Chapter 1075

The opinions of the people of Kitakami did not affect All Baimu's plan.

After learning the approximate time the Loyal Three would make their move through the simulator, he temporarily stopped tracking them.

The festival that night.

After Boro and Ogerpon finished their mask-swapping performance.

All Baimu quietly found them and revealed the situation that suspected magical beasts were targeting them.

"Targeting us? Why?"

Boro was puzzled.

If you said someone was targeting them, that could be understood.

Magical beasts?

"The reason is currently unknown, it's possible they want the masks..."

All Baimu shook his head and said, "In any case, I will investigate. You must be careful, don't eat any purple, sticky food that looks like mochi, and neither should Ogerpon!"

"Oger-pon~"

Ogerpon chewed on honey candy, its star-shaped eyes sparkling with light.

Although peaceful and happy days were worth savoring, the rich nightlife generated by the festival these past two days truly made it feel happy.

If it were possible, it really wanted days like this to continue forever.

The bright moonlight shone on the mountain path.

Ogerpon and Boro walked forward hand in hand, quietly making wishes to gods who might not even exist.

In the dense forest.

Ghost Pokémon didn't dare to show their faces easily.

On one hand, All Baimu was no good thing, and on the other, these two guys were even worse things!

Thinking of the beatings they had endured in the past, they gritted their teeth in anger.

Fortunately, it seemed an uninvited guest had designs on these two guys.

The Ghost Pokémon felt that perhaps they could provide some assistance to avenge their past grievances!

The leader, a Haunter, cackled as it sought out Munkidori and Okidogi.

And then...

It got beaten up.

Mainly because its information was already worthless to Munkidori, who had already discovered the target's home.

Now, what Munkidori wanted to figure out most was where Boro would hide the masks.

And how they should steal the masks.

"Chee chee chee!"

"Woof woof woof!"

Munkidori and Okidogi loudly mocked the Haunter as it fled in a sorry state; the latter felt it had suffered a great humiliation.

None of these guys were any good!

Haunter was so angry it felt like it was going to explode on the spot.

At the festival site.

All Baimu met up with Long Zhi and learned a funny piece of news from him.

"Kieran was tricked by a traveling merchant and bought a broken jar!"

"A broken jar?"

"Yeah, said it was an antique from Kanto, and that it would continuously produce matcha powder—hahaha! He believed it!"

"..."

All Baimu looked at Long Zhi in silence.

Long Zhi's smile gradually faded, "... Pokémon?"

"Yeah. If that traveling merchant wasn't lying, that should be a very rare Pokémon, Poltchageist."

He nodded and said.

Long Zhi sucked in a cold breath and rubbed his cheeks, "So what do we do now?"

All Baimu was puzzled, "What do you mean what do we do, isn't this a good thing! It also saves us from having to prepare one for him."

"But he threw it away!"

"... Where did he throw it?"

"Threw it in the river, he was laughed at by others, right! You know that kid cares about his face!"

"What a talent! Why didn't he know to wait for me to come back?"

All Baimu couldn't help but sigh, then said, "I'll go look for it in a while; if I can't find it, don't tell him either, so he doesn't lose sleep tonight."

Long Zhi scratched his face, "Alright."

He was also quite embarrassed; after all, among those who laughed at Kieran, his voice was the loudest.

As expected, he didn't find it.

It was probably washed downstream by the river, and he didn't even know what that jar looked like.

Perhaps Kieran really had been tricked by that traveling merchant.

Before seeing the jar, All Baimu didn't dare to be certain it was really a Poltchageist.

This matter was left unsettled.

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and time passed.

The next day.

A sunny morning.

Just as the simulator had predicted, everything was safe and sound, and All Baimu continued to lead the youths who longed to become magical beast masters out of the village.

The three Rockruffs from yesterday were kept by the wooden cabin, and the youths who had made their choices were trying to win their favor, hoping to gain the recognition of any one of them.

Unfortunately, the youths were not All Baimu or Long Zhi, and reaching out resulted in nothing but being bitten.

As an aside.

Kieran, after careful consideration, was determined to become a magical beast master like the others, rather than accepting All Baimu's extra help.

In his view, without going through strict tests, even if one obtained an incredibly powerful magical beast, if one couldn't control it, it would only become a laughingstock.

All Baimu was very surprised that Kieran could have such ideological awareness.

"Then have you made your choice?"

"Yeah! It's this one!"

The Pokémon Kieran chose was—

Applin!

When he heard that this guy was a Pokémon that needed to grow but had an extremely high potential, Kieran had implicitly decided on it.

"Because I am also very weak, so I hope to grow together with it!"

The youth's words were exceptionally firm.

And because the strength of a wild Applin was far weaker than that of a Rockruff, it knew no more moves than 【Astonish】 and 【Withdraw】.

