Chapter 1122

Caught it?

For real?

Baimu didn't dare approach for a moment, worried that what was caught was actually Porygon2, and Mew had turned into Porygon2's likeness.

"Am I awesome or what?"

An excited voice suddenly came from the "rope."

He instantly relaxed.

Right, it's Porygon2 for sure — slang like "awesome" doesn't exist in the Pokémon world.

Nothing more than what he'd said before: it would only appear if remembered by Porygon2.

But Baimu still couldn't believe it, looking at Mew's pitiful expression, he said: "Black tech, way too useful!"

After Lugia, Giratina, Rayquaza, Suicune, and Celebi and other Mythical Pokémon, another legendary existence defeated by technology?

Humans! Terrifying!

Porygon2 wore a smug look, "Call everyone over! Grievances repaid, grudges settled!"

"Mew~ Mew~"

Mew looked up at him pitifully, as if begging Baimu to let it go, its gaze couldn't be more innocent.

Baimu smiled faintly, decisively turned back to his room to grab a spare phone to record.

"Mew's real footage! If people knew, who knows how much they'd pay for it!"

The matter of Mew staying long-term at Platinum Mountain, he hadn't even told his little partners like Shanren and Chenghong.

Not out of distrust, but the fewer who knew about this, the better.

Mew's reputation in Pokémon academia is top-tier; supposedly thought extinct at first, until Professor Oak confirmed its physical existence.

Once word gets out, Platinum Mountain won't know peace — even if Mew pats its butt and leaves, this place will be harassed endlessly.

"Mew~"

"Mew~ Mew~"

Now it was Baimu's turn to grin shamelessly; Mew cried once, he echoed once, filming nonstop, like meeting a stray cat on the roadside.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this pathetic look — anyone unaware would think it's the one being tormented!"

Baimu plopped onto the sofa, filming Mew's big face up close, and asked: "Can you let it go? Or is it impossible to release?"

Porygon2 released its bindings at those words, and said: "Of course! The jammer keeps it from even flying!"

Just as it said.

Freed from restraint, Mew didn't float up, still wearing that helpless, pitiful little expression.

Baimu laughed, and got his wish — he touched Mew.

"Tsk tsk, soft and boneless, fur feels like Meowth... no, like a kitten Meowth."

Alolan Meowth is way bigger than it; the difference between them is like a tiger cub and a house cat.

"Mew~"

Mew suffered torment, its sensitive spots easily found, letting Baimu play with it at will in his palm.

At this very moment.

He couldn't help but recite a Senryu.

"Mew is kawaii.

Touch in hand, ki-ketsu-ji.

Hand feel, dai-sei-ki!"

The instant Baimu finished, both Porygon2 and Mew's expressions froze, each looking at him with different eyes.

"Baimu, Professor Oak would cry."

"Mew~ Mew~"

Professor Oak is the number one master of Pokémon Senryu, with countless middle-aged and elderly admirers, including Asha the Cianwood Gym Leader's grandfather, a former Hoenn Elite Four.

Baimu said awkwardly: "I don't understand literature, I'm a barbarian!"

His time being un-blind was even shorter than his time as a Trainer; all day circling his own Pokémon, he definitely had no chance to touch literature.

Before, A Jian and Asahi even invited him to Gyokko University; going would just expose him, right?

The two Pokémon still looked at him with disdain.

Baimu, embarrassed into anger, groped randomly, scolding: "Mere captives daring to mock!"

"Mew! Mew!"

Mew twisted and turned from ticklishness.

A full ten minutes of merciless teasing passed before it finally escaped the devil's claws, eyes tearing up, panting heavily.

Not that Baimu got bored that fast; the main reason was the crowd of Pokémon gathered in the living room.

"Why are you all here too?"

He asked the Three Partners strangely.

Though Monkey, Dog, and Chicken were caught in Poké Balls, he never restricted them; normally they slept wherever, did whatever.

Baoban had also long adapted to Platinum Mountain life, running around everywhere with Taillow all day, only returning to the villa at mealtimes, practically treating this place as a cafeteria.

Though Baimu didn't mind such trifles...

"Gu~" Pichu shyly stepped forward, just wanting to approach but locked on by countless sinister gazes.

It couldn't help but grin awkwardly and retreat.

Nothing major, just came back to take a look.

Then——

Platinum Silver Mountain Conviction Court! Reconvened!

Blissey, Shiny Gengar, and the forcibly recruited Exploud were transferred to the accused Mew, to be tried by Chief Justice Baimu, with all the Pokémon serving as both jury and plaintiffs.

"Mew! Do you know your crimes!"

He spoke with imposing authority.

