Chapter 1043: Revenge of the Dragapult

"Put your hands up!"

A huge speaker played a DJ set with a strong rhythm, a plump black woman rapping passionately, causing countless people and Pokémon to raise their hands high and sway freely.

Ice and snow, neon lights flickering.

The atmosphere was as noisy as a music festival.

—If one ignored the Gym building right next door.

This was Montenevera.

A quiet town built on the side of Glaseado Mountain, adjacent to the Glaseado Gym; candles are lit here day and night, signifying "Soul-Calming."

Ghost-type Pokémon were very common here.

Not only could one see Drifloon floating in the sky, but the Pokémon around the residents were also mostly Gastly, Shuppet, etc.

The most numerous were a type of small dog with a ghost flame candle on its head.

Its name was Greavard, gentle and friendly, liking to hide in the snow to pretend to be a candle, occasionally scaring tourists.

Then, based on this, it would play with tourists with its honest and cute appearance.

One point worth noting is that they would unconsciously absorb human vitality; if one stayed with them for a long time without training, it was easy to feel listless and sluggish.

A large number of ghosts gathered here, and the reason was self-evident.

Above Montenevera, there existed a Spirit Realm entrance that All Baimu was very familiar with; it was said that the deceased people and Pokémon of Paldea had to come here to take a walk.

Therefore, festivals of all sizes were often held in the town to appease the souls who had passed away here.

Interestingly, the current Gym Leader, Ryme, was a rapper, the one singing passionately on stage at this moment; her appearance turned the festival mode into a music festival.

To some extent, using music to appease souls was a very orthodox method.

But DJ and rap...

It felt like it was easy to make people lift their coffin lids and shake along.

In short, the townspeople had no objections, and it seemed there were no big problems with the song list.

Moreover, the "Soul-Calming" effect is very significant.

The legendary rapper known for soul rap easily incited the carnival of Ghost-type Pokémon.

Even the group of Ghost-type Pokémon under All Baimu were very active, apparently also enjoying the festival held for the souls.

"Don't run around! Be careful of being kidnapped again!"

He shouted at the Dreepy siblings who had flown far away, the two little ones making a fuss as they flew away.

Dragapult chased after them silently.

The unlucky kid had nearly lost his mind when he learned that the Dreepy siblings had almost been kidnapped by wild kin during the Casseroya Lake trip.

What was the difference between a Dragapult without Dreepy and an intercontinental missile with only a missile silo?

If All Baimu hadn't warned him repeatedly not to mess around.

The socially anxious dragon would have probably stealthily flown to Casseroya Lake to find trouble with those wild kin.

Even now, he was secretly plotting a revenge plan.

This revenge must be taken!

No matter how socially anxious the personality, when pushed into a corner, one would have to hit someone, not to mention he didn't have a good temper to begin with.

Nemona said, "Don't worry so much! Your Pokémon are clearly all very obedient and cute? Look at Gengar!"

"Gen~ Gen~"

The Shiny Gengar put on airs, covering its ears with a single claw, its round body shaking up and down, posing in a manner similar to the DJ on stage.

It had a big gold chain hanging on its chest, as smug as could be.

All Baimu twitched the corner of his mouth.

The chain was fake, copper-nickel alloy mixed with some iron.

It wasn't that he had just made hundreds of millions but was reluctant to scrape a few scraps for his own Pokémon; it was really that real gold was too heavy.

The gray fatty just liked that big thick chain two fingers wide, the kind that could tie up an Arcanine, and its neck was as thick as its waist, requiring great length.

It weighed over ten kilograms!

After putting on real gold, it struggled even to fly, and it wasn't the year when it had the 【Levitate】 ability.

Gengar had no obsession with gold; it only had vanity after wearing the gold chain, so it decisively chose the lighter alloy product.

But the weight wasn't light either.

It once caused its feet to touch the ground, not hovering half an inch above the ground like before.

The gray fatty didn't care, shaking its head and enjoying itself.

Even the Galar Corsola was influenced by Ryme's soul rap, sticking to the top of All Baimu's head, its eyes flickering like candle flames.

"Saa..."

It cried lightly, its smoke-like tentacles twisting and turning to outline various shapes, looking exactly like a strange hat.

"Hahahaha——"

Nemona laughed until she held her stomach.

Such a picture combined with All Baimu's unique temperament was truly laughable.

Last night, the two battled for several hours, until the sky was full of stars, until Nemona's many Pokémon could no longer fight, until Grusha couldn't help but come up for another round.

But in fact, they didn't battle many matches.

Mainly because this athletic girl had poor endurance, needing to rest after two matches, which was extremely inconsistent with her appearance and attire.

She claimed that flying to the top of Glaseado Mountain relied entirely on the Flying Taxi; if she had to climb by herself, it would be easy to collapse halfway and freeze to death.

