Chapter 1123

"Ciallo~"

In the open and bright League hall, Lisia smiled like a flower, her fair arms swinging energetically, "Haven't seen you for several months!"

A girl's growth is often particularly rapid.

Thinking back two years ago, Lisia was still as immature as a middle school student, but now she had grown into a graceful young woman.

Altaria, Ali, hadn't changed much; it didn't have legs as long as an ostrich but was more lively than an ostrich, hopping and holding its right wing high.

"Chiu~"

"Yeah."

All Baimu smiled, "In the blink of an eye, it's almost been half a year."

Although they chatted online normally, meeting in reality was different after all. Otherwise, why would there always be people meeting up in person?

Ogerpon hid behind All Baimu, leaning out half its body to observe quietly.

"Ponyo?"

"Ah~ Little Ogerpon~"

Lisia stepped forward excitedly, facing the dodging Ogerpon, bent down with her hands on her knees, and said softly and warmly, "Ogerpon~ Do you still remember me? We had a video call before~"

"Ponyo... Ponyo!"

Ogerpon's eyes brightened slightly; it remembered!

The two girls, one big and one small, laughed happily like this, just like good friends who hadn't seen each other for a long time.

Altaria circled around them.

All Baimu stood with his arms crossed, his peripheral vision suddenly catching a glimpse of Wallace's figure, and he spoke immediately, "Wal—"

In an instant.

He only felt his eyes being illuminated by a strong light, and he quickly shifted his gaze away.

"All Baimu!"

Wallace stepped elegantly and smiled, "Your temperament is different after becoming Champion!"

"... That's not the case."

All Baimu's smile was strained.

Wallace realized something, turned his waist and said, "What? Is my new look ugly?"

At this time, this Pokémon Contest Master was wearing a one-piece blue vest and white trousers, the cape had turned into a translucent colorful feather haori, with a purple vest inside—

However, the sides of the bodysuit were hollowed out in a diamond shape, and the purple vest was only half a piece, looking like a tube top.

I'm going blind!

My eyes are going blind!

All Baimu wailed inwardly, shaking his head calmly on the surface, "Hmm... it doesn't quite fit my personal aesthetic."

Lisia, who was interacting with Ogerpon, turned her head and said, "This is called fashion! You've been away from Pokémon Contests for too long!"

"Fashion..."

He was silent.

Anyway, Wallace was very satisfied himself, smiling and asking, "I heard you've been busy with the World Coronation Series recently? What rank are you?"

"Super Class, 432nd."

All Baimu showed his phone screen.

Many people in Orre participated in the World Coronation Series, and he took the opportunity to eat up several waves of points.

But the rank of most Trainers was low, making it difficult for All Baimu's rank to advance across the board, moving forward step by step to around 400th.

Wallace said, "Then you have to hurry up, Steven is currently 14th in the Ultra Class!"

Is he about to touch the edge of the Master Class?

So fast!

All Baimu remembered Iris, whom Wu had told him about a few days ago; the Champions were one more active than the other.

Cynthia and Diantha's current ranks certainly wouldn't be low either.

He asked, "Didn't you participate?"

"I'm busy organizing Pokémon Contests and serving as a Gym Leader, no time to participate in this." Wallace laughed.

Resigning as Champion didn't make his life easier; on the contrary, the energy consumed by both Pokémon Contests and the Gym was even greater.

He blinked and said, "Of course I don't mind sparring with you, and I'm also very curious about your current strength."

"It would be an honor!"

How could All Baimu refuse.

The two had just prepared to find a place to battle when the Pokémon Contest Affairs Bureau, which had come with the uncle and niece, sent a message.

"—Sorry, it seems we have to wait a while."

Wallace said regretfully.

Lisia hugged Ogerpon and whispered in his ear, "Apprentice, work hard!"

All Baimu nodded, "You too."

The two took the elevator up.

The affairs of the Pokémon Contest were not decided by Shanren, and he couldn't handle everything either.

As far as he knew, Wallace intended to build a venue first and run it on a trial basis, observing the public's reaction before deciding whether to roll it out comprehensively.

After all, except for a small group of people, most Orre residents had been in contact with Pokémon for too short a time, and Pokémon Contests might not be able to arouse their interest.

A full three days later, the venue location and a series of cooperation contents were finalized.

All Baimu had dinner with Wallace and Lisia many times, and took time to play many battles, mostly Milotic civil wars.

"Let me see how much your Milotic has improved!"

He said this while inflicting inhumane atrocities on his Shiny Milotic.

Finally.

The win rate of the civil war reached a staggering 80-20.

Who was 80 and who was 20 was self-evident.

