Chapter 1117

Death Metal!

True Death Metal!

Baimu felt that if he let the howling tail continue its howling chorus, he would really die.

"Shut up!"

He wore the angular-transformed polygonal headphones, took a healthy step toward the stage, and suddenly pressed down the howling tail immersed in "singing."

The genderless noise came to an abrupt halt.

All Pokémon present sighed in relief, including Mew in the shadows, which had nearly thought of charging out.

Even as innocent as it was, it now felt a hint of killing intent, "Mee-yoo!"

Besides looking like Jigglypuff, what does this guy have to do with Jigglypuff at all?

On the stage.

The howling tail struggled dissatisfied, repeatedly shouting shrilly, "Ee-ya! Ee-ya!"

Let me sing! Let me sing!

"Give it a rest, you—I still want to live two more years."

Baimu grabbed its elastic lips with one hand and sighed: "Your singing is truly life-threatening; I've never approved of a skit segment so much."

The band members slowly approached, looking at the howling tail with lingering fear.

"Gur-gur."

"Gur-gur?"

"We've heard the song, and you've seen the situation."

Baimu said to the Soundproof Monsters: "This time I came to find you mainly to ask you to teach it how to control volume in daily life."

The Soundproof Monsters looked at each other.

Can this single be taken?

Baimu continued: "You all have the Soundproof trait, right? Perfect—howling tail also needs teachers like you who aren't affected by sound moves."

【Soundproof】 trait, effect: not affected by sound moves.

That is, they can hear sound, but the attribute energy damage, special conditions, etc., brought by moves cannot be inflicted on them.

In the animation, Exploud once listened to Jigglypuff's singing and remained unharmed, then later tracked its condition through its singing.

"Gur-gur!"

The leading Soundproof Monster said they needed to discuss it.

Baimu nodded: "No problem, no need to rush your reply—this is the hard work fee."

Gengar pulled out a pile of food, including shares for Kricketune and Machamp.

The Soundproof Monsters' eyes grew brighter the more they looked.

If it weren't for the howling tail's loud voice still echoing in the holes just half a minute ago, they would have mostly agreed already.

After all, with life comes eating and singing.

"Ee-ya!"

"Stop ya-ing—you're not even singing, just pure noise!"

Baimu forcibly dragged the thrashing and rolling howling tail along; the accompanying Gothita, Miltank, and Mew in the shadows all breathed a great sigh of relief.

They feared having to stay longer, even letting the howling tail sing its heart out.

Miltank flew toward the sky.

Mew gazed at the departing mechanical lizard, suddenly hesitating about whether to continue following.

It prefers fun, but didn't want to torture itself.

"Mee-yoo..."

—

Platinum Silver Mountain.

The forcibly brought-back howling tail was full of pent-up anger.

"Ee-ya!"

"Want to sing? Wait two days for the soundproof room to be built, then sing however you like."

Baimu didn't indulge it, pinched its cheeks, and warned: "I have something to do this afternoon, you stay here honestly, no sound over seventy decibels!"

"Huh?"

The howling tail didn't understand.

What does seventy decibels mean?

Baimu shoved the newly bought decibel meter into its hands: "Can you read the numbers above?"

"Huh~"

The howling tail honestly shook its head.

He said: "Even if you don't understand, it's fine—if it beeps, you just lower the volume."

Upon hearing this, the howling tail flew into a rage, "Ee-ya!"

Why should I!

Baimu suddenly pressed close to its forehead, glaring at it from ultra-close range: "I said it—you not convinced?"

"... Huh."

The howling tail hummed and hawed.

He added: "If you still want to sing later, still want to howl randomly, do you understand my instructions?"

The howling tail reluctantly agreed.

"Good~" Baimu patted its head, his understanding of the evil Chubby growing clearer.

Unlike most Pokémon, dealing with it using gentleness alone won't work.

Need to be domineering!

Only that kind of will—where I say one thing and mean it, no second-guessing—can make its noisy howling tail settle down.

In other words, this guy submits more easily to strength than ordinary Pokémon.

Like when Ekeke Dunpu beat it once before—now just showing the Spiky Stick makes it behave.

Temporarily settled the Howling Tail itself.

Baimu found Miltonton chewing on a sandwich.

"Come on! Let's go to Nickel Dark Island!"

As of now, it's already the third day since he returned to Ore, and he still hasn't seen the Queen Leiguanwang or the Double Horses.

But normally, with the King of Abundance's power, going in the morning means returning by afternoon.

What happened?

The puzzled Baimu and Ekeke Dunpu set off together.

Not long after he left, after struggling and finally making a decision, the Dream successfully arrived near the Platinum Silver Mountain.

"Mee-yo~"

This journey has indeed not been easy.

