Chapter 1096: Peeking at Ogerpon

"Let's continue; the battle isn't over yet."

All Baimu recalled Alolan Meowth, Miraidon was ordered to move the tree, and Blissey retrieved the Eviolite.

Without a doubt.

This Eviolite originally belonged to it, and later the Trainer exchanged it for a hand-knitted nurse's cap, passing it on to Porygon2.

Not long ago, it was temporarily lent by Porygon2 to Alolan Meowth to increase its defensive ability, so as not to be instantly one-shot when encountering too strong an opponent.

How nostalgic!

"Happy..."

Blissey's eyes showed a look of reminiscence; it asked Gengar for clean water and a white cloth to carefully wipe the Eviolite clean.

Miraidon bit the branches of the broken tree, dragging it while moving backward.

Although it belonged to the special attack type, moving a mere broken tree was still very easy.

Kieran and Carmine were still immersed in thought.

It wasn't that what All Baimu said was so deafening that they were enlightened overnight and turned over a new leaf.

It was just that, with the blessing of the regional Champion and idol status, the two naturally felt that these words contained some profound meaning worth their consideration.

When their thoughts were interrupted.

Kieran said hurriedly, "Okay! Okay!"

His hand hesitated among the Poké Balls in his waist bag, and after a few seconds, he chose one to throw.

Bang!

A huge apple landed, and a green strange snake crawled out from the depression in the center of the top.

"Hiss..."

It flicked its bright red tongue like a snake.

Dipplin, the Apple Syrup Pokémon, the end of the third evolution path of Applin.

All Baimu discovered that GF seemed to particularly like Pokémon that were multiple entities in one.

Not to mention the early ones, the seventh generation's Wishiwashi, the eighth generation's Falinks, the ninth generation's Maushold, etc., all belonged to multiple individuals existing as one.

Dipplin looked like a whole, but in reality, it was composed of a large lump of apple-like syrup and seven snake-worms, one large and six small.

Crucially, it possessed the Dragon type...

Called a snake-worm, but it's a Dragon?

All Baimu's Dragon Tamer radar—well, it actually called out! Just like the previous Roaring Moon, it looked a bit ugly at first, but the more he looked at it, the more he liked it, and he even wanted to catch one to raise.

There was a picture on the internet of Dipplin with five heads out, which he had always kept in his phone album.

However.

He raised his eyebrows, "You're a bit stubborn."

The Poké Ball flew out, and the Wicked Scream Tail landed, high-spiritedly raising its small hands to announce its presence.

"Iya!"

I'm out to battle again!

Little did he know that Kieran was dumbfounded; he pointed at Miraidon, who had walked away happily after moving the tree, and said, "Isn't... isn't it?"

"It?"

All Baimu looked at Miraidon with surprise, the big lizard looked back innocently, so he said, "Why would you think it's Miraidon?"

Kieran said weakly, "But it entered the field."

That was moving a tree...

All Baimu rubbed his forehead, and Carmine walked out and said a fair word.

"I also thought the Champion meant for this, this Miraidon to battle!"

There was no family affection in her eyes, only justice (thirst).

—'A Pokémon I haven't seen before; let my brother's Pokémon go up and take a beating so I can collect information.'

Carmine's thoughts were almost written on her face.

All Baimu was a bit conflicted.

Fairy/Psychic hitting Dragon/Grass was already an advantage; changing to Miraidon would instantly become a crushing victory, unless Kieran was possessed by some Champion and Dipplin was an ancient antique that had lived to the present day.

Otherwise, there was basically no possibility of winning.

He said, "Why don't you switch to another one, or..."

"I want to battle against Miraidon!" Kieran's tone was quite firm; he had been attracted by Miraidon in the first place, which was why he had run to the shrine.

Which led to his encounter with All Baimu.

"Ya!"

Scream Tail raised its volume in dissatisfaction; it hadn't even picked an opponent, and this mere human boy dared to be picky!?

Before it could roar at Kieran to make him learn a lesson, All Baimu pulled it down directly.

"Since you want to so much, that's fine."

He suppressed Scream Tail and gave Miraidon an imperceptible look.

Understood.

Beat it to death!

Miraidon, who had absolutely no tacit understanding with its Trainer, stepped forward excitedly, then its whole body bloomed with bright light, transforming from ride mode to battle mode!

Carmine said in surprise, "It can transform like Morpeko?"

Kieran covered his mouth, "So cool!"

Miraidon in battle mode was indeed very cool, especially the "dragon horns" composed of blue and yellow lightning, which very much matched its temperament as an Electric/Dragon Pokémon.

"Ga-ow!!"

It growled at Dipplin.

Even without Intimidate, it had to try to scare it; this was something it had learned from Hydreigon.

The 【Hadron Engine】 Ability activated, and Electric Terrain naturally spread out.

Bright yellow light lit up the surroundings, making the faces of the few people and Pokémon present look yellow.

