Chapter 1029

In front of the academy castle.

Several people stared at each other.

"The liberal arts student... Arven? Professor Turo's son!" Nemona spoke first, accurately stepping on Arven's trigger point.

She looked at Penny and Mela again and said, "Ah! You're the one with the fluffy Eevee bag!"

Penny was embarrassed, "Fluffy... um, my name is Penny..."

Nemona said pleasantly surprised, "This is my first time talking to you! Huh? You are... Mela! You've returned to school!"

"Hmph!"

Mela snorted coldly.

During the time Team Star was carrying out Operation Starfall, Nemona, who had taken over as student council president from Giacomo, was adventuring all over the Paldea region.

By the time she defeated Geeta and returned as Champion, the entire school from the principal to the teachers had been replaced, and the members of Team Star had also left the school; she only had a vague impression.

Arven glared, but didn't respond to Nemona's words, instead turning his head to ask, "You also invited the student council president?"

All Baimu: "I really didn't—"

"I'm here to participate in the Terastal Training with All Baimu," Nemona said as a matter of course.

Mela stepped forward and said, "He has to finish Operation Starfall with us first!"

Arven shook his head and said, "No, it's to find the Titan Pokémon with me! Get the Herba Mystica!"

Three people, three different goals.

The key was that Penny and Arven's matters were quite private, so they couldn't travel together.

All Baimu had long planned for this; he walked into the middle of the three who were about to argue and raised his hand:

"Alright, alright! Don't be in such a rush, one by one."

He first said to Penny and Mela, "You guys go to the Dark Crew base and wait for me first; I'll come over after I finish dealing with the Titan Pokémon."

Mela glanced at Arven and Nemona, and after being quietly tugged on the sleeve by Penny, she snorted and said, "Fine, you'd better come quickly."

Having said that.

The two turned and left.

All Baimu then said to Nemona, "Who is your Terastal Training Gym Leader?"

"It's also Glaseado Gym Leader Grusha!"

Nemona smiled and gave a thumbs up.

As student council president and a Champion-level Trainer, she had actually participated in this basic project long ago.

But she wanted to keep pace with All Baimu, so she prepared to raise a new Pokémon to participate in the Terastal Training; in order to get Jacq to arrange a mission for her, she even planned to drop out and re-enroll.

Scaring Jacq into hurriedly assigning her project work.

All Baimu said, "Then you also go to Glaseado Mountain and wait for me first; I'll come after I finish other things."

"Eh..."

Nemona was a bit disappointed; she actually wanted to invite All Baimu to act together.

That way they could keep battling on the road, wouldn't that be great?

Who knew All Baimu was so popular!

"Then you'd better come quickly, oh."

Nemona ultimately wasn't that willful, and plus she was worried about making him dissatisfied, so she left reluctantly.

In an instant.

"Gaa... ow..."

Arven said very satisfied, "That's more like it! All Baimu, you're really loyal!"

"How is Mabosstiff? Is it okay?"

All Baimu asked with concern.

A few days ago, he had chatted with Arven for a while; because the latter avoided talking about his father and even showed feelings of resentment.

The topic had always revolved around Mabosstiff.

When confirming that it belonged to a state of high weakness caused by serious injuries not yet healed, and there was no immediate danger to its life.

Only then did All Baimu feel at ease.

He didn't immediately take Arven to find trouble with the Titan Pokémon.

"It's okay, the Herba Mystica stimulated its appetite, and it ate up all the sandwiches I made."

Arven said with a smile, "Being able to eat is a good thing!"

The main effect of Sweet Herba Mystica was to activate the eater's stomach, having the effect of treating loss of appetite.

Hum!

The Poké Ball vibrated.

Miraidon darted out, shouting with a face full of drool, "Ga-ss~"

"Why did you run out!"

Arven's smile instantly faded.

He seemed to have never liked Miraidon; All Baimu felt it might be related to Professor Turo.

Hate the house and its crow?

All Baimu signaled Miraidon to be quiet with his eyes and said, "It must have heard about the sandwiches. Alright, let's go, try to reach West Province (Area One) before sunset."

Near West Province (Area One) there was a Pokémon called the Titan of the Open Sky, which was said to throw giant rocks at people who approached, which was very dangerous.

"Ga-ow!"

As soon as Miraidon heard they were setting off, it, having been well-behaved for only two seconds, immediately turned into motorcycle form, urging All Baimu to sit on it.

Arven said, "I'll go rent a Cyclizar!"

In the Paldea region, besides the Squawkabilly flying taxi, Cyclizar rental services were also very common.

After all, even if it was a common means of transport, Cyclizar was still a living existence.

The energy spent raising it was not just a little bit.

Not long after.

Two Cyclizar, one big and one small, left Mesagoza and galloped wantonly on the wilderness.

