Chapter 1017: Battle of Champions

"In that case, there is a course in school that is just right for you."

Clavell showed a gentle smile, reached out his hand, and said: "Student All Baimu. Welcome to school, I hope you can spend a wonderful time at Naranja Academy."

"Thank you."

All Baimu shook the Director's hand, quite surprised.

He thought Clavell felt he had ulterior motives and came to "question his crimes," but he didn't expect it was really just asking "what are you here for."

It was as if a teacher of an elective course asked which course you wanted to take.

This made him, who hadn't been completely honest, feel a bit ashamed.

After all, he still had to sneak into Area Zero with Ardos to explore the secrets hidden on this continent.

Should he add it?

Of course not.

What if this behavior violated the law? Wouldn't he be dragging Ardos into the water?

All Baimu decided to deeply understand the Paldea region and Naranja Academy before making further plans.

The two chatted again, and Nemona on the side responded from time to time, but generally sat properly.

Completely unlike her impatient appearance earlier.

Was it because the pot was broken in the meat?

All Baimu secretly cast a glance, and Nemona, who noticed the gaze, returned a hearty smile.

What was surprising was.

Director Clavell was very talkative, even to the point of being a chatterbox. He introduced the school in detail, as if he wanted to mention every classroom.

All Baimu couldn't help but change the subject, "Director Clavell, did you come here specifically to find me?"

"... That can't be considered the whole reason."

Clavell was slightly startled, shook his head, and said: "There is another matter I want to investigate."

He didn't say specifically what it was.

All Baimu didn't pursue it, looked at Nemona, and said: "Regarding the battle request of the President—"

"Don't be so polite! Please call me by my name directly in the future!" The sporty Student Council President waved her hands repeatedly.

He then said: "It's really not convenient tonight, if possible, can we arrange it for tomorrow morning?"

"Okay, okay! Let's add each other as friends!"

Nemona nodded quickly and took out a Rotom Phone.

All Baimu glanced at it, added her as a friend on Poké-Line calmly, exchanged contact information with Director Clavell, and stood up to say goodbye.

After people walked out of the shop door.

Nemona was decadent, lying on the table, pouting and poking the soup spoon, "Still have to wait for a night..."

"Nemona, you have to learn to restrain yourself."

Clavell said seriously: "It's not the first time I've heard people talk about you forcing other students to battle."

Nemona straightened up suddenly, waving her hands in a panic, "No! Absolutely no forcing, Director! I'm innocent!"

Forcing was indeed not there, but pestering people... maybe.

In short, how could she force other classmates? Someone must be slandering her!

Clavell continued to nag about how a Student Council President should take the lead, be united and friendly, and help each other.

The fatigue of being squeezed by the crowd on the top floor of the building was swept away after a cup of coffee, and he, who was in high spirits, started a mode of endless talking.

Nemona let out a wail, and Pawmot naturally covered its own furry ears.

——

Late at night.

All Baimu, who had finished washing and was in bed, received a message from Iono.

【All Baimu-shi, morning, noon, and night, hello~ thanks for your care today, the battle video has been edited, remember to watch it ヾ(? °? °?)??】

【OK】

He replied simply and opened Poké-Stream to look at the works on Iono's homepage.

"Really liver-breaking."

All Baimu was full of emotion.

Iono undoubtedly didn't engage in low-quality creation; the video not only added background music and extra special effects, but even the edited shots were exquisite.

It was hard to imagine that she was already a big internet celebrity and still relied on herself to do it.

Why not have a team?

After buying a Porygon-Phone, an extra team was indeed not very necessary...

Her hard work also had rewards.

At 11:00 PM, the follower count broke one million, with over six hundred thousand new ones; even if only half remained, there would be thirty thousand.

What was more likely was that it would continue to rise under the push of Poké-Stream!

Iono had settled in Poké-Stream for less than half a month, and in terms of followers alone, she had the posture of a member of the Elite Four!

Guess she was so happy she couldn't sleep?

In All Baimu's heart, Iono was quite similar to many internet celebrities in his previous life. This was not derogatory; in the internet era, building a personal account, managing an account to gain followers, and money were all very normal things.

Wasn't Mawile also a small internet celebrity?

The kind with millions of fans.

Now Gengar was about to start, and in the future, it was hard to say whether humans would compete with Pokémon online.

"Mao Jie-hee-hee-hee!"

The strange laughter sounded in his ear.

All Baimu turned his head and saw Gengar's big face close at hand, looking at the phone screen very happily.

It seemed very satisfied with Iono's editing.

"Have you thought about which direction you want to do?"

He pinched Gengar's face, pulling it back and forth.

One big advantage of Ghost-type Pokémon is that even if you use a little force to toss it, it won't feel pain.

