up.

【Spirit Shackle】 doesn't shackle the spirit; can it still have an effect?

"Peli!"

The Pelipper shrieked, suddenly accelerated its flight speed, and with a splash, sank into the sea.

It ran away.

Sure enough, one must hit the shadow to trigger the additional effect of 【Cannot Escape】.

"Ah! It got away!"

An annoyed cry came from behind, followed by a dejected hooting sound.

All Baimu turned slightly to the side.

A brown-skinned boy with ink-green hair came into view, and beside him was a giant owl that looked as if it were wearing a hood and a cloak.

The two sides locked eyes.

"Alola!"

The boy greeted him energetically, then scratched his head embarrassedly, "Sorry, I didn't hit you just now, did I? Decidueye just evolved, so it's not quite used to the new way of shooting arrows..."

"Ah!"

He suddenly spotted the Z-Ring in All Baimu's hand and said excitedly: "A Z-Ring! Are you also an Island Challenge challenger?"

This kid...

He feels like a chatterbox.

"Is your name Hau?"

All Baimu asked.

Hau nodded in a daze, "You know me?"

It's impossible not to know him; this is a rival character that appears in every generation of the games!

Although he was purely a side character in the anime, providing "cheating" space for Ash's Rowlet, his presence in the games is still quite high.

Many people also commented that Hop, the rival character in Sword and Shield, is far less well-developed than Hau.

"I know your grandfather, and I also know Ash."

All Baimu avoided answering his question.

Hau's attention was successfully diverted; he hadn't been back in Alola for long and had barely completed the Melemele Island challenge, so he didn't really have many acquaintances.

Being able to meet an acquaintance of an acquaintance on Bonidao was equally worth him being happy about.

"So that's it! Are you also here on Bonidao for special training?"

Hau asked happily.

While the two were talking.

Decidueye looked curiously at Hydreigon and was about to greet it, but the latter showed a disdainful expression toward it.

"—Goo!"

It let out a low, angry growl.

As a proud and picky bird, how could it allow another Pokémon to look down on it like this?

Battle!

It wants to battle!

Hau was startled by its intense reaction, then looked at Hydreigon and laughed: "Can't help yourself when you see a strong Pokémon, right? All Baimu! I want to battle you!"

"Battle? Us?"

All Baimu glanced at Decidueye, thinking of what he had said earlier about it having only just evolved.

He immediately felt like he had returned to the game.

The scene where he grinds for effort values in the wild until max level and then returns to the main storyline.

"Fine! Come on!"

All Baimu nodded with a smile.

Then.

"Dark Pulse!"

Boom!

One-hit KO!