The long-lost fast running made Miraidon exceptionally excited; it accelerated frequently while running, exceeding Arven by a long way each time before turning back to find him.

Making All Baimu very embarrassed.

What was even more embarrassing was that it actually felt quite cool once the speed picked up.

From this it could be seen.

Miraidon's little mischievous behavior was actually tacitly approved.

Arven didn't say anything about this, because he suddenly realized that All Baimu had only just arrived in Paldea not long ago, and should be given some space and time for free exploration.

Instead of heading straight to the destination like now.

He regretted it a bit, deciding that after defeating the Titan of the Open Sky, he would also, like Penny and Nemona, go find the Titan Pokémon first, confirm its specific location, and then wait for All Baimu to arrive.

Saying it out loud right now, Arven felt a bit embarrassed.

——

Noon time.

Cortondo in South Province (Area Two), the two stayed here.

Olive trees visible everywhere emitted a strange smell, and along the way, wild Pokémon closely related to local agriculture such as Diglett and Smoliv could be seen.

"The olive oil here is great, oh!"

Arven encouraged All Baimu to go stroll around the town and buy some local specialties, while he stayed at the olive farm, making lunch while waiting for him to return.

All Baimu nodded, "Sure."

He did want to go into Cortondo to stroll, but not for the olive oil.

But for the dessert shop opened by the Cortondo Gym Leader—【Patisserie Mouzi】.

Tinkaton had been eyeing this place for a long time; mainly because a fan saw it often posting sweets on its blog and Poké-Sound, and strongly recommended it to go and taste.

Inside the town.

Green-roofed houses stood in great numbers.

Following the strange fragrance emitted in the air, All Baimu found that famous dessert shop without any effort.

"Welcome~"

A plump woman with snow-white skin and wearing a champagne-colored cake hat smiled and asked, "What would you like?"

All Baimu recognized this person as Cortondo Gym Leader Katy.

He hadn't expected the Gym Leader to come and be a salesperson herself; was it because Naranja Academy had just started and there wasn't much pressure on Gym performance?

Then again.

It was normal that there was no League tournament in the Paldea region and the pressure on Gym badges was relatively light.

Losing the stimulation of intermediate-level competitions like the League tournament, plus the "Treasure Hunt" theme had no set goal, it was normal for students to be relatively cold towards challenging Gyms.

After all, most people with confidence had already been challenged one-on-one by Nemona at school.

One battle to wake up the Champion dream!

The Trainer path aiming for Champion was too cruel; not that many people had the perseverance to keep going.

Bang!

Tinkaton came out of its ball, its eyes admiring various cakes like stars.

"Tink-..."

Unfortunately, there were too many varieties, and it couldn't pick one for a while, so it turned its head to look at its Trainer, "Tink!"

All Baimu understood and said, "Give me some signature ones, or ones you think are suitable for it to eat."

"Alrighty~!"

Katy smiled and started packing cakes; after handing them to All Baimu, she suddenly asked, "May I ask if you are Mr. All Baimu?"

"It's me."

While he responded, he felt quite strange inside.

After becoming Champion, he really could be recognized wherever he went.

Just as he was reflecting.

Katy said pleasantly surprised, "That's great! You are Master Locomoco's top disciple, right?"

"... Um?"

All Baimu was slightly stunned, "Locomoco's top disciple..."

When did he become Locomoco's top disciple?

Although he was indeed a student, that was correct.

Katy smiled and said, "My teacher Kofu and your teacher Locomoco are close friends, often exchanging dishes together. I heard you came to Paldea, and really wanted to meet you; what a coincidence!"

Kofu.

Cascarrafa Gym Leader, also known as the Surging Sea-Flavor Chef, a world-renowned chef.

His friendship with Locomoco was established during the time the latter went to Paldea for travel, when both exchanged skills in Kofu's restaurant.

The glowing dish successfully conquered Kofu's taste buds, and from then on the two became sworn brothers...

Cough cough.

All Baimu silently ended his brain-filling and said, "It really is too coincidental."

Who could have thought there would be such a layer of relationship with Katy?

It was only natural.

Katy firmly refused to accept money for the desserts, only saying she invited All Baimu and his Pokémon to taste them, and welcomed his evaluation and corrections.

However, All Baimu mainly learned stir-frying, and couldn't be called proficient in others; how could he dare to show off in front of a famous dessert master? Facing the enthusiastic Katy, he had no choice but to stammer in agreement.

"You must give some suggestions~"

Katy leaned half her body out of the counter, waving at the departing All Baimu and Tinkaton.

Tinkaton looked back at her, its expression strange, "Tink-?"

"A skill reaching the top is like this."

All Baimu explained to it.

Locomoco and Kofu both belonged to the pinnacle of the culinary world, equivalent to Champions. It was normal for this person, who liked to travel outside to collect inspiration, to have been to Paldea.