Of course.

The greater probability was being picked up by the rescue team.

All Baimu had always been curious why Grusha's Cetitan appeared halfway up the mountain?

Because Grusha had joined the 【Snow Mountain Rescue Team】, he and his Pokémon often patrolled the mountains, rescuing some reckless stranded people and driving away unfriendly wild Pokémon—

Such as Hydreigon and All Baimu.

The two were treated as threats by Cetitan and driven away; of course, he felt it was an attack and used this as an excuse to tease that big guy.

Cetitan was unable to defend itself, so anxious it almost spoke human language.

Couldn't beat it, couldn't talk it down.

How desperate.

——

Afternoon.

Heavy snow fell on the top of Glaseado Mountain.

The music festival was forced to stop, and the residents hid in warm houses, looking at the sky full of snow through the windows.

Strangely, the candles outside the window never went out, despite the wind, frost, snow, and rain.

The warm candlelight was like a protective shield, protecting Montenevera in the wind and snow.

Inside a residential house.

All Baimu was staying here temporarily, invited by the wealthy Nemona.

The second daughter of the Rotom Phone company, even if she was left to her own devices, her wallet had never been flat.

Her parents probably never expected that leaving her to her own devices could result in a champion.

It was a pity she already had a Rotom Phone.

If he recommended a secondary phone, he felt that when she was sleeping, the two phones would secretly fight.

"Family! The sky has fallen!"

"Woke up this morning and neither phone would turn on!"

This might become Nemona's daily life.

Out of protection for her physical and mental health, All Baimu temporarily gave up the idea of prying into the Rotom Phone company's wall.

"Lu-tuo..."

Dragapult looked at the ceiling from time to time, attracting All Baimu, who was drinking tea and chatting with Nemona.

He smiled, "What's wrong? Is there a ghost in the attic?"

Nemona was stunned, "Eh?"

All Baimu turned his head and said, "My Dragapult is a veteran. Before being caught by me, he often traveled between the Spirit Realm and reality; I caught him in the Spirit Realm."

"... Spirit Realm, is that the Spirit Realm where the dead go?" Nemona's lips turned pale, and the hand holding the teacup trembled.

All Baimu was surprised, "You're afraid of ghosts? But your Skeledirge is also a Ghost-type."

"Ghost-type and ghosts are not the same thing!" Nemona grabbed her wristband nervously and looked at Dragapult, "Is there really, that thing, in the attic?"

The socially anxious dragon looked at her, shook his head, and cried lightly, "Lu-tuo~"

"Oh? You're saying that the snowstorm outside is caused by the Spirit Realm entrance opening, attracting ghosts to enter?"

All Baimu understood, and Nemona started shivering.

What's more frightening than a ghost is a group of ghosts outside!

"I, I might not be able to sleep tonight."

Nemona drooped her head.

All Baimu smiled, "Then I'll stay up with you, watch a horror movie with the lights off?"

Nemona: "You must be an Impidimp!"

In the end, they watched it.

This girl belonged to the type who shouted she was afraid, trembled crazily when seeing scary parts, but could keep watching.

All Baimu quietly lit the incense for sleep and peace of mind; the fragrance permeated the living room, and Nemona naturally fell asleep, with a peaceful expression and a good dream all night.

The next day.

She sat up full of energy and stretched.

"... Huh?"

Nemona realized belatedly that she wasn't lying on the bed, lifted the blanket, and suddenly recalled what happened last night, her face changing, "Ghost, ghost!"

"Happy?"

Blissey ran over at the sound, wearing its exclusive apron, holding a spatula, full of concern.

Nemona looked at the sunny day after the snow had stopped and breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good morning!"

She gradually regained her energy.

All Baimu's shout came from the dining room, "Breakfast is ready, come eat after washing up!"

"Okay!"

Nemona ran back to the room on the second floor to wash up.

On the other side.

All Baimu was eating dry bread, and said to Dragapult, who was clinging to the wall like a lizard, standing on its pitiful legs:

"Who told you to float? Stand straight! No stealth! Dare to do it but not dare to admit it?"

"Lu-tuo..."

Dragapult had a bitter face.

No matter what, he never thought he would be caught red-handed.

The obvious thing happened; last night, he took advantage of All Baimu and Nemona watching a horror movie to sneak into the Spirit Realm above Glaseado Mountain, looking for a gap to drill out of Casseroya Lake.

The Spirit Realm is different from reality, with no specific concepts.

Dragapult and his sister relied on this point when they crossed the sea from Galar to Hoenn.

Alas, he didn't find it, and was caught on the spot by All Baimu when he ran back in a sorry state.

It was too painful.

Not only did he fail to take revenge, but he also had to be punished.

