Chapter 1098: Confessing to the

Town Pokémon Center.

Facing the new Poké Balls All Baimu handed over, Nurse Joy hesitated to speak.

If she hadn't known the identity of the person in front of her, she would have called Officer Jenny over by now.

"Champion, please take good care of your Poké Balls!"

She couldn't help but remind him.

All Baimu said, "You've likely misunderstood; these balls aren't mine. Due to some influence that isn't convenient to disclose, the Pokémon inside are trapped."

Nurse Joy was surprised, "Not yours?"

She put the old Poké Balls into a machine on the side to scan; the registered name was indeed not All Baimu, but a boy named Long Ren.

"Champion, this..."

"Please wait a moment."

All Baimu smiled slightly, made a video call to Long Ren, and handed it to Nurse Joy after the other side answered.

Nurse Joy looked at the boy in the video who was full of confusion and calling All Baimu's name repeatedly, and asked, "Your friend brought a few Poké Balls registered under your name..."

"Oh! I lent them to him! Sorry for the trouble, Nurse Joy!" Long Ren apologized without a second thought.

Nurse Joy said repeatedly, "No, no, it's me; I just confirmed it according to the procedure, sorry for the disturbance."

The call ended.

"I'm very sorry for doubting you! Mr. Champion!"

She stood up quickly and bowed awkwardly.

All Baimu bowed back hurriedly and laughed, "No need, no need; this is also your duty, it's as it should be."

After the polite exchange.

Nurse Joy took the Poké Balls inside to repair them.

The Pokémon Partners wanted to follow, but were ruthlessly blocked outside the clinic door by Nurse Blissey; no matter how they begged, they could only get a "no."

Bang!

The Pokémon Partners looked at the tightly closed white door, like family members of a patient blocked outside the operating room.

All Baimu didn't pay attention to these three fools; he was chatting with Ogerpon.

"Do you want to go and say goodbye to anyone? After all, we're leaving Kitakami Village in a few days."

"Ogerpon?"

Ogerpon thought blankly.

Goodbye? It seemed it didn't have anyone to say goodbye to.

These years of lonely life meant it had no communication with either people or Pokémon; it was definitely lonely, but the reason was just that there was no one it knew.

Seeing this, All Baimu said, "Then go and pack up; you must have a lot of things you want to take with you, right?"

Mentioning this, Ogerpon remembered the other six masks left in the cave.

"Ogerpon!"

It nodded.

Time flies like a white horse passing a gap; many things have been worn away, but there are always a few things that remain unchanged throughout the ages.

Masks are one of them.

However, a few of them were cracked and damaged, and it intended to ask All Baimu to help repair them.

It remembered that three of them were made by All Baimu; it was originally intended for someone, but later it was taken back.

Ogerpon had always protected them carefully.

Seven masks, symbolizing its memories with Bolo, All Baimu, and even more people.

One person and one Pokémon continued to chat.

Mostly All Baimu speaking, and Ogerpon responding.

The shy appearance made him feel strange; he remembered that hundreds of years ago, little Ogerpon wasn't like this—it was both playful and quirky.

It was somewhat similar to Scream Tail, but not as noisy as Scream Tail.

It could only be said that time had left some traces on it.

That carefree girl from the past had now become a lonely widow following the loss of her loved ones...

Fortunately, he was still young!

He was only nineteen! Strong and sturdy!

Thinking of this, All Baimu smiled at Ogerpon, "Come and choose your temporary residence."

He summoned his Shiny Gengar as usual and arranged the numerous Poké Balls neatly.

From the appearance color, Ogerpon was more suitable for a Dive Ball and a Net Ball, but he remembered that the color of the other party's "clothes" would change depending on the mask it wore.

For example, the Teal Mask was green, the Wellspring Mask was blue, the Hearthflame Mask was red, and the Cornerstone Mask was gray.

The other three masks made later, because he hadn't seen it wear them, he didn't know the specific colors, but he thought they should be quite similar to the colors of the masks.

Ogerpon looked at the Poké Balls all over the floor, a look of reminiscence flashing in its eyes.

Once upon a time, it had also imagined entering one like Pecharunt, never asking about worldly affairs again.

Unfortunately, this thing could only be used by Pecharunt; it wanted to use it but couldn't.

Now the wish was fulfilled.

But Ogerpon didn't want to go in again; it wanted to stay by All Baimu's side.

"Ogerpon!"

It raised its head and gathered its courage to refuse All Baimu.

The Porygon-Phone translated accurately.

All Baimu wasn't surprised by this and continued to smile, "That's fine; I won't force you to go in, but..."