All Baimu hadn't lost so miserably for a long time, not to mention that the ones participating were his main team members.

The strength of the former Champion's ace Pokémon was beyond doubt.

But from this, one could also glimpse just how strong Ash's Pikachu was; it had defeated Wallace's Milotic in a street battle where it was at a disadvantage!

If you can't keep the peak, then walk the path you came from again!

Pikachu!

In short, the continuous defeats were a big blow to Shiny Milotic; it had always felt that the gap between itself and Wallace's Milotic was very small.

Who knew that after the energy levels were similar, the gap didn't shrink but "grew"?

Even though the Trainer told it that it was an illusion.

The actual situation was that its senses were sharper after it became stronger.

Not only was its understanding of information in all aspects more thorough, but it also understood where the other party was truly powerful, and where it was lacking itself.

Energy level was one aspect, and the mastery of attacking instead of defending and the control of attribute energy were another.

It tasted a strong sense of frustration after a long time.

"Don't be too anxious, digest these experiences, and you will become stronger!" All Baimu leaned against Milotic's forehead, gently stroking its face.

He knew very well why Wallace was obsessed with civil wars.

It was just to cultivate his Milotic to welcome the upcoming World Coronation Series.

This could be seen from the fact that Wallace still planned to stay in Orre after the negotiations ended.

Lisia was the same.

She was already one of the top Coordinators, which made her title of Pokémon Contest Idol even more well-deserved.

During this period, it was inevitable to visit Platinum Silver Mountain as a guest.

All Baimu also secretly instructed Mew not to show up at will, and received a look of disdain.

"Mew~"

It wasn't that easy for ordinary people to see it!

Mew would only appear in front of people who were kind-hearted or whom it was very interested in; Wallace and Lisia were too ordinary for it.

Wallace stayed for a full week and left just before the Wallace Cup was held.

Lisia didn't leave.

She needed to help warm up for the Pokémon Contest and cultivate the audience's eye for it.

Ever since Wallace left, the girl's courage expanded rapidly, calling All Baimu "Apprentice" directly in private, and sometimes calling him that in places with few people.

All Baimu didn't mind at all, often battling with her to reduce the countdown of the simulator.

Currently, he had accumulated quite a lot of level reward inventory, and at this pace, it was very possible to upgrade them all to level 90 by the end of the year.

At worst, level 85 was definitely enough.

According to his estimation, the aces of the Champions were generally around level 85, and Leon's Charizard might be higher.

Who let him be the world's strongest king determined by the production team?

—

When the Orre region officially entered summer.

The Elite Four tournament was held grandly.

The location was still the towering and majestic Mt. Battle, and the minimum threshold for participation required having qualified from the preliminaries in the Orre tournament.

"So how many people participated in the end?"

All Baimu looked at the calm and composed Chairman.

Shanren replied, "Excluding the four pre-determined seeded players, fifty people."

"Fifty!"

All Baimu was very surprised.

You know, the total number of people who broke through the preliminaries was sixty-four; excluding him and the four seeds, fifty-nine people remained.

Only ten people didn't come?

He asked, "You shouldn't be among those ten people, right?"

Shanren raised his eyebrows and leaned back, asking rhetorically, "What do you think?"

This person's ambition to usurp the throne was never hidden, and like Wally, he was always ready to pull him down.

All Baimu said, "Then I have to look forward to it!"

"I'm not in a hurry."

Shanren wasn't confident enough to think that he could close the gap in two or three months, but he still intended to use this competition to hone himself.

The result didn't matter; the key was that the battle with high enough gold content could obtain nutrients for growth.

He only realized this after the Orre tournament ended and he started training his Pokémon again, realizing how many opportunities he had missed.

Past defeats were all regarded as shame by him, and the subsequent growth was directly ignored.

Fortunately, there were two most critical time points for becoming a Trainer—

One was in the past, and one is now!

The first day of the Elite Four tournament.

Whether it was the publicity or the momentum, it was smaller than the first Orre tournament, and the main composition of the audience had also changed from tourists to locals.

And All Baimu, as the Orre Champion, was responsible for sending the sacred fire symbolizing the competitive spirit to the torch.

"Champion! Champion! Champion!"

The shouts from the audience were uniform.

Those who didn't know would think it was a Champion League being held.

"You all have to work hard!"

All Baimu said to a group of Phenac City Trainers; the Orre tournament a few months ago could be said to have severely killed the spirit of the Pyrite Town Trainers.

Many Pyrite Town people who once claimed to be top-level Trainers in Orre didn't dare to act up at will now.