Therefore, Kieran didn't spend much effort to successfully hold the Applin in his palm, and subsequently even boldly tucked it into his bosom.

"Not bad."

Long Zhi was very gratified.

To become a qualified trainer, the most important point is to overcome the fear of Pokémon.

Considering that he had let Kieran miss out on a rare Pokémon yesterday, Long Zhi was determined to help him grow quickly with the Applin.

All Baimu warned Kieran earnestly, "Remember, you can't just feed it any apple; if you feed it, you can only feed it honey-core ones."

"Oh..."

The youth was thoughtful.

Among Applin's three evolutions, in terms of potential, the best is undoubtedly Hydrapple.

But the evolution condition for Hydrapple lies in letting the Applin eat a 【Sweet Apple】 and subsequently learn the move 【Dragon Cheer】.

The other youths saw Kieran successfully obtain an Applin and were somewhat envious.

Perhaps they should lower their requirements?

Before, everyone felt that only Dragonite or Rhyperior were worthy of them, but now that they thought about it carefully, Applin might also be quite good.

Holding similar thoughts, it wasn't long before the Rockruff army was one person smaller.

This youth had locked eyes with a wild Lotad; according to his own account, he was a good swimmer and wanted a Pokémon that could play in the water with him.

All Baimu was very happy that he could have his own ideas and sent him to the pond to battle the Lotad.

The outcome was without question.

This youth was almost drowned and drank his fill of Water Guns.

But his persistent spirit prompted All Baimu to take action, grabbing the Lotad that was trying to escape, preparing to bring it back to the village.

With two leaders setting an example, the other youths were no longer as hesitant as they had been yesterday.

It wasn't long.

They successfully returned with a full load.

In the afternoon, led by All Baimu and Long Zhi.

The youths fought hand-to-hand with the Pokémon they had chosen, determined to subdue them with force.

And the reason humans can remain at the top of the Pokémon world without being able to use any moves is definitely not without reason.

Following Kieran, two more people successfully subdued their favorite Pokémon.

It went so smoothly they couldn't believe it themselves.

Laughter echoed in the fields of Kitakami.

The village chief and several village elders watched from afar, feeling very gratified.

"This person is truly extraordinary!"

All Baimu being able to run around with a group of children recklessly was naturally with his tacit approval.

Who wouldn't want a few more magical beast masters in their own village?

One had to know that Kitakami was often harassed by magical beasts, and many situations were things the magical beasts in the village couldn't handle.

Everyone could only spend money to hire those powerful magical beast masters.

Since a powerful magical beast master like All Baimu was willing to help them train their young people for free, why would they need to trouble other magical beast masters in the future?

The situation was very likely to be the other way around!

Other villages would come to Kitakami to ask them to deal with magical beasts!

Such a glorious and prosperous future made the village chief feel he had become much younger.

At the same time.

All Baimu was also very satisfied.

Under his subtle input of values, the younger generation of Kitakami was already full of longing for the outside world.

He believed that helping Boro integrate into the village was only a matter of time.

Of course, they had to survive tonight.

"I won't participate in today's festival, you guys have fun. Long Zhi, help me keep an eye on Boro and Ogerpon at the festival, and send them back tonight."

All Baimu whispered his instructions.

Long Zhi was surprised, "Leave it to me? Then what are you going to do?"

"I have other important matters."

He didn't try to explain his purpose.

Things might happen in the cave, or they might happen on the road; for safety's sake, it was safest for him and Long Zhi to act separately.

He wanted to see what that poisonous peach and the Loyal Three were planning to do!

——

Sunset at dusk.

The night predicted by the simulator was about to arrive.

All Baimu went up the mountain alone, and along the way, he discovered a Haunter with a resentful and hateful expression in the hazy woods.

This reminded him of his own gray fatty.

He hadn't heard it laugh for a long time; once tonight's business was over, he would try to touch the Crystal Pool to see if he could go back.

Hmm...

What if he couldn't go back?

All Baimu covered up his cluttered thoughts and threw a piece of honey candy toward the Haunter.

"A toll for your passage! Don't come chasing me again!"

"Hoo..."

Haunter opened its mouth wide in astonishment, the honey candy melting in its mouth, and a wonderful taste flooded its heart.

It chewed and chewed, its eyes looking at All Baimu's back with a complex expression.

Wooden cabin on the mountainside.

Boro and Ogerpon were naturally not at home.

All Baimu looked at the hidden cave, and the two missing masks indicated where the two had gone.

"I'll just wait inside."

He didn't care about the dampness and chill of the cave, his back pressed against the shadows, while simultaneously performing Breath Concealment and Meditation.

This was the result of All Baimu's recent experiments.

He discovered that these two skills could be used simultaneously without conflict, and could maximize his concealment efficiency while stationary.