Not only immune to Normal-type, but even physical means can be weakened.

Gengar took out a game console from its belly, shook it triumphantly, and stretched out its big tongue to lick All Baimu's face.

"Yee~"

All Baimu pushed it away with disgust, and the gray fatty laughed strangely.

A gaming blogger?

It had a certain degree of feasibility.

Abstract plus gaming had many successful examples in his previous life, and other Pokémon helping to create show effects...

His thoughts suddenly converged.

Internet celebrity is internet celebrity.

At least this year, he couldn't put too much energy into this, so as not to be weak in the Masters Eight.

All Baimu thought of Nemona again, thinking that she was a Champion-level Trainer.

The Paldea region is special in that there can be many Champions in office, all uniformly managed by Top Champion Geeta.

Remembering that after this concept appeared, many people in his previous life doubted the gold content of this Champion.

Some even compared it to the winner of the conference.

All Baimu naturally wouldn't think so.

Champion-level and Champion are only one word apart; the difference is not strength, but power.

Only the Top Champion belongs to the Paldea League.

He was also looking forward to Nemona's specific strength.

Just...

"Only been in Paldea for three days, fighting Gym Leaders and Champions again, isn't the progress too fast?"

All Baimu didn't want to be so high-profile.

This didn't match his plan to sneak into Area Zero with Ardos later.

But his face was here, there were only so many Champions in the world, and Ardos loved to promote him so much.

Unlike Ash, who was only a Champion when he returned to Alola, and wandered around in other regions, no one recognized him at all.

The next day.

Sunlight pierced through the curtains.

All Baimu was washing in the bathroom, suddenly heard voices outside, and followed by the Drakloak sister flying over with a phone in her claws.

"Hee-ya~"

He glanced at the phone screen, an unfamiliar number.

"Hello?"

"Good morning! All Baimu!"

Nemona's energetic voice came through, she said excitedly: "Are you up? A day's plan lies in the morning—"

Click.

All Baimu hung up.

He frowned, thinking about a very serious question.

Paldeans... do they have some kind of big illness? Or should I say social bull-like syndrome?

Iono was already strange enough, Nemona was even stranger!

Who would call someone to wake them up on the second day of meeting normally!

And, where did she get the phone number?

All Baimu remembered that he only added her Poké-Line friend, and the phone number wasn't given.

Director Clavell?

Buzz buzz buzz!

The phone started to vibrate.

It was clearly Nemona again; she apologized frantically on Line, saying that she was just too expectant and didn't mean to disturb All Baimu's good dream, hoping to get his forgiveness.

"... Headache."

All Baimu rubbed his temples and replied with one hand.

How much does this person like battling? Ash wouldn't be like this, right?

Should be normal after fighting.

Finished breakfast in a hurry.

He and Mawile came to the outskirts of Levincia to meet up with Nemona, who was picnicking here.

"Here, here!"

Nemona waved at him excitedly, saw Mawile, her eyes shone, and she held up the tray and said: "I have delicious sandwiches here, do you want some?"

All Baimu helped Mawile refuse, "No need, Director Clavell has already left?"

"Yes."

Nemona nodded quickly.

After asking about All Baimu's intentions, Clavell went to deal with another matter.

Nemona didn't know the specific situation; Clavell didn't say.

All Baimu had guessed that this Director was the final big boss of the game, similar to Rose, and wildly suspected that he was carrying out some action that affected Paldea.

Of course.

It was just a thought.

He didn't have such great curiosity about things unrelated to himself.

Furthermore, according to the logic of the animation world, even without him and Ash, some hot-blooded teenagers would solve the crisis affecting the world.

Relevant content appeared in many side stories in the animation—for example, The Legend of Thunder, Ash and Moltres.

"No time to lose, let's start."

All Baimu planned to set off today to find the Stony Cliff Titan in South Province (Area Three), not wanting to waste time.

Nemona, who had been looking forward to it, nodded frantically, and the two walked to the side.

"Mawile."

Mawile stepped forward indifferently.

Nemona looked at the Pokémon surrounding the dining table and pointed to a sturdy red and white bipedal crocodile with flames overflowing from its mouth, lying on the ground.

"Skeledirge! I leave it to you!"

"Skeledirge!"

Skeledirge stepped forward with four claws, a ball of flame jumping on its nose.

All Baimu's gaze narrowed slightly.

If he remembered correctly, this guy should be the starter Pokémon of the Paldea region, the final form of that little crocodile that looked like an apple.

Fire and Ghost type, Singer Pokémon, Hidden Ability is 【Unaware】.

Ignores the opponent's defensive ability changes when attacking, and ignores the opponent's offensive ability changes when attacked.