Chenghong responded very actively, while Lady Ayana and Master Liu Ge's reactions were relatively cold.

Silver Ape, Silver Horse, Kendal, and Otsuka didn't break through the preliminaries, so they still only had the role of audience.

Otsuka was very sad.

"Boss, will the Gym Leaders be selected from here? Or judged based on whether they qualified from the preliminaries?"

"I'm not too sure about this..."

All Baimu saw that Otsuka really wanted to be a Gym Leader.

But the results of the Orre tournament were like a first degree, firmly stuck Otsuka.

He comforted, "It's okay, as long as you are strong enough, you will definitely have a chance, I said it!"

"That's good!" Otsuka was relieved.

All Baimu's promises were always reliable; even if things went against his wishes, he could eventually work hard to become what he thought he should be.

The boss of Team Rainbow, that's the sun!

The twenty-odd matches in the first round were divided into two days, and the outcome was as expected, with no one being eliminated.

However.

That night.

A strange thing happened.

The Dynamax Band All Baimu obtained from Leon glowed inexplicably.

"This is!"

He suddenly thought of something and hurriedly asked the Porygon phone to search for recent news in the Galar region.

Sure enough, there was a discovery.

Recently, in the Galar region, except for the Wild Area and the stadiums, there had been several incidents of Pokémon Dynamaxing inexplicably, causing quite a lot of losses to the public.

"Rose... has it finally come to this step?"

All Baimu frowned slightly.

In the anime, Macro Cosmos collected a large amount of Galar particles, but due to the limitations of the storage function, they often appeared in a state of being about to explode.

May I ask how a League Chairman who thinks of the public and takes regional development as his own responsibility would handle such a matter?

Answer, release the excess energy directly!

Let innocent Pokémon be affected by this and be forced to Dynamax, leaving them to cause destruction to the towns in the Galar region!

And facing such a scene, how did the anime Rose respond?

Answer, necessary sacrifice.

Originally, Rose's reason for planning for the region for a thousand years was absurd enough, and the anime made Rose even more inexplicable.

All Baimu, knowing the relevant plot, certainly couldn't sit idly by.

The mission of a Champion taking the protection of the Pokémon world as his own responsibility had been taught to him by Steven personally.

However, there was one thing he also wanted to confirm with Calyrex.

In the blink of an eye, in the Platinum Silver Mountain garden.

All Baimu, holding a drawing board, said, "Do you know this guy?"

"Visitor from beyond the sky!"

Calyrex's expression was serious.

It had been tragically betrayed and sealed by humans.

To a large extent, it was because of Eternatus, who descended by riding a meteorite.

To save wild Pokémon, it spent a very short time transferring them, while simultaneously facing the meteorite descent with a spear, and fought fiercely with Eternamax Eternatus, causing it to fall into a deep sleep.

You know, Eternamax Eternatus was the existence with the highest base stat total among Pokémon so far!

Calyrex, who returned with serious injuries, hadn't recovered before being stabbed in the back by the humans of the Crown Tundra.

Recalling the regrettable sad event, the vegetable deer sighed and lamented.

"Why have you come with this painting?"

"If I said it was going to appear again, would you believe me?" All Baimu looked straight into Calyrex's eyes.

Calyrex was slightly startled, and without hesitation, said seriously: "Where?"

Although Eternatus had brought it a lot of pain, it never regretted being its enemy.

This was the King of Bountiful Harvests!

All Baimu smiled, "In your hometown, the Galar region, be ready to set off at any time, my Majesty."

"Very good!"

Calyrex looked up, its mental power summoned Glastrier and Spectrier, and it said: "The old enemy reappears, please help me once more!"

"Neigh~!"

"Neigh~"

The neighing of the fierce horses was either long or short.

Mew was also attracted by the mental power summoned by Calyrex, curiously circling around them, "Mew~ Mew?"

What are they preparing to do?

"Going to fight the alien poison dragon!" All Baimu smiled and scratched its chin, "You wait for us to come back at Platinum Silver Mountain."

Alien poison dragon?

Mew didn't understand, until it saw the drawing board on the ground.

Another Pokémon it hadn't seen before!

Its eyes turned slightly, "Mew..."

How about.

Going to take a look?

The curious Mew secretly laughed.

Platinum Silver Mountain was indeed very comfortable, but the reason it stayed here was purely because it wanted to observe All Baimu and Miraidon; the objects of observation had all left, so what was it staying for?

Of course, it wouldn't let All Baimu know that it was preparing to follow.

Night fell.

All Baimu bought a plane ticket to Galar, and only after the plane took off did he send a message to Shanren.

"Going to Galar for something, back in a bit."