He explained the reason for being caught with a Poké Ball—

First, a Poké Ball is equivalent to a Pokémon's ID card, preventing the possibility of others throwing balls to catch it, and it is officially registered.

Second, a Poké Ball is an important bond item between Trainer and Pokémon.

Bond item...

A token of love?

Ogerpon looked at All Baimu blankly; it didn't expect the person in front of it to be so bold, confessing to it just like that!

Pfft!

Little Ogerpon's face instantly turned from yellow-orange to red-orange, white smoke seemed to be floating on its forehead, and it lowered its head and nodded lightly.

"O-Ogerpon~"

"Hmm? Oh, oh."

All Baimu didn't understand and looked at the Porygon-Phone, asking with his eyes—did I say something wrong?

The Porygon-Phone was also confused; it felt that what the Trainer said was great!

In short.

Ogerpon chose a Luxury Ball because it had seen many of the small balls in All Baimu's arms were Luxury Balls.

"You have a really good eye."

He smiled and touched Ogerpon.

Putting aside appearance, the Luxury Ball was the one he most recommended for Pokémon to stay in.

So far, no one had said it was uncomfortable to stay inside.

Moreover, the Luxury Ball could also bring friendship bonuses; the Devon Corporation's advertising slogan was that the longer a Pokémon stays inside, the more it likes you.

Enter the ball, shake, light goes out.

Done in one go.

When Ogerpon actively came out of the ball, it blinked, "Ogerpon?"

The experience inside the ball was better than it had imagined, and it almost got stuck and didn't want to come out; no wonder Pecharunt hadn't come out once in so many years!

—Ogerpon didn't know that the Poké Ball was destroyed.

Not long after.

The Pokémon Partners waiting at the door welcomed back their boss, the still-autistic Pecharunt.

"Woof/Goo/Gee!"

They called out loudly, but Pecharunt still had no reaction.

All Baimu, Ogerpon, and Miraidon stepped forward, looking at the purple strange peach lying on the soft cushion, and said to Nurse Blissey, "Can you help give it a physical examination?"

"Happy!"

Nurse Blissey quickly took out a report.

It was Pecharunt's physical examination sheet, and the indicators on it all proved that it was very normal.

But no matter how the Pokémon Partners or even Ogerpon called to it, it had no reaction, which was extremely similar to hundreds of years ago.

Heart wound still unhealed?

All Baimu's brows furrowed and then slowly relaxed.

"It's okay, it will wake up sooner or later; you don't have to be disappointed." He prepared to send Pecharunt and the Pokémon Partners to Platinum Mountain.

Changing the environment should be better for Pecharunt. With the wise Calyrex there, maybe it could also help.

However.

In this way, he had kidnapped all the legends of Kitakami Village home.

All Baimu looked at the Pokémon Partners and asked, "Do you really intend to go with me and not stay in Kitakami Village?"

The Pokémon Partners looked at each other.

Okidogi took the lead and cheered, "Woof!"

Wherever the boss goes, I go!

Fezandipiti looked at it with disdain and cast an affectionate look at All Baimu, "Coo-coo~"

Wherever the boss and you go, I go~

Who knew that Fezandipiti's flirtatious look would make Ogerpon show a serious expression.

This guy... hundreds of years have passed and it's still so dishonest!

Fezandipiti felt inexplicably cold and looked around but didn't find the source.

"Gee."

Munkidori spread its hands, indicating that it was the same.

All Baimu confirmed the wishes of the three Pokémon and nodded with satisfaction.

Respecting the Pokémon's thoughts—he was serious.

The old Poké Ball had reached a level that couldn't be repaired, and Nurse Joy was forced to give out another one.

"Damn it..."

She bit her thumb in the repair room.

This was simply an insult to the title of "Universal Joy"!

Nurse Joy didn't feel bad about those few Poké Balls; she just felt a bit unwilling.

All Baimu didn't care and chose a Luxury Ball for Pecharunt on his own initiative after saying thank you.

"Return to Kitakami Village!"

He looked at Ogerpon, whose eyes were shining like stars, thinking about what kind of uproar would be caused next.

——

Kitakami Village was not peaceful today.

The arrival of the Orre Champion made many Blueberry Academy students excited, searching for the other party everywhere.

But they were often intercepted by another Champion.

"You're also a Champion? What kind of Champion?"

"Paldea Champion-rank!"

Nemona proudly revealed the Orange Academy badge on her arm and said excitedly, "Come on! Let's battle!"

This event was simply too wonderful.

So many Trainers he didn't know, all of whom could be battled to his heart's content.

It was a pity the quality was a bit poor, not as exciting as battling All Baimu, and she didn't know where he had gone.

Soon.

A battle ended.

The Blueberry Academy student handed over the stamp unwillingly, "Damn it! You're too strong! Wait... how do you have so many stamps?"