Because Miltonton is fast and flies away, it basically left no trace to track, forcing it to run around everywhere.

Finally, by following the artificial road and detecting massive converging energy waves, they successfully discovered this strange place, Platinum Silver Mountain.

"Mee-yo?"

In the tree shade, the Dream quietly watched Lei Jiaisi soaking in the pond.

The dim dot-matrix face of the Ice God Pillar looked like a statue painted blue, yet unexpectedly harmonious.

It flew further in and soon saw the raised arms of Regisichilu, allowing bird Pokémon to land and rest.

"Mee-yo~"

The Dream transformed into a plump little Mountain Chickadee, happily blending into the flock, "Chirp-chirp!"

Many bird Pokémon stared at it strangely.

"Honk?"

"Chirp-chirp?"

Who are you? Where did you come from?

Due to Baimu, Bossukedola, and the Three God Pillars' jurisdiction over the land, most Pokémon in Platinum Silver Mountain know each other well.

The Dream's presence seems somewhat abrupt to them.

Regisichilu also noticed this strange little guy; importantly, it, which observes the world through magnetic fields, can see through its appearance to the true self.

"Doodoodoo—le~xi~si?"

The Steel God Pillar slowly moved its arms, locking eyes with the Dream at close range.

In an instant.

The Dream reverted to its original form, startling Regisichilu into frantic dot-matrix flashing before it chuckled and flew away.

"Mee-yo~"

"Doodoodoo..."

The Steel God Pillar pondered briefly, couldn't recall what this was.

It scattered the bird Pokémon, flew toward where Lei Jiaisi was, and ordinary Pokémon coming or not made no difference.

Pokémon with such exaggerated energy fluctuations might cause chaos in Platinum Silver Mountain.

They had promised to help Baimu guard Platinum Silver Mountain.

Meanwhile.

The Dream found Regilock; unlike its quiet two brothers, it was currently arm-wrestling a Super Armored Rhydon, with many Drillhorn Rhinoceroses and Unicorn Bulls cheering them on.

Clang clang!

The sound of rock colliding was deep and powerful.

Seeing this, the Dream was thrilled—it loved playing games!

"Mee-yo!"

It quickly shifted shape, becoming a Super Armored Rhydon, charging out of the forest straight for the Rock God Pillar's back.

Rumble rumble rumble—

The ground trembled.

The Pokémon led by the Super Armored Rhydon were all greatly astonished.

Where did this counterpart come from? Is another group invading?

Buzz buzz buzz—

Regilock's dot-matrix face flashed; though facing away from the Dream, it had already sensed the approach through ground vibrations, its thick arms launching the Super Armored Rhydon into the air.

Then it turned and caught the Dream's charge, "Le! Xi! Ge!"

"Roar!"

The Dream happily pushed Regilock step by step backward, leaving the surrounding Pokémon dumbfounded.

Aside from Baimu's Pokémon like Bossukedola, they'd never seen anyone match Regilock in strength!

What's this guy's background?

Amid the noise, the Dream suddenly looked up—the dot-matrix face of Regilock before it lit up entirely.

"Buzz buzz buzz—Huh? Chirp? Cluck?"

It didn't answer, merely reverting to its original form before abruptly vanishing into the forest.

Lei Ji watched Mew's departing figure, then turned to soothe the noisy Pokemon beside him. "Buzz buzz buzz~"

Ten minutes later.

The base of Platinum Silver Mountain's main peak.

In the lush melon field, Bossgodora slowly approached a Linoone burying its head eating melons.

"Guroar~"

It calmly made the Linoone reveal itself.

The Linoone hugged a melon, glanced at Bossgodora, and continued eating.

"... Guroar."

The great monster was quite helpless.

This melon field was planted by Hu Pa, who paid snacks to have Grass-type Pokemon tend it, just waiting for summer to return and eat melons.

Basically no Pokemon near Platinum Silver Mountain would dare eat them.

Let alone eating melons that weren't fully ripe yet.

Bossgodora lifted its iron chin toward the villa on the mountainside, emotions still calm. "Guroar."

Want to eat melons? Go up the mountain.

Much sweeter than the ones in the field.

"Squeak?" The Linoone finally couldn't keep up the act, blue light flashing as it reverted to its original form. "Meeh~"

Unripe melons really taste awful!

It didn't wait for Bossgodora to react, flying straight toward the mountainside villa, only discovering upon approach the three Creation Pillars it had seen before, and even some other Pokemon with powerful auras, were all present here.

"Meeh?"

Want to fight?

Mew raised an eyebrow.

The Three-Headed Evil Dragon bared its fangs slightly; not having been taken away by Baimu, its mood was already unpleasant, and now a Pokemon actually dared provoke it?

"Clang!"