Miraidon watched the show while eating a sandwich; the longer it lived in the big family, the easier it was to develop resistance to things it used to be afraid of.

For example, Dragapult being punished.

When Nemona entered the dining room, she saw such a funny scene and was stunned, "What's wrong with it?"

"Ran around last night, now I'm punishing it."

All Baimu was calm.

Dragapult was sweating profusely; being punished and seen by a stranger, is this hell?

Can't take it, don't look at me!

The socially anxious dragon couldn't help but pick at the wall, and the wallpaper was hard-picked into several holes by it.

Fortunately, Nemona didn't pay special attention to it.

The battle-loving girl was more concerned about All Baimu's next destination, and after eating two bites, she just started to ask, "Hmm, hmm?"

What is this!

Being too focused on other things, she only discovered that the food in front of her was glowing, and the taste was so wonderful!

Nemona covered her mouth and exclaimed, "What did you add to breakfast?"

All Baimu smiled, "Fluorescent agent."

"Eh?"

"Just kidding, haven't you eaten glowing food?"

"Ah, I remember, I seem to have eaten it a few times when I was a child. You can actually make it! So amazing!"

"So-so. Do you have any plans for today?"

He took the initiative to bring up the topic.

Because it was time to set off; they were delayed for a day in Montenevera due to the weather, and he didn't know if Arven had found the last Titan.

Nemona heard this, put down her tableware, wiped her mouth, and said, "Can I follow you?"

Her expression was very serious.

More than half of the purpose of participating in the Terastal training was for All Baimu; now asking her to take a Flying Taxi back to school to wait was really unbearable.

"I have to ask."

All Baimu asked the Rotom Phone to send a message to Penny.

Arven was willing, but Penny and the Team Star members might not be, especially the former student council president, Clive.

It was Nemona's turn to wear the official hat; no matter the reason, she definitely wouldn't feel comfortable.

Penny's reply was quick.

"Sure, you can bring her over, as long as she doesn't point fingers."

She knew Nemona had prejudices against Team Star; when they met at the school gate earlier, Nemona had said Team Star was a dangerous delinquent student organization.

Since All Baimu mentioned it, Penny also wanted Nemona to see whether Team Star was a delinquent organization or not.

Prejudice in people's hearts is a mountain!

"Sure."

All Baimu said to Nemona, who was full of anticipation.

Nemona cheered excitedly, "Yay!"

She could go on an adventure while battling!

"Let's set off after breakfast!" she said with glowing eyes.

——

"Let's rest for a while first?"

Nemona held her waist pitifully.

Since All Baimu refused to take the Flying Taxi to the target location, the two had started walking down the mountain from the back of Glaseado Mountain, and three hours had passed.

Her physical strength was on the verge of its limit.

If she could continue walking, Nemona would never have opened her mouth.

"Your physical strength is really too poor; it's necessary to deepen your training!"

All Baimu shook his head and commented, raising his hand to release Miraidon, "You ride it, let it take you down the mountain."

"Gaa-woo~"

Miraidon shook its head and tail happily.

After eating the spicy seasoning, it had recovered a kind of climbing ability, but unfortunately, it never had the space to display it.

Now it was finally its turn to go out!

Nemona lay on Miraidon, "Sorry, I have to trouble you—"

Before the words fell.

Miraidon had already started galloping, its strong grip allowing it to climb snow and mountain rocks easily.

"Aga-si!"

It originally wanted to run out for a lap and then come back to find All Baimu, to let him understand its importance.

As a result, after running a distance, it turned its head and found he was following right behind!

"Gaa-woo?"

Is this possible?

Miraidon was stupid; it might not be able to speed up on the snowy mountain, but it wasn't slow enough to be caught up so easily!

"What are you waiting for, keep running, I have a skateboard."

All Baimu showed the reason why he could catch up—

The skateboard Gengar bought.

It was originally for its own play, but was forcibly borrowed by the unscrupulous trainer.

Miraidon was unconvinced and directly turned on the speeding and gliding mode.

Now All Baimu really couldn't catch up.

But it also made Nemona anxious and pull the handlebars hard, "Go back! Be careful of All Baimu punishing you!"

"Ga-si!"

Miraidon suddenly woke up from the pleasure of shaking off the trainer, thought of Dragapult in the morning, and hurriedly turned around to fly back.

Helplessly, it couldn't fly high, so it could only fall into the snow pile and climb up slowly.

After successfully meeting up.

Facing the panicked and nervous Miraidon, All Baimu didn't blame it.

"Continue, I'll chase, you just fly forward!"

The current Miraidon was in a fragile period of body and mind, so he naturally couldn't punish it casually, only waiting for it to recover and mess around again before taking action.

However, Dragon-type Pokémon are really...

Not one of them let him worry less.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1044 =====