He looked at the screen full of stamps in Nemona's hand in shock; the requirement was five, and there were probably twenty here!

Nemona touched her ponytail and laughed, "I accidentally..."

Whose "accidentally" could collect so many stamps?

The student looked at her warily and ran away quickly.

Nemona didn't care and continued to look for the next opponent, but she didn't meet any Blueberry Academy students; Arven, who was cooking soup on the ground, discovered one.

"Arven~ Wow! So fragrant!"

"Nemona, I heard there's a battle freak nearby; it's you, right?" Arven didn't raise his head and took a clean bowl from his bag, serving her.

Nemona thanked him and drank it in small sips, saying happily, "I almost forgot I hadn't eaten anything."

Running all over the mountains and plains, looking for opponents—she, the student council president, was more active than the freshmen who were actually participating in this event.

Arven said, "Have you seen All Baimu? I haven't found him all day."

"No, but I found the people who battled him." Nemona remembered that pair of siblings.

It was to the point that even a freak like her felt they were very strange.

Arven said "Oh," and suddenly heard a dull roar from the sky; he looked up and saw a familiar figure.

"Over there! That's Miraidon, right?"

"Yes!"

Nemona nodded.

Arven covered the pot without hesitation and said, "You drink slowly, I'm going to chase after him!"

"Eh? Why?" Nemona, holding the bowl, was confused.

Arven proudly held the pot and said, "Of course it's because this pot is full of Kitakami Village-flavored soup! I want him to know that I'm not just good at making sandwiches, but also soup!"

He carried his bag and ran away, his steps surprisingly steady enough not to spill the soup in the pot.

Nemona looked at the stamps in her hand, thought for a moment, and got up to chase, "Wait for me! I'm going too!"

Crossing the familiar waterfall and walking inside.

The cabin had already been covered by trees, leaving only the familiar deep cave.

"Ogerpon!"

Ogerpon ran in, All Baimu and Miraidon followed closely, and soon they saw the familiar masks in the depths—

Joy, Anger, Sorrow, Pleasure, Disgust, Fear, Shame.

Symbolizing the seven emotions of humans, representing seven different attributes.

All Baimu sighed, "With a few more masks, you could compare yourself to the Arceus of the past."

Before Legends: Arceus, Arceus converted its own type through eighteen plates; after Legends: Arceus, one Legend Plate was enough.

A sentence with extremely high status was also engraved on the stone slab—

'It watches over Pokémon and people in all universes.'

The embarrassing Creator God who would be injured by a meteorite instantly became a high-dimensional creature that transcended the multiverse.

"Ogerpon?"

Ogerpon didn't understand.

It just signaled All Baimu to look at several of the masks, and when it touched the cracks on the surface, it showed a look of pain and pity.

"Oh, I see..."

All Baimu smiled, "Don't worry, I'll find someone to fix them!"

He had originally intended to take Ogerpon away quietly without causing too much of a stir, but since Ogerpon didn't like staying in a Poké Ball.

Then he would just find a local mask maker to help.

He wrapped the masks in cloth, put them in Gengar's stomach for temporary storage, and seeing Ogerpon staring intently, said, "Do you want to go in and take a look? It's very safe."

"Gengar!"

Gengar also proudly patted its stomach.

Ogerpon hesitated for a moment, but in the end, it was a bit worried, so it stretched its head in to take a look.

When it retracted its head, it was full of shock.

"Ogerpon!?"

So many things were put inside? It was like a small mountain!

Gengar was very proud.

It liked this kind of showing off the most.

Everyone come and worship Gengar! Gengar is the most excellent Pokémon in this world!

It posed coquettishly and had its ears pinched by All Baimu.

"Stinky ghost."

"Mao Jie-hee-hee-hee~"

Gengar retreated into the Trainer's shadow.

Leaving the cave, All Baimu took Ogerpon down the mountain and told it his plans for a while.

"Might see people later; if you don't want to, you must tell me in time."

"Ogerpon!"

Ogerpon nodded.

It wasn't afraid of people; it just didn't want to see them, feeling it would stir up sad memories.

Who would have thought that just halfway there.

Two panting people came up to meet them.

"Bai, All Baimu! Finally found you!" Arven carefully placed the pot on the ground and wiped the sweat from his head and face.

Nemona was also very tired, but the first thing she saw was Ogerpon beside All Baimu, "Isn't this the Pokémon Partner! Ah! It's the Ogerpon you mentioned!"

"What Pokémon Partner? Ogerpon?"

Arven was a bit confused, and only then did he remember that when they were in Area Zero, All Baimu told them he had traveled to the past and met some people and Pokémon.

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