If you've got the guts, one-on-one!

"Meeh!"

One-on-one it is!

Mew wasn't the least bit afraid, especially after discovering its stalking target wasn't nearby.

The two Pokemon flew toward the practice field.

The slower-moving Bossgodora arrived late, learning from Meowth that they'd gone to fight.

These guys... really make one worry!

It entered the villa, woke the sleeping Snorlax, incidentally told Meowth to find Steelix, then headed toward the training ground from which explosion sounds were already ringing out.

——

Nickel Dark Island.

In appearance, a black, grim sea volcano.

Remodeled into the villains' headquarters base using technology far beyond the ordinary, even allowing buildings to stand within magma.

But the Nickel Dark Island Baimu saw at this moment had completely changed appearance.

First, the magma disappeared.

Second, the entire island seemed as if the sea level had dropped, revealing more gentle terrain instead of steep cliffs.

The two glaring crimson magma pools had become a bustling construction site, various engineering machines busy back and forth.

On the shore, similarly large machinery for building a dock.

"Where's the magma? Where did all that red magma go?"

Baimu couldn't believe this vibrant sea island before his eyes, asking the Porygon Phone, "Location not wrong?"

"Of course! I already—"

Before the Porygon Phone's voice fell, a silver-white figure suddenly surged from the sea surface.

"Chirp~!"

The cheerful little Lugia, Little Yin, flew up, crashing recklessly into Milotic.

Fortunately Milotic reacted fast enough, dodging aside.

"Gah?"

"Boni oh?"

It and Gourgeist both panicked at Little Yin's pounce, both making counterattack reactions.

Baimu spoke up first to stop them, "It's an acquaintance—no, a familiar bird, you two stop it!"

Little Yin flew over again, much gentler this time, its noticeably larger head rubbing against them. "Wuu~"

"Long time no see."

Baimu smiled and stroked its head, then signaled Milotic to lower altitude.

A short while later.

The shore with surging waves.

Baimu and Little Yin shared an enthusiastic embrace, asking, "Where's your mom? And where's Queen Leiguanwang?"

"Chirp~"

Xiao Yin stretched his neck to indicate underwater, then bit his clothes and tugged in a certain direction, "Woo——"

In the tangle, a familiar icy cold sensation wrapped around the back of his neck.

Hiss!

He turned his head, and indeed saw the tall Lingyou horse lowering its head, pressing close to his neck.

"You bastard..."

The Lingyou horse perfectly embodied what it means to be outwardly noble and cold, yet inwardly a lecherous pervert.

"Hu~"

The low moan alerted Dilton and Eguipeng to it.

When did this guy appear!?

Both Pokémon were shocked; they didn't know the Lingyou horse could render itself intangible to penetrate solid matter.

The Multifunctional Phone said: "Queen Leiguanwang should be underwater; I suspect it's suppressing the magma."

Suppressing magma?

Baimu looked at the Lingyou horse, wanting to confirm if that was the case.

The Lingyou horse said nothing, silently knelt, bent its head to indicate he should mount its back.

"I don't have your kind of physique; going down would probably drown me."

He shook his head, then gazed toward the distant dockyard; if the Ocean Team was there, perhaps he could borrow a set of diving gear?

Think it, do it!

Baimu brought a bunch of legendary Pokémon over.

The dock.

Many people wearing Ocean Team headbands were busy, the familiar pink-haired older sister directing all operations.

"Hurry up! Finish the first-stage work before that bunch of bastards from the Magma Team!"

She shouted loudly.

Suddenly, the noisy commotion drew her attention.

A Quan frowned, then instantly broke into a grin, "Yo! Champion's here! Long time no see, Champion!"

"A Quan Miss, it's indeed been many years since we last met."

Baimu still remembered his first meeting with the mother and son of Lugia, which was when he went with A Quan to the underwater cave.

A Quan saw Xiao Yin and the Lingyou horse following behind him, and sighed: "Who would've thought you not only abducted Lugia to Ore, but also dragged our Ocean Team along."

"How could that be called abduction? This is cooperation!" Baimu chuckled: "A Quan Miss, I boldly intrude to ask a favor of you."

A Quan laughed heartily: "Nonsense! If you have any request, just say it!"

Baimu: "Trouble you to lend me a diving suit; I want to go down and take a look."

"Down... oh! You're going to look for Queen Leiguanwang and the big Lugia? For that, I advise you not to go—it's too dangerous there."

A Quan advised against it: "They're suppressing the magma's power, trying to redirect its flow elsewhere, and you know magma is the planet's blood; right now the seabed temperature is extremely high, unsuitable for humans to approach."

Redirect the surging magma?

No wonder they haven't come back for so many days! Another massive project!

(End of Chapter)