Mew lay in Blissey's hands, wearing an innocent expression, "Mew~"

Porygon2 translated in real time, "It asks what crime it has committed."

Baimu actually didn't know what crime Mew had committed either; thinking carefully, perhaps all that remained was being too willful and self-willed?

——However, he actually quite agreed with letting the Pokémon loose.

As long as they didn't cause wanton destruction, letting everyone do whatever they wanted was a major reason he chose to settle on Platinum Silver Mountain.

"First plaintiff, please speak!"

Baimu's gaze shifted to Exploud.

Exploud was at a complete loss, having zero rapport with its Trainer, and after being secretly nudged by Gengar it even turned around and glared at it angrily.

Making everyone especially awkward.

Mew laughed, "Mew~ Mew~"

"……"

Baimu could only signal Hydreigon, "Second plaintiff!"

"Hydra!"

Hydreigon was quite reliable, immediately listing three major charges——

One, disrespecting Baimu.

Two, disrespecting everyone.

Three, theft!

It stated that Mew didn't belong to this family at all, so by what right did it freely take things from the house?

Taking without telling is stealing!

These words drew shocked gazes from some Pokémon; so Hydreigon was this smart?

In their impression, Hydreigon was either a spoiled brat or had a fierce and nasty temper; before Exploud arrived, everyone generally felt it wasn't quite normal.

"Hydra!"

Hydreigon glared back at those offensive gazes.

It just couldn't be bothered to use its brain!

Baimu nodded in satisfaction, and said to Mew: "Does the accused admit to these charges?"

"Mew!"

Mew decisively crossed its arms before its body.

Baimu: "Third plaintiff, please!"

"Luta!"

Dragapult appeared; these past few days it had also been suffering terribly, every time it turned invisible it was pestered by Mew, making it unable to peep properly.

Fourth plaintiff Galarian Corsola, reason: sleep disturbed.

Fifth plaintiff Smoochum, reason: Mew always came to sabotage when it was filming short videos.

Sixth plaintiff Meowth……

And so on, a total of eighteen charges were listed.

Mew admitted to not a single one, completely unaware that circumstances are stronger than the individual, and even more lacking any awareness of being a captive, telling barefaced lies with eyes wide open.

The impartial Judge Baimu rendered the following verdict: "Mew is sentenced to formally apologize to all Pokémon it has offended, until everyone is satisfied!"

What?

All Pokémon abruptly looked up at him, then at Porygon2.

The script isn't like this, right?

Porygon2 also whispered: "Baimu, you could take the opportunity to catch it!"

What was the black tech painstakingly found for?

It was to control Mew so Baimu would have a chance to catch it; although unwilling to do so, everyone knew the Trainer really liked Mew.

So many new members have been added recently, does it matter if there's one or two more?

Once Mew officially joins, there will be plenty of opportunities to settle accounts slowly later.

Who knew……

The ministers wish to fight to the death, but what can they do if Your Majesty surrenders first?

"What?"

Baimu felt quite surprised, scanned a circle around all the Pokémon, and realized with a smile: "Forget it, no need to force Mew to join. Lugia and them haven't joined either, but our relationship is great!"

Mew blinked its eyes.

"This year, what I want to do most is lead you all to climb to the peak of Trainers; everything else doesn't matter."

Baimu stood up and comforted everyone in turn, "Compared to catching new Pokémon, I want to wholeheartedly continue walking on with you all."

The expressions of Aggron and other Pokémon instantly softened.

Of course.

He hadn't forgotten Eelektrik and the other newly joined Pokémon, equally intimately patting or hugging them, "Everyone, let's work hard together!"

Tynamo's expression was cheerful, "Bonnie oh~"

Exploud was the same; when not being called Fat Jigglypuff it was very kind——at least to Baimu it was like this.

So… welcome to Platinum Silver Mountain, but I really don't have any improper thoughts about you. I won't apologize for what Dual Beast 2 did, because you brought it on yourself!

Baimu grinned at Mew.

It really caused a lot of trouble for everyone, so it deserved some minor punishment. The reason it wasn't beaten up is that Lei Guan Wang and the other Pokémon looked down on taking advantage of someone in distress.

Even the three-headed evil dragon, who was being toyed with, believed that if you're going to fight, you should do it when it's at its peak—only then does winning feel satisfying.

Mew stared blankly at Baimu, its big eyes unblinking.

happy~

Happiny bowed its head, smiling warmly as it signaled that it would be a good baby from now on.

Mew: "……Mee-yo!"

I'm not playing anymore!

Boring!

It suddenly leapt from Happiny's hands, flying under the shocked gaze of Dual Beast 2 and the alert stares of the other Pokémon, landing in front of Baimu and wildly kneading his face with both hands.