The only thing he didn't understand was when he became the top disciple?

He had Porygon2 search for the issue, and the result found it was in a program.

Locomoco mentioned that the glowing dish was not without a successor, and the currently popular Paldea Champion could make it, worthy of being called the top disciple of this school.

"Alright then."

All Baimu twitched the corner of his mouth.

After buying the olive oil, he returned to the olive farm with Tinkaton, looking at the dense sandwiches on the picnic table and Arven who was boiling soup.

"..."

Are you really a chef?

He looked at Arven's back with suspicious eyes; the latter seemed to have some intuition and felt a chill, turning his head to take a look.

"You're back!"

Arven got up and said, "Lunch is ready, come and eat! The soup is almost ready too!"

All Baimu was silent.

Miraidon was exceptionally excited, circling the table, "Ga-ow! Ah-ga!"

Arven hurriedly went over to stop it, "Who said you could eat!"

"Let it eat."

All Baimu reached out and said, "An emperor doesn't send out hungry soldiers; it has also been running all morning."

Upon hearing this, Arven put his hands on his hips and said, "Since you've said so, anyway it's you taking care of it, fine!"

Lunch in progress.

Baxcalibur and other Pokémon really didn't want to eat this stuff, symbolically tasting a little before returning to their Poké Balls.

In fact, staying in the Poké Ball had extremely low consumption, and it didn't matter if they didn't eat.

It was Arven's Pokémon that ate the sandwiches with relish.

Did everyone really have similar taste buds?

All Baimu had reason to suspect that Miraidon had lived with Arven's family since it was young, and had ruined its taste buds, which was why it didn't eat the good glowing dishes but ate sandwiches instead!

"How does it taste?" Arven looked at him expectantly.

All Baimu reined in his brainstorming and nodded, "It's not bad."

Among sandwiches, it indeed belonged to the not-bad kind.

Arven rubbed his chin, "Only not bad, looks like my level still needs to be trained."

He didn't feel there was any problem with All Baimu's evaluation; confident but not conceited.

Compared to the sandwiches, the soup was very average.

Apparently Arven's skill points were all given to sandwiches.

Mabosstiff barely ate two; this big guy lay weakly on the ground, its breathing slow and heavy.

Hearing this made All Baimu wish he could find Hoopa and hurry to finish all the Titan Pokémon.

In the end, he held back.

Relying on Hoopa to take shortcuts wasn't quite right, and it wasn't a critical moment.

After lunch.

The two once again embarked on the journey to West Province (Area One).

This area belonged to a high mountain block, with relatively strong crosswinds between the mountains, so a large number of windmills were built here to store energy.

Arven pointed to a high mountain behind and said, "Up there is Alfornada, the most famous place for ceramics in Paldea; if you have time in the future, you can go stroll around."

"Good."

All Baimu nodded, bypassed the river with him, first arrived at South Province (Area Six), and then went all the way up to West Province (Area One).

The long-time rushing made the two's bodies quite stiff.

Seeing that it was about to be dusk and sunset, and the Cyclizar's stamina was gradually failing, Arven suggested camping on the spot.

"It's just a little bit of road left, let's ride the Steelix over."

All Baimu didn't want to give up.

So-called today's work today's completion; there were more things to do tomorrow, not to mention he wasn't unable to battle at night.

Seeing him insist, Arven had no choice but to ride on the Steelix's head.

The wide space was enough to accommodate the two plus two Cyclizar; among them, the ordinary Cyclizar might be flying for the first time, appearing a bit nervous and flustered.

"Ow! Ga!"

"Shh..."

All Baimu fed it a Pokéblock and turned the soothing incense in front of its nose.

The Cyclizar soon calmed down.

Arven felt quite magical, "What is this?"

"Incense, a fragrance aggregate with different effects; some can help sleep, some can refresh, and some can heal the body."

All Baimu threw him a small piece.

Arven sniffed it in amazement, even pinched it to lick it, and asked after the fact, "Is it poisonous?"

"Slightly poisonous, will cause diarrhea."

He looked at Arven's gradually stiffening expression and smiled, "You're in for it tonight."

Arven said powerlessly, "Why didn't you say so earlier?"

"It was you who put it in your mouth too fast—careful!"

All Baimu was about to mock him, when the sudden sense of crisis made him press Arven's head down.

In an instant.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh—!!

A pile of gravel flew over their heads, some hitting the front of the Steelix.

"Hng!"

The Steelix roared angrily in a low voice.

And not far away.

In the sky illuminated by the dusk light, a pure white big bird let out an ill-intentioned strange laugh.

"Dori~ Dori~ Dori~"

"It's it! It's it! The Titan of the Open Sky!"

Arven raised his head slightly and shouted.

(End of chapter)