It belongs to a relatively durable Pokémon.

Nemona said excitedly: "Format six-on-six—"

"One-on-one, I have other things to do, I don't want to waste too much of the Pokémon's stamina." All Baimu shook his head and refused.

Nemona said disappointedly: "How can that be..."

She actually knew that six-on-six was unlikely; a full battle not only consumes the Pokémon's stamina but is also a test for the Trainer.

She mainly waited for All Baimu to bargain.

If six-on-six was proposed, then at least three-on-three could be fought, right?

As a result, it was directly downgraded to the lowest one-on-one.

"There will be opportunities in the future, aren't you the Student Council President of Naranja Academy?"

All Baimu drew a big pie for her casually.

The tone was as calm as a promise to invite you to dinner when you have time next time.

Who knew Nemona seemed to take it seriously, her eyes shining, "That's right! The rest can be fought after arriving at school!"

Hmm?

He was slightly startled, but didn't dare to hesitate, took out the Key Stone and said: "Mega Evolution!"

"Mawile!"

Mawile whispered, colorful light shrouded its body.

Nemona was incredibly excited, "Close-range Mega Evolution! It's really exciting! Skeledirge, we can't be looked down upon either! Come on!"

She actually took out the Tera Orb, intending to use Terastallization against Mega Evolution!

Buzz!

Seven-colored light gathered into the ball, and in All Baimu's quite surprised gaze, she raised her right hand wrapped in a red arm guard, and threw it with a slightly stiff posture.

In an instant.

A brilliant crystal pillar rose from the ground, wrapping Skeledirge, and then shattered quickly.

Bang!

The crystal version of Skeledirge roared with three crystal fire candles on its head.

"Skeledirge!!"

"Mawile."

Mega Mawile set off an air wave, its gaze calm.

... Tera Fire?

All Baimu thought Nemona was quite impolite.

Not only did she pick a Pokémon that resisted Steel and Fairy, but even the Terastallization was a counter.

And after Terastallization, the damage bonus of Skeledirge's Fire-type attacks increased from 1.5 times to 2 times.

It was even more threatening to Mega Mawile.

All Baimu smiled silently, "Only then is it interesting."

Meanwhile.

Nemona shouted loudly:

"Torch Song!"

Skeledirge stood up with its forelimbs, flames splashed from the candles on its head, and the fireball on its nose flew away and grew a thin rod, shaped like a microphone.

"Skeledirge——!!"

It roared angrily, the fireball expanded in the wind, turning into a huge flame bird!

Whoosh!

Flames burned, and the wingspan was six or seven meters wide!

With just one flap, the flame bird crossed dozens of meters in an instant.

Wherever it passed, it was like a prairie fire, and the weeds on the ground instantly vaporized into white smoke, leaving only scorched earth.

The terrifying heat distorted the air, making All Baimu's entire field of vision become the color of flame burning, so that the surrounding light became dim.

How terrible!

Just with this move, it was not difficult to see that Nemona indeed possessed Champion-level strength!

But the moment the flame bird was about to pounce on Mega Mawile.

The latter suddenly leaned forward, the giant jaws behind its head extended forward, and rushed forward with a kick at an extremely dangerous angle!

Bang!

The ground sank.

Mega Mawile brushed past the flame bird, turning into a black line invisible to the naked eye.

Whoosh!

The flame bird flapped its wings and turned to chase.

But at this moment, it had already appeared in front of Skeledirge, and it and Nemona could barely see its afterimage.

"Ske—"

"Mawile."

Metallic light flashed.

Thud!

In the deafening sound like a drum, Skeledirge flew backward like a meteor, brushed past Nemona's side, and hit the bottom of a dirt slope, shaking up sky-high sand and rubble!

And Mega Mawile didn't stop after knocking the opponent away, its double giant jaws shining with metallic light smashed into the ground, rushing straight into the sky.

Whoosh!

Successfully dodged the pursuit for the second time.

In the drifting smoke, this living-like existence unwillingly shrank, returning to the round and fat bird shape.

"..."

Nemona was stunned, looking back at Skeledirge, who was buried in the rubble and struggling to get out.

Resistance?

Fearless!

Huge Power will teach the opponent how to be a fish! A crocodile is also a fish!

"Mawile."

Mega Mawile floated, surrounded by electric balls.

Nemona looked up at it, and on her face, which seemed to be shocked, a very bright smile gradually appeared.

"Too... too great!!"

She shouted coldly, waving her fists happily, her expression fanatical, as if she had been suppressed for a long time, "That's it! That's it! That's right! This is the fun of battling!"

Four consecutive shouts.

Made All Baimu and Mega Mawile feel a chill when they looked at each other.

This girl...