Mee-yo~ Mee-yo~

As if trying to reclaim every "loss" it had suffered before.

Baimu's gaze flicked to the corner, where those triangular objects glowed with blue light, showing no signs of damage.

How is that possible!

Dual Beast 2 exclaimed in shock, "I even had Lei Guan Wang test it!"

Mew looked at it with disdain—how could a non-Psychic-type Pokémon possibly understand the mysteries of psychic power?

This thing restricts psychic power from leaving the body—so if it doesn't leave the body, isn't that fine?

As long as you alter your internal magnetic field to repel against gravity, you can still fly just fine!

Likewise, while psychic power can't be used for off-body attacks, attaching it to the skin for defense is more than sufficient.

Baimu reached out, and unexpectedly, Mew didn't dodge—it just kept scratching his chin.

After all, it had been treated this way before.

Mee-yo~ Mee-yo~

Mew longed to see Baimu wriggling like it did, but no matter how much it scratched, he remained expressionless.

Instead, after being scratched twice, it began to wriggle itself.

Mee-yo~!

"Tsk tsk tsk, trash."

Baimu shook his head in contempt, and Mew instantly flared up with frustration.

—

Anyway.

The psychic shielding device brought Mew closer to Platinum Silver Mountain.

Although it never apologized to the other Pokémon in the end, basically no one cared about its sorry.

Mew became a street loiterer in Platinum Silver Mountain.

It still loved observing Baimu—no one knew what it was thinking, nor when it would leave.

In short.

Its presence gradually faded.

Baimu truly had no time to keep attending to it, shuttling back and forth across regions, training the Pokémon drained most of his energy.

Howl Tail had his restraints, and truly began implementing decibel control.

Only trainers can interfere with a Pokémon's nature.

The Explouds, with their short mouths and soft hands, silently accepted Howl Tail as the band's new member. Interestingly, when Baimu wasn't around, a group of listening Grizzly Bears deliberately teased and bullied Howl Tail.

The result was predictable.

It possesses Psychic and Fairy dual typing!

The Explouds first realized this guy had a loud voice and terrifying battle power.

They inevitably grew enthusiastic about Howl Tail.

This pleased the Evil Jigglypuff greatly—from initially commuting daily to occasionally staying overnight, it successfully found a group willing to accept it.

The early-integrated Trubbish, instead, failed to befriend the other Pokémon in Platinum Silver Mountain.

But it circles Baimu every day, occasionally playing with Big Mouth Baby and Happiny, and sometimes teaming up with Miloton as a sparring partner, waving a stick around to hit people—yet it's still quite happy.

It's very satisfied with the current situation.

Thus.

Time flew like a white horse passing through a gap—one month blinked by.

Nemo, Paipa, and Mu Dan often chatted with him, sharing progress on the development of Zone Zero.

It's said they also discovered Pokémon resembling the Ho-Oh Guard Corps, but the targets ran too fast, leaving only afterimage footage.

Ho-Oh Guard Corps?

Are they opposing the future Holy Swordsmen?

Perhaps that mysterious Pokémon we met at the waterfall earlier is one of them!

Baimu felt a bit excited—he's very curious about the ancient Ho-Oh Guard Corps.

He'll definitely go to Orange Academy someday!

He put the plan on his schedule.

By the way, Dan Yu and Wu Li occasionally send him messages—the former complains that Wu Li has changed so much she feels unfamiliar, while the latter sends some strange and odd records.

He couldn't make sense of them.

Let's talk about it when we get to Blueberry Academy.

Baimu's attention was quickly diverted to something else—

Manchong, A Wu, and others arrived one after another in the Ourei region, welcoming the upcoming Four Heavenly Kings selection tournament.

Baimu fought them in Huang Tie Town and unexpectedly discovered that Manchong had become stronger again.

"You little brat, you're really fierce!"

"I won't let you sit firmly on the champion's throne!"

During the battle, the green-haired prince's sharpness was fully revealed.

But being grabbed by the left and right arms, he instantly turned back into that shy boy, "Don't, don't do this..."

"Have you decided where you want to live?"

Baimu asked Manchong where he planned to settle down, and the answer was Xionghuang Town—this kid still remembers A'ertesi and the Xionghuang Tower.

A Wu moved into his former villa, while also telling him a piece of news.

"Ailis is now also Super Level; hearing that you became the Ourei Champion, she very much wants to fight you again!"

"There will be a chance."

Baimu thought that in the future, he would definitely meet her on the Eight Masters.

Whether they can be matched is another matter.

A few days later, Liuqi, Mikeli, and many others came to the Ourei region to establish the splendid competition divisions.

Baimu met them in Silicon Beryllium City.