Carmine squinted, "Electric Terrain Ability, huh..."

Electric-type damage to Grass-type was limited, and even with Electric Terrain, it couldn't reverse this unfavorable situation.

Kieran had expected this and said, "Sure enough, it's Electric type."

Besides being the representative color for Dragon, Water, and Flying types, blue could also be Electric type, such as Luxray, Pachirisu, etc.

He first ruled out Water type—Miraidon didn't look like an aquatic Pokémon; secondly, Flying type—although it could fly and fly very fast, many Dragon-type Pokémon could fly.

Finally, only Electric type remained.

He didn't expect to guess it right on the first try, and Kieran felt happy about this.

What made him even happier was that Miraidon's roar had directly woken up the remaining six snake-worms of Dipplin!

"Hiss! Hiss!"

Surrounding the apple-shaped syrup, the five snake-worms of different lengths and sizes flicked their tongues, their eyes full of wariness as they looked at Miraidon.

A sweet, cloying scent spread out.

【Supersweet Syrup】, the signature Ability of Dipplin and Appletun, could lower the opponent's evasiveness.

Kieran shouted excitedly, "They're all awake! The snake-worms are all awake! Today we can go all out! Random Beam!!"

He gave the command decisively.

As a Pokémon that was seven in one, the largest snake-worm was responsible for commanding the other brothers.

It was just that this Pokémon had a fickle personality and wouldn't even listen to "itself," leading to most times when they couldn't work together, unable to exert their full strength.

Its Trainer often said when defeated—if my Dipplin's seven heads all exerted their strength, you wouldn't have a chance to win! I lost because of bad luck!

And right now.

Kieran's luck was very good!

"Hiss!!"

Golden light glowed in the mouths of Dipplin's five heads, and in a fleeting instant, they were like five gorgeous laser beams, suddenly released toward Miraidon!

Hum!!

The highly condensed Dragon-type energy was exceptionally dazzling!

To ensure Miraidon had nowhere to dodge, they even attacked from all angles, preparing to hit with one first, then attack together!

But mere five laser beams were still a bit amateurish for Miraidon.

"Ga-ow~"

Under Kieran's surprised gaze, it only slightly adjusted its posture and easily dodged the golden laser beams; its leisurely and carefree attitude simply took showing off to the extreme.

Even though its evasiveness had been lowered!

But in fact, Miraidon had only predicted the path of the laser beams, just like Oranguru could see the future; the mechanical big lizard could also confirm the best positioning and timing for attack through calculation during battle.

For All Baimu, whose specialty lay in this area, the two could be called a match made in heaven!

All Baimu said, "Whatever power you have, use it; you don't have many chances left."

"... Okay!"

Kieran gritted his teeth.

He finally understood why All Baimu was reluctant to let him battle Miraidon just now.

A battle with too large a gap was just a game.

Kieran decisively took out his Terastal Orb, and after it vibrated and shone, he quickly threw it toward Dipplin!

Hum!

Light sprinkled down, shrouding Dipplin in dazzling crystals, then it burst open with a bang, revealing—

A fist-shaped crown?

All Baimu was slightly surprised, "Fighting Tera type?"

Dipplin, which was Grass/Dragon type, had turned into Fighting type after Terastallizing.

What did this mean?

It meant that Blueberry Academy had mastered powerful technology to change a Pokémon's Tera type!

This... I kind of want to go now.

While All Baimu's thoughts were chaotic, Kieran shouted, "Draco Meteor!"

After Terastallizing into Fighting type, it still only used Dragon-type moves; it seemed he was very confident in Dipplin's durability, feeling that changing its type would allow it to withstand attacks.

"Hiss!"

Dipplin's five heads raised high, and five clusters of blue-purple flames rushed into the sky, bursting open and turning into dense meteor light arrows flying down!

Chirp—

Sharp, long cries echoed in the air!

With such a dense attack, could Miraidon still dodge!?

The answer was yes.

In its eyes, the meteor-like light arrows falling rapidly were slowed down countless times; it was just like Quicksilver from Marvel—as long as its speed could keep up, no Pokémon could hit it!

"Ga-hiss—"

Miraidon's figure flickered, continuously weaving between each meteor light arrow, truly achieving the feat of passing through ten thousand flowers without a single leaf touching it.

Kieran and Carmine were both stunned.

Was the gap in pure strength so obvious when experienced firsthand?

Little did they know that All Baimu was also complaining to himself that Miraidon was so adapted to crushing battles, as if it were self-taught in the behavior of showing off when fighting lower-level opponents.

Looking back at the previous battle with Koraidon, it hadn't been this relaxed and comfortable.

Clearly, as a variant Cyclizar, Koraidon was far from being as easy to bully as lower-level Pokémon.

Fortunately, it had regained its lost dignity through battle.