Come on!

Poisonous peach!

All Baimu stared at the cave entrance, looking forward to the scene of catching a turtle in a jar.

It wasn't long.

When no more light shone outside the cave and night fell upon the back mountain of Kitakami, faint rustling sounds came from outside.

All Baimu remained motionless, vaguely sensing a pair of eyes looking into the cave.

Then came mental power that seemed formless.

Relying on the boost from Breath Concealment and Meditation, he still didn't move, never expecting that the mental power would only touch the wooden wall where the masks were hanging before immediately retracting.

Hmm?

Where did this amateur come from?

All Baimu felt quite speechless, just waiting for the other party to enter.

Who would have thought that the vanguard, who seemed like a scout, would run away as soon as their mental power scanned the masks, without lingering for long.

He simply continued to wait.

He didn't know how much time had passed; Meditation made him forget the concept of time, and laughter and playfulness came from outside.

The wooden fence hiding the cave was moved away, and Boro walked in holding two masks and hung them neatly on the wooden wall.

"Boro! Let's play cards! I bought a deck of Hanafuda today!"

Long Zhi's shouting came from outside.

Ogerpon seemed to be shouting too, "Oger-pon~"

Boro hurriedly responded, "Coming!"

He carefully covered the cave with the wooden fence; he hadn't forgotten All Baimu's warning.

One could ignore anyone's words, but the words of the Great Venerable Messenger had to be kept firmly in mind.

It was just that he didn't expect the "Great Venerable Messenger" to be in the shadows right now, quietly watching him.

The cave was silent once more.

All Baimu, becoming increasingly certain that the poisonous peach's target was the masks, pondered his chances of taking on four.

Perhaps he would have to rely on Porygon2's power.

Sure enough.

When time stepped into the dead of night, something quietly approached the cave and moved the wooden fence away without a sound.

Although there was almost no light in the cave.

But relying on a sliver of moonlight, All Baimu saw the intruder clearly—

A dog-headed person with black hair mixed with green, standing upright, with a purple chain around its neck.

And a large bird with colorful feathers and a bewitching gaze, with two purple chains on its chest and abdomen.

Okidogi, Fezandipiti...

He immediately understood that these two Pokémon were the legendary Loyal Three of Kitakami.

The other party headed straight for the masks, and the excitement and greed on their faces made his mouth twitch involuntarily.

Thieves can also be revered as heroes, this ghost place of Kitakami.

Time to act!

All Baimu reached into his pocket, just about to launch a sneak attack when Okidogi and Fezandipiti turned around, when Boro's angry scolding suddenly came from outside.

"Thieves! Put the masks down!"

Reinforcements!

No, wait, why did he come alone?

All Baimu was stunned; Boro, panting at the entrance, was actually alone, and Ogerpon was nowhere to be seen.

Why would it be like this? Where is Ogerpon?

Okidogi and Fezandipiti, who had been caught, looked at each other and rushed out of the cave without hesitation; since they couldn't steal them, they would just snatch them openly!

"Put down the masks!!"

Boro roared and pounced on them, actually attempting to fight the Pokémon with his human body!

"Awoo!"

Okidogi stepped forward, swinging his fist at Boro with his thick, powerful arms, with brownish-red light flickering between his palms!

Fezandipiti flapped his wings, continuously scattering pink mist, which seemed to be highly toxic.

Who would have thought Boro would cover his nose with one hand, dodge Okidogi's fist like lightning, and backhand a punch into its nose!

Boom!

"Ugh!"

Okidogi was in so much pain it saw stars and almost fell to the ground; the intense pain made its expression even more ferocious.

It no longer held back, determined to tear the man in front of it to pieces!

Fezandipiti also knew that the matter before him couldn't end well and decided to strike hard.

Just at this moment.

All Baimu, holding an electric baton transformed from the Poryphone, approached Fezandipiti's back like a shadow and struck its back with the baton!

Zzzzt!

Terrifying electricity flickered!

Fezandipiti wailed and fell directly to the ground, struggling to get up, but the electric baton smashed down on its head!

Eighteen strikes in one second!

Bang bang bang bang bang bang!

The sound of electricity exploded continuously, and Boro and Okidogi nearby were both startled by the suddenly appearing All Baimu.

"What are you standing there for! Get him!"

All Baimu roared.

Boro hurriedly hugged Okidogi in a wrestling stance, forcibly pinning it to the ground.

This guy's physique was actually ridiculously exaggerated, capable of going head-to-head with a Pokémon!

Okidogi bit down on his shoulder, but he didn't let go!

"Ugh!"

Boro's eyes were bloodshot, and he turned to perform a body slam!

【Borrowed Force Slam · One Move to Defeat the Enemy】!

(End of chapter)