"Ah-ga-hiss~"

Miraidon finished dodging the Draco Meteor, its electronic eyes carrying a hint of weariness; it was tired of playing.

And although it didn't understand All Baimu, All Baimu understood it very well.

The Terastal Orb Carmine had lent him emitted light.

"Long time no see, Terastallization! Go, Miraidon!" All Baimu threw the Terastal Orb high into the air.

In an instant.

A dragon king crown appeared on Miraidon's forehead.

Terrifying azure light brewed around its body, making Kieran feel his scalp tingle!

"Protect!"

"Hiss!"

Dipplin had long since shrunk into the syrup, and a spherical light shield suddenly appeared.

But the next moment, it was burned and exploded by the monstrous blue flames!

Roar—!!

The terrifying azure flames even stole the radiance of the Electric Terrain, and the entire forest turned into a blue color, with no other colors remaining!

The bright light attracted quite a few people around the shrine.

And in a certain part of the back mountain, a tiny green figure saw the azure flames rising and didn't hesitate to quickly take out a blue mask and put it on.

Fire!

Put out the fire!

It rushed down the mountain quickly, avoiding the crowds and Pokémon along the way, its figure ghostly and unpredictable.

Only when it walked to a place where it could see, the "fire" had already extinguished.

The Pokémon that started the fire was in a state that was crystal clear and dazzling, extremely similar to when it put on its mask and exerted its full strength.

Opposite that Pokémon, another Pokémon fell powerlessly, having exited its sparkling state.

"Ogerpon?"

The tiny figure looking into the distance showed curiosity.

Suddenly.

It heard a very familiar voice ring out in the woods, very softly.

"Good work, well done."

The source of the voice was an even more familiar back; he was standing next to two pink Pokémon, praising the crystal-bright Pokémon.

Did I hear wrong? Did I see wrong?

Hundreds of years have passed; is it really that him?

The tiny figure couldn't be sure, and didn't dare to believe. As familiar people kept passing away, it, having lost everything, longed for and feared it.

It had dreamed of it countless times, and woken up in a fright countless times.

This world was too cruel to it, always wanting to give it hope, only to make it despair quickly.

It saw that "familiar" person walk over and talk and laugh with the other two siblings.

It knew them.

The child of the child of the child of Tea...

Forgot how many generations it had been.

Following Bolo's instructions, it silently guarded the shrine and Kitakami Village, and was exceptionally familiar with every inch of this land.

"Ga-hiss?"

The strange Pokémon seemed to sense something and cast its gaze over.

It hurried to hide behind a tree.

It was actually very timid, especially after so many years of living alone, which made it not very daring to talk to or look at any living creature.

The reason it hadn't left was that it was waiting for an answer, an answer it had looked forward to countless times, and been disappointed by countless times.

Is it you?

All Baimu.

When it thought this, another Pokémon looked over, seeming very unfriendly.

"Champion, can I call you by your name in the future?" Carmine wanted to throw away this polite title.

"Of course."

All Baimu nodded with a smile, then turned his head to look at Miraidon, whose expression was strange, "... What's wrong?"

The big lizard called out as if afraid of losing face, "Ga-hiss."

The Porygon-Phone said, "It said there's a kid wearing a mask standing far behind looking at them; seeing it suddenly is quite scary."

"A kid wearing a mask..."

All Baimu's pupils shrank violently, and he quickly grabbed Miraidon's chin, "Where did you see it?"

Miraidon hurriedly pointed in a direction.

The Porygon-Phone said, "You don't think it's—"

"Very likely!"

Amidst Kieran and Carmine's confused expressions, All Baimu said quickly, "Sorry, I have to excuse myself for a moment; I have something very important to deal with!"

He ran in the direction Miraidon pointed and soon discovered a series of footprints.

The shape was very similar!

It's it! Ogerpon!

Great! Finally encountered it!

All Baimu's smile quickly faded because the clues were difficult to track; Ogerpon's footprints were too light, and only traces of it staying for a long time could be found.

Tsk, was I too focused just now?

Logically, it shouldn't have been possible for him to miss a Pokémon peeking.

It could also be that it was too far away.

He was a bit irritable.

At this moment, the Porygon-Phone spoke up.

"All Baimu, Scream Tail is gone."

"Ah? Where did it go? Did it run off again?" All Baimu looked around; only Blissey and Miraidon were by his side.

Blissey indicated that Scream Tail had run off a long time ago.

This guy really knows how to cause trouble!

Just when All Baimu felt helpless about this, a scream that resounded through the clouds and dazzling light colors came from far away.

Terastallization?

All Baimu was slightly startled, then realized something and ran over at top speed, even forgetting that riding Miraidon would be faster.

Until he rushed out of this forest.

He indeed saw the angry Scream Tail, and the Pokémon battling Scream Tail—

Ogerpon!

"Hahaha! I love you to death! Big Jigglypuff!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1097 =====